Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-14

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Special Commission on Nutrition For Homeless Families

Messrs. Montigny, Joyce, O'Connor and Lewis moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section__ the following new section:-

SECTION XX. There is hereby established a special commission on nutrition for homeless families. The commission shall investigate and study the need for and methods to provide nutritious and medically safe meals to homeless families temporarily housed in hotels and motels in all counties of the commonwealth. The commission shall consist the following members or their designees: the undersecretary of housing and community development; the commissioner of transitional assistance; the commissioner of children and families; the commissioner of mental health; the commissioner of public health; the commissioner of elementary and secondary education; and 1 representative from each of the following organizations: a regional food bank, an organization serving homeless families, a civil legal aid organization, Community Servings, Project Bread, and Food for Free; and three members, from different geographic regions, from hospitals providing services to medically complex children. The commission shall report its findings, including any proposed legislation, to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate who shall forward the same to the joint committee on housing and the joint committee on children, families, and persons with disabilities no later than July 1, 2017.