HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1068

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE STATE AND COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to make housekeeping amendments to sections 87A-34 and 87A-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     SECTION 2.  Section 87A-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  This section shall apply to state and county contributions to the fund for employees specified in paragraph [(1)(E)] (1)(D) of the definition of "employee" in section 87A-1 who:

     (1)  Were hired on or before June 30, 1996; and

     (2)  Retired after June 30, 1984, with fewer than ten years of credited service, excluding sick leave."

     SECTION 3.  Section 87A-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  The State, through the department of budget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of finance, shall pay to the fund:

     (1)  For retired employees based on the self plan with ten or more years but fewer than fifteen years of service, a monthly contribution equal to one-half of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly contribution set forth under section 87A-33(b);

     (2)  For retired employees based on the self plan with at least fifteen but fewer than twenty-five years of service, a monthly contribution equal to seventy-five per cent of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly contribution set forth under section 87A-33(b);

     (3)  For retired employees based on the self plan with twenty-five or more years of service, a monthly contribution equal to one-hundred per cent of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly contribution set forth under section 87A-33(b); and

     (4)  One-half of the monthly contributions for the employee-beneficiary or employee-beneficiary with dependent-beneficiaries upon the death of the employee, as defined in paragraph [(1)(E)] (1)(D) of the definition of "employee" in section 87A-1.

     If both husband and wife are employee-beneficiaries, the total contribution by the State or county shall not exceed the monthly contribution for two supplemental medicare self or non-medicare self plans, as appropriate."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

 


 


 

Report Title:

Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund

 

Description:

Make housekeeping amendments.

 

 

 

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