House
File
2300
-
Enrolled
House
File
2300
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
PROTECTIONS
FOR
CERTAIN
MEMBERS
OF
THE
MILITARY
CONCERNING
EMPLOYMENT
AND
INSURANCE
COVERAGE
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
29A.43,
subsections
2
and
4,
Code
2022,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
An
officer
or
enlisted
person
of
the
national
guard
or
organized
reserves
of
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
States,
any
member
of
the
civil
air
patrol,
or
any
regular,
reserve,
or
auxiliary
member
of
the
United
States
coast
guard,
who
is
insured
as
a
dependent
under
a
group
policy
for
accident
or
health
insurance
as
a
full-time
student
less
than
twenty-five
years
of
age,
whose
coverage
under
the
group
policy
would
otherwise
terminate
while
the
officer
or
enlisted
person
was
on
a
leave
of
absence
during
a
period
of
temporary
duty
or
service,
as
defined
for
members
of
the
national
guard
in
section
29A.1,
subsection
3,
8,
or
12
,
while
performing
duties
as
a
member
of
the
civil
air
patrol
pursuant
to
section
29A.3A,
or
as
a
member
of
the
organized
reserves
called
to
active
duty
from
a
reserve
component
status,
or
as
a
regular,
reserve,
or
auxiliary
member
of
the
United
States
coast
guard,
shall
be
considered
to
have
been
continuously
insured
under
the
group
policy
for
the
purpose
of
returning
to
the
insured
dependent
status
as
a
full-time
student
who
is
less
than
twenty-five
years
of
age.
This
subsection
does
not
apply
to
coverage
of
House
File
2300,
p.
2
an
injury
suffered
or
a
disease
contracted
by
a
member
of
the
national
guard
or
organized
reserves
of
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
States
,
any
member
of
the
civil
air
patrol,
or
any
regular,
reserve,
or
auxiliary
member
of
the
United
States
coast
guard
in
the
line
of
duty.
4.
The
protections
provided
for
in
this
section
shall
apply
with
equal
force
to
members
of
the
national
guard
of
another
state,
an
organized
reserve
unit
in
another
state,
any
regular,
reserve,
or
auxiliary
member
of
the
United
States
coast
guard
in
another
state,
or
a
civil
air
patrol
unit
in
another
state
who
are
employed
in
this
state.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2300,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor