House File 2355

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ELGIN


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to work=related injuries that occur outside the
  2    state.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6104HH 80
  5 av/cf/24

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 85.71, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code
  1  2 2003, are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in
  1  3 lieu thereof the following:
  1  4    1.  The employer of the employee has a place of business in
  1  5 this state and the employee regularly works at or from this
  1  6 place of business.
  1  7    2.  The employer of the employee has a place of business in
  1  8 this state and the employee is domiciled in this state.
  1  9    3.  The employee is working under a contract of hire made
  1 10 in this state and the employee spends a substantial part of
  1 11 the employee's working time either working for the employer in
  1 12 this state or performing work for the employer in another
  1 13 state that is connected to this state.
  1 14    3A.  The employee is working under a contract of hire made
  1 15 in this state and sustains an injury while working in another
  1 16 state, for which no remedy is available under the workers'
  1 17 compensation laws of the state where the injury occurred.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill provides that if an employee suffers an injury or
  1 20 dies while working outside the state, the employee or the
  1 21 employee's dependents are entitled to the same workers'
  1 22 compensation benefits that would have been provided if the
  1 23 injury or death had occurred in the state if the employer of
  1 24 the employee has a place of business in this state and the
  1 25 employee regularly works at or from this place of business;
  1 26 the employer has a place of business in this state and the
  1 27 employee is domiciled in this state; the employee is working
  1 28 under a contract of hire made in this state and the employee
  1 29 spends a substantial part of the employee's working time
  1 30 either working for the employer in this state or performing
  1 31 work for the employer in another state that is connected to
  1 32 this state; or the employee is working under a contract of
  1 33 hire made in this state and sustains an injury while working
  1 34 in another state, for which no remedy is available under the
  1 35 workers' compensation laws of the state where the injury
  2  1 occurred.
  2  2 LSB 6104HH 80
  2  3 av/cf/24