STAND. COM. REP. NO. 645-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2717
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2717 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIENS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that a lien for services in a personal injury case shall be established pursuant to a settlement or judgment for damages for personal injury.
The Queen's Medical Center testified in support of this measure. The Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii testified in opposition.
Your Committee finds that section 663-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), deals directly with the issue of lienholders' rights to tort settlements or judgments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Amending section 663-10, HRS, to specifically include liens arising out of claims for "payment due a health care provider;"
(2) Adding a reference to section 663-10, HRS, in section 507-4, HRS;
(3) Inserting a savings clause; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2717, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2717, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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