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Amend CSHB 7 by adding the following section, appropriately 
numbered, and renumbering the existing sections appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  Section 1551.109(a), Insurance Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Subject to Section 1551.351, on application to the board 
of trustees and arrangement for payment of contributions, an 
individual participating in the group benefits program on August 
31, 2003, as a current or former member of a governing body with 
administrative responsibility over a state agency created under a 
statute of this state that has statewide jurisdiction and whose 
employees are covered by this chapter or as a current or former 
member of [the State Board of Education or] the governing body of an 
institution of higher education remains eligible for participation 
in a health benefit plan offered under this chapter if a lapse in 
coverage has not occurred.