Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-577-R3

3rd Redraft EHS 577

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Study Commission

Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Feeney, Ross, Crighton, deMacedo, Rodrigues, Moore, Tarr, Cyr and Lesser moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 4590-2001 the following item:- “4590-2010 For the department of elder affairs, who shall contract with the University of Massachusetts Medical School to conduct a study on opioid use in the commonwealth specifically related to the impact opioid use has had and may continue to have on grandparents and other relatives raising related children; provided further, that the study shall investigate and report on, among other topics: (i) the number of individuals in the commonwealth raising related children of relatives; (ii) the number of individuals in the commonwealth raising grandchildren because one or both of the parents are addicted to an opioid drug; (iii) resources available to provide services to both the grandparent or other relative as well as the children; and (iv) whether such services are coordinated in a manner that is beneficial to the grandparents and other relatives.............$50,000”.