Public employees: postemployment health care benefits.

The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, establishes provisions governing postemployment health care benefits for members and their families, upon meeting vesting requirements and subject to various limitations. Existing law also establishes various postemployment health care benefits under other benefit systems, including those offered by counties, districts, cities, and the University of California. This bill would prohibit a public employer, for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013, from entering into a memorandum of understanding or other collective bargaining agreement that provides for defined postemployment health care benefits unless each employee pays at least 50 percent of the actuarially required contributions to fund those health care benefits. The bill would also declare that ensuring the statewide integrity and security of state and local government health care plans is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, and that, therefore, all cities, including charter cities, would be subject to the provisions of the bill. The bill would also declare that these provisions apply to the University of California to ensure the financial security of the university.