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House Journal: Page 902: Thursday, March 21, 1996

38   education agency, township as an employer of volunteer
39   fire fighters, volunteer emergency rescue technicians,
40   and emergency medical care providers only, benefited
41   fire district, and the legal representatives of a
42   deceased employer.  "Employer" includes and applies to
43   a rehabilitation facility approved for purchase-of-
44   service contracts or for referrals by the department
45   of human services or the department of education.
46     Sec. ___.  Section 85.61, subsection 11, unnumbered
47   paragraph 3, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read
48   as follows:
49     "Worker" or "employee" includes an emergency
50   medical care provider as defined in section 147A.1, a

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 1   volunteer emergency rescue technician as defined in
 2   section 147A.1, a volunteer ambulance driver, or an
 3   emergency medical technician trainee, only if an
 4   agreement is reached between such worker or employee
 5   and the employer for whom the volunteer services are
 6   provided that workers' compensation coverage under
 7   chapters 85, 85A, and 85B is to be provided by the
 8   employer.  An emergency medical care provider or
 9   volunteer emergency rescue technician who is a worker
10   or employee under this paragraph is not a casual
11   employee.  "Volunteer ambulance driver" means a person
12   performing services as a volunteer ambulance driver at
13   the request of the person in charge of a fire
14   department or ambulance service of a municipality.
15   "Emergency medical technician trainee" means a person
16   enrolled in and training for emergency medical
17   technician certification."
18     2.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
19   word "compensation" the following:  "concerning
20   benefits for volunteer emergency rescue technicians,
21   and concerning".
22     3.  By renumbering as necessary.
Halvorson of Clayton rose on a point of order that amendment
H-5255 was not germane.
The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-5255 not
germane.
Sukup of Franklin moved that the bill be read a last time now
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill
was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 2412)
The ayes were, 97:

Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Bernau        
	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess        	Bradley 

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