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1 1 Section 1. Section 85.34, Code Supplement 1997, is amended
1 2 by adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY FACTORS.
1 4 Except as provided in subsection 6, for purposes of subsection
1 5 2, paragraph "u", the degree of permanent partial disability
1 6 of an injured employee shall be determined as provided in this
1 7 subsection. Factors to be considered in determining permanent
1 8 partial disability for purposes of subsection 2, paragraph
1 9 "u", include the employee's medical condition prior to the
1 10 injury, immediately after the injury, and presently; the situs
1 11 of the injury, its severity, and the length of the healing
1 12 period; the work experience of the employee, prior to the
1 13 injury, and after the injury, and the potential for
1 14 rehabilitation; the employee's qualifications intellectually,
1 15 emotionally, and physically; the employee's earnings prior and
1 16 subsequent to the injury; the employee's age; the employee's
1 17 education; the employee's motivation; the employee's
1 18 functional impairment as a result of the injury; and any
1 19 inability because of the injury to engage in employment for
1 20 which the employee is fitted. The industrial commissioner
1 21 shall, by rule, develop a system of weighting guidelines that
1 22 indicate how each of the factors described in this subsection
1 23 is to be considered in determining industrial disability.
1 24 EXPLANATION
1 25 This bill establishes the factors to be used in determining
1 26 the extent of an injured employee's permanent partial
1 27 disability (sometimes referred to as industrial disability)
1 28 for purposes of determining the employee's workers'
1 29 compensation benefits based upon a permanent partial
1 30 disability that is not a scheduled injury. The bill further
1 31 provides that the industrial commissioner shall, by rule,
1 32 develop a system of guidelines concerning the weight to be
1 33 given each factor in determining this type of permanent
1 34 partial disability.
1 35 LSB 3806HH 77
2 1 ec/cf/24
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