Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-808

EHS 808

DMH Child and Adolescent Services Feedback

Mr. Timilty moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 5042-5000, by inserting after the word Holyoke the following:- “provided further, that the department shall develop and conduct an anonymous survey of all legal guardians of children or adolescents for whom they provide services in calendar year 2015 for the purpose of developing future programming, determining gaps in service, and modernizing the overall distribution of services to meet the needs of families instead of county structures; provided further, that the department shall report no later than March 1, 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse on the results of the survey and any identified changes the department will need to address in fiscal year 2017;”