House
Study
Bill
545
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BAUDLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
tuition
and
health
insurance
benefits
to
1
children
of
public
safety
employees
who
die
in
the
line
of
2
duty.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
260C.14,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
23.
Adopt
rules
to
waive
tuition
and
3
mandatory
fee
charges
for
any
student
in
good
standing
who
is
4
a
resident
of
Iowa;
is
under
the
age
of
twenty-six,
or
under
5
the
age
of
thirty
if
the
student
is
a
qualified
veteran
as
6
defined
in
subsection
14;
is
not
a
convicted
felon
as
defined
7
in
section
910.15;
and
is
the
child
of
an
individual
who
died
8
in
the
line
of
duty
as
determined
by
section
97A.6,
subsection
9
16,
section
97B.52,
subsection
2,
section
100B.31,
or
section
10
411.6,
subsection
15.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
262.9,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
by
12
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
13
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
36.
Adopt
rules
that
require
the
14
institutions
of
higher
education
under
its
control
to
waive
15
tuition
and
mandatory
fee
charges
for
any
undergraduate
student
16
in
good
standing
who
is
a
resident
of
Iowa;
is
under
the
age
17
of
twenty-six,
or
under
the
age
of
thirty
if
the
student
is
18
a
qualified
veteran
as
defined
in
subsection
17;
is
not
a
19
convicted
felon
as
defined
in
section
910.15;
and
is
the
child
20
of
an
individual
who
died
in
the
line
of
duty
as
determined
by
21
section
97A.6,
subsection
16,
section
97B.52,
subsection
2,
22
section
100B.31,
or
section
411.6,
subsection
15.
23
Sec.
3.
Section
509A.13,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
24
follows:
25
509A.13
Continuation
of
group
insurance.
26
1.
If
a
governing
body,
a
county
board
of
supervisors,
or
a
27
city
council
has
procured
for
its
employees
accident,
health,
28
or
hospitalization
insurance,
or
a
medical
service
plan,
or
has
29
contracted
with
a
health
maintenance
organization
authorized
30
to
do
business
in
this
state,
the
governing
body,
county
board
31
of
supervisors,
or
city
council
shall
allow
do
all
of
the
32
following:
33
a.
Allow
its
employees
who
retired
before
attaining
34
sixty-five
years
of
age
to
continue
participation
in
the
group
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plan
or
under
the
group
contract
at
the
employee’s
own
expense
1
until
the
employee
attains
sixty-five
years
of
age.
2
b.
Allow
any
child
of
an
eligible
deceased
employee
to
3
continue
participation
in
the
group
plan
or
under
the
group
4
contract
at
the
employer’s
expense
until
the
child
attains
5
twenty-six
years
of
age.
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
6
“eligible
deceased
employee”
means
an
employee
who
died
in
7
the
line
of
duty
as
determined
by
section
97A.6,
subsection
8
16,
section
97B.52,
subsection
2,
section
100B.31,
or
section
9
411.6,
subsection
15.
10
2.
This
section
applies
to
employees
who
retired
on
or
11
after
January
1,
1981
,
and
to
children
of
an
eligible
deceased
12
employee
who
died
on
or
after
July
1,
2012
.
13
Sec.
4.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
14
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
15
EXPLANATION
16
This
bill
provides
health
care
and
tuition
benefits
to
17
children
of
public
safety
employees
who
died
in
the
line
of
18
duty.
19
Code
section
260C.14,
concerning
community
colleges,
20
is
amended
to
provide
that
the
board
of
directors
of
each
21
community
college
shall
adopt
rules
to
waive
tuition
and
22
mandatory
fee
charges
for
any
student
in
good
standing
who
is
a
23
resident
of
Iowa
who
is
under
the
age
of
26,
or
under
the
age
24
of
30
if
the
student
is
a
qualified
veteran,
is
not
a
convicted
25
felon,
and
is
the
child
of
an
individual
who
died
in
the
line
26
of
duty
as
determined
by
Code
section
97A.6(16),
Code
section
27
97B.52(2),
Code
section
100B.31,
or
Code
section
411.6(15).
28
Code
section
262.9,
concerning
the
board
of
regents,
is
29
amended
to
provide
that
the
board
of
regents
shall
adopt
30
rules
providing
that
institutions
of
higher
education
under
31
its
control
waive
tuition
and
mandatory
fee
charges
for
any
32
undergraduate
student
in
good
standing
who
is
a
resident
of
33
Iowa,
who
is
under
the
age
of
26
or
under
the
age
of
30
if
the
34
student
is
a
qualified
veteran,
is
not
a
convicted
felon,
and
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is
the
child
of
an
individual
who
died
in
the
line
of
duty
as
1
determined
by
Code
section
97A.6(16),
Code
section
97B.52(2),
2
Code
section
100B.31,
or
Code
section
411.6(15).
3
Code
section
509A.13,
concerning
continuation
of
group
4
insurance
for
public
employees,
is
amended
to
provide
that
5
any
child
of
an
employee
who
died
in
the
line
of
duty
on
or
6
after
July
1,
2012,
as
determined
by
Code
section
97A.6(16),
7
Code
section
97B.52(2),
Code
section
100B.31,
or
Code
section
8
411.6(15),
shall
be
entitled
to
continue
participation
in
that
9
group
insurance,
at
the
employer’s
expense,
until
the
child
10
attains
26
years
of
age.
11
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
12
section
25B.3.
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
13
subsection
3,
which
would
relieve
a
political
subdivision
from
14
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
the
cost
of
15
the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
Therefore,
16
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
any
state
17
mandate
included
in
the
bill.
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