Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 988
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/12/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Braynon) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Present subsections (2) and (3) of section
    6  765.521, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3)
    7  and (4), respectively, and a new subsection (2) is added to that
    8  section, to read:
    9         765.521 Donations as part of driver license or
   10  identification card process.—
   11         (2) An applicant for a driver license under s. 322.08, a
   12  driver license renewal under s. 322.18, or an identification
   13  card under s. 322.051 shall provide a statement in writing, or
   14  by other means approved by the department, of whether he or she
   15  agrees to have his or her name included in the donor registry by
   16  responding to one of the following three options provided by the
   17  department: “Yes,” “No,” or “Defer to family wishes.” A person
   18  who chooses:
   19         (a) “Yes” has agreed to have his or her name included in
   20  the donor registry and has entered into a legally binding
   21  commitment to donate his or her organs or tissue upon his or her
   22  death.
   23         (b) “No” has not agreed to have his or her name included in
   24  the donor registry.
   25         (c) “Defer to family wishes” has agreed to allow a person
   26  listed in s. 765.512(3) to donate all or any part of the
   27  decedent’s body for any purpose specified in s. 765.513.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
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   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   33  and insert:
   34                        A bill to be entitled                      
   35         An act relating to anatomical gifts; amending s.
   36         765.521, F.S.; requiring an applicant for a driver
   37         license, driver license renewal, or identification
   38         card to provide a statement of whether he or she
   39         agrees to have his or her name included in the donor
   40         registry; specifying the options that may be selected
   41         by an applicant in his or her statement; providing an
   42         effective date.