2013 Senate Bill 323

Increase cost cap on government and school employee health benefits

Introduced in the Senate

April 17, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R-16)

To increase the amount that school districts and local governments can spend on employee health insurance fringe benefits. The bill amends a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-7">2011 law</a> that (with some exceptions) required employees to contribute at least 20 percent of these benefits’ cost, or alternatively, capped the employer’s costs through a formula that adds up the aggregate amount spent on coverage for individual, individual-plus-spouse, and family plan policies.<br> The bill raises the maximum individual-with-spouse benefits cost in this formula from $11,000 to $13,445 (a 22 percent increase), which would have the effect of raising the maximum spending allowed for all employees. It is co-sponsored by Republican Senators Nofs, Hansen, Marleau, Pappageorge and Jansen.

Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing

June 13, 2013

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Dec. 5, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing