CHAPTER 87A

HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND

 

       Part I.  General Provisions

Section

   87A-1 Definitions

 

       Part II.  Board of Trustees

   87A-5 Composition of board

   87A-6 Term of a trustee; vacancy

   87A-7 Chair, vice-chair, and secretary-treasurer

   87A-8 Compensation and expenses

   87A-9 Legal adviser

  87A-10 Meetings; notice

  87A-11 Quorum; board actions; voting

  87A-12 Records and minutes

 

        Part III.  Board Powers and Duties

  87A-15 Administration of the fund

  87A-16 Health benefits plan; carriers

  87A-17 Group life insurance benefits or group life insurance

         program

  87A-18 Long-term care benefits plan; carrier or third-party

         administrator

  87A-19 Plans for part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual

         employees

  87A-20 Repealed

  87A-21 Eligibility

  87A-22 Benefits plan information and enrollment

  87A-23 Health benefits plan supplemental to medicare

  87A-24 Other powers

  87A-25 Other duties

  87A-26 Rules; policies, standards, and procedures

 

       Part IV.  Trust Fund

  87A-30 Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund;

         establishment

  87A-31 Trust fund; purpose

87A-31.5 Employer contributions irrevocable

  87A-32 State and county contributions; active employees

  87A-33 State and county contributions; retired employees

87A-33.5 State and county contribution; reimbursement for

         retired employees

  87A-34 State and county contributions; retired employees with

         fewer than ten years of service

  87A-35 State and county contributions; employees hired after

         June 30, 1996, but before July 1, 2001, and retired

         with fewer than twenty-five years of service

  87A-36 State and county contributions; employees hired after

         June 30, 2001, and retired

  87A-37 Group life insurance benefits plans for retired

         employees; contributions

  87A-38 State and county contributions not considered wages or

         salary

  87A-39 Reimbursement for state contributions

  87A-40 Employee-beneficiary contributions; health benefit

         plans

  87A-41 Employee-beneficiary or qualified-beneficiary

         contributions; long-term care benefits plan

 

Cross References

 

  Hawaii health authority, see chapter 322H.

 

Case Notes

 

  This chapter's use of general trust language does not impose upon the trustees all of the common law fiduciary duties; although this chapter does not use "discretion" in requiring the board to decide upon the structure of the health benefits plan, the legislature clearly intended that the board have broad discretion in its design; where trustees expressed concern regarding the impact a change to a three- or four-tier structure would have on the collective bargaining process, and also determined that the two-tiered structure would have a negative impact on the smallest percentage of plan participants, trustees did not abuse their discretion.  115 H. 126, 165 P.3d 1027.