HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2400
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO TEMPORARY DISABILITY BENEFITS.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 392-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "disability" to read as follows:

     ""Disability" means total inability of an employee to perform the duties of the employee's employment caused by sickness, pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, organ donation, or accident other than a work injury as defined in section 386‑3."

     SECTION 2.  Section 392-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§392-6  Individual in current employment.  "Individual in current employment" means:

     (1)  An individual who performed regular service in employment immediately or not longer than two weeks prior to the onset of the sickness or [to] the [accident causing] disability and who would have continued in or resumed employment except for such disability.

     (2)  An individual who performed regular service in employment immediately or not longer than two weeks prior to becoming totally disabled from performing the duties of her employment because of pregnancy or termination of pregnancy and who would have continued in or resumed such employment except for such disability."

     SECTION 3.  Section 392-21, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Any individual in current employment who suffers disability resulting from accident, sickness, pregnancy, [or] termination of pregnancy, or organ donation, except accident or disease connected with or resulting from employment as defined in section 386-3 or any other applicable workers' compensation law, shall be entitled to receive temporary disability benefits in the amount and manner provided in this chapter."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

 

 

Report Title:

Temporary disability benefits; organ donors

 

Description:

Provides temporary disability benefits to employees who suffer disabilities as a result of donating organs.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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