In 2016, California’s End of Life Option Act passed. In 2021, the Act is amended by Senate Bill 380. This new law improved the access to the End of Life Option Act. The original legislation included a provision that would expire at the end of 2025 unless new legislation is passed. SB 380 extends that sunset provision to 2031.
This act permits an adult with a terminal disease and the mental capacity to make health care decisions to request and be prescribed an aid-in-dying drug if specified conditions are met. The act is to be found in the Health and Safety Code Section 443 et seq.
This act amended the End of Life Option Act. It improves the access to the End of Life Option Act:
On Friday August 27, the Californian ALS patient Sandy Morris, joined by other patients and physicians, filed a lawsuit in federal court. The plaintiffs are
On May 28, SB 380 had its third reading in the Senate. With 26 against 8 votes the bill passed. Now, the bill is ordered
San Diego Death Talk and Mits Tomita, MD, invite you to hear Lisa E. Heikoff, MD, geriatrician with Kaiser Permanente San Diego, speak on Deactivating
