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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 669.2, subsection 4, Code Supplement 1 2 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. "Employee of the state" includes any one or more 1 4 officers, agents, or employees of the state or any state 1 5 agency, including members of the general assembly, and persons 1 6 acting on behalf of the state or any state agency in any 1 7 official capacity, temporarily or permanently in the service 1 8 of the state of Iowa, whether with or without compensation, 1 9 but does not include a contractor doing business with the 1 10 state. Professional personnel, including physicians, 1 11 osteopathic physicians and surgeons, osteopathic physicians, 1 12 optometrists, dentists, nurses, physician assistants, and 1 13 other medical personnel, who render services to patients or 1 14 inmates of state institutions under the jurisdiction of the 1 15 department of human services or the Iowa department of 1 16 corrections, and employees of the commission of veterans 1 17 affairs, are to be considered employees of the state, whether 1 18 the personnel are employed on a full-time basis or render 1 19 services on a part-time basis on a fee schedule or other 1 20 arrangement. Criminal defendants while performing unpaid 1 21 community service ordered by the district court, board of 1 22 parole, or judicial district department of correctional 1 23 services, or an inmate providing services pursuant to a 1 24 chapter 28E agreement entered into pursuant to section 1 25 904.703, and persons supervising those criminal defendants or 1 26 inmates, are to be considered employees of the state. 1 27 Sec. 2. Section 904.703, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1 28 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 29 The director may enter into a chapter 28E agreement with a 1 30 county board of supervisors or county conservation board to 1 31 provide inmate services for environmental maintenance 1 32 including but not limited to brush and weed cutting, tree 1 33 planting, and erosion control.The board of supervisors or1 34conservation board shall reimburse the department of1 35corrections for the allowance paid the inmates by the2 1director. The supervision, security, and transportation of2 2inmates used pursuant to the chapter 28E agreement shall be2 3provided by the department of corrections.2 4 EXPLANATION 2 5 This bill makes changes relating to community service work 2 6 programs for criminal defendants and institutional and public 2 7 service work programs for inmates of correctional 2 8 institutions. The state tort claims act immunity provisions 2 9 are amended to provide that persons supervising criminal 2 10 defendants who are performing community service, and persons 2 11 who are supervising inmates who are performing services under 2 12 a chapter 28E services agreement, are to be considered 2 13 "employees of the state". The state tort claims act provides 2 14 tort claim liability coverage by the state for state employees 2 15 who commit negligent acts or omissions during the course of 2 16 their employment. 2 17 The bill deletes language which requires that a county 2 18 board of supervisors or county conservation board reimburse 2 19 the department of corrections for any allowances paid to 2 20 inmates who are performing environmental maintenance services 2 21 for the county under a chapter 28E agreement. The bill also 2 22 deletes a requirement that the department of corrections 2 23 provide the supervision, security, and transportation of 2 24 inmates who are used to perform the environmental maintenance 2 25 services under a chapter 28E agreement. 2 26 LSB 3366HH 77 2 27 lh/jl/8
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