House Study Bill 635 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON LYKAM)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the mandatory reporting to law enforcement
  2    officials of medical treatment for certain injuries and making
  3    a penalty applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5978HC 82
  6 jr/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 147.111, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    147.111  REPORT OF TREATMENT OF WOUNDS AND OTHER INJURIES.
  1  4    Any person licensed under the provisions of this subtitle
  1  5 or certified under the provisions of chapter 147A who shall
  1  6 administer any treatment to any person suffering a gunshot or
  1  7 stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in section
  1  8 702.18, which appears to have been received in connection with
  1  9 the commission of a criminal offense, including homicide or
  1 10 serious injury by motor vehicle as described in section
  1 11 707.6A, or to whom an application is made for treatment of any
  1 12 nature because of any such gunshot or stab wound or other
  1 13 serious injury, as defined in section 702.18, shall at once
  1 14 but not later than twelve hours thereafter, report that fact
  1 15 to the law enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction the
  1 16 treatment was administered or an application therefor for
  1 17 treatment was made, or if ascertainable, to the law
  1 18 enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the gunshot or stab
  1 19 wound or other serious injury occurred, stating the name of
  1 20 such person, the person's residence if ascertainable, and
  1 21 giving a brief description of the gunshot or stab wound or
  1 22 other serious injury.  Any provision of law or rule of
  1 23 evidence relative to confidential communications is suspended
  1 24 insofar as the provisions of this section are concerned.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    Code section 147.111 requires any person holding a license
  1 27 in a health=related profession to report any treatment given
  1 28 for a gunshot wound, stab wound, or other serious injury which
  1 29 appears to have been received in connection with the
  1 30 commission of a criminal offense.  The required report is to
  1 31 be made, within 12 hours of the treatment, to local law
  1 32 enforcement.
  1 33    This bill extends this requirement to emergency medical
  1 34 care providers and expands reportable incidents to include
  1 35 homicide or serious injury by motor vehicle.
  2  1    Failure to provide the required report is a simple
  2  2 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of at least $65 but not more
  2  3 than $625, confinement up to 30 days, or both.
  2  4 LSB 5978HC 82
  2  5 jr/nh/8