STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1310

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 366
                                     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. 366, S.D. 1, 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 amend the composition of the
Employer-Union Trust Concept Committee and to extend the scope of
its mandated purpose.

     The Hawaii State Teachers Association - Retired, the Hawaii
Government Employees Association, and the Hawaii State Teachers
Association testified in support of the measure.  The Department
of Budget and Finance supported the intent of the measure.

     Your Committee notes that this bill is similar to H.B. No.
104, 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)  Inserting the language from H.B. No. 104, H.D. 1; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to August 1, 2001.

 
 
 
 
 
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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. 366, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
366, 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