Bill Text: MI HB5671 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public employees and officers; compensation and benefits; reporting of certain health care benefits; require, and provide for analysis of data. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-16 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5671 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5671-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5671

 

December 9, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Pavlov and referred to the Committee on Public Employee Health Care Reform.

 

     A bill to require public employers to make information

 

concerning health benefits offered to public employees available to

 

the public; to specify the information required in the report; and

 

to provide for duties and responsibilities of public employers and

 

certain state agencies and officers.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"public employer health benefit reporting act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Public employee" means an employee, officer, or elected

 

official of a public employer. Public employee includes an employee

 

retired from employment with a public employer.

 

     (b) "Public employer" means this state; a city, village,

 

township, county, or other political subdivision of this state; any

 

intergovernmental, metropolitan, or local department, agency, or

 

authority, or other local political subdivision; a school district,

 

a public school academy, or an intermediate school district, as

 

those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,

 

MCL 380.1 to 380.1852; a community college or junior college

 

described in section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of

 

1963; or an institution of higher education described in section 4,

 

5, or 6 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963.

 

     Sec. 3. A public employer shall file a report with the

 

department of management and budget by 90 days after the effective

 

date of this act. The report shall include all of the following

 

information regarding health benefits the public employer provides

 

to its public employees:

 

     (a) Type of plan or plans offered and the benefits provided

 

under each plan.

 

     (b) Total annual premium cost for each plan.

 

     (c) Employee share of annual premium cost for each plan.

 

     (d) A description of other costs such as copayments or

 

coinsurance required of employees to access benefits.

 

     (e) Number of employees receiving health benefits under each

 

plan and the number receiving individual and family coverage.

 

     Sec. 4. A public employer that maintains a website accessible

 

to the public shall post the information in the report required

 

under section 3 on that website.

 

     Sec. 5. Within 90 days after receiving the reports required

 

under section 3 from public employers, the department of management

 

and budget shall submit a report to the secretary of the senate and

 

the clerk of the house of representatives. The report shall include

 

a description of the average benefits provided under the public

 

employer plans and the average total premium and cost-sharing

 

amounts required by the public employers. The report shall also

 

include a projection of the cost to cover all public employees

 

using the average figures determined from the public employee

 

reports.