Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-578

EHS 578

Dementia Care Coordination (DCC)

Mr. Tarr, Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Eldridge, Moore and Timilty, Ms. Moran, Mr. Brady, Ms. Gobi, Ms. Rausch, Messrs. Fattman and O'Connor and Ms. Lovely moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 9110-1630, in line number 8, after the words “extreme financial hardship”, the words “provided further, not less than $300,000 for the Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts Chapter, to expand access to an evidence-based program, Dementia Care Coordination (DCC) in order to reduce hospitalizations, emergency department visits and delay long-term care placements."