Amend CSSB 1459 (senate committee printing) by striking SECTION 27 of the bill (page 6, lines 60-66), and substituting the following:

SECTION 27.  Section 1551.3196, Insurance Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an individual who does not have 5 years of eligible service credit on September 1, 2014. An individual who has at least 5 years of eligible service credit, or is participating in the group benefits program as a retiree, on that date is governed by the law in effect on August 31, 2014, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.