STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3042

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2400

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 2400 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY DISABILITY BENEFITS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide temporary disability benefits to employees who suffer disabilities caused by organ donation.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of Human Resources Development, The Queen's Health Systems, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the existing temporary disability benefits law does not cover an organ donor's total inability to work due to an organ donation.  Your Committee notes that the act of organ donation can be physically challenging and requires adequate time for recuperation.  This measure will provide relief and support to recovering organ donors.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2400, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair