STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1208-10
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2010
RE: S.B. No. 2566
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2566, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION BENEFITS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that injured workers have access to appropriate health care by clarifying that a physician or surgeon may conduct diagnostic testing or engage in a one-time consultation for a subspecialty diagnostic evaluation and treatment recommendation from a board-certified or licensed specialist, who may work in a facility where the physician or surgeon has a financial interest.
The ILWU Local 142, Hawaii State Chiropractic Association, and Hawaii Injured Workers Alliance supported this bill. The Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, City and County of Honolulu's Department of Human Resources, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Maui Electric Company, Ltd., Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc., Hawaii Insurers Council, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America opposed this measure. The Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 2566, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2566, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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