STAND. COM. REP. 763
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 50
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 50, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to re-establish health fund benefits to retired public employees under the Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund (HPEHF). This bill restores provisions that existed prior to the passage of Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, which established the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. This bill also requires annual audits of health benefits plans of any employee organization.
The Retirees Unit of HGEA-AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO and the Hawaii State Retired Teachers Association testified in support of this measure. The Oahu Retired Teachers Association and one individual offered comments. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Board of Trustees of HPEHF to contract for various health benefits plans; and
(2) Changing the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2010, for the purpose of continued discussion.
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. 50, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 50, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
||