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Senate File 2186

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  1  1                                        SENATE FILE 2186 
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY IN IOWA OF AN
  1  5    ADVANCE DIRECTIVE DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY A VETERAN OF THE
  1  6    ARMED FORCES.  
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  Section 144A.3, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
  1 11 amended to read as follows:
  1 12    4.  A declaration or similar document executed in another
  1 13 state or jurisdiction in compliance with the law of that state
  1 14 or jurisdiction shall be deemed valid and enforceable in this
  1 15 state, to the extent the declaration or similar document is
  1 16 consistent with the laws of this state.  A declaration or
  1 17 similar document executed by a veteran of the armed forces
  1 18 which is in compliance with the federal department of veterans
  1 19 affairs advance directive requirements shall be deemed valid
  1 20 and enforceable.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 144B.3, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
  1 22 amended to read as follows:
  1 23    4.  A durable power of attorney for health care or similar
  1 24 document executed in another state or jurisdiction in
  1 25 compliance with the law of that state or jurisdiction shall be
  1 26 deemed valid and enforceable in this state, to the extent the
  1 27 document is consistent with the laws of this state.  A durable
  1 28 power of attorney or similar document executed by a veteran of
  1 29 the armed forces which is in compliance with the federal
  1 30 department of veterans affairs advance directive requirements
  1 31 shall be deemed valid and enforceable.  
  1 32 
  1 33 
  1 34                                                             
  1 35                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2  1                               President of the Senate
  2  2 
  2  3 
  2  4                                                             
  2  5                               RON J. CORBETT
  2  6                               Speaker of the House
  2  7 
  2  8    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  2  9 is known as Senate File 2186, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  2 10 
  2 11 
  2 12                                                             
  2 13                               MARY PAT GUNDERSON
  2 14                               Secretary of the Senate
  2 15 Approved                , 1998
  2 16 
  2 17 
  2 18                         
  2 19 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  2 20 Governor
     

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