NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — One Tennessee lawmaker wants to give Tennesseans the “right to die.”

Rep. Bob Freeman (D-Nashville) filed a bill in the General Assembly this month that would create a process for those suffering terminal diseases to die in a “humane and dignified manner.”

HB1710 would allow for qualified patients to request a prescription of medication that would end their lives if certain conditions are met.

Specifically, the bill states “[a]n adult who is capable, is a resident of this state, and has been determined by an attending physician and a consulting physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, and who has voluntarily expressed the wish to die, may make a written request for medication for the purpose of ending the adult’s life in a humane and dignified manner in accordance with this part.”

According to Freeman, the bill was inspired by friends’ struggles with aging family members’ end of life.