STAND. COM. REP. NO. 654
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 152
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B.
No. 152, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION
MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to help
align the workers' compensation medical fee schedule with the current cost of
health care by increasing the cap on allowable medical fees from 110 percent to
130 percent of the fees prescribed in the Medicare Resource Based Relative
Value Scale beginning January 1, 2014.
The Department of Labor and Industrial
Relations; ILWU Local 142; Hawaii State AFL-CIO; Hawaii Chapter, American
Physical Therapy Association; Hawaii Injured Workers Association; Work Injury
Medical Association of Hawaii; Hawaii Medical Association; Kaiser Permanente
Hawaii; InVision Imaging; Hawaii State Chiropractic Association; and two
concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of Human
Resources, City and County of Honolulu; The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii;
Hawaii Insurers Council; Property Casualty Insurers Association of America;
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.; Maui Electric Company, LTD.; and Hawaii
Electric Light Company, Inc., opposed this measure. The Department of Commerce
and Consumer Affairs, Department of Human Resources Development, Healthcare
Association of Hawaii, Work Star, and Solera provided comments.
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 H.B. No. 152, H.D. 1, and recommends that
it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully
submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair
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