5920-2000 Community Residential Services

For vendor--operated, community--based residential adult services, including intensive individual supports; provided, that annualized funding shall be expended for turning 22 clients who began receiving services in fiscal year 2024 under item 5920--5000 of section 2 of chapter 126 of the acts of 2022; provided further, that not later than February 27, 2026, the department of developmental services shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the use of shared--living services which shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i) number of clients living in shared--living placements, broken down by age and location; (ii) average cost of shared--living services; (iii) number of clients living in a shared--living placement with individuals they knew prior to the arrangement; (iv) department's oversight of the application and placement process; (v) safeguards in place for clients receiving these services; and (vi) potential for growth of the program; provided further, that the commissioner of developmental services may transfer funds from this item to item 5920--2010, as necessary, under an allocation plan that shall detail, by object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred and that shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before any such transfer; and provided further, that not more than $5,000,000 shall be transferred from this item in fiscal year 2026