House Journal: Page 1237: Tuesday, April 17, 2001
H-1563B
21 States environmental protection agency or this state.
22 Sec. . Section 614.1, subsection 9, paragraph
23 a, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
24 a. Except as provided in paragraph "b", those
25 founded on injuries to the person or wrongful death
26 against any physician and surgeon, osteopath,
27 osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatric
28 physician, optometrist, pharmacist, chiropractor,
29 physician assistant, or nurse, licensed under chapter
30 147, or a hospital licensed under chapter 135B,
31 arising out of patient care, within two years after
32 the date on which the claimant knew, or through the
33 use of reasonable diligence should have known, or
34 received notice in writing of the existence of, the
35 injury or death for which damages are sought in the
36 action, whichever of the dates occurs first, but in no
37 event shall any action be brought more than six years
38 after the date on which occurred the act or omission
39 or occurrence alleged in the action to have been the
40 cause of the injury or death unless a foreign object
41 unintentionally left in the body, or other latent
42 disease-causing or injury-causing act, omission, or
43 occurrence caused the injury or death."
H-1563A
44 2. Page 1, line 15, by inserting after the word
45 "property." the following: "This subsection does not
46 apply to an action brought by a municipality, as
47 defined in section 670.1, or to a subrogation claim
48 brought on behalf of an insurance company."
H-1563B
49 3. Title page, by striking lines 2 and 3 and
50 inserting the following: "relating to products and
Page 2
1 improvements to real property."
2 4. By renumbering as necessary.
Tremmel of Wapello moved the adoption of amendment H-1563A.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 37, nays 51.
Amendment H-1563A lost.
© 2001 Cornell College and
League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
hjourn@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Wed Apr 18 13:35:01 CDT 2001
URL: /DOCS/GA/79GA/Session.1/HJournal/01200/01237.html
jhf