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Amend CSSB 1370 by inserting the following new ARTICLE, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE _____.  ON-LINE STATE BENEFITS SYSTEM
	SECTION _____.01.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 2054.131 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2054.131.  ELECTRONIC BENEFITS ENROLLMENT AND 
ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM.  (a) In this section, "work site benefits 
plan" means a plan or other arrangement to provide to officers, 
employees, or former officers or employees:
		(1) insurance, including health, life, and disability 
insurance and health benefits plans;
		(2) flexible spending accounts; or                                     
		(3) savings or retirement benefits.                                    
	(b) If the comptroller determines that a cost savings may be 
realized, the comptroller, through a private vendor selected under 
this section, may implement a project that establishes a common 
electronic infrastructure through which each state agency, 
including any retirement system created by statute or by the 
constitution, shall:
		(1) require its work site benefits plan participants to 
electronically:
			(A) enroll in any work site benefits plans 
provided to the person by the state or a state agency;
			(B) add, change, or delete benefits;                                  
			(C) sign any payroll deduction agreements to 
implement a contribution made to a plan in which the participant 
enrolls;
			(D) terminate participation in a voluntary plan;                      
			(E) initiate account investment changes and 
withdrawals in a retirement plan;
			(F) obtain information regarding plan benefits; 
and                 
			(G) communicate with the plan administrator; and                      
		(2) administer its work site benefits plans 
electronically by using the project to:
			(A) enroll new plan participants and, when 
appropriate, terminate plan participation;
			(B) generate eligibility and enrollment reports 
for plan participants;
			(C) link plan administration with payroll 
administration to facilitate payroll deductions for a plan;
			(D) facilitate single-source billing arrangements 
between the agency and a plan provider; and
			(E) transmit and receive information regarding 
the plan.            
	(c) The electronic infrastructure established under 
Subsection (a) may include TexasOnline, the Internet, intranets, 
extranets, and wide area networks.
	(d) If the comptroller implements an electronic 
infrastructure project under this section, the comptroller shall 
select and contract with a single private vendor to implement the 
project.  The contract must require the application of the project 
to all state agencies without cost to the state until the project is 
initially implemented.
	(e) The private vendor selected under Subsection (d) must 
offer existing information resources technology for use in the 
project that:
		(1) will be available to all state agencies, including 
retirement systems;
		(2) includes each agency's work site benefits plan 
participants;     
		(3) will use, to the extent possible, the department's 
information technology standards, including information security, 
privacy and disaster recovery, and Internet-based technology 
standards;
		(4) includes applications and a supporting platform 
that are already developed and used in connection with the 
electronic enrollment of work site benefits plans offered by other 
multiple plan providers;
		(5) is available for use with a wide variety of plan and 
benefit providers;
		(6) can be easily modified to permit changes in benefits 
offered by the state or a state agency;
		(7) provides a solution to overcome limitations caused 
by the incompatibility of different legacy systems used by 
different state agencies and plan providers;
		(8) is available for use over the Internet through 
existing or new websites or portals; and
		(9) is supported, to the extent necessary, by:                         
			(A) laptop and desktop enrollment and 
administration capabilities; and
			(B) a telephone call center.                                          
	SECTION _____.  02.  If the electronic infrastructure under 
Section 2054.131, Government Code, as added by this article, is 
established, the comptroller as soon as reasonably possible shall 
develop a timetable and procedures under which each state agency 
shall implement the electronic infrastructure project for use by 
all work site benefits plan participants, including officers and 
employees and former officers and employees.