Amendment No. 174

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 359 (BDR 13-1653)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend section 1, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 17 through 19 on page 1 and lines 1 and 2 on page 2, and inserting:

"2. If a petition presented to the court pursuant to subsection 1 alleges that the proposed ward:

(a) Faces a substantial and immediate risk of physical harm or needs immediate medical attention; and

(b) Lacks capacity to respond to the risk of harm or to obtain the necessary medical attention,

the petition must be accompanied by a certificate signed by a physician or psychologist who is licensed to practice in this state which states that the proposed ward is unable to respond to a substantial and immediate risk of physical harm or to a need for immediate medical attention.".

Amend the title of the bill, first line, after "requiring" by inserting:

"under certain circumstances".