Virginia Senate Bill 930 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-26 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Health care; decision making; end of life; penalties. Health care; decision making; end of life; penalties. Allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal condition to request and an attending health care provider to prescribe a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's life in a humane and dignified manner. The bill requires that a patient's request for a self-administered controlled substance to end his life must be given orally on two occasions and in writing, signed by the patient and one witness, and that the patient be given an express opportunity to rescind his request at any time. The bill makes it a Class 2 felony (i) to willfully and deliberately alter, forge, conceal, or destroy a patient's request, or rescission of request, for a self-administered controlled substance to end his life with the intent and effect of causing the patient's death; (ii) to coerce, intimidate, or exert undue influence on a patient to request a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending his life or to destroy the patient's rescission of such request with the intent and effect of causing the patient's death; or (iii) to coerce, intimidate, or exert undue influence on a patient to forgo a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's life. The bill also grants immunity from civil or criminal liability and professional disciplinary action to any person who complies with the provisions of the bill and allows health care providers to refuse to participate in the provision of a self-administered controlled substance to a patient for the purpose of ending the patient's life.

Health care; decision making, end of life, penalties.

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-26	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N)
2023-01-17	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101664D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	2999	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	2999.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	622.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB930
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB930+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104955A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB930F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB930F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0072+SB0930