STAND. COM. REP. NO.  74-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 2466

      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. 2466 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (Trust Fund) from withholding any retroactive reimbursement payable after June 30, 2013, to a retired employee-beneficiary and qualified employee-beneficiary's spouse from an income-adjusted Medicare Part B premium based on when the adjustment request is made to the Trust Fund.

United Public Workers and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Trust Fund Board of Trustees provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage 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. 2466, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2466, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair