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1 1 Section 1. Section 229.2, subsection 1, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 An application for admission to a public or private
1 4 hospital for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment as a
1 5 voluntary patient may be made by any person who is mentally
1 6 ill or has symptoms of mental illness. If a person is
1 7 suffering from severe clinically diagnosed dementia or a
1 8 severe dementia-related illness or exhibits symptoms of severe
1 9 dementia or a severe dementia-related illness, an application
1 10 for inpatient psychiatric admission for observation,
1 11 diagnosis, care, and treatment may be made by the person's
1 12 next of kin.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 229.4, Code 1997, is amended by adding the
1 14 following new subsection:
1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. If the patient was admitted on
1 16 application by the patient's next of kin for inpatient
1 17 psychiatric observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment
1 18 because of severe dementia or a severe dementia-related
1 19 illness, and the request for release is made by the patient,
1 20 release may be conditioned upon the agreement of the next of
1 21 kin.
1 22 EXPLANATION
1 23 This bill provides that persons who are suffering from
1 24 severe dementia or a dementia-related illness or exhibit
1 25 symptoms of severe dementia may be voluntarily admitted to
1 26 inpatient psychiatric care and treatment by the patient's next
1 27 of kin. The release of the person who is suffering from
1 28 severe dementia or a severe dementia-related illness and who
1 29 has been voluntarily admitted for inpatient psychiatric care
1 30 and treatment by the person's next of kin may be conditioned
1 31 upon the agreement of the next of kin.
1 32 LSB 3795HH 77
1 33 lh/cf/24
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