85.62 Inmates of county jail.
The county board of supervisors of any county may elect to include as an employee for purposes of this chapter any person confined as an inmate in a county jail or confined in any other facility in lieu of confinement in a county jail. If such election is made, the provisions of section 85.1, subsection 6, shall apply to such county. If an inmate in the performance of the inmate’s work in connection with the maintenance of a county jail or other local facility, or in connection with any industry maintained therein, or with any highway or public works activity outside a county jail or other local facility sustains an injury arising out of and in the course thereof, the inmate shall be awarded and paid compensation at the minimum rate as provided in this chapter. If death results from such injury, death benefits shall be awarded and paid to the dependents of the inmate. If any such person is awarded weekly compensation under the provisions of this section and is still committed to the county jail or other facility, the inmate’s compensation benefits under section 85.33 or section 85.34, subsection 1, shall be paid to the county for so long as the inmate shall remain so committed. Weekly compensation benefits awarded pursuant to section 85.34, subsection 2, shall be held in trust and paid to such person as provided in this chapter upon final discharge or parole, whichever occurs first. In the event such person is recommitted to the county jail or other facility prior to receiving in full, the inmate’s weekly benefits pursuant to section 85.33 or section 85.34, subsection 1, such benefits shall again be paid to the county for so long as the inmate shall remain so recommitted. Also, weekly benefits under section 85.34, subsection 2, shall be suspended and again held in trust until such person is again released by final discharge or parole, whichever first occurs. However, the workers’ compensation commissioner may, if the commissioner finds that dependents of the person awarded weekly compensation pursuant to section 85.33 or section 85.34, subsections 1 and 2, would require welfare aid as a result of terminating the compensation, order such weekly compensation to be paid to a responsible person for the use of the inmate’s dependents.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.62]
98 Acts, ch 1061, §11
Structure Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Section 85.1 - Inapplicability of chapter.
Section 85.2 - Public employees — chapter compulsory.
Section 85.3 - Acceptance presumed — notice to nonresident employers.
Section 85.16 - Willful injury — intoxication.
Section 85.18 - Contract to relieve not operative.
Section 85.20 - Rights of employee exclusive.
Section 85.21 - Payments concerning liability disputes.
Section 85.22 - Liability of others — subrogation.
Section 85.23 - Notice of injury — failure to give.
Section 85.24 - Form of notice.
Section 85.25 - Service of notice.
Section 85.26 - Limitation of actions — who may maintain action.
Section 85.27 - Services — release of information — charges — payment — debt collection prohibited.
Section 85.28 - Burial expense.
Section 85.29 - Liability in case of no dependents.
Section 85.30 - Maturity date and interest.
Section 85.31 - Death cases — dependents.
Section 85.32 - When compensation begins.
Section 85.33 - Temporary total and temporary partial disability.
Section 85.34 - Permanent disabilities.
Section 85.36 - Basis of computation.
Section 85.37 - Compensation schedule.
Section 85.38 - Reduction of obligations of employer.
Section 85.39 - Examination of injured employees.
Section 85.40 - Statement of earnings.
Section 85.41 - Refusal to furnish statement.
Section 85.42 - Conclusively presumed dependent.
Section 85.43 - Payment to spouse.
Section 85.44 - Payment to actual dependents.
Section 85.47 - Basis of commutation.
Section 85.48 - Partial commutation.
Section 85.49 - Trustees for minors and dependents.
Section 85.50 - Report of trustee.
Section 85.51 - Alien dependents in foreign country.
Section 85.52 - Consular officer as trustee.
Section 85.53 - Notice to consular officer.
Section 85.54 - Contracts to avoid compensation.
Section 85.55 - Franchisor-franchisee relationship.
Section 85.56 - Employees in interstate commerce.
Section 85.59 - Benefits for inmates and offenders.
Section 85.62 - Inmates of county jail.
Section 85.64 - Limitation of benefits.
Section 85.65 - Payments to second injury fund.
Section 85.65A - Payments to second injury fund — surcharge on employers.
Section 85.66 - Second injury fund — creation — custodian.
Section 85.67 - Administration of fund — special counsel — payment of award.
Section 85.68 - Actions — collection of payments — subrogation.
Section 85.69 - Federal contributions.
Section 85.71 - Injury outside of state.
Section 85.72 - Claims for benefits made outside of state — restrictions — credit.