The California End of Life Option Act went into effect on June 9, 2016. This compassionate option allows for an eligible terminally ill adult, with a prognosis of six months or less to live, to request and receive a prescription form their doctor that they can self-ingest to peacefully end their suffering.
An improvement bill, SB 380, took effect in 2022. The Department of Public Health’s annual data report showed there was a 47% increase in Californians who used the law in 2022, increasing access to the law exactly as intended.
We will continue to work on reauthorizing this law, removing the sunset provision, and reducing barriers to access while ensuring safeguards remain intact.
The CDSS issued a notice to adult and senior care facilities about the End of Life Option Act. Residents who qualify for medical aid in dying living in assisted facilities and other adult or senior care facilities are able to take their medication in their home and can’t be evicted for choosing this option.
Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to be the most comprehensive resource for those wanting to understand or use medical aid-in-dying laws.
Más Hispanos de California con enfermedades terminales superaron las brechas de equidad en salud al utilizar el End of Life Option Act o Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida que permite a los adultos con enfermedades terminales, en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales, la opción de morir pacíficamente. Esto representó un incremento que…
A new report from the California Department of Health on the End of Life Option Act shows 79% more Hispanics – 43 Hispanic Californians- used the state’s medical aid in dying law in 2023, compared to the 24 Hispanic Californians (less than 3%) who used the law in 202
A Los Angeles filmmaker chronicles her parents’ use of California’s End of Life Option Act and includes other terminally ill advocates for medical aid in dying across the country in a new documentary series streaming on Amazon Prime
Compassion & Choices, the American Association for Justice, and Public Justice Thursday praised a California Supreme Court ruling last week that a patient’s advance directive appointing a healthcare agent to make their medical decisions does not authorize them to sign arbitration agreements on the patient’s behalf. The groups, along with Consumer Attorneys of California, made the same conclusion in a friend-of-the-court brief they…
Don José Alejandro Lemuz Murió el Domingo Después de Sufrir un Cáncer Terminal Don José Alejandro Lemuz, con cáncer de próstata terminal, murió pacíficamente en su casa de Wilmington, CA., después de utilizar la ley de ayuda médica para morir de California. Don José, Hondureño de 60 años, falleció el Domingo de Pascua a las…
Don José Alejandro Lemuz Died Sunday in his Sleep after Suffering from Terminal Cancer Don José Alejandro Lemuz, a terminally ill Latino with terminal prostate cancer has died peacefully after using California’s medical aid-in-dying law at his home in Wilmington, CA. He was 60-years-old. Don José died Easter Sunday at 4:09 a.m. He was surrounded…
Law Advocates Who Sought to Intervene in Case Celebrate Ruling As Win for Dying Californians Compassion & Choices, which filed a motion on behalf of three California patients with disabilities and two doctors requesting to intervene in a federal lawsuit claiming the state’s revised End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) discriminates against people with disabilities,…
José Alejandro Lemuz Hace un Llamado a Su Gente Latina Para Que Conozca Sus Opciones de Cuidados de Salud Para el Fin de Vida José Alejandro Lemuz, un Latino con una enfermedad terminal con cáncer de próstata terminal e incurable, grabó un video para anunciar que planea utilizar el End of Life Option Act, o Ley…
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