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HI HCR157
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/3/2023
Primary Sponsor
Scot Matayoshi
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AI Summary
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Requests the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations continue recognizing and accepting providers' right to assign billing dispute participation rights to billing companies in workers' compensation cases.
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Affirms the Director's consistent position since 2012 that Hawaii Revised Statutes section 386-57 does not prohibit billing company assignments because it applies only to employee compensation rights, not dispute participation rights.
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Notes that section 386-21.7, HRS (Act 231, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014) explicitly recognizes providers' assignees' ability to contract directly with employers or carriers regarding prescription drug payment for work injuries.
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Expresses concern that recent challenges to established precedent could restrict providers' ability to dispense and receive payment for prescription drugs needed for injured employees, contrary to legislative intent and workers' compensation system goals.
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Directs transmission of certified copies to the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations and Director of Human Resources Development.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Continue To Recognize And Accept The Right Of A Provider Of Service To Assign The Right To Participate In A Workers' Compensation Billing Dispute To A Billing Company.
DLIR
Last Action
Referred to LBT.
4/4/2023