House
File
637
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
637
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
120)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
annual
increases
in
fees
allowed
for
copies
of
1
certain
medical
records
or
reports
in
workers’
compensation
2
cases,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
WORKERS’
COMPENSATION
——
COPYING
FEES.
The
1
workers’
compensation
commissioner
shall
adopt
rules
providing
2
for
an
annual
increase
in
the
amount
allowed
in
administrative
3
rules
in
effect
upon
enactment
of
this
provision,
to
be
paid
4
to
a
medical
provider
or
its
agent
for
furnishing
duplicates
5
of
records
or
reports.
The
increase
shall
be
made
on
an
6
annual
basis
and
equal
the
percentage
increase
in
the
consumer
7
price
index
published
in
the
federal
register
by
the
federal
8
department
of
labor,
bureau
of
labor
statistics,
that
reflects
9
the
percentage
increase
in
the
consumer
price
index
for
the
10
twelve-month
period
ending
June
30
of
each
year.
The
amount
of
11
the
fees
allowed
for
such
duplicates
shall
be
published
in
the
12
Iowa
administrative
bulletin
each
year.
13
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
14
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
15
EXPLANATION
16
This
bill
requires
the
workers’
compensation
commissioner
17
to
adopt
rules
providing
for
an
annual
increase
in
the
amount
18
allowed
in
administrative
rules
in
effect
upon
enactment
of
19
the
bill,
to
be
paid
to
a
medical
provider
or
its
agent
for
20
furnishing
duplicates
of
records
or
reports.
The
increase
21
shall
be
made
on
an
annual
basis
and
equal
to
the
percentage
22
increase
in
the
consumer
price
index
published
in
the
federal
23
register
by
the
federal
department
of
labor,
bureau
of
labor
24
statistics,
that
reflects
the
percentage
increase
in
the
25
consumer
price
index
for
the
12-month
period
ending
June
30
of
26
each
year.
The
amount
of
the
fees
allowed
for
such
duplicates
27
must
be
published
in
the
Iowa
administrative
bulletin
each
28
year.
29
Administrative
rule
876
IAC
8.9
contains
a
schedule
of
the
30
amount
allowed
for
the
actual
expense
to
prepare
duplicates
31
which
is
currently
an
amount
not
to
exceed
$20
for
1
to
20
32
pages;
$20
plus
$1
per
page
for
21
to
30
pages;
$30
plus
$.50
33
per
page
for
31
to
100
pages;
$65
plus
$.25
per
page
for
101
to
34
200
pages;
$90
plus
$.10
per
page
for
more
than
200
pages,
and
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the
actual
expense
of
postage.
1
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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