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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 19A.3, Code 1995, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 23. Up to six nonprofessional employees 1 4 designated at the discretion of each statewide elected 1 5 official. 1 6 Sec. 2. Section 19A.3, subsection 9, Code 1995, is amended 1 7 to read as follows: 1 8 9. Seasonal employeesappointed during the period of April1 915 through October 15appointed during a department's 1 10 designated six-month seasonal employment period during the 1 11 same annual twelve-month period, as approved by the director. 1 12 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 19A.3A EMPLOYEES OF STATEWIDE 1 13 ELECTED OFFICIALS. 1 14 The exempt position classifications of employees of 1 15 statewide elected officials as of June 30, 1994, shall remain 1 16 exempt and any employees subsequently hired to fill any exempt 1 17 position vacancies shall be classified as exempt employees. 1 18 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 19A.8A EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 1 19 PROJECTS. 1 20 The director may conduct experimental or research 1 21 personnel-related projects of limited duration designed to im- 1 22 prove the quality of the employment system. The provisions of 1 23 section 19A.9 or administrative rules adopted pursuant to that 1 24 section are waived for the purposes of such projects. 1 25 Projects adopted under this authority shall not violate 1 26 existing collective bargaining agreements. Any projects that 1 27 relate to issues covered by such agreements or issues that are 1 28 mandatory subjects of collective bargaining are subject to 1 29 negotiations as applicable. The director shall notify the 1 30 chairpersons of the standing committees on appropriations of 1 31 the senate and the house of representatives and the 1 32 chairpersons of the appropriate subcommittees of those 1 33 committees of the proposed projects. The notice from the 1 34 director shall include the purpose of the project, a 1 35 description of the project and how the project will be 2 1 evaluated. Chairpersons notified shall be given at least two 2 2 weeks to review and comment on the proposal before the project 2 3 is implemented. The director shall report the results of the 2 4 experimental research projects conducted in the preceding 2 5 fiscal year to the legislative council by September 30 of each 2 6 year. 2 7 Sec. 5. Section 19A.12, subsection 2, Code 1995, is 2 8 amended to read as follows: 2 9 2.An Iowa managementA training revolving fund is created 2 10 in the state treasury. The moneys credited to the fund shall 2 11 be used for the purpose of paying actual and necessary 2 12 expenses incurred by the department in administering theIowa2 13managementtraining system. All fees, grants, or specific 2 14 appropriations for this purpose shall be credited to the fund. 2 15 The fees for theIowa managementtraining system courses shall 2 16 be set by the director to cover thecostcosts of 2 17administration except for costs associated with salaries of2 18employees of the department,course development, training 2 19 materials, facilities and equipment,andprofessional 2 20 instructors, and administration, except for costs associated 2 21 with the salary of employees of the department. The fees 2 22 shall be paid to the department by the state agency sending 2 23 the employees for training and the payment shall be credited 2 24 to theIowa managementtraining revolving fund. 2 25 Notwithstanding section 8.33, the department shall not revert 2 26 any unencumbered or unobligated balance in the fund, except2 27amounts in excess of fifty thousand dollars, beginning on June2 2830, 1988. 2 29 Sec. 6. Section 19A.15, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995, 2 30 is amended to read as follows: 2 31 The records of the department, except personal information 2 32 in an employee's file if the publication of such information 2 33 would serve no proper public purpose, shall be public records 2 34 and shall be open to public inspection, subject to reasonable 2 35 rules as to the time and manner of inspection which may be 3 1 prescribed by the director. Personal information includes the 3 2 home address and home telephone number of an employee. Each 3 3 employee shall have access to the employee's personal file. 3 4 Sec. 7. Section 19A.32, Code 1995, is amended to read as 3 5 follows: 3 6 19A.32 WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS. 3 7 The director shall employ appropriate staff to handle and 3 8 adjust claims of state employees for workers' compensation 3 9 benefits pursuant to chapters 85, 85A, 85B, and 86, or with 3 10 the approval of the executive council contract for the 3 11 services or purchase workers' compensation insurance coverage 3 12 for state employees or selected groups of state employees. A 3 13 state employee workers' compensation fund is established to 3 14 pay state employee workers' compensation claims and 3 15 administrative costs. The department shall establish a rating 3 16 formula and assess premiums to all agencies, departments, and 3 17 divisions of the state including those which have not received 3 18 an appropriation for the payment of workers' compensation 3 19 insurance and which operate from moneys other than from the 3 20 general fund of the state. The department shall collect the 3 21 premiums and deposit them into the state employee workers' 3 22 compensation fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys 3 23 deposited in the state employee workers' compensation fund 3 24 shall not revert to the general fund of the state at the end 3 25 of any fiscal year, but shall remain in the state employee 3 26 workers' compensation fund and be continuously available to 3 27 pay state employee workers' compensation claims. The director 3 28 of revenue and finance is authorized and directed to draw 3 29 warrants on this fund for the payment of state employee 3 30 workers' compensation claims. 3 31 Sec. 8. Section 19B.5, subsection 2, Code 1995, is amended 3 32 to read as follows: 3 33 2. The department of personnel shall submit a report on 3 34 the condition of affirmative action programs in state agencies 3 35 covered by subsection 1 byAugust 31September 30 of each year 4 1 to the department of management. 4 2 Sec. 9. Section 70A.20, Code 1995, is amended to read as 4 3 follows: 4 4 70A.20 EMPLOYEES DISABILITY PROGRAM. 4 5 A state employees disability insurance program is created, 4 6 which shall be administered by the director of the department 4 7 of personnel and which shall provide disability benefits in an 4 8 amount and for the employees as provided in this section. The 4 9 monthly disability benefits shall provide twenty percent of 4 10 monthly earnings if employed less than one year, forty percent 4 11 of monthly earnings if employed one year or more but less than 4 12 two years, and sixty percent of monthly earnings thereafter, 4 13 reduced by primary and family social security determined at 4 14 the time social security disability payments commence, 4 15 railroad retirement disability income, workers' compensation 4 16 if applicable, and any other state-sponsored sickness or 4 17 disability benefits payable. However, the amount of benefits 4 18 payable under the Iowa public employees' retirement system 4 19 pursuant to chapter 97B shall not reduce the benefits payable 4 20 pursuant to this section. Subsequent social security or 4 21 railroad retirement increases shall not be used to further 4 22 reduce the insurance benefits payable. As used in this 4 23 section, "primary and family social security" shall not 4 24 include social security benefits awarded to a disabled adult 4 25 child of the disabled state employee who does not reside with 4 26 the disabled state employee if the social security benefits 4 27 were awarded to the disabled adult child prior to the approval 4 28 of the state employee's benefits under this section, 4 29 regardless of whether the United States social security 4 30 administration records the benefits to the social security 4 31 number of the disabled adult child, the disabled state 4 32 employee, or any other family member, and such social security 4 33 benefits shall not reduce the benefits payable pursuant to 4 34 this section. As used in this section, unless the context 4 35 otherwise requires, "adult" means a person who is eighteen 5 1 years of age or older. State employees shall receive credit 5 2 for the time they were continuously employed prior to and on 5 3 July 1, 1974. The following provisions apply to the employees 5 4 disability insurance program: 5 5 1. Waiting period, ninety working days of continuous 5 6 sickness or accident disability or the expiration of accrued 5 7 sick leave, whichever is greater. 5 8 2. Maximum period benefits paid for both accident or 5 9 sickness disability: 5 10 a. If the disability occurs prior to the time the employee 5 11 attains the age of sixty-one years, the maximum benefit period 5 12 shall end sixty months after continuous benefit payments begin 5 13 or on the date on which the employee attains the age of sixty- 5 14 five years, whichever is later. 5 15 b. If the disability occurs on or after the time the 5 16 employee attains the age of sixty-one years but prior to the 5 17 age of sixty-nine years, the maximum benefit period shall end 5 18 sixty months after continuous benefit payments begin or on the 5 19 date on which the employee attains the age of seventy years, 5 20 whichever is earlier. 5 21 c. If the disability occurs on or after the time the 5 22 employee attains the age of sixty-nine years, the maximum 5 23 benefit period shall end twelve months after continuous 5 24 benefit payments begin. 5 25 3. a. Minimum and maximum benefits, not less than fifty 5 26 dollars per month and not exceeding two thousand dollars per 5 27 month. 5 28 b. In no event shall benefits exceed one hundred percent 5 29 of the claimant's predisability covered monthly compensation. 5 30 4. All permanent full-time state employees shall be 5 31 covered under the employees disability insurance program, 5 32 except board members and members of commissions who are not 5 33 full-time state employees, and state employees who on July 1, 5 34 1974, are under another disability program financed in whole 5 35 or in part by the state, and state employees who have agreed 6 1 to participation in another disability program through a 6 2 collective bargaining agreement. For purposes of this 6 3 section, members of the general assembly serving on or after 6 4 January 1, 1989, are eligible for the plan during their tenure 6 5 in office, on the basis of enrollment rules established for 6 6 full-time state employees excluded from collective bargaining 6 7 as provided in chapter 20. 6 8 Sec. 10. Section 509A.6, Code 1995, is amended to read as 6 9 follows: 6 10 509A.6 CONTRACT WITH INSURANCE CARRIER OR HEALTH 6 11 MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION. 6 12 The governing body may contract with a nonprofit 6 13 corporation operating under the provisions of this chapter or 6 14 chapter 514 or with any insurance company having a certificate 6 15 of authority to transact an insurance business in this state 6 16 with respect of a group insurance plan, which may include 6 17 life, accident, health, hospitalization and disability 6 18 insurance during period of active service of such employees, 6 19 with the right of any employee to continue such life insurance 6 20 in force after termination of active service at such 6 21 employee's sole expense; may contract with a nonprofit 6 22 corporation operating under and governed by the provisions of 6 23 this chapter or chapter 514 with respect of any hospital or 6 24 medical service plan; and may contract with a health 6 25 maintenance organization or an organized delivery system 6 26 authorized to operate in this state with respect to health 6 27 maintenance organization or organized delivery system 6 28 activities. 6 29 Sec. 11. Section 509A.12, Code 1995, is amended to read as 6 30 follows: 6 31 509A.12 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR GOVERNMENTAL 6 32 EMPLOYEES. 6 33 At the request of an employee, the governing body or the 6 34 county board of supervisors shall by contractual agreement 6 35 acquire an individual or group life insurance contract, 7 1 annuity contract, interest in a mutual fund, security, or any 7 2 other deferred payment contract for the purpose of funding a 7 3 deferred compensation program. The contract acquired for an 7 4 employee,shall be in accordance with the plan document and 7 5 from any companythe employee may choosethat is authorized to 7 6 do business in this state, or through an Iowa-licensed 7 7 salesperson that the employee selects on a group or individual 7 8 basis.The deferred compensation program shall be7 9administered so that the director of revenue and finance or7 10the director's designees remit one sum for the entire program7 11according to a single billing.When the state of Iowa 7 12 acquires an investment product pursuant to the plan document 7 13 the state does not become a shareholder, stockholder, or owner 7 14 of a corporation in violation of Article VIII, section 3, of 7 15 the Constitution of the State of Iowa or any other provision 7 16 of law. 7 17 This section is in addition to any benefit program provided 7 18 by law for employees of the state or its political 7 19 subdivisions. 7 20 HF 507 7 21 cl/pk/25
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