Bill Text: IA SF92 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the reporting of false information regarding suspected dependent adult abuse in facilities and programs, and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-23 - Subcommittee: Garrett, Evans, and Quirmbach. S.J. 169. [SF92 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF92-Introduced.html
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BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
reporting
of
false
information
regarding
1
suspected
dependent
adult
abuse
in
facilities
and
programs,
2
and
providing
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
235E.2,
subsection
9,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
9.
a.
A
person
required
by
this
section
to
report
a
3
suspected
case
of
dependent
adult
abuse
pursuant
to
subsection
4
2
who
knowingly
and
willfully
fails
to
do
so
within
twenty-four
5
hours
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor.
6
b.
A
person
required
by
subsection
2
to
report
a
suspected
7
case
of
dependent
adult
abuse
who
knowingly
fails
to
do
so
or
8
who
knowingly
interferes
with
the
making
of
such
a
report
or
9
applies
a
requirement
that
results
in
such
a
failure
is
civilly
10
liable
for
the
damages
proximately
caused
by
the
failure.
11
c.
A
person
who
reports
or
causes
to
be
reported
false
12
information
regarding
a
suspected
case
of
dependent
adult
abuse
13
pursuant
to
subsection
2,
knowing
that
the
information
is
false
14
or
that
the
abuse
did
not
occur,
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
the
reporting
of
false
information
19
regarding
suspected
dependent
adult
abuse
in
facilities
and
20
programs.
21
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
reports
or
causes
to
22
be
reported
false
information
regarding
a
suspected
case
of
23
dependent
adult
abuse,
knowing
that
the
information
is
false
24
or
that
the
abuse
did
not
occur,
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor.
25
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
26
than
30
days
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$105
but
not
more
than
$855.
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