Overview
- Deputies narrowly approved amendments letting patients choose between self-administration and administration by a health professional, though a second deliberation has been requested after two miscast votes were reported.
- Bill sponsor Olivier Falorni and the government opposed the patient-choice change, and the Assembly resumed work on eligibility rules that require five cumulative conditions including adulthood, a grave incurable illness, and a free and informed will.
- The Assembly separately rejected, in second reading, an enforceable legal right to palliative care, with the health minister warning it would generate litigation and the RN’s position shift contributing to the outcome.
- Lawmakers backed the creation of non-profit accompaniment and palliative-care houses and voted to bar for‑profit operators from running them, despite government warnings about constitutional risk.
- Scrutiny of the assisted-dying text has been contentious, with more than 150 amendments ruled inadmissible by the finance committee; final Assembly votes are slated for February 24 before a Senate review from April 1 to 3.