Report Title:
EUTF; Bargaining Unit (12)
Description:
Excludes members of collective bargaining unit (12) from the definition of "employee" under the EUTF. Requires the counties to make monthly contributions to SHOPO for separate health benefits coverage. (SD1)
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1566 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "employee" to read as follows:
""Employee" means an employee or officer of the State, county, or legislature,
(1) Including:
(A) An elective officer;
(B) A per diem employee;
(C) An officer or employee under an authorized leave of absence;
(D) An employee of the Hawaii national guard although paid from federal funds;
(E) A retired member of the employees' retirement system; the county pension system; or the police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or county;
(F) A salaried and full-time member of a board, commission, or agency appointed by the governor or the mayor of a county; and
(G) A person employed by contract for a period not exceeding one year, where the director of human resources development, personnel services, or civil service has certified that the service is essential or needed in the public interest and that, because of circumstances surrounding its fulfillment, personnel to perform the service cannot be obtained through normal civil service recruitment procedures,
(2) But excluding:
(A) A designated beneficiary of a retired member of the employees' retirement system; the county pension system; or the police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or county;
(B) Except as allowed under paragraph (1)(G), a person employed temporarily on a fee or contract basis; [and]
(C) A part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employee[.]; and
(D) Members of collective bargaining unit (12) under section 89-6."
SECTION 2. Section 87A-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§87A-32[]] State and county contributions; active employees. (a) The State, through the department of budget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of finance, shall pay to the fund a monthly contribution equal to the amount established under chapter 89C or specified in the applicable public sector collective bargaining agreements, whichever is appropriate, for each of their respective employee-beneficiaries and employee-beneficiaries with dependent-beneficiaries, which shall be used toward the payment of costs of a health benefits plan; provided that:
(1) The monthly contribution shall be a specified dollar amount;
(2) The monthly contribution shall not exceed the actual cost of a health benefits plan;
(3) If both husband and wife are employee-beneficiaries, the total contribution by the State or the county shall not exceed the monthly contribution for a family plan; and
(4) If the State or any of the counties establish cafeteria plans in accordance with Title 26, United States Code section 125, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and part II of chapter 78, the monthly contribution for those employee-beneficiaries who participate in a cafeteria plan shall be made through the cafeteria plan, and the payments made by the State or counties shall include their respective contributions to the fund and their employee-beneficiary's share of the cost of the employee-beneficiary's health benefits plan.
(b) The counties, through their respective departments of finance, shall pay to the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers a monthly contribution equal to the amount established under chapter 89C or specified in the applicable public sector collective bargaining agreements, whichever is appropriate, for each of their respective employee-beneficiaries and employee-beneficiaries with dependent-beneficiaries, which shall be used toward the payment of costs of a health benefits plan; provided that:
(1) The monthly contribution shall be a specified dollar amount;
(2) The monthly contribution shall not exceed the actual cost of a health benefits plan;
(3) If both husband and wife are employee-beneficiaries, the total contribution by the State or county shall not exceed the monthly contribution for a family plan; and
(4) If the State or any of the counties establishes cafeteria plans in accordance with Title 26, United States Code section 125, the Internal Revenue Code of 1 986, as amended, and part II of chapter 78, the monthly contribution for those employee-beneficiaries who participate in a cafeteria plan and the payments made by the State or counties shall include their respective contributions to the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers and their employee-beneficiary's share of the cost of the employee-beneficiary's health benefits plan.
[(b)] (c) The State, through the department of budget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of finance, shall pay to the fund a monthly contribution equal to the amount established under chapter 89C or specified in the applicable public sector collective bargaining agreement, whichever is applicable, for each of their respective employees, to be used toward the payment of group life insurance benefits for each employee."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.