House Journal: Page 747: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 2:
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Barry of Harrison asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House Files
2206 and 2376.
House File 2366, a bill for an act establishing a procedure for
ordering outpatient mental health treatment, was taken up for
consideration.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H-8296 filed by
Kreiman, et al., and moved its adoption:
H-8296
1 Amend House File 2366 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
3 following:
4 "Section 1. Section 144B.2, Code 1999, is amended
5 to read as follows:
6 144B.2 DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE.
7 1. a durable power of attorney for health care
8 authorizes the attorney in fact to make health care
9 decisions for the principal if the durable power of
10 attorney for health care substantially complies with
11 the requirements of this chapter. a durable power of
12 attorney for health care may be executed with regard
13 to decisions related to the principal's physical
14 condition, mental condition, or both physical and
15 mental conditions.
16 2. a document executed prior to May 8, 1991,
17 purporting to create a durable power of attorney for
18 health care shall be deemed valid if the document
19 specifically authorizes the attorney in fact to make
20 health care decisions and is signed by the principal."
21 2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
22 word "Act" the following: "relating to mental health
23 commitments, by".
24 3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
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