CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 149-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2018

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1778

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1778, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  In the event of a controverted workers' compensation claim, require an injured employee's private health care plan to pay for or provide medical care, services, and supplies in accordance with the private health care contract; provided that the employer shall reimburse the private health care plan and the injured employee when the claim is accepted; and

 

     (2)  In the event of an accepted workers' compensation claim for leukemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or certain other cancers by firefighters with five or more years of service, require employers to be liable for an unspecified percentage of fees for medical care, services, and supplies associated with the claim.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying a maximum limit of one hundred fifty percent of fees, as prescribed in the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale, for medical care, services, and supplies that an employer is liable for related to accepted workers' compensation claims for leukemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or certain other cancers by firefighters with five or more years of service; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to take effect upon its approval.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1778, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1778, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA

Chair

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON

Co-Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER

Co-Chair

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI

Co-Chair

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN

Co-Chair

 

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DANIEL HOLT

Co-Chair