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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 86.10A WORKERS' COMPENSATION
1 2 RECORDS – CONFIDENTIALITY.
1 3 A record maintained by the department of workforce
1 4 development that reveals the identity of an employee who
1 5 claims workers' compensation benefits under chapter 85, 85A,
1 6 or 85B, the nature of the employee's claimed injury, the
1 7 employee's past or present medical condition, the extent of
1 8 the employee's disability, and the amount, type, and duration
1 9 of benefits paid to the employee is deemed confidential for
1 10 purposes of section 22.7 and not open to public inspection or
1 11 copying. The department shall deny a request made to inspect
1 12 or copy a record that is confidential under this section,
1 13 unless one of the following applies:
1 14 1. The requester is the employee who is the subject of the
1 15 record or an attorney or authorized agent of that employee.
1 16 An attorney or authorized agent of an employee who is the
1 17 subject of a record shall provide a written authorization for
1 18 inspection and copying from the employee if requested by the
1 19 department.
1 20 2. The record that is requested contains confidential
1 21 information concerning a workers' compensation claim and the
1 22 requester is an insurance carrier or employer that is a party
1 23 to the claim or an attorney or authorized agent of that
1 24 insurance carrier or employer.
1 25 3. The record that is requested contains financial
1 26 information provided by a self-insured employer or by an
1 27 applicant for exemption and the requester is the self-insured
1 28 employer or applicant for exemption or an attorney or
1 29 authorized agent of the self-insured employer or applicant for
1 30 exemption.
1 31 EXPLANATION
1 32 This bill provides that records maintained by the
1 33 department of workforce development concerning workers'
1 34 compensation cases shall be deemed confidential and not
1 35 releasable except as provided in the bill. The bill provides
2 1 that the information can be released to the employee, or the
2 2 employee's attorney or agent, who is the subject of the
2 3 record, to an insurance carrier or employer who is a party to
2 4 the claim giving rise to the record, or to a self-insured
2 5 employer or applicant for exemption if the record contains
2 6 financial information provided by that employer or applicant.
2 7 LSB 3988XS 77
2 8 ec/jl/8
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