Committee Passes IME Chaperone Bill

The Hawaii Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts passed a bill that would eliminate the scheduled sunsetting of a law allowing injured workers to bring a chaperone to an independent medical exam. The committee voted 3-0 to pass HB 390 on Tuesday. The bill, by Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, D-Moanalua, would repeal a statute that would sunset the law passed in 2017 allowing injured workers to bring someone with them to independent medical exams. The 2017 measure also allowed injured workers to record the exam if the doctor consents. The sunsetting provision takes effect June 30. Th...