2018-04-06                     Senate Journal                      Page 2509
SB 112                                                                                                                        
The Labor and Commerce Committee considered SPONSOR                                                                             
SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 112 "An Act relating to the                                                                      
controlled substance prescription database; relating to employer-                                                               
required drug testing; relating to the office of administrative hearings;                                                       
relating to the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board; relating to the                                                             
payment of workers' compensation or benefits; relating to                                                                       
compensable injuries; relating to rehabilitation and reemployment of                                                            
injured workers; relating to reemployment vouchers; relating to the                                                             
treatment or care of employees; relating to use of evidence-based                                                               
treatment guidelines; relating to prescribing or dispensing a controlled                                                        
substance to an employee for a compensable injury; relating to                                                                  
workers' compensation prehearings; relating to the filing of claims for                                                         
workers' compensation benefits or petitions for other relief; relating to                                                       
the burden of proof and credibility of witnesses in workers'                                                                    
compensation matters; relating to attorney fees; relating to the filing of                                                      
a verified annual report; relating to permanent total disability; relating                                                      
to temporary total disability; excluding independent contractors from                                                           
workers' compensation coverage; and providing for an effective date"                                                            
and recommended it be replaced with                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL                                                                                  
     NO. 112(L&C) "An Act relating to workers' compensation;                                                                    
     relating to attorney fees for workers' compensation claims;                                                                
     excluding independent contractors from workers'                                                                            
     compensation coverage; and establishing a workers'                                                                         
     compensation working group in the Department of                                                                            
     Commerce, Community, and Economic Development."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Signing no recommendation: Senator Costello, Chair; Senators                                                                    
Micciche, Meyer. Signing do not pass: Senator Gardner.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Administration                                                                          
 Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Department of Administration                                                                          
 Fiscal Note No. 3, Department of Commerce, Community and                                                                       
  Economic Development                                                                                                          
 Fiscal Note No. 4, zero, Department of Labor and Workforce                                                                     
  Development                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.