Bill Text: HI HB1068 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The State And County Contributions To The Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-15 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kobayashi, Oshiro excused (2). [HB1068 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-HB1068-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE AND COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to make housekeeping amendments to sections 87A-34 and 87A-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION 2. Section 87A-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) This
section shall apply to state and county contributions to the fund for employees
specified in paragraph [(1)(E)] (1)(D) of the definition of "employee" in section 87A-1
who:
(1) Were hired on or before June 30, 1996; and
(2) Retired after June 30, 1984, with fewer than ten years of credited service, excluding sick leave."
SECTION 3. Section 87A-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The State, through the department of budget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of finance, shall pay to the fund:
(1) For retired employees based on the self plan with ten or more years but fewer than fifteen years of service, a monthly contribution equal to one-half of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly contribution set forth under section 87A-33(b);
(2) For retired employees based on the self plan with at least fifteen but fewer than twenty-five years of service, a monthly contribution equal to seventy-five per cent of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly contribution set forth under section 87A-33(b);
(3) For retired employees based on the self plan with
twenty-five or more years of service, a monthly contribution equal to [one-hundred]
one hundred per cent of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly
contribution set forth under section 87A-33(b); and
(4) One-half of the monthly contributions for the
employee-beneficiary or employee-beneficiary with dependent-beneficiaries upon
the death of the employee, as defined in paragraph [(1)(E)] (1)(D) of the
definition of "employee" in section 87A-1.
If both husband and wife are employee-beneficiaries, the total contribution by the State or county shall not exceed the monthly contribution for two supplemental medicare self or non-medicare self plans, as appropriate."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund
Description:
Makes housekeeping amendments to correct statutory references. (HB1068 HD1)
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