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2010-04-18 House Journal

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2010-04-18                     House Journal                      Page 2499
SB 159                                                                                                                        
The following, which was moved to the bottom of the calendar (page                                                              
2494), was read the third time:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE BILL NO. 159                                                                                                        
     "An Act increasing the maximum funeral expenses payable as a                                                               
     workers' compensation death benefit; and providing for an                                                                  
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Olson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
SB 159 be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of                                                                
considering Amendment No. 1.  There being no objection, it was so                                                               
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Olson:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 1, following "An Act" (title amendment):                                                                         
     Insert "relating to medical and rehabilitation information in                                                            
workers' compensation matters;"                                                                                               

2010-04-18                     House Journal                      Page 2500
Page 1, following line 3:                                                                                                       
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Section 1. AS 23.30.108 is amended by adding new subsections                                                               
to read:                                                                                                                        
         (d) If the employee files a petition seeking a protective order                                                        
     to recover medical and rehabilitation information that has been                                                            
     provided but is not related to the employee's injury, and the board                                                        
     or the board's designee grants the protective order, the board or the                                                      
     board's designee granting the protective order shall direct the                                                            
     division, the board, the commission, and the parties to return to                                                          
     the employee, as soon as practicable following the issuance of the                                                         
     protective order, all medical and rehabilitation information,                                                              
     including copies, in their possession that is unrelated to the                                                             
     employee's injury under the protective order.                                                                              
         (e) If the board or the board's designee limits the medical or                                                         
     rehabilitation information that may be used by the parties to a                                                            
     claim, either by an order on the record or by issuing a written                                                            
     order, the division, the board, the commission, and a party to the                                                         
     claim may request and an employee shall provide or authorize the                                                           
     production of medical or rehabilitation information only to the                                                            
     extent of the limitations of the order. If information has been                                                            
     produced that is outside of the limits designated in the order, the                                                        
     board or the board's designee shall direct the party in possession                                                         
     of the information to return the information to the employee as                                                            
     soon as practicable following the issuance of the order."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 4:                                                                                                                 
     Delete "Section 1"                                                                                                       
     Insert "Sec. 2"                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 2, line 20:                                                                                                                
     Delete "sec. 1"                                                                                                            
     Insert "sec. 2"                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Olson moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                     
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                

2010-04-18                     House Journal                      Page 2501
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                                                           
Amendment No. 1 was adopted, and the new title follows:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE BILL NO. 159 am H                                                                                                   
     "An Act relating to medical and rehabilitation information in                                                              
     workers' compensation matters; increasing the maximum funeral                                                              
     expenses payable as a workers' compensation death benefit; and                                                             
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     (HCR 36 - title change resolution)                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
SB 159 am H was automatically in third reading.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall SB 159 am H pass the House?"  The roll                                                              
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SB 159 am H                                                                                                                     
Third Reading                                                                                                                   
Final Passage                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  35   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  5                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Buch, Chenault, Cissna, Crawford, Dahlstrom, Doogan,                                                                     
Edgmon, Fairclough, N.Foster, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg,                                                                        
Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker, Herron, Holmes, Johansen, Johnson,                                                                  
Keller, Kelly, Kerttula, Lynn, Millett, Munoz, Neuman, Olson,                                                                   
Petersen, Ramras, Salmon, Seaton, Stoltze, Thomas, P.Wilson,                                                                    
T.Wilson                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Absent:  Austerman, Gara, Joule, Kawasaki, Tuck                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
And so, SB 159 am H passed the House.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Representative Johansen moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                                              
roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the                                                         
effective date clause.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SB 159 am H was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.