House Amendment 8560
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2521, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 12 and 13 and
1 4 inserting the following:
1 5 <.................................................. $ 5,836,824
1 6 ............................................... FTEs 451.68>
1 7 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 16 the
1 8 following:
1 9 <Notwithstanding section 8.33, any excess funds
1 10 appropriated for utility costs in this subsection
1 11 shall not revert to the general fund of the state at
1 12 the end of the fiscal year but shall remain available
1 13 for expenditure for the purposes of this subsection
1 14 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.>
1 15 #3. Page 8, by inserting after line 3 the
1 16 following:
1 17 <6. TRANSITION COSTS
1 18 a. For payment of vacation allowances:
1 19 .................................................. $ 77,057
1 20 b. For payment to the governor=elect expense fund
1 21 in lieu of the appropriation from the general fund of
1 22 the state under section 7.13 to the governor=elect
1 23 expense fund:
1 24 .................................................. $ 100,000>
1 25 #4. Page 14, by striking line 2 and inserting the
1 26 following:
1 27 <.................................................. $ 119,435>
1 28 #5. Page 15, by inserting after line 6 the
1 29 following:
1 30 <6. For deposit in the local government innovation
1 31 fund established in section 8.64:
1 32 .................................................. $ 300,000>
1 33 #6. Page 16, by inserting after line 1 the
1 34 following:
1 35 <If the director of revenue determines that
1 36 contracting for an upgrade of the department's
1 37 computer assisted collections system would result in
1 38 generating significantly increased net collection
1 39 revenues for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006,
1 40 and ending June 30, 2007, in excess of $2,000,000, the
1 41 director is authorized to procure such upgrade from
1 42 the current vendor.>
1 43 #7. Page 18, by inserting after line 29 the
1 44 following:
1 45 <Sec. . Section 70A.20, Code 2005, is amended
1 46 to read as follows:
1 47 70A.20 EMPLOYEES DISABILITY PROGRAM.
1 48 A state employees disability insurance program is
1 49 created, which shall be administered by the director
1 50 of the department of administrative services and which
2 1 shall provide disability benefits in an amount and for
2 2 the employees as provided in this section. The
2 3 monthly disability benefits shall, at a minimum,
2 4 provide twenty percent of monthly earnings if employed
2 5 less than one year, forty percent of monthly earnings
2 6 if employed one year or more but less than two years,
2 7 and sixty percent of monthly earnings thereafter,
2 8 reduced by primary and family social security
2 9 determined at the time social security disability
2 10 payments commence, railroad retirement disability
2 11 income, workers' compensation if applicable, and any
2 12 other state=sponsored sickness or disability benefits
2 13 payable. However, the amount of benefits payable
2 14 under the Iowa public employees' retirement system
2 15 pursuant to chapter 97B shall not reduce the benefits
2 16 payable pursuant to this section. Subsequent social
2 17 security or railroad retirement increases shall not be
2 18 used to further reduce the insurance benefits payable.
2 19 As used in this section, "primary and family social
2 20 security" shall not include social security benefits
2 21 awarded to an adult child with a disability of the
2 22 state employee with a disability who does not reside
2 23 with the state employee with a disability if the
2 24 social security benefits were awarded to the adult
2 25 child with a disability prior to the approval of the
2 26 state employee's benefits under this section,
2 27 regardless of whether the United States social
2 28 security administration records the benefits to the
2 29 social security number of the adult child with a
2 30 disability, the state employee with a disability, or
2 31 any other family member, and such social security
2 32 benefits shall not reduce the benefits payable
2 33 pursuant to this section. As used in this section,
2 34 unless the context otherwise requires, "adult" means a
2 35 person who is eighteen years of age or older. State
2 36 employees shall receive credit for the time they were
2 37 continuously employed prior to and on July 1, 1974.
2 38 The following provisions apply to the employees
2 39 disability insurance program:
2 40 1. Waiting period, of no more than ninety working
2 41 days of continuous sickness or accident disability or
2 42 the expiration of accrued sick leave, whichever is
2 43 greater.
2 44 2. Maximum period benefits paid for both accident
2 45 or sickness disability:
2 46 a. If the disability occurs prior to the time the
2 47 employee attains the age of sixty=one years, the
2 48 maximum benefit period shall end sixty months after
2 49 continuous benefit payments begin or on the date on
2 50 which the employee attains the age of sixty=five
3 1 years, whichever is later.
3 2 b. If the disability occurs on or after the time
3 3 the employee attains the age of sixty=one years but
3 4 prior to the age of sixty=nine years, the maximum
3 5 benefit period shall end sixty months after continuous
3 6 benefit payments begin or on the date on which the
3 7 employee attains the age of seventy years, whichever
3 8 is earlier.
3 9 c. If the disability occurs on or after the time
3 10 the employee attains the age of sixty=nine years, the
3 11 maximum benefit period shall end twelve months after
3 12 continuous benefit payments begin.
3 13 3. a. Minimum and maximum benefits, of not less
3 14 than fifty dollars per month and not exceeding two
3 15 three thousand dollars per month.
3 16 b. In no event shall benefits exceed one hundred
3 17 percent of the claimant's predisability covered
3 18 monthly compensation.
3 19 4. All probationary and permanent full=time state
3 20 employees shall be covered under the employees
3 21 disability insurance program, except board members and
3 22 members of commissions who are not full=time state
3 23 employees, and state employees who on July 1, 1974,
3 24 are under another disability program financed in whole
3 25 or in part by the state, and state employees who have
3 26 agreed to participation in another disability program
3 27 through a collective bargaining agreement. For
3 28 purposes of this section, members of the general
3 29 assembly serving on or after January 1, 1989, are
3 30 eligible for the plan during their tenure in office,
3 31 on the basis of enrollment rules established for full=
3 32 time state employees excluded from collective
3 33 bargaining as provided in chapter 20.>
3 34 #8. By renumbering as necessary.
3 35 HF 2521.S
3 36 ec/cc/26
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