STAND. COM. REP. NO. 681-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2659

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2659, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is expedite workers' entry into the workforce by appropriating funds to establish two new positions in the Disability Compensation Division of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to process vocational rehabilitation plans.

ILWU Local 142 and Hawaii Employers' Mutual Insurance Company, Inc., submitted testimony in support of this measure. DLIR and the Department of Human Resources Development supported the intent of this measure with amendments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2659, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

 

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair