HOUSE BILL No. 5469


     November 29, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Reeves and referred to the Committee on Senior Health, Security and Retirement.


        A bill to amend 1957 PA 261, entitled

   "Michigan legislative retirement system act,"

   by amending section 50b (MCL 38.1050b), as amended by 1998 PA

   501.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 50b.  (1) For a retirant or a survivor or beneficiary

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      of a deceased retirant, or for a deferred vested member if that

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      deferred vested member first became a member on or before

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       January 1, 1995  FEBRUARY 1, 1997, the retirement system shall

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      purchase and pay the premium for hospitalization and medical

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      insurance coverage and dental and vision coverage for the retir-

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      ant, deferred vested member, and the spouses, eligible children,

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      and survivors of those retirants and deferred vested members.

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      Except as otherwise provided in this section, the retirement

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      system shall provide hospitalization and medical insurance


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      coverage and dental and vision insurance coverage under this

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      section at a level that is equal to or greater than the level of

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      insurance coverage under this section in effect on December 1,

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      1992.  The retirement board may increase the amounts each person

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      who is enrolled in insurance coverage under this section is

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      required to pay for co-pays or deductibles under that insurance

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      coverage.

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           (2) On and after March 31, 1997, the retirement system shall

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      also pay health insurance premiums described in this section in

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      the manner prescribed in section 79.




































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