03/11/2020 09:00 AM House FINANCE

HOUSE BILL NO. 30                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  relating to the exclusiveness  of liability of                                                                    
     an  employer in  the  case of  death;  relating to  the                                                                    
     payment of  workers' compensation benefits in  the case                                                                    
     of permanent partial impairment;  relating to notice of                                                                    
     workers' compensation  death benefits; relating  to the                                                                    
     payment   of  workers'   compensation  death   benefits                                                                    
     payable to  a child  of an employee  where there  is no                                                                    
     surviving spouse;  relating to the payment  of workers'                                                                    
     compensation death  benefits for an employee  without a                                                                    
     surviving  spouse  or  child;   and  providing  for  an                                                                    
     effective date."                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:07:48 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ANDY JOSEPHSON,  SPONSOR,  relayed that  the                                                                    
bill  did  one  thing;  it  updated  20-year  old  permanent                                                                    
partial  impairment  ratings  that had  flagged  because  of                                                                    
encroaching inflation.  It positioned  the state in  a place                                                                    
where the  compensation for  a permanent  partial impairment                                                                    
was too low.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Foster  MOVED  to  report   CSHB  30(FIN)  out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carpenter OBJECTED.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
A roll call vote was taken on the motion.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
IN FAVOR: Josephson,    Knopp,   LeBon,    Merrick,   Ortiz,                                                                    
Sullivan-Leonard, Wool, Johnston, Foster                                                                                        
OPPOSED: Tilton, Carpenter                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
The MOTION PASSED (9/2).                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 30(FIN)  was REPORTED  OUT of  committee with  five "do                                                                    
pass"  recommendations, one  "do  not pass"  recommendation,                                                                    
and five  "no recommendation"  recommendations and  with one                                                                    
new fiscal  impact note by the  Department of Administration                                                                    
and two new  fiscal impact notes by the  Department of Labor                                                                    
and Workforce Development.