HF 2387 (LSB 5949HV (4) 84)

RELATING TO IMPROVEMENTS TO AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS CONCERNING ELDER ABUSE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  ELDER ABUSE REVIEW AND REPORT.
   1.  The department on aging shall work with the department of inspections and appeals, the department of human services, the office of the attorney general, and other affected stakeholders to conduct a comprehensive review of occurrences of and laws relating to the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of individuals in the state who are sixty years of age or older. 
   2.  The review shall include all of the following:
   a.  The current situation of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals in the state who are sixty years of age or older.
   b.  An analysis of laws in other states related to the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of individuals who are sixty years of age or older.
   c.  An analysis of current state law addressing issues related to abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual who is sixty years of age or older and recommendations for improvements to existing law or implementation of other laws specifically addressing abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual who is sixty years of age or older.
   d.  Other information the department on aging deems relevant.
   3.  The department on aging shall, by December 15,

 2012, submit a report of its review including findings and recommendations to the governor and general assembly.

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KRAIG PAULSEN
Speaker of the House

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JOHN P. KIBBIE
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2387, Eighty-fourth General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2012

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TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor