A bill to amend 2011 PA 152, entitled “Publicly funded health insurance contribution act,” by amending section 2 (MCL 15.562), as amended by 2013 PA 269.
House Bill 4618 would amend the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act to include regional airport authorities as local units of government under the act. The act generally limits the amount that public employers, including local governments, can pay toward employees’ medical benefit plans; employers can choose between an inflation-adjusted capped contribution or a maximum 80% contribution. However, a local unit of government (as defined in the act) can generally elect to opt out of these requirements with a two-thirds vote of its governing body, which must be extended each year. As a public employer, a regional airport authority created under Chapter VIIA of the Aeronautics Code is currently subject to the contribution limits of the act. Under the bill, such an authority would also be considered a local unit of government and thus be able to exempt itself from those limits.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Small Business
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 83 to 24 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection
