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HRS §87A-18

Long-term care benefits plan

This section lets the board create a long-term care benefits plan for state employees and certain family members, at no cost to employers. The plan must follow state insurance rules. Only certain people can enroll, and the board can hire an insurance company or administrator to run it.

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The statute, as written — 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 qualified-beneficiaries. The plan or plans shall be at no cost to employers and shall comply with article 10H of chapter 431. (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, long-term care benefits shall be available only to: (1) Employee-beneficiaries and their spouses, parents, and grandparents; (2) Employee-beneficiary in-law parents and grandparents; and (3) Qualified-beneficiaries who enroll between the ages of twenty and eighty-five, who comply with the plan's age, enrollment, medical underwriting, and contribution requirements. (c) The board may contract with a carrier to provide fully insured benefits or with a third-party administrator to administer self-insured benefits.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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