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HI HB1673
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/18/2024
Primary Sponsor
Scot Matayoshi
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AI Summary
- Extends workers' compensation cancer coverage to solid waste workers who have significant regular exposure to solid waste, matching existing protections for firefighters with five or more years of service
- Covers claims for leukemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and cancers of the lung, brain, stomach, esophagus, intestines, rectum, kidney, bladder, prostate, and testes
- Requires employers to pay for medical care, services, and supplies at 110-150 percent of Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale fees applicable to Hawaii
- Defines "solid waste worker" as employees of government facilities handling solid waste, including municipal solid waste employees at transfer stations and solid waste collectors
- Effective date: July 1, 3000
Legislative Description
Relating To Workers' Compensation.
Workers' Compensation
Last Action
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Takayama, Todd excused (3).
2/14/2024
Committee Referrals
Finance2/14/2024
Consumer Protection & Commerce2/1/2024
Labor & Government Operations1/24/2024
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