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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 337 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 7 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . Section 229.22, subsection 2, Code 1 5 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 2. In the circumstances described in subsection 1, 1 7 any peace officer who has reasonable grounds to 1 8 believe that a person is mentally ill, and because of 1 9 that illness is likely to physically injure the 1 10 person's self or others if not immediately detained, 1 11 may without a warrant take or cause that person to be 1 12 taken to the nearest available facility as defined in 1 13 section 229.11, subsections 2 and 3. A person 1 14 believed mentally ill, and likely to injure the 1 15 person's self or others if not immediately detained, 1 16 may be delivered to a hospital by someone other than a 1 17 peace officer. Upon delivery of the person believed 1 18 mentally ill to the hospital, the chief medical 1 19 officer may order treatment of that person, including 1 20 chemotherapy, but only to the extent necessary to 1 21 preserve the person's life or to appropriately control 1 22 behavior by the person which is likely to result in 1 23 physical injury to that person or others if allowed to 1 24 continue. The peace officer who took the person into 1 25 custody, or other party who brought the person to the 1 26 hospital, shall describe the circumstances of the 1 27 matter to the chief medical officer. If the chief 1 28 medical officer finds that there is reason to believe 1 29 that the person is seriously mentally impaired, and 1 30 because of that impairment is likely to physically 1 31 injure the person's self or others if not immediately 1 32 detained, the chief medical officer shall at once 1 33 communicate with the nearest available magistrate as 1 34 defined in section 801.4, subsection 10. The 1 35 magistrate shallimmediately proceed to the facility1 36where the person is detained, except that if the chief1 37medical officer's communication with the magistrate1 38occurs between the hours of midnight and the next1 39succeeding seven o'clock a.m. and the magistrate deems1 40it appropriate under, based upon the circumstances 1 41 described by the chief medical officer,the magistrate1 42may delay going to the facility and in that case shall1 43 give the chief medical officer verbal instructions 1 44 either directing that the person be released forthwith 1 45 or authorizing the person's continued detention at 1 46 that facility. In the latter case, the magistrate 1 47 shall: 1 48 a. By the close of business on the next working 1 49 day, file with the clerk a written report stating the 1 50 substance of the information on the basis of which the 2 1 person's continued detention was ordered; and 2 2 b.Arrive atProceed to the facility where the 2 3 person is being detainednot later than eight o'clock2 4a.m. of the same day on which the chief medical2 5officer's notification occurswithin twenty-four hours 2 6 of giving instructions that the person be detained." 2 7 #2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the 2 8 word "criteria" the following: "and procedures". 2 9 2 10 2 11 2 12 WISE of Lee 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 MYERS of Johnson 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 WITT of Black Hawk 2 21 HF 337.501 76 2 22 lh/jw
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