| 1 | Representative Ambler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Senate Amendment (939538) |
| 4 | Remove lines 77-98 and insert: |
| 5 | 744, a health care surrogate designated pursuant to an advance |
| 6 | directive under chapter 765, an agent under a durable power of |
| 7 | attorney, and such other persons as the court may direct. A copy |
| 8 | of the petition to appoint a guardian advocate must shall be |
| 9 | served with the notice. |
| 10 | (b)2. The notice must shall state that a hearing will be |
| 11 | held shall be set to inquire into the capacity of the person |
| 12 | with a developmental disability disabilities to exercise the |
| 13 | rights enumerated in the petition. The notice must shall also |
| 14 | state the date of the hearing on the petition. |
| 15 | (c)3. The notice shall state that the person with a |
| 16 | developmental disability individual with developmental |
| 17 | disabilities has the right to be represented by counsel of his |
| 18 | or her own choice and that if the individual cannot afford an |
| 19 | attorney, the court shall initially appoint counsel one. |
| 20 | (5)(d) COUNSEL.--Within 3 days after a petition has been |
| 21 | filed, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent a person |
| 22 | with a developmental disability who is the subject of a petition |
| 23 | to appoint a guardian advocate. The person with a developmental |
| 24 | disability may substitute his or her own attorney for the |
| 25 | attorney appointed by the court. |
| 26 | (a) The court shall initially appoint a private attorney |
| 27 | who shall be selected from the attorney registry compiled |
| 28 | pursuant to s. 27.40. Such attorney must |