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NJ A407
Bill
Status
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Robert Auth
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AI Summary
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Repeals the "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act" (P.L.2019, c.59), which currently allows terminally ill patients to request and self-administer medication to end their lives
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Removes the exemption that protected medical providers from incurring a "duty to warn and protect" when a terminally ill patient requests life-ending medication
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Reinstates aiding suicide as a criminal offense without exception for medical aid in dying, making it a second-degree crime if the conduct causes suicide or attempted suicide, or a fourth-degree crime otherwise
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Repeals "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act."
Judiciary
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
1/9/2024