STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1312

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1290
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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 Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1290, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH BENEFITS FOR PART-
     TIME, TEMPORARY, AND SEASONAL OR CASUAL EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to offer medical benefits to
part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual public employees at
no cost to the employer.

     The Department of Budget and Finance testified in support of
this measure.  The Department of Education supported the measure,
if no additional work requirements or costs will be incurred in
implementation.

     Your Committee notes that this bill is similar to H.B. No.
1044, H.D. 1, which was passed out of the House of
Representatives earlier this session after public hearings before
this Committee and the Committee on Finance.  Your Committee has
amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing from July 1, 2000, to September 1, 2000, the
          date from which the benefits will be offered; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style
          and clarity.

 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1290, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
1290, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair