House
File
2482
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2482
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2183)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
benefits
relating
to
members
of
the
public
1
safety
peace
officers’
retirement,
accident,
and
disability
2
system,
and
the
municipal
fire
and
police
retirement
system.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
97A.1,
subsection
6,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
2
thereof
the
following:
3
6.
“Cancer”
means
a
group
of
diseases
involving
abnormal
4
cell
growth
with
the
potential
to
invade
or
spread
to
other
5
parts
of
the
body.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
411.1,
subsection
6,
Code
2024,
is
amended
7
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
8
following:
9
6.
“Cancer”
means
a
group
of
diseases
involving
abnormal
10
cell
growth
with
the
potential
to
invade
or
spread
to
other
11
parts
of
the
body.
12
Sec.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
13
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
concerns
benefits
relating
to
members
of
the
18
public
safety
peace
officers’
retirement,
accident,
and
19
disability
system
(PORS),
and
the
municipal
fire
and
police
20
retirement
system
(411
system).
21
The
bill
expands
the
definition
of
“cancer”
by
striking
22
references
to
specific
cancers
and
inserting
a
more
generalized
23
description.
By
expanding
the
definition
of
“cancer”
to
24
include
more
cancer
diagnoses,
the
bill
likewise
expands
the
25
availability
of
accidental
disability
and
death
benefits
to
26
members
of
PORS
or
the
411
system
who
have
a
cancer
diagnosis.
27
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
28
section
25B.3.
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
29
subsection
3,
which
would
relieve
a
political
subdivision
from
30
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
the
cost
of
31
the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
Therefore,
32
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
any
state
33
mandate
included
in
the
bill.
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