May 17, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Wenke and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.
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) "Department" means the department of civil service.
(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 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 a public university.
(c) "State health plan" means a benefit plan for providing
medical, optical, or dental benefits to employees or their
dependents that is a nonexclusively represented employee in the
classified state civil service.
Sec. 2. (1) The department shall 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 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 department.