Public employee health benefits: Mariposa County.

Existing law requires the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System to administer the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act. Existing law requires a contracting agency and a public employee or annuitant to contribute a portion of the cost of the employee's or annuitant's health benefits coverage. Under existing law, the employee's or annuitant's contribution is the total cost per month of coverage less the portion contributed by the employer. Existing law prescribes a minimum level for the employer's contribution toward the employee's or annuitant's health benefits coverage.