{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-393-21","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 393-21","heading":"Individual waivers; additional withholding for dependents.","body":"(a) An employee may waive individually all of the required health care benefits pursuant to this chapter by:\n\n(1) Requesting the waiver by a writing submitted to the employer; and\n\n(2) Receiving approval of the waiver from the director upon the director determining that the employee has other coverage under a prepaid health care plan which provides benefits that meet the standards prescribed in section 393-7.\n\n(b) The employer who receives from an employee a written request for a waiver under this section shall transmit to the director a copy of the waiver, on a form prescribed by the director, and a copy of the prepaid health care plan on the basis of which the waiver is requested.\n\n(c) A waiver under this section is binding for one year and is renewable for subsequent one-year periods.\n\n(d) An employer who, directly or indirectly, coerces or attempts to coerce an employee in making a waiver under this section shall be subject to the penalty provided under section 393-33(b).\n\n(e) An employee may not agree to pay a greater share of the premium for such benefits than is required by this chapter.\n\n(f) Subject to section 393-7(b), an employee may consent to pay a greater share of the employee's wages and to a withholding of such share by the employer for the purpose of providing prepaid health care benefits of the employee's dependents under the plan providing such benefits for the employee's self.","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 21","Chapter 393"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0393/HRS_0393-0021.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"49cd74076af947f789eaea43906118f4601539ee0a80514dbcb7c71ce054d18c","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-393-20","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-393-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}