Bill Text: IA SSB1002 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to the findings of an examining physician assistant for a person believed to be seriously mentally impaired in an emergency situation.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Voted - Human Resources. [SSB1002 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB1002-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1002
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MATHIS)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
findings
of
an
examining
physician
1
assistant
for
a
person
believed
to
be
seriously
mentally
2
impaired
in
an
emergency
situation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
229.22,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(4),
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(4)
If
the
examining
physician,
examining
physician
3
assistant,
or
examining
psychiatric
advanced
registered
4
nurse
practitioner
finds
that
there
is
reason
to
believe
that
5
the
person
is
seriously
mentally
impaired,
and
because
of
6
that
impairment
is
likely
to
physically
injure
the
person’s
7
self
or
others
if
not
immediately
detained,
the
examining
8
physician,
examining
physician
assistant,
or
examining
9
psychiatric
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
shall
at
10
once
communicate
with
the
nearest
available
magistrate
as
11
defined
in
section
801.4,
subsection
10
.
For
purposes
of
this
12
subparagraph,
the
findings
of
the
examining
physician
assistant
13
must
be
approved
by
the
examining
physician
assistant’s
14
supervising
physician
before
the
examining
physician
assistant
15
communicates
with
the
nearest
available
magistrate.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
Under
existing
law
in
Code
section
229.22,
if
a
person
is
20
believed
to
have
a
mental
illness,
and
due
to
that
illness,
21
is
believed
likely
to
physically
injure
the
person’s
self
or
22
others
if
not
immediately
detained,
a
peace
officer
or
another
23
person
may
take
the
person
without
a
warrant
or
court
order
to
24
a
hospital
or
a
community
facility
licensed
to
care
for
persons
25
with
mental
illness
or
a
substance-related
disorder.
This
26
procedure
is
only
used
when
it
appears
that
the
person
should
27
be
immediately
detained
due
to
serious
mental
impairment,
28
but
an
involuntary
commitment
application
has
not
been
filed
29
with
the
court
and
the
person
cannot
be
ordered
into
immediate
30
custody
and
detained.
31
Upon
delivery
of
the
person
to
the
facility
or
hospital,
32
if
the
examining
physician,
examining
physician
assistant,
or
33
examining
psychiatric
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
34
finds
that
there
is
reason
to
believe
that
the
person
is
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seriously
mentally
impaired,
and
because
of
that
impairment
1
is
likely
to
physically
injure
the
person’s
self
or
others
if
2
not
immediately
detained,
the
examining
physician,
examining
3
physician
assistant,
or
examining
psychiatric
advanced
4
registered
nurse
practitioner
is
required
to
contact
the
5
nearest
available
magistrate.
The
findings
of
the
examining
6
physician
assistant
must
be
approved
by
the
examining
physician
7
assistant’s
supervising
physician
before
the
examining
8
physician
assistant
communicates
with
the
nearest
available
9
magistrate.
The
bill
eliminates
the
requirement
that
the
10
findings
of
the
examining
physician
assistant
be
approved
by
11
the
examining
physician
assistant’s
supervising
physician
12
before
the
examining
physician
assistant
communicates
with
the
13
nearest
available
magistrate
in
these
circumstances.
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