Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 162
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/11/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Bennett) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (518288) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 128 - 135
    5  and insert:
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    7  minor child of the deceased patient; or the attorney for the
    8  deceased patient.
    9  	(3) EMERGENCY RELEASE OF IDENTIFIABLE HEALTH RECORD.—A
   10  health care provider may release or access an identifiable
   11  health record of a patient without the patient’s consent for use
   12  in the treatment of the patient for an emergency medical
   13  condition, as defined in s. 395.002(8), when the health care
   14  provider is unable to obtain the patient’s consent or the
   15  consent of the patient representative due to the
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   17  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   18         And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete line 304
   20  and insert:
   21  patient consent or consent of the patient representative;
   22  providing for immunity from civil