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USA-1997-L-47044
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Title_of_text
Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-12 [H.R. 1003]).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United States of America
Subjects (Classification)
Medical care and sickness benefit
Adopted on (Date of text)
1997-04-30
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Prohibits the use of Federal funds to pay for services which relate to assisted suicide, mercy killing, or euthanasia. Also prohibits the use of Federal funds for advocacy or legal activities which support assisted suicide. Section 7 specifies that Medicare and Medicaid rules pertaining to advance directives would not require a health care provider or organization to inform or counsel any individual about assisted suicide. Furthermore, this section clarifies that Federal law does not require providers or organizations to follow the provisions of an advance directive which directs the purposeful causing of death.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1997-04-30
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Serial region
Serial title
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
Date
1997-06
Number
No. 4
Page range
pp. 111 STAT. 23-30