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: A Senate bill would change Michigan’s 2011 law that limits how much state and local public employers may pay toward employees’ health insurance.
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) + 7 co-sponsors Latest action (2026-09-15): Received On 09/10/2026
Why this matters
PA 152 sets the statewide cap on what school districts, cities, counties, and state agencies can pay toward employee health premiums, so any amendment reshapes both public-worker take-home pay and local government budgets. Even without a stated direction, an introduced rewrite of sections 3–5 plus new sections 3a and 4a signals that the 2011 cost-shift framework is back in play. The bill is still at the first-chamber stage, so terms could change substantially before enactment.