STAND. COM. REP. NO.  470-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3163

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 3163, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SPECIAL FUND FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the efficiency of the Disability Compensation Division of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations by appropriating an unspecified amount from the Special Fund for Disability Benefits to allow forms, reports, and other documents of the workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and prepaid health care programs to be submitted over the Internet and stored and retrieved in electronic form.

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified in support of the bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3163, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair