Iowa SF454 updates workers' compensation standards for determining permanent partial disability.

Iowa SF454 amends the standards for determining loss or permanent impairment for permanent partial disability under workers' compensation. It specifies that the most recent annual update to the most recent edition of the guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment, published by the American Medical Association, must be used. The bill removes the requirement for the workers' compensation commissioner to adopt the guides by rule. This change applies to determinations occurring on or after the effective date of the bill.

Iowa SF454 updates workers' compensation standards for determining permanent partial disability.

Iowa SF454 amends the standards for determining loss or permanent impairment for permanent partial disability under workers' compensation. It specifies that the most recent annual update to the most recent edition of the guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment, published by the American Medical Association, must be used. The bill removes the requirement for the workers' compensation commissioner to adopt the guides by rule. This change applies to determinations occurring on or after the effective date of the bill.