Amend CSSB 204 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 22, line 7, between "consider" and the underlined colon, insert ", in the following order of priority".
(2) Strike page 22, line 11, through page 23, line 10, and substitute the following:
(2) the availability and capacity of community resources and of community service providers who are capable of delivering at least the equivalent quality and level of services and care to each center resident that would be required following the center's closure;
(3) the availability of, level of regulatory compliance of, and quality of services of community service providers in the area served by the center;
(4) the specialty services provided at the center and the ability of the center to serve alleged offenders or high-risk residents or to provide special or unique services to residents;
(5) comments about the center from the parents or guardians of the center's residents;
(6) the center's compliance with the 2009 settlement agreement, as amended, between the department and the United States Department of Justice regarding services provided to individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability in state-operated facilities and the center's incremental progress toward compliance as measured by the department;
(7) the availability of employment opportunities for center employees if the center closes;
(8) whether closure of the center would adversely affect the geographic distribution of centers in the state;
(9) the costs of operating the center and the closure costs; and
(10) any infrastructure deficiency costs relating to the center.
(3) On page 23, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
(c-2) In determining the quality of services provided by a center as required under Subsection (c)(1), the restructuring commission shall contract with an institution of higher education with expertise in evaluating quality of care to assist the restructuring commission in that determination.