Relating to reimbursement to the state treasury by institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents for certain state tort claims, and including retroactive applicability provisions

Under current law, awards to or judgments in favor of claimants under Code chapter 669 (Iowa tort claims Act) are required to be paid promptly out of appropriations made for that purpose, if any. If the general assembly did not appropriate moneys for that purpose, or if the appropriations are insufficient, payment must be made from moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. For an award or judgment on a claim relating to the conduct or actions of an employee of an athletic department of an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents, that was paid from moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated for that specific purpose as described under current law, this bill requires the institution to reimburse the state treasury the amount of the payment on or before June of the fiscal year immediately succeeding the fiscal year in which the payment is made. The bill prohibits moneys used by an institution to reimburse the state treasury under the bill from including moneys received by the institution or the state board of regents from the state unless such moneys are appropriated to the entity for that specific purpose. The bill applies retroactively to such payments made on or after January 1, 2023.