House
Study
Bill
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
benefits
relating
to
members
of
the
municipal
1
fire
and
police
retirement
system,
and
including
effective
2
date
and
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
411.1,
subsection
11,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
11.
“Infectious
disease”
means
HIV
or
AIDS
as
defined
3
in
section
141A.1
,
all
strains
of
hepatitis,
meningococcal
4
meningitis,
and
mycobacterium
tuberculosis
,
blood
borne
5
contagious
diseases,
and
any
other
disease
or
virus
determined
6
to
be
life-threatening
to
a
person
exposed
to
the
disease
or
7
virus
that
has
been
declared
a
pandemic,
epidemic,
or
public
8
health
emergency
by
the
federal
government,
governor,
or
local
9
public
health
authorities
.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
411.1,
subsection
14,
Code
2021,
is
amended
11
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
12
following:
13
14.
“Member
in
good
standing”
means
any
member
in
service
14
who
has
not
been
terminated
by
the
employing
city
of
the
15
member
pursuant
to
section
400.18
or
400.19.
Termination
16
procedures
initiated
by
the
chief
of
police
or
chief
of
the
17
fire
department
pursuant
to
section
400.19
shall
not
become
18
final
or
adversely
impact
a
member’s
status
as
a
member
in
19
good
standing
until
all
appeals
provided
by
an
applicable
20
collective
bargaining
agreement
or
by
law
have
been
exhausted.
21
Disciplinary
action
other
than
discharge
shall
not
adversely
22
affect
a
member’s
status
as
a
member
in
good
standing.
23
Sec.
3.
Section
411.1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
24
following
new
subsection:
25
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
15A.
“Ordinary
disability
beneficiary”
26
means
a
member
retired
on
an
ordinary
disability
retirement
27
benefit
pursuant
to
section
411.6,
subsection
3,
for
five
years
28
or
less.
29
Sec.
4.
Section
411.6,
subsection
5,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
30
Code
2021,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
a.
Upon
application
to
the
system,
of
a
member
in
good
32
standing
,
of
an
ordinary
disability
beneficiary,
or
of
the
33
chief
of
the
police
or
fire
departments,
respectively,
any
34
member
in
good
standing
or
ordinary
disability
beneficiary
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who
has
become
totally
and
permanently
incapacitated
for
duty
1
as
the
natural
and
proximate
result
of
an
injury
or
disease
2
incurred
in
or
aggravated
by
the
actual
performance
of
duty
3
at
some
definite
time
and
place
or
arising
out
of
and
in
the
4
course
of
the
employment
,
or
while
acting
pursuant
to
order,
5
outside
of
the
city
by
which
the
member
is
regularly
employed,
6
shall
be
retired
by
the
system
if
the
medical
board
certifies
7
that
the
member
or
ordinary
disability
beneficiary
is
mentally
8
or
physically
incapacitated
for
further
performance
of
duty,
9
that
the
incapacity
is
likely
to
be
permanent,
and
that
the
10
member
or
ordinary
disability
beneficiary
should
be
retired.
11
However,
if
a
person’s
membership
in
the
system
first
commenced
12
on
or
after
July
1,
1992,
the
member
or
ordinary
disability
13
beneficiary
shall
not
be
eligible
for
benefits
with
respect
to
14
a
disability
which
would
not
exist,
but
for
a
medical
condition
15
that
was
known
to
exist
on
the
date
that
membership
commenced.
16
A
medical
condition
shall
be
deemed
to
have
been
known
to
exist
17
on
the
date
that
membership
commenced
if
the
medical
condition
18
is
reflected
in
any
record
or
document
completed
or
obtained
19
in
accordance
with
the
system’s
medical
protocols
pursuant
to
20
section
400.8
,
or
in
any
other
record
or
document
obtained
21
pursuant
to
an
application
for
disability
benefits
from
the
22
system,
if
such
record
or
document
existed
prior
to
the
date
23
membership
commenced.
A
member
who
is
denied
a
benefit
under
24
this
subsection
,
by
reason
of
a
finding
by
the
medical
board
25
that
the
member
is
not
mentally
or
physically
incapacitated
26
for
the
further
performance
of
duty,
shall
be
entitled
to
27
be
restored
to
active
service
in
the
same
position
held
28
immediately
prior
to
the
application
for
disability
benefits.
29
b.
If
a
member
in
service
or
the
chief
of
the
police
or
30
fire
departments
becomes
incapacitated
for
duty
as
a
natural
31
or
proximate
result
of
an
injury
or
disease
incurred
in
or
32
aggravated
by
the
actual
performance
of
duty
at
some
definite
33
time
or
place
or
arising
out
of
or
in
the
course
of
the
34
employment,
or
while
acting,
pursuant
to
order,
outside
the
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city
by
which
the
member
is
regularly
employed,
the
member,
1
upon
being
found
to
be
temporarily
incapacitated
following
a
2
medical
examination
as
directed
by
the
city,
is
entitled
to
3
receive
the
member’s
full
pay
and
allowances
from
the
city’s
4
general
fund
or
trust
and
agency
fund
until
reexamined
as
5
directed
by
the
city
and
found
to
be
fully
recovered
or
until
6
the
city
determines
that
the
member
is
likely
to
be
permanently
7
disabled.
If
the
temporary
incapacity
of
a
member
continues
8
more
than
sixty
days,
or
if
the
city
expects
the
incapacity
9
to
continue
more
than
sixty
days,
the
city
shall
notify
the
10
system
of
the
temporary
incapacity.
Upon
notification
by
a
11
city,
the
system
may
refer
the
matter
to
the
medical
board
for
12
review
and
consultation
with
the
member’s
treating
physician
13
during
the
temporary
incapacity.
Except
as
provided
by
this
14
paragraph,
the
board
of
trustees
of
the
statewide
system
has
no
15
jurisdiction
over
these
matters
until
the
city
determines
that
16
the
disability
is
likely
to
be
permanent.
17
Sec.
5.
Section
411.6,
subsection
5,
paragraph
c,
18
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
(1)
Disease
under
this
subsection
shall
mean
heart
disease
20
or
any
disease
of
the
lungs
or
respiratory
tract
and
shall
21
be
presumed
to
have
been
contracted
while
on
active
duty
as
22
a
result
of
strain
,
or
contact
with
or
the
inhalation
of
23
respiratory
droplets,
noxious
fumes,
poison,
or
gases.
24
Sec.
6.
Section
411.6,
subsection
5,
Code
2021,
is
amended
25
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
26
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0d.
Disease
under
this
subsection
shall
27
also
mean
any
incapacitating
mental
disorder
arising
out
of
28
and
in
the
course
of
the
employment,
or
while
acting,
pursuant
29
to
order,
outside
the
city
by
which
the
member
is
regularly
30
employed.
A
disease
shall
qualify
as
an
incapacitating
mental
31
disorder
irrespective
of
the
absence
of
similar
effects
on
32
other
members.
33
Sec.
7.
Section
411.6,
subsection
6,
Code
2021,
is
amended
34
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
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NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
(1)
Upon
a
determination
on
or
after
1
July
1,
2020,
that
an
ordinary
disability
beneficiary
is
2
entitled
to
a
retirement
for
accidental
disability,
the
3
beneficiary
shall
receive
an
accidental
disability
retirement
4
allowance
which
shall
consist
of
a
pension
in
an
amount
that
is
5
equal
to
the
greater
of
sixty
percent
of
the
member’s
average
6
final
compensation
or
the
retirement
allowance
that
the
member
7
would
receive
under
subsection
2
if
the
member
had
attained
8
fifty-five
years
of
age,
or
an
amount
equal
to
the
ordinary
9
disability
retirement
allowance
previously
received
by
the
10
beneficiary,
whichever
is
greater.
11
(2)
An
accidental
disability
allowance
under
this
paragraph
12
shall
commence
effective
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
13
following
the
determination
that
the
ordinary
disability
14
beneficiary
is
entitled
to
a
retirement
for
accidental
15
disability.
16
Sec.
8.
Section
411.6,
subsection
9,
paragraph
a,
17
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
(1)
If,
upon
the
receipt
of
evidence
and
proof
from
the
19
chief
of
the
police
or
fire
department
that
the
death
of
a
20
member
in
service
was
the
natural
and
proximate
result
of
an
21
injury
or
disease
incurred
in
or
aggravated
by
the
actual
22
performance
of
duty
at
some
definite
time
and
place
or
arising
23
out
of
and
in
the
course
of
the
employment
,
or
while
acting
24
pursuant
to
order,
outside
of
the
city
by
which
the
member
is
25
regularly
employed,
the
system
decides
that
death
was
so
caused
26
in
the
performance
of
duty,
there
shall
be
paid,
in
lieu
of
the
27
ordinary
death
benefit
provided
in
subsection
8
,
an
accidental
28
death
benefit
as
set
forth
in
this
subsection
.
29
Sec.
9.
Section
411.6,
subsection
16,
Code
2021,
is
amended
30
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
31
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
A
person
otherwise
eligible
to
receive
an
32
ordinary
or
accidental
disability
retirement
benefit
under
this
33
chapter
shall
not
be
eligible
to
receive
such
a
benefit
if
the
34
person
is
subsequently
terminated
or
removed
by
the
employing
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city
of
the
person
pursuant
to
section
400.18
or
400.19,
or
1
other
comparable
process.
Upon
determination
of
ineligibility
2
pursuant
to
this
paragraph,
the
person’s
entitlement
to
a
3
disability
benefit
under
this
chapter
shall
terminate
and
any
4
disability
retirement
allowance
received
by
such
a
person
must
5
be
returned
to
the
system
together
with
interest
earned
on
the
6
disability
retirement
allowance
calculated
at
a
rate
determined
7
by
the
system.
However,
the
determination
of
ineligibility
8
as
provided
under
this
paragraph
may
be
waived
for
good
cause
9
as
determined
by
the
board.
The
burden
of
establishing
good
10
cause
is
on
the
person
who
received
the
disability
retirement
11
allowance.
12
Sec.
10.
Section
411.8,
subsection
1,
paragraph
f,
13
subparagraph
(8),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
(8)
Beginning
July
1,
1996,
and
each
fiscal
year
thereafter,
15
an
amount
equal
to
the
member’s
contribution
rate
times
each
16
member’s
compensation
shall
be
paid
to
the
fund
from
the
17
earnable
compensation
of
the
member.
For
the
purposes
of
this
18
subparagraph,
the
member’s
contribution
rate
shall
be
nine
19
and
thirty-five
hundredths
percent
or,
beginning
July
1,
2009
20
until
June
30,
2009
,
nine
and
four-tenths
percent
until
June
21
30,
2020,
or,
beginning
July
1,
2020,
nine
and
fifty-five
22
hundredths
percent
.
However,
the
system
shall
increase
the
23
member’s
contribution
rate
as
necessary
to
cover
any
increase
24
in
cost
to
the
system
resulting
from
statutory
changes
which
25
are
enacted
by
any
session
of
the
general
assembly
meeting
26
after
January
1,
1991,
if
the
increase
cannot
be
absorbed
27
within
the
contribution
rates
otherwise
established
pursuant
to
28
this
paragraph,
but
subject
to
a
maximum
employee
contribution
29
rate
of
eleven
and
three-tenths
percent
or,
beginning
July
30
1,
2009,
eleven
and
thirty-five
hundredths
percent.
The
31
contribution
rate
increases
specified
in
1994
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
32
1183,
pursuant
to
this
chapter
and
chapter
97A
shall
be
the
33
only
member
contribution
rate
increases
for
these
systems
34
resulting
from
the
statutory
changes
enacted
in
1994
Iowa
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Acts,
ch.
1183,
and
shall
apply
only
to
the
fiscal
periods
1
specified
in
1994
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
1183.
After
the
employee
2
contribution
reaches
eleven
and
three-tenths
percent
or
eleven
3
and
thirty-five
hundredths
percent,
as
applicable,
sixty
4
percent
of
the
additional
cost
of
such
statutory
changes
shall
5
be
paid
by
employers
under
paragraph
“c”
and
forty
percent
6
of
the
additional
cost
shall
be
paid
by
employees
under
this
7
paragraph.
8
Sec.
11.
Section
411.15,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
411.15
Hospitalization
and
medical
attention.
11
1.
a.
Cities
shall
provide
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
12
attention
for
the
members
of
the
police
and
fire
departments
13
of
the
cities,
when
injured
while
in
the
performance
of
their
14
duties
as
members
of
such
department
,
and
or
for
injuries
and
15
diseases
arising
out
of
and
in
the
course
of
the
employment.
16
b.
Cities
shall
continue
to
provide
hospital,
nursing,
and
17
medical
attention
for
injuries
or
diseases
incurred
while
in
18
the
performance
of
their
duties
or
arising
out
of
and
in
the
19
course
of
the
employment
for
members
or
beneficiaries
receiving
20
a
retirement
allowance
under
section
411.6
,
subsection
6
.
21
2.
a.
Cities
may
fund
the
cost
of
the
hospital,
nursing,
22
and
medical
attention
required
by
this
section
through
the
23
purchase
of
insurance,
by
self-insuring
the
obligation,
or
24
through
payment
of
moneys
into
a
local
government
risk
pool
25
established
for
the
purpose
of
covering
the
costs
associated
26
with
the
requirements
of
this
section
.
However,
the
cost
of
27
the
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
attention
required
by
this
28
section
shall
not
be
funded
through
an
employee-paid
health
29
insurance
policy.
30
b.
A
member
or
beneficiary
shall
not
be
required
to
pay
the
31
cost
of
the
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
attention
required
32
by
this
section,
including
but
not
limited
to
any
costs
33
or
premiums
associated
with
any
insurance
policy
providing
34
coverage
for
the
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
attention.
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c.
The
cost
of
the
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
attention
1
required
by
this
section
shall
be
paid
from
moneys
held
in
a
2
trust
and
agency
fund
established
pursuant
to
section
384.6
,
3
or
out
of
the
appropriation
for
the
department
to
which
the
4
injured
person
belongs
or
belonged;
provided
that
any
amounts
5
received
by
the
injured
person
from
any
other
source
for
such
6
specific
purposes,
shall
be
deducted
from
the
amount
paid
by
7
the
city
under
the
provisions
of
this
section
.
8
3.
a.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“date
of
the
9
occurrence
of
the
injury
or
disease”
means
the
date
that
the
10
member
or
beneficiary
knew
or
should
have
known
that
the
injury
11
or
disease
was
work-related.
12
b.
To
be
provided
the
cost
of
the
hospital,
nursing,
and
13
medical
attention
required
by
this
section,
the
city
or
the
14
city’s
representative
shall
have
actual
knowledge
of
the
15
occurrence
of
an
injury
or
disease
or
be
provided
notice
of
the
16
occurrence
of
an
injury
or
disease
on
behalf
of
a
member
or
17
beneficiary
within
ninety
days
from
the
date
of
the
occurrence
18
of
the
injury
or
disease.
19
c.
An
action
to
require
the
city
to
provide
the
cost
of
20
the
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
attention
required
by
this
21
section
shall
not
be
maintained
unless
the
action
is
commenced
22
within
two
years
from
the
date
of
the
occurrence
of
the
injury
23
or
disease
or
two
years
from
the
date
the
city
denies
a
claim
to
24
provide
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
attention
required
by
25
this
section,
whichever
last
occurs.
26
Sec.
12.
NEW
SECTION
.
411.15A
Infectious
diseases
——
27
quarantine
——
employment
rights.
28
1.
A
member
of
the
police
or
fire
department
of
a
city
29
shall
be
granted
a
leave
of
absence
if
the
member
may
have
been
30
exposed
to
an
infectious
disease
while
in
the
performance
of
31
their
duty
as
a
member
of
such
department
and
is
required
or
32
recommended
to
quarantine
for
a
period
of
time
or
place
of
33
isolation,
including
isolation
at
home,
by
the
city
or
the
34
member’s
health
care
provider,
in
accordance
with
guidance
or
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orders
from
the
centers
for
disease
control
and
prevention
of
1
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
services,
2
department
of
public
health,
the
governor,
or
a
local
public
3
health
authority.
4
2.
A
member
who
is
granted
a
leave
of
absence
under
this
5
section
shall
receive
leave
without
loss
of
seniority,
pay,
6
vacation
time,
personal
days,
sick
leave,
insurance
and
health
7
coverage
benefits,
or
earned
overtime
accumulation.
The
member
8
shall
be
compensated
at
the
employee’s
regular
rate
of
pay
for
9
those
regular
work
hours
during
which
the
employee
is
absent
10
from
work
from
the
city’s
general
fund
or
trust
and
agency
11
fund.
12
Sec.
13.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
13
3,
shall
not
apply
to
the
section
of
this
Act
enacting
section
14
411.15A.
15
Sec.
14.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
apply
16
retroactively
to
January
1,
2020,
for
purposes
of
section
17
411.15A
as
enacted
in
this
Act:
18
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
411.1,
19
subsection
11.
20
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
enacting
section
411.15A.
21
Sec.
15.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following,
being
deemed
of
22
immediate
importance,
take
effect
upon
enactment:
23
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
411.1,
24
subsection
11.
25
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
enacting
section
411.15A.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
concerns
benefits
to
members
under
the
municipal
30
fire
and
police
retirement
system
established
under
Code
31
chapter
411.
32
Code
section
411.1,
concerning
definitions,
is
amended.
The
33
bill
defines
an
“ordinary
disability
beneficiary”
as
a
member
34
retired
on
an
ordinary
disability
retirement
benefit
for
five
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years
or
less.
The
bill
also
amends
the
definition
of
“member
1
in
good
standing”
to
mean
any
member
in
service
who
has
not
2
been
terminated
by
the
employing
city
of
the
member.
The
bill
3
also
amends
the
definition
of
“infectious
disease”
to
include
4
blood
borne
contagious
diseases
and
any
other
disease
or
virus
5
determined
to
be
life-threatening
that
has
been
declared
a
6
pandemic,
epidemic,
or
public
health
emergency.
The
amended
7
definition
of
“infectious
disease”
takes
effect
upon
enactment
8
and
applies
retroactively
to
January
1,
2020,
for
purposes
of
9
the
provision
of
new
Code
section
411.15A
as
provided
in
the
10
bill.
11
Code
section
411.6(5),
concerning
accidental
disability
12
benefits,
is
amended
to
allow
an
ordinary
disability
13
beneficiary
to
make
application
to
the
retirement
system
for
an
14
accidental
disability
retirement
benefit.
The
subsection
is
15
further
amended
to
provide
that
a
person
is
entitled
to
pay
and
16
allowances
if
determined
to
be
temporarily
incapacitated
prior
17
to
an
accidental
disability
retirement
determination
and
for
18
an
accidental
disability
retirement
if
the
person
has
become
19
totally
and
permanently
incapacitated
as
a
result
of
injury
and
20
disease
arising
out
of
and
in
the
course
of
the
employment
and
21
by
the
actual
performance
of
duty
without
regard
to
whether
22
that
actual
performance
of
duty
was
at
some
definite
time
and
23
place.
The
subsection
is
also
amended
to
provide
that
disease
24
for
purposes
of
an
accidental
disability
benefit
also
means
any
25
incapacitating
mental
disorder
arising
out
of
and
in
the
course
26
of
the
employment,
or
while
acting,
pursuant
to
order,
outside
27
the
city
by
which
the
member
is
regularly
employed.
28
Code
section
411.6(6),
providing
for
a
retirement
allowance
29
upon
retirement
for
accidental
disability,
is
amended
to
30
provide
that
an
ordinary
disability
beneficiary
who
is
31
determined
to
be
entitled
to
a
retirement
for
accidental
32
disability
shall
receive
a
retirement
allowance
that
shall
33
consist
of
the
greater
of
an
amount
as
determined
for
members
34
receiving
an
accidental
disability
retirement
or
an
amount
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equal
to
the
disability
retirement
allowance
previously
1
received
by
the
beneficiary.
2
Code
section
411.6(9),
concerning
accidental
death
benefits,
3
is
amended
to
provide
that
an
accidental
death
benefit
shall
4
also
be
paid
if
the
death
was
as
a
result
of
injury
and
disease
5
arising
out
of
and
in
the
course
of
the
employment
or
by
the
6
actual
performance
of
duty
without
regard
to
whether
that
7
actual
performance
of
duty
was
at
some
definite
time
and
place.
8
Code
section
411.6(16),
concerning
ineligibility
for
9
disability
benefits,
is
amended
to
provide
that
a
person
10
otherwise
eligible
to
receive
a
disability
retirement
shall
11
not
be
eligible
if
the
person
is
terminated
or
removed
by
the
12
employing
city
of
the
person
pursuant
to
Code
section
400.18
13
or
400.19,
or
other
comparable
process.
The
bill
provides
for
14
the
repayment
of
benefits
paid
prior
to
the
determination
of
15
ineligibility.
16
Code
section
411.8,
concerning
the
method
of
financing
17
the
retirement
system,
is
amended
by
increasing
the
employee
18
contribution
rate
from
9.4
percent
of
pay
to
9.55
percent
of
19
pay
beginning
July
1,
2020.
20
Code
section
411.15,
concerning
cities’
requirement
to
21
provide
hospitalization
and
medical
attention
for
injuries
22
or
diseases
while
on
duty,
is
amended
to
provide
that
such
23
attention
shall
also
be
provided
for
injuries
arising
out
of
24
and
in
the
course
of
employment.
The
Code
section
is
further
25
amended
to
provide
that
cities
shall
continue
to
provide
26
hospitalization
and
medical
attention
for
injuries
or
diseases
27
while
on
duty
for
members
or
beneficiaries
receiving
any
28
retirement
allowance
under
Code
section
411.6
and
not
just
an
29
accidental
disability
retirement
allowance
under
Code
section
30
411.6,
subsection
6.
The
Code
section
is
further
amended
31
to
provide
that
a
member
shall
not
be
required
to
pay
the
32
cost
of
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
attention
required,
33
including
payment
of
any
costs
or
premiums
associated
with
any
34
insurance
policy
providing
coverage.
The
bill
further
provides
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that
to
be
provided
the
cost
of
the
hospital,
nursing,
and
1
medical
attention,
the
city
shall
have
actual
knowledge
of
the
2
occurrence
of
an
injury
or
disease
or
be
provided
notice
of
3
the
occurrence
of
an
injury
or
disease
on
behalf
of
a
member
4
or
beneficiary
within
90
days
from
the
date
of
the
occurrence
5
of
the
injury
or
disease.
The
bill
provides
that
an
action
to
6
require
the
city
to
provide
the
cost
of
the
hospital,
nursing,
7
and
medical
attention
shall
not
be
maintained
unless
the
action
8
is
commenced
within
two
years
from
the
date
of
the
occurrence
9
of
the
injury
or
disease
or
two
years
from
the
date
the
city
10
denies
a
claim
to
provide
hospital,
nursing,
and
medical
11
attention,
whichever
last
occurs.
12
New
Code
section
411.15A
provides
that
a
member
of
a
police
13
or
fire
department
of
a
city
shall
be
granted
a
leave
of
14
absence
without
loss
of
pay
and
benefits
if
the
member
may
have
15
been
exposed
to
an
infectious
disease
and
is
required
to
be
16
quarantined.
The
new
Code
section
provides
that
compensation
17
provided
under
this
Code
section
shall
be
from
the
city’s
18
general
fund
or
trust
and
agency
fund.
This
new
Code
section
19
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
retroactively
to
20
January
1,
2020.
In
addition,
this
new
Code
section
may
21
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
section
25B.3.
22
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
subsection
23
3,
to
this
new
Code
section
which
would
relieve
a
political
24
subdivision
from
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
25
the
cost
of
the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
26
Therefore,
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
27
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
new
Code
section.
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