the state of Iowa.
1.For the purposes of this section, “eligible employee of the state of Iowa” means an
employee of the state of Iowa, including but not limited to any department, agency, board,
bureau, or commission of the state of Iowa, who is participating in a state health or medical
group insurance plan under this chapter which covers the employee at the time of death of
the employee and whose death has been determined by the department of administrative
services to be the direct and proximate result of a traumatic personal injury incurred in the
performance of the employee’s work duties, and to whom none of the following applies:
a.The employee’s death resulted from stress, strain, occupational illness, or a chronic,
progressive, or congenital illness, including but not limited to
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the state of Iowa.
1. For the purposes of this section, “eligible employee of the state of Iowa” means an
employee of the state of Iowa, including but not limited to any department, agency, board,
bureau, or commission of the state of Iowa, who is participating in a state health or medical
group insurance plan under this chapter which covers the employee at the time of death of
the employee and whose death has been determined by the department of administrative
services to be the direct and proximate result of a traumatic personal injury incurred in the
performance of the employee’s work duties, and to whom none of the following applies:
a. The employee’s death resulted from stress, strain, occupational illness, or a chronic,
progressive, or congenital illness, including but not limited to a disease of the heart, lungs, or
respiratory system, unless the traumatic personal injury was a substantial contributing factor
to the employee’s death.
b. The employee’s death was caused by the employee’s intentional misconduct, or by the
employee’s intent to cause the employee’s own death.
c. The employee was voluntarily intoxicated at the time of the employee’s death.
d. The employee was performing the employee’s duties in a grossly negligent manner at
the time of the employee’s death.
2. a. The governing body of the state shall permit continuation of existing health
insurance coverage or reenrollment in previously existing coverage for the surviving spouse
and each surviving child of an eligible employee of the state of Iowa.
b. The governing body of the state shall permit continuation of existing health insurance
coverageforthesurvivingspouseandeachsurvivingchildofanemployeeofthestateofIowa
who dies and who is reasonably expected to be determined to be an eligible employee of the
state of Iowa, until such time as the determination of eligibility is made.
3. The governing body of the state shall not be required to pay for the cost of the health
insurance under this section; however, the governing body of the state may pay the full
cost or a portion of the cost of the health insurance, in which case the department, agency,
board, bureau, commission, or other employing entity of the eligible employee of the state
of Iowa shall bear the cost of such health insurance. If the full cost or a portion of the cost of
the coverage is not paid by the governing body of the state, the surviving spouse and each
surviving child who is eligible for health insurance under this section may elect to continue
coverage by paying that portion of the cost of the health insurance not paid by the governing
body of the state.
4. The governing body of the state shall notify the provider of health insurance coverage
for state employees of the identity of the surviving spouse and each surviving child who is to
be provided health insurance coverage pursuant to the requirements of this section.
5. The governing body of the state shall implement continuation of health insurance
coverage for the surviving spouse and each surviving child of an eligible employee of the
state of Iowa in a manner that ensures that the health insurance coverage provided under
this section is the payor of last resort, as permitted by federal law.
6. a. This section shall not require continuation of health insurance coverage if the
surviving spouse or a surviving child who would otherwise be entitled to continuation of
health insurance coverage under this section was, through the actions of the surviving
spouse or the surviving child, a substantial contributing factor to the death of the eligible
employee of the state of Iowa.
b. This section shall not require continuation of health insurance coverage if the surviving
spouse or a surviving child becomes ineligible for health insurance coverage under the terms
of the health insurance coverage obtained by the state for reasons other than the death of
the eligible employee of the state of Iowa, including but not limited to ineligibility under this
chapter, remarriage of the surviving spouse, or ineligibility for continuing coverage for a
surviving child pursuant to section 509A.13B.