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1 1 Section 1. Section 904.809, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. h. An employer of inmates shall continue
1 4 to seek, and shall be permitted to hire, a noninmate employee
1 5 to fill a job of the employer otherwise filled by an inmate
1 6 employed pursuant to this section.
1 7 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. The state director shall provide notice
1 8 to, and an opportunity to comment by, a city or county prior
1 9 to entering into an agreement to provide employment for
1 10 inmates located in that city or county.
1 11 NEW PARAGRAPH. j. An employer of an inmate shall pay the
1 12 department an amount for the cost to the department of
1 13 providing health care for that inmate to the same extent that
1 14 the employer pays the cost of health care coverage for
1 15 noninmate employees.
1 16 EXPLANATION
1 17 This bill adds three additional conditions that apply to
1 18 all agreements to provide private industry employment for
1 19 inmates of correctional institutions.
1 20 First, the bill requires employers hiring inmates to
1 21 continue to seek noninmate employees for those positions and
1 22 permits the employers to hire a noninmate employee to fill
1 23 such a position.
1 24 Second, the bill requires that an affected city or county
1 25 be notified, and permitted to comment, concerning a proposed
1 26 agreement to employ inmate labor in that city or county.
1 27 Finally, the bill requires employers to pay the department
1 28 of corrections an amount for the cost to the department of
1 29 providing an inmate employed by that employer with health care
1 30 to the same extent that the employer pays the cost of health
1 31 care for noninmate employees.
1 32 LSB 2054HH 78
1 33 ec/jw/5.1
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