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HB 79                                                                                                                         
The Labor & Commerce Committee considered:                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 79                                                                                                          
     "An Act relating to workers' compensation; repealing the second                                                            
     injury fund upon satisfaction of claims; relating to service fees and                                                      
     civil penalties for the workers' safety programs and the workers'                                                          
     compensation program; relating to the liability of specified                                                               
     officers and members of specified business entities for payment of                                                         
     workers' compensation benefits and civil penalties; relating to                                                            
     civil penalties for underinsuring or failing to insure or provide                                                          
     security for workers' compensation liability; relating to                                                                  
     preauthorization and timely payment for medical treatment and                                                              
     services provided to injured employees; relating to incorporation                                                          
     of reference materials in workers' compensation regulations;                                                               
     relating to proceedings before the Workers' Compensation Board;                                                            
     providing for methods of payment for workers' compensation                                                                 
     benefits; relating to the workers' compensation benefits guaranty                                                          
     fund authority to claim a lien; excluding independent contractors                                                          
     from workers' compensation coverage; establishing the                                                                      
     circumstances under which certain nonemployee executive                                                                    
     corporate officers and members of limited liability companies may                                                          
     obtain workers' compensation coverage; relating to the duties of                                                           
     injured employees to report income or work; relating to                                                                    
     misclassification of employees and deceptive leasing; defining                                                             
     'employee'; relating to the Workers' Compensation Board's                                                                  

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     approval of attorney fees in a settlement agreement; and providing                                                         
     for an effective date."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 79(L&C)                                                                                              
     "An Act relating to workers' compensation; relating to the second                                                          
     injury fund; relating to service fees and civil penalties for the                                                          
     workers' safety programs and the workers' compensation program;                                                            
     relating to the liability of business entities and certain persons for                                                     
     payment of workers' compensation benefits and civil penalties;                                                             
     relating to civil penalties for underinsuring or failing to insure or                                                      
     provide security for workers' compensation liability; relating to                                                          
     preauthorization and timely payment for medical treatment and                                                              
     services provided to injured employees; relating to incorporation                                                          
     of reference materials in workers' compensation regulations;                                                               
     relating to proceedings before the Alaska Workers' Compensation                                                            
     Board; relating to the authorization of the workers' compensation                                                          
     benefits guaranty fund to claim a lien; excluding independent                                                              
     contractors from workers' compensation coverage; establishing the                                                          
     circumstances under which certain nonemployee executive                                                                    
     corporate officers and members of limited liability companies may                                                          
     obtain workers' compensation coverage; relating to the duties of                                                           
     injured employees to report income or work; relating to                                                                    
     misclassification of employees and deceptive leasing; defining                                                             
     'employee'; relating to the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board's                                                           
     approval of attorney fees in a settlement agreement; relating to                                                           
        reemployment benefits; and providing for an effective date."                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Kito, Chair, with the                                                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (3):  Josephson, Stutes, Kito                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do not pass (1):  Knopp                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Wool                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amend (2):  Sullivan-Leonard, Birch                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                

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The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 79(L&C):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                                             
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                              
3.  Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HB 79 was referred to the Judiciary Committee.