STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1929

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1345

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1345, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of Budget and Finance for the operations of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.

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

Your Committee finds that supporting the operations of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund will provide continued and improved access to health care to the nearly two hundred thousand State and county employees and retirees, and their respective dependents, who rely on the trust fund for health insurance.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1345, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1345, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair