D88AAAC317B0AE8E87258AF300663083 Hearing Summary

The primary bill sponsor, Representative Brown, introduced Senate Bill 24-068 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. Under current law, a mentally competent, terminally ill patient who resides in Colorado with a prognosis of less than 6 months may receive medical aid-in-dying by following a qualifying procedure. Current law also prohibits the patient’s life, health, or accident insurance rates and benefits from depending on the decision to request medical aid-in-dying, and allows providers and health care facilities to refuse to participate.

The bill sponsor responded to questions from the committee.

Fofi Mendez, representing
themself, testified in support of the bill.



Dr. Cory Carroll,
representing Compassion and Choices, testified in support of the bill.



Gina Gentry, representing
Compassion & Choices, testified in support of the bill.



Dr. Ashley Fry,
representing the Colorado Nurses Association, testified in support of the
bill.



Ms. Charmaine
Manansala, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

The witness panel responded to questions from the committee.

Dr. Thomas Perille,
representing Democrats for Life of Colorado, testified in opposition to
the bill.



Ms. Kristy Neeley,
representing themself, testified in an amend position to the bill.



Ms. Erin Meschke,
representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.



Dr. Catherine
Wheeler, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.

The witness panel
responded to questions from the committee.



Dr. Perille provided
members of the committee with a handout (Attachment F).

Mr. Lloyd Benes,
representing themself, testified to amend the bill.



Dr. Thomas Jensen,
representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.



Dr. Sharon Quick,
representing the Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation,
testified in opposition to the bill.



Matthew Server,
representing the Colorado Catholic Conference, testified in opposition
to the bill.

The witness panel
responded to questions from the committee.



Lloyd Benes provided
a handout to members of the committee (Attachment G).

Mr. Jacob Shannon,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.



Mr. Jordan Sibayan,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.



Devin Hibbard,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.



Mr. Michael Neil,
representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in a neutral
position on the bill.

The witness panel
responded to questions from the committee.



Additional written
testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment H).

The witness panel responded to questions from the committee.

Members of the committee provided comments on the amendment.

Members of the committee provided comments on the amendment.

Members of the committee provided comments on the amendment.

The primary bill sponsor, Representative Brown, provided closing comments on Senate Bill 24-068.

Members of the committee provided closing comments on the bill.