Lawmakers Set to Take Another Run at Revising IME Process

Hawaii lawmakers appear poised to take another run at revising the process for independent medical exams with the introduction of a bill that would require that injured workers and employers agree on the provider performing the evaluation. Another workers’ compensation bill under consideration in 2023 would increase benefits paid to partially dependent parents of a deceased child. Senate Bill 919, by Sen. Karl Rhoads, D-Dowsett Highlands, would revise the IME process by allowing exams to be conducted by a chiropractor in addition to a physician and require that the parties mutually agr...