Amend HB 1420 by striking SECTION 2 and renumbering the succeeding SECTION in consecutive numerical sequence. Amendment No. 1 was adopted without objection. HB 1420, as amended, was passed to engrossment. GENERAL STATE CALENDAR HOUSE BILLS THIRD READING The following bills were laid before the house and read third time: HB 718 ON THIRD READING (by Maxey and Naishtat) HB 718, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to assistance for certain persons in obtaining benefits under certain federal social security programs. Amendment No. 1 Representative Culberson offered the following amendment to HB 718: *BEGIN-AMEND;BILL:HB718;READING:3;NUM:1* 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)".