Public employees and officers: compensation and benefits; public employer contribution to medical benefit plan; modify. Amends title & secs. 3, 4 & 5 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.563 et seq.) & adds secs. 3a & 4a.
Key claim: SB1136 would modify Michigan’s Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (2011 PA 152) to change how much public employers may contribute to employee medical benefit plans and to add new related sections.
Abstract
(SB1136 · 103rd Legislature) Public employees and officers: compensation and benefits; public employer contribution to medical benefit plan; modify. Amends title & secs. 3, 4 & 5 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.563 et seq.) & adds secs. 3a & 4a. Sponsor: Sen. Kevin Hertel (D) + 1 co-sponsor Latest action (2026-08-12): Senate Co-sponsor(s) Named: Mallory Mcmorrow
Why this matters
2011 PA 152 caps how much Michigan public employers (state, local, school districts) can pay toward employee health insurance premiums, directly affecting take-home costs for public workers and budgets for taxpayer-funded employers. Any change to the contribution formulas or the addition of new carve-outs alters the split between employer and employee cost-sharing across the public workforce. Tracking SB1136 matters because incremental amendments to this Act have historically shifted millions in health-benefit costs between workers and public employers.