Senate File 127 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COURTNEY

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 2199HH
                                        BY T. TAYLOR)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning the payment of medical costs for injuries
  2    incurred by members of the statewide fire and police
  3    retirement system in the performance of their duties.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2199SS 81
  6 ec/pj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 411.15, Code 2005, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    411.15  HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL ATTENTION.
  1  4    Cities shall provide pay, at no cost to members, for the
  1  5 cost of any hospital, nursing, and medical attention for the
  1  6 members of the police and fire departments of the cities, when
  1  7 injured while in the performance of their duties as members of
  1  8 such department, and shall continue to provide hospital,
  1  9 nursing, and medical attention for injuries or diseases
  1 10 incurred while in the performance of their duties for members
  1 11 receiving a retirement allowance under section 411.6,
  1 12 subsection 6.  Cities may provide pay for the cost of the
  1 13 hospital, nursing, and medical attention required by this
  1 14 section through the purchase of insurance, by self=insuring
  1 15 the obligation, or through payment of moneys into a local
  1 16 government risk pool established for the purpose of covering
  1 17 the costs associated with the requirements of this section.
  1 18 The cost of providing paying for the hospital, nursing, and
  1 19 medical attention required by this section shall be paid from
  1 20 moneys held in a trust and agency fund established pursuant to
  1 21 section 384.6, or out of the appropriation for the department
  1 22 to which the injured person belongs or belonged; provided that
  1 23 any amounts received by the injured person under the workers'
  1 24 compensation law of the state, or from any other source for
  1 25 such specific purposes, shall be deducted from the amount paid
  1 26 by the city under the provisions of this section.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill makes a change to the statewide fire and police
  1 29 retirement system.  The bill may include a state mandate as
  1 30 defined in Code section 25B.3.  The state mandate funding
  1 31 requirement in Code section 25B.2, however, does not apply to
  1 32 public employee retirement systems.
  1 33    Code section 411.15, concerning hospitalization and medical
  1 34 attention to members who are injured in the performance of
  1 35 their duties, is amended.  The bill provides that the cost of
  2  1 medical attention shall be paid for by the city at no cost to
  2  2 members.  In addition, the bill requires that the cost of the
  2  3 medical attention shall only be paid for out of the trust and
  2  4 agency fund.  Under current law, the cost of medical attention
  2  5 can be paid from appropriations to the department to which the
  2  6 injured person belongs and the cost of medical attention paid
  2  7 by the city can be reduced by any amounts received from any
  2  8 other source to pay for the medical attention.
  2  9 LSB 2199SS 81
  2 10 ec:nh/pj/5