Bill Text: MI HB4071 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Retirement; legislative; administration of health care benefits; move to office of retirement. Amends sec. 50b of 1957 PA 261 (MCL 38.1050b).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-05 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [HB4071 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4071-Engrossed.html

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HB-4071, As Passed House, March 4, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4071

 

January 22, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Smith and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1957 PA 261, entitled

 

"Michigan legislative retirement system act,"

 

by amending section 50b (MCL 38.1050b), as amended by 1998 PA 501.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 50b. (1) For a retirant or a survivor or beneficiary of a

 

deceased retirant, or for a deferred vested member if that deferred

 

vested member first became a member on or before January 1, 1995,

 

the retirement system board and the office of retirement services

 

in the department of management and budget shall select, purchase,

 

and pay the premium for hospitalization and medical insurance

 

coverage and dental and vision coverage for the retirant, deferred

 

vested member, and the spouses, eligible children, and survivors of

 

those retirants and deferred vested members. Except as otherwise

 

provided in this section, the retirement system board and the

 

office of retirement services in the department of management and

 

budget shall provide hospitalization and medical insurance coverage

 

and dental and vision insurance coverage under this section at a

 

level that is equal to or greater than the level of insurance

 

coverage under this section in effect on December 1, 1992. The

 

retirement office of retirement services in the department of

 

management and budget and the board may increase the amounts each

 

person who is enrolled in insurance coverage under this section is

 

required to pay for co-pays or deductibles under that insurance

 

coverage.

 

     (2) On and after March 31, 1997, the retirement system office

 

of retirement services in the department of management and budget

 

shall also pay health insurance premiums described in this section

 

in the manner prescribed in section 79.