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'Ed
Thomas
Bill' Form Now Available For Iowa Law Enforcement
Posted 2 July
2010
Effective July 1,
2010, Iowa Code Section 229.22 requires notification of a specified law
enforcement agency prior to discharge of a patient brought to a
hospital for emergency mental health treatment by a law enforcement
agency for whom an arrest warrant has been issued or charges are
pending. This form provides law enforcement and hospitals a
standardized process to make notifications prior to discharge of a
person who is wanted by law enforcement officers.
The new notification process is the result of what is commonly referred
to as the “Ed Thomas Bill”. On June 24, 2009, Aplington-Parkersburg
High School football coach Ed Thomas was shot and killed by former
student Mark Becker. Becker had just been released from a hospital,
where he was being treated for mental illness. Becker was wanted by law
enforcement authorities on criminal charges, but he was not taken into
custody because law enforcement officers didn’t know he had been
released from the hospital. Hours later, Coach Thomas was shot and
killed.
SF 2352 of 2010, the “Ed Thomas Bill” requires the Iowa Department of
Public Safety to develop a form for notification of law enforcement
upon discharge. This form must be utilized for a notification request
by a law enforcement officer, and may be utilized in conjunction with a
court order.
This form may only be used to make notification prior to discharge of
persons admitted for evaluation or treatment using the emergency
procedure specified in Iowa Code Section 229.22. A facility or hospital
that has been notified by a peace officer of the requirement to make
notification prior to discharge by delivery of the form, that does not
notify the law enforcement agency about the discharge, is subject to a
civil penalty as provided in Iowa Code section 805.8C.
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