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House Amendment 1260

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 587 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  229B.1  INVOLUNTARY
  1  5 HOSPITALIZATION.
  1  6    Notwithstanding any other provision in the Code,
  1  7 decisions regarding involuntary hospitalizations of
  1  8 persons by reason of serious mental impairment shall
  1  9 be made by medical personnel only.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Chapter 229, Code 2001, is repealed."
  1 11    #2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 5 and
  1 12 inserting the following:  "An Act providing medical
  1 13 personnel with the authority to make decisions
  1 14 regarding involuntary hospitalizations of persons by
  1 15 reason of serious mental impairment." 
  1 16 
  1 17 
  1 18                               
  1 19 GRUNDBERG of Polk
  1 20 HF 587.301 79
  1 21 rh/cf
     

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