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Senate Amendment 5217

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 2264, as passed by the House, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  4 clause and inserting the following:
  1  5    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  146A.1  INFORMED CONSENT
  1  6 – MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
  1  7    1.  Written consent shall be obtained prior to the
  1  8 performance of any medical or surgical procedure or
  1  9 course of procedures related to patient care.
  1 10    2.  Written consent obtained in accordance with all
  1 11 of the following creates a presumption that informed
  1 12 consent has been obtained:
  1 13    a.  Information has been provided in general terms
  1 14 describing the nature and purpose of the procedure or
  1 15 procedures, together with the known risks, if any, of
  1 16 death, brain damage, quadriplegia, paraplegia, the
  1 17 loss or loss of function of any organ or limb, or
  1 18 disfiguring scars associated with the procedure or
  1 19 procedures, with the probability of each such risk, if
  1 20 reasonably determinable.
  1 21    b.  The written consent acknowledges that the
  1 22 information outlined in paragraph "a" has been
  1 23 provided and that all questions asked by the patient
  1 24 regarding the procedure or procedures have been
  1 25 answered satisfactorily.
  1 26    c.  The written consent is signed by the patient
  1 27 upon whom the procedure or procedures are to be
  1 28 performed, or by the patient's legal representative."
  1 29    #2.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking the
  1 30 following:  "to an abortion and providing a criminal
  1 31 penalty, and providing an effective date".  
  1 32 
  1 33 
  1 34                               
  1 35 MARK SHEARER 
  1 36 HF 2264.207 79
  1 37 pf/sh
     

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