STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1414

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 50
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 50 entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY DISABILITY
     INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to rephrase the eligibility
period for temporary disability benefits from "four completed
calendar quarters" to "fifty-two weeks".

     Your Committee believes that this clarifying amendment will
make it easier for all parties concerned to understand the
requirements of the law.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 50
and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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