STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1364

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 81

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 81 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND TO PAY THE TRICARE RESERVE SELECT PREMIUM FOR ELIGIBLE STATE AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES WHO DECLINE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE THROUGH THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND AND INSTEAD OPT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE THROUGH TRICARE RESERVE SELECT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Board of Trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to pay the TRICARE Reserve Select premium for eligible state and county employees who:

(1)  Are members of the National Guard and Reserves; and

(2)  Decline health insurance coverage through the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund and instead opt for health insurance coverage through the federally-administered TRICARE Reserve Select.

The State Representative of the Thirty-Third Representative District supported this measure.  The Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Board of Trustees opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 81 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair