Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-984-R1

Redraft EPS 984

Biohazard Cleanups

Mr. Collins moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 76 the following section:-

“SECTION 76A. Item 5011-0100 of section 2 of chapter 28 of the acts 2023 is hereby amended by striking out the words “$50,000 shall be expended for a study to be conducted by the department of mental health, in consultation with the naval construction and marine engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on the feasibility of converting a decommissioned ship or other water-based vessel into a floating hospital for mental health, substance use treatment and recovery services” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-$25,000 shall be expended to Southwest Corridor Park Conservancy, Inc. for biohazard cleanups along the Southwest Corridor park in the Back Bay, Roxbury and South End sections of the city of Boston; provided, further that not less than $12,500 shall be expended to Andrew Square Civic Association, Inc. for biohazard cleanup in the Andrew Square area in the South Boston sections of the city of Boston; provided, further not less than $12,500 shall be expended to Worcester Square Area Neighborhood Assoc. Inc. for biohazard cleanups in the Worcester Square area in the South End section in the city of Boston”.