A bill that would make Vermont the second state in the country to allow terminally ill nonresidents to seek medically assisted suicide was approved

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A bill that would make Vermont the second state in the country to allow terminally ill nonresidents to seek medically assisted suicide was approved by a state legislative committee on Tuesday. The House Human Services Committee unanimously approved removing the residency requirement. A similar bill is in committee in the Senate. The full Legislature must consider the proposal, and then, if it is passed, it would need to be signed by Republican Gov. Phil Scott to become law. If removal of the residency requirement is approved, Vermont would join Oregon, which no longer requires people to be residents of the state to use its law allowing terminally ill people to receive lethal medication.