Amendment #884 to H4219

Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Supports

Ms. Decker of Cambridge moves to amend the bill in section 2A, in item 1599-2028, by in line 118, by inserting after “development”  the following: “to include peer professionals and community health workers” and further amends said section by inserting in line 119 after the word “training” the following: “provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended to support families of children with serious mental health needs; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be allocated to the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Inc. and the BIRCh Center to to launch a school based behavioral health technical assistance center; provided further, that $1,500,000 shall be expended for implementation assistance grants to community behavioral health provider organizations to advance adoption of pediatric behavioral health urgent care programs; provided further, that funds shall be expended to support innovation to address emergency department boarding and create better systems for supporting children and adolescents in crisis, priority focus shall be placed on services for children with complex needs including DCF and DYS involved children and children with co-occurring autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities and other youth who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic” and in said item by striking out the figures “$250,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$253,250,000”.

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Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Supports