| Measure Title: | RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
| Report Title: | Workers' Compensation; Medicare Fee Schedule; Insurance Rates |
| Description: | 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. 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. (HB2450 HD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | M. OSHIRO, CALDWELL, HERKES |
| Current Referral: | LAB, CPC, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/23/2006 | H | Pending introduction. |
| 1/25/2006 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| 1/27/2006 | H | Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 5 |
| 2/2/2006 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-07-06 at 9:00 am in House conference room 309. |
| 2/7/2006 | H | The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Caldwell, Nakasone, Chong, Ito, M. Oshiro, Shimabukuro, Souki, Meyer; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Stevens; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 2/9/2006 | H | Reported from the committee on LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 180-06) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on CPC. |
| 2/10/2006 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting no (0) and Arakaki, Cabanilla, Saiki, Schatz, Takamine excused (5). |
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ConAm = Constitutional Amendment