Senate Amendment 5195


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend House File 674, as passed by the House, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, line 4, before <Any> by inserting <1.>
     1  4 #2.  Page 1, by striking line 5 and inserting <who
     1  5 shall>
     1  6 #3.  Page 1, by striking lines 21 through 24
     1  7 and inserting <the gunshot or stab wound or other
     1  8 serious injury.  Any provision of law or rule of
     1  9 evidence relative to confidential communications is
     1 10 suspended insofar as the provisions of this section are
     1 11 concerned.>
     1 12 #4.  Page 1, after line 25 by inserting:
     1 13    <2.  A person certified under the provisions of
     1 14 chapter 147A who administers any treatment to any
     1 15 person suffering a gunshot or stab wound or other
     1 16 serious injury, as defined in section 702.18, which
     1 17 appears to have been received in connection with
     1 18 the commission of a criminal offense, or a motor
     1 19 vehicle accident or crash, or to whom an application
     1 20 is made for treatment of any nature because of
     1 21 any such gunshot or stab wound or other serious
     1 22 injury, may report that fact to the law enforcement
     1 23 agency within whose jurisdiction the treatment was
     1 24 administered or application for treatment was made,
     1 25 or if ascertainable, to the law enforcement agency
     1 26 in whose jurisdiction the gunshot or stab wound or
     1 27 other serious injury occurred, stating the name of the
     1 28 person, the person's residence if ascertainable, and
     1 29 giving a brief description of the gunshot or stab wound
     1 30 or other serious injury.
     1 31    3.  Any provision of law or rule of evidence
     1 32 relating to a confidential communication is suspended
     1 33 for communications under this section.>


                                        
          COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
          KEITH A. KREIMAN, CHAIRPERSON
          HF674.1192 (5) 83
          jm/nh

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