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House Amendment 8349

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 2, by inserting before line 6, the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec.    .  Section 85.27, subsection 4, Code
  1  6 Supplement 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  7    4.  For purposes of this section, the employer is
  1  8 obliged to furnish reasonable services and supplies to
  1  9 treat an injured employee, and has the right to choose
  1 10 the care the employee has the right to choose the
  1 11 employee's care at the employer's expense if the
  1 12 employer is notified of the choice.  The treatment
  1 13 must be offered promptly and be reasonably suited to
  1 14 treat the injury without undue inconvenience to the
  1 15 employee.  If the employee employer has reason to be
  1 16 dissatisfied with the care offered, the employee
  1 17 employer should communicate the basis of such
  1 18 dissatisfaction to the employer employee, in writing
  1 19 if requested, following which the employer and the
  1 20 employee may agree to alternate care reasonably suited
  1 21 to treat the injury.  If the employer and employee
  1 22 cannot agree on such alternate care, the commissioner
  1 23 may, upon application and reasonable proofs of the
  1 24 necessity therefor, allow and order other care.  In an
  1 25 emergency, the employee may choose the employee's care
  1 26 at the employer's expense, provided the employer or
  1 27 the employer's agent cannot be reached immediately.
  1 28 An application made under this subsection shall be
  1 29 considered an original proceeding for purposes of
  1 30 commencement and contested case proceedings under
  1 31 section 85.26.  The hearing shall be conducted
  1 32 pursuant to chapter 17A.  Before a hearing is
  1 33 scheduled, the parties may choose a telephone hearing
  1 34 or an in-person hearing.  A request for an in-person
  1 35 hearing shall be approved unless the in-person hearing
  1 36 would be impractical because of the distance between
  1 37 the parties to the hearing.  The workers' compensation
  1 38 commissioner shall issue a decision within ten working
  1 39 days of receipt of an application for alternate care
  1 40 made pursuant to a telephone hearing or within
  1 41 fourteen working days of receipt of an application for
  1 42 alternate care made pursuant to an in-person hearing.
  1 43 The employer shall notify an injured employee of the
  1 44 employee's ability to contest the employer's choice of
  1 45 care pursuant to this subsection.  This subsection
  1 46 does not prohibit an employer from retaining a
  1 47 physician or other health service provider for use by
  1 48 employees."
  1 49    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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  2  3                               
  2  4 JOCHUM of Dubuque
  2  5 SF 2190.306 79
  2  6 ec/cf
     

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