May 14, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Alma Smith, Meadows, Coulouris, Johnson, Valentine, Calley, Knollenberg, Moss and Wenke and referred to the Committee on Retiree Health Care Reforms.
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 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 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 office of retirement
services in the department of management and budget and the
retirement 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.