Advocates of legislation that would authorize people with terminal illnesses to request life-ending drugs from a physician say they have reconciled their differences and introduced the same measure in the state Assembly and Senate.
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, and Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, filed A10059/S7579, dubbed the “Medical Aid in Dying Act,” on Tuesday. It requires two physicians to confirm that an individual seeking to die has a terminal illness and is within six months of death in order to get life-ending drugs. Patients also would be required to undergo an evaluation from a mental health professional and receive attestations from two witnesses that their request to die is voluntary.
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