24RS HB 285

House Bill 285

Actions

Last Action	01/17/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to individual-directed care at the end of life.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Health Mandate Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1593
Sponsors	J. Raymond, A. Camuel, G. Brown Jr.
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill individual's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; require conditions for making the request; permit individual to rescind the request at any time; permit an attending health care provider to provide medication; establish requirements for the attending health care provider to inform individuals and document request; require disposal of unused medications; establish residency requirements for qualified individuals; require a report by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish provisions for contracts, insurance policies, and beneficiaries; state that a health care provider is not required to provide medication to a qualified individual; permit health care providers to prohibit persons or entities from participating in a qualified individual's request during or on the premises of employment; prohibit reporting a health care provider to a licensing board for participating in a qualified individual's request; state that actions do not constitute suicide or homicide; create a form for a qualified individual to make a request; create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish provisions for insurance policies and beneficiaries of qualified individuals; amend KRS 507.020 and 507.030 to create an affirmative defense to a charge of murder and manslaughter in the first degree; provide a severability clause; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Our Care, Our Options Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Drugs and Medicines - Individual-directed care, end of life Health and Medical Services - Individual-directed care, end of life Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Individual-directed care, end of life Insurance - Individual-directed care, end of life Insurance, Health - Individual-directed care, end of life Mental Health - Individual-directed care, end of life Nurses - Individual-directed care, end of life Pharmacists - Individual-directed care, end of life Physicians and Practitioners - Individual-directed care, end of life Public Health - Individual-directed care, end of life Wills and Estates - Individual-directed care, end of life Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services individual-directed care, end of life Short Titles and Popular Names - Kentucky Our Care, Our Options Act Health Benefit Mandate - Individual-directed care, end of life Corrections Impact - Individual-directed care, end of life Local Mandate - Individual-directed care, end of life Crimes and Punishments - Affirmative defense, individual-directed end-of-life care Deaths - Individual-directed care, end of life