SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1030

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ZWEIFEL (Sponsor), BISHOP, HARRIS (23), GREEN,

DARROUGH, CORCORAN, BURNETT AND GEORGE (Co-sponsors).

         Read 1^st time January 12, 2004, and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 389, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to injured railroad employees, with a penalty provision.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 389, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 389.798, to read as follows:

            389.798. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law it shall be unlawful for a railroad corporation as defined in section 388.010, RSMo, or an employee of such railroad corporation to:

            (1) Deny, delay, or interfere with medical treatment or first-aid treatment to an employee of a railroad corporation who has been injured during employment; or

            (2) Discipline or threaten discipline to an employee of a railroad corporation who has been injured during employment for requesting medical treatment or first-aid treatment for such injury.

            2. Any railroad corporation or employee of a railroad corporation who violates the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be imprisoned for a term of years not to exceed two years and fined in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation.