H-1539

   Amend House File 902 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 22 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  95.1  Definitions.
   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
   1.  “Employee” means an individual who is employed in this state for wages by an employer.
   2.  “Employer” means a person, as defined in chapter 4, who employs an individual in this state for wages.
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  95.2  Strikes —— employee health insurance maintained.
   If an employee engages in a lawful strike against an employer, and if the employer was providing health insurance to the employee as of the commencement of the strike, the employer shall continue to provide the employee with health insurance during the period of the strike and shall not alter the cost, coverage, or any other aspect of the health insurance during the period of the strike.>
   2.  Title page, line 2, before <insurance> by inserting <and health>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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B. MEYER of Polk