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Amend CSSB 1243 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 825, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 825.519 to read as follows:
	Sec. 825.519.  INTERAGENCY CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.  
The retirement system may enter into an interagency contract with 
the State Office of Risk Management for workers' compensation 
coverage, claims administration, and risk management services as 
provided by Section 412.054, Labor Code.
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 412, Labor Code, is 
amended by adding Section 412.054 to read as follows:
	Sec. 412.054.  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TEACHER RETIREMENT 
SYSTEM OF TEXAS.  (a)  In this section, "retirement system" means 
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
	(b)  Sections 412.011(c)(2) and (e) do not apply to the 
retirement system.
	(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 
the retirement system may enter into an interagency contract with 
the office for workers' compensation coverage, claims 
administration, and risk management services.
	(d)  A contract under Subsection (c) may provide that the 
retirement system reimburse the office for the cost of a claim paid 
to an employee or former employee of the retirement system.  Section 
506.002 does not apply to a reimbursement that the retirement 
system makes under this subsection.
	(e)  The office shall credit to the retirement system any 
money the office recovers from a third party through subrogation on 
a claim paid to an employee or former employee of the retirement 
system.