FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2017

February 3, 2017

Mr. Speaker:

    Your HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 171

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. On page 8, line 14, through page 10, line 11, strike Section 10 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new section:

     "SECTION 10. Section 30-2-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963, Chapter 303, Section 2-5) is amended to read:

     "30-2-4. ASSISTING SUICIDE.--

          A. Assisting suicide consists of deliberately aiding another in the taking of [his] the person's own life [Whoever] unless the person aiding another in the taking of the person's own life is a person granted immunity pursuant to the End of Life Options Act.

          B. A person who is not granted immunity pursuant to the End of Life Options Act and who commits assisting suicide is guilty of a fourth degree felony."".,

and thence referred to the HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.