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CS/CS/HB 701: Artificially Provided Sustenance

GENERAL BILL by Baxley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ambler ; Attkisson ; Barreiro ; Bean ; Brown ; Brummer ; Cannon ; Carroll ; Cretul ; Davis ; Flores ; Goldstein ; Hays ; Jordan ; Dick ; Legg ; Lopez-Cantera ; Murzin ; Patterson ; Poppell ; Proctor ; Quinones ; Sansom ; Stargel ; Traviesa ; Williams, T.

Artificially Provided Sustenance; excludes withholding or withdrawing of artificially provided sustenance or hydration from certain authority to make health care decisions; prohibits withholding or withdrawing of artificially provided sustenance or hydration from person in persistent vegetative state in specific circumstances; authorizes certain interested persons to petition for enforcement of section, etc. Amends 765.401,.404; creates 765.405.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 5/6/2005 Senate - Died in Committee on Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/4/2005 House • Filed
2/18/2005 House • Referred to Health Care Regulation (HFC); Judiciary (JC); Health & Families Council
3/8/2005 House • Introduced, referred to Health Care Regulation (HFC); Judiciary (JC); Health & Families Council -HJ 00067; On Committee agenda-- Health Care Regulation (HFC), 03/09/05, 8:30 am, 212-K
3/9/2005 House • Favorable with CS amendment by Health Care Regulation (HFC); YEAS 7 NAYS 4 -HJ 00207
3/10/2005 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3(b); Now in Judiciary (JC) -HJ 00207; On Committee agenda-- Judiciary (JC), 03/14/05, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
3/14/2005 House • Favorable with CS amendment by Judiciary (JC); YEAS 9 NAYS 2 -HJ 00227; Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3(b); Now in Health & Families Council -HJ 00227; On Council agenda-- Health & Families Council, 03/15/05, 9:30 am, Reed Hall
3/15/2005 House • Favorable by- Health & Families Council; YEAS 7 NAYS 3 -HJ 00228; Placed on Calendar -HJ 00228
3/17/2005 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00209; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00210; Ordered engrossed -HJ 00213; Read third time -HJ 00212; Passed as amended; YEAS 78 NAYS 37 -HJ 00212; Immediately certified -HJ 00213
3/17/2005 Senate • In Messages
3/23/2005 Senate • Received, referred to Judiciary -SJ 00292
5/6/2005 Senate • Died in Committee on Judiciary