Bill Text: IA HSB181 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the definition of personal injuries arising out of and in the course of the employment for the purposes of compensable acts for workers' compensation.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-28 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 381. [HSB181 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB181-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
181
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
CARLSON)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
definition
of
personal
injuries
arising
1
out
of
and
in
the
course
of
the
employment
for
the
purposes
2
of
compensable
acts
for
workers’
compensation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
85.61,
subsection
7,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Personal
injuries
due
to
idiopathic
or
3
unexplained
falls
onto
a
surface
level
do
not
arise
out
of
and
4
in
the
course
of
employment
and
are
not
compensable
under
this
5
chapter.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
relates
to
the
definition
of
personal
injuries
10
arising
out
of
and
in
the
course
of
the
employment
for
the
11
purposes
of
compensable
acts
for
workers’
compensation.
12
Current
law
provides
that
the
words
“personal
injury
arising
13
out
of
and
in
the
course
of
the
employment”
shall
include
14
injuries
to
employees
whose
services
are
being
performed
15
on,
in,
or
about
the
premises
which
are
occupied,
used,
or
16
controlled
by
the
employer,
and
also
injuries
to
those
who
are
17
engaged
elsewhere
in
places
where
their
employer’s
business
18
requires
their
presence
and
subjects
them
to
dangers
incident
19
to
the
business.
Current
law
also
provides
that
personal
20
injuries
sustained
by
a
volunteer
fire
fighter
arise
in
the
21
course
of
employment
if
the
injuries
are
sustained
at
any
time
22
from
the
time
the
volunteer
fire
fighter
is
summoned
to
duty
23
as
a
volunteer
fire
fighter
until
the
time
the
volunteer
fire
24
fighter
is
discharged
from
duty
by
the
chief
of
the
volunteer
25
fire
department
or
the
chief’s
designee.
Finally,
current
law
26
provides
that
personal
injuries
sustained
by
emergency
medical
27
care
providers
as
defined
in
Code
section
147A.1
arise
in
the
28
course
of
employment
if
the
injuries
are
sustained
at
any
time
29
from
the
time
the
emergency
medical
care
providers
are
summoned
30
to
duty
until
the
time
those
duties
have
been
fully
discharged.
31
The
bill
provides
that
personal
injuries
due
to
idiopathic
32
or
unexplained
falls
onto
a
surface
level
do
not
arise
out
of
33
and
in
the
course
of
employment
and
are
not
compensable
under
34
chapter
85.
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