Procedures for Demographic Notes Request Form
Procedures for Demographic Notes Form
Second Regular Session | 74th General Assembly
Colorado General AssemblyProcedures for Demographic Notes Form
Presented to the Joint Health Committee during the SMART Act hearings.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committees on January 9, 2017.
This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying law, which legalized the practice of prescribing medical aid-in-dying medication to eligible terminally ill patients in Colorado.
Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data. In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number of suicides in the state’s history. This issue brief outlines legislative...