Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-544-R1

Redraft EHS 544

Foster Care Psychiatric Consultation Pilot

Ms. Kennedy, Mr. Velis, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Brady, Eldridge, Gomez and Keenan, Ms. Edwards, Messrs. O'Connor and Feeney, Ms. Rausch, Mr. Pacheco and Ms. Lovely moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 5042-5000, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended to the foster child evaluation services clinic at the University of Massachusetts medical school to pilot a trauma-informed psychiatric consultation program for children in foster care"; and by striking out the figure “$119,289,950” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-  “$119,639,950”.