SB-1199, As Passed Senate, December 6, 2018
November 8, 2018, Introduced by Senator STAMAS and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.
A bill to amend 2011 PA 152, entitled
"Publicly funded health insurance contribution act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 15.563), as amended by 2013 PA 270.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a public
employer that offers or contributes to a medical benefit plan for
its employees or elected public officials shall pay no more of the
annual costs or illustrative rate and any payments for
reimbursement of co-pays, deductibles, or payments into health
savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, or similar accounts
used for health care costs, than a total amount equal to $5,500.00
times the number of employees and elected public officials with
single-person coverage, $11,000.00 times the number of employees
and elected public officials with individual-and-spouse coverage or
individual-plus-1-nonspouse-dependent coverage, plus $15,000.00
times the number of employees and elected public officials with
family coverage, for a medical benefit plan coverage year beginning
on or after January 1, 2012. A public employer may allocate its
payments for medical benefit plan costs among its employees and
elected public officials as it sees fit. By October 1 of each year
after 2011 and before 2019, the state treasurer shall adjust the
maximum payment permitted under this subsection for each coverage
category for medical benefit plan coverage years beginning the
succeeding calendar year, based on the change in the medical care
component
of the United States consumer price index Consumer Price
Index for the most recent 12-month period for which data are
available
from the United States department of labor, bureau of
labor
statistics.Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By April 1 of each year after 2018, the state treasurer shall
adjust the maximum payment permitted under this subsection for each
coverage category for medical benefit plan coverage years beginning
the succeeding calendar year, based on the change in the medical
care component of the United States Consumer Price Index for the
most recent 12-month period for which data are available from the
United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(2) For a medical benefit plan coverage year beginning January
1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, the multiplier used to calculate
the
maximum public employer payment under subsection (1) shall be
is $12,250.00 for employees and elected public officials with
individual-and-spouse coverage or individual-plus-1-nonspouse-
dependent
coverage. and shall be adjusted The state treasurer shall
adjust the multiplier each year as provided in subsection (1).
(3) For purposes of calculating a public employer's maximum
total annual medical benefit plan costs under subsection (1),
"employee or elected public official" does not include an employee
or elected public official who declines the medical benefit plan
offered or contributed to by the public employer.