Amendment ID: S2439-10-R1

Redraft Amendment 10

Regional Equity

Messrs. Keenan and Eldridge, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Moran, Ms. Jehlen, Messrs. Timilty, Pacheco and Montigny move that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-2027, by striking out, in lines 75 and 76, the words "5 public hearings in areas not in close geographic proximity to the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea or the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- "6 public hearings, with at least 1 hearing held in each of the following areas of the commonwealth: (1) the western region; (2) the central region; (3) the metrowest region; (4) the northeastern region; (5) the southeastern region; and (6) Cape Cod or the Islands region,"; and

in said section 2, in said item 4000-2027, by inserting after the word " services", in line 87, the third time it appears, the following words:- "distributed equitably across the commonwealth"; and

in said section 2, in said item 4000-2027, by inserting after the word "status", in line 95, the following words:- ", place of residence"; and

in said section 2, in said item 4000-2027, by inserting after the word "status" in line 98, the following words:- ", place of residence".