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MI HB4659

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

6/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kara Hope

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allows state employees to direct their retirement allowance payments to a special needs trust established under federal law (42 USC 1396p(d)(4)(A) or (C)) if the designated beneficiary is a trust beneficiary
  • Retirement system payments to the trust can be directed by the retirant, or after the retirant's death, by the retirement allowance beneficiary or their legal representative if the beneficiary is a minor or incapacitated
  • Updates gender-specific language throughout the State Employees' Retirement Act to gender-neutral terminology
  • Makes technical amendments to modernize statutory language, including replacing "shall" with "must" or "will" and updating date references
  • Clarifies that "regular retirement allowance" means a retirement allowance payable for life

Legislative Description

Retirement: state employees; naming a special needs trust as beneficiary; allow. Amends sec. 31 of 1943 PA 240 (MCL 38.31).

Probate: trusts

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/17/2025

6/18/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary6/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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