House File 594 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 594 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 233) A BILL FOR An Act relating to limitations regarding the withdrawal of a 1 life-sustaining procedure from a minor child. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2045HV (1) 88 pf/rh

H.F. 594 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 144F.1 Withdrawal of 1 life-sustaining procedures from minor child —— court 2 intervention. 3 A court of law or equity shall not have the authority to 4 require the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a 5 minor child over the objection of the minor child’s parent or 6 guardian, unless there is conclusive medical evidence that 7 the minor child has died and any electronic brain, heart, or 8 respiratory monitoring activity exhibited to the contrary 9 is a false artifact. For the purposes of this section, 10 “life-sustaining procedure” means the same as defined in section 11 144A.2. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill provides that a court of law or equity shall not 16 have the authority to require the withdrawal of life-sustaining 17 procedures from a minor child over the objection of the minor 18 child’s parent or guardian, unless there is conclusive medical 19 evidence that the minor child has died and any electronic 20 brain, heart, or respiratory monitoring activity exhibited to 21 the contrary is a false artifact. For the purposes of the 22 bill, “life-sustaining procedure” means the same as under the 23 life-sustaining procedures Act (Code chapter 144A). 24 -1- LSB 2045HV (1) 88 pf/rh 1/ 1