CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 104

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    S.B. No. 930

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 930, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to provide a process by which the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) may void claims for reimbursement of Medicare part B premiums and other debt payable when the total amount payable is less than a specified dollar amount and the claim is older than ten years.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the EUTF currently lacks a process by which it may void claims for minor amounts of unclaimed property after a sufficient time period has passed.  This measure establishes a mechanism by which the EUTF can void such claims in a similar manner to the Department of Budget and Finance Unclaimed Property Program.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the unspecified dollar cap for forfeiture of unclaimed Medicare Part B premiums and other property to $500;

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2017; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 930, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 930, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON Co-Chair	____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Chair
____________________________ DANIEL HOLT Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair