STAND. COM. REP. NO. 189-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2017
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2017 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION TREATMENT PLANS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee notes that concerns were raised in testimony on whether the seven-day denial period allows an employer adequate time to properly and comprehensively analyze a proposed treatment plan. Given the balance needed to ensure timely communication while maintaining appropriate acceptance or denial of proposed treatment plans, should the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce deliberate on this measure, your Committee respectfully requests further examination on what may constitute a more feasible deadline.
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 H.B. No. 2017 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
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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