Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-907

EPS 907

DLC: Bridgewater Monitoring

Ms. Creem and Ms. Flanagan moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8900-0001, by adding at the end thereof the following:-

“provided further, that the Department of Corrections shall expend $125,000 for monitoring  the efficacy of  service delivery reforms at Bridgewater State Hospital by the Disability Law Center. The Disability Law Center shall report on the impact of these reforms on the patients at Bridgewater State Hospital to the Joint Committee on Mental Health Substance Use and Recovery, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate at least every six months.”