SB 2128: Withholding Nutrition or Hydration
GENERAL BILL by Wise
Withholding Nutrition or Hydration; creates "Starvation & Dehydration of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act"; declares that incompetent person is presumed to have directed health care providers to provide necessary nutrition & hydration to sustain life; prohibits court, proxy, or surrogate from withholding or withdrawing nutrition or hydration except under specified circumstances, etc. Creates 765.601-.604; amends 765.106,.107,.204,.305,.401,.404.
Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 5/6/2005 Senate - Died in Committee on Health Care
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/6/2005 Senate - Died in Committee on Health Care
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 3/7/2005 Senate • Filed
3/16/2005 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health Care; Judiciary -SJ 00207
5/6/2005 Senate • Died in Committee on Health Care
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SB 2128, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/7/2005 at 12:14 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location H 701 (e1) Artificially Provided Sustenance Baxley Compare Last Action: 5/6/2005 S Died in Committee on Judiciary
Location:Citations - Statutes (10)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 765.106 Preservation of existing rights. 765.107 Construction. 765.204 Capacity of principal; procedure. 765.305 Procedure in absence of a living will. 765.401 The proxy. 765.404 Persistent vegetative state. 765.601 765.602 765.603 765.604