2005-04-15                     House Journal                      Page 1067
    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                               
    attorney fees with respect to workers' compensation; providing for                              
    the department to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations                             
    to provide information services and legal representation to injured                             
    employees; providing for administrative penalties for employers                                 
    uninsured or without adequate security for workers' compensation;                               
    relating to fraudulent acts or false or misleading statements in                                
    workers' compensation and penalties for the acts or statements;                                 
    providing for members of a limited liability company to be                                      
    included as an employee for purposes of workers' compensation;                                  
    establishing a workers' compensation benefits guaranty fund;                                    
    making conforming amendments; providing for a study and report                                  
    by the medical services review committee; establishing the Task                                 
    Force on Workers' Compensation; and providing for an effective                                  
    date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Labor & Commerce,                                       
Judiciary, and Finance Committees.                                                                  
                                                                                                    
**The presence of Representatives Kott and Guttenberg was noted.                                    
                                                                                                    
SB 155                                                                                            
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 155(FIN) by the Senate Finance                                               
Committee, entitled:                                                                                
                                                                                                    
    "An Act making appropriations from the earnings reserve account                                 
    for construction of an integrated science complex at the University                             
    of Alaska in Anchorage, for replacement of the virology                                         
    laboratory in Fairbanks, for expansion of the Anchorage Museum                                  
    of History and Art, for the major maintenance grant fund, and for                               
    other capital projects related to education; and providing for an                               
    effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Finance Committee.