Consolidated Amendment #D to H.3400

Consolidated Amendment "D" to H3400

Housing and Social Services

Fiscal Note: $11,714,125

Amendment 93 and 94 have been re-categorized to the Mental Health and Disability category

Amendment 235 have been re-categorized from the Education and Local Aid category

Amendments from Housing and Social Services: 15, 25, 40, 48, 62, 92, 96, 97, 101, 103, 117, 121, 125, 141, 144, 159, 183, 249, 286, 288, 298, 301, 311, 314, 322, 338, 339, 347, 385, 387, 390, 402, 432, 463, 467, 471, 479, 491, 492, 504, 507, 509, 547, 558, 564, 569, 585, 595, 597, 602, 607, 614, 618, 640, 641, 646, 649, 660, 665, 679, 684, 696, 697, 709, 742, 745, 750, 753, 760, 779, 790, 797, 801, 802, 814, 820, 828, 838, 840, 842, 851, 868, 871, 878, 880 and 887.

Mr. Dempsey of Haverhill and others move to amend H.3400 in section 2, in item 4400-1000, by striking out the figure “$62,289,182” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $63,289,182;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4400-1100, by striking out the figure “$60,084,483” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $61,084,483;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4401-1000, by inserting after the words “eligible to receive services” the following words:- provided further, that not less than $130,000 shall be expended for programs operated through the Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$2,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- “$3,000,000”;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$5,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- $6,130,000;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4403-2000, by inserting after the words “said chapter 5 or any successor law” the following words:- ; provided further, that a $40 per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4405-2000, by inserting after the words “adult foster care benefit” the following words:- provided further, that funds shall be made available for rate increases for level IV rest homes as defined in 105 CMR 150.001 in an amount not less than the amount received in fiscal year 2013;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$232,688,118” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $233,188,118;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4408-1000, by inserting after the words “to the General Fund” the following words:- provided further, that funds shall be made available for rate increases for level IV rest homes as defined in 105 CMR 150.001 in an amount not less than the amount received in fiscal year 2013;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$92,644,480” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $92,844,480;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4800-0015, by inserting after the words “the department’s social workers” the following words:- ; for each area office, the number of children served by supervised visitation centers and the number of those children who are reunified with their families; for each area office, the total number of children served, their ages, the number of children in out-of-home placements and the number of placements each child has had before receiving an out-of-home placement; for each area office, the number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in the quarter covered by the report and the number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in that quarter for which federal reimbursement was received; for each area office, the total spending on services other than case management services provided to families for the purposes of keeping a child with his parents or reunifying the child with his parents, spending by type of the service, and the unduplicated number of families that receive the services; for each area office, the total number of families in the month residing in shelter paid for by the department, a list of where the families are sheltered, the total cost and average cost per family of those shelters and a description of how the department determines who does or does not qualify for shelter;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4800-0016, by striking out the figure “$400,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $2,000,000;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4800-0038, by inserting at the end thereof the following:- ; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the planned learning achievement program in Amherst, in collaboration with the department of elementary and secondary education, through an interagency service agreement; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Weymouth teen center to provide job skills training, remedial education services, and to promote a social service program promoting growth and social welfare; provided further, that funds may be expended on programs that received funding in fiscal year 2013; and provided further, an amount not less than fiscal year 2013 shall be expended on children’s advocacy centers;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$250,114,828” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $250,589,828;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in item 4800-1400, by inserting after the word “shelter” the following:- ; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Portal to Hope servicing Everett, Malden and Medford”;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$21,125,812” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $21,530,430;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in line item 7004-0099, by inserting after the words “privacy security requirements” the following:- ; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to World is Our Classroom, Inc. serving the towns of Holyoke, Westfield, Chicopee and Greenfield;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$6,397,129” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $6,472,129;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in line item 7004-0100, by striking out the figure “$5,418,110” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $5,835,613;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in line item 7004-0102, by inserting after the words “management information system” the following:- ; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the River House shelter in the city of Beverly;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$37,963,331” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $40,450,335;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in line item 7004-0108, by inserting after the words “assigned to each household” the following:- ; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended annually for provision of emergency services that provide domestic violence intervention, workforce development, housing assistance, operation of food vouchers, winter coats for kids and holiday dinners operated by Community Action Programs Inter-City, Incorporated for the communities specified in item 7004-0099 of section 2 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$58,788,556” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $58,963,556;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in line item 7004-9005, by striking out the figure “$62,400,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $64,400,000;

And further amend the bill in section 2, in line item 7004-9033, by striking out the figure “$4,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $4,250,000;

And further amend the bill in section 6, in line 43, by striking out the word “and”;

And further amend said section by inserting after the words “potential fraud cases”, in line 44, the following:- and (viii) coordinate with other agencies to monitor compliance with work force requirements;

And further amend the bill in section 86 by inserting at the end thereof, the following:-

The department of transitional assistance shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the impact of this section on or before November 30, 2013;

And further amend the bill, in section 87, by striking out the words, in lines 1304 to 1306, inclusive, “provided, however, that the department shall not use numerical identifiers other than valid social security numbers for time periods in excess of 6 months, and inserting in place thereof the following:- provided, however, that the department shall not use numerical identifiers other than valid social security numbers for individuals for whom benefits are paid for time periods in excess of 6 months, unless the individual is a victim of domestic violence who has a pending petition for legal status under the federal Violence Against Women Act.