STAND. COM. REP. NO.  388

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1066

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1066 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that insurers contracted with the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund are exempt from statutorily mandated health benefits requirements of the Insurance Code to the same extent that the Trust Fund is exempt.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Board of Trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund and Hawaii Medical Service Association.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and conformity.

     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. 1066, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1066, H.D. 1, 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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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair