2000-05-02                     House Journal                      Page 3733
HB 419                                                                       
Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that the                
House consider the Senate message (page 3563) on the following at              
this time:                                                                     
                                                                               

2000-05-02                     House Journal                      Page 3734
HB 419                                                                       
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(RLS)                                                
"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                                                                            
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 419(FIN) am S                             
	(same title)                                                                  
                                                                               
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
Representative Green moved that the House concur in the Senate                 
amendment to CSHB 419(RLS), thus adopting SCS CSHB 419(FIN)                    
am S, and recommended that the members vote yes.                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
The question being: "Shall the House concur in the Senate amendment            
to CSHB 419(RLS)?"  The roll was taken with the following result:              
                                                                               
SCS CSHB 419(FIN) am S                                                         
Concur                                                                         
                                                                               
YEAS:  37   NAYS:  3   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               

2000-05-02                     House Journal                      Page 3735
HB 419                                                                       
Yeas:  Austerman, Barnes, Berkowitz, Brice, Bunde, Cissna, Coghill,            
Cowdery, Croft, Davies, Davis, Dyson, Foster, Green, Grussendorf,              
Harris, Hudson, James, Joule, Kapsner, Kemplen, Kerttula, Kookesh,             
Kott, Masek, Morgan, Moses, Murkowski, Ogan, Phillips, Porter,                 
Rokeberg, Sanders, Smalley, Therriault, Whitaker, Williams                     
                                                                               
Nays:  Halcro, Kohring, Mulder                                                 
                                                                               
And so, the House concurred in the Senate amendment, thus adopting             
SCS CSHB 419(FIN) am S.                                                        
                                                                               
Representative Green moved and asked unanimous consent that the roll           
call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the             
effective date clause.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.           
                                                                               
The Chief Clerk was instructed to so notify the Senate.                        
                                                                               
SCS CSHB 419(FIN) am S was referred to the Chief Clerk for                     
enrollment.