Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-1142-R1

Redraft EPS 1142

First Responder Suicide Prevention

Messrs. Montigny, deMacedo, Rodrigues, Timilty, Pacheco, O'Connor, Brady, Moore and Feeney moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8000-0600, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, Inc., to provide mental health, wellness and suicide prevention services to emergency service providers in southeastern Massachusetts; provided further, that no person who provides or receives said services shall be required to testify or divulge any information obtained solely through the provision of or receipt of such services and any information divulged to a provider during the provision of such services shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed to a third party; provided further, that said disclosure may occur if a critical incident stress management team member, based on such information, has reasonable cause to believe that: (i) the emergency service provider or another person is in danger of serious bodily harm or death; (ii) a child is being subjected to abuse or neglect; or (iii) the information indicates the existence of a past or present act constituting an intentional tort or crime, provided that the tort or crime would not be barred under the applicable statute of limitations”.