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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 411.15, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 411.15 HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL ATTENTION. 1 4 Cities shall provide hospital, nursing, and medical 1 5 attention for the members of the police and fire departments 1 6 of the cities, when injured while in the performance of their 1 7 duties as members of such department, and shallcontinue to1 8 also provide hospital, nursing, and medical attentionfor1 9injuries or diseases incurred while in the performance of1 10their dutiesfor members receiving a retirement allowance 1 11 under section 411.6, subsection 6. Cities may provide the 1 12 hospital, nursing, and medical attention required by this 1 13 section through the purchase of insurance, by self-insuring 1 14 the obligation, or through payment of moneys into a local 1 15 government risk pool established for the purpose of covering 1 16 the costs associated with the requirements of this section. 1 17 The cost of providing the hospital, nursing, and medical 1 18 attention required by this section shall be paid from moneys 1 19 held in a trust and agency fund established pursuant to 1 20 section 384.6, or out of the appropriation for the department 1 21 to which the injured person belongs or belonged; provided that 1 22 any amounts received by the injured person under the workers' 1 23 compensation law of the state, or from any other source for 1 24 such specific purposes, shall be deducted from the amount paid 1 25 by the city under the provisions of this section. 1 26 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act is applicable to members 1 27 who were retired for accidental disability on or after July 1, 1 28 1980. However, the requirement of this Act that cities 1 29 provide hospital, nursing, and medical attention for members 1 30 receiving a retirement allowance under section 411.6, 1 31 subsection 6, only applies on or after the effective date of 1 32 this Act. 1 33 EXPLANATION 1 34 This bill requires cities to provide hospital, nursing, and 1 35 medical attention for members of the municipal fire and police 2 1 retirement system receiving a retirement allowance under Code 2 2 section 411.6, subsection 6. The bill applies to members of 2 3 the system who retired due to an accidental disability on or 2 4 after July 1, 1980, but the requirement to provide this 2 5 benefit only applies on or after the effective date of this 2 6 bill. Currently, cities are obligated to provide medical 2 7 attention for members receiving a retirement allowance for an 2 8 accidental disability only for injuries or diseases incurred 2 9 while in the performance of the member's duties. 2 10 LSB 6088YH 78 2 11 ec/as/5
Text: HF02096 Text: HF02098 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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