HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2003

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro, Chair

Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair

Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Rep. Brian K. Blundell

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Mark S. Moses

Rep. Romeo M. Mindo

Rep. David A. Pendleton

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

DATE:

Tuesday, March 18, 2003

TIME:

8:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 435

(SSCR949)

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.

Requires the employer-union health benefits trust fund to establish flexible health benefit option plans for retirees to select benefits coverage under separate option categories. Allows employee-beneficiaries whose spouses are not public employees or retired public employees to enroll in plans.

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SB 687

SD1

(SSCR789)

RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE.

Implements an Internal Revenue Service approved special pay plan for all eligible employees of the State and county which will not enhance or diminish existing special pay benefits. Allows employees under the age of fifty-five who elect early withdrawal from the special pay plan within sixty days of the effective date of separation from service to be reimbursed by the employer the difference between the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)and any Medicare tax savings to the employee and any early withdrawal penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. (SD1)

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DECISION MAKING ON THE AFOREMENTIONED BILLS WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON AGENDAS #1 AND 2.

AS THIS IS A DECISION MAKING MEETING ONLY, NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8505.

 

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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Chair