HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
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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. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
Rep. Anne V. Stevens |
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Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
February 7, 2006 Tuesday |
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TIME: |
9:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 2646 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the State and the courts to recognize the validity of labor-management agreements that meet certain specified requirements. |
LAB, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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HB 2695 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Requires the Hawaii employers' mutual insurance company to provide a workers' compensation insurance plan that utilizes a coordinated system of care model to provide medical and rehabilitation services to injured employees. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2647 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Establishes a coordinated care system option to provide workers' compensation benefits for public employees. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2694 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Changes the reimbursement rate for medical services provided by neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons under the State's workers' compensation law to an unspecified percentage of the Medicare Resource Based Value Scale system rates. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2450 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Effective January 1, 2007, requires that the application of all Medicare fee schedules, rather than just the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale, apply to workers' compensation claims. Establishes task force to evaluate impacts of this bill. Required workers' compensation insurers to identify overall cost savings and apply them to rates on new and renewal policies issued between February 1, 2007 and January 31, 2010. Establishes moratorium on rate increases. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2629 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to establish standardized medical excuse and routing forms for workers' compensation claims. Requires the timely processing and payment of bills to medical service providers. Establishes that only claim progress notes and authorization be required for payment to medical service providers. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2698 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the director of labor and industrial relations to establish standardized forms for health care providers to use when reporting on and billing for injuries compensable under the State's workers' compensation law. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1867 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Ensures that uninterrupted medical care is provided to an injured worker, even if the injured employee's employer denies further treatment, until the director of labor and industrial relations renders a final decision on the matter. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 1892 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Prevents the termination of temporary total disability benefits until the director of labor decides to terminate them. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Kirk Caldwell Chair |
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