AN ACT CONCERNING THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR PERSONS WHO SELF-ADMINISTER MEDICATION PRESCRIBED TO BRING ABOUT DEATH.

This bill requires that death certificates for terminally ill patients who self-administer prescribed medication to end their lives must list the medication as part of the cause of death and indicate "suicide" as the manner of death. It applies to medical professionals or officials completing death certificates who know the death was caused by the self-administered medication. The bill does not create assisted dying laws but sets documentation standards for when such laws are in effect. Its purpose is to inform next of kin that the death occurred through assisted suicide, providing transparency about the cause of death.