House File 115 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  RANTS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to workers' compensation for an employee's
  2    injuries caused by certain willful acts.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1068YH 83
  5 av/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 85.16, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  By the employee's willful intent to injure the
  1  4 employee's self or to willfully injure another, or by the
  1  5 employee's willful act which does not arise out of and in the
  1  6 course of the employee's employment.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill provides that an employee is not eligible for
  1  9 workers' compensation benefits if the employee's injury is
  1 10 caused by the employee's willful act which does not arise out
  1 11 of and in the course of the employee's employment.
  1 12    An injury is generally considered to "arise out of
  1 13 employment" when the injury is a rational consequence of a
  1 14 hazard connected with the employment and to occur "in the
  1 15 course of employment" when an employee is where the employee
  1 16 is directed to be, and in the process of performing, about to
  1 17 perform, or engaging in acts incidental to the required job
  1 18 duties.
  1 19 LSB 1068YH 83
  1 20 av/rj/8