Senate
File
410
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Enrolled
Senate
File
410
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
A
DECLARATION
CONCERNING
THE
FINAL
DISPOSITION
OF
A
PERSON’S
REMAINS
AND
INCLUDING
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
144B.1,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
“Designee”
means
a
person
named
in
a
declaration
under
chapter
144C
that
is
contained
in
or
attached
to
a
durable
power
of
attorney
for
health
care
.
Sec.
2.
Section
144C.2,
subsection
8,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8.
“Declaration”
means
a
written
instrument
,
contained
in
or
attached
to
a
durable
power
of
attorney
for
health
care
under
chapter
144B
,
that
is
executed
by
a
declarant
in
accordance
with
the
requirements
of
this
chapter
,
and
that
names
a
designee
who
shall
have
the
sole
responsibility
and
discretion
for
making
decisions
concerning
the
final
disposition
of
the
declarant’s
remains
and
the
ceremonies
planned
after
the
declarant’s
death.
Sec.
3.
Section
144C.6,
subsection
2,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
A
declaration
executed
pursuant
to
this
chapter
shall
be
in
a
written
form
that
substantially
complies
with
the
form
in
subsection
1
,
is
properly
completed,
is
contained
in
or
attached
to
a
durable
power
of
attorney
for
health
care
under
chapter
144B
,
and
is
dated
and
signed
by
the
Senate
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2
declarant
or
another
person
acting
on
the
declarant’s
behalf
at
the
direction
of
and
in
the
presence
of
the
declarant.
In
addition,
a
declaration
shall
be
either
of
the
following:
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
a
declaration
executed
by
a
declarant
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
this
Act
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
410,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor