Senate
File
492
-
Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
492
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
344)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
28,
2011
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
duties
of
a
guardian
or
conservator.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
2
SF
492
(4)
84
rh/nh
S.F.
492
Section
1.
Section
633.635,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
Changing,
at
the
guardian’s
request,
the
ward’s
3
permanent
residence
if
the
proposed
new
residence
is
more
4
restrictive
of
the
ward’s
liberties
than
the
current
residence.
5
(2)
If
a
ward
is
removed
from
the
ward’s
residence,
the
6
guardian
shall
provide,
prior
to
the
removal,
notice
of
the
7
removal
to
the
ward’s
family
by
registered
mail
and
such
notice
8
shall
include
a
period
of
time
for
the
ward’s
family
to
remove
9
personal
items
from
the
ward’s
home.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
633.641,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
11
follows:
12
633.641
Duties
of
conservator
——
ward
receiving
medical
13
assistance
.
14
1.
a.
It
is
the
duty
of
the
conservator
of
the
estate
to
15
protect
and
preserve
it,
to
invest
it
prudently,
to
account
16
for
it
as
herein
provided,
and
to
perform
all
other
duties
17
required
of
the
conservator
by
law,
and
at
the
termination
of
18
the
conservatorship,
to
deliver
the
assets
of
the
ward
to
the
19
person
entitled
thereto.
20
b.
If
a
ward
is
removed
from
the
ward’s
residence,
the
21
conservator
shall
provide,
prior
to
the
removal,
notice
of
the
22
removal
to
the
ward’s
family
by
registered
mail
and
such
notice
23
shall
include
a
period
of
time
for
the
ward’s
family
to
remove
24
personal
items
from
the
ward’s
home.
25
2.
The
conservator
shall
report
to
the
department
of
human
26
services
the
assets
and
income
of
any
ward
receiving
medical
27
assistance
under
chapter
249A
.
Reports
shall
be
made
upon
28
establishment
of
a
conservatorship
for
an
individual
applying
29
for
or
receiving
medical
assistance,
upon
application
for
30
benefits
on
behalf
of
the
ward,
upon
annual
or
semiannual
31
review
of
continued
medical
assistance
eligibility,
when
32
any
significant
change
in
principal
or
income
occurs
in
33
the
conservatorship
account,
or
as
otherwise
requested
by
34
the
department
of
human
services.
Written
reports
shall
be
35
-1-
SF
492
(4)
84
rh/nh
1/
2
S.F.
492
provided
to
the
department
of
human
services
county
office
for
1
the
county
in
which
the
ward
resides
or
the
county
office
in
2
which
the
ward’s
medical
assistance
is
administered.
3
-2-
SF
492
(4)
84
rh/nh
2/
2