HF 2482 (LSB 5786HV (2) 90)

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 safety peace officers’ retirement, accident, and disability system, and the municipal fire and police retirement system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 97A.1, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   6.  “Cancer” means a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
    Sec. 2.  Section 411.1, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   6.  “Cancer” means a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
    Sec. 3.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill concerns benefits relating to members of the public safety peace officers’ retirement, accident, and disability system (PORS), and the municipal fire and police retirement system (411 system).
   The bill expands the definition of “cancer” by striking references to specific cancers and inserting a more generalized description. By expanding the definition of “cancer” to include more cancer diagnoses, the bill likewise expands the availability of accidental disability and death benefits to members of PORS or the 411 system who have a cancer diagnosis.
   The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.