Amend CSHB 3540 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In ARTICLE 2 of the bill, strike the heading of the
ARTICLE, and substitute the following:
ARTICLE 2. GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR
STATE EMPLOYEES AND ANNUITANTS
(2) In ARTICLE 2 of the bill, insert the following new
SECTIONS, appropriately numbered, and renumber subsequent SECTIONS
of the article accordingly:
SECTION ___. Section 1551.323, Insurance Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and
(a-3) to read as follows:
(a) An annuitant eligible to participate under Section
1551.102(i), 1551.111(e), or 1551.112(c) is[, except as provided by
this subsection,] required to pay, [the total cost, as determined
by the board, attributable to the participation of that individual
and the dependents of that individual] until the date the
individual is 65 years of age, an amount equal to the amount of the
state or other employer contribution that would be made on behalf of
the annuitant and, if applicable, the annuitant's dependents under
this chapter if the annuitant were eligible to participate under
another provision of Section 1551.102, 1551.111, or 1551.112.
(a-1) The payment made under this section is in addition to
other contributions required under Sections 1551.305, 1551.306,
and 1551.307.
(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if [If] the General
Appropriations Act or other similar legislation provides that some
or all of the costs paid under Subsection (a) are payable by a state
contribution [addresses the payment of those costs], those costs
shall be paid in the manner specified by that legislation.
(a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an institution of
higher education may provide some or all of the costs paid under
Subsection (a) from money appropriated from a fund other than the
general revenue fund or from money available from local sources.
SECTION __. The change in law made by this article to Section
1551.323, Insurance Code, applies only to participation on or after
September 1, 2005, in the state employees group benefits program
established under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code. Participation in
the group benefits program before September 1, 2005, is governed by
the law as it exists immediately before that date and that law is
continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION __. The change in law made by this article to
Section 1551.323, Insurance Code, takes effect September 1, 2005.