STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1273

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.C.R. No. 58

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 H.C.R. No. 58 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON THE STATUS AND NUMBER OF PENDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS MADE BY STATE EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that employees of the State who are injured in work-related incidents are receiving timely medical treatment and compensation by requesting the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to issue a report, to be submitted to the Legislature prior to the 2016 session, that includes data from calendar years 2013 and 2014 and encompasses:

(1)  The number of processed and unprocessed workers' compensation cases for injured State employees and the status of those cases;

(2)  The number of claims made, and the number of cases that have been settled but in which payment has not been made; and

(3)  The average time period taken to completely resolve workers' compensation claims for State employees.

The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 58 and recommends that it be referred to the 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