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HOUSE
FILE
267
BY
WICHTENDAHL
,
CROKEN
,
MADISON
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
WILSON
,
SRINIVAS
,
McBURNEY
,
AMOS
JR.
,
WILBURN
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
KURTH
,
MATSON
,
JAMES
,
LEVIN
,
B.
MEYER
,
KRESSIG
,
and
BAGNIEWSKI
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
benefits
associated
with
cancer
diagnoses
of
1
members
of
certain
public
retirement
systems.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
97A.1,
subsection
6,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
2
thereof
the
following:
3
6.
“Cancer”
means
a
group
of
diseases
involving
abnormal
4
cell
growth
with
the
potential
to
invade
or
spread
to
other
5
parts
of
the
body.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
411.1,
subsection
6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
7
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
8
following:
9
6.
“Cancer”
means
a
group
of
diseases
involving
abnormal
10
cell
growth
with
the
potential
to
invade
or
spread
to
other
11
parts
of
the
body.
12
Sec.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
13
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
concerns
benefits
relating
to
members
of
the
18
public
safety
peace
officers’
retirement,
accident,
and
19
disability
system
(PORS),
and
the
municipal
fire
and
police
20
retirement
system
(411
system).
21
The
bill
expands
the
definition
of
“cancer”
by
striking
22
references
to
specific
cancers
and
inserting
a
more
generalized
23
description.
By
expanding
the
definition
of
“cancer”
to
24
include
more
cancer
diagnoses,
the
bill
likewise
expands
the
25
availability
of
accidental
disability
and
death
benefits
to
26
members
of
PORS
or
the
411
system
who
have
a
cancer
diagnosis.
27
By
operation
of
law,
the
bill
also
expands
the
definition
28
of
“cancer”
as
used
in
Code
section
97B.50A
for
purposes
of
29
in-service
disability
retirement
allowance
for
special
service
30
members
under
the
Iowa
public
employees’
retirement
system.
31
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
32
section
25B.3.
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
33
subsection
3,
which
would
relieve
a
political
subdivision
from
34
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
the
cost
of
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the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
Therefore,
1
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
any
state
2
mandate
included
in
the
bill.
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