House Study Bill 99 



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LABOR
                                         BILL BY CHAIRPERSON OLSON)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning successive disabilities and successor employers
  2    for purposes of workers' compensation laws.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1819YC 82
  5 av/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 85.34, subsection 7, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by striking the subsection.
  1  3    Sec. 2.  Section 85.61, subsection 2, Code 2007, is amended
  1  4 by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  5    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  A successor employer shall be
  1  6 considered to be the same employer if the employee became part
  1  7 of the successor employer's workforce through a merger,
  1  8 purchase, or other transaction that assumes the employee into
  1  9 the successor employer's workforce without substantially
  1 10 changing the nature of the employee's employment.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill amends workers' compensation laws concerning
  1 13 successive disabilities and successor employers.
  1 14    Code section 85.34, subsection 7, which relates to
  1 15 determining liability for successive disabilities is stricken.
  1 16    Code section 85.61 is amended to provide that a successor
  1 17 employer is considered to be the same employer of an employee
  1 18 who becomes part of the successor employer's workforce through
  1 19 a merger, purchase, or other transaction without a substantial
  1 20 change in the nature of the employee's employment.
  1 21 LSB 1819YC 82
  1 22 av:rj/je/5