Consolidated Amendment #E to H.3800

Consolidated Amendment "E" to H3800

Housing, Mental Health and Disability Services

Fiscal Note: $3,300,000

Amendments from Housing: 22, 40, 61, 68, 70, 113, 136, 183, 191, 195, 390, 396, 428, 437, 447, 488, 504, 530, 542, 552, 558, 610, 611, 612, 652, 669, 690, 693, 699, 720, 724, 730, 807, 808, 834, 835, 859, 942, 950, 951, 994, 1007, 1010, 1077, 1124, 1127, 1130, 1137, 1159, 1215, 1240, 1318, and 1345

Amendments from Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities: 56, 93, 94, 143, 162, 205, 228, 412, 419, 481, 491, 522, 523, 547, 559, 639, 723, 773, 789, 843, 855, 893, 936, 941, 1134, 1173, 1253, and 1294

Mr. Michlewitz of Boston and others move to amend H.3800 in section 2, in item 4110-1000, by adding following words:- ; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to each of the following radio reading services: Audible Local Ledger, Inc., Audio Journal, Incorporated, Berkshire Talking Chronicle, Lowell Association for the Blind, Inc. and Valley Eye Radio, Inc.;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$6,324,905” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $6,574,905;

And further amend said section 2, in item 5042-5000, by inserting after the words “group care” the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for YouthConnect program of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston to provide community-based mental health services to high-risk youth and their families residing in the East Boston community; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided to Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services, Inc. for the Youth Mental Health First Aid program; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the Northwestern Juvenile Fire Intervention, Response, Education and Safety Partnership, Inc. for a juvenile firesetter intervention and prevention program in Hampshire and Franklin counties;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$93,400,702” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $93,665,702;

And further amend said section 2, in item 5046-0000, by inserting after the word “team”, the first time it appears, the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $500,000 of said $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the center for police training in crisis intervention established in section 25 of chapter 19 of the General Laws;

And further amend said item by inserting after the word “measured” the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Mental Health Association, Inc. for the purchase of a new handicapped accessible van; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the International Institute of New England, Inc. for culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health services for immigrants and refugees;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$489,380,275” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $489,580,275;

And further amend said section 2, in item 5046-2000, by adding the following words:- ; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Housing Families, Inc.’s Pro Bono Legal Services Program;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$22,792,063” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $22,892,063;

And further amend said section 2, in item 5095-0015, by adding the following words:- ; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the city of Everett to create a new position, mental health clinician, to assist with substance abuse, mental health and gambling addiction;

And further amend said item by stiking out the figure “$221,497,920” and inserting in place thereof the following:- $221,547,920;

And further amend said section 2, in item 5920-2025, by adding the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Community Access to the Arts, Inc. in the town of Great Barrington; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the creation of a community based day and work program for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities at the historic Stearns Tavern at Coes Park;

And further amend said item by stiking out the figure “$236,263,699” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $236,338,699;

And further amend said section 2, in item 7004-0101, by striking the words "provided further, that not less than $4,000,000 shall be expended on not less than 60 newly contracted handicapped accessible shelter units;" and inserting in place thereof the following:- provided further, that not less than $4,000,000 shall be expended to modify or create shelter units suitable to meet the needs of households with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodation;

And further amend said section 2 by inserting after item 7004-0106 the following item:-

7004-0107For the administration of local housing programs; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for Community Action Programs Inter-City, Inc. for the communities specified in item 7004-0099 of section 2 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Commonwealth Housing Development for a technology center to be administered by the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation in Brighton; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Portal to Hope Corp.; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the World Is Our Classroom, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for permitting software for Wayland; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant to the Main South Community Development Corporation; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center, Inc. in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended for the Friendly House, Inc. in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corporation; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Quinsigamond Community Village Center in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Easton Housing Authority for improvements to Elise Circle and Parker Terrace; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Brockton Housing Authority for mobility access enhancements and renovations to the courtyard at Sullivan Towers; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a feasibility study for over 90 housing units which will be managed by the Foxboro Housing Authority; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Community Development Partnership of Cape Cod; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Homeless Prevention Council of Lower Cape Cod; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the construction of a multi-floor transitional operation facility servicing all of northern Bristol County; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the Home Works program; provided further, that the Home Works program shall provide opportunities for children in the emergency housing assistance program to attend out-of-school time and summer programming run by youth-serving organizations; provided further, that a youth-serving organization shall apply to contract with the department of housing and community development to receive contract slots to serve children in the program; provided further, that youth-serving organizations shall obtain criminal offender record information for each staff member employed by the program with responsibilities that include direct care of children pursuant to section 172H of chapter 6 of the General Laws and sex offender registry information pursuant to section 178I of said chapter 6, as well as information that is publicly available from a registry of sex offender information that is operated or coordinated by the federal government; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the Mitch’s Place shelter, a program of Emmaus, Inc. of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Watertown Housing Authority for the design of new residential units at Lexington Gardens; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and improvements to the Leland assisted living home in Waltham; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item of appropriation; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with the provisions of section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws………….$1,735,000;

And further amend said section 2, in item 7004-3036, by striking out the figure “$3,500,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $3,750,000;

And further amend said section 2, in item 7004-9030, by striking out the figure “$7,150,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $7,550,000.

And further amend the bill by inserting, after section 33, the following section:-

SECTION 33A. The second paragraph of section 34E of chapter 221 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following 2 sentences:- No question of whether representation is authorized under this section shall be considered in, or affect the final disposition of, any proceeding in which a person is represented by the committee or a member of its staff. A litigant in such a proceeding may refer such question to the chair of the committee, who shall review the matter in consultation with other committee members, dispose of the question promptly, and take appropriate action.