Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-629-R1

Redraft EHS 629

Department of Mental Health

Mr. Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 5095-0015, by striking out, in lines 22 to 25, inclusive, the words “provided further, that the department shall maintain no fewer than 671 inpatient beds in its system in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that of these 671 beds, 45 beds shall be continuing care inpatient beds on the campus of Taunton State Hospital” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “provided further, that the department shall maintain not less than 676 inpatient beds in its system in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that of these 676 beds, not less than 50 beds shall be continuing care inpatient beds on the campus of Taunton State Hospital”; and

in said section 2, in said item 5095-0015, by adding the following words:-  “; provided further, that the department shall not take action in fiscal year 2017 to reduce the number of state-operated continuing care inpatient beds or other state-operated programs at the Taunton State Hospital campus or relocate administrative hospital services associated with the operation of the hospital off-campus; provided further, that the department shall not enter into new vendor-operated lease agreements for expansion of  existing vendor-operated programs;  provided further, that the department shall not enter into new interagency agreements or expansion of existing interagency agreements, programs or facilities until the department, in conjunction with the division of capital asset management and maintenance, has developed a comprehensive long-term use master plan for the campus, not sooner than March 2, 2017, with appropriate community input that is consistent with maintaining  publicly-provided mental health services currently delivered on-campus at Taunton State Hospital; provided further, that the plan shall include maintaining existing affiliations with institutions of higher education and possible future relationships with those institutions and others to maintain the sustainability of Taunton State Hospital; provided further, that the plan shall be consistent with maintaining the campus of Taunton State Hospital as a publicly-run mental health facility or prohibit the inclusion of behavioral health programs or publicly-run pilot programs to meet the needs of servicing individuals with mental health, behavioral health and those dual-diagnosed on the campus as part of the comprehensive master plan; and provided further, that the master plan shall be submitted 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”; and in said section 2, in said item 5095-0015, by striking out the figure “$204,798,658” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$205,398,658”.