December 18, 2009, Introduced by Senators SANBORN, JANSEN, GEORGE, KUIPERS and BISHOP and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Reform.
A bill to provide for the creation and operation of a program
to allow public employers to participate in the state health plan;
and to prescribe powers and duties of certain state officers and
agencies.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. As used in this act:
(a) "Commission" means the civil service commission.
(b) "Public employer" means 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 sections 4 to 6 of the revised school
code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4 to 380.6; 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 of article VIII of the state constitution of
1963.
(c) "State health plan" means a benefit plan for providing
medical, optical, dental, surgical, or hospital care benefits to
employees or their dependents that this state offers to a
nonexclusively represented employee in the classified state civil
service.
Sec. 2. (1) The commission may create and operate a program to
allow a public employer to participate in a state health plan by
purchasing the state health plan benefits for its employees.
(2) The program shall provide that the public employer shall
pay the full cost to the state of the state health plan coverage
not later than the first day of the month for which coverage is
sought or as otherwise determined by the commission.