As used in this chapter:
"Department" means the department of human services of the State of Hawaii or its designee.
"Eligible employer" means an employer who meets the requirements of an eligible employer as described in § 17-1709.3-7.
"full-time" means an individual working a minimum of thirty-two hours per week.
"Hawaii premium plus" means the temporary state with federal match funded premium subsidy program described in this chapter.
"Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act" means Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapter 393.
"Health plan" means an insurance company or other organization, which provides different health care benefit packages to one or more groups of enrollees.
"Maintenance period" means the twelve consecutive month period immediately following the reimbursement period during which the employer maintains the employee on its payroll without receiving any additional premium subsidy from the department.
"Premium subsidy" means a payment amount up to $140 not to exceed fifty percent of the employer's monthly payment for a health insurance policy that covers the qualified employee and any others on that policy.
"Qualified employee" means an individual who meets the requirements of a qualified employee as described in section 17-1709.3-8.
"Reimbursement period" means the twelve consecutive month period that the qualified employee is employed by the eligible employer, beginning with the effective date of participation as described in section 17-1709.3-11, for which an eligible employer may receive a premium subsidy.
"Unemployment insurance benefits" means temporary financial assistance to workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own and who meet the requirements of the Hawaii Employment Security Law, Hawaii Revised Statutes, chapter 383.
Haw. Code R. § 17-1709.3-2