STAND. COM. REP. NO.  341-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2310

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2310 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) definition of "dependent-beneficiary" to:

     (1)  Clarify the eligibility of children for participation in EUTF benefits plans; and

     (2)  Conform with the federal Affordable Care Act.

The EUTF Board of Trustees and the United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2310 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair