STAND. COM. REP. NO. 21-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.B. No. 1778
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1778 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Specifically, this measure:
(1) Requires private health care plans to pay for or provide medical care, services, and supplies to injured employees for controverted claims, subject to reimbursement by the employer of the employee for whom the claim is accepted or determined to be compensable; and
(2) Increases an employer's liability for medical costs for certain diseases, including diseases of certain organs.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on this measure; and
(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment 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 H.B. No. 1778, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1778, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,
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____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair |
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