THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008

DATE:	Tuesday, March 18, 2008
TIME:	10:00 a.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Monday, March 17, 2008)

HB 2386 Testimony	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires an employer to pay temporary total disability benefits regardless of whether the employer controverts the right to benefits.  Specifies that the employee's ability to return to work is to be decided by the employee's treating physician.	JDL, WAM
HB 2387, HD1 Testimony	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Authorizes payment of the examinations from the special compensation fund.  Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/2059.  (HB2387 HD1)	JDL, WAM
HB 2388, HD1 Testimony	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires the employer to continue medical services to an injured employee despite disputes over whether treatment should be continued, until the director of labor and industrial relations decides whether treatment should be continued. (HB2388 HD1)	JDL, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

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