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: This bill would change the limits on how much Michigan state and local governments can contribute toward their employees’ health-insurance premiums under the 2011 Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act.
Abstract
(HB6237 · 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: Rep. Mai Xiong (D) + 9 co-sponsors In committee: H Government Operations Latest action (2026-08-25): Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/11/2026
Why this matters
2011 PA 152 sets the statewide ceiling on what state agencies, local governments, and school districts can pay toward employee health-insurance premiums, so any change flows through to public payroll costs and worker take-home pay for hundreds of thousands of public employees. Changing the caps shifts the split between taxpayer-funded premium contributions and employee out-of-pocket costs. The bill is newly introduced and the direction and magnitude of the change are not yet specified.