HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2002
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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT |
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Rep. Scott Saiki, Chair |
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Rep. Nestor Garcia, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Willie Espero |
Rep. Mark Moses |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone |
Rep. David A. Pendleton |
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Rep. Joe Souki |
Rep. Jim Rath |
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Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga |
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
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Rep. Nestor Garcia, Chair |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Willie Espero |
Rep. Mark Moses |
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Rep. Scott Saiki |
Rep. David A. Pendleton |
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Rep. Joe Souki |
Rep. Jim Rath |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 12, 2002 |
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TIME: |
10:00 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 2615 |
RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH COVERAGE. Establishes a system of comprehensive health coverage that allows workers' compensation, medical insurance, and no-fault personal injury protection coverages to use a single fee schedule and deliver services through managed care. Also establishes a pilot program for state and county employees to be administered by the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HCR 16 |
RELATING TO THE BIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION PLANS AND THE COSTS THEREOF. |
LAB, FIN |
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HCR 29 |
REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE THE HAWAII PREPAID HEALTH CARE ACT, CHAPTER 393, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. |
Referral Pending |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
FOR DECISION MAKING ONLY
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HB 1772 LAB/PSM |
RELATING TO RESIDENCY OF POLICE OFFICER APPLICANTS. Allows police office applicants to be nonresidents upon application but requires them to establish residency upon employment. |
LAB/PSM, FIN |
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HB 1899 LAB/PSM |
RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE. Re-enacts leaves of absence law relating to the pay of officers and employees on active military service and nonforfeiture for absence. |
LAB/PSM, FIN |
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HB 2228 |
RELATING TO PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. Provides that if a firefighter retires because of a service-connected disability pursuant to section 88-79 and the former firefighter subsequently returns to service in any position other than a firefighter, the member's retirement allowance shall be two and one-half per cent of the member's average final compensation for each year of credited service as a firefighter. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2527 |
RELATING TO SAFETY INSPECTION FREQUENCIES FOR REGULATED EQUIPMENT. Allows the Department to set reinspection frequencies of boilers and pressure systems and elevators and kindred equipment based on safety considerations. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2809 |
RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE. Provides that a written designation of beneficiary for earned and unpaid wages is void if the beneficiary predeceases the employee, if employee and beneficiary divorce, if unmarried employee subsequently marries, or if employee enters into or terminates a reciprocal beneficiary relationship. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2076 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Deems treatment appointments to be periods of temporary partial disability |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2077 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Authorizes employees to appeal a decision for which the employer pays for costs of the proceedings if the employer loses. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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HB 2525 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. Maintains a fair public works bidding process by clarifying that the provisions of chapter 104 apply regardless of whether prevailing wage, overtime, and other requirements are stated in a contract or specifications, and that omission from a contract cannot be used as a defense by a contractor who is found in violation. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2805 |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Provides for the regulation of privatization contracts, including providing for a review of contract costs, monitoring and enforcement of privatization services, and public access to information. Requires annual reports to include an evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of services provided. |
LAB, JHA, FIN |
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HB 1843 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Reinstates binding arbitration for bargaining unit 9 (registered professional nurses). |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 1968 |
RELATING TO SERVICE EMPLOYEES. Amends current labor laws to provide comparable wages and benefits for service employees. Allows contracted employees to organize. Repeals section 103-55, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2075 |
RELATING TO SICK LEAVE. Requires an employer who provides sick leave to permit an employee to use not more than 10 days per year of their accrued and available sick leave to attend to their child, parent, spouse, or reciprocal beneficiary with a serious health condition. Prohibits an employer from denying the use of sick leave, discharging, demoting, suspending, or discriminating in the terms and conditions of employment against an employee for using or attempting to exercise the right to use sick leave to attend to a child, parent, spouse, or reciprocal beneficiary with a serious health condition. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2275 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Restricts the repricing of classes to bargaining units containing civil service personnel. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2276 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Allows parties to agree that non-cost items are valid and enforceable. Sets forth when terms of the collective bargaining agreement take precedence. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2278 |
RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Allows longer than a ten-day advance notice of intent to strike to be given to an employer. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2329 |
RELATING TO MANAGED COMPETITION. Adds definition of managed competition process. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2401 |
RELATING TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Allows trustees of OHA to participate in and receive the same retirement benefits as other state elected officials. |
LAB, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2457 |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends various statutory provisions to simplify and facilitate the administration and processing of pension benefits. |
LAB, FIN |
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HB 2460 |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends the amount that the State and each county shall contribute to the Employees' Retirement System. |
LAB, FIN |
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HOUSE BILLS 1772 AND 1899 WERE HEARD AND DEFERRED ON FEBRUARY 1, 2002.
HOUSE BILLS 2228, 2527, AND 2809 WERE HEARD AND DEFERRED ON FEBRUARY 5, 2002.
HOUSE BILLS 2076, 2077, 2525, AND 2805 WERE HEARD AND DEFERRED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2002.
HOUSE BILLS 1843, 1968, 2075, 2275, 2276, 2278, 2329, 2401, 2457, AND 2460 WERE HEARD AND DEFERRED
ON FEBRUARY 9, 2002
PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ON HB2615 ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 25 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 421, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.
IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE DOUBLESIDED ON AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE LAB COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8485.
IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.
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________________________________________ Rep. Nestor Garcia Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Scott K. Saiki Chair |
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