A new, stronger euthanasia bill giving Tasmanians the chance to self-administer lethal drugs without a health practitioner is open for public comment.
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Dying with Dignity Tasmania has also foreshadowed further changes to the bill.
Independent Mersey member Mike Gaffney said he had received a "huge amount" of public feedback on his initial draft End-Of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020.
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He said after extensive community and professional consultation since January, a number of changes have been incorporated to improve and strengthen the bill.
"Perhaps the most significant change has been to add the capacity for a person who has six months to live, or 12 months to live (if suffering from motor neuron disease) to privately self-administer the VAD substance without the assistance of a health professional," Mr Gaffney said.
"This is currently the case in Victoria and allowed by the West Australian legislation.
"The three options in the previous bill (to self-administer, receive assistance to administer or to have the substance administered by a health practitioner who is present at the event) have not been amended.
"This final draft has evolved after extensive deliberations - I really feel that it reflects the views and needs of Tasmanians."
Mr Gaffney said the changes to his initial draft bill had been based on an assessment of the first six months of Victoria's euthanasia laws.
"In Victoria of the 52 events, 43 people had self-administered themselves," he said.
"Victoria has about 13 times more people than Tasmania so you could expect five or six deaths in the first six months and four or five to be self administered.
"You would still have to have a contact person with you."
Mr Gaffney is encouraging public feedback on the latest draft before July 3.
Dying with Dignity Tasmania wants Tasmanians with intolerable end of life suffering to have access to voluntary assisted dying "as soon as possible".
"Mike Gaffney's bill aims to provide choice," a spokesperson said.
"We think the latest draft has some very good features and we'll put forward some more improvements we think could be made."
Assisted dying advocate Jacqui Gray said she and her sister Natalie would closely examine the latest draft.
"We're very happy that Mike is still pushing this," Ms Gray said.
Mr Gaffney said COVID-19 restrictions did not make it easy to continue with widespread forums.
"Many teleconferences, a myriad of emails and discussions were invaluable to the process," he said.
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