Amend CSSB 1055 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, abolishing Stephen F. Austin State University, strike Subsection (a) (page 2, lines 33-37) and substitute the following:

(a)  Stephen F. Austin State University is abolished on September 1, 2023, or on an alternate date the board of regents of The University of Texas System determines appropriate to achieve the maximum operating efficiency of the system. A designated alternate date must be entered into the minutes of the board.

(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, establishing Stephen F. Austin State University, a member of The University of Texas System, and providing transition language, strike Subsection (h) (page 3, line 65, through page 4, line 13), substitute the following subsections, and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly:

(h)  A person who is a participant or is eligible to participate in a group benefits insurance program of Stephen F. Austin State University under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, or who would be eligible to participate at a future date as a retiree, on the date Stephen F. Austin State University is abolished, as authorized by this Act, is eligible to participate as an employee, current retiree, or vested former employee of Stephen F. Austin State University, a member of The University of Texas System, or as a dependent or surviving dependent, as if all benefits-eligible service credit had been earned in a benefits-eligible position at Stephen F. Austin State University, a member of The University of Texas System. A person who is eligible under this subsection for the uniform insurance benefits under Chapter 1601, Insurance Code, is not eligible to participate in a group benefits insurance program under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code.

(i)  The Employees Retirement System of Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University, and The University of Texas System shall take all actions necessary to implement Subsection (h). For that purpose:

(1)  the Employees Retirement System of Texas shall provide to The University of Texas System the information, including protected health information to the extent authorized by law, necessary for payment activities and plan operations, including health plan operations, of the uniform insurance benefits under Chapter 1601, Insurance Code; and

(2)  Stephen F. Austin State University and The University of Texas System shall ensure that the Employees Retirement System of Texas receives full contributions for each month in which employees of Stephen F. Austin State University are covered by the group benefits insurance program under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code.

(j)  An employee of Stephen F. Austin State University who is participating in the deferred compensation plan under Subchapter C, Chapter 609, Government Code, on the date the university is abolished, as authorized by this Act, is considered to have terminated employment on that date for purposes of the deferred compensation plan.