1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crimes; making it a gross misdemeanor
1.3 	crime for a railroad or a person employed by a
1.4 	railroad to obstruct the treatment of a railroad
1.5 	worker injured on the job or to discipline or threaten
1.6 	to discipline the railroad employee injured on the job
1.7 	for requesting treatment or first aid; imposing
1.8 	criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. [609.849] RAILROAD THAT OBSTRUCTS TREATMENT OF
1.12 	AN INJURED WORKER.
1.13 	(a) It shall be unlawful for a railroad or person employed
1.14 	by a railroad negligently or intentionally to:
1.15 	(1) deny, unreasonably delay, or interfere with medical
1.16 	treatment or first aid treatment to an employee of a railroad
1.17 	who has been injured during employment; or 
1.18 	(2) discipline or threaten to discipline an employee of a
1.19 	railroad who has been injured during employment for requesting
1.20 	medical treatment or first aid treatment.
1.21 	(b) A person convicted of a violation of paragraph (a),
1.22 	clause (1) or (2), is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and may be
1.23 	sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to
1.24 	payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.

1.25 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.26 	Section 1 is effective August 1, 2005, and applies to
1.27 	crimes committed on or after that date.