Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-820

EHS 820

Parity in Mental Health Services

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 there of in line item 5095-0015 after the words “Taunton State Hospital” the following new text:-

“provided further that the department shall develop an 18 bed state-operated pilot crisis stabilization unit which shall be fully operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that will provide evaluation, stabilization and referral to behavioral health patients who may otherwise be boarded in emergency rooms or spend longer periods in continuing and acute care units in the southeast area; on the campus of Taunton State Hospital, provided further their shall be coordination between the state agencies, authorities, departments and programs currently providing services or benefits to individuals receiving these services.”