House File 69 



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  HUNTER, WESSEL=KROESCHELL,
                                      FOEGE, KUHN, LENSING, SWAIM,
                                      and D. TAYLOR


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the definition of dependent adult abuse and
  2    making penalties applicable.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1747HH 82
  5 rh/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 235B.2, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1  3    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4)  The act or process of taking unfair
  1  4 advantage of a dependent adult by using physical force or by
  1  5 repeatedly using verbal insults or taunts.
  1  6                           EXPLANATION
  1  7    This bill expands the definition of "dependent adult abuse"
  1  8 to include the act or process of taking unfair advantage of a
  1  9 dependent adult by using physical force or by repeatedly using
  1 10 verbal insults or taunts by a caretaker of a dependent adult.
  1 11 A caretaker who commits dependent adult abuse is guilty of a
  1 12 simple or aggravated misdemeanor or a class "C" or "D" felony
  1 13 depending on whether the caretaker committed the dependent
  1 14 adult abuse recklessly or intentionally and depending on the
  1 15 resulting physical or financial injury to the dependent adult.
  1 16 LSB 1747HH 82
  1 17 rh:nh/je/5