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MI SB0534
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits public employers from providing medical, optical, dental, or fringe benefits to individuals living with public employees unless they are married to the employee, defined as dependents under federal tax code, or eligible to inherit under Michigan intestate succession laws.
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Voids any contract provisions entered after the act's effective date that conflict with these benefit restrictions.
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Allows existing collective bargaining agreements and contracts that provide broader benefits to remain in effect until they expire, are amended, extended, or renewed.
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Repeals the 2011 Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act (2011 PA 297, MCL 15.581-15.584) and reenacts its substance to clarify the law's status following the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
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Applies requirements to all public employees to the greatest extent consistent with constitutionally allocated powers.
Legislative Description
Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; medical and fringe benefits; limit to certain relatives and dependents. Creates new act & repeals 2011 PA 297 (MCL 15.581 - 15.584).
Public employees and officers: compensation and benefits
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
9/30/2015