October 29, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Elsenheimer and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1943 PA 240, entitled
"State employees' retirement act,"
by amending section 68c (MCL 38.68c), as added by 2007 PA 95.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
68c. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
section, a retirant who is receiving a retirement allowance under
this
act and is employed by this state beginning on or after the
effective
date of this section October
1, 2007 agrees to forfeit
his or her right to receive that retirement allowance during this
period of state employment. The retirement system shall cease
payment of the retirement allowance to a retirant described in this
subsection during this period of state employment and shall
reinstate payment of the retirement allowance without recalculation
when the period of state employment ceases. This subsection does
not apply to a retirant who is employed by this state on the day
before
the effective date of this section October 1, 2007 so long
as he or she remains in the position held by the retirant on the
day
before the effective date of this section October 1, 2007. As
used in this subsection, "employed by this state" means employed
directly by this state as an employee or indirectly by this state
through a contractual arrangement with other parties.
(2) A hospital, medical-surgical, and sick care benefits plan,
dental plan, vision plan, and hearing plan that covers retirants,
retirant allowance beneficiaries, former qualified participants,
and health benefit dependents under this act shall contain a
coordination of benefits provision that provides all of the
following:
(a) If the person covered under any of the plans is also
eligible for medicare, then the benefits under medicare shall be
determined before the health insurance benefits under this act.
(b) If a person covered under any of the plans provided by
this act is also covered under another plan that contains a
coordination of benefits provision, the benefits shall be
coordinated as provided in the coordination of benefits act, 1984
PA 64, MCL 550.251 to 550.255.
(c) If the person covered under any of the plans provided by
this act is also covered under another plan that does not contain a
coordination of benefits provision, the benefits under the other
plan shall be determined before the benefits provided pursuant to
this act.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a retirant who is
employed by this state in an emergency position or a position that
is classified as part-time. As used in this subsection, "emergency
position" means a position for which no one but a retirant has
submitted an application.