Amendment #669 to H3400

Community Residential Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Representatives Garlick of Needham, Sannicandro of Ashland, Dwyer of Woburn, Chan of Quincy, Rogers of Norwood, Murphy of Lowell, Hecht of Watertown, Walsh of Framingham, Rosa of Leominster, Cronin of Easton, Barrows of Mansfield, Galvin of Canton, Fresolo of Worcester, Khan of Newton, Walsh of Boston, Gregoire of Marlborough, McMurtry of Dedham, Rogers of Cambridge, Garballey of Arlington, Brady of Brockton, Conroy of Wayland, Puppolo of Springfield and Moran of Lawrence move to amend the bill in section 2 in item 5920-2000, in line 4, by inserting after “provided further that the” the following: “Secretary of Administration and Finance shall complete a study to be submitted by no later than September 15, 2013 to the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means that indicates what the cost of fully implementing the Chapter 257 rates for all EOHHS purchase of service rates scheduled for implementation in Fiscal Year 2014, including, but not limited to adult long term services that would be if implemented on January 1, 2014 utilizing the promulgated rates for such services;”.