STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1286

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: S.B. No. 88

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 88 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the payment of allowances for TRICARE, TRICARE Dental Program, and vision coverage to all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than thirty days.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi National Guard and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that some Hawaii National Guard servicemembers lose healthcare coverage from their civilian employers when they are required to take an indefinite leave of absence for active-duty military service. Your Committee further finds that the medical, dental, and vision coverage authorized by this measure will ensure that servicemembers and their families' access to health care is maintained when the servicemembers are called to serve on state active duty for more than thirty days.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 88 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair