House File 2192

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  RAECKER


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to disqualify persons who commit child abuse and adult
  2    dependent abuse from receiving unemployment benefits.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6040HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 96.5, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  aa.  Misconduct is deemed to have occurred
  1  4 if an individual is unemployed as a result of an act or
  1  5 omission of the individual determined to constitute child
  1  6 abuse as defined in section 232.68, or dependent adult abuse
  1  7 as defined in section 235B.2.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill provides that persons who lose employment due to
  1 10 an act of child abuse or dependent adult abuse are deemed to
  1 11 have committed misconduct and are disqualified from receiving
  1 12 unemployment benefits.
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