THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

      MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2000

      COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
               COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
           COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT
                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 211


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
            (Deferred from February 25, 2000)

SB 2793    RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT     CPN/LRE/WAM
           SYSTEM.
           Specifies  that  only  the  member's  base  salary,
           including shortage differential pay,  is to be used
           to compute the  member's average final compensation
           and  determine   the   contributory  plan  member's
           contributions to the ERS.  (MIZUGUCHI (BR))

SB 3039    RELATING TO PROVIDER CONTRACTS.               CPN/WAM
           Establishes   requirements   for   joint   contract
           negotiations  between   physicians   and  insurance
           companies,  mutual  benefit  societies,  and health
           maintenance  organizations.    Requires physicians'
           representatives in contract  negotiations  to pay a
           fee. (TANIGUCHI)

SB 2326    RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.         CPN/WAM
           Requires the  Employees'  Retirement  System to pay
           for retirant health benefits if fully funded and if
           the reimbursement will not reduce the ERS' earnings
           below the investment yield rate for the fiscal year
           in  which  the  reimbursement  is  sought.  (KANNO;
           Taniguchi)

SB 2802    RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.   CPN/WAM
           Creates an employer-union  trust  fund  as a single
           public  employees  health  benefit  delivery system
           administered by a  board  of  trustees.  (MIZUGUCHI
           (BR))

SB 3193    RELATING TO THE HAWAII INSURANCE EXCHANGE.    CPN/WAM
           Creates Hawaii insurance exchange captive insurance
           company to replace the public employees health fund
           structure. (TANIGUCHI)


                No testimony will be accepted.


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