Bill Text: HI HB1583 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Health Insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-24 - Referred to LGO, FIN, referral sheet 1 [HB1583 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1583-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1583 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to health insurance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION
1. (a)
There is established a public employee health benefits working group to
determine the feasibility of establishing and offering a fully self-insured
health benefits plan with no deductible or monthly premium cost to state and
county public employees.
(b) The working group shall consist of the
following members or their designees:
(1) The administrator of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund;
(2) The director of finance;
(3) The director of human resources development; and
(4) Any other members the working group deems necessary.
(c) The working group shall select a chairperson from among its members.
(d) The working group shall also consider:
(1) The feasibility of establishing a cost sharing arrangement where the state or county public employee bears no more than thirty per cent of the out-of-pocket cost for any benefit or service offered under a self-insured health benefits plan;
(2) Examples of self-insured health insurance plans offered to public sector employees in other states, which could serve as a model for a similar plan in the State; and
(3) Any barriers associated with offering a fully self-insured health benefits plan to state and county public employees, including costs to the State or counties and any impacts on existing collective bargaining agreements.
(e) The working group shall submit a report of
its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the
legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular
session of 2025.
(f)
The working group shall cease to exist on June 30, 2025.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Public Employee Health Benefits Working Group; Public Employees; Self-Insured Plans; Health Insurance; EUTF
Description:
Establishes the public employee health benefits working group to investigate the feasibility of establishing and offering a fully self-insured health benefits plan with no deductible or monthly premium cost to state and county public employees. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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