Shelving of 2 bills hampers reform of workers' comp

By Ira Zunin

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 07, 2012

~~<p>The Senate Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Sen. David Ige, essentially shelved two bills this week that would have helped repair the state's workers' compensation system, which is in great need of repair.</p>
<p>One bill was deferred and the other was reduced to a study of the issue, disappointing a conference room filled with occupational medicine physicians in white lab coats, patients and others who believed passage of the bills is critical to solving long-standing administrative problems suffered by injured workers.</p>
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The Senate Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Sen. David Ige, essentially shelved two bills this week that would have helped repair the state's workers' compensation system, which is in great need of repair.

One bill was deferred and the other was reduced to a study of the issue, disappointing a conference room filled with occupational medicine physicians in white lab coats, patients and others who believed passage of the bills is critical to solving long-standing administrative problems suffered by injured workers. Login for more...