STAND. COM. REP. NO. 568-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2647

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2647, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the health and safety of public employees by establishing a coordinated care system option to provide medical and rehabilitative services for workers' compensation cases involving public employees.

Kaiser Permanente testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Resources Development supported the intent of this measure. The Hawaii Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association opposed this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii State Chiropractic Association, ILWU Local 142, and American Accreditation Healthcare Commission/URAC offered comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2647, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair