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End-of-Life Option Act (Richard E. Israel and Roger 'Pip' Moyer Act)

Sponsor: Jeff Waldstreicher (District 18)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 2/28 at 12:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; prohibiting another individual from requesting aid in dying on behalf of an individual; requiring a certain request to be made in a certain manner; requiring a written request for aid in dying to meet certain requirements; establishing certain requirements for witnesses to a written request for aid in dying; requiring a written request for aid in dying to be in a certain form; etc.

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Testimony (168)

MGA witness list
FAV 78FavorableUNF 89UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVKrug, RonDeath with DignityOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSandeen, PegDeath with Dignity National CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVcallinan, kimcompassion and choicesPosition only
FAVBar-Llevar, IlanaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBird, JanisIndividualPosition only
FAVBlaylock, BarbaraIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBranner, PhillipIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBrookland, RobertIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBuckingham, StephenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVBuckingham, StephenIndividualPosition only
FAVCave, LynnIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCirasole, DebraIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDOWNING, SCARFFIndividualPosition only
FAVDavis, MichaelIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDavis, MichaelIndividualPosition only
FAVDowning, ScarffIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVEagan, AshleyIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFrancke, SabineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVFraser, AlexaIndividualPosition only
FAVGorski, JessIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHarrop, AnnIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHarrop, WilliamIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHenderson, CatherineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHodgdon, ChristineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHybl, LoisIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJackson, AnnIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJenner, RobertIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJoondeph, BobIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKipping, RosalindIndividualPosition only
FAVKitchens, JosephIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLIEBENSRELD, IreneIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLONG, NANCYIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLampkin, LindaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLarner-Beckett, CathyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLee, SandraIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLev, Kristine M.IndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLorr, KatharineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMcGuire, SamanthaIndividualPosition only
FAVMcGuire, SamanthaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMcNeill, CharlesIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMeyers, DavidIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMorgan, SethIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMorrison, BethIndividualPosition only
FAVMorrison, ElizabethIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMyers, Dr. DAVIDIndividualPosition only
FAVPARKER, JANNAIndividualPosition only
FAVPARKER, JANNAIndividualPosition only
FAVRogers, LorrieIndividualPosition only
FAVSPOCK, SUSANIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSalamon, SteveIndividualPosition only
FAVSiegenthaler Rubin, ElisabethIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSmith, DonnalobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSpock, SusanIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVStrauss, MichaelIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVTALER, GEORGEIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVTavela, SueIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWaldstreicher, Senator JeffIndividualPosition only
FAVWeiglin, ElizabethIndividualPosition only
FAVadama, michaelIndividualPosition only
FAValex, aileenIndividualPosition only
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Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSmith, DonnaRegistered for: Compassion & Choices Action Network; Compassion and Choices
UNFlibit, howardBaltimore Jewish CouncilRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council
UNFJONES, LAURARegistered for: Dignity Mandate, The
UNFKRASKA, JENNYRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference
UNFbrocato, deborahRegistered for: Maryland Right to Life, Inc.
UNFjones, lauraRegistered for: Dignity Mandate, The