Amendment H-1261 to HF 687

Filed April 19, 2023 in the House by

What it changes

1. Page 2, lines 25 and 26, by striking “in good standing” and inserting “in good standing”
2. Page 2, line 28, by striking “in good standing” and inserting “in good standing”
3. Page 3, by striking lines 8 through 11 and inserting “disability . However, if a person’s membership in the”
4. Page 4, by striking lines 18 and 19 and inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 411.6, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . 0d. To establish that a mental incapacity occurred as the natural and proximate result of an injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by the actual performance of duty or arising out of and in the course of the employment, or while acting pursuant to order outside of the city by which the member is regularly employed, the member must demonstrate that the mental incapacity is traceable to a readily identifiable work event constituting a manifest happening of a sudden traumatic nature from an unexpected cause or unusual strain in the workplace. Whether an incident is traumatic, unexpected, or unusual is determined by comparing the incident, and not the effect on the member, to the experiences of other police officers or fire fighters in Iowa. A member must be able to trace their mental injury to a specific event or events in the workplace to be eligible for accidental disability benefits.”
5. Page 5, line 21, by striking “determined to be ineligible” and inserting “removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended”
6. Page 6, line 7, by striking “fifty-five” and inserting “sixty-four”
7. Page 8, by striking lines 22 through 27 and inserting: “(2) A city shall not be responsible for any claim or action for a newly discovered work-related injury arising under this chapter which is filed after three years from the last date of employment of the member.”
8. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book