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]