MINUTES OF THE

SENATE BUSINESS AND LABOR STANDING COMMITTEE

215 Senate Building, Utah State Capitol Complex

                                                                 March 10, 2015

 

 

Members Present      Sen. Deidre Henderson

                                    Sen. Karen Mayne

                                    Sen. Todd Weiler

 

Members Excused:    Sen. Curtis S. Bramble, Chair

                                    Sen. Gene Davis

                                    Sen. Stuart Adams

                                    Sen. Ralph Okerlund 

 

Staff Present:             Mr. Bryant Howe, Deputy Director

                                    Ms. Karen Allred, Committee Secretary

 

NOTE:  A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.

 

Sen. Weiler assumed the Committee Chair and called the meeting to order at 8:20 a.m.

 

MOTION:  Sen. Mayne moved to approve the minutes of the March 6, 2015 meeting.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

H.B.   395       1st Sub.     Controlled Substance Database Amendments (E. Redd)

 

Rep. Redd explained the bill to the committee.

 

MOTION:  Sen. Mayne moved to adopt the following amendments:

1.        Page 1, Line 17:

           


             17        requirements on and after January 1, 2016;

       ; ▸        provides that a physician employed as medical director for a licensed workers' compensation insurer or an approved self-insured employer may have access to the database regarding requests for workers' compensation     

 

2.       Page 9, Line 256:         

 

       (ii)  a physician employed as medical director for a licensed workers' compensation insurer or an approved self-insured employer;  or

                                   256              {(ii)}    (iii)    a physician offering a second opinion regarding treatment.

 

 

The motion passed unanimously.

 

 

MOTION:  Sen. Mayne moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

H.B.   378     2nd Sub.     White Collar Crime Registry (M. McKell)

 

Rep. McKell explained the bill to the committee assisted by Sean Reyes, Attorney General.

 

MOTION:   Sen. Mayne moved to pass the bill out favorably.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

H.B.   324    Search and Rescue Financial Assistance Amendments (S. DiCaro)

 

Rep. DiCaro explained the bill to the committee assisted by Brad Petersen, Office of

Outdoor Recreation.

 

Spoke to the bill:         Todd Kiser, Utah Insurance Department

                     Robin Cahoon, Government Relations, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

                         

MOTION:  Sen. Mayne moved to pass the bill favorably.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

MOTION:   Sen. Mayne moved to adjourn.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

Acting Chair Weiler adjourned the meeting at 8:52 a.m.

 

 

 

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Sen. Curtis S. Bramble, Chair