STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1360

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 168

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 168, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STREAMLINE THE STATE'S WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROCESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to streamline the State's workers' compensation process by requesting the establishment of a working group in the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Insurers Council, and an individual testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purpose of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 168, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 168, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair