HI SB2127

Imposes a 20% penalty on employers who fail to pay temporary partial disability benefits within fourteen calendar days after the end of the employee's workweek, payable without requiring a director's order.

Clarifies that eligibility for temporary total or temporary partial disability benefits is determined by the employee's primary care physician's certification of disability dates or by examination of available medical records by another physician if the primary care physician is unavailable.

Eliminates the automatic disqualification of employees from disability benefits if their primary care physician fails to certify disability dates in an interim report.

Allows waiver of contemporaneous certification and retroactive certification of disability under specified conditions, with retroactive certification permitted only once per claim within twelve months of the request date.

Takes effect July 1, 2050.