STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1153
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: S.B. No. 1174
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1174, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Provides for examinations by a qualified physician mutually agreed upon by the parties and paid for by the employer; and
(2) Establishes a process for selecting a physician by the parties should the parties be unable to reach a mutual agreement.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that should the parties be unable to reach a mutual agreement on the selection of a physician, the selection may be submitted to the Insurance Commissioner, arbitration, or circuit court;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2115, to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1174, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1174, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |