HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

677

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definitions of "health benefits plan" and "long-term care benefits plan" to read as follows:

     ""Health benefits plan" means[:

     (1)  A] a group insurance contract or service agreement that may include medical, hospital, surgical, prescribed drugs, vision, and dental services, in which a carrier agrees to provide, pay for, arrange for, or reimburse the cost of the services as determined by the board[; or

     (2)  A similar schedule of benefits established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis]."

     "Long-term care benefits plan" means[:

     (1)  A] a group insurance contract or service agreement in which a carrier agrees to provide, pay for, arrange for, or reimburse the cost of long-term care benefits as determined by the board[; or

     (2)  A similar schedule of benefits established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis]."

     SECTION 2.  Section 87A-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§87A-16[]]  Health benefits plan[; carriers].  [(a)]  The board shall establish the health benefits plan or plans, which shall be exempt from the minimum group requirements of chapter 431.

     [(b)  The board may contract for health benefits plans or provide health benefits through a noninsured schedule of benefits.]"

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2011.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

EUTF; Carrier

 

Description:

Removes the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to provide the health benefits plans or long-term care benefits plans through the fund on a self-insured basis or through a noninsured schedule of benefits.

 

 

 

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