HF 2382 (LSB 5128HV (1) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2382

BY  COMMITTEE ON LABOR

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 588)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to choice of medical care by members of the municipal police and fire retirement system who are injured in the line of duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 411.15, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   411.15  Hospitalization and medical attention.

   Cities shall provide hospital, nursing, and medical attention for the members of the police and fire departments of the cities, when injured while in the performance of their duties as members of such department, and shall continue to provide hospital, nursing, and medical attention for injuries or diseases incurred while in the performance of their duties for members receiving a retirement allowance under section 411.6, subsection 6.  Members receiving hospital, nursing, and medical attention pursuant to this section shall have the right to choose the care. Cities may fund the cost of the hospital, nursing, and medical attention required by this section through the purchase of insurance, by self-insuring the obligation, or through payment of moneys into a local government risk pool established for the purpose of covering the costs associated with the requirements of this section. However, the cost of the hospital, nursing, and medical attention required by this section shall not be funded through an employee-paid health insurance policy. The cost of the hospital, nursing, and medical attention required by this section shall be paid from moneys held in a trust and agency fund established pursuant to section 384.6, or out of the appropriation for the department to which the injured person belongs or belonged; provided that any amounts received by the injured person from any other source for such specific purposes, shall be deducted from the amount paid by the city under the provisions of this section.
EXPLANATION
   This bill amends Code section 411.15 to specify that members of the municipal police and fire retirement system who are injured while in the performance of their duties and need medical attention have the right to choose the care provided.