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This bill modifies the composition, nomination process, and voting procedures for the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Board of Trustees. Specifically, the bill reduces the total number of trustees from ten to nine, with the director of finance serving as an ex officio trustee and eight additional trustees appointed by the governor. The composition of appointed trustees now includes three representatives of employee-beneficiaries (one representing retirees), two representatives of public employers, and three at-large members with specific professional experience requirements. The bill also simplifies the vacancy filling procedures, removing detailed nomination rules, and changes the voting mechanism so that each trustee now has one vote instead of the previous block voting system where public employer and employee-beneficiary trustees voted collectively. Additionally, the quorum requirement is reduced from six to five trustees, with at least two representing public employers and three representing employee-beneficiaries. The bill also clarifies that trustees can serve until their successor is appointed, but no longer than 120 calendar days after their term ends, and adds a provision allowing the board to establish its own administrative rules.

Labor and Employment

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1586&year=2026