Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-463-R1

Redraft EHS 463

Department of Mental Health Facilities

Mr. Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 5095-0015, by inserting at the end thereof the following words:- “; provided further, that the department shall submit a plan to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse 120 days before opening more than 50 beds in a new facility; provided further, that the plan shall include, but shall not be limited to the following: the number of beds in operation at the new facility; the number of beds affected at existing facilities; the department’s efforts to proportionally assess bed closures across the geographic regions of the state; the department’s efforts to maintain staffing levels within existing geographic regions; and assessment of the inpatient bed capacity, both public and private, in each geographic region, both prior to the new facility’s operation and following the opening of the new facility; provided further, that the department shall not reduce beds at existing facilities prior to the submission of the plan; and provided further, that said plan shall not substantially impact any region in the state disproportionately”