Act No. 10 Page 1 of 1
2023
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Act No. 10 (H. 190). An act relating to removing the residency requirement from
Vermont’s patient choice at end of life laws
Subjects: Health; patient choice at end of life; residency
This act eliminates the requirement that a patient with a terminal condition must be a
Vermont resident in order to be eligible for medication to be self-administered to hasten
the patient’s own death in accordance with Vermont’s patient choice at end of life laws.
Effective Date: May 2, 2023
VT LEG #371248 v.2


Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 18-5281, 18-5283
As Passed By the House -- Official: 18-5281, 18-5283
As Passed By the House -- Unofficial: 18-5281, 18-5283
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 18-5281, 18-5283
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 18-5281, 18-5283
As Enacted: 18-5281, 18-5283