STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1408

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1044
                                        H.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1044, H.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH BENEFITS FOR PART-
     TIME, TEMPORARY, AND SEASONAL OR CASUAL EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to offer medical benefits to
part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual public employees at
no cost to the employer.

     Your Committee finds that providing such benefits to part-
time employees would increase medical coverage for citizens of
the State at no cost to the public employer and concurrently
provide these employees with the opportunity to obtain coverage
at a lower premium rate.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1044, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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