State Sued Over VA Policy That Bars Residents Of Veterans Facilities From Utilizing Aid-In-Dying Law
The state's policy is tied to a national VA regulation that forbids federal funding from being used for “assisted suicide.” It, however, is in conflict with a state law that allows California residents to request a lethal prescription.
Capital Public Radio:
Veterans Take State To Court Over California Aid-In-Dying Law
Residents of a veterans’ home in Napa County are suing California for the right to take lethal medication in the event of terminal illness. As it stands, people living in any veterans’ facility in the state who want to access the End of Life Option Act have to pack up and leave. (Caiola, 10/2)
In other veterans' health care news —
The Bakersfield Californian:
State-Of-The-Art Veterans Affairs Clinic Coming To Bakersfield
After years of delays, local military veterans and their families learned Tuesday the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic on Westwind Drive in Bakersfield will be replaced with a new $40 million, state-of-the-art facility. In a press conference convened at his Bakersfield office, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, flanked by veterans, veteran advocates and local politicians, announced that a new clinic will be built in northwest Bakersfield, near Olive and Knudsen drives. (Mayer, 10/2)