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                                     LRB093 10627 DRJ 15413 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 808

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  808  on  page  2,
 3    line 22, after "number of", by inserting "units or"; and

 4    on  page  2,  between  lines  27  and  28,  by  inserting the
 5    following:
 6        "In determining whether any  savings  are  realized  from
 7    items  (1)  through  (3),  sufficient  moneys  shall  be made
 8    available to ensure that there is  an  appropriate  level  of
 9    staffing  and  that  life,  safety,  and  care  concerns  are
10    addressed  so  as  to  provide for the remaining persons with
11    developmental disabilities or mental illness at any  facility
12    in  the  case of item (2) or (3) or, in the case of item (1),
13    such  remaining  persons  at  the  remaining   State-operated
14    facilities  that  will  be expected to handle the individuals
15    previously served at the closed facility."; and

16    on page 3, between lines 4 and 5, by inserting the following:
17             "(2)  Residence    in     another     State-operated
18        facility."; and

19    on page 3, line 5, by changing "(2)" to "(3)"; and

20    on page 3, line 9, by changing "(3)" to "(4)"; and

21    on page 3, line 12, by changing "(4)" to "(5)"; and
 
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 1    on page 3, line 15, by changing "(5)" to "(6)"; and

 2    on page 3, line 17, by changing "(6)" to "(7)"; and

 3    by  replacing  lines  26 through 33 on page 3, all of page 4,
 4    and lines 1 through 20 on page 5 with the following:

 5        "Sec.  4.5.  Consultation  with  advisory  and   advocacy
 6    groups.  Whenever  any  appropriation,  or  any  part  of  an
 7    appropriation, for any fiscal year relating to the funding of
 8    (i)  a  State-operated  facility  operated  by  the Office of
 9    Developmental Disabilities within  the  Department  of  Human
10    Services  or  (ii)  a  mental health facility operated by the
11    Office of  Mental  Health  within  the  Department  of  Human
12    Services  is  reduced because of any of the reasons set forth
13    in items (1) through (3) of subsection (d)  of  Section  4.4,
14    the  plan for using any savings realized from those items (1)
15    through (3) shall be shared  and  discussed  with  advocates,
16    advocacy  organizations,  and  advisory  groups whose mission
17    includes advocacy for persons with developmental disabilities
18    or persons with mental illness.".