STAND. COM. REP. NO. 595-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2646
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2646, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the delivery of workers' compensation benefits to injured workers by requiring the State and courts to recognize the validity of labor-management agreements that meet certain specified requirements.
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Resources Development opposed this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Office of Information Practices, ILWU Local 142, Hawaii Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association, and Hawaii Employers' Mutual Insurance Company offered comments.
Your Committees amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying that the derivative reports relating to collective bargaining representatives, labor-management agreements, and employees covered by these agreements are subject to disclosure pursuant to chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(2) Clarifying that the "records" rather than the "data" on which the reports are based, are confidential;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2096; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2646, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2646, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair |
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