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HI HB2310
Bill
Status
1/23/2020
Primary Sponsor
Scott Saiki
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AI Summary
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Requires newly retired employees and surviving employee-beneficiaries to pay their share of health benefits premiums through monthly electronic deductions from their employees' retirement system pension or financial institution.
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Mandates active employees' contributions be withheld and transmitted to the fund monthly by the comptroller or finance officer, with any remaining unpaid amounts due directly to the fund by the first day of each month.
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Allows retired employees and surviving employee-beneficiaries to have contributions electronically withheld by the employees' retirement system or their financial institution, with a waiver option if the fund determines another method is more appropriate.
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Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes section 88-95 to allow retired members' surviving beneficiaries to request withholding of health benefits trust fund premiums from pension payments.
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Becomes effective January 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
Relating To The Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund Employee-beneficiary Monthly Contributions.
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund
Last Action
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) McDermott excused (1).
2/12/2020