2014 House Bill 5569

Senate Roll Call 336: Passed

To prohibit Detroit from providing employee health insurance benefits whose premiums cost more than $5,500 for a single person, $12,250 for a couple and $15,000 for a family plan (indexed to the "medical price index"), or alternatively, require city employees to contribute at least 20 percent toward the cost of their health insurance. A <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-7">2011 law</a> mandated this for public school employees but allowed municipalities to exempt themselves with a 2/3 vote of their governing body; the bill would exclude Detroit from that exception. This is part of a legislative package consisting of House Bills 5566 to 5575 that are related to the Detroit bankruptcy and a proposed state grant to the city of $195 million.

36 Yeas / 2 Nays
Republican (25 Yeas / 1 Nay)
Democrat (11 Yeas / 1 Nay)