House Journal: Page 642: Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Johnson of Osceola asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-8123 filed by him on February 27, 2002.
Roberts of Carroll offered amendment H-8176 filed by Roberts, et
al., as follows:
H-8176
1 Amend House File 2453 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by striking lines 6 through 8, and
3 inserting the following: "reports. However, medical
4 examiner records and reports shall be released to a
5 law enforcement agency that is investigating the
6 death, upon the request of the law enforcement agency,
7 and autopsy reports shall be released to the
8 decedent's immediate next of kin upon the request of
9 the decedent's immediate next of kin unless disclosure
10 to the decedent's immediate next of kin would
11 jeopardize an investigation or pose a clear and
12 present danger to the public safety or the safety of
13 an individual. Information regarding the cause and".
14 2. By striking page 1, line 27 through page 2,
15 line 3, and inserting the following:
16 "Sec. ___ . Section 331.802, subsection 3,
17 paragraph g, Code 2001, is amended by striking the
18 paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
19 g. Death of a person who was not under the care of
20 a physician, who did not have a physician or
21 registered nurse in attendance within thirty days at
22 the time of death, and who was a prediagnosed terminal
23 or bedfast case; and death of a terminally ill patient
24 who was admitted to and had received services from a
25 hospice program as defined in section 135J.1, if a
26 physician or registered nurse employed by the program
27 was not in attendance within thirty days preceding
28 death."
Roberts of Carroll offered the following amendment H-8192, to
amendment H-8176, filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-8192
1 Amend the amendment, H-8176, to House File 2453 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 19 through 28, and
4 inserting the following:
5 "g. Death of a person who was prediagnosed as a
6 terminal or bedfast case who did not have a physician
7 in attendance within the preceding thirty days; or
8 death of a person who was admitted to and had received
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