Senate Study Bill 3049 



                                     SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                          WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BILL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to workers' compensation benefit payments for
  2    burial expenses.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5507DP 82
  5 av/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 85.28, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    85.28  BURIAL EXPENSE.
  1  4    When death ensues from the injury, the employer shall pay
  1  5 the reasonable expenses of burial of such employee, not to
  1  6 exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars twelve times the
  1  7 statewide average weekly wage paid employees as determined by
  1  8 the department of workforce development under section 96.19,
  1  9 subsection 36, and in effect at the time of death, which shall
  1 10 be in addition to other compensation or any other benefit
  1 11 provided for in this chapter.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill provides a computation for determining workers'
  1 14 compensation benefit payments for burial expenses, changing
  1 15 from a flat $7,500 to 12 times the statewide average weekly
  1 16 wage rate as determined by the department of workforce
  1 17 development.
  1 18 LSB 5507DP 82
  1 19 av/rj/5