Senate File 7 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KETTERING


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to notice of public disclosure of certain
  2    workers' compensation information.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1051SS 83
  5 av/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 86.45, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  The workers' compensation
  1  4 commissioner shall provide a conspicuous written notice to
  1  5 each employee or the dependents of an employee whose
  1  6 information is filed with the workers' compensation
  1  7 commissioner, which states that pleadings, motions, decisions,
  1  8 opinions, or applications for settlement that are filed with
  1  9 the workers' compensation commissioner are public records
  1 10 under chapter 22.  Such notice shall further specifically
  1 11 describe what other information filed with the workers'
  1 12 compensation commissioner may be disclosed and considered a
  1 13 public record under chapter 22 pursuant to a written waiver of
  1 14 confidentiality that is executed by the employee or the
  1 15 dependents of the employee.  The notice shall also be
  1 16 prominently displayed on the internet website of the division
  1 17 of workers' compensation.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill requires the workers' compensation commissioner
  1 20 to provide a conspicuous written notice to each injured
  1 21 employee or the dependents of an employee whose information is
  1 22 filed with the commissioner which informs the reader that
  1 23 pleadings, motions, decisions, opinions, or applications for
  1 24 settlement that are filed with the commissioner are public
  1 25 records under Code chapter 22, and that specifically describes
  1 26 what other information filed with the commissioner may also be
  1 27 considered a public record pursuant to a written waiver of
  1 28 confidentiality that is executed by the employee or the
  1 29 dependents of the employee.  The notice must also be
  1 30 prominently displayed on the internet website of the division
  1 31 of workers' compensation.
  1 32 LSB 1051SS 83
  1 33 av/nh/8