House File 518 S-3249 Amend House File 518, as amended, passed, and 1 reprinted by the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 13, after line 29 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 86.13, subsection 4, paragraph 4 a, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 5 a. If a denial, a delay in payment, or a 6 termination of benefits occurs without reasonable 7 or probable cause or excuse known to the employer or 8 insurance carrier at the time of the denial, delay 9 in payment, or termination of benefits, the workers’ 10 compensation commissioner shall award benefits in 11 addition to those benefits payable under this chapter , 12 or chapter 85 , 85A , or 85B , up to fifty one hundred 13 percent of the amount of benefits that were denied, 14 delayed, or terminated without reasonable or probable 15 cause or excuse. > 16 2. Page 16, line 28, after < 85.71, > by inserting < 86.13, > 18 17 ______________________________ NATE BOULTON -1- HF518.1608 (2) 87 av/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.