Senate Amendment 5240


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 2352, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 3, after line 5 by inserting:
     1  4    <c.  If an arrest warrant has been issued for
     1  5 or charges are pending against the person, but no
     1  6 court order exists requiring notification to a law
     1  7 enforcement agency under paragraph "a" or "b", and if
     1  8 the peace officer delivers the person to a facility or
     1  9 hospital and the peace officer notifies the facility
     1 10 or hospital in writing on a form prescribed by the
     1 11 department of public safety that the facility or
     1 12 hospital notify the law enforcement agency about
     1 13 the discharge of the person prior to discharge, the
     1 14 facility or hospital shall do all of the following:
     1 15    (1)  Notify the dispatch of the law enforcement
     1 16 agency that employs the peace officer by telephone
     1 17 prior to the discharge of the person from the facility
     1 18 or hospital.
     1 19    (2)  Notify the law enforcement agency that employs
     1 20 the peace officer by electronic mail prior to the
     1 21 discharge of the person from the facility or hospital.>
     1 22 #2.  Page 3, by striking lines 11 through 15 and
     1 23 inserting <is sooner dismissed by a magistrate.  The
     1 24 facility or hospital may provide treatment which>
     1 25 #3.  Page 3, line 26, by striking <the order of the
     1 26 magistrate> and inserting <this section>
     1 27 #4.  Page 3, line 28, after <person.> by inserting
     1 28 <The law enforcement agency shall retrieve the person
     1 29 no later than six hours after notification from the
     1 30 facility or hospital but in no circumstances shall
     1 31 the detention of the person exceed the period of time
     1 32 prescribed for detention by this subsection.>
     1 33 #5.  Page 4, by striking lines 1 through 4 and
     1 34 inserting <immediately detained, or if the facility
     1 35 or hospital was required to notify a law enforcement
     1 36 agency by this section, and the law enforcement
     1 37 agency requesting notification prior to discharge
     1 38 retrieved the person no later than six hours after
     1 39 the notification, and the detention prior to the
     1 40 retrieval of the person did not exceed the period of
     1 41 time prescribed for detention by this subsection.>
     1 42 #6.  Page 4, before line 5 by inserting:
     1 43    <Sec. ___.  Section 229.22, Code Supplement 2009, is
     1 44 amended by adding the following new subsections:
     1 45    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  The department of public
     1 46 safety shall prescribe the form to be used when a law
     1 47 enforcement agency desires notification under this
     1 48 section from a facility or hospital prior to discharge
     1 49 of a person admitted to the facility or hospital and
     1 50 for whom an arrest warrant has been issued or against
     2  1 whom charges are pending. The form shall be consistent
     2  2 with all laws, regulations, and rules relating to the
     2  3 confidentiality or privacy of personal information
     2  4 or medical records, including but not limited to the
     2  5 federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
     2  6 Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104=191, and regulations
     2  7 promulgated in accordance with that Act and published
     2  8 in 45 C.F.R. pts. 160=64.
     2  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  A facility or hospital,
     2 10 which has been notified by a peace officer or a law
     2 11 enforcement agency by delivery of a form as prescribed
     2 12 by the department of public safety indicating that
     2 13 an arrest warrant has been issued for or charges are
     2 14 pending against a person admitted to the facility or
     2 15 hospital, that does not notify the law enforcement
     2 16 agency about the discharge of the person as required by
     2 17 subsection 2, paragraph "c", shall pay a civil penalty
     2 18 as provided in section 805.8C, subsection 8.
     2 19    Sec. ___.  Section 805.8C, Code Supplement 2009, is
     2 20 amended by adding the following new subsection:
     2 21    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  Notification violations.  For
     2 22 violations of section 229.22, subsection 6, the
     2 23 scheduled fine is one thousand dollars for a first
     2 24 violation and two thousand dollars for a second or
     2 25 subsequent violation. The scheduled fine under this
     2 26 subsection is a civil penalty, and the criminal penalty
     2 27 surcharge under section 911.1 shall not be added to the
     2 28 penalty.>
     2 29 #7.  Title page, line 2, after <impairment> by
     2 30 inserting <, and providing penalties>
     2 31 #8.  By renumbering as necessary.
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