The bill reduces the waiting period for patients seeking an aid-in-dying prescription (assisted suicide and euthanasia), from 15 to 7 days, increases the number of practitioners who can participate in the law, and allows providers to waive the waiting period if the patient is not likely to survive more than 48 hours and meets all other qualifications.
The amendment will take effect on August 7, 2024. This marks the first amendment to the assisted suicide/euthanasia law since its passage in 2016.