STAND. COM. REP. NO. 921
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: S.B. No. 675
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 675, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREFIGHTERS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to improve medical coverage for firefighters by:
(1) Providing firefighters with comprehensive medical coverage through workers' compensation benefits by establishing a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter who suffers from cancer, a blood-borne infectious disease, or exposure to biomedical substances, contracted the condition in the course of employment; and
(2) Requiring the State Fire Council to develop standards and procedures to ensure the health and safety of firefighters and first responders who are or may be exposed to hazardous materials or situations in the course of their employment.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the provisions that required the State Fire Council to develop minimum standards and procedures to ensure the health and safety of firefighters and first responders who are or may be exposed to hazardous materials or situations in the course of their employment; and
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2115, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 675, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 675, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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