House Bill 0999c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000              CS/HB 999

        By the Committee on Crime & Punishment and Representative
    Andrews





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to anatomical gifts by inmates;

  3         requiring the Department of Corrections to

  4         provide each person remanded to the custody of

  5         the department the opportunity to obtain an

  6         anatomical gift donor card; providing that

  7         section does not confer a right on the part of

  8         an inmate to make an anatomical gift; providing

  9         for dismissal of certain actions with

10         prejudice; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Anatomical gifts by inmates.--The

15  Department of Corrections shall provide each person remanded

16  to the custody of the department the opportunity to obtain an

17  anatomical gift donor card as provided in s. 732.914, Florida

18  Statutes.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to

19  confer a right on the part of an inmate under the supervision

20  of the Department of Corrections or any private correctional

21  facility contracted by the Department of Corrections to make

22  an anatomical gift.  Any claim or action filed on behalf of an

23  inmate which seeks to enforce an alleged right to make or

24  donate an anatomical gift is a nullity and shall be summarily

25  dismissed with prejudice by the court in which the action or

26  claim is filed.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

28  law.

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