STAND. COM. REP. NO.  667

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 814

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 814 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to amend provisions relating to group life insurance for active and retired public employees by:

 

(1)  Requiring the Board of Trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to provide group life insurance benefits only to employees who retire before July 1, 2011;

 

(2)  Repealing the public employers' monthly contribution toward the payment of group life insurance benefits for active employees;    

 

(3)  Repealing provisions pertaining to the negotiation of cost items for active employees; and

 

(4)  Defining "health benefits plan".

 

     The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly; Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, Local 1463, IAFF, AFL-CIO; and several concerned individuals testified in opposition to this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General and Department of Budget and Finance commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 814, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 814, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair