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.
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.
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.
