STAND. COM. REP. NO. 29

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1089

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1089 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH BENEFITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to extend health insurance benefits to instructors at the University of Hawaii Outreach College who provide at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week.

The Department of Budget and Finance and University of Hawaii opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1089, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1089, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair