House Study Bill 245 



                                       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 relating to workers' compensation benefits for certain
  2    work=related injuries that occur outside this state.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1882HC 83
  5 av/rj/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 85.71, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  The employer has a place of business in this state and
  1  4 the employee regularly works at or from that place of business
  1  5 is domiciled in this state.
  1  6                           EXPLANATION
  1  7    Code section 85.71 is amended to provide that if an
  1  8 employee suffers a work=related injury while working outside
  1  9 of Iowa, and would have been entitled to workers' compensation
  1 10 benefits under Iowa law if the injury had occurred in Iowa,
  1 11 the employee is entitled to such benefits under Iowa law if
  1 12 the employer has a place of business in this state and the
  1 13 employee is domiciled in this state.  Other provisions of Code
  1 14 section 85.71 which provide benefits under Iowa law for
  1 15 employees working outside the state are not amended.
  1 16 LSB 1882HC 83
  1 17 av/rj/14