House File 2446 HOUSE FILE BY EICHHORN, MANTERNACH, HUTTER, LUKAN, J. R. VAN FOSSEN, DENNIS, SCHICKEL, and TJEPKES Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to hearing schedules in contested cases before 2 the workers' compensation commissioner. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6101HH 80 5 av/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 86.16 HEARINGS == SCHEDULING. 1 2 All contested cases before the workers' compensation 1 3 commissioner, except under unusual circumstances, shall be 1 4 brought to issue and heard on a date that is no more than 1 5 fourteen months from the date the original notice and petition 1 6 is filed. 1 7 EXPLANATION 1 8 This bill provides that all contested cases brought before 1 9 the workers' compensation commissioner must have a hearing no 1 10 later than 14 months after the original notice and petition in 1 11 the case is filed. An exception is made for unusual 1 12 circumstances. 1 13 LSB 6101HH 80 1 14 av/pj/5 1 15 1 16 1 17 1 18 1 19 1 20 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35