The Florida Senate

HB 249: Health Care Advance Directives

GENERAL BILL by Heyman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sanderson ; Greenstein

Health Care Advance Directives; defines term "palliative care"; redefines term "terminal condition" to provide that such condition is not necessary for ensuring right to refuse treatment; revises provision re procedure for making living will to remove reference to terminal condition; removes reference to physical condition which is terminal re procedure for living will; removes reference to terminal condition re procedure in absence of living will, etc. Amends Ch. 765.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/6/1999	House	• Prefiled
  1/7/1999	House	• Referred to Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); Health Care Services (HFC); Judiciary (CJC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC)
  3/2/1999	House	• Introduced, referred to Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC); Health Care Services (HFC); Judiciary (CJC); Health & Human Services Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00036
  3/16/1999	House	• On Committee agenda-- Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), 03/18/99, 10:00 am, 214C --Temporarily deferred
  4/30/1999	House	• Died in Committee on Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (HFC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2228 (Ch. 99-331)

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• HB 249, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:26 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (Post-Meeting) 3/17/1999 (pdf) Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (Post-Meeting) 5/5/1999 (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 1240	Health Care Advance Directives	Brown-Waite	Identical	Last Action: 4/30/1999 S Died in Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2228 (Ch. 99-331) Location:
  H 2131	End-of-life Care	Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/1999 H Died on Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2228 (Ch. 99-331) Location:
  S 2228 (e1)		Klein	Compare	Last Action: 6/11/1999 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-331 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (7)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  765.101	Definitions.
  765.102	Legislative findings and intent.
  765.302	Procedure for making a living will; notice to physician.
  765.303	Suggested form of a living will.
  765.304	Procedure for living will.
  765.305	Procedure in absence of a living will.
  765.306	Determination of patient condition.

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