Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1826
                        Barcode 205930
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11  Senators Klein and Smith moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page  20, between lines 20 and 21,
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17         Section 14.  (1)  A physician or other health care
18  provider who treats a patient for infertility shall provide
19  the patient with timely, relevant, and appropriate information
20  that is sufficient to allow the person to make an informed and
21  voluntary choice regarding the disposition of human embryos
22  that remain following such treatment.
23         (2)  A person to whom information is provided pursuant
24  to subsection (1) shall be given the options of storing any
25  unused embryos, donating them to another person, donating them
26  for research purposes, or selecting other means of
27  disposition.
28         (3)  A person who chooses to donate the embryos for
29  research shall provide written consent on a form provided by
30  the Department of Health and made available to the public on
31  the department's Internet website.
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    Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1826
                        Barcode 205930
 1         (4)  A person may not knowingly, for material or
 2  financial gain, purchase, sell, transfer, or obtain, or
 3  promote the sale or transfer of, embryonic fetal tissue for
 4  research purposes. Embryonic and adult stem cell material may
 5  be donated only for research purposes with the informed
 6  consent of the donor. A person who violates this section
 7  commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided
 8  in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, Florida Statutes.
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10  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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14  And the title is amended as follows:
15         On page 3, line 13, after the semicolon,
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18         providing procedures for the disposition of
19         human embryos that remain following infertility
20         treatment; prohibiting the sale or transfer of
21         such embryos under certain circumstances;
22         providing penalties;
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