Bill Text: IA SF507 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
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. (Formerly SSB 1205.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-23 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1075. [SF507 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF507-Enrolled.html
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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.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
85.61,
subsection
7,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Personal
injuries
due
to
idiopathic
or
unexplained
falls
from
a
level
surface
onto
the
same
level
surface
do
not
arise
out
of
and
in
the
course
of
employment
and
are
not
compensable
under
this
chapter.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
507,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
