3.0.0 2204 2023-01-11T13:29:31Z 2023-01-11T13:29:31Z Senate S 2015-10-22 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-10-22T21:15:28Z 2015-10-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-10-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N Health Civil actions and liability Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Drug therapy Health personnel Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medical ethics Health 00 2015-10-22 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-19T22:19:11Z End of Suffering Act of 2015

This bill prohibits any federal or state law, regulation, or agency action from restricting the right of a mentally competent adult who is suffering from an advanced illness with intolerable pain or a terminal illness to receive pain relief treatment from a physician.

A physician who treats such an individual is not subject to criminal or civil prosecution or professional disciplinary action if the physician obtains the written informed consent of the patient through a form that must be developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.]]> End of Suffering Act of 2015 Display Title End of Suffering Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to respect the Constitutional entitlement to liberty by recognizing the right of an individual to have personal control over the medical assistance and treatment necessary to alleviate intolerable physical suffering. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced End of Suffering Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2204is/xml/BILLS-114s2204is.xml 2015-10-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.