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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 91A.12A CRIMINAL PENALTIES –
1 2 HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS.
1 3 An employer who knowingly fails to make payments to a
1 4 health benefit plan or to a designee of an employee for the
1 5 purpose of securing medical, health, or hospital benefits for
1 6 the employee, when the payments are required, or are
1 7 authorized by the employee under an agreement with the
1 8 employer or under a policy of the employer, is guilty of a
1 9 fraudulent practice.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 714.8, Code 2003, is amended by adding the
1 11 following new subsection:
1 12 NEW SUBSECTION. 21. An employer who knowingly fails to
1 13 make payments to a health benefit plan or to a designee of an
1 14 employee for the purpose of securing medical, health, or
1 15 hospital benefits for the employee in violation of section
1 16 91A.12A.
1 17 Sec. 3. Section 714.10, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 18 the following new subsection:
1 19 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A fraudulent practice which is a
1 20 violation of section 91A.12A.
1 21 EXPLANATION
1 22 This bill provides that it is a criminal violation of the
1 23 "Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law" for an employer to
1 24 knowingly fail to make payments to a health benefit plan or to
1 25 a designee of an employee for the purpose of securing medical,
1 26 health, or hospital benefits for the employee, when the
1 27 payments are required, or are authorized by the employee,
1 28 under an agreement with the employer or under a policy of the
1 29 employer.
1 30 The bill provides that this violation constitutes the crime
1 31 of a fraudulent practice in the second degree under Code
1 32 sections 714.8 and 714.10.
1 33 The bill provides that a fraudulent practice in the second
1 34 degree is committed by a violation of Code section 91A.12A. A
1 35 fraudulent practice in the second degree is a class "D" felony
2 1 and is punishable by confinement for no more than five years
2 2 and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500.
2 3 LSB 1520XS 80
2 4 av/sh/8
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