STAND. COM. REP. NO. 813

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1043
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1043 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH
     FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the Public
Employees Health Fund by changing the Health Fund Administrator's
civil service position to exempt hire status.  

     The Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund Board of Trustees
submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

     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.
1043, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1043, H.D. 1.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair