HB 487 Summary

• Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to serve as attending providers and consulting providers for medical aid in dying, in addition to physicians.

• Allows psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners to provide required counseling to qualified patients, alongside psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers.

• Reduces the mandatory waiting period between initial and second oral requests from 20 days to 15 days.

• Establishes an expedited pathway waiving the 15-day waiting period for terminally ill individuals expected to die within 15 days, as attested by their attending provider.