Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-18

• Board: means the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund described in § 87A-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Carrier: means a voluntary association, corporation, partnership, or organization engaged in providing, paying for, arranging for, or reimbursing the cost of, health benefits or long-term care benefits under group insurance contracts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contribution: means money payments made to the fund by the State, the counties, an employee-beneficiary, or a qualified-beneficiary. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Employee-beneficiary: means :

  (1) An employee;

  (2) The beneficiary of an employee who is killed in the performance of the employee's duty, including:

  (A) The surviving child, if there is no surviving parent who is eligible to be an employee-beneficiary and the child is unmarried and under the limiting age as defined by the board; and

  (B) The surviving spouse, if the surviving spouse does not subsequently remarry;

  (3) An employee who retired prior to 1961; and

  (4) The beneficiary of a retired member of the employees' retirement system; a county pension system; or a police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or a county, upon the death of the retired member, including:

  (A) The surviving child, if there is no surviving parent who is eligible to be an employee-beneficiary and the child is unmarried and under the limiting age as defined by the board; and

  (B) The surviving spouse, if the surviving spouse does not subsequently remarry;

  provided that the employee, the employee's beneficiary, or the beneficiary of the deceased retired employee is deemed eligible by the board to participate in a health benefits plan or long-term care benefits plan under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1

• Long-term care benefits plan: means :

  (1) A group insurance contract or service agreement in which a carrier agrees to provide, pay for, arrange for, or reimburse the cost of long-term care benefits as determined by the board; or

  (2) A similar schedule of benefits established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1