Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 626
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/18/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Pizzo) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (11) of section
    6  381.0041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         381.0041 Donation and transfer of human tissue; testing
    8  requirements.—
    9         (11)
   10         (b) Any person who has human immunodeficiency virus
   11  infection, who knows he or she is infected with human
   12  immunodeficiency virus, and who has been informed that he or she
   13  may communicate this disease by donating blood, plasma, organs,
   14  skin, or other human tissue who donates blood, plasma, organs,
   15  skin, or other human tissue for use in another person commits is
   16  guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided
   17  in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. This paragraph does
   18  not apply if the donation is made specifically for a recipient
   19  who is infected with human immunodeficiency virus and knows that
   20  the donor is infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
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   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   26  and insert:
   27                        A bill to be entitled                      
   28         An act relating to donation and transfer of human
   29         tissue; amending s. 381.0041, F.S.; providing that it
   30         is a felony for certain persons who are infected with
   31         human immunodeficiency virus to donate human tissue
   32         for use in another person, with an exception;
   33         providing an effective date.