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House File 337

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 229.1, subsection 14, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.  Is unable to satisfy the person's needs for
  1  4 nourishment, clothing, essential medical care, or shelter so
  1  5 that it is likely that the person will suffer substantial
  1  6 physical injury, serious physical debilitation, or death
  1  7 within the reasonably foreseeable future.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 229.22, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  1  9 amended to read as follows:
  1 10    2.  In the circumstances described in subsection 1, any
  1 11 peace officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a
  1 12 person is mentally ill, and because of that illness is likely
  1 13 to physically injure the person's self or others if not
  1 14 immediately detained, may without a warrant take or cause that
  1 15 person to be taken to the nearest available facility as
  1 16 defined in section 229.11, subsections 2 and 3.  A person
  1 17 believed mentally ill, and likely to injure the person's self
  1 18 or others if not immediately detained, may be delivered to a
  1 19 hospital by someone other than a peace officer.  Upon delivery
  1 20 of the person believed mentally ill to the hospital, the chief
  1 21 medical officer may order treatment of that person, including
  1 22 chemotherapy, but only to the extent necessary to preserve the
  1 23 person's life or to appropriately control behavior by the
  1 24 person which is likely to result in physical injury to that
  1 25 person or others if allowed to continue.  The peace officer
  1 26 who took the person into custody, or other party who brought
  1 27 the person to the hospital, shall describe the circumstances
  1 28 of the matter to the chief medical officer.  If the chief
  1 29 medical officer finds that there is reason to believe that the
  1 30 person is seriously mentally impaired, and because of that
  1 31 impairment is likely to physically injure the person's self or
  1 32 others if not immediately detained, the chief medical officer
  1 33 shall at once communicate with the nearest available
  1 34 magistrate as defined in section 801.4, subsection 10.  The
  1 35 magistrate shall immediately proceed to the facility where the
  2  1 person is detained, except that if the chief medical officer's
  2  2 communication with the magistrate occurs between the hours of
  2  3 midnight and the next succeeding seven o'clock a.m. and the
  2  4 magistrate deems it appropriate under, based upon the
  2  5 circumstances described by the chief medical officer, the
  2  6 magistrate may delay going to the facility and in that case
  2  7 shall give the chief medical officer verbal instructions
  2  8 either directing that the person be released forthwith or
  2  9 authorizing the person's continued detention at that facility.
  2 10 In the latter case, the magistrate shall:
  2 11    a.  By the close of business on the next working day, file
  2 12 with the clerk a written report stating the substance of the
  2 13 information on the basis of which the person's continued
  2 14 detention was ordered; and
  2 15    b.  Arrive at Proceed to the facility where the person is
  2 16 being detained not later than eight o'clock a.m. of the same
  2 17 day on which the chief medical officer's notification occurs
  2 18 within twenty-four hours of giving instructions that the
  2 19 person be detained.  
  2 20 HF 337
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