REPORT TITLE:
Workers' Compensation


DESCRIPTION:
Specifies that the faciliator unit shall not be administratively
attached to, nor geographically located in, the disability
compensation division.  Further specifies that the workers'
compensation facilitator unit shall report directly to the
director of the department of labor and industrial relations.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           1490
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 386-71.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  There is established within the department of labor
 
 4 and industrial relations the workers' compensation benefits
 
 5 facilitator unit. To ensure that impartial service is provided to
 
 6 the clients of the facilitator unit, the unit shall not be
 
 7 administratively attached to nor geographically located in, the
 
 8 disability compensation division.
 
 9      All professional and clerical employees of the unit shall
 
10 [be]:
 
11      (1)  Be appointed by the director [and shall be]; 
 
12      (2)  Report directly to the director; and
 
13      (3)  Be subject to chapters 76 and 77.
 
14      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
15 New statutory material is underscored.
 
16      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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18                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________