A workers' compensation measure passed this week by the HawaiiLegislature over a gubernatorial veto softens doctors' medicaltreatment guidelines for injured workers, according to an insurancetrade group representative.
Governor Linda Lingle's veto of SB 1808 was overridden in aspecial session Tuesday. The measure will alter the StateDepartment of Labor's newly adopted workers' comp regulations.
Samuel Sorich, a representative of the Property CasualtyInsurers Association of America, said that the PCI saw the originalregulations as "a good guidance and framework for determining theappropriateness of medical treatments."
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