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This bill, known as the Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act, establishes a legal process for terminally ill patients in Rhode Island to obtain medication from a physician to end their life. The bill defines key terms, outlines the specific requirements and documentation that a physician must follow, and provides protections from civil or criminal liability for physicians and other healthcare providers who comply with the law. It also prohibits healthcare facilities from preventing physicians from prescribing the lethal medication and ensures that life insurance policies and medical malpractice insurance rates cannot be affected by a physician's willingness to participate in the provisions of the law. The bill specifies that the law does not authorize euthanasia or assisted suicide, and that actions taken in accordance with the law are not considered suicide or homicide. The act would take effect upon passage.

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