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IN HB1184
Bill
Status
1/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Matt Pierce
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AI Summary
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Allows Indiana residents aged 18+ with a terminal illness (expected death within 6 months) to request medication from a physician to self-administer to end their life, subject to a 15-day waiting period and confirmation by a consulting physician
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Requires attending physicians to verify patient competency, confirm the terminal diagnosis, inform patients of alternatives including hospice and pain control, and offer opportunities to rescind the request at multiple points
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Prohibits life insurers from denying benefits based on suicide clauses when death results from medical aid in dying under this chapter
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Establishes a Level 1 felony for anyone who forges, alters, or destroys medication requests without patient authorization, or who coerces or exerts undue influence on a patient to request or rescind end-of-life medication
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Provides immunity from professional, civil, and criminal liability for health care providers acting in good faith compliance, while allowing providers to opt out of participation
Legislative Description
End of life options. Allows individuals with a terminal illness who meet certain requirements to make a request to an attending physician for medication that the individual may self-administer to end the individual's life. Specifies requirements a physician must meet in order to prescribe the medication to a patient. Prohibits an insurer from denying payment of benefits under a life insurance policy based upon a suicide clause in the life insurance policy if the death of the insured individual is the result of medical aid in dying. Establishes a Level 1 felony if a person: (1) without authorization of the patient, willfully alters, forges, conceals, or destroys a request for medication or a rescission of a request for medication with the intent or effect of causing the individual's death; or (2) knowingly or intentionally coerces or exerts undue influence on an individual to request medication to end the individual's life or to destroy a rescission of a request for medication to end the individual's life.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/8/2019