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Amend CSSB 1370 (House Committee Printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION _____. (a) Subchapter C, Chapter 1551, Insurance 
Code, as effective June 1, 2003, is amended by adding Section 
1551.1021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1551.1021. PARTICIPATION ELIGIBILITY: CERTAIN FACULTY 
OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) An adjunct faculty member 
at a public institution of higher education is eligible to 
participate in the group benefits program as an employee if the 
faculty member:
		(1) receives compensation for services rendered to a 
public institution of higher education as an adjunct faculty 
member;
		(2) has been employed as a faculty member by the same 
public institution of higher education and has taught at least one 
course in each regular fall and spring semester at the public 
institution of higher education in each of the preceding three 
academic years; and
		(3) is under contract or is scheduled to teach at least 
12 semester credit hours in the academic year of coverage or, if the 
person is also employed by the public institution of higher 
education to perform nonteaching duties, is under contract or is 
scheduled to teach at least six semester credit hours in the 
academic year of coverage and has been approved by the public 
institution of higher education to participate in the group 
benefits program.
	(b) From money appropriated from a fund other than the 
general revenue fund or from money available from local sources, a 
public institution of higher education may, for an adjunct faculty 
member eligible to receive benefits under this section, contribute:
		(1) not more than 50 percent of the cost of basic 
coverage for the employee; and
		(2) not more than 25 percent of the cost of dependent 
coverage.      
	(c) Subsection (b) does not prohibit a public institution of 
higher education from contributing, from money other than money 
appropriated from the general revenue fund, amounts that exceed the 
amount specified in Subsection (b) to provide coverage for a person 
employed by a public institution of higher education who meets the 
criteria for eligibility under Subsection (a).
	(b) The board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System 
of Texas shall include coverage under Section 1551.114, Insurance 
Code, as added by this section, in an insurance policy or contract 
or in an evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or 
renewed on or after January 1, 2004.  The board of trustees may 
include coverage under Section 1551.114, Insurance Code, as added 
by this section, in an insurance policy or contract or in an 
evidence of coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed 
before January 1, 2004, if the board of trustees determines that 
coverage may be reasonably included.