Amendment #672 to H3900

Betsy Lehman Center

Ms. Balser of Newton moves to amend the bill in Section 2, in line-item 4100-0060, in line 6, by inserting after the word “reduction” the following:

“; provided further, that not less than $3,500,000 may be expended by the Betsy Lehman center to implement foundational action steps to advance the goals of the Roadmap to Health Care Safety for Massachusetts, including to develop a statewide program of health care workforce safety education, to establish a pilot program to implement automated safety event detection and response in hospitals, to establish a pilot program to implement continuous improvement systems in outpatient office practices, and to establish a program to build capacity in Patient and Family Advisory Councils to support safety improvement in hospitals and accountable care organizations;”

and in said item by striking out the figures “33,394,788” and inserting in place thereof the figures “36,894,788”.