Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-416-R1

Redraft ECO 416

Equitable Services for Emergency Assistance Shelter

Ms. Lovely moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 23 the following section:-

"SECTION 23A. Section 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

The department shall ensure that a hotel or motel under contract to provide emergency housing assistance to individuals receiving benefits under this section shall provide access to all common and recreational areas otherwise accessible to hotel or motel guests under the same terms and conditions as those generally available to hotel or motel guests.”