Amendment ID: S2564-294-R1

Redraft EHS 294

Post-Traumatic Stress Care for Medical Personnel

Ms. Rausch, Messrs. O'Connor and Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1599-2051, by inserting the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available to a public academic health sciences center or an academic medical center to develop or contract for asynchronous technological solutions to provide behavioral and mental health screenings and services for unmet populations, including without limitation facilitating the treatment of post-traumatic stress in medical personnel related to health care work during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic; provided further, that, not later than January 10, 2022, said funding shall be made available as a grant from the department of public health."