Florida Senate - 2022 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for HB 5
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD .
03/02/2022 09:42 AM .
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Senator Polsky moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment
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3 Delete lines 199 - 242
4 and insert:
5 Section 3. Present subsections (5), (6), and (7) of section
6 390.011, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (6),
7 (7), and (8), respectively, present subsections (8) through (13)
8 are renumbered as subsections (10) through (15), respectively,
9 present subsection (6) is amended, and new subsections (5) and
10 (9) are added to that section, to read:
11 390.011 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
12 (5) “Condition imminent” means a terminal condition that,
13 in reasonable medical judgment, regardless of the provision of
14 life-saving medical treatment, is incompatible with sustained
15 life outside the womb.
16 (7)(6) “Gestation” means the development of a human embryo
17 or fetus as calculated from the first day of the pregnant
18 woman’s last menstrual period between fertilization and birth.
19 (9) “Medical abortion” means the administration or use of
20 an abortion-inducing drug to induce an abortion.
21 Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 390.0111, Florida
22 Statutes, is amended to read:
23 390.0111 Termination of pregnancies.—
24 (1) TERMINATION AFTER GESTATIONAL AGE OF 15 WEEKS IN THIRD
25 TRIMESTER; WHEN ALLOWED.—A physician may not perform a No
26 termination of pregnancy if the physician determines the
27 gestational age of the fetus is more than 15 weeks shall be
28 performed on any human being in the third trimester of pregnancy
29 unless one of the following conditions is met:
30 (a) Two physicians certify in writing that, in reasonable
31 medical judgment, the termination of the pregnancy is necessary
32 to save the pregnant woman’s life or avert a serious risk of
33 substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major
34 bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a psychological
35 condition.
36 (b) The physician certifies in writing that, in reasonable
37 medical judgment, there is a medical necessity for legitimate
38 emergency medical procedures for termination of the pregnancy to
39 save the pregnant woman’s life or avert a serious risk of
40 imminent substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a
41 major bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a
42 psychological condition, and another physician is not available
43 for consultation.
44 (c) The fetus has not achieved viability under s. 390.01112
45 and two physicians certify in writing that, in reasonable
46 medical judgement, the fetus has a condition imminent.