STAND. COM. REP. NO.  849

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 855

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 855, 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 to provide injured employees with necessary medical services in the event workers' compensation coverage is disputed by requiring these services to be continued until the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations issues a decision on the matter.

 

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, ILWU Local 142, Hawaii State Chiropractic Association, Hawaii Chapter—American Physical Therapy Association, and several concerned individuals supported the intent of this bill.  The Department of Human Resources Development, National Federation of Independent Business, Hawaii Insurers Council, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America opposed the measure.  Hawaii Employers' Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. commented.

 

     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. 855, 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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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair