Title 7, Public Officers And Employees

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS §87A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Board" means the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund described in section 87A-5. "Carrier" means a voluntary association, corporation, partnership, or organization engag…

[§87A-10] Meetings; notice. Meetings may be scheduled, and notice of meetings shall be provided as follows:

[§87A-11] Quorum; board actions; voting. (a) Six trustees, three of whom represent the public employer and three of whom represent employee-beneficiaries, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (b) Trustees representing the public employers shall collectively …

[§87A-12] Records and minutes. The board shall keep records and minutes of all meetings of the board. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1]

PART III. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES [§87A-15] Administration of the fund. The board shall administer and carry out the purpose of the fund. Health and other benefit plans shall be provided at a cost affordable to both the public employers and the public employees. [L 2001, c 88, pt…

[§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 noninsure…

[§87A-16.3] Prescription drugs; mail order opt out option. A Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund health benefits plan shall permit each beneficiary to fill any covered prescription in accordance with chapter 431R. [L 2013, c 226, §3]

[§87A-17] Group life insurance benefits or group life insurance program. The board may provide benefits under a group life insurance benefits program or group life insurance program to employees. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1]

§87A-18 Long-term care benefits plan; carrier or third-party administrator. (a) The board may establish a long-term care benefits plan or plans for employee-beneficiaries; the spouses, parents, grandparents, in-law parents, and in-law grandparents of employee-beneficiaries; and q…

[§87A-19] Plans for part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employees. (a) The board may offer medical, hospital, or surgical benefits plans to part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employees at no cost to the employers. The board may determine eligibility for part-ti…

[§87A-21] Eligibility. (a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria to determine who can qualify as an employee-beneficiary, dependent-beneficiary, or qualified-beneficiary, consistent with the provisions of this chapter. (b) A retired member of the employees' retirement sy…

[§87A-22] Benefits plan information and enrollment. (a) The board shall make information summarizing approved benefits plans available to each employee-beneficiary. The information shall, to the extent reasonably possible, be distributed to each employee-beneficiary at the same t…

§87A-23 Health benefits plan supplemental to medicare. The board shall establish a health benefits plan, which takes into account benefits available to an employee-beneficiary and spouse under medicare, subject to the following conditions:

§87A-24 Other powers. In addition to the power to administer the fund, the board may:

[§87A-25] Other duties. The board shall:

[§87A-26] Rules; policies, standards, and procedures. (a) The board may adopt rules for the purposes of this chapter. Rules shall be adopted without regard to chapter 91. Rulemaking procedures shall be adopted by the board and shall minimally provide for: (b) The board may also i…

[§87A-27] Actuarial investigation; valuations. Beginning on July 1, 2017, the actuary retained by the board pursuant to section 87A-42 shall make an annual valuation of the assets and liabilities of the fund based on tables and other factors adopted by the board annually. The ann…

PART IV. TRUST FUND §87A-30 Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund; establishment. There is established outside the state treasury, a trust fund to be known as the "Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund". The fund shall consist of contributions, interest, inc…

§87A-31 Trust fund; purpose; disclosure of information. (a) The fund shall be used to provide employee-beneficiaries and dependent-beneficiaries with health and other benefit plans, and to pay administrative and other expenses of the fund. All assets of the fund are and shall be …

[§87A-31.1] Public employers; defined. For the purposes of this part, "public employer" means a governmental entity whose employees', beneficiaries', and retirees' health benefits coverage is provided through the fund. [L 2013, c 268, pt of §6]

[§87A-31.5] Employer contributions irrevocable. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all of the monthly contributions that the State and counties make to the fund under sections 87A-32, 87A-33, 87A-34, 87A-35, 87A-36, and 87A-37, and all other contributions that the State and…

§87A-32 State and county contributions; active employees. (a) The State, through the department of budget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of finance, shall pay to the fund a monthly contribution equal to the amount established under chapter 89C…

§87A-33 State and county contributions; retired employees. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this section shall apply to state and county contributions to the fund for: (b) Effective January 1, 2014, there is established a base monthly contribution for health benefit p…

[§87A-33.5] State and county contribution; reimbursement for retired employees. Effective July 1, 2007, an employee-beneficiary who retires and relocates outside of the State shall be reimbursed for the premiums paid by the employee-beneficiary for a personal health insurance pol…

§87A-34 State and county contributions; retired employees with fewer than ten years of service. (a) This section shall apply to state and county contributions to the fund for employees specified in paragraph (1)(D) of the definition of "employee" in section 87A-1 who: (b) The Sta…

§87A-35 State and county contributions; employees hired after June 30, 1996, but before July 1, 2001, and retired with fewer than twenty-five years of service. (a) This section shall apply to state and county contributions to the fund for employees who were hired after June 30, 1…

§87A-36 State and county contributions; employees hired after June 30, 2001, and retired. (a) This section shall apply to state and county contributions to the fund for employees hired after June 30, 2001, and who retired, except that this section shall not apply to the following…

[§87A-37] Group life insurance benefits plans for retired employees; contributions. (a) The State, through the department of budget and finance, and the counties, through their respective departments of finance, shall pay to the fund a base monthly contribution as set forth in su…

[§87A-38] State and county contributions not considered wages or salary. Contributions made by the State or the counties under this part shall not be considered wages or salary of an employee-beneficiary. No employee-beneficiary shall have any vested right in or be entitled to re…

[§87A-39] Reimbursement for state contributions. (a) All state agencies having control of funds other than the general fund shall reimburse the State for contributions made by the State pursuant to sections 87A-32, 87A-33, 87A-34, 87A-35, 87A-36, and 87A-37 on account of agency e…

§87A-40 Employee-beneficiary contributions; health benefit plans. (a) Each employee-beneficiary shall make a monthly contribution to the fund amounting to the difference between the monthly charge of the health benefits plan selected by the employee-beneficiary and the contributi…

[§87A-41] Employee-beneficiary or qualified-beneficiary contributions; long-term care benefits plan. (a) During the period the long-term care benefits plan is in effect, the employee-beneficiary, if allowed by law, shall authorize the employee-beneficiary's contribution to be wit…

§87A-42 Other post-employment benefits trust. (a) Notwithstanding sections 87A-31 and 87A-31.5, the board, upon terms and conditions set by the board, shall establish and administer a separate trust fund for the purpose of receiving employer contributions that will prefund other …

[§87A-43] Payment of public employer contributions to the other post-employment benefits trust. (a) Commencing with fiscal year 2018-2019, each of the counties and all other public employers shall make annual required contributions in accordance with section 87A-42 for the benefi…

PART II. BOARD OF TRUSTEES §87A-5 Composition of board. [See explanatory note below.] The board of trustees of the employer-union health benefits trust fund shall consist of ten trustees appointed by the governor in accordance with the following procedure: Section 26-34 shall not…

§87A-6 Term of a trustee; vacancy. [See explanatory note below.] The term of office of each trustee shall be four years; provided that a trustee may be reappointed for one additional consecutive four-year term. A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the trus…

[§87A-7] Chair, vice-chair, and secretary-treasurer. The trustees shall elect from among the members a chair, a vice-chair, and a secretary-treasurer. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1]

[§87A-8] Compensation and expenses. Each trustee shall serve without compensation, but the trustees may be reimbursed from the fund for any reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out the purposes of the fund. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1]

[§87A-9] Legal adviser. The attorney general shall serve as legal adviser to the board and shall provide legal representation for the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1]