§87A-18 - Long-term care benefits plan; carrier or third-party administrator. - Hawaii Statutes

     §87A-18  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. [L 2001, c 88, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 216, §14]