05/04/2016
Critical Action Needed! MOLST Needs Your Support!
Critical ACTION is Needed NOW!
Critical ACTION is Needed NOW! The Senate Civil Justice Committee voted this morning to pass SB165, Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment. It now is prepared to go to the Senate Floor for a vote. The opposition just released a statement pushing hard to keep the bill from going to the Senate Floor for a vote this afternoon. We need you to call or email now to support this bill moving forward.
- The MOLST was voted out of the Civil Justice Committee this morning and we need your support in moving it forward on the Senate Floor.
- The MOLST allows for greater individual choice!
- The MOLST reduces crisis by helping patients, families, and healthcare providers navigate the healthcare system at end-of-life. It provides more clarity around a one’s wishes and allows the individual to die in the setting of their choosing.
- The MOLST communicates a patient’s wishes, through portable medical orders for all health care settings including EMT, hospitals, institutional settings, community settings, and a patient’s home.
- SB 165 was developed by a strong statewide coalition, with input from health care providers, EMT and Fire Chiefs, attorneys, patient advocates, religious and pro-life organizations, to address how MOLST in Ohio can be a tool that honors wishes and respects human life.
Contact your Senator NOW and ask them to support Senate Bill 165, the MOLST Bill.