Senate Bill 692 WITHDRAWN

Florida Senate ^ | 04/20/04 | Florida Senate

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http://www.flsenate.gov/session/index.cfm?BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&Mode=Bills&SubMenu=1&Year=2004&billnum=692
S692     GENERAL BILL by Wise; (CO-SPONSORS) Sebesta
Incompetency/Nutrition/Hydration; cites act as "Starvation & Dehydration
  of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act"; declares that incompetent
  person is presumed to have directed health care providers to provide
necessary nutrition & hydration to sustain life; prohibits court, proxy,
  or surrogate from withholding or withdrawing nutrition or hydration
  except under specified circumstances, etc. Amends Ch. 765.  EFFECTIVE
  DATE: Upon becoming law.
11/21/03 SENATE Prefiled

12/05/03 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care;
                  Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services;
                  Appropriations; Rules and Calendar

  03/02/04 SENATE Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Health, Aging, and
                  Long-Term Care; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and
                  Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00045

  04/16/04 SENATE Withdrawn from Judiciary; Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care;
                  Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services;
                  Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00658; Withdrawn from
                  further consideration -SJ 00658

Senator King's Contact Details:
Capitol Office:
Suite 409
The Capitol
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
(850) 487-5030  Fax (850) 487-5368

District Office:
Suite 108
9485 Regency Square Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32225-8145
(904) 727-3600  Fax (904) 727-3603

Legislative Assistants: Kay Rousseau, Rebecca Stagg and Kelly Williams

District-wide: 1-888-861-9761
Email: king.james.web@flsenate.gov
 

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ANGRY PING

[dandelion]

Call him, Florida Freepers! Remind him that you know of his ties to the Hospice Industry...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35161

..."According to his website, King is a member of the Florida Hospice Board of Directors and the Florida Task Force on Government-Financed Health Care, and is a recipient of the Hospice Hall of Fame Award.

Last year he wrote an amendment to the Advanced Directives Law expanding the definition of "proxy."...

[DoctorMichael]

To my knowledge there is no such word as WITHDRAAN.

Do you mean 'withdrawn' as in 'removed' or 'pulled out'?

[Waco]

It was withdruun? Really? Shuucks

[floriduh voter]

The divine right of KING.

S692 GENERAL BILL by Wise; (CO-SPONSORS) Sebesta Incompetency/Nutrition/Hydration; cites act as "Starvation & Dehydration of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act"; declares that incompetent person is presumed to have directed health care providers to provide necessary nutrition & hydration to sustain life; prohibits court, proxy, or surrogate from withholding or withdrawing nutrition or hydration except under specified circumstances, etc. Amends Ch. 765. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. 11/21/03 SENATE Prefiled 12/05/03 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar

03/02/04 SENATE Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00045

04/16/04 SENATE Withdrawn from Judiciary; Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00658; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00658

THE DEATH FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON LOBBY lurks in the halls at the Capital Bldg.

[floriduh voter]

SEBESTA is from Terri's district. He's an okay guy and helped me with a condo problem before. But, Jim King apparently runs the show and says who eats and who starves.

[russesjunjee]

Looks like Little (little in character only) Jimmy King has sold his soul...

I wonder how much he got for it, and exactly who paid the bill?

[russesjunjee]

Looks like Little (little in character only) Jimmy King has sold his soul...

I wonder how much he got for it, and exactly who paid the bill?

[fatima]

pc93,Bump for life.

[CindyDawg]

I'm confused. What just happened here?

[Coleus]

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[supercat]

I find the withdrawal of this bill neither surprising nor terribly discouraging. From what I remember, the bill represented a substantial change to the existing laws, when the problem isn't that the current laws are bad but rather that they're being flouted.

The critical issue in Terri's case is not whether Terri must be fed, but rather whether an openly-adulterous spouse who has openly declared that he wants his wife dead should be considered a suitable guardian for that wife. To be sure, the feeding issue has been urgent, but the guardianship issue is and remains critical. While Terri is in Michael's clutches, she won't be safe regardless of what the court decides on the feeding issues. Once she's rescued, she won't be in danger regardless of what the court decides on the feeding issue.

[Wampus SC]

"ANGRY PING"

Email and fax on the way when I log off.

I'll make sure to note that I am not a Floridian -- because this issue will not be allowed to be confined within the state borders. Even though the press isn't saying much, he and his actions are getting much national attention via the net. I suggest that any non-Floridian tell him that politicians whose actions endanger Terri or others like her can expect lots of out-of-state campaign contributions to their opponents.

[Wampus SC]

"Looks like Little (little in character only) Jimmy King has sold his soul...

I wonder how much he got for it, and exactly who paid the bill?"

I wonder if he didn't just donate it, rather than sell it.

[AnimalLover]

Thanks for supplying the addresses and phone numbers.
Following is the E-Mail I just sent:

Senator King,

With all due respect do you realize that the entire country, no, the entire world looks at Florida and
the corruption that lives within. And that you are first and foremost concerned with your legacy!
Do not play God or God will reward you with his justice.

Resubmit Bill 692 and see to it that it passes. We are all watching to see what transpires and will
act accordingly. If you choose the wrong decision, I will do all in my power to see that you are
never elected to another office whether it be in Florida or anywhere in the United States!

Sincerely,

Me

[windchime]

Bump!

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--Today is Terri Schiavo's 25th day of isolation from her family--

Contact the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission
And tell them to remove Judge George Greer from the bench for failure to discharge his duties as a guardianship jurist.

850-488-1581
http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/jqc/index.html


Contact the Agency for Health Care Administration
And tell them to investigate allegations of Abuse and Neglect against Terri Schiavo

888-419-3456
http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/index.shtml


Contact the Department of Children and Families
And tell them to provide protective custody for a disabled and vulnerable citizen of Florida.

800-96-ABUSE
http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/


Visit http://www.zimp.org for a list of violations under Florida law against Terri.

Visit http://www.terrisfight.org for daily updates on Terri's situation.

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DEMONSTRATION NOTICE

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Bradford County Citizens Hold Rally along SR 301 in Starke to Denounce Michael Schiavo's on going attempt to have his disabled wife's (Terri Schiavo's) feeding tube pulled.

On April 24, 2004, beginning at 8 o'clock am., and lasting until 5 o'clock p.m., local residents will hold protest in front of the Bradford County Courthouse located at SR 301 in Starke, Florida

Why? Terri Schiavo has no living will. In other words, Michael Schiavo (Who has been living with a woman for about 8 yrs, and has two children with that woman), visa Attorney George Felos , is using the Florida Judicial System to redefine the word "dead" to include his brain injured wife.(There are presently 25,000 human beings, living throughout our country, who are in the same situation as Terri Schiavo.)

[FR_addict]

I started calling the numbers you provided, but it didn't seem like they were listening.

Maybe we need someone, who can summarize the abuse and the reasons for initiating the investigations, write a letter to the various agencies that we can all sign.

The website at the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission indicates a letter is needed to start the procedure for investigating a judge. We need to send the letters certified so that the various groups can't claim they never received the letter.

I think the petition letters need a thread all their own and a place we can sign our names.

If there is no answer to the letters, then we can go to the media about the lack of interest by government agencies that are suppose to protect the vulnerable citizens.