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AB1078,18,12 9(4) The department shall annually review a sample of records related to
10requests under this chapter to ensure compliance and issue a public statistical report
11of nonidentifying information. The report shall be limited to the following statistical
12information:
AB1078,18,1313 (a) The number of prescriptions for medication written under this chapter.
AB1078,18,1514 (b) The number of providers who wrote prescriptions for medication under this
15chapter.
AB1078,18,1716 (c) The number of qualified individuals who died following self-administration
17of medication prescribed and dispensed under this chapter.
AB1078,18,20 18(5) Except as otherwise required by law, the information collected by the
19department that is related to requests under this chapter is not a public record and
20is not available for public inspection under s. 19.35.
AB1078,18,22 21(6) Willful failure or refusal to timely submit records required under this
22chapter nullifies protections under s. 156.25.
AB1078,19,2 23156.29 Effect on construction of will, contracts, and statutes. (1) No
24provision in a contract, will, or other agreement, whether written or oral, that would

1determine whether an individual may make or rescind a request under this chapter
2is valid.
AB1078,19,4 3(2) No obligation owing under any existing contract may be conditioned or
4affected by an individual's act of making or rescinding a request under this chapter.
AB1078,19,8 5(3) It is unlawful for an insurer to deny or alter health care benefits otherwise
6available to an individual with a terminal disease based on the availability of
7medical aid in dying or to otherwise attempt to coerce an individual with a terminal
8disease to make a request for medical aid-in-dying medication.
AB1078,19,12 9156.31 Insurance or annuity policies. (1) The sale, procurement, or
10issuance of a life, health, or accident insurance policy, or an annuity policy, or the rate
11charged for a policy may not be conditioned upon or affected by an individual's act
12of making or rescinding a request for medication under this chapter.
AB1078,19,15 13(2) A qualified individual's act of self-administering medication under this
14chapter does not invalidate any part of a life, health, or accident insurance policy, or
15an annuity policy.
AB1078,19,21 16(3) An insurance plan, including the Medical Assistance program under subch.
17IV of ch. 49, may not deny or alter benefits to an individual with a terminal disease
18who is a covered beneficiary of an insurance plan based on the availability of medical
19aid in dying, the individual's request for medication under this chapter, or the
20absence of a request for medication under this chapter. Failure to meet this
21requirement shall constitute a violation of the insurance code of this state.
AB1078,19,25 22156.33 Death certificate. (1) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, an
23attending provider or a hospice medical director may sign the death certificate of a
24qualified individual who obtained and self-administered a prescription for
25medication under this chapter.
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1(2) When a death has occurred in accordance with this chapter, the death shall
2be attributed to the underlying terminal disease.
AB1078,20,4 3(3) A death following self-administering medication under this chapter does
4not alone constitute grounds for post-mortem inquiry.
AB1078,20,6 5(4) A death in accordance with this chapter may not be designated as suicide
6or homicide.
AB1078,20,8 7(5) A qualified individual's act of self-administering medication prescribed
8under this chapter may not be indicated on the individual's death certificate.
AB1078,20,10 9(6) A coroner may conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether
10an individual received a prescription for medication under this chapter.
AB1078,20,14 11156.35 Liabilities and penalties. (1) Intentionally or knowingly altering
12or forging an individual's request for medication under this chapter or concealing or
13destroying a rescission of a request for medication under this chapter is a Class F
14felony.
AB1078,20,17 15(2) Intentionally or knowingly coercing or exerting undue influence on an
16individual with a terminal disease to request or use medication under this chapter
17is a Class F felony.
AB1078,20,20 18(3) Nothing in this chapter limits civil liability nor damages arising from
19negligent conduct or intentional misconduct, including failure to obtain informed
20consent by any person, provider, or health care facility.
AB1078,20,22 21(4) The penalties specified in this chapter do not preclude criminal penalties
22applicable under other laws for conduct inconsistent with this chapter.
AB1078,20,24 23(5) For purposes of this chapter, “intentionally” and “knowingly” have the
24meaning under s. 939.23.
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1156.37 Claims by governmental entity for costs incurred. Any
2governmental entity that incurs costs resulting from self-administration of
3medication prescribed under this chapter in a public place has a claim against the
4estate of the qualified individual to recover those costs and, notwithstanding s.
5814.04 (1), reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred in enforcing the claim.
AB1078,21,9 6156.39 Construction. (1) Nothing in this chapter authorizes a provider or
7any other person, including a qualified individual, to end the qualified individual's
8life by intravenous or other parenteral injection or infusion, mercy killing, homicide,
9murder, manslaughter, euthanasia, or any other criminal act.
AB1078,21,13 10(2) Actions taken in accordance with this chapter do not, for any purposes,
11constitute suicide, assisted suicide, euthanasia, mercy killing, homicide, murder,
12manslaughter, elder abuse or neglect, or any other civil or criminal violation under
13the law.
AB1078,2 14Section 2 . 979.01 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1078,21,1715 979.01 (1j) Subsection (1) does not apply to a death that results from taking
16medication under a fulfilled request for medication that meets the requirements of
17ch. 156.
AB1078,3 18Section 3. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB1078,21,2119 (1) No later than 45 days after the effective date of this subsection, the
20department of health services shall create the checklist form and the follow up form
21required under s. 156.27 (1).
AB1078,4 22Section 4. Effective date.
AB1078,21,2423 (1) This act takes effect on April 1, 2022, or the first day of the first month
24beginning after publication, whichever is later.
AB1078,21,2525 (End)
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