STAND. COM. REP. NO. 812-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1889

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1889, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expand workers' compensation medical benefits for firefighters to include coverage for breast cancer and cancer of the female reproductive organs.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; State Fire Council; Disability and Communication Access Board; Hawai‘i Fire Department; County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety; Honolulu Fire Department; International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142; Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, Local 1463, IAFF, AFL-CIO; and six individuals.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1889, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair