HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2579 |
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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provided that on June 30, 2016, this Act shall be repealed and section 386-78(a),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.
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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 Repealed June 30, 2016.
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