SENATE BILL No. 400

 

 

June 1, 2011, Introduced by Senator PAVLOV and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1255a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1255a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection

 

(2), if the board of a school district or intermediate school

 

district or board of directors of a public school academy provides

 

an employee group insurance benefit for its employees and their

 

dependents, the board or board of directors shall ensure that the

 

contract provides that the board or board of directors is the

 

policyholder for the employee group insurance benefit.

 

     (2) If a contract that provides an employee group insurance

 

benefit is in effect for employees of a school district, public

 

school academy, or intermediate school district as of the effective


 

date of the amendatory act that added this section, and if that

 

contract is not in compliance with subsection (1), then subsection

 

(1) does not apply to that employee group insurance benefit until

 

after the expiration of that contract.