Hawaii Revised Statutes 393-14 – Commencement of coverage
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 393-14
- Employer: means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint stock company, insurance company, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, a debtor in possession or receiver or trustee in bankruptcy, or the legal representative of a deceased person, who has one or more regular employees in the employer's employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 393-3
- Prepaid health care plan: means any agreement by which any prepaid health care plan contractor undertakes in consideration of a stipulated premium:
(1) Either to furnish health care, including hospitalization, surgery, medical or nursing care, drugs or other restorative appliances, subject to, if at all, only a nominal per service charge; or
(2) To defray or reimburse, in whole or in part, the expenses of health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 393-3
- Regular employee: means a person employed in the employment of any one employer for at least twenty hours per week but does not include a person employed in seasonal employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 393-3
The employer shall provide the coverage required by this chapter for any regular employee, who has been in the employer’s employ for four consecutive weeks, at the earliest time thereafter at which coverage may be provided with the prepaid health care plan contractor selected pursuant to this chapter.