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House Journal: Page 402: Wednesday, February 21, 1996

45   execute a declaration as a condition for being insured
46   for, or receiving, health care services.
47     5.  This chapter does not create a presumption
48   concerning the intention of an individual who has not
49   executed a declaration with respect to the provision
50   of assistance-in-dying procedures in the event of a

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 1   terminal condition.
 2     6.  This chapter shall not be construed to condone,
 3   authorize, or approve mercy killing or euthanasia, or
 4   to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or
 5   omission to end life other than to permit the natural
 6   process of dying and to permit death with dignity
 7   through the provision of assistance-in-dying only by a
 8   physician when voluntarily requested in writing, as
 9   provided in this chapter, by a conscious and competent
10   qualified patient at the time assistance-in-dying is
11   to be provided."
12     2.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words
13   "assisted suicide" and inserting the following:
14   "assistance-in-dying".
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 28, nays 53.
The motion to suspend the rule lost.
Lamberti of Polk moved that the bill be read a last time now and
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was
read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 2066)
The ayes were, 74:
 Arnold         	Baker          	Blodgett       	Boddicker     
	Boggess        	Bradley        	Brand          	Branstad      
	Brauns         	Brunkhorst     	Carroll        	Cataldo       
	Coon           	Corbett, Spkr. 	Cormack        	Daggett
	Dinkla         	Disney         	Drake          	Drees   
	Ertl           	Garman         	Gipp           	Greiner 
	Gries          	Grubbs         	Hahn           	Halvorson     
	Hammitt Barry  	Hanson         	Harrison       	Heaton        
	Holveck        	Houser         	Hurley         	Huseman       
	Jochum         	Klemme         	Koenigs        	Kreiman       
	Lamberti       	Larkin         	Lord           	Main          
	Martin         	May            	McCoy          	Mertz         
	Millage        	Moreland       	Mundie         	Murphy        
	Myers          	Nelson, B.     	Nutt           	O'Brien      
	Ollie          	Osterhaus      	Renken         	Salton 

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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