Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-759

EHS 759

DMH Nonviolent Offenders

Mr. Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 5095-0015, moved that the bill be amended in section 2, in item 5095-0015,

by inserting at the end thereof the following new text:-

“; provided further that the department shall develop a state operated program for nonviolent offenders with mental health diagnoses currently serving their sentences in state or county correctional facilities on the campus of Taunton State Hospital.”