Amendment #249 to H4100

SANE Nurses

Mr. Walsh of Boston moves that the bill be amended by inserting at the end thereof the following section:-

Section --.  SECTION 1. Current positions and employees of the Massachusetts Office of Victims Assistance in the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program shall be transferred to the Department of Public Health for the purposes of operating the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program pursuant to Section 220 of Chapter 111 of the Massachusetts General Laws.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Chapter 150E of the Massachusetts general laws, these employees shall maintain salary and benefits in effect prior to the transfer and shall not be subject to collective bargaining agreements within the Department of Public Health.

Nothing in this section shall confer upon any employee of the Department’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program any right not held immediately before the date of the transfer.

SECTION 3.  The Department may fill vacancies in positions transferred pursuant to section 1, notwithstanding Chapter 150E of the General Laws, provided that the salaries and benefits of individuals hired into vacant positions are comparable to the salaries and benefits of individuals transferred into the same or similar positions within the Department’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program.

SECTION 4.  Section 2 and section 3 of this act shall expire as of June 30, 2013.