STAND. COM. REP. NO.  990-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2387

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2387, 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 improve the workers' compensation system by allowing the payment for impartial medical examinations to be made from the Special Compensation Fund.

 

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association and ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Resources Development, Hawaii Insurers Council, and American Insurance Association opposed this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations submitted comments.

 

     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. 2387, 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