Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB637: Provide for medical aid in dying
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing for medical aid in dying when an individual has a terminal illness and capacity to make end-of-life decisions; providing requirements for prescribing medical aid in dying medication; requiring a waiting period before a prescription for medical aid in dying medication is filled; providing immunities and conscience-based protections for health care providers; requiring reporting to the department of public health and human services…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MEDICAL AID IN DYING WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HAS A TERMINAL ILLNESS AND CAPACITY TO MAKE END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIBING MEDICAL AID IN DYING MEDICATION; REQUIRING A WAITING PERIOD BEFORE A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID IN DYING MEDICATION IS FILLED; PROVIDING IMMUNITIES AND CONSCIENCE-BASED PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; REQUIRING REPORTING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; ESTABLISHING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR ALTERING OR FORGING A REQUEST OR CONCEALING OR DESTROYING A RESCISSION OF A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID IN DYING; ESTABLISHING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR COERCING OR EXERTING UNDUE INFLUENCE ON AN INDIVIDUAL TO REQUEST MEDICAL AID IN DYING; PROVIDING A CLAIM FOR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES FOR CERTAIN COSTS INCURRED; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING DEFINITIONS." WHEREAS, Montanans may currently seek medical aid in dying under the Montana Supreme Court decision in Baxter v. State, 2009 MT 449, 354 Mont. 234, 224 P.3d 1211; the Legislature seeks to provide protections for Montanans who seek and health care providers who provide medical aid in dying. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Short title. [Sections 1 through 14] may be cited as the "Montana Patient and Physician Protections in Care Act". NEW SECTION. Section 2. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 …
Sponsors
- Darling, Julie (R, 84) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Crimes, Rule Making, Health Care Services, Professions and Occupations Generally
Common questions
- What is HB637?
- HB637 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide for medical aid in dying.
- What does HB637 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing for medical aid in dying when an individual has a terminal illness and capacity to make end-of-life decisions; providing requirements for prescribing medical aid in dying medication; requiring a waiting period before a prescription for medical aid in dying medication is filled; providing immunities and conscience-based protections for health care providers; requiring reporting to the department of public health and human services…
- What is the status of HB637?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB637?
- Darling, Julie (R, 84).
- Where is the official record for HB637?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2113
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