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CURRENT STATUS: ENACTED

We’re Expanding Access To Death With Dignity In Colorado

This year, the Colorado legislature introduced SB068. If passed, this bill would dramatically expand access to Death with Dignity by reducing waiting periods and increasing the number of healthcare practitioners who are allowed to assist patients during the medical aid in dying process. The bill has now passed the state Senate and is working its way through the state House.

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Death with Dignity laws have been proven effective at improving healthcare quality at the end of life, regardless of whether or not an individual chooses to hasten their death. And that is why more patients deserve to have access to it!

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Colorado’s End of Life Options Act passed in 2016.

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Timeline of Death with Dignity in Colorado

2024

2024

Bill Passes Out of Senate

  •  SB068 is introduced in the House and assigned to the Health & Human Services Committee.
  • SB068 passes its third reading with a 24-11 in favor vote. The bill passes out of the Senate with no amendments.
  • SB068 receives its second reading in the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 7 and passes without further amendments.
  • Amendments are made to the bill, which removes the provision to eliminate the state’s residency requirement. SB068 will now reduce the waiting period from 15 to 7 days, and provide a 48-hour fast track for patients who are likely to die during the waiting period.
  • A public hearing has been scheduled for SB068 in the Health and Human Services Committee on Feb. 29. The motion passes 7-1 in favor with amendments.

The Colorado legislature introduces SB068, an amendment to the Colorado’s End of Life Options Act. The bill is referred to to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee.

This amendment would:

  • Add advanced practice nurse practitioners as evaluators and prescribers.
  • Reduce the waiting period from 15 days to 7 days.
  • Allow providers to reduce the mandatory waiting period to 48 hours if the patient is unlikely to survive.

2016

2016

Colorado End of Life Options Act Passes

In November, Colorado voters pass Proposition 106, the End of Life Options Act, by 65 to 35 percent. The law goes into effect on December 16.