H.F. 2411 Section 1. Section 85.27, subsection 1, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. The employer, for all injuries compensable under 3 this chapter or chapter 85A , shall furnish reasonable surgical, 4 medical, dental, osteopathic, chiropractic, podiatric, physical 5 rehabilitation, nursing, ambulance, and hospital services 6 and supplies therefor and shall allow reasonably necessary 7 transportation expenses incurred for such services. The 8 employer shall also furnish reasonable and necessary crutches, 9 artificial members , and appliances . but 10 b. An employer shall not be required to furnish more than 11 one set of permanent prosthetic devices. 12 c. Paragraph “b” shall not apply if a permanent prosthetic 13 device is a replacement of a permanent prosthetic device that 14 is medically necessary as a result of a compensable injury that 15 occurred while the employee was employed by the employer and 16 the replacement of the prosthetic device would be considered 17 reasonable medical care under this chapter. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill requires an employer to furnish to an employee 22 a replacement permanent prosthetic device that is medically 23 necessary as a result of a compensable injury that occurred 24 while the employee was employed by the employer and the 25 replacement of the prosthetic device would be considered 26 reasonable medical care for the purposes of workers’ 27 compensation. 28 -1- LSB 6015HV (1) 89 dg/rn 1/ 1