SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 35-E
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 123042
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11  Senator Webster moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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16  and insert:  
17         Section 1.  (1)  The Governor shall have the authority
18  to issue a one-time stay to prevent the withholding of
19  nutrition and hydration from a patient if, as of October 15,
20  2003:
21         (a)  That patient has no written advance directive;
22         (b)  The court has found that patient to be in a
23  persistent vegetative state;
24         (c)  That patient has had nutrition and hydration
25  withheld; and
26         (d)  A member of that patient's family has challenged
27  the withholding of nutrition and hydration.
28         (2)  The Governor's authority to issue the stay expires
29  15 days after the effective date of this act, and the
30  expiration of that authority does not impact the validity or
31  the effect of any stay issued pursuant to this act. The
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 35-E Amendment No. ___ Barcode 123042 1 Governor may lift the stay authorized under this act at any 2 time. A person may not be held civilly liable and is not 3 subject to regulatory or disciplinary sanctions for taking any 4 action to comply with a stay issued by the Governor pursuant 5 to this act. 6 (3) Upon the issuance of a stay, the chief judge of 7 the circuit court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the 8 patient to make recommendations to the Governor and the court. 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 10 law. 11 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 Delete everything before the enacting clause 16 17 and insert: 18 A bill to be entitled 19 An act relating to the authority for the 20 Governor to issue a one-time stay; authorizing 21 the Governor to issue a one-time stay to 22 prevent the withholding of nutrition and 23 hydration under certain circumstances; 24 providing for expiration of the stay; 25 authorizing the Governor to lift the stay at 26 any time; providing that a person is not 27 civilly liable and is not subject to regulatory 28 or disciplinary sanctions for taking an action 29 in compliance with any such stay; providing for 30 the chief judge of the circuit court to appoint 31 a guardian ad litem; providing an effective 2 12:12 PM 10/21/03 h0035Ec-09j02
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