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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 1,
TO SENATE BILL 254
September 26, 2019 - Offered by Senator Marklein.
SB254-SA1,1,11 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
SB254-SA1,1,4 21. Page 1, line 10: delete lines 10 and 11 and substitute “directives, findings
3of incapacity related to powers of attorney for health care, and determinations that
4a person is incapacitated for admission to a hospice.”.
SB254-SA1,1,5 52. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:
SB254-SA1,1,6 6 Section 1s. 50.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB254-SA1,2,37 50.94 (8) A determination that a person is incapacitated may be made only by
82 physicians or by one physician and one licensed psychologist, as defined in s. 455.01
9(4)
advanced practice clinician, as defined in s. 155.01 (1g), who personally examine
10the person and sign a statement specifying that the person is incapacitated. Mere
11old age, eccentricity or physical disabilities, singly or together, are insufficient to
12determine that a person is incapacitated. Whoever determines that the person is
13incapacitated may not be a relative, as defined in s. 242.01 (11), of the person or have

1knowledge that he or she is entitled to or has claim on any portion of the person's
2estate. A copy of the statement shall be included in the records of the incapacitated
3person in the hospice to which he or she is admitted.”.
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