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MI HB5803
Bill
Status
8/3/2016
Primary Sponsor
Tom Cochran
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AI Summary
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Amends Michigan's sentencing guidelines (MCL 777.13n and 777.16p) to add new felonies related to physician-assisted suicide under Chapter 333 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
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Adds two new Class B felonies with 20-year maximum sentences: altering or forging requests for medication to end a patient's life, and coercing or exerting undue influence on patients to request or rescind such medication.
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Removes MCL 750.329a (assisting a suicide, previously a Class E felony with 5-year maximum) from the sentencing guidelines table.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment, contingent on passage of House Bill 5802 or a Senate bill (tie-bar provision).
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Introduced August 3, 2016 by Representatives Cochran and Singh, referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crimes involving physician-assisted suicide; revise. Amends secs. 13n & 16p, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.13n & 777.16p). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5802'16
Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/03/2016
9/7/2016