Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-690-R1

Redraft EHS 690

Shattuck Daycare Center

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

“SECTION __. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, in conjunction with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, shall determine a feasible location for the siting of a modular child care center, outdoor recreational area, and parking, on or within one half mile of the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital property in the city of Boston, and shall enter into a 15-year lease for one dollar per year rent for the use of that property.   Provided further, that the Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the Executive office of Health and Human services and the department of capital asset management and maintenance, shall allow the Shattuck Child Care Center, Inc. to remain in its present location under the terms of the existing agreement for a period of 12 months provided the Shattuck Child Care Center, Inc.  pass their annual DPS safety inspections.   Provided further, that the Shattuck Child Care Center, Inc. will reserve a portion of its slots for employees of the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, the Department of Public Health’s State Lab and the MBTA’s Forest Hills facility.  Upon determination of a feasible location for the siting and construction of a modular child care center the commissioner may make recommendations to adjust said rent to market rate on a proportional basis for the services provided to non-employees of the commonwealth after the Shattuck Child Care Center, Inc. moves to the new property location."