Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-575

EHS 575

DPH Laboratory Campus Designation

Mr. Cyr moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following new section:- "SECTION XX. The Department of Public Health State Public Health Laboratory campus, located in the Jamaica Plain district of the city of Boston, shall be designated and known as the Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Jr. Campus, in recognition of Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Jr., a pioneer in epidemiology and former state epidemiologist, chief infectious disease medical officer, and assistant commissioner of the department of public health. A suitable marker bearing that designation shall be attached to the campus by the department of public health. Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify the designation of the tower building on said campus as the Dr. William A. Hinton Laboratory pursuant to chapter 124 of the acts of 2009."