April 18, 2006, Introduced by Senators PATTERSON, HAMMERSTROM, KUIPERS, BISHOP, GARCIA, BIRKHOLZ, GEORGE, VAN WOERKOM and HARDIMAN and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to require certain state departments to create and
implement health savings account options for state employees.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state
employee health savings account act".
Sec. 3. As used in this act:
(a) "Health savings account" means a savings or other account
meeting the requirements of 26 USC 223.
(b) "High deductible health plan" means that term as defined
in 26 USC 223(c)(2).
Sec. 5. The department of civil service and the office of
state employer shall establish, as an option that is part of a
group benefit plan offered to eligible state employees and their
dependents, a health savings account program meeting the
requirements for tax incentives for health savings accounts
established under title XII of the medicare prescription drug,
improvement, and modernization act of 2003.
Sec. 7. The health savings account program shall offer at
least 2 high deductible health plan options in conjunction with the
use of a health savings account for the deposit of contributions by
a state employee and the employee's state employer. The department
may, under rules adopted by the department and in lieu of a high
deductible health plan for a state employee, accept the use of a
high deductible health insurance policy purchased by the employee.