STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1200-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2050

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2050 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist injured workers in obtaining gainful employment by requiring a provider of rehabilitation services to determine if modified or other work with the injured worker's current employer represents suitable gainful employment under a rehabilitation plan before considering employment with a different employer.

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, ILWU Local 142, and Hawaii Injured Workers Alliance supported this bill.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2050 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair