Introduced
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To revise details of the procedures used by a local government or school district to select either an annual dollar-amount cap or percentage cap on the amount it can spend on employee health benefits under a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-7">2011 law</a>.
Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
To exclude from the cost-cap formula any payments the state, a school district or a local government must make under the federal health care law (Obamacare). This would have the effect of allowing more generous benefits than if these extra payments were included in the formula.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To revise details of the procedures used by a local government or school district to select either an annual dollar-amount cap or percentage cap on the amount it can spend on employee health benefits under a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-7">2011 law</a>. Also, to include elected officials in the base used to establish a local government’s “average” cost per employee, exclude payments to employees who take cash instead of insurance benefits, and revise some other details in the formula.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Liability Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 108 to 1 (details)
To revise details of the procedures used by a local government or school district to select either an annual dollar-amount cap or percentage cap on the amount it can spend on employee health benefits under a <A href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-7">2011 law</A>. Also, to include elected officials in the base used to establish a local government’s “average” cost per employee, exclude payments to employees who take cash instead of insurance benefits, and revise some other details in the formula.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
