STAND. COM. REP. NO. 991

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 675

S.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Tourism, to which was referred S.B. No. 675, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "employee-beneficiary" to include the surviving unmarried adult child of a deceased retired member if the child is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity which existed prior to the unmarried child's reaching the age of nineteen.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

Your Committee finds that there are currently four hundred twelve dependents who are incapable of self-support due to a mental or physical incapacity on Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund health plans who would benefit from this measure. This measure will ensure these individuals continue to receive health benefits as employee-beneficiaries after the death of their retired parent.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Tourism that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 675, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Tourism,

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RICHARD H.K. ONISHI, Chair