The bill, which still needs the governor’s signature to become law, would require two physicians agree the patient has no longer than six months to live. The patient must also undergo a mental health evaluation and have two witnesses attest to their wish to die.
Hawaii would be the seventh state to approve such aid-in-dying legislation, joining California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. The advocacy group Compassion and Choices lobbied for the bill.
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