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House Amendment 5246

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  1  1    Amend House File 308 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 19 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  Section 85.36, subsection 9, paragraph
  1  5 a, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as
  1  6 follows:
  1  7    a.  In computing the compensation to be allowed a
  1  8 volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical care
  1  9 provider, reserve peace officer, volunteer ambulance
  1 10 driver, volunteer emergency rescue technician as
  1 11 defined in section 147A.1, or emergency medical
  1 12 technician trainee, the earnings as a fire fighter,
  1 13 emergency medical care provider, reserve peace
  1 14 officer, volunteer ambulance driver, volunteer
  1 15 emergency rescue technician, or emergency medical
  1 16 technician trainee shall be disregarded and the
  1 17 volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical care
  1 18 provider, reserve peace officer, volunteer ambulance
  1 19 driver, volunteer emergency rescue technician, or
  1 20 emergency medical technician trainee shall be paid an
  1 21 amount equal to the compensation the volunteer fire
  1 22 fighter, emergency medical care provider, reserve
  1 23 peace officer, volunteer ambulance driver, volunteer
  1 24 emergency rescue technician, or emergency medical
  1 25 technician trainee would be paid if injured in the
  1 26 normal course of the volunteer fire fighter's,
  1 27 emergency medical care provider's, reserve peace
  1 28 officer's, volunteer ambulance driver's, volunteer
  1 29 emergency rescue technician's, or emergency medical
  1 30 technician trainee's regular employment or an amount
  1 31 equal to one hundred and forty percent of the
  1 32 statewide average weekly wage, whichever is greater."
  1 33    #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 29 the
  1 34 following:
  1 35    "Sec.    .  Section 85.61, subsection 2, Code
  1 36 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1 37    2.  "Employer" includes and applies to a person,
  1 38 firm, association, or corporation, state, county,
  1 39 municipal corporation, school corporation, area
  1 40 education agency, township as an employer of volunteer
  1 41 fire fighters, volunteer emergency rescue technicians,
  1 42 and emergency medical care providers only, benefited
  1 43 fire district, and the legal representatives of a
  1 44 deceased employer.  "Employer" includes and applies to
  1 45 a rehabilitation facility approved for purchase-of-
  1 46 service contracts or for referrals by the department
  1 47 of human services or the department of education."
  1 48    #3.  Page 2, by inserting after line 10 the
  1 49 following:
  1 50    "Sec.    .  Section 85.61, subsection 11,
  2  1 unnumbered paragraph 3, Code Supplement 1995, is
  2  2 amended to read as follows:
  2  3    "Worker" or "employee" includes an emergency
  2  4 medical care provider as defined in section 147A.1, a
  2  5 volunteer emergency rescue technician as defined in
  2  6 section 147A.1, a volunteer ambulance driver, or an
  2  7 emergency medical technician trainee, only if an
  2  8 agreement is reached between such worker or employee
  2  9 and the employer for whom the volunteer services are
  2 10 provided that workers' compensation coverage under
  2 11 chapters 85, 85A, and 85B is to be provided by the
  2 12 employer.  An emergency medical care provider or
  2 13 volunteer emergency rescue technician who is a worker
  2 14 or employee under this paragraph is not a casual
  2 15 employee.  "Volunteer ambulance driver" means a person
  2 16 performing services as a volunteer ambulance driver at
  2 17 the request of the person in charge of a fire
  2 18 department or ambulance service of a municipality.
  2 19 "Emergency medical technician trainee" means a person
  2 20 enrolled in and training for emergency medical
  2 21 technician certification."
  2 22    #4.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words "the
  2 23 election of".
  2 24    #5.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
  2 25 word "compensation" the following:  "benefits for
  2 26 volunteer emergency rescue technicians and election
  2 27 of".
  2 28    #6.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 29 
  2 30 
  2 31                              
  2 32 O'BRIEN of Boone
  2 33 HF 308.701 76
  2 34 ec/sc
     

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