Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act: City of Carson.

The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) authorizes the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to contract with carriers for health benefit plans for employees and annuitants, as defined. Existing law requires an agency contracting for coverage under PEMHCA and each employee or annuitant to contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit coverage afforded under the health benefit plan in which the employee or annuitant may be enrolled and prescribes various schedules for employer payments and requirements in relation to those payments. This bill, for an employee hired on or after January 1, 2014, would require the employer contribution for postretirement health benefit coverage for an employee of the City of Carson to be based on specified percentages associated with the employee's credited years of service, which would reach 100% when the employee attains 10 years of credited service. The bill would define credited service as service performed with the City of Carson. The bill would require that the employer contribution with respect to each employee be mutually agreed upon through collective bargaining, as specified, except for an unrepresented employee, for whom the employer contribution would be established by a city council resolution. The bill would require that the employer provide any information requested by the board that the board deems necessary to implement the section.