Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing), in Part 17 of Article IX of the bill, by adding the following appropriately numbered rider to read as follows:

Sec. 17.____.  Contingency Rider. Contingent on HB 3680 or similar legislation of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, relating to education employees uniform group health coverage becoming law:

(1)  In Article IX of this Act, in Section 17.13, make a proportional reduction in the amount appropriated to each agency other than the Teacher Retirement System from the Economic Stabilization Fund (page IX-84) to reduce the total appropriations to the agencies by $620,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2018, and $1,200,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019.

(2)  There is appropriated to the Teacher Retirement System from the Economic Stabilization Fund $620,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2018, and $1,200,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2019, to provide additional state assistance for the purchase of group health coverage for employees of participating school districts.

(3)  Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.