STAND. COM. REP. NO.  393

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1208

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1208 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) enforcement specialist IV positions to be primarily responsible for the enforcement of Hawaii's workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and prepaid health care laws.

The Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu; Hawaii Insurers Council; International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142; Pacific Resource Partnership; Hawaii Construction Alliance; and one concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     Should the Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure further, your Committee on Labor & Public Employment respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $112,078 for the purposes of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1208, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1208, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair