Amendment ID: S2739-5-R1

Redraft Amendment 5

Facilitating Charitable Donations

Ms. Moran moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 71, by adding in the following section:-

“Section 18. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, superintendents of each state-operated veterans’ homes may accept donations from non-profit organizations that enhance the well-being and care of residents of the home. The superintendent shall submit an annual report on donation activity including, but not limited to, an accounting of monetary donations, to the attorney general, the executive director of veterans’ homes and housing, the secretary of veterans’ services, the Massachusetts veterans’ home advisory council and the regional council for the home.”.