§18113 Prohibition Against Discrimination on Assisted Suicide

Summary

Stops the federal government and any state, local government, or health plan that gets federal money from punishing a person or health care group for refusing to provide care intended to cause someone’s death, such as assisted suicide. Health care entity means a doctor or other clinician, a hospital, a provider-run group, an HMO, a health insurance plan, or any other health care facility or organization. It does not change rules about stopping medical treatment or nutrition or hydration, about abortion, or about giving pain relief that might raise the risk of death if the care is not meant to cause death. Complaints go to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.