Extends long term care insurance for public sector employees to an employee's children and the employee's brothers and sisters as well as their spouses.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 87-23.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

"(a) The board shall determine the benefits of a long-term care benefits plan for employee-beneficiaries, their children, spouses, siblings, siblings' spouses, or reciprocal beneficiaries, as well as their parents and grandparents, and in-law parents and grandparents, and qualified-beneficiaries. The plan shall comply with article 10H, of chapter 431.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the benefits shall be available only to employee-beneficiaries, their children, spouses, siblings, siblings' spouses, or reciprocal beneficiaries, as well as their parents and grandparents, and in-law parents and grandparents, and qualified-beneficiaries who enroll between the ages of twenty and eighty-five. Eligible persons must comply with the plan's age, enrollment, medical underwriting, and contribution requirements."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.