Lawmakers tell HHS to crack down on discrimination in medically assisted suicide Comments: by Helen Huiskes - 07/09/26 10:56 AM ET

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5960713-assisted-suicide-monitoring-rules-hospices/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6aBtfaECsJEks0OoWoRL5zHA_Ckx8rH3zJOrB8Y8f4HkrMKiv0G53d1bnLRQIaTBTHO6NzHUAWhGTTBvsKuIM7WjFwQ&_hsmi=427809115&utm_content=427809115&utm_source=hs_email The Hill: Lawmakers Urge HHS To Monitor For Assisted Suicide Discrimination A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to set up new monitoring rules for hospices to root out discrimination against vulnerable populations in the provision of medically assisted suicide. In a letter sent to Kennedy on Thursday, Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Reps. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) and Luis Correa (D-Calif.) recommended that Kennedy’s HHS establish reporting requirements in the hospice program to better monitor the provision of medically assisted suicide for discrimination against people with disabilities, older adults and other vulnerable populations. (Huiskes, 7/9)