Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-454-R1

Redraft EHS 454

MCB's Community Services Program

Ms. Creem, Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Eldridge, Velis, Moore, Brady, Keenan, Feeney and Timilty, Ms. Moran, Ms. Gobi, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Lovely and Messrs. Gomez and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4110-1000, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended by the commission to maximize the independent living skills of legally blind residents of the commonwealth through rehabilitation and the provision of accessible devices, assistive software and equipment and supportive technology training and services by qualified nonprofit providers in community, residential, virtual and facility-based settings, not less than $450,000 of which shall be made available for the Carroll Center for the Blind, Inc. and not less than $250,000 of which shall be made available for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired"; and

in said section 2, in said item 4110-1000, by striking out the figure "$6,802,660" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- "$7,802,660".