Amendment ID: S2177-10-R3

3rd Redraft Amendment 10

Substance Use Disorder Services

Messrs. Tarr and O'Connor move to amend the bill by inserting after section 6 the following section:-

"SECTION.

Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2XXXX the following section:-

Section 2YYYY.  In order to implement MassHealth’s substance use disorder 1115 waiver  demonstration project and to enhance and expand substance use disorder services, there shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Substance Use Disorder Federal Reinvestment Trust Fund, in this section called the fund. There shall be credited to the fund revenues equal to the amount of federal financial participation received by the Commonwealth’s  General Fund for expenditures for Residential Recovery  Services, Transitional Support Services,  Family Recovery Services,  Recovery Support Navigator Services, Recovery Coach Services and other qualifying substance use disorder treatment services  and any other federal reimbursements, grants, premiums, gifts, interest or other contributions from any source received that are specifically designated to be credited to the fund.   The secretary of health and human services shall be the trustee of the fund.  Subject to appropriation, the secretary of health and human services shall make expenditures from the fund to expand and enhance the substance use disorder service continuum for individuals in need of substance use disorder services and to support the planning, implementation and operating costs of administering these funds. For the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the fund may incur expenses, and the comptroller shall certify for payment, amounts not to exceed the most recent revenue estimate as certified by the MassHealth director, as reported in the state accounting system. Amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year."