Any permanently and totally disabled employee awarded and receiving compensation under § 386-23 or 386-23.5, but:

(1) Who is no longer receiving weekly benefits shall, without application, be entitled to a resumption of weekly benefits from the special compensation fund in an amount equal to a percentage of the current maximum weekly benefit determined by multiplying the current maximum weekly benefit rate by a fraction, the numerator of which is the weekly benefit amount the employee had been receiving and the denominator of which is the maximum weekly benefit rate applicable at the time the weekly benefit award was made.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-23.6

  • Compensation: means all benefits accorded by this chapter to an employee or the employee's dependents on account of a work injury as defined in this section; it includes medical and rehabilitation benefits, income and indemnity benefits in cases of disability or death, and the allowance for funeral and burial expenses. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Employee: means any individual in the employment of another person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
(2) Who is receiving one-half of weekly benefits from the special compensation fund shall be entitled to weekly benefits in an amount equal to a percentage of the current maximum weekly benefit rate determined by multiplying the current maximum weekly benefit rate by a fraction, the numerator of which is twice the amount the employee had been receiving and the denominator of which is the maximum weekly benefit rate applicable at the time the weekly benefit award was made.

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