| 1 | Representative(s) Sobel offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 159-202 and insert: |
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| 6 | the conditions prescribed in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b). |
| 7 | (a) A written advance directive, written living will, or |
| 8 | written designation of a health care surrogate prepared in |
| 9 | accordance with s. 765.202 authorizes withholding or withdrawing |
| 10 | life-prolonging procedures, as defined in s. 765.101. |
| 11 | (b) Clear and convincing evidence exists that the person, |
| 12 | while competent and prior to entering into a persistent |
| 13 | vegetative state, expressly directed or instructed the |
| 14 | withholding or withdrawing of artificially provided sustenance |
| 15 | or hydration. For purposes of this section, this paragraph does |
| 16 | not authorize the application of substituted judgment. |
| 17 | (3) Any interested person may petition a court of |
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| 20 | Remove line(s) 15-20 and insert: |
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| 22 | apply; authorizing interested persons to petition the |