STAND. COM. REP. NO.  174

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1174

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1174 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal statutorily-specified monetary amounts for employer contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for enrolled employee beneficiaries in the various self and family plans.

 

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA), AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; HGEA Retirees Unit; HGEA Retirees Unit, Oahu Chapter; and a few concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General, Department of Budget and Finance, and Honolulu Police Department opposed this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2113, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1174, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1174, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair