House File 2103

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SCHICKEL


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    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the filing of an application for involuntary
  2    substance abuse or hospitalization commitment.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5847HH 80
  5 rh/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 125.75, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Proceedings for the involuntary commitment or treatment of
  1  4 a chronic substance abuser to a facility may be commenced by
  1  5 the county attorney or an interested person at least eighteen
  1  6 years of age by filing a verified application with the clerk
  1  7 of the district court of the county where the respondent is
  1  8 presently located or which is the respondent's place of
  1  9 residence.  The clerk or the clerk's designee shall assist the
  1 10 applicant in completing the application.  The application
  1 11 shall:
  1 12    Sec. 2.  Section 229.6, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003,
  1 13 is amended to read as follows:
  1 14    Proceedings for the involuntary hospitalization of an
  1 15 individual may be commenced by any interested person at least
  1 16 eighteen years of age by filing a verified application with
  1 17 the clerk of the district court of the county where the
  1 18 respondent is presently located, or which is the respondent's
  1 19 place of residence. The clerk, or the clerk's designee, shall
  1 20 assist the applicant in completing the application.  The
  1 21 application shall:
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill specifies that an interested person who files an
  1 24 application for an involuntary substance abuse or
  1 25 hospitalization commitment must be at least 18 years of age.
  1 26 LSB 5847HH 80
  1 27 rh/sh/8
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