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HRS §88-5

County must share pensioner lists with doctors and hospitals

Each county's proper department must decide who qualifies for benefits under section 88-4. It must give a current list of those pensioners and their spouses or reciprocal beneficiaries to government doctors and certain hospitals in the county. The state retirement system will provide needed information to counties on request.

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The statute, as written — List of pensioners, who shall provide

The proper department of each county shall determine who is entitled to benefits under section 88-4 and shall provide to any government physician employed by the State or any county, and any county hospital or a hospital where county patients are treated at county expense in the county wherein the pensioner or beneficiary resides, a current list of pensioners and their [spouses] or reciprocal beneficiaries who are entitled to benefits under section 88-4. Upon request, the state retirement system shall provide to the proper departments of each county such information as may be required to administer section 88-4.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§88-4 Free medical care for low-income retirees

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