Amend CSSB 1369 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section
1575.004(1)(B), Insurance Code (page 1, lines 56-57, Senate
committee printing), strike "service credit, excluding any service
credit purchased under Section 823.405, Government Code," and
substitute "service credit earned for service in the public schools
of this state".
(2) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 1575.161(c),
Insurance Code (page 2, line 38, Senate committee printing), strike
"in that same coverage tier effective September 1, 2004." and
substitute "in that same coverage tier.".
(3) In SECTION 5 of the bill, strike amended Section
1575.201, Insurance Code (page 2, lines 56-68, Senate committee
printing), and substitute the following:
Sec. 1575.201. ADDITIONAL STATE CONTRIBUTIONS; CERTAIN
CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) The state through the trustee [system] shall
contribute from money in the fund:
(1) the total cost of the basic plan covering each
participating retiree; and
(2) for each participating dependent, surviving
spouse, and surviving dependent child, the amount prescribed by the
General Appropriations Act to cover part of the cost of the basic
plan covering the dependent, surviving spouse, and surviving
dependent child.
(b) The trustee shall collect the amount of premium required
for basic coverage under the group program that exceeds the amount
contributed by the state for those individuals described by
Subsection (a)(2).