2005-05-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 1501
The Secretary was requested to notify the House of the Senate's action                              
and request the House to recede from its amendments. In the event the                               
House fails to recede, the President appointed a Conference                                         
Committee to meet with a like committee from the House to consider                                  
the bills:                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
     Senator Dyson, Chair                                                                           
     Senator Huggins                                                                                
     Senator Davis                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
SB 130                                                                                            
Message dated May 8 was read, stating the House passed 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 attorney fees with respect to workers'                                        
compensation; providing for the department to enter into contracts