THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair

Senator Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 714

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO JOB TRAINING.

Establishes a pilot program where supervisor candidates can shadow supervisors and receive supervisory and leadership training.  Appropriates funds.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 413

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Requires the director of labor and industrial relations to set workers' compensation medical charges that correspond to the United States Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs fee schedule instead of the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale applicable to Hawaii.  Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to submit a report to the legislature.  Makes an appropriation for analysis of the Act's impact on injured worker's access to treatment.  Repeals on 12/31/2024.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 857

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Establishes that employers shall pay all workers compensation claims for compensable injuries and shall not deny claims without reasonable cause or during a pending investigation.  Establishes that employers shall notify providers of service of any billing disagreements and allows providers to charge an additional rate to employers who fail to adhere to the notification requirements.  Establishes resolution procedures for employers and providers who have a reasonable disagreement over liability for services provided an injured worker.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 969

      Status & Testimony

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.

Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for Department of Human Resources Development to pay claims as required under the Hawaii Workers' Compensation Law, chapter 386, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 615

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes the maritime industry grant program.  Appropriates moneys to fund the grant program.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 1114

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Allows the Hawaii labor relations board to request the parties appearing before the board to draft decisions and orders to enable a quicker process to resolve cases.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 981

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to send notices of hearing electronically; requires the party seeking judicial review to bear the cost of preparing a transcript, except as provided by law, in which case the Board shall bear the cost of preparing the transcript.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 1047

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires the ERS actuary to conduct annual stress tests of the system and the board to submit annual reports of the tests to the legislature.

 

JDL, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran

Chair