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IN SB0300
Bill
Status
1/7/2019
Primary Sponsor
Lonnie Randolph
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AI Summary
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Allows Indiana residents aged 18+ with a terminal illness (prognosis of death within 6 months) to request self-administered medication to end their life, subject to diagnosis confirmation by both an attending and consulting physician
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Requires a 15-day waiting period between the initial written request and affirmation, with mandatory informed consent covering diagnosis, prognosis, risks, and alternative treatments including hospice and pain control
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Prohibits life insurance companies from denying benefits based on suicide clauses when death results from medical aid in dying under this chapter
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Establishes Level 1 felony penalties for unauthorized alteration, forgery, concealment, or destruction of medication requests, as well as for coercing or unduly influencing someone to request end-of-life medication
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Grants immunity from professional, civil, and criminal liability to health care providers acting in good faith compliance, while allowing providers to opt out of participation and facilities to prohibit the practice on their premises with proper notice
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 Health and Provider Services
1/7/2019