Referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on January 12, 2021
Substitute offered in the House on January 20, 2021
Allows advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and osteopathic physician assistants to perform the duties of an attending or consulting medical provider under the Death with Dignity Act (Act). Reduces the 15-day waiting period between the first and second requests for medications under the Act to 72 hours.
Amendment offered by Rep. Skyler Rude (Walla Walla) (R) on February 25, 2021
Requires that the qualified patient choose an attending qualified medical provider and a consulting qualified 8 medical provider with each other.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 25, 2021
Amendment offered by Rep. Skyler Rude (Walla Walla) (R) on February 25, 2021
Specifies that the delivery of dispensed drugs may
only be made by personal delivery, messenger service, or the United
States Postal Service or a similar private parcel delivery entit.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 25, 2021
Allows advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and osteopathic physician assistants to perform the duties of an attending or consulting medical provider under the Death with Dignity Act (Act).
• Reduces the 15-day waiting period between the first and second requests for medications under the Act to 72 hours.
• Prohibits employing health care providers from contractually prohibiting an employee health care provider from participating in the Act while outside of the scope of employment and not on the employing health care provider's premises.
• Requires hospitals to submit their policies regarding access to end-of-life care and the Act to the Department of Health.
Received in the Senate on January 14, 2022
Referred to the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee on January 14, 2022