** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: State Affairs

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Tuesday, June 27, 2006

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Robert Duncan

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The Committee will meet to take invited and public testimony on the
following interim committee charges:

Interim Charge No. 1:  Study the Employees Retirement System of Texas
("ERS") including the actuarial soundness of the ERS pension fund; the
implementation of cost-saving measures in the ERS group health insurance
plan; the suggestion of further cost-saving measures such as the
implementation of a 3-tiered provider network; the effectiveness of the
third party administrator of the ERS group health insurance plan in
managing inflation; and the feasibility of consolidating the administration
of all state group health plans under a single state agency.***

Interim Charge No. 2:  Study the Teachers Retirement System of Texas
("TRS") including the actuarial soundness of the TRS pension fund; the
implementation of cost-saving measures in the TRS group health insurance
plan; the suggestion of further cost-saving measures such as the
implementation of a 3-tiered provider network; the implementation of
S.B. 1370, 79th Legislature; the effectiveness of the third party
administrator of the TRS group health insurance plan in managing inflation;
and the feasibility of consolidating the administration of all state group
health plans under a single state agency.***

*** Please note, the Committee will not be taking up the actuarial
soundness of either pension fund at this time.

The Committee will also take invited testimony on issues related to
electronic voting systems.

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