Bill Text: HI HB1724 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Contractor, Per Diem Employee Ineligibility
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1724 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1724-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Contractor, Per Diem Employee Ineligibility
Description:
Repeals provisions making a per diem employee of and contractor with the State or a county eligible for health fund benefits.
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1724 |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
reLATING TO THE HEALTH TRUST FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to repeal the provisions making the following eligible for health benefits under the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund:
(1) Per diem employees of the State or a county; and
(2) Contractors with the State or a county.
SECTION 2. Section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "employee" to read as follows:
""Employee" means an employee or officer of the State, county, or legislature,
(1) Including:
(A) An elective officer;
[(B) A per diem employee;]
[(C)] (B) An officer or employee
under an authorized leave of absence;
[(D)] (C) An employee of the
Hawaii national guard although paid from federal funds;
[(E)] (D) A retired member of the
employees' retirement system; the county pension system; or the police,
firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or county; and
[(F)] (E) A salaried and
full-time member of a board, commission, or agency appointed by the governor or
the mayor of a county; [and
(G) A person employed by contract
for a period not exceeding one year, where the director of human resources
development, personnel services, or civil service has certified that the
service is essential or needed in the public interest and that, because of
circumstances surrounding its fulfillment, personnel to perform the service
cannot be obtained through normal civil service recruitment procedures,]
(2) But excluding:
(A) A designated beneficiary of a retired member of the employees' retirement system; the county pension system; or the police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or county;
(B) [Except as allowed under paragraph
(1)(G), a] A person employed temporarily on a fee or contract basis;
and
(C) A part-time, temporary, [and]
seasonal [or], casual, or per diem employee."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009 and shall be repealed on June 30, 2015; provided that section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it existed on the day prior to the effective date of this Act.
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