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1 1 Amend Senate File 222, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1, the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Section 1. Section 614.1, subsection 2A,
1 6 paragraph b, subparagraph (2), Code 2001, is amended
1 7 to read as follows:
1 8 (2) As used in this paragraph, "harmful material"
1 9 means silicon gel breast implants, which were
1 10 implanted prior to July 12, 1992; and chemical
1 11 substances commonly known as asbestos, dioxins,
1 12 tobacco, or polychlorinated biphenyls, or any other
1 13 latent disease-causing or injury-causing substances,
1 14 whether alone or as part of any product; or any
1 15 substance which is determined to present an
1 16 unreasonable risk of injury to health or the
1 17 environment by the United States environmental
1 18 protection agency pursuant to the federal Toxic
1 19 Substance Control Act, 15 U.S.C. } 2601 et seq., or by
1 20 this state, if that risk is regulated by the United
1 21 States environmental protection agency or this state.
1 22 Sec. . Section 614.1, subsection 9, paragraph
1 23 a, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 24 a. Except as provided in paragraph "b", those
1 25 founded on injuries to the person or wrongful death
1 26 against any physician and surgeon, osteopath,
1 27 osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatric
1 28 physician, optometrist, pharmacist, chiropractor,
1 29 physician assistant, or nurse, licensed under chapter
1 30 147, or a hospital licensed under chapter 135B,
1 31 arising out of patient care, within two years after
1 32 the date on which the claimant knew, or through the
1 33 use of reasonable diligence should have known, or
1 34 received notice in writing of the existence of, the
1 35 injury or death for which damages are sought in the
1 36 action, whichever of the dates occurs first, but in no
1 37 event shall any action be brought more than six years
1 38 after the date on which occurred the act or omission
1 39 or occurrence alleged in the action to have been the
1 40 cause of the injury or death unless a foreign object
1 41 unintentionally left in the body, or other latent
1 42 disease-causing or injury-causing act, omission, or
1 43 occurrence caused the injury or death."
1 44 #2. Page 1, line 15, by inserting after the word
1 45 "property." the following: "This subsection does not
1 46 apply to an action brought by a municipality, as
1 47 defined in section 670.1, or to a subrogation claim
1 48 brought on behalf of an insurance company."
1 49 #3. Title page, by striking lines 2 and 3 and
1 50 inserting the following: "relating to products and
2 1 improvements to real property."
2 2 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
2 3
2 4
2 5
2 6 TREMMEL of Wapello
2 7 SF 222.708 79
2 8 rh/cls
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