HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Alex M. Sonson, Chair

Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Roy M. Takumi

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer

Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey

Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

 

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1386

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL TREATMENT.

Requires Medical providers to treat injured workers in accordance with clinically tested, evidence based treatment guidelines.  Requires medical providers to utilize the Official Disabilities guidelines ("ODG") Treatment in Workers' Comp, 3rd edition.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 854

RELATING TO CONTINUED TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS TO INJURED EMPLOYEES.

Prevents the termination of temporary total disability benefits until the director of labor and industrial relations decides to terminate them.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 855

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Ensures that uninterrupted medical care is provided to an injured employee, even if the injured employee's employer denies further treatment, until the director of labor and industrial relations renders a final decision on the matter.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1380

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION STRESS CLAIMS.

Disallows workers' compensation claims for mental illness or injury proximately caused by all personnel actions taken in good faith by the employer.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 866

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Requires occupational diseases to be considered work injuries that are compensable under workers' compensation law.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 856

RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.

Adds an employee who has otherwise been deemed unable to return to the employee's position after the injury may have stabilized, where no offer for permanent alternative duty at equal compensation is made by the employer, to those whom the director of labor and industrial relations may refer to the department of human services or private vocational rehabilitation services.  Effective 7/1/07.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1015

RELATING TO WORKER'S RIGHTS.

Permits director of labor to reopen worker's compensation case after settlement if settlement has been obtained by the exertion of undue influence over any party or as a result of the disability or mental incompetence of the employee.  Requires private employers who provide pension plans to their employees to allow an employee who has vested to receive pension payments upon becoming disabled, regardless of age.

 

LAB, JUD

HB 1877

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Exempts from the workers' compensation law owners of businesses holding at least 50% interest in their company.

 

LAB, EDB

HB 867

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Allows negotiation between employers and public unions over workers' compensation coverage and benefits.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 970

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Requires workers' compensation insurers to provide reports to the insurance commissioner.

 

LAB, CPC

HB 1050

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Requires the Hawaii employers' mutual insurance company to make liability insurance available to small contractors.

 

LAB, CPC

HB 1383

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Gives small business owners who meet certain exclusions the option not to obtain workers' compensation insurance

 

LAB, EDB

HB 1294

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Provides an appropriate, cost-neutral adjustment of the base monthly contributions for retiree benefit plans, in the event the EUTF Board of Trustees adopts a revised rate structure for its retiree benefit plans.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1381

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL CARE.

Allows employers the opportunity to provide their employees with an employer-designated healthcare provider list of attending physicians and/or physician networks.  Injured employees would be allowed to "opt out" of the plan after 120 days and see physicians that are not on the list.

 

LAB, FIN

HB 763

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Amends workers' compensation law, including limiting an employer's ability to terminate benefits, authorizing the recovery of attorney's fees and costs by the injured employee, specifying procedures for medical examinations by the employer's physician, establishing fines for violations, requiring the reporting of denials of claims and relevant information, and further restricting the director of labor and industrial relations' rulemaking authority.

 

LAB, FIN

 

 

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Rep. Alex M. Sonson

Chair