A bill for an act relating to certain employees of the department of corrections, including collective bargaining, health insurance for a surviving spouse and children of certain employees of the department, and certain operational and employment matters involving the department, and including applicability provisions.

Summary

The bill reclassifies nonsupervisory Iowa Department of Corrections employees who have regular inmate contact as public safety employees for collective bargaining. It changes health‑insurance rules so the state can cover the full or partial cost for surviving spouses and children, and adds training, safety protocols, and paid trauma leave. It also bars the department from paying contract workers more than comparable state employees.

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