HF 374: Creating the Iowa end-of-life options Act and providing penalties

What it does

This bill creates the “Iowa End-of-Life Options Act”. The bill provides for a competent adult patient, who is a resident of the state of Iowa, who is terminally ill with less than six months to live as verified by two physicians, to voluntarily request medication that will end the person’s life. The bill provides that the patient must make an oral request, a subsequent oral request no less than days after the initial request, and a written request for the medication. There is also a 48-hour waiting period between the submission of the written request and the writing of the prescription.

Lobbying · 1 for, 6 against

For: The Hale Group

Against: Hospice and Palliative Care Association; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Lutheran Family Service; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

In plain words

1. February 13, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Human Resources committee