Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-28

OTH 28

Ensuring the Protection of Services for Victims of Sexual Assault

Ms. Clark and Ms. Flanagan moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section 88, the following new sections:-

"SECTION XX (a) Notwithstanding chapter 150E of General Laws, positions and employees of the sexual assault nurse examiner program within the department of public health shall maintain salary and benefits in effect prior to the transfer of such positions and employees pursuant to St. 2012 c. 139, §191(a) and shall not be subject to collective bargaining agreements within the Department of Public Health. Nothing in this section shall confer upon any employee of the department’s sexual assault nurse examiner Program any right not held immediately before the date of the transfer.

(b) Notwithstanding chapter 150E of the General Laws, the department may fill vacancies in positions transferred pursuant to St. 2012 c. 139 § 191(a); provided, however, that the salaries and benefits of individuals hired to fill vacant positions shall be comparable to the salaries and benefits of individuals transferred into the same or similar positions within the department’s sexual assault nurse examiner program.

SECTION XX shall take effect on June 30, 2013 and shall be repealed June 30, 2014."