STAND. COM. REP. NO. 614-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2334

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2334 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITION OF "DEPENDENT-BENEFICIARY","

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "dependent-beneficiary" in the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in order to clarify eligibility of children for participation in fund benefit plans and to bring the definition of "dependent-beneficiary" into conformance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

The Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund and University of Hawaii Professional Assembly supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

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. 2334, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2334, 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