Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-928-R1

Redraft EPS 928

Bridgewater State Hospital Monitoring

Ms. Creem moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8900-0001, by adding the following words:- "provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the Disability Law Center, Inc. to monitor the efficacy of service delivery at Bridgewater state hospital, including units at the Old Colony correctional center and the treatment center; provided further, that the Disability Law Center, Inc. may investigate the physical environment of said facilities, including infrastructure issues and may use methods including, but not limited to, testing and sampling the physical and environmental conditions, whether or not they are utilized by patients or incarcerated persons; provided further, that the Disability Law Center, Inc. may monitor their continuity if care for persons who are discharged from Bridgewater State Hospital to county correctional facilities or department of mental health facilities, including assessment of the efficacy of admission, discharge and transfer planning procedures and coordination between the department of correction, Wellpath LLC, the department of mental health and county correctional facilities; and provided further, that at least once every 6 months, the Disability Law Center Inc. shall report on the impact of these reforms on those served at Bridgewater state hospital and submit biannual reports to the joint committee on mental health, substance and recovery, the joint committee on the judiciary, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the senate president and the speaker of the house of representatives"; and by striking out the figure “$775,349,595” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$775,474,595”.