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2018-05-12 House Journal

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2018-05-12                     House Journal                      Page 3702
SCR 33                                                                                                                        
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 33 by the Senate                                                                               
Finance Committee:                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of                                                             
     the Alaska State Legislature, concerning House Bill No. 79,                                                                
     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"; and relating to the Alaska Workers' Compensation                                                               
     Board's approval of attorney fees in a settlement agreement.                                                               
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and taken up later as a Special Order of                                                                
Business.