Consolidated Amendment #D to H.3800

Consolidated Amendment "D" to H3800

Health and Human Services and Elder Affairs

Fiscal Note: $8,059,875

Amendments from Health and Human Services: 45, 75, 126, 128, 130, 134, 147, 209, 210, 211, 216, 231, 315, 355, 438, 470, 475, 479, 524, 591, 597, 625, 632, 646, 651, 671, 684, 691, 703, 708, 727, 753, 790, 792, 795, 801, 883, 945, 961, 989, 1005, 1049, 1054, 1071, 1088, 1091, 1100, 1103, 1115, 1133, 1153, 1261, 1301, 1317, 1325, 1330, 1350, 1358

Amendments from Elder Affairs: 13, 72, 98, 167, 218, 307, 331, 344, 346, 376, 393, 409, 423, 448, 529, 586, 643, 670, 712, 732, 735, 739, 740, 771, 785, 793, 805, 813, 845, 858, 914, 960, 965, 984, 988, 1014, 1052, 1093, 1147, 1239, 1247, 1268, 1304, 1308, 1311

Mr. Michlewitz of Boston and others move to amend H.3800 in section 2, in item 4000-0005, by inserting after the word “violence”, in line 5, the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended for Parent Villages, Inc. for the Parent Villages program in the city of Springfield to provide comprehensive youth development and violence prevention services to at-risk youth; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended for the Springfield Partners, Inc. for the It's Your Turn Take the Mic program in the city of Springfield to provide comprehensive youth development and violence prevention services to at-risk youth; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Springfield Partners, Inc. for the AWAKE program in the city of Springfield to provide comprehensive youth development and violence prevention services to at-risk youth; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Merrimack Valley Public Safety Youth Center in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the South End Community Center’s Community Youth Corp Program;

And further amend said item by inserting after the word “findings”, in line 14, the following words:- that demonstrate program success;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$10,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $10,160,000;

And further amend said section 2, in item 4000-0300, by inserting after the word “jurisdictions”, in line 17, the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services for the purpose of increasing access to health and human services on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket; provided further, that said funds shall be expended equally for the counties of Nantucket and Dukes; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the purposes defined in item 1599-2009 in section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a western Massachusetts Academic Medical Center with a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit within an acute hospital in Hampden County for the purpose of supporting, enhancing and expanding programming associated with its Rooming-In Program for infants and mothers with opioid use disorder;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$107,816,936” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $108,216,936;

And further amend said section 2, in item 4000-0641, by striking out the figure “$357,100,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $362,100,000;

And further amend said section by inserting after the words “June 30, 2002” the following words:- ; provided further, that in fiscal year 2020 the executive office of health and human services shall establish nursing facility MassHealth rates that are not less than $35,000,000 in payments made to nursing facilities for the fiscal year ending in 2019, for the purpose of funding a cost adjustment inflationary increase for resident care and labor costs;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$395,400,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $400,400,000;

And further amend said section 2, in item 4000-0700, by inserting after the word “cases” the following words:- ; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for activities relating to customer service;

And further amend said section 2, in item 4003-0122, by inserting after the words “highest priority for services” the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Casa Dominicana, Inc. to assist in citizenship education, citizenship application assistance, ESL classes and computer training for low-income adults; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Lawrence Family Development and Education Fund to assist in citizenship education, citizenship application assistance, ESL classes and computer training for low-income adults;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$801,575” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $901,575;

And further amend said section 2, in item 9110-1630, by inserting after the word “training” the following words:- including, but not limited to, home care and home health providers, councils on aging, skilled nursing facilities and adult day health programs;

And further amend said section 2, in item 9110-1900, by inserting after the word “farm share program” the following words:- ; and provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for Meals on Wheels;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$8,957,559” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $9,707,559;

And further amend said section 2, in item 9110-9002, by inserting after the words “$12 per-elder” the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the town of Millis to conduct a feasibility study for the design and construction of a new Senior Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for renovations needed for the Marblehead Council on Aging’s kitchen in the town of Marblehead; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Andover Senior Center in the town of Andover for rehabilitation of their facility after the Merrimack Valley gas fires of September 2018; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Buzzell Senior Center in the town of Wilmington for necessary repairs and renovations; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the cost associated with care and services provided at Whipple Senior Center in the town of Weymouth; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Groton Council on Aging to cover costs associated with repairs to the Senior Center in the town of Groton; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the town of Sandwich for the purpose of defraying engineering and design costs of a new Center for the Council on Aging; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the conversion of the Allen Avenue School in North Attleboro into a center for the North Attleboro Council on Aging; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for costs associated with the feasibility study as well as the conversion and general improvements as they relate to the Mansfield police station being converted into a center for the Council on Aging; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for education and enrichment programs at the Council on Aging in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the city of Everett to renovate the basement of the senior center to expand senior services; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the installment of an elevator in the Senior Center Building in the town of Seekonk; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Halifax Council on Aging; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for The Senior Center Consortium representing the towns of Ashfield, Buckland, and Shelburne and the western Franklin County region for the design and project management of the renovation, expansion or new construction of the Senior Center in Shelburne Falls; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester Regional Transit Authority for the establishment of a Senior Van and Paratransit Service in the town of Berlin; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a transportation van for the Woburn Council on Aging; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for renovations needed for the Fitchburg Council on Aging’s flat roof in the city of Fitchburg; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the town of Reading for the purchase of an elder and human services van; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the town of Longmeadow for the purchase of an emergency generator for the new Longmeadow Adult Center which will also be used as an emergency shelter;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$16,515,125” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $17,965,000;

And further amend the bill in section 2E by inserting after item 1595-1070 the following item:-

1595-1071For an operating transfer to the Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund established pursuant to section 35GGG of chapter 10 of the General Laws, inserted by section 7 of chapter 208 of the acts of 2018.. $200,000;

And further amend the bill by inserting, after section 55, the following section:-

SECTION 55A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for any wheel chair van transport vehicle, the amount paid by MassHealth per trip shall be no less than any amount paid by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority for equivalent wheel chair van services provided by The RIDE; provided, that MassHealth shall establish rates for wheel chair van transport providers that ensure that the amounts paid comply with this section.