Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-998

EPS 998

Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center

Ms. Creem moved that the proposed new text be amended by striking section 56 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

"SECTION 56. Clause (ii) of the first sentence of the fifth paragraph of section 35 of chapter 123 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 4 of chapter 8 of the acts of 2016, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “Bridgewater” the following words:- or other such facility as designated by the commissioner of correction, provided that no person committed under section 35 may be held at any such correctional facility after June 30, 2018, by which date the Executive Office of Health and Human Services shall determine the feasibility of establishing sufficient public or private treatment facilities, licensed or approved by the department of public health or the department of mental health, to ensure that no person committed under section 35 may be held in a correctional facility."