2005-05-04                     House Journal                      Page 1540
No recommendation (3):  Stoltze, Kelly, Moses                                                       
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 283(STA):                                                
                                                                                                    
2.  Fiscal, Dept. of Revenue                                                                        
                                                                                                    
HB 283 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                                     
calendar.                                                                                           
                                                                                                    
SB 130                                                                                            
The Labor & Commerce Committee has considered:                                                      
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 130(FIN) am                                                             
     "An Act relating to a special deposit for workers' compensation                                
     and employers' liability insurers; relating to assigned risk pools;                            
     relating to workers' compensation insurers; stating the intent of the                          
     legislature, and setting out limitations, concerning the                                       
     interpretation, construction, and implementation of workers'                                   
     compensation laws; relating to the Alaska Workers' Compensation                                
     Board; assigning certain Alaska Workers' Compensation Board                                    
     functions to the division of workers' compensation in the                                      
     Department of Labor and Workforce Development and to that                                      
     department, and authorizing the board to delegate administrative                               
     and enforcement duties to the division; providing for workers'                                 
     compensation hearing officers in workers' compensation                                         
     proceedings; establishing a Workers' Compensation Appeals                                      
     Commission; relating to workers' compensation medical benefits                                 
     and to charges for and payment of fees for the medical benefits;                               
     relating to agreements that discharge workers' compensation                                    
     liability; relating to workers' compensation awards; relating to                               
     reemployment benefits and job dislocation benefits; relating to                                
     coordination of workers' compensation and certain disability                                   
     benefits; relating to division of workers' compensation records;                               
     relating to release of treatment records; relating to an employer's                            
     failure to insure and keep insured or provide security; providing                              
     for appeals from compensation orders; relating to workers'                                     
     compensation proceedings; providing for supreme court                                          
     jurisdiction of appeals from the Workers' Compensation Appeals                                 
     Commission; providing for a maximum amount for the cost-of-                                    
     living adjustment for workers' compensation benefits; relating to