HOUSE FILE 504

BY  PETERSEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the development of a uniform form to provide a prisoner’s medical information to the receiving institution upon the transfer of a prisoner.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  TRANSFER OF PRISONERS —— PROVISION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION —— UNIFORM FORM.  By January 1, 2012, the director of the department of corrections, in cooperation with the Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association, shall develop a uniform medical form to be used by all county jails in providing a prisoner’s medical information to the receiving institution when a prisoner is transferred from a county jail to an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.
EXPLANATION
   This bill directs the director of the department of corrections, in cooperation with the Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association, to develop a uniform medical form to be used by all county jails in providing a prisoner’s medical information to the receiving institution when a prisoner is transferred from a county jail to an institution under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections. The form is to be developed by January 1, 2012.