STAND. COM. REP. NO.  419

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1062

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1062 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITION OF "DEPENDENT-BENFICIARY","

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "dependent-beneficiary" for purposes of determining eligibility for benefit programs, especially survivor benefits, under the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.  This measure conforms the definition to the requirements of federal law.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Correcting a misspelling in its title by changing it from "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITION OF "DEPENDENT-BENFICIARY"" to read in its corrected form, "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITION OF "DEPENDENT-BENEFICIARY""; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage 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. 1062, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1062, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair