Today the Massachusetts State Senate will convene in a full
formal session at 1PM to consider action on S. 2887, An Act relative to
disability pensions and critical incident stress management for violent crimes
(H.4746) and S.2888, FY’24 Supplemental Budget Appropriations.
S.2887 proposes to amend the General Laws (Accidental
Disability Pensions) by entitling police, firefighters, EMTs, or other public
safety employees who are subjected to serious violent attacks while in the
performance of their duties to additional pension benefits and would provide
notice of critical incident stress management debriefing programs for public
safety employees involved in certain serious incidents. This bill is based on
bills filed by myself and Senator Friedman (S.1736 & S.1680).
S.2888 proposes the Senate Ways & Means version of a
roughly $432 million FY’24 supplemental budget — appropriations include $228
million for home and community based services, $61.1 million for a health and
human services workforce reserve, $29.7 million for child care subsidies, $20
million for crime victim services bridge funding, $45 million for payments to
fiscally strained hospitals, $25 million for payments to fiscally strained
community health centers, and several smaller items.
Senators have filed 6 proposed amendments to modify S.2887
and 54 proposed amendments to modify S.2888, as reported favorably by the
Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
You can read the full text of the bills and the amendments
at:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2887
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2888
To watch LIVE, tune in here:
https://malegislature.gov/Events/Sessions/Detail/4967
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