Section 38.68c - Employment of retiree receiving retirement allowance; cessation of retirement payment; applicability; coordination of benefits provision; exceptions to subsection (1).
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 240 of 1943
38.68c Employment of retiree receiving retirement allowance; cessation of retirement payment; applicability; coordination of benefits provision; exceptions to subsection (1).
Sec. 68c.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a retirant who is receiving a retirement allowance under this act and is employed by this state beginning on or after October 1, 2007 agrees to forfeit his or her right to receive that retirement allowance during this period of state employment. The retirement system shall cease payment of the retirement allowance to a retirant described in this subsection during this period of state employment and shall reinstate payment of the retirement allowance without recalculation when the period of state employment ceases. This subsection does not apply to a retirant who is employed by this state on September 30, 2007 so long as he or she remains in the position held by the retirant on September 30, 2007. As used in this subsection, "employed by this state" means employed directly by this state as an employee or indirectly by this state through a contractual arrangement with other parties.
(2) A hospital, medical-surgical, and sick care benefits plan, dental plan, vision plan, and hearing plan that covers retirants, retirant allowance beneficiaries, former qualified participants, and health benefit dependents under this act shall contain a coordination of benefits provision that provides all of the following:
(a) If the person covered under any of the plans is also eligible for medicare, then the benefits under medicare shall be determined before the health insurance benefits under this act.
(b) If a person covered under any of the plans provided by this act is also covered under another plan that contains a coordination of benefits provision, the benefits shall be coordinated as provided in the coordination of benefits act, 1984 PA 64, MCL 550.251 to 550.255.
(c) If the person covered under any of the plans provided by this act is also covered under another plan that does not contain a coordination of benefits provision, the benefits under the other plan shall be determined before the benefits provided pursuant to this act.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a retirant if all of the following apply:
(a) The retirant is hired to provide health care services to individuals under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.
(b) The retirant is hired in a position that is limited in term, no benefits are paid, and pay is on a per diem basis.
(c) The department of corrections provides written notice to the state budget office and the department of technology, management, and budget that attempts have been made to fill the position through postings and recruitment and that the position vacancy still exists.
(d) The department of corrections reports the employment of a retirant under this subsection within 30 days of employment of the retirant to the state budget office and the department of technology, management, and budget. The report shall include the name of the retirant, the capacity in which the retirant is employed, and the total compensation paid to the retirant.
History: Add. 2007, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2007 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2010