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Before the passage of the Prepaid Health Care Act, Hawaii had an uninsured rate of 30%. By 2013, Hawaii's uninsured rate of 6.7% was the second-lowest uninsured rate in the nation, trailing only Massachusetts, which had an uninsured rate of 3.7%.
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to improve health care coverage by employer mandate. The Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act set a minimum standards of health care benefits for workers. Upon its adoption in 1974, Hawaii became the first
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requires employers to offer coverage to employees working at least 30 hours per week effective Jan. 1, 2014. The two laws also establish different penalties for employers that do not offer coverage.
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Among other things, Hawaii's law requires employers to offer coverage to employees working at least 20 hours per week for four or more consecutive weeks. In contrast, the federal
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Session laws of Hawaii passed by the State Legislature; Regular Session 1974, Special Session 1974
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is a state law (Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 393) enacted June 12, 1974 in the
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to require minimum standards of health care benefits by law.
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Hawaii (1974). "Act 210 S.B. 14 Prepaid health care".
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