SB1877sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

Filed: 3/11/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1877

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1877 on page 17, by replacing lines 17 through 24 with the following:

"in writing and deliver it to my health care provider. The authority given to the person named as my agent to serve as my "personal representative" as defined under HIPAA and regulations thereunder and to access my individually identifiable health information or authorize the release of the same to third parties shall take effect immediately, even if I designate in Paragraph 3 of this document that this agency shall otherwise take effect at some future date."; and

on page 20, by replacing lines 10 through 13 with the following:

"Attorney Act. Your agent can act immediately, unless you specify otherwise; but you cannot specify otherwise with respect to your "personal representative" under subparagraph D(iii).)".