House
File
2285
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2285
BY
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
racing
and
gaming
commission
to
conduct
1
a
study
on
the
impact
on
employees
of
allowing
smoking
in
2
casinos.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
RACING
AND
GAMING
COMMISSION
——
STUDY.
1
1.
The
state
racing
and
gaming
commission
shall
conduct
a
2
study
concerning
the
impact
of
the
exemption
for
the
gaming
3
floor
of
a
premises
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
99F
from
4
Iowa’s
smokefree
air
Act,
chapter
142D,
on
the
health
and
5
safety
of
employees
employed
at
a
gambling
structure,
excursion
6
gambling
boat,
or
racetrack
enclosure.
7
2.
In
conducting
the
study,
the
commission
shall
do
all
of
8
the
following:
9
a.
Survey
employees
who
have
been
employed
at
a
gambling
10
structure,
excursion
gambling
boat,
or
racetrack
enclosure
over
11
the
last
twenty-five
years
and
since
the
enactment
of
Iowa’s
12
smokefree
air
Act
to
determine,
for
each
applicable
period
of
13
time,
the
percentage
of
employees
surveyed
who
have
contracted
14
respiratory
illness
or
retired
or
changed
jobs
due
to
a
medical
15
condition
developed
while
employed,
and
to
determine
the
16
average
yearly
health
care
costs
for
employees
surveyed.
17
b.
Compare
data
received
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
to
data
18
or
surveys
of
employees
in
this
state
who
have
been
employed
19
at
businesses
that
are
not
exempt
from
Iowa’s
smokefree
air
20
Act
over
the
last
twenty-five
years
and
since
the
enactment
21
of
Iowa’s
smokefree
air
Act
to
determine,
for
each
applicable
22
period
of
time,
the
information
described
in
paragraph
“a”
for
23
such
employees.
24
c.
Examine
the
effectiveness
of
ventilation
systems
25
utilized
by
gambling
game
licensees
and
health
and
safety
26
consequences
to
employees
as
a
result
of
exposure
to
smoke.
27
3.
The
commission
shall
submit
a
written
report
on
its
28
findings
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
1,
2016.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
requires
the
racing
and
gaming
commission
to
33
conduct
a
study
on
the
impact
of
the
exemption
for
the
gaming
34
floor
of
a
premises
licensed
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
99F
from
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Iowa’s
smokefree
air
Act,
Code
chapter
142D,
on
the
health
and
1
safety
of
employees
at
those
licensed
premises.
The
racing
and
2
gaming
commission
shall
submit
a
written
report
on
its
findings
3
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
1,
2016.
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