Raised H.B. No. 5417
Session Year 2018

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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.

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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