Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund

The requirement for all State and County retirees and dependents to enroll in Medicare Part B was set forth in Act 88, 2001 Session Laws of Hawaii. This Act created Chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), which includes the following statute:

Section 87A-23(4): “All employee-beneficiaries or dependent-beneficiaries who are eligible to enroll in the Medicare Part B medical insurance plan shall enroll in that plan as a condition of receiving contributions and participating in benefits plans under this chapter. This paragraph shall apply to retired employees, their spouses or, and the surviving spouses of deceased retirees and employees killed in the performance of duty;”