HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 25A
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2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ritter offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with directory amendment)
15	Remove line(s) 336-363, and insert:
16	(38) "Catastrophic injury" means a permanent impairment
17	constituted by:
18	(a) Spinal cord injury involving severe paralysis of an
19	arm, a leg, or the trunk;
20	(b) Amputation of an arm, a hand, a foot, or a leg
21	involving the effective loss of use of that appendage;
22	(c) Severe brain or closed-head injury as evidenced by:
23	1. Severe sensory or motor disturbances;
24	2. Severe communication disturbances;
25	3. Severe complex integrated disturbances of cerebral
26	function;
27	4. Severe episodic neurological disorders; or
28	5. Other severe brain and closed-head injury conditions at
29	least as severe in nature as any condition provided in
30	subparagraphs 1.-4.;
31	(d) Second-degree or third-degree burns of 25 percent or
32	more of the total body surface or third-degree burns of 5
33	percent or more to the face and hands;
34	(e) Total or industrial blindness; or
35	(f) Any other injury that would otherwise qualify under
36	this chapter of a nature and severity that would qualify an
37	employee to receive disability income benefits under Title II or
38	supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the
39	federal Social Security Act as the Social Security Act existed
40	on July 1, 1992, without regard to any time limitations provided
41	under that act.
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44	Remove line(s) 130, and insert:
45	subsections (1), (15), (29), (40), (41), and (42) of
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