Amendment ID: S2739-11

Amendment 11

DPH Licensure

Ms. Comerford, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Jehlen, Messrs. Lesser and Velis, Ms. Gobi, Mr. Hinds, Ms. Rausch, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Messrs. Collins, Pacheco, Timilty, Feeney and Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting in section 25, in line 230, after the word “home” the following words:- “and the secretary of veterans’ services”; and

in section 25, by inserting at the end of proposed section 73C of chapter 111, the following 2 subsections:-

"(d) Each state-operated veterans’ homes shall be licensed pursuant to section 71 of this chapter. The superintendent of each state-operated veterans’ home shall apply for and maintain such licensure.

(e) All state-operated veterans’ homes shall be subject to the requirements and conditions of, and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to, section 72. The superintendent, in coordination with the executive director of veterans’ homes and housing, shall ensure compliance and remedy any failures pursuant to the notice and remediation process of subsection (b).".