The Florida Senate

HB 2429: End-of-Life Care

GENERAL BILL by Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care ; Argenziano ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Lynn

End-of-Life Care; specifies conditions under which hospital personnel may withhold resuscitation; requires use of official form for valid do-not-resuscitate order; adds legislative intent to allow person to plan for future incapacity orally or by executing document; encourages health care professionals to rapidly increase their understanding of end-of-life & palliative health care, etc. Amends Ch. 765, 395.1041, 400.142,.4255,.6095, 401.45, 455.597.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  4/20/2000	House	• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00590
  5/5/2000	House	• Died, reference deferred, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 1890 (Ch. 2000-295)

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• HB 2429, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:15 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Elder Affairs & Long-Term Care (Post-Meeting) 4/20/2000 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 1890 (c2)		Klein	Similar	Last Action: 6/15/2000 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2000-295 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (15)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  395.1041	Access to emergency services and care.
  400.142	Emergency medication kits; orders not to resuscitate.
  400.4255	Use of personnel; emergency care.
  400.6095	Patient admission; assessment; plan of care; discharge; death.
  401.45	Denial of emergency treatment; civil liability.
  455.597	Requirement for instruction on domestic violence.
  765.102	Legislative findings and intent.
  765.1103
  765.203	Suggested form of designation.
  765.204	Capacity of principal; procedure.
  765.205	Responsibility of the surrogate.
  765.303	Suggested form of a living will.
  765.305	Procedure in absence of a living will.
  765.306	Determination of patient condition.
  765.401	The proxy.

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