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Amend CSSB 13 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in the amended heading to Section 403.0165, Government Code (page 2, lines 13-14), strike "FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL" and substitute "EMPLOYEES".
(2) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 403.0165(l)(3)(A), Government Code (page 2, line 40), strike "; or" and substitute ";".
(3) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 403.0165(l)(3)(B), Government Code (page 2, line 44), between "Code" and the underlined period, insert the following:
;
(C) an individual employed in any of the following state agencies:
(i) the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(ii) the Department of State Health Services;
(iii) the Health and Human Services Commission;
(iv) the office of the attorney general;
(v) the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired;
(vi) the Texas School for the Deaf;
(vii) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
(viii) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; or
(ix) the Texas Workforce Commission; or
(D) an individual employed at a public institution of higher education