Senate
File
2198
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Enrolled
Senate
File
2198
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
AUTHORITY
OF
AN
ATTORNEY
IN
FACT
UNDER
A
DURABLE
POWER
OF
ATTORNEY
FOR
HEALTH
CARE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
144B.6,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
In
exercising
the
authority
under
the
durable
power
of
attorney
for
health
care,
the
attorney
in
fact
has
a
duty
to
act
in
accordance
with
the
desires
of
the
principal
as
expressed
in
the
durable
power
of
attorney
for
health
care
,
a
declaration
executed
by
the
principal
pursuant
to
section
144A.3,
or
otherwise
made
known
to
the
attorney
in
fact
at
any
time.
A
declaration
executed
by
the
principal
pursuant
to
the
life-sustaining
procedures
Act,
chapter
144A
,
shall
not
be
interpreted
as
expressing
an
intent
to
prohibit
the
withdrawal
of
hydration
or
nutrition
when
required
to
be
provided
parenterally
or
through
intubation
and
shall
not
otherwise
restrict
the
The
authority
of
the
attorney
in
fact
shall
not
be
restricted
by
the
desires
of
the
principal
as
expressed
verbally
to
a
person
other
than
the
attorney
in
fact
or
in
any
other
document
unless
either
the
declaration
or
,
in
a
separate
section
of
the
durable
power
of
attorney
for
health
care
,
the
principal
expressly
provides
otherwise
states
that
the
durable
power
of
attorney
for
health
care
is
limited
and
includes
the
limitations
on
the
authority
of
the
attorney
in
fact
.
If
the
principal’s
Senate
File
2198,
p.
2
desires
are
unknown,
the
attorney
in
fact
has
a
duty
to
act
in
the
best
interests
of
the
principal,
taking
into
account
the
principal’s
overall
medical
condition
and
prognosis.
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2198,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor