HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2258
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to workers' compensation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, transferred the control of certain functions of executive branch agencies that pertained to education personnel and facilities to the department of education to increase operational efficiency while reducing bureaucracy. This transfer included giving the department of education responsibility over the workers' compensation claims of its employees.

The purpose of this Act is to transfer the rights, powers, functions, duties, resources, and individual budget of the department of education relating to workers' compensation for its employees to the department of human resources development.

SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2024, all rights, powers, functions, duties, resources, and the individual budget of the department of education relating to workers' compensation for its employees are transferred to the department of human resources development, subject to amendment or repeal by subsequent legislation.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOE; DHRD; Workers' Compensation

Description:

Transfers the rights, powers, functions, duties, resources, and individual budget of the department of education relating to workers' compensation for its employees from the department of education to the department of human resources development.

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