STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1361-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 38

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.C.R. No. 38 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND TO REVIEW ITS HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR RETIREES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to:

     (1)  Review its health insurance policies for retirees and their family members to ensure that retirees' dependents are afforded health insurance coverage to the same extent as their peers who are eligible for continued coverage as a dependent under the Affordable Care Act;

     (2)  Provide and explain its reasons for different age eligibility requirements for dependents than those set forth in the Affordable Care Act; and

     (3)  Provide retiree members with alternative options to obtain coverage for dependents who are disqualified from extended coverage under their parents' health insurance policies because they are not attending a college or other form of post-secondary education.

The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly testified in support of 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 38 and recommends that it 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