House Amendment 8100


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 473, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 12 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 144B.1, Code 2007, is amended
     1  6 by adding the following new subsection:
     1  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  "Designee" means a person
     1  8 named in a declaration under chapter 144C that is
     1  9 contained in or attached to a durable power of
     1 10 attorney for health care.
     1 11    Sec.    .  Section 144B.5, Code 2007, is amended by
     1 12 adding the following new subsection:
     1 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  A durable power of attorney
     1 14 for health care may include a declaration under
     1 15 chapter 144C that names a designee and alternate
     1 16 designees who may be different persons than the
     1 17 attorney in fact or alternate attorneys in fact who
     1 18 are designated in the durable power of attorney for
     1 19 health care.>
     1 20 #2.  Page 3, line 15, by striking the word
     1 21 <Directives>.
     1 22 #3.  Page 3, line 32, by inserting after the word
     1 23 <instrument,> the following:  <contained in or
     1 24 attached to a durable power of attorney for health
     1 25 care under chapter 144B, that is>.
     1 26 #4.  Page 3, line 33, by inserting after the word
     1 27 <chapter,> the following:  <and>.
     1 28 #5.  Page 3, line 34, by striking the words <and
     1 29 may direct> and inserting the following:  <who shall
     1 30 have the sole responsibility and discretion for making
     1 31 decisions concerning>.
     1 32 #6.  Page 4, lines 3 and 4, by striking the words
     1 33 <to implement the declarant's wishes contained in the
     1 34 declaration> and inserting the following:  <who shall
     1 35 have the sole responsibility and discretion for making
     1 36 decisions concerning the final disposition of the
     1 37 declarant's remains and the ceremonies planned after
     1 38 the declarant's death>.
     1 39 #7.  Page 4, lines 21 and 22, by striking the words
     1 40 <, as applied to implementation of a declarant's
     1 41 directives in a declaration,>.
     1 42 #8.  By striking page 4, line 32, through page 5,
     1 43 line 7, and inserting the following:
     1 44    <19.  a.  "Third party" means a person who is
     1 45 requested to dispose of remains by an adult with the
     1 46 right to dispose of a decedent's remains under section
     1 47 144C.5 or assist with arrangements for ceremonies
     1 48 planned after the declarant's death.>
     1 49 #9.  Page 5, lines 12 and 13, by striking the words
     1 50 <FINAL DISPOSITION OF REMAINS> and inserting the
     2  1 following:  <DESIGNEE>.
     2  2 #10.  Page 5, by striking lines 14 through 19 and
     2  3 inserting the following:
     2  4    <   .  A declaration shall name a designee who
     2  5 shall have the sole responsibility and discretion for
     2  6 making decisions concerning the final disposition of
     2  7 the declarant's remains and the ceremonies planned
     2  8 after the declarant's death.  A declaration may name
     2  9 one or more alternate designees and may include
     2 10 contact information for the designees and alternate
     2 11 designees.
     2 12       .  A declaration shall not include directives
     2 13 for final disposition of the declarant's remains and
     2 14 shall not include arrangements for ceremonies planned
     2 15 after the declarant's death.>
     2 16 #11.  Page 5, by striking lines 20 and 21 and
     2 17 inserting the following:
     2 18    <   .  A designee, an alternate designee, and a
     2 19 third party shall act in good faith and in a manner
     2 20 that is>.
     2 21 #12.  Page 6, line 13, by striking the words
     2 22 <directives contained in the declaration> and
     2 23 inserting the following:  <decisions made by the
     2 24 designee>.
     2 25 #13.  Page 8, lines 18 and 19, by striking the
     2 26 words <FINAL DISPOSITION OF REMAINS> and inserting the
     2 27 following:  <DESIGNEE>.
     2 28 #14.  Page 8, lines 22 and 23, by striking the
     2 29 words <to implement my wishes relating to> and
     2 30 inserting the following:  <.  My designee shall have
     2 31 the sole responsibility for making decisions
     2 32 concerning>.
     2 33 #15.  Page 8, by striking lines 25 through 27 and
     2 34 inserting the following:  <This declaration hereby
     2 35 revokes all prior declarations.  This>.
     2 36 #16.  Page 8, lines 29 and 30, by striking the
     2 37 words <consistently with my directives as stated in
     2 38 this declaration,>.
     2 39 #17.  By striking page 8, line 31, through page 9,
     2 40 line 2, and inserting the following:  <under the
     2 41 circumstances.>
     2 42 #18.  Page 9, line 15, by striking the word
     2 43 <contained>.
     2 44 #19.  Page 9, line 15, by inserting after the word
     2 45 <completed,> the following:  <is contained in or
     2 46 attached to a durable power of attorney for health
     2 47 care under chapter 144B,>.
     2 48 #20.  By striking page 9, line 27, through page 10,
     2 49 line 9, and inserting the following:
     2 50    <3.  A declaration may include the location of an
     3  1 agreement for prearranged funeral services or funeral
     3  2 merchandise as defined in and executed under chapter
     3  3 523A, cemetery lots owned by or reserved for the
     3  4 declarant, and special instructions regarding organ
     3  5 donation  consistent with chapter 142C.>
     3  6 #21.  Page 10, lines 11 and 12, by striking the
     3  7 words <or any directive contained in a declaration".
     3  8 #22.  Page 11, line 15, by inserting after the word
     3  9 <by> the following:  <the designee, an alternate
     3 10 designee, and>.
     3 11 #23.  Page 11, line 16, by striking the words <a
     3 12 directive of the declarant> and inserting the
     3 13 following:  <the declaration>.
     3 14 #24.  Page 11, by striking lines 24 through 31 and
     3 15 inserting the following:
     3 16    <2.  The most recent declaration executed by a
     3 17 declarant shall control.
     3 18    3.  All declarations executed prior to the
     3 19 effective date of this Act which substantially comply
     3 20 with the requirements of this chapter shall be given
     3 21 full force and effect.>
     3 22 #25.  Page 11, by striking lines 32 through 34.
     3 23 #26.  Page 13, by inserting after line 6, the
     3 24 following:
     3 25    <Sec.    .  Section 331.805, subsection 3,
     3 26 paragraph b, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     3 27    b.  If the next of kin, guardian, or other person
     3 28 authorized to act on behalf control the remains of a
     3 29 deceased person under section 144C.5 has requested
     3 30 that the body of the deceased person be cremated, a
     3 31 permit for cremation must be obtained from a medical
     3 32 examiner.  Cremation permits by the medical examiner
     3 33 must be made on the most current forms prepared at the
     3 34 direction of and approved by the state medical
     3 35 examiner, with copies forwarded to the state medical
     3 36 examiner's office.  Costs for the cremation permit
     3 37 issued by a medical examiner shall not exceed
     3 38 seventy=five dollars.  The costs shall be borne by the
     3 39 family, next of kin, guardian of the decedent, or
     3 40 other person of the permit and other reasonable
     3 41 cremation expenses may be paid from the decedent's
     3 42 estate pursuant to section 633.425, subsection 3.>
     3 43 #27.  Page 13, by striking lines 11 through 14 and
     3 44 inserting the following:
     3 45    <1.  Any available member of the following classes
     3 46 of persons, in the priority listed, A person
     3 47 authorized to control the deceased person's remains
     3 48 under section 144C.5 shall have the right to control
     3 49 the interment, relocation, or disinterment of a
     3 50 decedent's remains within or from a cemetery:.>
     4  1 #28.  Page 15, line 3, by striking the figures <2.
     4  2 1.> and inserting the following:  <2.>
     4  3 #29.  Page 15, line 30, by striking the figure <2.>
     4  4 and inserting the following:  <3.>
     4  5 #30.  Page 16, line 5, by striking the figure <3.>
     4  6 and inserting the following:  <4.>
     4  7 #31.  Page 17, line 3, by striking the figure <4.>
     4  8 and inserting the following:  <5.>
     4  9 #32.  Page 17, line 12, by striking the figure <5.>
     4 10 and inserting the following:  <6.>
     4 11 #33.  Page 17, line 27, by striking the figure <6.>
     4 12 and inserting the following:  <7.>
     4 13 #34.  Title page, line 2, by striking the word
     4 14 <directing> and inserting the following:  <designating
     4 15 a person to have sole responsibility and discretion
     4 16 concerning>.
     4 17 #35.  Title page, line 2, by striking the word
     4 18 <person's> and inserting the following:  <adult's>.
     4 19 #36.  By renumbering as necessary.
     4 20
     4 21
     4 22                               
     4 23 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
     4 24 SMITH of Marshall, Chairperson
     4 25 SF 473.302 82
     4 26 av/rj/9019

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