HF 2482 (LSB 5786HV (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2482

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2183)

(As Amended and Passed by the House 2024-02-29)

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.  Section 411.1, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  8A.  “Cost-sharing” means any coverage limit, copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket cost obligation related to an injury or disease incurred while in the performance of duties.
    Sec. 4.  Section 411.15, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   411.15  Hospitalization and medical attention.
   1.  Cities shall provide hospital, nursing, and physical or mental medical attention for the members of the police and fire departments of the cities, when injured while in the performance of their duties as members of such department, and shall continue to provide hospital, nursing, and physical or mental medical attention for injuries or diseases incurred while in the performance of their duties for members receiving a retirement allowance under section 411.6, subsection 6.
   2.  Cities may fund the cost of the hospital, nursing, and physical or mental medical attention required by this section through the purchase of insurance, including by processing claims concerning the cancer, heart, and lung or respiratory issues described in section 411.6, subsection 5, paragraph “c”, through their group health insurance plan as long as the member is not responsible for any cost-sharing; by self-insuring the obligation,; or through payment of moneys into a local government risk pool established for the purpose of covering the costs associated with the requirements of this section. However, the cost of the hospital, nursing, and physical or mental medical attention required by this section shall not be funded through an employee-paid health insurance policy, except as otherwise specified in this subsection .  Cancers, heart disease, and lung or respiratory diseases described in section 411.6, subsection 5, paragraph “c”, shall not be deemed work-related for purposes of coverage through the employer’s group health insurance plan.
   3.  The cost of the hospital, nursing, and physical or mental medical attention required by this section shall be paid from moneys held in a trust and agency fund established pursuant to section 384.6, or out of the appropriation for the department to which the injured person belongs or belonged;, provided that any amounts received by the injured person from any other source for such specific purposes, shall be deducted from the amount paid by the city under the provisions of this section.
    Sec. 5.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act.