Bill Text: IA HF594 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to medical procedures including abortion and limitations regarding the withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure from a minor child. (Formerly HF 233.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-29 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 788. [HF594 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF594-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
MEDICAL
PROCEDURES
INCLUDING
ABORTION
AND
LIMITATIONS
REGARDING
THE
WITHDRAWAL
OF
A
LIFE-SUSTAINING
PROCEDURE
FROM
A
MINOR
CHILD.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
144F.1
Withdrawal
of
life-sustaining
procedures
from
minor
child
——
court
intervention.
1.
A
court
of
law
or
equity
shall
not
have
the
authority
to
require
the
withdrawal
of
life-sustaining
procedures
from
a
minor
child
over
the
objection
of
the
minor
child’s
parent
or
guardian,
unless
there
is
conclusive
medical
evidence
that
the
minor
child
has
died
and
any
electronic
brain,
heart,
or
respiratory
monitoring
activity
exhibited
to
the
contrary
is
a
false
artifact.
2.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
a.
“Life-sustaining
procedure”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
144A.2.
b.
“Minor”
means
the
same
as
specified
in
section
599.1.
House
File
594,
p.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
146A.1,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
A
physician
performing
an
abortion
shall
obtain
written
certification
from
the
pregnant
woman
of
all
of
the
following
at
least
seventy-two
twenty-four
hours
prior
to
performing
an
abortion:
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
594,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
