Amendment #499 to H3800

Restoration Center Commission Year 2

Mr. Gordon of Bedford moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 8910-0107, by adding the following words:- “provided further, that the sheriff’s office shall expend not less than $250,000 for the second year of a 4-year pilot program to establish a county restoration center overseen by the Middlesex county restoration center commission pursuant to section 100A to divert persons suffering from mental illness or substance use disorder who interact with law enforcement or the court system during a pre-arrest investigation or the pre-adjudication process from lock-up facilities and hospital emergency departments to appropriate treatment”; and

in said section 2, in said item 8910-0107, by striking out the figure “$69,541,598” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$69,791,598”;