Amend Senate File 492 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 633.635, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   a.
  (1)  Changing, at the guardian’s request, the ward’s permanent residence if the proposed new residence is more restrictive of the ward’s liberties than the current residence.
   (2)  If a ward is removed from the ward’s residence, the guardian shall provide, prior to the removal, notice of the removal to the ward’s family by registered mail and such notice shall include a period of time for the ward’s family to remove personal items from the ward’s home.
   Sec. 2.  Section 633.641, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   633.641  Duties of conservator —— ward receiving medical assistance.
   1.
  a.  It is the duty of the conservator of the estate to protect and preserve it, to invest it prudently, to account for it as herein provided, and to perform all other duties required of the conservator by law, and at the termination of the conservatorship, to deliver the assets of the ward to the person entitled thereto.
   b.  If a ward is removed from the ward’s residence, the conservator shall provide, prior to the removal, notice of the removal to the ward’s family by registered mail and such notice shall include a period of time for the ward’s family to remove personal items from the ward’s home.
   2.  The conservator shall report to the department of human services the assets and income of any ward receiving medical assistance under chapter 249A. Reports shall be made upon establishment of a conservatorship for an individual applying for or receiving medical assistance, upon application for benefits on behalf of the ward, upon annual or semiannual review of continued medical assistance eligibility, when any significant change in principal or income occurs in the conservatorship account, or as otherwise requested by the department of human services. Written reports shall be provided to the department of human services county office for the county in which the ward resides or the county office in which the ward’s medical assistance is administered.>

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DENNIS H. BLACK