MI HB5128

Retirants receiving state retirement allowances who are newly employed by Michigan state government after October 1, 2007 must forfeit their retirement payments during the period of state employment, with payments resuming without recalculation when employment ends.

Exception for retirants employed by the Department of Natural Resources for wildland fire suppression: they may work up to 600 hours per fiscal year at no more than 70% of the maximum civil service wage without forfeiting retirement benefits.

Department of Natural Resources must report retirant wildfire suppression employment to the state budget office and Department of Technology, Management, and Budget within 30 days of employment, termination, or end of fiscal year, including employee name, position, wages, and hours worked.

Department of Natural Resources must submit annual summaries of all wildfire suppression retirant employment reports by March 1 to legislative appropriations committees, state budget office, and fiscal agencies.

Establishes coordination of benefits provisions for health insurance plans covering retirants, requiring Medicare and other insurance plans' benefits be determined before state retirement health benefits.