EHS  724
Small Practice Physician Classification
Mr. Timilty and Ms. Menard moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after Section _____, the following new Section: -
“SECTION____. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Group Insurance Commission shall not implement or contract with a carrier as defined in section 2 of Chapter 1760 for the implementation of a physician performance evaluation program for the purpose of measuring the quality and cost efficiency of a physician’s delivery of care at the individual physician level for public reporting or tiering purposes for three years from the time of enactment. A physician or patient shall not be economically disadvantaged through the use of higher co payments associated with tiering because a physician at the individual level cannot be tiered pursuant to this section. 

EHS  725
ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PROVIDER TRUST FUND GRANT FOR VNAS
Messrs. Creedon and Montigny moved that the bill be amended in Section 64, by striking the first three sentences, and in said Section, by adding the following: -  “Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller, in consultation with the secretary of health and human services, shall develop a schedule for transferring not less than $28,000,000 from the General Fund to the Essential Community Provider Trust Fund established pursuant to section 2PPP of chapter 29 of the General Laws for the purpose of making payments to hospitals, community health centers and visiting nurse associations in fiscal year 2008.  The secretary shall authorize expenditures from the fund without further appropriation for the purpose of a grant program to improve and enhance the ability of hospitals, community health centers and visiting nurse associations to serve populations in need, more efficiently and effectively, including, but not limited to, the ability to provide community-based care, clinical support, care coordination services, disease management services, primary care services and pharmacy management services through a grant program.  The office shall consider applications from acute hospitals, non-acute hospitals, community health centers and visiting nurse associations in awarding the grants; provided, however, that the office shall publicize the existence of the grant program to eligible providers and shall award grants not later than September 1, 2007.”

EHS  726
CASA ESPERENZA
Mr. Joyce moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-0038, by striking the following words:- “provided further that not less than $348,850 shall be expended for Latina's y Nino's and Casa Esperanza” and inserting in place thereof the following:- “provided further that not less than $498,840 shall be expended for Casa Esperanza”; and in said item, by striking the figure “$51,554,725” and inserting in place thereof a figure “$51,704,715.”

EHS  727
FRIENDSHIP HOME
Mr. Hedlund moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 5920-3000, by inserting, after the words “such services” the following: - “provided further that not more than $50,000 be expended for the Friendship Home project in the town of Norwell.”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “$54,794,228” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$54,844,228.”

EHS  728
CASPAR
Ms. Wilkerson Mr. Barrios moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4512-0200, in line 8 by inserting after, “Sobriety High Schools;” the following, “provided further that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the restoration of 24-hour services at the Albany St. Shelter operated by Cambridge and Somerville program for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation;” and by striking out the figures, “$77,811,216” and inserting in place thereof the figures, “78,061,216”.

EHS  729
RELATIVE TO THE ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PROVIDER TRUST FUND
Mr. Moore moved that the bill be amended in Section 64 by adding the following words:- “provided further, that the secretary shall provide $1,500,000 in a one-time grant from the fund to a non-profit, disproportionate share community acute care hospital with less than 115 beds that operates an inpatient psychiatric unit licensed by the department of mental health located in southern Worcester County affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care System.”

EHS  730
REDRAFT
MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
Messrs. Moore and Knapik and Ms. Candaras, Ms. Spilka and Mr. Hart and Mr. Creedon moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0112, by striking out the phrase:- “that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs;” and inserting in place thereof the following:- “that not less than $3,300,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs;” and in said item, by striking out the figure “$4,695,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$4,995,000”.

EHS  731
SUPPORTIVE LIVING PROGRAM
Ms. Spilka, Ms. Creem, Ms. Chandler, Ms. Tucker and Messrs. Augustus and Timilty moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4120-4000, by striking out the figure “$11,401,483” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$11,901,483”.

EHS  732
TALKING INFORMATION CENTER
Mr. Hedlund moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4110-1000, by inserting after the words “the deaf-blind community access network;” the following:- “provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the talking information center;”

EHS  733
REDRAFT
ADULT DAY HEALTH
Mr. Baddour, Ms. Menard, Mr. Montigny, Ms. Jehlen, Mr. Barrios, Mr. Tarr and Ms. Creem and Ms. Tucker moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0600, by adding at the end thereof the following: “the Executive Office of Elder Affairs shall make no change in the reimbursement system or operations of Adult Day Health programs as they relate to transportation of program participants except that the executive office may grant periodic rate increases, as appropriate, for transportation services.”

EHS  734
WORK INC.
Mr. Hart moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 5920-2000, by adding at the end thereof the following: “provided further, that an additional $304,000 shall be expended on a contract with Work, Inc.”, and in that item by striking out the figures $547,157,631 and inserting in place thereof the figures $547,361,631.

EHS  735
HATIAN MULTI SERVICE CENTER
Mr. Hart moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4512-0200, by adding at the end thereof the following: “provided further, that not less than $158,000 shall be expended for the Haitian Multi-Service Center in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston;”, and in that item by striking the figures $77,811,216 and inserting in place thereof the figures $77,969,216.

EHS  736
MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN
Ms. Creem, Mr. Tarr, Ms. Tucker and Mr. Timilty moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-0038, in line 11, after the words, “Parent Support Program;” by inserting the following, “provided further that no more than $250,000 shall be expended for Massachusetts Citizens for Children, Inc, lead agency for the Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership, to support the Enough Abuse Campaign’s work to prevent child sexual abuse”; and is further amended at the end by striking the figure, “51,554,725” and inserting in place thereof the following figure, “51,804,725”

EHS  737
REDRAFT
RAPE CRISIS CENTERS
Messrs. Augustus, Brewer, Timilty and Mses. Creem, Tucker, Spilka, Jehlen, Chandler and Candaras and Mr. Barrios moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1130, by inserting at the end thereof the following:  “provided further that not less than $2,829,854 be expended for rape crisis services and Llamanos y Hablemos;” and in said item, by striking out the figure “$3,774,677” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$3,857,100.”

EHS  738
ALS REGISTRY
Ms. Walsh moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1111 by striking “the maintenance of the ALS Registry created by section 26 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2003” and inserting after the word “2007” the following: “and provided further that $150,000 be expended for the maintenance of the ALS Registry created by section 26 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2003”.

EHS  739
REDUCTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CASELOADS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
Ms. Spilka and Mr. Timilty moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-1100, by striking out the figure “$147,289,334” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$153,035,000”.

EHS  740
CASA ESPERANZA
Ms. Walsh moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item in item 4800-0038, by striking out the figure “$348,850” and inserting in place there of the figure “$498,850”.

EHS  741
WITHDRAWN

EHS 742
FORSYTH INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH
Mr. O'Leary, Mr. Tolman, Mr. Moore, Ms. Wilkerson, Mr. McGee, Ms. Fargo, Ms. Chandler, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Hart, Ms. Creem, Mr. Montigny, Mr. Barrios, Mr. Augustus, and Mr. Tarr, moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4512-0500,  by inserting at the end thereof the following:- “; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for the Forsyth Institute’s Center for Children’s Oral Health to fund a school-based demonstration project to offer preventative oral health care to children in high need areas including Boston, Lynn, and the Cape and Islands”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “$1,868,150” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$2,618,150”.

EHS  743
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION SERVICE COORDINATORS
Ms. Spilka, Ms. Tucker and Messrs. Creedon and Timilty moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 5920-1000, by striking out the figure “$57,047,365” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$61,047,365”.

EHS  744
REDRAFT
SAMARITAN HOUSE
Mr. Pacheco moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4406-3000 by striking out the figures “$35,730,136” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$35,830,136”.

EHS  745
WITHDRAWN

EHS  746
CASA LATINA
Mr. Rosenberg moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4400-1000, by inserting after the words “information system;” the following:- “provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for education, advocacy, and case management services by Casa Latina, located in the city of Northampton;”

EHS  747
COMMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT COSTS OF HOUSING DISABLED ADULTS
Mr. Brown moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after Section____, the following new Section:-
“SECTION        . Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a commission shall be established to study how to address the need for housing for mentally disabled adults in every city or town in the Commonwealth.  Said commission, which shall be called “the Commission on Housing for the Mentally Disabled”, from here on known as “the Commission”,  shall consist of the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Retardation, or his designee, the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health or his designee, the Executive Director of the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, or his designee, three members of the House of Representatives to be chosen by the Speaker, one of which shall be a member of the minority party, three members of the Senate, to be chosen by the Senate President, one of which shall be a member of the minority party, two members appointed by the Governor, one of which shall be a legal guardian for a resident of said housing and one of which shall be a human service provider.  The Commission will be directed to establish fair and suitable guidelines for the state subsidized development costs for housing for mentally disabled adults, as well as establish an index for the cost of housing in each city and town in which such property resides.  The Commission will report its findings to the Legislature no later than December 31, 2008.”

EHS 748
GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED NURSING HOMES
Mr. Pacheco moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in line item 4000-0640 by  striking out paragraph (4) and inserting in place thereof the following new paragraph (4):- “ (4) effective July 1, 2007, an annual amount of $16,450,000 (a) to fund rate adjustments for reasonable capital expenditures by nursing homes, giving priority to nursing homes located or constructed in under-bedded areas as determined by said executive office, in consultation with the division, that meet quality standards established by the executive office of health and human services in conjunction with the department of public health and the division for the purposes of encouraging the upgrading and maintenance of quality of care in nursing homes; and (b) to fund rate adjustments to eligible nursing homes that meet utilization standards established by the executive office of health and human services in conjunction with the division for the purpose of reducing unnecessary nursing home admissions and facilitating the return of nursing homes residents of non-institutional settings; provided further, that to the extent that the annual amount of $16,450,000 in this clause is not fully allocated, the division shall provide operating rate adjustments in equal amounts to the following nursing homes (1) publicly operated nursing homes located in Taunton and Holyoke, and (2) a geographically isolated nursing home located Oak Bluffs;”

EHS 749
WITHDRAWN

EHS  750
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Ms. Spilka moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-0015, by striking out the figure "$78,030,738” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$78,930,738”.

EHS  751
JUVENILE FIRESETTERS
Messrs. Rosenberg and Downing moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-0038, by adding at the end thereof the following:- “provided that $52,358 shall be expended for the costs of operating the Hampshire/Franklin juvenile fire setters intervention program.”

EHS  752
SUPERVISED VISITATION PROGRAM
Messrs. Rosenberg and Brewer moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-0038, by inserting after the word court diversion program the following:-  “provided further, that not less than $140,000 shall be expended for the MSPCC Franklin County Supervised Visitation Program.”

EHS  753
ETHOS AGE WELL
Ms. Walsh moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 9110-1660, by inserting after the word "Framingham" the words "; and $120,000 shall be expended for the AgeWell West Roxbury program operated by Ethos," and by striking out the figure "$1,956,873" and inserting in place thereof the figure "2,076,873".

EHS  754
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION
Ms. Spilka moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 5911-1000, by striking out the figure “$14,515,531” and inserting in place thereof the following:- “$15,947,401”.

EHS  755
WHOLE CHILDREN
Mr. Rosenberg moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 5911-1000, by inserting after the words “purposes described above;” the following-: “provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be allocated to Whole Children, Inc. of Hadley;”

EHS  756
REDRAFT
CANCER CONNECTION
Mr. Rosenberg moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1000, by adding at the end thereof the following:- “provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for regional respite, counseling and holistic therapy services offered by the Cancer Connection, located in the City of Northampton.”

EHS  757
NEW ENGLAND INDEX
Ms. Spilka, Ms. Tucker, Ms. Jehlen, Ms. Fargo and Mr. Timilty moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0300, by adding at the end thereof the following words:- “; provided further, that $300,000 be expended for the purpose of funding New England INDEX”; and in said item, by striking out the figure “$142,657,808” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- “$142,957,808”.

EHS  758
ELDER LUNCH PROGRAM
Messrs. Brewer, Augustus, Moore, Joyce, Hedlund, Knapik, Montigny and Timilty, Ms. Chandler, Ms. Fargo, Ms. Jehlen, Ms. Wilkerson and Ms. Spilka moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 9110-1900, by striking out the figures “$5,935,303” and inserting in place thereof the figures “7,618,808”

EHS  759
MA STATE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
Ms. Chandler, Messrs. Augustus, O’Leary, Moore and Timilty moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4510-0109 by adding at the end thereof the following: “provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for loan repayment programs solely for dentists and dental hygienists in exchange for two years of service practicing in a Massachusetts community health center or publicly licensed Massachusetts clinic”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “250,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure “500,000”

EHS  760
Abington Council on Aging Community Center
Mr. Morrissey moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 9110-9002, by adding at the end thereof the following:-  “provided further that $250,000 shall be expended for design/development of a council on aging facility in the town of Abington”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “$7,825,000” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$8,075,000”.

EHS 761
WITHDRAWN

EHS 762
WITHDRAWN

EHS  763
MASSHEALTH DENTAL PROVIDER REIMBUSEMENT RATE RESERVE ACCOUNT PILOT PROJECT
Ms. Chandler, Messrs. Augustus, O’Leary and Timilty moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, by inserting after item 4000-0300 the following new item:
“4000-0301 For a reserve to create a demonstration project to provide increased reimbursement rates for participating MassHealth dental providers in Worcester who maintain an open patient panel and who, if they are a new provider, agree to accept a minimum of 25 new patients into their practice………………………………2,000,000”

EHS  764
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
Mr. Morrissey moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1130, by inserting after the words “statewide Spanish language hotline for sexual abuse” the following:-  “, domestic violence services for immigrants and refugees,”.

EHS  765
KIDNEY DISEASE TASK FORCE
Mr. Pacheco moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after Section_____, the following new Section:-
“SECTION.______ (a) There is hereby established a task force which make an investigation and comprehensive study of chronic kidney disease and its complications and how it affects the citizens of the Commonwealth. The Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force shall be comprised of 14 members, 1 of whom shall be the Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, or his designee, who shall serve as chair; 1 of whom shall be the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, or his designee; and the following 12 members who shall be appointed as follows: (i) The Speaker and Senate President each shall appoint 3 physicians licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth, 2 of whom shall be family practitioners, 2 of whom shall be nephrologists and 2 of whom shall be pathologists; (ii) The Speaker shall appoint 2 members who represent the state affiliate of the National Kidney Foundation, 1 of whom shall be an advocate on dialysis or a transplant recipient and 1 whom shall represent the Department of Nephrology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center; (iii) The Senate President shall appoint 1 member who shall represent a health care services plan provider and 1 member who shall represent the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans; (iv) The Governor shall appoint 1 member who shall represent owners and operators of clinical laboratories in the Commonwealth and 1 member who shall represent the Massachusetts Hospital Association.
(b) The duties of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force shall include, but not be limited to: developing a plan to educate health care professionals about the advantages and methods of early screening, diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease and its complications based on the K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease or other medically recognized clinical practice guidelines; developing a plan to educate health care professionals about the advantages of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) modality education; and making recommendations on the implementation of a cost-effective plan for early screening, diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease for the Commonwealth’s population.
(c) The Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force shall submit a report to the House and Senate Chairs of the joint committee on public health, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than June 30, 2008.”

EHS  766
WITHDRAWN

EHS  767
WITHDRAWN

EHS 768
OFFICE OF ORAL HEALTH
Ms. Chandler, Messrs. Augustus and Antonioni, Ms. Tucker, Mr. O'Leary, Ms. Candaras, Ms. Spilka, Mr. Timilty and Ms. Walsh moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4512-0500 by striking out the figure “$1,868,150” and inserting in place thereof the figure, “$2,593,150”.

EHS  769
WORKFORCE INITIATIVE - COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND
Ms. Spilka moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4110-3010, by striking out the figure “$2,876,179” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$3,242,846”.

EHS  770
OFFICE OF ORAL HEALTH
Ms. Chandler, Messrs. Augustus, Antonioni, O’Leary, Ms. Tucker, Ms. Candaras, Ms. Spilka, Mr. Timilty and Ms. Walsh moved that the bill be amended by inserting after Section ______, the following new section: -
“SECTION _____.  Chapter 6A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 16C the following 2 sections:–

Section 16D (a)  In order to improve, promote and protect the oral health of all residents of the Commonwealth, a full-time dental director shall be located in the executive office of health and human services and shall work collaboratively with the department of public health to facilitate integration of programs to improve oral health. The director shall be funded through an interagency agreement between the executive office of health and human services and the department of public health.

(b) The full-time dental director shall be a Massachusetts licensed dentist with public health experience and shall oversee the MassHealth dental program and work in collaboration with the office of oral health within the Massachusetts department of public health on dental public health programs for MassHealth recipients to increase access, oral health prevention activities, and other initiatives to address oral health disparities, including but not limited to workforce shortages.
Section 16E (a)  The department shall have an office of oral health with responsibility for the following, though not limited to, oral public health activities:
(1)  Provide recommendations and guidance to the department and other state departments, agencies, community providers, the legislature and others for preventing oral diseases of all Massachusetts residents and for improving, promoting and protecting the oral health of state residents with a focus on underserved populations and reducing oral health disparities;

1. Surveillance, study and appraisal of the state's oral health needs and resources;
2. Foster the development, expansion and evaluation of oral health services for residents of the state in collaboration with key state partners, including but not limited to other executive office of health and human services agencies and departments, including but not limited to MassHealth, department of youth services; department of social services; department of mental retardation, department of mental health and the executive office of elderly affairs; board of registration in dentistry; and other public agencies including but not limited to department of education and department of early education and care;
3. Provide information and education concerning oral health to the dental and health community and public;
4. Promote and provide technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation of population-based dental programs, such as community water fluoridation and school prevention programs and mobile and portable dental programs, as well as other programs to improve access to services;
5. Policy development to promote the public's oral health; and
6. Other related programs, policies and preventive measures that impact oral health.

(b)  Subject to appropriation, the office of oral health shall have the following staff and resources in order to fully implement the above mentioned activities:

1. 1 full time equivalent of a director of the office of oral health within the Massachusetts department of public health to coordinate activities, including but not limited to the ones outlined above.   This person shall be a licensed dental professional with a public health advanced degree.
2. 1 full time equivalent of a fluoridation engineer who will conduct assessments of all existing fluoridation equipment and recommend upgrades and who will provide surveillance of existing fluoridation systems. This position shall be located in the division of environmental protection and shall work collaboratively with the office of oral health and shall be funded through an interagency agreement with the division of environmental protection.
3. 1 full time equivalent of an administrative assistant for the office of oral health to carry out administrative duties and data entry.
4.  2 full time equivalent program specialists to support public health programs that focus on oral health in underserved populations including but not limited to the issues of elders and other underserved populations and prevention and access to care programs, such as mobile and portable oral health programs and community health centers.
5. Funding for the promotion and implementation of fluoridation in Massachusetts communities that are not currently fluoridated or to upgrade current fluoridation equipment.  Funds remaining after allocation for implementation of fluoridation and upgrading current fluoridation equipment shall be used to support community-based oral health prevention programs.

SECTION 2.  The office of oral health shall evaluate programs and develop quality assurance activities, including but not limited to, an update on progress to date on the recommendations of the 2000 report of the special legislative commission on oral health.  The update shall be delivered to the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public health on or before May 1, 2008.”

EHS  771
HOSPITAL PAYMENTS
Ms. Morrissey moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0500, by inserting after the words “that 11,900,000 shall be expended on disproportionate share payments to high public payer hospitals” the following:- “, provided further that for the acute hospitals as defined in section 1 of chapter118G. rates of payment for health services provided to uninsured individuals shall be no less than the rates of payment currently in effect for such services of the rate of payment for such services established pursuant to section 26 of Chapter 45 of the acts of 2005, whichever is greater.”

EHS  772
SMOKING PREVENTION AND CESSATION PROGRAMS
Ms. Chandler, Mr. Augustus, Ms. Candaras, Ms. Spilka, Messrs. Montigny and Timilty moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4590-0300, by striking out the figure “10,000,000”  and inserting in place thereof the following figure:-“16,251,530”.

EHS  773
LEARN TO COPE PROGRAM
Mr. Morrissey moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4512-0200, by inserting at the end thereof the following:-  “provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of Learn-to-Cope”; and in said item by striking out the figures “$77,811,216” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$77,911,216”.

EHS  774
VETERANS TRAINING
Messrs. Brewer, Moore, Brown, Knapik, Tarr, and Timilty and Ms. Spilka moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 1410-0400, by inserting at the end the following wording:- “; provided further, that not withstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of veterans’ services shall continue a training program for veterans’ agents and directors of veterans’ services in cities and towns; provided further that the Department of Veterans’ Services shall provide this training in several locations across the Commonwealth including, but not limited to, providing training programs at the Massachusetts Veterans Service Officers Association statewide training conference”

EHS  775
REDRAFT
BILINGUAL VETERANS OUTREACH
Mr. Buoniconti moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 1410-0250, by inserting after “Haverhill for homelessness services” the following:-  “;provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a contract with the Springfield Bilingual Veterans Outreach Center for the operation and maintenance of a homeless veterans transition house located in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $51,975 shall be expended for a contract with the Springfield Bilingual Veterans Outreach Center for the operation and maintenance of homeless veterans transitional housing units at the YMCA of Springfield”

EHS  776
CARING HEALTH CENTER
Messrs. Buoniconti, Knapik and Candaras moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-0038 by inserting the following:-“Provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Caring Health Center in the city of Springfield;” and in said item by striking the figure “$51,554,725” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$51,654,725”

EHS  777
REDRAFT
MASON SQUARE VETERANS OUTREACH CENTER
Mr. Buoniconti and Ms. Candaras moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 1410-0012 by inserting after “Morse Institute Library in Natick” the following:- “Provided that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Mason Square Veterans Outreach Center in the city of Springfield”

EHS  778
REDRAFT
RIVERSIDE TRAUMA CENTER
Mr. Brown, Ms. Creem, Ms. Spilka, Mr. Moore, Mr. Joyce, and Mr. Timilty, and Mr. Tarr moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0500, by adding at the end thereof the following: “provide further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Trauma Center at Riverside Community Care to help support on-call staff to insure rapid response to traumatic events including but not limited to suicide, accidental death or terrorist attacks;” and in said item by striking out the figures “$2,953,356,169,” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$2,953,456,169.”

EHS  779
WITHDRAWN

EHS  780
PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS
Ms. Wilkerson moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1111 in line 3 by inserting after “prostate cancer screenings” the following “ education and treatment with a particular focus on African American Males.” 

EHS  781
REDRAFT
NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
Mr. Buoniconti moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 9110-1660 by inserting in the last line after the word “Framingham” the following:-
“provided further that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for and aging-in-place pilot project operated by Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts in Springfield;” and in said item by striking the figures “$1,956,873” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$2,081,873”

EHS  782
COMPREHENSIVE LYME DISEASE STUDY
Mr. Tarr, along with Mr. O’Leary, moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4510-0600, by adding at the end thereof the following: “provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a comprehensive study on Lyme disease”.

EHS  783
HEPATITIS C GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
Mr. Tarr moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1111, by inserting at the end thereof the following wording: -
“provided further, that sites for Hepatitis C services shall be distributed throughout the Commonwealth so as to ensure coverage in all geographic regions, including currently underserved areas proximate to Cape Ann, Fitchburg/Leominster and Pittsfield, provided that any expansions necessary to achieve geographically appropriate coverage shall build upon existing local programs with proven experience in addressing Hepatitis C.”

EHS  784
REDRAFT
YMCA OF MASSACHUSETTS
Mr. Barrios, Chandler, Timilty, Knapik, Spilka, and Mr. Augustus moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0112, by inserting after the phrase “commitment of matching funds from the organization;” the following: - “provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the Greater Worcester YMCA youth programs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the YMCA of Greater Lynn; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Oak Square YMCA that will service teens from ages 13 to 17; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Chelsea YMCA”; and in said item, by striking out the figure “$4,695,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$4,945,000”

EHS  785
SPRINGFIELD URBAN LEAGUE
Mr. Buoniconti moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-0038 by inserting the following:- “Provided further, that not less than $200,000 for the Urban League to operate a Parent Empowerment Zone in the City of Springfield;” and in said item by striking the figure “$51,554,725” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$51,754,725”

EHS  786
MEDICAID RATE REIMBURSMENT
Mr. Morrissey moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0300, by adding the following words:- "provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services, in conjunction with the executive office of elder affairs, shall, by August 1, 2007, for all non-acute chronic and rehabilitation hospitals, adopt and implement, for the rate year effective October 1, 2007, a Medicaid rate reimbursement methodology, that utilizes a hospital base year of 2004.”

EHS  787
WILMINGTON CANCER STUDY
Mr. Tarr moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4510-0600, by adding at the end thereof the following: “provided further, that $150,000 be expended for the completion of the comprehensive study of the exposure routes and patterns of contaminants in the Maple Meadowbrook Aquifer migrating to and affecting the Wilmington drinking water supply and the study of incidents of childhood cancer in the town of Wilmington”.

EHS  788
WARMING PLACE
Messrs. Buoniconti and Candaras moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 1410-0250, by inserting in the last night following “Amesbury” the following:- “;Provided further that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the Springfield Open Pantry for the purpose of renovations to the Warming Place in the city of Springfield” and in said item by striking the figures “$2,621,930” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$2,971,930”.

EHS  789
HAMPDEN COUNTY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR WOMEN
Ms. Candaras, Mr. Buoniconti, and Mr. Knapik moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4512-0200, by inserting at the end thereof the following: “provided that $500,000 be expended for the Hampden County Residential Program For Women”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “$ 77, 811, 216” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$78, 311,216”

EHS  790
LYME DISEASE RESEARCH
Mr. Tarr, as well as Mr. O’Leary, moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4510-0600, by adding at the end thereof the following: “provided, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the purposes of research and prevention of lyme disease; provided further, that of this money, not less than $100,000 be granted to the Barnstable County Department of Health and The Environment for lyme disease research and prevention activities”.

EHS  791
SPRINGFIELD YWCA
Mr. Buoniconti moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-1400 by striking “provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the YWCA battered women’s shelter in the city of Springfield” and replacing it with the following:-“Provided further that not less than $1,037,000 shall be expended for the YWCA battered women’s shelter in the city of Springfield;” and in said item by striking the figures “$22,072,767” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$22,609,767”

EHS  792
ALLOCATION FOR INTEGRATIVE HEALTH SERVICES PILOT PROGRAMS
Ms. Chandler and Mr. Augustus moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4590-0250, by inserting after “commission on gay and lesbian youth” the following: “provided that $200,000 shall be expended for the creation of two pilot programs that integrate primary care services at school-based health centers, community health centers, and community based programs, and at least one such pilot program shall be located in the City of Worcester”; and in said item, by striking out the figure “16,548,474” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$16,748,474”

EHS  793
ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PROVIDER TRUST AMENDMENT
Mr. Morrissey moved that the bill be amended in the first paragraph of Section 64 by inserting after the first sentence the following:-  “In developing the said schedule the secretary shall include the following item a $1,000,000 one-time grant shall be awarded to a hospital in a city adjacent to Boston affiliated with the teaching hospital that serves the highest number of uninsured patients.”

EHS  794
WITHDRAWN

EHS  795
GREAT BROOK VALLEY HEALTH CENTER
Ms. Chandler and Mr. Augustus moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0500, by inserting after the words “provided further, that $11,900,000 shall be expended on disproportionate share payments to high public payer hospitals;” the following:- “provided further that there shall be a payment made by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to Great Brook Valley Health Center in the amount of $419,160 to reimburse for the uncompensated costs of providing certain pharmaceuticals to uninsured and underinsured individuals.”

EHS  796
WITHDRAWN

EHS  797
WITHDRAWN

EHS  798
DISABLED VETERANS HOMESTEAD FEE EXEMPTION
Messrs. Brown and Timilty moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after Section____, the following new Section:-
            “SECTION       . Section 1 of Chapter 188 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following at the end thereof:-
For the purposes of this chapter all fees for the declaration of homesteads shall be waived for disabled veterans.”

EHS  799
VETERANS BENEFIT CLEARINGHOUSE OF DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY
Ms. Wilkerson moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 1410-0250, in line 8 by inserting after, “Fitchburg” the following “provided further, that not less than $100,350 shall be obligated for a contract with Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse located in Dorchester; provided further, that not less than $73,350 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse located in Roxbury.” 

EHS  800
DETERMINATION OF NEED
Mr. O'Leary, and Mr. Downing moved that the bill be amended as follows:- “Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, until such time as the certain commission established by Section 105 of Chapter 139 of the Acts of 2006 issues its findings and such findings are acted upon by the Legislature, no “ambulatory surgery center” shall be established or operated in reliance upon the solo or group practice exception to the definition of “clinic” in Section 52 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws.
This amendment shall not apply to any ambulatory surgery center that was in full operation as of June 1, 2007. For purposes of this section, “ambulatory surgical center” is defined as any entity, facility, or office in which surgical services requiring general, spinal, or major regional anesthesia are provided.”

EHS  801
WITHDRAWN

EHS  802
WITHDRAWN

EHS  803
RELATIVE TO YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANTS
Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4590-1506, by striking out the item in its entirety.

EHS  804
RELATIVE TO DPH VENDOR RECEIPTS
Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4590-0917, by striking out the item in its entirety.

EHS  805
RELATIVE TO SMOKING PREVENTION AND CESSATION
Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4590-0300, by striking out the figure “10,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$6,000,000”.

EHS  806
RELATIVE TO THE UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4580-1000, by striking out the figure “$48,771,508” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$38,871,508”.

EHS  807
RELATIVE TO THE STATEWIDE INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM
Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4570-1502, by striking out the item in its entirety.

EHS  808
VETERANS BENEFIT CLEARINGHOUSE IN ROXBURY
Ms. Wilkerson moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 1410-0012, in line 7 by inserting after, “Gardner” the following “; provided further, that not less than $228,771 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse in the Roxbury Section of Boston.” 

EHS  809
PREADMISSION COUNSELING
Ms. Jehlen moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0600, by striking out the figures “270,000” and inserting in place thereof the figures “3,000,000” and by striking out the figures “2,034,547,985” and inserting in place thereof the figures “2,037,277,985”.

EHS  810
ACCURATE REPORTING ON COMMONWEALTH CARE INSURANCE PROGRAM FUNDING
Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended in section 25 by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-
“Section 40.  The director of the of health safety net office shall issue a report not later than thirty days after $100 million has been transferred from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund in any fiscal year and for each and every $50 million transferred thereafter.  Said report shall detail the reasons necessitating said transfer, including but not limited to the number of uninsured persons utilizing emergency and ambulatory surgical centers and at what cost to the Commonwealth, as well as what, if any, impact such transfers have on the commonwealth care health insurance program.  Said report shall be submitted to the house and senate clerks, the house and senate committee’s on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing.”

EHS  811
ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PROVIDER TRUST FUND
EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HOSPITALS

Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended, in section 64, by striking the figure “$28,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$38,000,000.”; And further moved to amend the bill by striking, in section 2, in item 4580-1000, by striking the figure “$48,771,508” and inserting in pace thereof the figure “$38,871,508.”

EHS  812
COMMUNITY-BASED RESIDENTIAL ADULT SERVICES
Messrs. Augustus, Joyce, Morrissey, McGee, Creedon, Hedlund, Timilty and Ms. Candaras moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 5920-2000, by striking out the figure “$547,157,631” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$549,157,631.”

EHS  813
QUALITY AND COST CONTROL
Mr. Berry moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4100-2008, by striking out the figures “1,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the figures “1,300,000”.

EHS  814
WITHDRAWN

EHS  815
RELATIVE TO SENIOR CARE OPTION CONTRACT SAVINGS
Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after Section 85, the following new Section:-
“SECTION 86.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, any non-profit organization under contract with the Commonwealth as a Senior Care Options (“SCO”) contractor shall be entitled to retain, from any premium payments it receives from the Commonwealth or the Medicare Advantage Program, fifty percent of the amount of any savings due to the Commonwealth pursuant to the SCO contract with the Commonwealth.”

EHS  816
RELATIVE TO A COMMUNITY HOSPITALS CAPITAL RESERVE FUND
Messrs. Tisei, Tarr, Knapik, Hedlund and Brown moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after Section 85, the following two Sections:-
“SECTION 86. The Health and Educational Facilities Authority Act, as enacted by Chapter 614 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1968, as heretofor amended, is hereby further amended by inserting the following after Section 2-10(f) thereof:-
(g) Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund.

1. (i) For the benefit of nonprofit community hospitals within the commonwealth licensed by the department of public health, the Authority may create and establish one or more special funds, herein individually referred to as a Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund, and to the extent so created, shall pay into each such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund any monies appropriated and made available by the commonwealth for the purposes of such fund, any proceeds of sale of notes or bonds to the extent provided in the resolution, trust agreement, or indenture of the Authority authorizing issuance thereof, any other monies or funds of the Authority that the Authority determines to deposit in the fund and any other monies which may be available to the Authority only for the purpose of such fund from any other source or sources. All monies held in the Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund, except as hereinafter provided, shall be used solely for the payment of principal of the bonds of the Authority which are secured by such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund as the same mature (which herein shall include becoming payable by sinking fund installment), the purchase of such bonds, the payment of interest on such bonds, or the payment of any redemption premium required to be paid when such bonds are redeemed prior to maturity; provided, however, that, monies in the Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund shall not be withdrawn therefrom at any time in such amount as would reduce the amount of such Fund to less than the maximum amount of principal and interest maturing and becoming due in any succeeding calendar year on outstanding bonds which are secured by such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund, except for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on such bonds maturing and
2.   becoming due or for the retirement of such bonds in accordance with the terms of any contract between the Authority and its bondholders and for the payment of which other monies pledged to secure such bonds are not available. Any income or interest earned by, or increment to, a Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund due to the investment thereof shall be used by the Authority for the purposes of such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund.
3. (ii) The Authority shall not issue bonds which are secured by a Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund at any time if the maximum amount of principal and interest maturing or becoming due in a succeeding calendar year on such bonds then to be issued and on all other outstanding bonds of the Authority which are secured by such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund will exceed the amount of such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund at the time of issuance unless the Authority, at the time of issuance of such bonds, shall deposit in such Fund from the proceeds of the bonds so to be issued, or otherwise, an amount which, together with the amount then in such Fund, will not be less than the maximum amount of principal and interest maturing and becoming due in any succeeding calendar year on such bonds then to be issued and on all other outstanding bonds of the Authority which are secured by such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund.
4. (iii) To assure the continued operation and solvency of the Authority for the carrying out of the public purposes of this act, provision is made in paragraph (i) for the accumulation in a Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund of an amount equal to the maximum amount of principal and interest maturing and becoming due in any succeeding calendar year on all outstanding bonds which are secured by such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund. In order further to assure such maintenance of a Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund there shall be annually appropriated and paid to the Authority for deposit in such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund such sum, if any, as shall be certified by the executive director of the Authority to the governor as necessary to restore such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund to an amount equal to the maximum amount of principal and interest maturing and becoming due in any succeeding calendar year on the outstanding bonds which are secured by such Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund. The executive director of the Authority shall annually, on or before December first, make and deliver to the governor his certificate stating the amount, if any, required to restore a Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund to the amount aforesaid and the amount so stated, if any, shall be appropriated and paid to the Authority during the then current fiscal year of the commonwealth. For the purposes of this subsection (g), in computing the amount of a Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund, securities in which all or a portion of such Fund are invested shall be valued at par, or if purchased at less than par, at their cost to the Authority, unless otherwise provided in the resolution, trust agreement or indenture authorizing the issuance of bonds secured by the Fund.
5. (iv) For the purposes of this subsection (g), the amount of any letter of credit, insurance contract, surety bond, or similar financial undertaking available to be drawn upon and applied to obligations to which money in the Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund may be applied is deemed to be and shall be counted as money in said Fund. For the purposes of this subsection (g), in calculating the maximum amount of interest due in the future on variable rate bonds or bonds with respect to which the interest rate is not at the time of calculation determinable, the interest rate shall be calculated at the maximum interest rate on such bonds or such lesser interest rate as shall be certified by the Authority as an appropriate proxy for such variable or non-determinable interest rate.
6. (v) Bonds secured by the Community Hospital Capital Reserve Fund shall be issued by the Authority solely for the benefit of nonprofit community hospitals within the commonwealth licensed by the department of public health.”

SECTION 87.  The Health and Educational Facilities Authority Act, as enacted by Chapter 614 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1968, as heretofor amended, is hereby further amended by deleting the last sentence of Section 2-12 thereof and inserting in its place the following:-
“Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 2-10(g) of this act, the issuance of revenue bonds under the provision of this act shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefore or to make any appropriation of their payment.”

EHS  817
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Mr. Barrios moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4400-1100,  moved that the bill be amended, in item 4400-1100, by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

“; and provided further, that the department may allocate funds, not to exceed $1,000,000 from this item to item 4400-1000 for the administrative costs of the department of transitional assistance.”

EHS  818
REDRAFT
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Messrs. Barrios, Antonioni, and Augustus moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4400-1000, by striking out the figure “68,057,840” and inserting in place thereof the following wording and figure:- “; and provided further, that the department may allocate funds, not to exceed $2,500,000 from this item to item 4400-1100 for the costs of the department’s caseworkers ………………………………$69,313,007.”

EHS  819
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES
Mr. Barrios moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1130, be amended by inserting after the word “sexual abuse” the following : “and domestic violence services for immigrants and refugees”.

EHS  820
LGBT AGING PROJECT
Ms. Wilkerson Mr. Barrios moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 9110-1900 in line 2 by inserting after “senior farmshare program;”  the following “ provided that not less than $60,000 shall be provided to the LGBT Aging Project;”.

EHS  821
SENIOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Ms. Jehlen moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 9110-0100, by striking out the figures “2,416,031” and inserting in place thereof the figures “3,416,031”. 

EHS  822
WITHDRAWN

EHS  823
GLBT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Mr. Barrios, Augustus, Candaras, Chandler, Creem, Fargo, Jehlen, Joyce, McGee, Montigny, Wilkerson,Spilka,Timilty, Buoniconti moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1130, by striking out the figure “$158,000” and inserting in place thereof:- $250,000 and further move to amend by striking out the figure “$3,774,677” and inserting in place thereof:- $3,866,677

EHS  824
RELATIVE TO THE WAKEFIELD ALLIANCE AGAINST VIOLENCE
Mr. Tisei moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4800-1400, by adding at the end thereof the following:- “provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Wakefield Alliance Against Violence”; and by striking out the figure “$22,072,767” and inserting in place thereof the figure “$22,082,767”.

EHS  825
PLAYSPACE PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN
Messrs. Augustus, McGee, Brown, Barrios, Knapik, Hedlund, Timilty, Hart, Joyce and Mses. Fargo, Creem, Tucker, Candaras, Jehlen and Spilka moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4403-2120, by striking out the following words:-   ";provided further, that playspace programs for homeless children shall be funded through this item" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- "; provided further, $500,000 be expended for the playspace programs for homeless children."

EHS  826
WITHDRAWN

EHS  827
WITHDRAWN

EHS  828
WITHDRAWN

EHS  829
WITHDRAWN

EHS  830
WITHDRAWN

EHS  831
WITHDRAWN

EHS  832
ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PROVIDER TRUST FUND GRANT FOR HOLYOKE MEDICAL CENTER
Mr. Knapik moved that the bill be amended in Section 64, by inserting in the first paragraph after the fourth sentence the following: “In developing the said schedule the secretary shall include the following item a $4,000,000 grant shall be awarded to an acute care hospital located in Holyoke that provides clinical training programs for nurses, allied health professionals and technicians through affiliations with community colleges and private universities."

EHS  833
ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY PROVIDER TRUST FUND GRANT FOR NOBLE HOSPITAL
Mr. Knapik moved that the bill be amended in Section 64, by inserting in the first paragraph after the fourth sentence the following:
“In developing the said schedule the secretary shall include the following item, a $1,000,000 one-time grant shall be awarded to a hospital located in hampden county, west of the connecticut river with under 100 beds that participates in masshealth.”

EHS  834
REDRAFT
MS HOMELINK
Mr. Montigny, Ms. Spilka, Ms. Creem, and Mr. Antonioni moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1111 by striking the words “stroke treatment and ongoing prevention” and inserting in place thereof:-
“a statewide STOP stroke program”;
and by striking the words “hepatitis C” and inserting in place thereof:-
“the Hepatitis C program”;
and by striking the words “multiple sclerosis” and inserting in place thereof:-
“multiple sclerosis screening, information, education, treatment programs and the Multiple Sclerosis Home Living Navigating Key Services program administered by the Central New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society”

EHS  835
WITHDRAWN

EHS  836
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL
Mr. Knapik moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4590-0912, by striking out the figures “$14,829,827” and inserting in place thereof the following figures:- “$15,797,233”.

EHS  837
PRESCRIPTION ADVANTAGE OPEN ENROLLMENT
Messrs. Montigny and McGee moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 9110-1455, by inserting, at the end, the following: “; and provided further, that the department shall allow those who meet the program eligibility criteria to enroll in the program at any time during the year.”

EHS  838
WITHDRAWN

EHS  839
AIDS SERVICES
Mr. Montigny moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4512-0103, by striking out the figures “36,941,316” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- “38,941,316”.

EHS  840
HEAD INJURY SERVICES
Messrs. Montigny, Spilka, and Tucker moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4120-6000, by striking out the figures “10,017,606” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$11,917,606”.

EHS  841
WITHDRAWN

EHS  842
WITHDRAWN

EHS  843
JOSEPH M. SMITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
Ms. Fargo moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4510-0110, by inserting after the words “Cape Cod Free Clinic;” the following: “provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center;” and in said item, by striking out the figure “6,189,253” and inserting in place thereof the figure “6,389,253”.

EHS  844
WITHDRAWN

EHS  845
DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM
Ms. Jehlen and Ms. Spilka moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4125-0100 by striking out the figures "$5,669,885" and inserting in place thereof the figures "$6,019,885”.

EHS  846
WITHDRAWN

EHS  847
SOUTHCOAST HOSPITAL
Mr. Montigny moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0500, by inserting after the words “implemented in fiscal year 2008” the following wording:-“; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for a one-time grant from the fund for a non-teaching, community, disproportionate share, acute care hospital located in southeastern Massachusetts, which provides inpatient care to over 7,000 MassHealth or MassHealth HMO patients per year”.

EHS  848
RENAL DISEASE PROGRAM
Mr. Pacheco moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4513-1111 by striking out the words “renal disease” and inserting in place there of the following:-“provided that $100,000 shall be expended for a renal disease program administered by the National Kidney Foundation of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont for nutritional supplements and early intervention services,”

EHS  849
WITHDRAWN

EHS  850
WITHDRAWN