70A.17 - PAYROLL DEDUCTION FOR ADDITIONAL INSURANCE COVERAGE.

        70A.17  PAYROLL DEDUCTION FOR ADDITIONAL INSURANCE
      COVERAGE.
         1.  The state officer in charge of any of the state payroll
      systems shall deduct from the wages or salaries of a state officer or
      employee an amount specified by the officer or employee for payment
      to any company authorized to do business in this state for the
      purpose of purchasing insurance if all of the following conditions
      are met:
         a.  At least five hundred state officers or employees request
      the deduction to purchase insurance from the same company.
         b.  The request for the payroll deduction is made by the state
      officer or employee in writing to the officer in charge of the
      program.
         c.  The pay period during which the deduction is made, the
      frequency, and the amount of the deduction are compatible with the
      payroll system.
         d.  The insurance coverage to be purchased is not provided by
      the state.
         e.  The company providing the insurance enters into a written
      agreement with the state delineating each party's rights and
      responsibilities.
         2.  The moneys deducted under this section shall be paid to the
      company designated by the requesting state officers or employees.
      The deduction may be made even though the compensation paid to an
      officer or employee is reduced to an amount below the minimum
      prescribed by law.  Payment to an officer or employee of compensation
      less the deduction shall constitute a full discharge of claims and
      demands for services rendered by the officer or employee during the
      period covered by the payment.  The request for the deduction may be
      withdrawn at any time by filing a written notification of withdrawal
      with the state officer in charge of any of the state payroll systems.

         3.  The department of administrative services reserves the right
      to terminate an insurance company's participation in the program if
      the department receives complaints regarding the actions of the
      insurance company or its agents in relation to the program and such
      termination would be in the best interest of the state officers and
      employees; the department makes a determination that the insurance
      company has engaged in a pattern or practice of unfair, misleading,
      or fraudulent acts and such termination would be in the best interest
      of the state officers and employees; or the commissioner of insurance
      determines that the company has engaged in practices that would
      otherwise disqualify the company from providing insurance coverage in
      Iowa.
         4.  The department is authorized to establish and collect an
      administrative fee as deemed necessary and appropriate in an amount
      not to exceed the state's actual cost of providing the payroll
      deduction service.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2004 Acts, ch 1103, §75