Michigan Assisted Suicide Act, Proposal B (1998)
From Ballotpedia
Michigan Assisted Suicide Act, Proposal B (1998) was on the November 7, 1998 election ballot in Michigan as a initiated state statute, where it was defeated.
- Yes: 859,381 (28.9%)
- No: 2,116,154 (71.1%)
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
The proposal would:
1) allow a Michigan resident or certain out-of-state relatives of Michigan residents confirmed by 1 psychiatrist to be mentally competent and 2 physicians to be terminally ill with 6 months or less to live to obtain a lethal dose of medication to end his/her life;
2) allow physicians, after following required procedures, to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to enable a terminally ill adult to end his/her life;
3) establish a gubernatorially appointed, publicly-funded oversight committee, exempt from Open Meetings Act and whose records, including confidential medical records, and minutes are exempt from Freedom of Information Act;
4) create penalties for violating the law.
