04/14/2015 03:00 PM House HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

              HB 99-VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF LIFE                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
DRAFT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:23:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 99, "An  Act relating to the voluntary termination                                                               
of  life by  terminally  ill individuals;  and  providing for  an                                                               
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:24:04 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  explained that  there were  three amendments  to be                                                               
introduced,  although the  committee  did not  plan  to move  the                                                               
proposed bill at this time.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WOOL  moved to  adopt  Amendment  1, labeled  29-                                                               
LS0112\W.1, Bannister, 4/11/15, which read:                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, line 3:                                                                                                            
          Delete "an adult"                                                                                                     
          Insert "21 years of age or older"                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Page 4, line 2:                                                                                                            
          Delete "an adult"                                                                                                     
          Insert "21 years of age or older and"                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Page 12, line 30:                                                                                                          
          Delete all material.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Renumber the following paragraphs accordingly.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON objected for discussion.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WOOL explained  that  he was  concerned with  the                                                               
appropriate age for access to  the prescription, and offered that                                                               
21 years  of age  was more  appropriate for  an age  to terminate                                                               
your life without parental consent.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:26:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HARRIET   DRUMMOND,  Alaska   State  Legislature,                                                               
stated that she was amenable  with the proposed amendment for the                                                               
time  being.    She  noted  that, should  the  proposed  bill  be                                                               
forwarded,  its   next  committee  of  referral   was  the  House                                                               
Judiciary  Standing Committee  and they  could also  consider the                                                               
legal issues.   She opined that  18 was the age  of legal consent                                                               
for medical  procedures, which  was the  reason the  bill sponsor                                                               
had maintained  the age similar to  the Oregon law.   She offered                                                               
her belief that  only one person under 30 years  of age had taken                                                               
the prescription in  Oregon.  She declared that  she would accept                                                               
this proposed amendment for the benefit of the committee.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON  offered his  belief  that  the proposed  amendment                                                               
would resolve some of the issues that people had.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SEATON removed  his  objection.   There  being no  further                                                               
objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:27:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  explained that  Amendment 2  had been  suggested by                                                               
the court system,  and that it deleted "a court"  on page 2, line                                                               
4.  He  said that this would no longer  supersede an individual's                                                               
attending  physician,  as the  court  did  not believe  this  was                                                               
within its purview.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:28:56 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  moved to adopt Amendment  2, labeled 29-LS0112\W.2,                                                               
Bannister, 4/11/15, which read:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, line 4:                                                                                                            
          Delete "a court,"                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TALERICO objected for discussion.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TALERICO  removed his  objection.  There  being no                                                               
objection, Amendment 2 was adopted.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:29:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON  moved to adopt Amendment  3, labeled 29-LS0112\W.3,                                                               
Bannister, 4/13/15, which read:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Page 13, lines 19 - 20:                                                                                                    
          Delete    "correctional    facility    owned    or                                                                    
     administered by the state;"                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Page 13, line 25, following "includes":                                                                                    
          Insert "a state correctional facility as defined                                                                      
     in AS 33.30.901 and"                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TALERICO objected for discussion.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON explained that this amendment had been proposed by                                                                 
the correctional system, and changed the way the proposed bill                                                                  
specified the correctional facilities.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TALERICO removed his objection.  There being no                                                                  
further objection, Amendment 3 was adopted.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SEATON asked if Representative Drummond was supportive of                                                                 
Amendment 2 and Amendment 3.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
[HB 99 was held over]