Bill Text: IA HSB30 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the definition of vulnerable elder.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-06 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 232. [HSB30 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB30-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
30
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
definition
of
vulnerable
elder.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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1463YC
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88
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H.F.
_____
Section
1.
Section
235F.1,
subsection
17,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
17.
“Vulnerable
elder”
means
a
person
sixty
years
of
age
or
3
older
who
is
unable
to
protect
himself
or
herself
from
elder
4
abuse
as
a
result
of
age
or
and
a
mental
or
physical
condition.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
Currently,
under
Code
section
235F.1(17),
“vulnerable
elder”
9
is
defined
as
a
person
60
years
of
age
or
older
who
is
unable
to
10
protect
himself
or
herself
from
elder
abuse
either
as
a
result
11
of
the
person’s
age
or
as
a
result
of
the
person’s
mental
or
12
physical
condition.
This
bill
modifies
this
definition
to
13
provide
that
a
“vulnerable
elder”
is
a
person
60
years
of
age
14
or
older
who
is
unable
to
protect
himself
or
herself
from
15
elder
abuse
as
a
result
of
both
the
person’s
age
and
mental
or
16
physical
condition.
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