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MI SB1209

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/27/2018

Primary Sponsor

Phillip Pavlov

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Origin

Senate

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act to establish new dollar caps on public employer medical benefit plan contributions starting after the bill's effective date: $6,560.52 for single-person coverage, $13,720.07 for individual-and-spouse or individual-plus-1-nonspouse-dependent coverage, and $17,892.36 for family coverage.

  • Requires annual adjustments to contribution caps by October 1 each year based on changes in the medical care component of the U.S. consumer price index.

  • Allows public employers (except the state) to elect annually by majority vote of their governing body to comply with an 80% employer/20% employee cost-sharing requirement instead of the per-person dollar caps in Section 3.

  • Applies the amended provisions to collective bargaining agreements and contracts executed, extended, or renewed on or after the bill's effective date.

  • Permits public employers to pay premiums based on combined claims experience of current employees and retirees without prohibition.

  • Takes effect 90 days after enactment.

Legislative Description

Labor; public service employment; calculation and allocation of medical benefit plan payments; subject to bargaining. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.563 & 15.564) & adds sec. 7a.

Labor: collective bargaining

Last Action

Reconsider Vote Postponed

12/6/2018

Committee Referrals

Education11/27/2018

Full Bill Text

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