Bill > SB290

This bill amends existing Montana law to prohibit the use of consent as a defense for physician-assisted suicide. It specifically defines "physician aid in dying" as a physician prescribing a lethal dose of medication for a patient to self-administer to end their life, and states that a patient's consent to this is not a valid defense against a charge of homicide against the aiding physician. The bill clarifies that this does not include the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, which is authorized under separate Montana laws.