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14 (9) "Life-prolonging procedure" means any medical
15 procedure, treatment, or intervention, including artificially
16 provided sustenance and hydration, which sustains, restores,
17 or supplants a spontaneous vital function.
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4 (11) "Persistent vegetative state" means a permanent
5 and irreversible condition of unconsciousness in which there
6 is:
7 (a) The absence of voluntary action or cognitive
8 behavior of any kind.
9 (b) An inability to communicate or interact
10 purposefully with the environment.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2131
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
The Committee on Judiciary offered the following:
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13 Amendment (with title amendment)
14 Remove from the bill: Everything after the enacting clause
15
16 and insert in lieu thereof:
17 Section 1. End-of-life care.-- 18 (1)(a) The Legislature finds that Florida, as the
19 fourth most populous state, is highly diverse with regard to
20 race, ethnicity, urban and rural locales, religious practices,
21 and cultural traditions. Florida has the largest percentage of
22 elderly residents, the third largest incidence of AIDS, and
23 the fourth highest death rates from heart disease and chronic
24 obstructive pulmonary disease in the nation.
if this is the one that made feeding tubes artifical means of keeping a person alive then this is what I was looking for.
Thanks, I hope you got your computer problem fixed!