HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2579

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to labor.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 386-78, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  No compromise in regard to a claim for compensation pending before the director shall be valid unless it is approved by decision of the director as conforming to this chapter and made a part of the decision[.]; provided that this requirement shall not apply to compromises reached as a result of claims or actions brought under section 386-8."

     SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2014; provided that on June 30, 2016, this Act shall be repealed and section 386-78(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted
in the form in which it read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Workers' Compensation; Compromise

 

Description:

Provides that compromises for workers' compensation claims reached as a result of a third-party liability claim or action do not require the approval of the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations.  Effective July 1, 2014.  Repealed June 30, 2016.

 

 

 

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