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House Amendment 8346

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2190, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 6, the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec.    .  Section 85.55, Code 2001, is amended to
  1  6 read as follows:
  1  7    85.55  WAIVERS PROHIBITED – PHYSICAL DEFECTS.
  1  8    No employee or dependent to whom this chapter
  1  9 applies, shall have power to waive any of the
  1 10 provisions of this chapter in regard to the amount of
  1 11 compensation which may be payable to such employee or
  1 12 dependent hereunder.  However, any person who has some
  1 13 physical defect which increases the risk of injury,
  1 14 may, subject to the approval of the workers'
  1 15 compensation commissioner, enter into a written
  1 16 agreement with the employee's employer waiving
  1 17 compensation for injuries which may occur directly or
  1 18 indirectly because of such physical defect, provided,
  1 19 however, that such waiver shall not affect the
  1 20 employee's benefits to be paid from the second injury
  1 21 fund under the provisions of section 85.64."
  1 22    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  1 23 
  1 24 
  1 25                               
  1 26 MURPHY of Dubuque 
  1 27 SF 2190.703 79
  1 28 ec/cls
     

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