Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-622-R1

Redraft EHS 622

Applied Behavior Analysis, ARC Adult Day Habilitation Pilot

Messrs. Feeney and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 5920-2025, by inserting after the word “expansion”, in line 19, the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for The Arc of Massachusetts to create a pilot program for individuals currently enrolled in day habilitation programs with a developmental disability, an intellectual disability or an autism spectrum disorder to receive applied behavior analysis services for a 6-month period; provided further, that such individuals shall be 21 years of age or older; provided further, that the pilot program shall occur from September 1, 2022 to March 1, 2023; provided further, that not later than May 1, 2023, The Arc of Massachusetts shall submit a report on the results of the program to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities; provided further, that such report shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the total cost of providing applied behavior analysis services; (b) the number of individuals served by the program; (c) the cost of services per individual; (d) savings associated with the provision of applied behavior analysis services; and (e) aggregated benefits to individuals associated with applied behavior analysis services”; and by striking out the figure “$227,362,283” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$227,562,283”.