2017-03-24                     House Journal                      Page 0721
The report was signed by Representatives Josephson and Tarr, Co-                                                                
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (5):  Parish, Westlake, Drummond, Josephson, Tarr                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (3):  Birch, Johnson, Rauscher                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                               
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SSHB 46 was referred to the Finance Committee.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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