Hawaii Senate Bill 2127 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-02-14 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Imposes a penalty on an employer who does not pay an employee temporary partial disability benefits within fourteen calendar days after the end of the employee's workweek. Clarifies that an eligibility determination for disability benefits depends on a determination by the employee's primary care physician's certification of the employee's dates of disability or by an examination of the employee's entire available medical records by another physician in the event the employee's primary care physician is not available. Establishes that failure of the employee's primary care physician to certify the dates of disability in an interim report does not automatically disqualify the employee from disability benefits. Allows contemporaneous certification to be waived and retroactive certification of disability to be allowed under certain conditions. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)

Workers' Compensation; Penalty; Temporary Partial Disability Benefits; Temporary Total Disability Benefits; Eligibility Determination

Sen. Clayton Hee [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-14	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2014-02-14	Senate	Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2436) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2014-02-11	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hee, Shimabukuro, Gabbard, Galuteria, Ihara, Solomon; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 0 Excused: none.
2014-01-30	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL deferred the measure until 02-11-14 10:00AM in conference room 016.
2014-01-24	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL deferred the measure until 01-30-14 9:30AM in conference room 016.
2014-01-21	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 01-24-14 10:00AM in conference room 016.
2014-01-16	Senate	Referred to JDL, WAM.
2014-01-15	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2014-01-15	Senate	Introduced.
2014-01-14	Senate	Pending Introduction.

HB1973 (Same As) 2014-03-21 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2127&year=2014
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2014/Bills/SB2127_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2014/bills/SB2127_SD1_.HTM