HSB 595 (LSB 5547XD (5) 91)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning reimbursement of the attorney general for services relating to the second injury fund for workers’ compensation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 85.67, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The attorney general shall appoint a staff member to represent the treasurer of state and the fund in all proceedings and matters arising under this subchapter. The attorney general shall be reimbursed up to four hundred fifty nine hundred thousand dollars annually from the fund for services provided related to the fund.  The reimbursement amount shall be adjusted annually to reflect any increase in the consumer price index, as tabulated by the federal bureau of labor statistics, rounded to the nearest five dollars, since the previous reimbursement. The commissioner of insurance shall consider the reimbursement to the attorney general as an outstanding liability when making a determination of funding availability under section 85.65A, subsection 2.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill increases the maximum amount of reimbursement to the attorney general annually from the second injury fund for workers’ compensation for services provided related to the fund from $450,000 to $900,000. The bill provides that the reimbursement amount shall be adjusted annually to reflect any increase in the consumer price index, rounded to the nearest $5, since the previous reimbursement.