Amend HB 718, second reading engrossment, as follows:
      (1)  On page 4, line 17, strike "The" and substitute "Except
as provided by Subsection (b), the".
      (2)  On page 4, line 19, strike "the offenders, assist
incarcerated" and substitute "incarcerated offenders who are
mentally impaired, elderly, physically disabled, terminally ill, or
significantly ill, assist those".
      (3)  Between page 4, line 27, and page 5, line 1, insert the
following:
      (b)  Assistance may not be provided under this section to an
offender if the basis of the offender's eligibility for the
specified federal benefits arose in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, from the conduct for which the offender was
incarcerated or resulted in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, from the offender's drug or alcohol abuse or addiction.
      (c)  The assistance provided under this section is intended
only to assist an offender in receiving the specified federal
benefits that the offender may be eligible to receive under federal
law when released from incarceration, and this section does not
authorize an offender to receive those federal benefits while
incarcerated.
      (d)  Unless otherwise expressly provided by federal law, an
offender may not receive federal benefits, including benefits under
the programs specified in Subsection (a), while incarcerated.
      (4)  On page 5, line 1, strike "(b)" and substitute "(e)".
      (5)  On page 5, line 6, strike "(c)" and substitute "(f)".
      (6)  On page 5, line 13, strike "(d)" and substitute "(g)".
      (7)  On page 5, line 22, strike "(e)" and substitute "(h)".