CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 80-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2810

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2810, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EXEMPTION FOR DOMESTIC SERVICES AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

 

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 amend the definition of "employment" under the workers' compensation law, temporary disability insurance law, and the Prepaid Health Care Act by excluding from the definition certain domestic and day care services authorized by the Department of Human Services or provided through state-funded medical assistance to Medicaid-ineligible individuals by an individual in the employ of a recipient of social service payments.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure will provide valuable exemptions to the Department of Human Services, aged and disabled recipients of home- and community-based services, and recipients of state-funded home- and community-based services from having to provide workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and prepaid health care due to their receipt of these services.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date from July 1, 2030, to upon 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 S.B. No. 2810, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2810, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Co-Chair

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair

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JO JORDAN, Co-Chair