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HB 79                                                                                                                         
A message dated May 11 was read stating the Senate passed:                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 79(FIN)                                                                                              
     "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                                                          

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     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; and providing                                                         
     for an effective date."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
with the following amendment, and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 79(FIN)                                                                                
     "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 incorporation of reference materials in workers'                                                               
     compensation regulations; 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; establishing a legislative workers'                                                                 
     compensation working group; and providing for an effective                                                                 
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     (SCR 33 - title change resolution)                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 79(FIN) is under Unfinished Business.