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HB 79                                                                                                                         
The Finance Committee considered 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" and recommended it                                                              
be replaced with                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     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." (Title Change SCR 33)                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                

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Signing do pass: Senators Hoffman, MacKinnon, Cochairs; Senators                                                                
Bishop, von Imhof, Stevens. Signing no recommendation: Senator                                                                  
Micciche. Signing amend: Senator Olson.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                                                  
     Fiscal Note No. 5, Department of Administration                                                                            
     Fiscal Note No. 7, Department of Labor and Workforce                                                                       
      Development                                                                                                               
     Fiscal Note No. 8, Department of Labor and Workforce                                                                       
      Development                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
The bill is on today's first supplemental calendar.