California Considers End of Life Bill

CA State Senator Lois Wolk introduced Senate Bill 128 on January 20, 2015, as lead author, to add new statutes to California’s Health and Safety Code relating to end of life.  Senate Bill 128 proposes to add new Part 1.85 of Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, entitled “End of Life Option Act,” to be comprised of new Health and Safety Code sections 443 through 443.18.  According to Senator Wolk’s press release  [http://sd03.senate.ca.gov/news/2015-01-21-senators-bill-monning-lois-wolk-and-assemblymember-susan-eggman-announce], Senate Bill 128 is modeled after Oregon legislation and other states where aid-in-dying has been proven to ... Read More >