Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-1082-R1

Redraft EPS 1082

Essex County Sheriff Registry of Deeds Partnership

Mr. Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8900-0001, by inserting at the end thereof the following:-provided that the Department of Correction, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association, shall undertake a study to determine the appropriate staffing levels and appropriate funding levels at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital so that the Department of Correction would solely staff the facility for the purpose of guarding patients at the facility. 

The study shall develop a staffing plan that would provide for the staffing of the Shattuck Hospital to be solely personnel from the Department of Correction and no longer require employees of county corrections to provide security at the facility.  A report and recommendation shall be filed with the Senate Ways and Means, House Ways and Means, the Executive Office of Administration and Finance no later than October 31, 2018.