Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-851-R2

2nd Redraft EHS 851

Taunton State Hospital Master Plan

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 adding the following words:- “; provided further, that the department shall take no action in fiscal year 2015 to reduce the number of state-operated continuing care inpatient beds or other state-operated programs on the Taunton State Hospital campus or relocate any administrative hospital services associated with the operation of the hospital off campus; provided further, that the department shall not enter into any new lease agreements or interagency agreements for new vendor-operated programs until the department, in conjunction with the division of capital asset management and maintenance, has developed a master plan with appropriate community input detailing future uses for the Taunton State Hospital campus; and provided further, that this master plan shall be submitted no sooner than March 2, 2015 to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of health and human services, the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means”.