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1 1 Section 1. Section 29A.43, Code 2003, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 29A.43 DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED – LEAVE OF ABSENCE –
1 4 CONTINUATION OF HEALTH COVERAGE.
1 5 1. A person shall not discriminate against any officer or
1 6 enlisted person of the national guard or organized reserves of
1 7 the armed forces of the United States because of that
1 8 membership. An employer, or agent of an employer, shall not
1 9 discharge a person from employment because of being an officer
1 10 or enlisted person of the military forces of the state, or
1 11 hinder or prevent the officer or enlisted person from
1 12 performing any military service the person is called upon to
1 13 perform by proper authority. A member of the national guard
1 14 or organized reserves of the armed forces of the United States
1 15 ordered to temporary duty, as defined in section 29A.1,
1 16 subsection 1, 3, or 11, for any purpose is entitled to a leave
1 17 of absence during the period of the duty or service, from the
1 18 member's private employment, other than employment of a
1 19 temporary nature, and upon completion of the duty or service
1 20 the employer shall restore the person to the position held
1 21 prior to the leave of absence, or employ the person in a
1 22 similar position. However, the person shall give evidence to
1 23 the employer of satisfactory completion of the training or
1 24 duty, and that the person is still qualified to perform the
1 25 duties of the position. The period of absence shall be
1 26 construed as an absence with leave, and shall in no way affect
1 27 the employee's rights to vacation, sick leave, bonus, or other
1 28 employment benefits relating to the employee's particular
1 29 employment. A person violating a provision of this section is
1 30 guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
1 31 2. An officer or enlisted person of the national guard or
1 32 organized reserves of the armed forces of the United States
1 33 who has coverage under a group policy for accident or health
1 34 insurance as an employee or member or as the spouse or covered
1 35 dependent child of an employee or member, whose coverage under
2 1 the group policy would otherwise terminate while the officer
2 2 or enlisted person was on a leave of absence during a period
2 3 of temporary duty or service, for any purpose, as defined in
2 4 section 29A.1, subsection 1, 3, or 11, shall be considered to
2 5 have been continuously insured under the group policy for the
2 6 purpose of obtaining coverage under the group policy upon a
2 7 return to employment or to status as a full-time student who
2 8 is twenty-five years of age or less. This subsection does not
2 9 apply to coverage of an injury suffered or a disease
2 10 contracted by a member of the national guard or organized
2 11 reserves of the armed forces of the United States in the line
2 12 of duty.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill provides that an officer or enlisted person of
2 15 the national guard or organized reserves of the armed forces
2 16 of the United States who has coverage under a group policy for
2 17 accident or health insurance as an employee or member or as
2 18 the spouse or covered dependent child of an employee or
2 19 member, whose coverage under the group policy would otherwise
2 20 terminate while the officer or enlisted person is on a leave
2 21 of absence during a period of temporary duty for any purpose,
2 22 as defined in Code section 29A.1, subsection 1, 3, or 11,
2 23 shall be considered to have been continuously covered under
2 24 the group policy for the purpose of obtaining coverage under
2 25 the group policy upon a return to employment or to status as a
2 26 full-time student who is 25 years of age or less. The bill
2 27 does not apply to coverage of an injury suffered or a disease
2 28 contracted by an officer or enlisted person of the national
2 29 guard or organized reserves while in the line of duty.
2 30 LSB 2534XS 80
2 31 av/cf/24
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