Senate Study Bill 3056



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND
                                        BUSINESS RELATIONS BILL BY
                                        CHAIRPERSON COURTNEY)

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act relating to choice of medical care by members of the
     2    municipal police and fire retirement system who are injured
     3    in the line of duty.
     4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 411.15, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    411.15  Hospitalization and medical attention.
  1  4    Cities shall provide hospital, nursing, and medical
  1  5 attention for the members of the police and fire departments
  1  6 of the cities, when injured while in the performance of their
  1  7 duties as members of such department, and shall continue to
  1  8 provide hospital, nursing, and medical attention for injuries
  1  9 or diseases incurred while in the performance of their duties
  1 10 for members receiving a retirement allowance under section
  1 11 411.6, subsection 6.  Members receiving hospital, nursing, and
  1 12 medical attention pursuant to this section shall have the right
  1 13 to choose the care.  Cities may fund the cost of the hospital,
  1 14 nursing, and medical attention required by this section through
  1 15 the purchase of insurance, by self=insuring the obligation, or
  1 16 through payment of moneys into a local government risk pool
  1 17 established for the purpose of covering the costs associated
  1 18 with the requirements of this section. However, the cost of
  1 19 the hospital, nursing, and medical attention required by this
  1 20 section shall not be funded through an employee=paid health
  1 21 insurance policy.  The cost of the hospital, nursing, and
  1 22 medical attention required by this section shall be paid from
  1 23 moneys held in a trust and agency fund established pursuant to
  1 24 section 384.6, or out of the appropriation for the department
  1 25 to which the injured person belongs or belonged; provided that
  1 26 any amounts received by the injured person from any other
  1 27 source for such specific purposes, shall be deducted from the
  1 28 amount paid by the city under the provisions of this section.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill amends Code section 411.15 to specify that members
  1 31 of the municipal police and fire retirement system who are
  1 32 injured while in the performance of their duties and need
  1 33 medical attention have the right to choose the care provided.
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