Senate File 228 S-3030 Amend Senate File 228 as follows: 1 1. Page 2, line 28, by striking < one > and inserting < two > 2 2. Page 3, by striking lines 7 through 15 and inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 668A.1, subsection 2, paragraphs a and 4 b, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, House File 161, 5 section 4, is amended to read as follows: 6 a. If the answer or finding pursuant to subsection 1 , 7 paragraph “b” , is affirmative, or if the claim is against any 8 physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician and surgeon, 9 dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, 10 chiropractor, physician assistant, or nurse, licensed under 11 chapter 147, or a hospital licensed under chapter 135B, arising 12 out of patient care, or if the claim is part of a civil action 13 involving the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, then the 14 full amount of the punitive or exemplary damages awarded shall 15 be paid to the claimant. 16 b. If the answer or finding pursuant to subsection 1 , 17 paragraph “b” , is negative, and if the claim is not against 18 any physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician and surgeon, 19 dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, 20 chiropractor, physician assistant, or nurse, licensed under 21 chapter 147, or a hospital licensed under chapter 135B, 22 arising out of patient care, and if the claim is not part of 23 a civil action involving the operation of a commercial motor 24 vehicle, then after payment of all applicable costs and fees, 25 an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of the punitive or 26 exemplary damages awarded may be ordered paid to the claimant, 27 with the remainder of the award to be ordered paid into a 28 civil reparations trust fund administered by the state court 29 administrator. Funds placed in the civil reparations trust 30 shall be under the control and supervision of the executive 31 council, and shall be disbursed only for purposes of indigent 32 civil litigation programs or insurance assistance programs. > 33 3. Title page, line 2, by striking < noneconomic > 34 4. Title page, by striking lines 3 and 4 and inserting 35 -1- SF 228.529 (2) 90 cm/ns 1/ 2 #1. #2. #3.
< commercial motor vehicles. > 1 5. By renumbering as necessary. 2 ______________________________ MIKE BOUSSELOT -2- SF 228.529 (2) 90 cm/ns 2/ 2 #5.