STAND. COM. REP. NO 1183

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 930

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 930, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide a mechanism for the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to void unclaimed property in a similar way to the Unclaimed Property Program of the Department of Budget and Finance.

The Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the $500 cap for unclaimed property or Medicare Part B premiums to an unspecified amount.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 930, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 930, S.D. 2, 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