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HB 1778 Hawaii House · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS.

Summary
Improves access for firefighters to comprehensive medical benefits under the Workers' Compensation Law upon diagnosis of cancer that is presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment. Requires private health care plans to pay for or provide medical care, services, and supplies to injured employees for controverted workers' compensation claims that are accepted or determined to be compensable. (HB1778 CD1)
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
Jul 2018
Introduced Jan 16, 2018 Signed Jul 6, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
52
Key actions
20
Committee
23
Amendments
3
Jul 6, 2018
Signed into law
Act 107, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208).
upper
Jul 6, 2018
Signed into law
Act 107, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208).
lower
Apr 27, 2018
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
upper
Apr 27, 2018
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 149-18).
upper
Apr 27, 2018
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 149-18) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 24, 2018
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Baker, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 24, 2018
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Takumi, Holt, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Apr 23, 2018
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-24-18 10:00AM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 9:30AM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 12, 2018
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Apr 10, 2018
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 609) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Apr 10, 2018
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
upper
Mar 29, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto.
upper
Mar 27, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-18 10:50AM in conference room 211.
upper
Mar 23, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 23, 2018
Committee
Reported from LBR/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3207) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 22, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBR were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, S. Chang, Ihara, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English.
upper
Mar 22, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman.
upper
Mar 21, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBR deferred the measure until 03-22-18 3:00PM in conference room 229.
upper
Mar 21, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 03-22-18 9:15AM in conference room 229.
upper
Mar 14, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBR/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
upper
Mar 6, 2018
Committee
Referred to LBR/CPH, WAM.
upper
Mar 2, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 52).
upper
Mar 1, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Yamane excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 21, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole, Tupola.
lower
Feb 13, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1).
lower
Feb 13, 2018
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 338-18), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 7, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Tokioka, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Say, McDermott.
lower
Jan 31, 2018
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 21-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Jan 25, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Evans, Ichiyama, Keohokalole, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.
lower
Jan 22, 2018
Committee
Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 4
lower
Jan 17, 2018
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading
lower
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled.
lower
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