Text: SF02185 Text: SF02187 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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
Text: SF02185 Text: SF02187 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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