The California State Senate’s Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee on Education has rejected Governor Jerry Brown’s effort to help the California State University (CSU) contain its employee healthcare costs. The Governor’s proposal would have enabled CSU to negotiate health benefits through collective bargaining.

Current law provides for 100 percent employer-paid coverage of CSU employee healthcare benefits. For most other state employees, the employer pays 80 percent of premium costs and the employee pays a 20 percent share.