Bill Text: MI HB4622 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; school districts; cap on school district contribution toward employee's health care costs; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1255a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-11 - Printed Bill Filed 05/11/2011 [HB4622 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4622-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4622
May 10, 2011, Introduced by Reps. MacGregor, Horn, Lyons, Hooker, Yonker, Haveman, Shaughnessy and Farrington and referred to the Committee on Oversight, Reform, and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1255a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1255a. (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the board of a
school district or intermediate school district or board of
directors of a public school academy offers a medical benefit plan
to its employees, all of the following apply:
(a) For the 2011-2012 school fiscal year, the board or board
of directors shall ensure that the school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy does not pay on behalf of
an employee more than 80% of the total annual cost of the medical
benefit plan for that employee for that school fiscal year.
(b) For a school fiscal year after 2011-2012, the amount that
the school district, intermediate school district, or public school
academy pays on behalf of an employee toward the total annual cost
of the medical benefit plan for that employee shall not increase
over that amount for the immediately preceding school fiscal year
by a percentage in excess of twice the medical component of the
consumer price index, expressed as a percentage, for the most
recent 12-month period for which that index is available.
(2) If a collective bargaining agreement or other contract
that is inconsistent with subsection (1) is in effect for a group
of employees of a school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy on the effective date of this section, the
requirements of subsection (1) do not apply to that group of
employees until the collective bargaining agreement or other
contract expires or is amended, extended, or renewed.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Costs" of a medical benefit plan and "total costs" of a
medical benefit plan do not include copayments, coinsurance,
deductibles, other out-of-pocket expenses, or other service-related
fees assessed to the coverage beneficiary.
(b) "Medical benefit plan" means a plan established and
maintained by a carrier or 1 or more school districts, intermediate
school districts, or public school academies that provides for the
payment of medical, optical, or dental benefits, including, but not
limited to, hospital and physician services, prescription drugs,
and related benefits, to employees.
