Consolidated Amendment "G" to H4100

Mental Health and Disability Services

Mental Health and Disability Services

Fiscal Note:  $9,400,000

Mental Health and Disability Services:  35, 77, 224, 226, 286, 349, 353, 354, 547, 551, 553, 555, 557, 591, 684, 706, 728, 845, and 862.

Mr. Dempsey of Haverhill and others move to amend H.4100, in section 2, in line item 5046-0000, by inserting after the words “care at department facilities” the following: “; provided further, that the department shall allocate $500,000 for clubhouses above fiscal year 2012 expenditures for clubhouses; provided further, that funds shall be expended at the same level as the prior fiscal year for jail diversion programs in municipalities that provide equal matching funds from other public or private sources” and in said line item by striking out the figures “$342,668,578” and inserting in place thereof the figures: “$343,168,578”

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 5055-0000, by striking out the figures "$8,097,163" and inserting in place thereof the figures "$8,297,163".

And further amend the bill in section 2, in line item 5095-0015, by inserting after the words “received at the closed facility” the following: “; provided further, the department shall maintain the capacity for 30 vendor operated continuing care inpatient beds in the southeastern region of Massachusetts; provided further the department of mental health shall file a report including but not limited to: 1) a comprehensive review and evaluation of the commonwealth’s inpatient mental healthcare system, 2) the statewide network of community based services and supports and 3) the continuum of care in all regions of Massachusetts; provided further, that prior to filing said report the department shall solicit testimony and recommendations from organizations including but not limited to: 1) the chairs of the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse, 2) the Association for Behavioral Healthcare, 3) the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, 3) the Massachusetts Nurses Association, 4) the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts, 5) and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; provided further, said report shall be filed with the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means, no later than December 28th 2012” and in said line item by striking out the figure “$152,988,321” and inserting in place thereof the figure: “$161,488,321”.

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 5920-3010, in line 13, by inserting after “that” the following: “the waiver program is fully enrolled and”.

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 5911-1003, by striking out the figures "$62,084,732" and inserting in place thereof the figures "$62,284,732".