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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                 Bill No. CS for SB 1598, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Bloom offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, between lines 19 and 20, of the bill

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17         (b)  A vasectomy may not be performed unless the person

18  performing the vasectomy has given actual notice to the wife

19  of the patient at least 48 hours prior to performing the

20  vasectomy.  However, a patient seeking a vasectomy may

21  petition any circuit court for a waiver of the notice

22  requirement.  The petition shall include a statement that the

23  patient has the ability to produce offspring, that he wishes

24  to terminate that ability, and that notice to his wife could

25  cause him serious physical or emotional harm.

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29  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                 Bill No. CS for SB 1598, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





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