STAND. COM. REP. NO. 376

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 930

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 930 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 and intent 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 $500 and the claim is older than ten years.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.

     Your Committee 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 has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 930, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 930, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair