2000-04-05                     House Journal                      Page 2869
HB 419                                                                       
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                        
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 419                                                            
"An Act relating to the weekly rate of compensation and minimum               
and maximum compensation rates for workers' compensation;                      
specifying components of a workers' compensation reemployment                  
plan; adjusting workers' compensation benefits for permanent                   
partial impairment, for reemployment plans, for rehabilitation                 
benefits, for widows, widowers, and orphans, and for funerals;                 
relating to permanent total disability of an employee receiving                
rehabilitation benefits; relating to calculation of gross weekly               
earnings for workers' compensation benefits for seasonal and                   
temporary workers and for workers with overtime or premium pay;                
setting time limits for requesting a hearing on claims for workers'            
compensation, for selecting a rehabilitation specialist, and for               
payment of medical bills; relating to termination and to waiver of             
rehabilitation benefits, obtaining medical releases, and resolving             
discovery disputes relating to workers' compensation; setting an               
interest rate for late payments of workers' compensation; providing            
for updating the workers' compensation medical fee schedule; and               
providing for an effective date."                                              
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(JUD)                                                
(same title)                                                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representative Kott, Chair, with the                  
following individual recommendations:                                          
                                                                               
Do pass (2):  Rokeberg, Kott                                                   
                                                                               
No recommendation (3):  Murkowski, Kerttula, James                             
                                                                               
Amend (1):  Croft                                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply to CSHB 419(JUD):                             
                                                                               

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HB 419                                                                       
Fiscal note, Office of the Governor/All Depts., 3/29/00                        
Fiscal note, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development, 3/29/00                   
Fiscal note, University of Alaska, 3/29/00                                     
                                                                               
HB 419 was referred to the Finance Committee.