SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2082
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 263958
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11  Senators Bennett and Wasserman Schultz moved the following
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 2, lines 1-19, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  spontaneous fetal demise occurring after a
18  gestation period of less than 20 completed weeks must notify
19  the mother of her option to arrange for the burial or
20  cremation of the fetal remains, as well as the procedures
21  provided by general law. Notification may also include other
22  options such as, but not limited to, a ceremony, a
23  certificate, or common burial of the fetal remains.
24         (3)  The Department of Health shall adopt rules to
25  develop forms to be used for notifications and elections by
26  the health care practitioner, and the health care practitioner
27  shall provide the forms to the mother.
28         (4)  A facility licensed pursuant to chapter 383 or
29  chapter 395 having custody of fetal remains following a
30  spontaneous fetal demise occurring after a gestation period of
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2082
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 263958
 1  option to arrange for the burial or cremation of the fetal
 2  remains, as well as the procedures provided by general law.
 3  Notification may also include other options such as, but not
 4  limited to, a ceremony, a certificate, or common burial of the
 5  fetal remains.
 6         (5)  If the mother chooses the option of using the
 7  procedures provided by general law, the facility or health
 8  care practitioner in custody of fetal remains shall follow the
 9  procedures set forth in general law.
10         (6)  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall
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14  And the title is amended as follows:
15         On page 1, line 16, delete that line
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18         cremation of the fetal remains, as well as
19         procedures pertaining thereto; directing the
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