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KPERS Study Commission Service-Based Plan

Senator King developed and presented a Service-Based Pension Plan to the KPERS Study Commission on December 7th. The Commission accepted this plan with an 8 - 5 vote. The new plan is essentially a Hybrid Plan which will contain two components: a defined benefit cash balance plan, and a defined contribution 401(k) or 414(k) plan. The current KPERS defined benefit plan (as modified by HB 2194) will remain in place for current, vested participants but will be closed to new entries. Overall the plan will shift all risk from the state to the employee. The new plan has an estimated 4% higher cost for the state than the estimated cost of HB 2194 passed by the 2011 Legislature and signed into law by the Governor. Below is a summary of Senator King’s plan which will be formatted into a bill and introduced to the 2012 Legislature for consideration.

Attention Medicaid Employees of DHMH

Please take a few moments to fill out a survey about the current Medicaid Management Information System. Your union is seeking suggestions pertaining to how the MMIS can be improved from the employees who use the current system. Your colleagues and fellow union members are working to compile your suggestions as they continue discussions with the DHMH administration about protecting your job and improving the current system.

Please note: The survey deadline has been extended. Please disregard the previous deadline of December 12. We will continue collecting responses through the new year.

Complete the survey online at http://leadernet.aft.org/surveymaker/take/survey.cfm?id=0fd69146-5056-b94b-111a-d3bb2d816be9

Loritta Johnson Named Morgan Hill Woman of the Year

Morgan Hill Woman of the Year, Loritta Johnson, is honored in the annual 4th of July parade.

Congratulations to Loritta Johnson, former Nordstrom kindergarten teacher and MHFT Building Rep, and current MHFT Retiree Chapter leader, for being named Morgan Hill’s Woman of the Year! If you don’t already know her, you can read about Loritta and her numerous accomplishments by clicking on the link above.