HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
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COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT |
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Rep. Kirk Caldwell, Chair |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Pono Chong |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Galen Fox |
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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 11, 2005 |
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TIME: |
8:30 AM |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room Capitol Auditorium State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 1172 |
RELATING TO COORDINATED CARE ORGANIZATIONS. Regulates coordinated care organizations in the treatment of workers' compensation injuries. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1273 |
RELATING VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. Prohibits time limits for vocational rehabilitation plans under workers' compensation. Authorizes the use of self-employment plans as vocational rehabilitation plans. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1307 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Authorizes recovery of attorney's fees and costs under law administered by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations by any person who successfully defends any charge of workers' compensation insurance fraud, except criminal cases, against the person who initiates and prosecutes the action. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to investigate complaints and prosecute cases of workers' compensation fraud, provided that the complaint is against an insurance carrier, a self-insured employer, or a full-insured employer. |
LAB, CPC/JUD |
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HB 1600 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Authorizes employers to establish medical provider networks to provide medical treatment to injured workers. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1636 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the State and the courts to recognize the validity of labor-management agreements that meet certain specified requirements. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1773 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW. Amends workers' compensation law, including but not limited to mandating further requirements for vocational rehabilitation providers, limiting the director's rulemaking authority, and specifying procedures for filing of claims. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1783 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYEE CARE SYSTEMS. Permits employee care systems to furnish medical care, services, and supplies to injured workers. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 340 |
RELATING TO COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS. Gives the supreme court, appellate court, or appellate board discretion for awarding proceeding costs and reasonable attorney's fees if appeal is initiated by an employee and the employer loses. Sets standards for this discretion. |
LAB, CPC/JUD |
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HB 699 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Proposes reforms to the State's worker's compensation system. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 763 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Exempts persons with ownership interests in limited liability companies, partnerships, and sole proprietorships, from coverage as "employees" under the workers' compensation law, allowing them to obtain coverage for their work-related injuries and disabilities, separately. |
LAB, CPC |
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HB 832 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Establishes criteria for evaluating and approving attorney's fees. |
LAB, CPC/JUD |
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HB 838 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Establishes factors for the appellate board or supreme court to consider in deciding whether to award attorney's fees and costs to an employee who wins on appeal. Makes the awarding of costs, together with attorney's fees and costs, discretionary. |
LAB, CPC/JUD |
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HB 861 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE. Excludes from the definition of "employment" under workers' compensation law: (1) service performed by a sole proprietor or a partner of a partnership, as defined in the partnership law, if the partner is an individual; and (2) service performed by a member of an LLC if the member is an individual and has a distributional interest, as defined under the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, of at least 50% in the company. |
LAB, CPC/JUD |
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HB 976 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Places restrictions on acceptable vocational rehabilitation plans. Specifies conditions under which the director shall approve rehabilitation plans. Subjects plans to performance reviews. |
LAB, CPC |
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HB 1449 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Alters the workers' compensation formula for computing average weekly wages by clarifying that any injured airline employee who is a pilot or flight attendant, whether full time or part time, shall be entitled to workers' compensation benefits based on an average of actual hours worked during the previous 52-week period or portion thereof. |
LAB, CPC |
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________________________________________ Rep. Kirk Caldwell Chair |
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