S-5155

   Amend the House amendment, S-5092, to Senate File 2239, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, lines 15 and 16, by striking <all or a substantial portion of>
   2.  Page 1, by striking lines 24 and 25 and inserting: 
   <(1)  Physical injury to, or injury which is at a variance with the history given of the injury, or unreasonable confinement, unreasonable punishment, or assault of a vulnerable elder.>
   3.  Page 1, line 29, by striking <substantial>
   4.  By striking page 2, line 50, through page 3, line 3, and inserting: 
   <___.  “Vulnerable elder” means a person sixty years of age or older who is more vulnerable to or at increased risk of elder abuse than other persons because of age, poor health, infirmity, impaired understanding, restricted mobility, isolation, or disability.>
   5.  Page 4, by striking lines 21 through 25.
   6.  Page 4, line 28, by striking <The> and inserting <By July 1, 2015, the>
   7.  Page 4, by striking lines 31 and 32 and inserting <se in actions under this chapter.>
   8.  Page 4, line 33, by striking <Standard> and inserting <Beginning July 1, 2015, the standard>
   9.  Page 9, lines 27 and 28, by striking <for the person’s own benefit or gain> 
   10.  Page 11, by striking lines 12 through 16.
   11.  Page 11, by striking lines 24 through 49.
   12.  Page 12, after line 12 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 235B.7, subsection 3, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Subsections 1 and 2 do not apply to dependent adult abuse information that is disseminated to an employee of the department or to the office of the attorney representing the department general as authorized by section 235B.6.>
   13.  By striking page 14, line 5, through page 15, line 11.
   14.  Page 17, by striking lines 20 through 26.
   15.  By striking page 17, line 48, through page 18, line 20.
   16.  Page 18, line 29, after <appeals,> by inserting <department of public health,>
   17.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MARY JO WILHELM