Amendment #710 to H4100

Nursing and Allied Health Initiative

Representatives Khan of Newton, Canavan of Brockton, Linsky of Natick, Hecht of Watertown, Ross of Attleboro, Dwyer of Woburn, Walsh of Framingham, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Swan of Springfield, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Parisella of Beverly, Fox of Boston, Lawn of Watertown, Garlick of Needham, Devers of Lawrence, Peake of Provincetown, Ashe of Longmeadow, O'Day of West Boylston, Adams of Andover, Cusack of Braintree and Andrews of Orange move to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 7066-0019 the following item:

"7066-0020 - For the nursing and allied health workforce development initiative, to develop and support strategies that increase the number of public higher education faculty members and students who participate in programs that support careers in fields related to nursing and allied health; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred to the Massachusetts Nursing and Allied Health Workforce Development Trust Fund established in section 33 of chapter 305 of the acts of 2008; provided further, that funds shall be transferred to the Trust Fund according to an allotment schedule adopted by the executive office for administration and finance; and provided further, that the department of higher education shall provide monthly expenditure reports to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means………………………………….$635,250”