House File 2402 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2402 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2105) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 27, 2018 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to an agent’s termination or suspension of 1 authority for a power of attorney. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 2402 (3) 87 hb/rj/md
H.F. 2402 Section 1. Section 633B.110, subsection 2, Code 2018, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraphs: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. The agent is named as having abused the 3 principal in a founded dependent adult abuse report. 4 NEW PARAGRAPH . f. The agent is convicted of dependent adult 5 abuse for having abused the principal. 6 Sec. 2. Section 633B.116, subsection 1, Code 2018, is 7 amended by adding the following new paragraphs: 8 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0g. A person who becomes aware of pending 9 criminal charges of dependent adult abuse against the agent as 10 having abused the principal. 11 NEW PARAGRAPH . 00g. A person who becomes aware of an 12 investigation of dependent adult abuse related to the agent as 13 having abused the principal. 14 Sec. 3. Section 633B.116, Code 2018, is amended by adding 15 the following new subsection: 16 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. Upon a petition to the court to review 17 an agent’s conduct relating to pending criminal charges of 18 dependent adult abuse or an investigation of dependent adult 19 abuse related to the principal, the court may suspend the 20 agent’s power of attorney and may appoint a guardian ad litem 21 to represent the principal. The guardian ad litem shall be a 22 practicing attorney. 23 -1- HF 2402 (3) 87 hb/rj/md 1/ 1