THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2003

COMMITTEE ON LABOR

Senator Brian Kanno, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Monday, February 3, 2003

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 789

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.

Extends authority of the Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund to contract for health and life insurance benefits from 7/1/03 to 7/1/04. Enables orderly transition of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to a single health benefits delivery system for public employees. Provides the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund the needed time, flexibility, and authority to develop health benefits plans and the administrative systems to manage the new program.

LBR, WAM

SB 312

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND.

Restores Health Fund benefits to retirees.

LBR, WAM

SB 763

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Requires the State to pay to the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, a contribution equal to an amount not less than the medicare part B premium for voluntary medical insurance coverage under medicare for retirees.

LBR, WAM

SB 762

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Removes the employer contribution cap on monthly contributions for health benefits plans for retirees.

LBR, WAM

SB 758

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Makes negotiable the employer's contribution for a health benefits plan as either a specified percentage or dollar amount.

LBR, WAM

SB 759

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION BENEFITS TRUST PLAN.

Excludes the inclusion of the administrative costs from the establishment of health benefits plan and long-term care benefits plan rates.

LBR, WAM

SB 760

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Allows exclusive representatives from collective bargaining units to design and administer health plans under guidelines to be established by the employer-union health benefits trust fund board of trustees.

LBR, WAM

SB 435

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.

LBR, WAM

SB 757

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Requires the public employer to pay for one hundred per cent of employees and retirees life insurance premiums. Excludes from collective bargaining negotiations the contribution amounts to the group life insurance benefits program.

LBR, WAM

SB 755

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Requires public employers to pay the total cost of dental plan benefits for children of employee-beneficiaries.

LBR, WAM
     

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.

Persons wishing to testify should submit 30 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 202, State Capitol 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.

 

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Senator Brian Kanno

Chair