Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-576

EHS 576

Rapid Creation of Pediatric Inpatient Mental Health Beds

Messrs. Timilty, Tarr and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4513-2020, by adding the following words:- "provided further, that the department of public health, in consultation with the department of mental health, shall expend not less than $1,000,000 to promote inpatient behavioral health access by supporting the rapid creation of new inpatient mental health acute care beds for children and adolescents in the commonwealth, and develop and maintain an online portal that enables the public to access real-time data on the availability of pediatric acute psychiatric beds, intensive community-based treatment beds, continuing care beds, and post-hospitalization residential beds, categorized by geographic region in the commonwealth, which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) the total number of beds licensed by the department of mental health, the department of public health and the department of early education and care, and the total number of available beds broken down by licensing authority; (2) the total number of available beds broken down by children and adolescents age ranges; (3) the average daily bed availability broken down by licensing authority and by children and adolescent age ranges; (4) daily bed admissions broken down by licensing authority and by children and adolescent age ranges; (5) the location from which a child or adolescent was admitted; (6) daily bed discharges broken down by licensing authority and by children and adolescent age ranges; and (7) the average length of stay broken down by licensing authority and by children and adolescent age ranges”;

and by striking out the figure “$10,032,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$11,032,000".