Amendment #289 to H3400

Geriatric Mental Health

Representatives Malia of Boston, Campbell of Methuen, Cusack of Braintree, Hecht of Watertown, Heroux of Attleboro, Khan of Newton, Chan of Quincy, Garlick of Needham, Fox of Boston, Brodeur of Melrose, Fernandes of Milford, Atkins of Concord, Walsh of Boston, O'Day of West Boylston, Decker of Cambridge, Smizik of Brookline, Balser of Newton, Garballey of Arlington, Sciortino of Medford, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Peisch of Wellesley, Rogers of Cambridge, Naughton of Clinton and Collins of Boston move to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 9110-1636 the following item:

9110-1640 – For the geriatric mental health services program, including residential care, case management, and day treatment services, to deinstitutionalize or divert elders with serious and persistent mental illness from institutionalized settings…………………………………$350,000