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Bills › 89th General Assembly

SF 140Died when the session ended · January 25, 2021

Relating to replacement of prosthetic devices under the workers’ compensation program

Topics:Health careJobs & workers

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2021
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Under current law, employers only have to provide one set of permanent prosthetic devices to an injured worker. This bill would change that rule so workers can get replacement prosthetics if they are needed due to a work injury. Employers would be responsible for these replacements as long as they are considered reasonable medical care.1

Read the official explanation

This bill provides that a person is entitled to replacement of a prosthetic device, including subsequent replacements, by an employer under the workers’ compensation program if the prosthetic device is needed as a result of a compensable injury, and the replacement of the prosthetic device would otherwise be considered reasonable medical care. Under current law, an employer is not required to furnish more than one set of permanent prosthetic devices.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 26, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§85.27

How the Code works3

Lobbying

4 for · 0 against · 9 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 2003Cleared committee88th GA

89th General Assembly

SF 140Cleared committee

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • SF 2003 Relating to replacement of prosthetic devices under the workers’ compensation program
    88th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
    Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.