Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2211, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal the definition of "day" and "days" from the workers' compensation law.

Your Committee finds that the statutory definition defines "days" as working days, eliminating the possibility that "days" could also be interpreted, depending on the situation, as calendar days. Such an inflexible approach to the seemingly simple idea of a "day" has resulted in the delay of payments and treatments to injured workers.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2211, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.