HealthLeaders Media April 28, 2022
The state is one of 10 and Washington DC that allow patients with a terminal illness to request help in dying from a healthcare provider, but had been the only one that didn’t specifically allow that request to be made via a video visit.
Vermont’s governor has signed into law a bill amending the state’s assisted suicide statute to include telemedicine.
S.74, passed by the state House and Senate after an almost two-year process and signed by Gov. Phil Scott on April 27, amends the state’s medical aid in dying law, which was passed in 2013, allows a patient who meets specific criteria to request a prescription to aid in dying through telemedicine, eliminating the need for two in-person consults...
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