SF 507 (LSB 2102SV (4) 88)

RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF PERSONAL INJURIES ARISING  OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF THE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE PURPOSES  OF COMPENSABLE ACTS FOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 85.61, subsection 7, Code 2019, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Personal injuries due to idiopathic or unexplained falls from a level surface onto the same level surface do not arise out of and in the course of employment and are not compensable under this chapter.

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 507, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate

Approved _______________, 2019

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor