House Study Bill 93 



                                       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 reporting the treatment of serious wounds
  2    received as the result of a crime to a law enforcement agency
  3    and making penalties applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1575HC 83
  6 jm/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 147.111, Code 2009, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    147.111  REPORT OF TREATMENT OF WOUNDS AND OTHER INJURIES.
  1  4    Any A person licensed under the provisions of this subtitle
  1  5 or certified under the provisions of chapter 147A who shall
  1  6 administer administers any treatment to any person suffering a
  1  7 gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in
  1  8 section 702.18, which appears to have been received in
  1  9 connection with the commission of a criminal offense including
  1 10 the criminal offense of homicide or serious injury by vehicle
  1 11 as provided in section 707.6A, or to whom an application is
  1 12 made for treatment of any nature because of any such gunshot
  1 13 or stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in section
  1 14 702.18, shall at once but not later than twelve hours
  1 15 thereafter, report that fact to the law enforcement agency
  1 16 within whose jurisdiction the treatment was administered or an
  1 17 application therefor for treatment was made, or if
  1 18 ascertainable, to the law enforcement agency in whose
  1 19 jurisdiction the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury
  1 20 occurred, stating the name of such person, the person's
  1 21 residence if ascertainable, and giving a brief description of
  1 22 the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury.  Any
  1 23 provision of law or rule of evidence relative to confidential
  1 24 communications is suspended insofar as the provisions of this
  1 25 section are concerned.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill relates to reporting the treatment of serious
  1 28 wounds to a law enforcement agency.
  1 29    The bill specifies that a first responder, an emergency
  1 30 medical care provider, or any other person certified under
  1 31 Code chapter 147A is required to report the treatment of any
  1 32 gunshot or stab wound, or any other serious injury, to the
  1 33 local law enforcement agency, if such an injury is received in
  1 34 connection with the commission of a criminal offense.  Current
  1 35 law specifies that a person licensed under Code chapter 147 is
  2  1 required to report such serious injuries received in
  2  2 connection with a criminal offense to a local law enforcement
  2  3 agency.
  2  4    The bill also specifies that serious injuries received in
  2  5 connection with the criminal offense of homicide or serious
  2  6 injury by vehicle are to be reported to the local law
  2  7 enforcement agency.
  2  8    Under the bill and in current law, any law or rule relating
  2  9 to confidential information is suspended in order to
  2 10 effectuate the reporting of a serious wound received from the
  2 11 commission of a criminal offense.
  2 12    A person who violates the bill commits a simple misdemeanor
  2 13 as provided in Code section 147.113.
  2 14    A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no
  2 15 more than 30 days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than
  2 16 $625 or by both.
  2 17 LSB 1575HC 83
  2 18 jm/nh/5