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Vermont Legislature
Follow VPR's statehouse coverage, featuring Pete Hirschfeld and Bob Kinzel in our Statehouse Bureau in Montpelier.

End Of Life Bill Goes Back To Senate

Debate over legislation that would allow physicians to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it is expected to come to a head this week at the Vermont Statehouse.

The House has passed a version of the bill with a series of safeguards similar to a law that's been in place in Oregon for 15 years. The Senate has passed a shorter version that would simply relieve health workers and family members of civil or criminal liability when a patient ends her or his own life.

The Senate is evenly divided over the legislation, and passage of a version closer to the Oregon-style bill the House passed could depend on just one vote changing in the Senate.

The House is not expected to agree with the Senate version.

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