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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 639 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 2, by striking lines 4 through 12 and
1 3 inserting the following:
1 4 "85.63 CUMULATIVE INJURIES – COMPENSATION.
1 5 1. If an employee has previously lost or lost the
1 6 use of one hand, one arm, one foot, one leg, or one
1 7 eye, which constitutes a functional impairment to the
1 8 enumerated member of five percent or more, and the
1 9 employee becomes permanently disabled by a compensable
1 10 injury which has resulted in the loss of or loss of
1 11 use of another such member or organ, the employer
1 12 shall be liable to the employee for compensation for
1 13 the degree of disability which would have resulted
1 14 from the latter injury if there had been no pre-
1 15 existing disability, and such additional compensation,
1 16 if applicable, as provided in subsection 2.
1 17 2. If the difference in the number of weeks of
1 18 compensation that would otherwise be payable for the
1 19 degree of permanent disability involved for the prior
1 20 and latter injuries exceeds the total of the number of
1 21 weeks of compensation that would have been payable for
1 22 the previous loss of use of a member or organ and the
1 23 number of weeks of compensation payable for the latter
1 24 injury by thirty-seven and one-half or more weeks,
1 25 then the employee shall also be entitled to
1 26 compensation from the employer for the number of weeks
1 27 representing this difference after the expiration of
1 28 the full period provided by law for compensation for
1 29 the latter injury."
1 30 #2. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
1 31 word "surcharge," the following: "providing for
1 32 employee compensation for certain cumulative
1 33 injuries,".
1 34 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
1 35
1 36
1 37
1 38 TAYLOR of Linn
1 39 HF 639.501 77
1 40 ec/jw/28
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