Bill Text: HI HB677 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: EUTF; Carrier
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - (H) Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1 [HB677 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-HB677-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definitions of "health benefits plan" and "long-term care benefits plan" to read as follows:
""Health benefits plan" means[:
(1) A] a group insurance
contract or service agreement that may include medical, hospital, surgical,
prescribed drugs, vision, and dental services, in which a carrier agrees to
provide, pay for, arrange for, or reimburse the cost of the services as
determined by the board[; or
(2) A similar schedule of benefits
established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis]."
"Long-term care benefits plan" means[:
(1) A] a group insurance
contract or service agreement in which a carrier agrees to provide, pay for,
arrange for, or reimburse the cost of long-term care benefits as determined by
the board[; or
(2) A similar schedule of benefits
established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis]."
SECTION 2. Section 87A-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§87A-16[]] Health
benefits plan[; carriers]. [(a)] The board shall establish
the health benefits plan or plans, which shall be exempt from the minimum group
requirements of chapter 431.
[(b) The board may contract for health
benefits plans or provide health benefits through a noninsured schedule of
benefits.]"
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 2011.
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Report Title:
EUTF; Carrier
Description:
Removes the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to provide the health benefits plans or long-term care benefits plans through the fund on a self-insured basis or through a noninsured schedule of benefits.
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