HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
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COMMITTEE ON LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT |
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Rep. Kirk Caldwell, Chair |
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Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Pono Chong |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
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Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro |
Rep. Anne V. Stevens |
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Rep. Maile S. L. Shimabukuro |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
March 14, 2006 |
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TIME: |
8:30 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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SB 2190 SD1 (SSCR2687) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Provides temporary tax relief to employers by lowering the maximum taxable wage base for calendar year 2007. Increases unemployment benefits for eligible individuals. Excludes the payment of benefits to individuals terminated from employment for willful or wanton misconduct. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 3021 SD2 (SSCR2608) |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer from discharging or otherwise punishing an employee for the lawful use of the employee's accrued and available sick leave. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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SB 3090 SD2 (SSCR2865) |
RELATING TO STANDARDIZED FORMS FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. Requires the director of labor and industrial relations, with input from interested stakeholders in the workers' compensation system, to establish standardized forms for medical service providers to use when reporting on and billing for injuries compensable under the State's workers' compensation law. (SD2) |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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SB 2640 SD1 (SSCR2855) |
RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. Clarifies that VEBA trusts can be established by any employee organization for all state and county employees represented by that employee organization. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 54 SD2 (SSCR2842) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows an elective officer who attains the age of sixty-five to retire and receive a service retirement allowance while continuing to fill an elective position; provided that the elective officer has continuously served in the state legislature as an elective officer for at least twenty years immediately prior to retiring. (SD2) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2273 SD2 (SSCR2850) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Adds a definition of "child or children" to conform to administrative interpretation and includes in the definition: children living with an ERS member in a regular parent-child relationship for whom the member is the guardian or has legal and physical custody pursuant to a valid court order. Allows former nonvested contributory plan members whose accumulated contributions are more than $1,000 to withdraw these funds upon their return to service. Allows noncontributory plan members hired or returning to service from 3/1/06 through 6/30/06 to elect to join the hybrid plan. (SD2) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2274 SD1 (SSCR2851) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Excludes from membership in the hybrid plan members of the employees' retirement system who received in-service refunds of pension contributions made under section 414(h)(2) of the IRC. Repeals the provision for hardship withdrawal of employees' retirement system contributions. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 3012 SD1 (SSCR2859) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Enables a member of the ERS who suffers from an incurable debilitating disease to qualify for ordinary disability retirement and to continue working until they are unable to continue working. (SD1) |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2272 (SSCR2849) |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Permits the EUTF to require individuals who become eligible for Medicare Part B reimbursements on or after 7/01-06 to accept direct deposit of the reimbursements to an institution of their choice. |
LAB, FIN |
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SB 2021 SD2 (SSCR2847) |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Allows a retiree who moves outside of the coverage of the EUTF to be reimbursed for the lesser of an amount equal to the amount of the personal health insurance policy or contributions for the most comparable EUTF plans for the retiree. (SD2) |
LAB, FIN |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Kirk Caldwell Chair |
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