Keeping Iowa seniors safe

In response to an assault at an Iowa nursing home, the Senate voted to toughen protections for our seniors living in nursing homes and other care facilities.

A sexually violent predator who’d served his sentence was released from a state-run facility directly into a northwest Iowa nursing home.  There he assaulted an elderly woman, who was also a resident.

House File 2422, as approved by the Senate, would:
** Prohibit any sexually violent predator from being released from a state-run facility to a nursing home or residential care facility;

** Allow nursing homes and residential care facilities to refuse to admit registered sex offenders; and

** Permit facilities to discharge sex offenders who are current residents.

The legislation also establishes a task force on the need for a nursing care facility specifically for sexually violent predators.