Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-435-R1

Redraft EHS 435

Reporting Requirement for Substance Addiction Services

Ms. Chang-Diaz and Ms. Rausch moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4512-0200, by inserting after the words “3A of chapter 23A of the General Laws” the following words:- “; provided further, that not later than September 30, 2022, the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives on the status of new recovery centers first funded in fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of providers that applied to open such recovery centers and the number of successful applications; copies of procurement materials issued by the department including, but not limited to, requests for responses or proposals; the geographic distribution of the new recovery centers contemplated by the department, if any, and of successful applicants, if any, at the time of the report; a description of the obstacles encountered by the department in distributing funds first appropriated in fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 for this purpose and the actions taken by the department to overcome those obstacles”.