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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