STAND. COM. REP. NO.354

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 183

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 183 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish medical care savings accounts in the Public Employees Health Fund for health care needs of state and county employees.

The United Public Workers and the Hawaii Medical Association testified in support of this bill. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Health Fund commented on the measure.

Your Committee has amended the bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2020.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 183, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 183, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employment,

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TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair