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HB 79                                                                                                                         
The Finance 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                                                                   
    approval of attorney fees in a settlement agreement; and providing                                                          
    for an effective date."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             

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    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                                                           
    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."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representatives Seaton and Foster, Co-                                                                 
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (3):  Guttenberg, Seaton, Foster                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Do not pass (2):  Wilson, Tilton                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (3):  Ortiz, Thompson, Grenn                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Amend (2):  Kawasaki, Pruitt                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 79(FIN):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
5.  Fiscal, Dept. of Administration                                                                                             
6.  Fiscal, Office of the Governor/Various Depts.                                                                               
7.  Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                              
8.  Fiscal, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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HB 79 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                                                  
calendar.