Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-685

EHS 685

Soldiers' Homes Technical Language Change

Mr. Rush moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

“SECTION XX.  Section 16 of chapter 6A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 31 to 35, inclusive, the words ‘, the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing and the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts and the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke; (5) the department of veterans’ services under the direction of the secretary of veterans’ services, who shall be appointed by the governor’ and inserting in place thereof the following words:-  and the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; (5) the department of veterans’ services under the direction of the secretary of veterans’ services, who shall be appointed by the governor, which shall include the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts and the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.”