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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
REPORTS
OF
PERSONAL
DEGRADATION
BY
CARETAKERS
OF
DEPENDENT
ADULTS
IN
FACILITIES
AND
PROGRAMS
REGULATED
BY
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
INSPECTIONS
AND
APPEALS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
235E.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
c.
A
report
of
dependent
adult
abuse
that
meets
the
definition
of
dependent
adult
abuse
under
section
235E.1,
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a)
or
(d),
or
section
235E.1,
subsection
5,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(3),
which
the
department
determines
is
minor,
isolated,
and
unlikely
to
reoccur
shall
be
collected
and
maintained
by
the
department
of
human
services
as
an
assessment
only
for
a
five-year
period
and
shall
not
be
included
in
the
central
registry
and
shall
not
be
considered
to
be
founded
dependent
adult
abuse.
A
subsequent
report
of
dependent
adult
abuse
that
meets
the
definition
of
dependent
adult
abuse
under
section
235E.1,
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a)
or
(d),
or
section
235E.1,
subsection
5,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(3),
that
occurs
within
the
five-year
period,
and
that
is
committed
by
the
caretaker
responsible
for
the
act
or
omission
which
was
the
subject
of
the
previous
report
of
dependent
adult
abuse
which
the
department
determined
was
minor,
isolated,
and
unlikely
to
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304,
p.
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reoccur,
may
be
considered
minor,
isolated,
and
unlikely
to
reoccur
depending
on
the
circumstances
of
the
report.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
304,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor