Amendment #1085 to H3900

Creating a Mental Health Worker Pipeline

Ms. Sabadosa of Northampton moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in line item 4000-0300, by inserting the following words:- "provided further that the secretary shall expend not less than $250,000 for a pilot pipeline program to establish a culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse mental health worker pipeline between acute care hospitals and freestanding psychiatric facilities and local colleges; provided further that the secretary shall designate the Massachusetts health and hospital association to administer the program; provided further, that the secretary shall report to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the joint committee on higher education, the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (a) a description of the partners in the pilot; (b) a demographic and geographic profile of the students served in the program; (c) a summary of post-program employment or continuing education of participating students; and (d) any budgetary recommendations on ways to further expand the pilot program", and moves to further amend said line item by striking out the figure “$123,456,500” and replacing it with the following figure:- "$123,706,500".

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1085 to H3900

Creating a Mental Health Worker Pipeline