Raised H.B. No. 5417
Session Year 2018
AN ACT CONCERNING END-OF-LIFE CARE.
To allow a physician to dispense or prescribe medication at the request of a mentally competent patient that has a terminal illness that such patient may self-administer to bring about his or her death.
Public Hearing Testimony
Public Health Committee 
- 03/20/2018 Accurso, Kathleen, Glastonbury, CT
- 03/20/2018 Alexander, Linda, American Board of Internal Medicine
- 03/20/2018 Alongi, Lou
- 03/20/2018 Anderson, Mark W, President-Connecticut Republican Assembly
- 03/20/2018 Anwar, M Saud, MD
- 03/20/2018 Balgobin, Sidat, Reverend-Norwich CT
- 03/20/2018 Banks, Karen, Newtown, CT
- 03/20/2018 Banks, Karen, RN-Newtown CT
- 03/20/2018 Barahona, Jennifer, Fairfield CT
- 03/20/2018 Barillaro, Francis R, Meriden CT
- 03/20/2018 Barnowski, John, Colchester CT
- 03/20/2018 Barrett, Tanya, Enfield CT
- 03/20/2018 Bate, Jane, Chesire CT
- 03/20/2018 Bee, Christine
- 03/20/2018 Bennett, Carolyn
- 03/20/2018 Bennett, Julianna
- 03/20/2018 Bennett, Kathryn
- 03/20/2018 Bennett, Lydia
- 03/20/2018 Bennett, Matt
- 03/20/2018 Benton, Suzanne, Ridgefield CT
- 03/20/2018 Blanchet, Marcel P, Hamden CT
- 03/20/2018 Blinn, Daniel, President-Hartford Area Humanists
- 03/20/2018 Bluestein, Paul, MD
- 03/20/2018 Boers, Anne
- 03/20/2018 Borrelli, Laura, Franciscan Home Care
- 03/20/2018 Bratten, Therese
- 03/20/2018 Buebendorf, Candy
- 03/20/2018 Callister, Brian, Physician
- 03/20/2018 Camosy, Charles
- 03/20/2018 Cantor, Paul
- 03/20/2018 Cardenas, Ashley , Programs Director-Compassion - Choices
- 03/20/2018 Cavanagh, Joan, New Haven CT
- 03/20/2018 Centurelli, Judy
- 03/20/2018 Charles, John, Killingworth CT
- 03/20/2018 Christie, Sharon, Hamden CT
- 03/20/2018 Clarke, Catherine
- 03/20/2018 Clawson, Smith
- 03/20/2018 Coleman, Diane
- 03/20/2018 Collins, Theresa, West hartford CT
- 03/20/2018 Coman, Ilene , East Haddam CT
- 03/20/2018 Crider, Tom and MiekE, Southbury CT
- 03/20/2018 CSMS and CT ACS
- 03/20/2018 Culhane, Michael-Executive Director -Ct Catholic Public Affairs Conference
- 03/20/2018 Danvers, Karina
- 03/20/2018 Davis, Thomas, Fairfield CT
- 03/20/2018 Dayan, Trish, Stamford CT
- 03/20/2018 Delaney, Denise
- 03/20/2018 Destito, Blair
- 03/20/2018 Destito, Pat , Hamden CT
- 03/20/2018 Doerflinger, Richard, La Conner WA
- 03/20/2018 Dore, Margaret, President-Choic is an Illusion
- 03/20/2018 Dost, Mark , Waterbury CT
- 03/20/2018 Dziura, Richard, Planville CT
- 03/20/2018 Dziura, Sue, Plainville CT
- 03/20/2018 Elliot, Nancy, Chair-Euthanasia Prevention Coalition USA
- 03/20/2018 Emanuel, Edward
- 03/20/2018 Emma, Musto, New Haven CT
- 03/20/2018 Ewing, Amy, Stamford, CT
- 03/20/2018 Family Institute of Connecticut
- 03/20/2018 Farrell, William
- 03/20/2018 Ferraiolo, Melita
- 03/20/2018 Ferraro, Anthony, Danbury, CT
- 03/20/2018 Ferris, Mary, New Preston CT
- 03/20/2018 Fetterer, Michael , Norwalk CT
- 03/20/2018 Finn, Thomas, PhD-Southington CT
- 03/20/2018 Flanders, Nancy , Assistant Editor-Live Action News
- 03/20/2018 Flood, Patrick and Anita
- 03/20/2018 Foley, Marjorie A
- 03/20/2018 Follis, John, Stamford CT
- 03/20/2018 Fuchs, Isabel
- 03/20/2018 Gallerizzo, William, Deacon-Archdiocese of Washington DC
- 03/20/2018 Gardner, Elizabeth, Fairfield CT
- 03/20/2018 Garvey, Luke
- 03/20/2018 Giampietro, Rosellyn, Old Saybrook CT
- 03/20/2018 Gigandet, Mary, Versailles OH
- 03/20/2018 Giles, Susan, MD
- 03/20/2018 Golden, Marilyn
- 03/20/2018 Gorman, Patrick, Newtown CT
- 03/20/2018 Goryl, Kathleen, College of Healthcare executives
- 03/20/2018 Green, Joanna
- 03/20/2018 Greenberg, Stanley, Manchester CT
- 03/20/2018 Gross, Suzanne, Sister-Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care
- 03/20/2018 Grossman, Donna, Windsor CT
- 03/20/2018 Hard, Robert, Norwalk CT
- 03/20/2018 Hayes, Laura
- 03/20/2018 Hedtke, Kathleen
- 03/20/2018 Hemingway, Paul and Maureen, Hamden CT
- 03/20/2018 Hernandez, Cecilia
- 03/20/2018 Hines, Sharon , Middletown CT
- 03/20/2018 Hoag, Linda
- 03/20/2018 Holley, Tami, Middletown CT
- 03/20/2018 Hudson, Linda, Westport, CT
- 03/20/2018 Huizenga, Peter, North Haven CT
- 03/20/2018 Hunter, David V
- 03/20/2018 Iriarte, Arturo
- 03/20/2018 Israel, Susan, MD
- 03/20/2018 Jacobs, Barbara, PhD
- 03/20/2018 Jacobs, Barbara
- 03/20/2018 Jennings, Careen, Storrs CT
- 03/20/2018 Jennings, Kathy
- 03/20/2018 Jews for Torah Values
- 03/20/2018 Juhasz, John , Wilton CT
- 03/20/2018 Jump, Jeffrey, Wolcott, CT
- 03/20/2018 Kautz, Sue, RN-Haddam CT
- 03/20/2018 Kennedy, Hoey, Boudreau, Matthew, Bill, Yvonne
- 03/20/2018 Kennedy, Thomas J, Shelton CT
- 03/20/2018 Kilty, Judith, Enfield CT
- 03/20/2018 Kitts, Stephen, Haddam CT
- 03/20/2018 Klopp, Ann, Woodbridge CT
- 03/20/2018 Komrad, Mark, Balitimore MD
- 03/20/2018 Kotch, Philip I, MD-Southbury CT
- 03/20/2018 Kovacs, Jeanette , Shelton CT
- 03/20/2018 Landskron, Ana
- 03/20/2018 Law, Jennifer, Salisbury CT
- 03/20/2018 Legault, Martin, Marlborough CT
- 03/20/2018 Lehman, Penelope
- 03/20/2018 Leiter, Noson Shmuel, Rabbi
- 03/20/2018 Lembo, Kevin, Comptroller-State of Connecticut
- 03/20/2018 Lenard, Jean, Storrs CT
- 03/20/2018 Lenard, John, Storrs CT
- 03/20/2018 Lentini, Kaley, Legislative Counsel-The American Civil Liberties Union of CT
- 03/20/2018 Lindsey, Anita, Ridgefield, CT
- 03/20/2018 Loewenthal, Adlyn, West Hartford CT
- 03/20/2018 Longyear, Bill, Southbury CT
- 03/20/2018 Longyear, Bill, Southbury, CT
- 03/20/2018 Longyear, Bill
- 03/20/2018 Lowry, Marsha and Richard
- 03/20/2018 Ludlum, Catherine, Manchester CT
- 03/20/2018 Lyon, Stephen M, Willimantic CT
- 03/20/2018 Majumdar, Kathryn
- 03/20/2018 Malone, Nora, New Milford CT
- 03/20/2018 Manion, Kathleen, Canton, CT
- 03/20/2018 Marceau, Cheryl
- 03/20/2018 Margaret, Dore, President-Choice is an Illusion
- 03/20/2018 Margolis, Bonnie
- 03/20/2018 Marquis, Tessa , Milford CT
- 03/20/2018 Marquis, Victor, Killingly, CT
- 03/20/2018 McCann, Patrick, Chair-Secular Coalition for Connecticut
- 03/20/2018 McCormick, Joan, West Hartford CT
- 03/20/2018 McGaughey, James D
- 03/20/2018 McLachlan, Michael, State Senator, 24-Connecticut General Assembly
- 03/20/2018 Medelsohn, Stephen, New Britain CT
- 03/20/2018 Mills, Chris , Geriatric Care Manager
- 03/20/2018 Moe , Douglas, Easton CT
- 03/20/2018 Moe, Ingrid, Easton CT
- 03/20/2018 Morlino, Frances H, Danbury CT
- 03/20/2018 Nagle, Walter , Reverend-Old Lyme CT
- 03/20/2018 Nagle, Walter , Reverend
- 03/20/2018 Nikides, Fran, Wethersfield CT
- 03/20/2018 Nilsson, Lisa
- 03/20/2018 Nocera, Dorene
- 03/20/2018 Noel, Don, Bloomfield CT
- 03/20/2018 Okamoto, Susan Y, West Hartford CT
- 03/20/2018 Oliver, Alice, Milford CT
- 03/20/2018 Opalak, Michael, Stratford CT
- 03/20/2018 Peary, Douglas
- 03/20/2018 Pellino, Lindsey
- 03/20/2018 Pike, John, Middletown CT
- 03/20/2018 Pippin, Karen
- 03/20/2018 Platt, Thomas S, Hamden CT
- 03/20/2018 Prolife Council of Connecticut
- 03/20/2018 Quan, Tim, MD and CEO-South Windsor CT
- 03/20/2018 Read, John
- 03/20/2018 Reichenberger, Peter , Shelton CT
- 03/20/2018 Reiss, Jacqueline
- 03/20/2018 Rejniak, Marion S, Avon CT
- 03/20/2018 Rizzolo, Carol, Guilford CT
- 03/20/2018 Rizzolo, Lawrence , Professor-Yale University School of Medicine
- 03/20/2018 Rizzolo, Lawrence
- 03/20/2018 Roberts, Janet , Prospect CT
- 03/20/2018 Rosenthal, Sheila
- 03/20/2018 Rzasa, Peter J, Seymour CT
- 03/20/2018 Saba, Paul, MD-Quebec Canada
- 03/20/2018 Sanford, Shannon, RN-Seymour CT
- 03/20/2018 Saslow, Diane, Stratford CT
- 03/20/2018 Satterberg, Ruth H, Occupational Therapist
- 03/20/2018 Saunders, Peter , Campaign Director-Care Not Killing
- 03/20/2018 Semataska, Kevin, Plantsville CT
- 03/20/2018 Senk, Robert, Burlington, CT
- 03/20/2018 Shannon, Timothy , Branford, CT
- 03/20/2018 Smith, Emily
- 03/20/2018 Smith, Gayle, -2
- 03/20/2018 Smith, Gayle
- 03/20/2018 Smith, Joan
- 03/20/2018 Snowden, Lenore, Shelton, CT
- 03/20/2018 Spain, Peter, City Council Representative for the 130th-Bridgeport CT
- 03/20/2018 Spector, Maredith, Danbury CT
- 03/20/2018 Sporny, Lora, Stamford, CT
- 03/20/2018 Stanners, Suzanne, Old Saybrook CT
- 03/20/2018 Stephens, Rich
- 03/20/2018 Stities, Cynara, Mansfield, CT
- 03/20/2018 The National Association of Social Workers CT
- 03/20/2018 Tilkin, Mitchell
- 03/20/2018 Toffler, William L, MD-Physicians for Compassionate Care
- 03/20/2018 Tom and Ann
- 03/20/2018 Tumicki, Ted, Pastor-Griswold CT
- 03/20/2018 Unser, George, Fairfield CT
- 03/20/2018 Vaccaro, Gayle
- 03/20/2018 Vaudreuil, Joyce, Vernon CT
- 03/20/2018 Volpe, Julie, Berlin CT
- 03/20/2018 von Dwingelo, Maryann, New Canaan CT
- 03/20/2018 Weeks, Luther, Glastonbury, CT
- 03/20/2018 Weinberg, Leslie, Stamford CT
- 03/20/2018 Whewell, Celeste
- 03/20/2018 Wilcox, Nancy, Bridgeport, CT
- 03/20/2018 Williams, Mary Jane, CNA
- 03/20/2018 Williams, Robin, Meriden CT
- 03/20/2018 Willians, Bradley , President-MTaas.org
- 03/20/2018 Wodatch, Tracy, Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Services-Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home
- 03/20/2018 Wolfgang, Leslie, Waterbury CT
- 03/20/2018 Wyman, Robert, Professor of Biology-Yale University
- 03/20/2018 Young, James L, Mystic CT