THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR, CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 390, HD1

      (HSCR984)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Makes permanent Act 172, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, which:  (1) grants employees the right to have a chaperone present during a medical examination relating to a workers' compensation work injury and, with the approval of the examining physician or surgeon, to record the examination; and (2) provides that if an employee or employee's chaperone obstructs the medical examination, the employee's right to worker's compensation shall be suspended until the refusal or obstruction ceases.  (HB390 HD1)

 

LCA/CPH, JDC

HB 912, HD1

      (HSCR1122)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Requires an employer to pay for all medical services related to an employee's compensable injury and the employee's rehabilitation within 60 days of receipt of the bill for services.  Establishes a process for employers to dispute the payment of an employee's medical bill.  (HB912 HD1)

 

LCA/CPH, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair

 

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair