Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 290
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/24/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Sobel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete line 861
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 17. A vasectomy or treatment for erectile
    6  dysfunction may not be performed except with the voluntary and
    7  informed consent of the patient, or in the case of a mental
    8  incompetent, the voluntary and informed written consent of his
    9  court-appointed guardian. Except in the case of a medical
   10  emergency, consent to a vasectomy or treatment for erectile
   11  dysfunction is voluntary and informed only if the physician
   12  orally, in person, informs the patient of the nature and risks
   13  of undergoing or not undergoing the proposed procedure or
   14  treatment which a reasonable patient would consider material to
   15  making a knowing and willful decision at least 24 hours before
   16  the vasectomy is performed or the treatment is provided.
   17         Section 18. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
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   19  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   20         And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete line 2
   22  and insert:
   23         An act relating to reproductive health; amending
   24         s. 390.011,
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   26         Delete line 123
   27  and insert:
   28         penalties; providing for severability; requiring that
   29         certain requirements be completed 24 hours before a
   30         vasectomy or treatment for erectile dysfunction is
   31         performed in order for the consent to be considered
   32         voluntary and informed; providing an