SB-1199, As Passed Senate, December 6, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1199

 

 

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.