![]() ![]() The group, in conjunction with an advisory panel of palliative-care providers and lawyers, have created a detailed informational page for nonresidents on its website, which includes guidelines for Vermont doctors. ![]() Scott’s office announced the signing of H.190 with little fanfare, but the nonprofit advocacy group Patient Choices Vermont has been preparing for this moment for months, according to president Betsy Walkerman. The process both must follow is laid out in a 2013 state law. Now an adult with a terminal illness living out-of-state will have the option of consulting with a Vermont-licensed physician about receiving a prescription for a drug that will hasten death. Phil Scott removed the residency requirement for medical aid-in-dying care, making Vermont the first state to do so legislatively. ![]() With the stroke of a pen on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill Tuesday removing the residency requirement for terminal patients to receive medical aid-in-dying. ![]()
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