House Journal: Page 2242: Tuesday, June 3, 2003
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1 each insurer with the requirement to commence benefit
2 payments within the time specified in section 85.30.
3 The commissioner shall determine the percentage of
4 reported injuries where the statutory standard was met
5 and the average number of days that commencement of
6 voluntary benefits was delayed for each employer and
7 each insurer individually, and for all employers and
8 all insurers as separate groups.
9 If during any fiscal year commencing after June 30,
10 2005, the general business practices of an employer or
11 insurer result in the delay of the commencement of
12 voluntary weekly compensation payments after the date
13 specified in section 85.30 more frequently and for a
14 longer number of days than the average number of days
15 for the entire group of employers or insurers, the
16 commissioner may impose an assessment on the employer
17 or insurer payable to the second injury fund created
18 in section 85.66. The amount of the assessment shall
19 be ten dollars, multiplied by the average number of
20 days that weekly compensation payments were delayed
21 after the date specified in section 85.30, and
22 multiplied by the number of injuries the employer or
23 insurer reported during the fiscal year.
24 Notwithstanding the foregoing, an assessment shall not
25 be imposed if the employer or insurer commenced
26 voluntary weekly compensation benefits within the time
27 specified in section 85.30 for more than seventy-five
28 percent of the injuries reported by the employer or
29 insurer.
30 The commissioner may waive or reduce an assessment
31 under this section if an employer or insurer
32 demonstrates to the commissioner that atypical events
33 during the fiscal year, including but not limited to a
34 small number of cases, made the statistical data for
35 that employer or insurer unrepresentative of the
36 actual payout practices of the employer or insurer for
37 that year."
38 11. Page 71, by striking lines 11 through 23.
39 12. By striking page 72, line 18, through page
40 78, line 20.
41 13. Page 78, lines 33 and 34, by striking the
42 words "and school infrastructure assistance,".
43 14. By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1623 was adopted.
On motion by Carroll of Poweshiek the House concurred in the
Senate amendment H-1615, as amended.
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