✔︎ Bill C-62 (medical assistance in dying)

Bill

Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2

Vote

Yea.

Rationale

Bill C-62 extends the exclusion of eligibility for receiving medical assistance in dying (MAID) in circumstances where the sole underlying medical condition identified is a mental illness (MI-SUMC) for a period of 3 years, until March 17, 2027. The Bill also proposes that within two years after royal assent, a Joint Committee of Parliament undertake a review relating to eligibility of persons whose sole condition is a mental illness. If it prepares a report, it must table it with each house of Parliament.

Passed.

Bill Status

Royal Assent received