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HB 244                                                                                                                        
HOUSE BILL NO. 244 by Representative Parish, entitled:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    "An Act authorizing employers and employees to mediate                                                                      
    disputed workers' compensation claims and to negotiate a                                                                    
    collective bargaining agreement that offers mediation and                                                                   
    mandates arbitration of disputed workers' compensation claims by                                                            
    a hearing officer or other classified employee of the division of                                                           

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    workers' compensation and allowing collective bargaining                                                                    
    agreements to supersede certain provisions of the Alaska Workers'                                                           
    Compensation Act; and providing for an effective date."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor & Commerce and                                                                
Finance Committees.