STAND. COM. REP. NO.  994-08

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 Finance, 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 improve the operational efficiency of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' (DLIR) Disability Compensation Division by:

(1)  Broadening the purposes of DLIR's Special Fund for Disability Benefits (Fund) to include the automation of the workers' compensation, prepaid health care, and temporary disability insurance programs; and

(2)  Appropriating an unspecified amount from the Fund for this purpose.

      DLIR testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance 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 pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair