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HAWAIʻI Prepaid Health Care Act

96-043 Ala Ike in Pearl City, HI

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This index to HRS 393 is posted as a service to the Department of Labor & Industrial Relations of the State of Hawai'i. We are not involved in the enforcement of the State's Labor Laws, so we must refer your question to the DLIR directly.

E-mail inquiries may be sent to the State DLIR Information Officer at dlir-info@dlir.state.hi.us. Or you may phone their offices in Honolulu at 808-586-8842.

Part I. Short Title; Purpose; Definitions

Section:

Short title

Findings and purpose

Definitions generally

Place of performance

Excluded services

Principal and secondary employer defined; coercion, interference, etc. prohibited

Required health care benefits

Part II. Mandatory Coverage

Coverage of regular employees by group prepaid health care plan

Choice of plan type and of contractor

Liability for payment of premium; withholding; recovery of premium

Commencement of coverage

Continuation of coverage in case of inability to earn wages

Liability of secondary employer

Exemption of certain employees

Termination of exemption

Freedom of collective bargaining

Adjustment of employer-sponsored plans

Individual waivers; additional withholding for dependents

Exemption of followers of certain teachings of beliefs

Joint provision of coverage

Noncomplying employer held liable for employee's health care costs

Part III. Administration and Enforcement

Enforcement by the director

Rulemaking and other powers of the director

Penalties; injunction

Penalties

Part IV. Premium Supplementation

Establishment of special premium supplementation fund

Management of the fund

Disbursements from the fund

Investment of moneys

Entitlement to premium supplementation

Income directly attributable to the business

Claim of premium supplementation

Prepaid health care benefits to be paid from the premium supplementation fund; recovery of benefits

Part V. Termination of Chapter

Termination of chapter

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