STAND. COM. REP. NO. 815-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2015
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2015, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Exempts procurement of plan carriers, administrators, and professional service providers from the State Procurement Code;
(2) Specifies the fiduciary duties of EUTF trustees;
(3) Amends the composition, appointing authorities, vacancy-filling procedure, quorum requirements, and voting procedures of the EUTF board of trustees;
(4) Authorizes the establishment of sub-boards of the EUTF board for the negotiation of contributions that apply only to particular bargaining units;
(5) Authorizes the EUTF board to appoint attorneys independent of the Attorney General; and
(6) Amends the administration of EUTF moneys and transfers control of the EUTF to the Office of Collective Bargaining.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2015, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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