Delaware General Assembly

PWB

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

HB 160 -HA 1, HA 2

6/28/17

Baumbach

This Amendment clarifies the definition of "counseling" to include mental capacity evaluations; clarifies the restrictions on who may serve as a witness in regard to potential benefits from the estate of the qualified patient; restricts both the attending physician and the consulting physician from serving as a witness; requires anyone serving as a witness be over the age of 18; adds to the attending physician's responsibilities the requirement to confirm the medication request is not the result of coercion or undue influence and the requirement to counsel the patient on safely storing the medication until it is ingested and how any unused medication should be safely and lawfully disposed of; clarifies that insurance or annuity providers are not precluded from investigating a claim for benefits for a death under the Act; clarifies that civil and criminal liability are not limited or precluded under the Act and provides additional provisions for criminal liability in certain circumstances; and makes technical corrections.

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