SF 152 (LSB 1463SV (3) 88)

SENATE FILE 152

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1014)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the definition of vulnerable elder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 235F.1, subsection 17, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   17.  “Vulnerable elder” means a person sixty years of age or older who is unable to protect himself or herself from elder abuse as a result of age or and a mental or physical condition.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Currently, under Code section 235F.1(17), “vulnerable elder” is defined as a person 60 years of age or older who is unable to protect himself or herself from elder abuse either as a result of the person’s age or as a result of the person’s mental or physical condition. This bill modifies this definition to provide that a “vulnerable elder” is a person 60 years of age or older who is unable to protect himself or herself from elder abuse as a result of both the person’s age and mental or physical condition.