Bill Text: IA SF64 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certain employees of the department of corrections, including collective bargaining, health insurance for a surviving spouse and children of certain employees of the department, and certain operational and employment matters involving the department, and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-18 - Subcommittee: Schultz, Boulton, and Zaun. S.J. 151. [SF64 Detail]
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BY
McCLINTOCK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
certain
employees
of
the
department
of
1
corrections,
including
collective
bargaining,
health
2
insurance
for
a
surviving
spouse
and
children
of
certain
3
employees
of
the
department,
and
certain
operational
and
4
employment
matters
involving
the
department,
and
including
5
applicability
provisions.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
20.3,
subsection
11,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
g.
A
nonsupervisory
employee
of
the
Iowa
3
department
of
corrections
with
ongoing
direct
contact
with
4
inmates.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
509A.13D,
subsection
3,
Code
2023,
is
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
3.
The
governing
body
of
the
state
shall
not
be
required
8
to
pay
for
the
full
cost
of
the
health
insurance
under
this
9
section
;
however,
the
governing
body
of
the
state
may
pay
the
10
full
cost
or
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance
.
If
11
the
full
cost
or
a
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
coverage
is
not
12
paid
by
the
governing
body
of
the
state,
the
surviving
spouse
13
and
each
surviving
child
who
is
eligible
for
health
insurance
14
under
this
section
may
elect
to
continue
coverage
by
paying
15
that
portion
of
the
cost
of
the
health
insurance
not
paid
by
16
the
governing
body
of
the
state.
17
Sec.
3.
Section
904.108,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
18
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
19
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
p.
Establish
a
training
program
for
20
employees
of
the
department
with
ongoing
direct
contact
with
21
inmates
in
self-defense
and
other
de-escalation
techniques
when
22
confronted
with
potentially
violent
interactions
involving
23
inmates.
The
training
program
shall
include
an
in-person
24
component.
25
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
q.
Establish
uniform
safety
practices
to
26
be
implemented
at
all
correctional
institutions
under
the
27
control
of
the
department
that
provide
guidelines
designed
to
28
protect
the
safety
of
employees
and
inmates
at
correctional
29
institutions.
30
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
r.
Adopt
rules
to
allow
an
employee
of
31
the
department
who
has
witnessed
a
trauma
event
to
take
32
between
five
and
thirty
days
of
paid
leave
depending
upon
the
33
severity
of
the
trauma
event.
If
the
appointing
authority
of
a
34
correctional
institution
determines
that
an
employee
has
been
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held
hostage,
the
employee
shall
be
eligible
for
a
paid
leave
1
of
absence
of
up
to
ninety
days,
as
determined
by
a
licensed
2
physician,
to
allow
for
recovery
from
mental
and
physical
3
stress
and
any
related
conditions.
Such
paid
leave
shall
not
4
be
charged
against
the
employee’s
sick
leave
account.
5
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
s.
Establish
protocols
for
allowing
6
employees
of
the
department
with
ongoing
direct
contact
with
7
inmates
access
to
information
identified
in
section
904.602,
8
subsection
2,
for
purposes
of
the
administration
of
the
9
department’s
programs
of
services
or
assistance
to
inmates.
10
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
904.322
Contract
employees
——
pay
or
11
benefits.
12
The
department
shall
not
enter
into
an
employment
contract
13
with
a
person
to
perform
a
function
of
the
department
and
14
provide
the
contract
employee
with
pay
or
benefits
in
excess
of
15
pay
and
benefits
provided
an
employee
of
the
state
performing
16
similar
work.
17
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
18
section
20.3
applies
to
collective
bargaining
procedures
19
pursuant
to
chapter
20
initiated
on
or
after
the
effective
date
20
of
this
Act.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
the
department
of
corrections.
25
Code
section
20.3
is
amended
to
designate
nonsupervisory
26
employees
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections
with
ongoing
27
direct
contact
with
inmates
as
public
safety
employees
for
the
28
purposes
of
collective
bargaining
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
29
20,
the
public
employment
relations
Act.
Code
chapters
20
30
and
400
include
collective
bargaining
procedures
specifically
31
applicable
to
public
safety
employees
that
are
not
applicable
32
to
other
public
employees,
including
procedures
relating
to
33
the
scope
of
collective
bargaining
negotiations,
arbitration
34
procedures,
and
certain
matters
relating
to
city
civil
service
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employment.
This
provision
applies
to
collective
bargaining
1
procedures
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
20
initiated
on
or
after
2
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
3
Code
section
509A.13D,
providing
for
continuation
of
health
4
insurance
coverage
for
a
surviving
spouse
and
children
of
5
certain
department
of
corrections
employees,
is
amended
to
6
provide
that
the
state
shall
be
required
to
pay
the
full
7
cost
of
the
health
insurance.
Current
law
provides
that
the
8
state
shall
not
be
required
to
pay
for
the
cost
of
the
health
9
insurance.
10
Code
section
904.108,
concerning
duties
of
the
director
of
11
the
department
of
corrections,
is
amended.
The
bill
requires
12
the
director
to
establish
a
training
program
for
employees
of
13
the
department
with
ongoing
direct
contact
with
inmates
in
14
self-defense
and
other
de-escalation
techniques
when
confronted
15
with
potentially
violent
interactions
involving
inmates,
16
establish
uniform
safety
practices
to
be
implemented
at
all
17
correctional
institutions,
adopt
rules
to
allow
an
employee
of
18
the
department
who
has
witnessed
a
trauma
event
to
take
between
19
five
and
30
days
of
paid
leave
depending
upon
the
severity
of
20
the
trauma
event
and
to
allow
an
employee
who
has
been
held
21
hostage
up
to
90
days
of
paid
leave,
and
to
establish
protocols
22
for
allowing
employees
of
the
department
with
contact
with
23
inmates
access
to
certain
confidential
information
identified
24
in
Code
section
904.602,
subsection
2.
25
The
bill
also
requires
that
the
department
of
corrections
26
shall
not
enter
into
an
employment
contract
with
a
person
to
27
perform
a
function
of
the
department
that
provides
the
contract
28
employee
with
pay
or
benefits
in
excess
of
pay
and
benefits
29
provided
an
employee
of
the
state
performing
similar
work.
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