STAND. COM. REP. NO.865

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 244

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 244, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE BENEFITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to extend long-term care insurance for public sector employees to an employee's children, siblings, and siblings' spouses.

Your Committee finds that passage of this measure will encourage the purchase of long-term care insurance by public employees to secure and provide for their own future financial well-being. The Legislature should not prohibit the provision of long-term care insurance to more members of a public employee's family, if they wish to purchase such insurance at their own cost.

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 S.B. No. 244, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair