Senate File 492 S-3179 Amend Senate File 492 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 633.635, subsection 2, 4 paragraph a, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 5 a. (1) Changing, at the guardian’s request, 6 the ward’s permanent residence if the proposed new 7 residence is more restrictive of the ward’s liberties 8 than the current residence. 9 (2) If a ward is removed from the ward’s residence, 10 the guardian shall provide, prior to the removal, 11 notice of the removal to the ward’s family by 12 registered mail and such notice shall include a period 13 of time for the ward’s family to remove personal items 14 from the ward’s home. 15 Sec. 2. Section 633.641, Code 2011, is amended to 16 read as follows: 17 633.641 Duties of conservator —— ward receiving 18 medical assistance . 19 1. a. It is the duty of the conservator of the 20 estate to protect and preserve it, to invest it 21 prudently, to account for it as herein provided, and to 22 perform all other duties required of the conservator by 23 law, and at the termination of the conservatorship, to 24 deliver the assets of the ward to the person entitled 25 thereto. 26 b. If a ward is removed from the ward’s residence, 27 the conservator shall provide, prior to the removal, 28 notice of the removal to the ward’s family by 29 registered mail and such notice shall include a period 30 of time for the ward’s family to remove personal items 31 from the ward’s home. 32 2. The conservator shall report to the department 33 of human services the assets and income of any 34 ward receiving medical assistance under chapter 35 249A . Reports shall be made upon establishment of 36 a conservatorship for an individual applying for 37 or receiving medical assistance, upon application 38 for benefits on behalf of the ward, upon annual or 39 semiannual review of continued medical assistance 40 eligibility, when any significant change in principal 41 or income occurs in the conservatorship account, or 42 as otherwise requested by the department of human 43 services. Written reports shall be provided to 44 the department of human services county office for 45 the county in which the ward resides or the county 46 office in which the ward’s medical assistance is 47 administered. > 48 -1- SF492.2061 (4) 84 rh/nh 1/ 2 #1.