Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. To provide for supplementing certain items in the general appropriation act and for certain other activities and projects, the sums set forth in section two are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in the items and the sum set forth in section two C of this act is hereby appropriated from the Intragovernmental Service Fund, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified therein, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the conditions pertaining to appropriations in chapter one hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and ninety, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ninety-one or for such period as may be specified, the sums so appropriated to be in addition, unless otherwise specified, to any amounts available for the purpose.

SECTION 2. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `t+1 `tch `tc1 `ts Item `t+1 `tch;end `tc3 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. `tc1 0340-0200 `tc4 Northern, including not more than one hundred and sixty-six positions `tc6 $105,536 `tc5 General Fund 25.0% Local Aid Fund 75.0% `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE. `tc2 Bureau of State Buildings. `tc1 1102-3301 `tc4 For the administration of the bureau of state buildings and for the maintenance and operation of buildings under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of buildings; provided, however, that not less than fifty thousand dollars be available for the restoration and preservation of the historic flags displayed in the state house hall of flags, including not more than one hundred and fifty-two positions `tc6 $1,812,171 `tc2 Group Insurance Commission. `tc1 1108-5400 `tc4 For the group insurance premium for certain retired municipal teachers and their dependents, and the audit of said premium; provided, however, that no funds appropriated under this item shall be expended for the payment of abortions not necessary to prevent the death of the mother `tc6 $112,000 `tc2 Miscellaneous. `tc1 1599-0008 `tc4 For a reserve for tort claims `tc6 $210,000 `tc1 1599-2038 `tc4 For the payment of deficiencies in certain appropriations for previous fiscal years based upon schedules provided to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided, however, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to charge such payments to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof and to transfer from the amount appropriated herein to said items and allocations such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said charges; and, provided, further, that said comptroller is authorized to allocate the amounts of such payments to the several state or other funds to which said payments would have been chargeable if appropriations had been available thereof `tc6 $4,000,000 `tc1 1599-3384 `tc4 For a reserve for the payment of certain court judgements, settlements and legal fees, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the comptroller, filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means, which were ordered to be paid in fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-one or a prior fiscal year and which derive from causes of action initiated in said fiscal year or a prior fiscal year; provided, however, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to charge such payments to this item `tc6 $4,000,000 `tc1 1599-3407 `tc4 For the purpose of municipal reimbursement to be paid according to the provisions of chapter four hundred and seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-three; provided, however, that of the sum appropriated herein, not less than two hundred thousand dollars shall be available to reimburse cities and towns for the school breakfast act `tc6 $64,796 `tc5 Local Aid Fund 100.0% `tc1 1599-3726 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State Police Association of Massachusetts (Unit 5A); and to meet the cost of salary adjustments and other economic benefits necessary to provide equal salary adjustments or benefits to employees employed in "confidential" positions which would otherwise be covered by said collective bargaining agreement; provided, however, that the personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall determine such salary adjustments and other economic benefits for "confidential" employees in accordance with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement then in effect which would otherwise cover said positions; provided, further, that said secretary is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-one such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for said fiscal year and for prior fiscal years where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that said secretary is authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided, further, that copies of said collective bargaining agreement, together with an analysis of all cost items contained in said agreement and all changes to be made in the schedules of permanent and temporary positions required by said agreement, shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; and provided, further, that no transfers shall be made from this item without prior notice provided to the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $600,000 `tc1 1599-3728 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of salary adjustments for commissioned officers of the state police pursuant to section nine T of chapter twenty-two of the General Laws; provided, however, that the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-one such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for said fiscal year and for prior fiscal years where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that said secretary is authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided, further, that an analysis of all cost items shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; and provided, further, that no transfer shall be made from this item without prior notice provided to the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $745,000 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. `tc1 4349-0001 `tc4 For the administration and operation of the commonwealth's correctional facilities, including not more than four thousand seven hundred positions `tc6 $5,898,446 `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE. `tc1 4402-5000 `tc4 For a medical assistance program, including a program of special education medical services provided to medicaid children; provided, however, that no expenditures or commitment made pursuant to these items or to any agreements authorized by chapter eight hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and sixty-nine for the purpose of complying with the provisions of Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, shall be incurred in excess of available funds which have been appropriated therefor; provided, further, that an amount not to exceed six hundred million dollars may be expended from this item for expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year; provided, further, that the department of public welfare is hereby authorized to provide certain primary and supplementary medical care and assistance for families and individuals who, due to increased income from employment, lose eligibility for the program of medical care and assistance administered by the department in accordance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as provided in section one B of chapter one hundred and eighteen E of the General Laws; provided further, that funding may be expended from this account for administrative costs associated with cost containment efforts; provided, further, that requests for funding for cost containment projects shall be accompanied with projections of total spending on the project, explanations of any increase over the previous fiscal year and estimates of savings resulting from said project; provided, further, that up to one million dollars shall be expended from this item for early screening and treatment necessary to reduce hospitalizations and to avoid medicaid costs by delaying the onset of fully symptomatic AIDS; provided further, that said funds shall be expended through a request for proposals process and may be expended even in the absence of federal reimbursement; and provided, further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the payment of abortions not necessary to prevent the death of the mother `tc6 $150,000,000 `tc1 4403-2000 `tc4 For a program of aid to families with dependent children; provided, however, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-nine; provided further, that the payment standard shall be equal to the need standard; provided, further, that a forty dollar per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households not residing in public housing or subsidized housing, subject to federal reimbursement; provided, further, that a nonrecurring clothing allowance in the amount of one hundred and fifty dollars be provided to each child eligible under this program in September, nineteen hundred and ninety, subject to federal reimbursement; provided, further, that such clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the month of September, nineteen hundred and ninety; provided, further, that a program of assistance, including medical assistance, be provided to families otherwise eligible for aid to families with dependent children but for the temporary removal of a dependent child from the home by the department of social services in accordance with department procedures; provided, further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to families where a child has been removed from the household pursuant to a court order after a care and protection hearing on child abuse; provided, further, that child support payments collected pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, not to exceed an amount of seventy-five million dollars, shall be credited to this account and may be expended without further appropriation for the purposes of this program; provided, further, that certain families which will suffer a reduction in benefits due to their loss of earned income and participation in retrospective budgeting may receive a supplemental benefit to compensate them for this loss; and provided, further, that no funds from this item shall be expended by the department for the transportation services for the employment and training program or voucher day care program `tc6 $45,000,000 `tc1 4405-2000 `tc4 For the state supplement to the supplemental security income program for the aged and disabled, including a program for emergency needs for supplemental security income recipients; provided, however, that the expenses of special grants recipients residing in rest homes, as provided in section seven A of chapter one hundred and eighteen A of the General Laws, may be paid from this item; and provided, further, that the expenses of a program to aid applicants in becoming eligible for said supplemental security income program may be paid from this item `tc6 $5,200,000 `tc1 4406-2000 `tc4 For a program of general relief, including a program of emergency relief; provided, however, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-nine; provided, further, that the payment standard shall be equal to the need standard; provided, further, that a nonrecurring clothing allowance in the amount of one hundred and fifteen dollars be provided to each recipient of the program eligible in September, nineteen hundred and ninety; provided, further, that a thirty-five dollar per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; and provided, further, that no funds from this account shall be expended for homeless shelters without the prior approval of the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $3,379,460 `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. `tc1 4800-0020 `tc4 For the delivery of permanency services to children in the care of the department, including the provision of adoption and guardianship subsidies; provided, however, that the department shall make assessment of all the children in its care longer than twelve months for the appropriateness of adoption; provided further, that the department shall maintain a central registry and tracking system to monitor the progress of such children in the adoption process; and provided, further, that no funds shall be expended to provide subsidies to adoptive parents for children no longer in their care; including not more than twenty-seven positions `tc6 $1,257,000 `tc1 4800-0030 `tc4 For the delivery of foster care services to children in the care of the department, including the provision of foster care subsidies, services to foster families and reimbursements to foster parents for extraordinary expenses incurred; provided, however, that unless otherwise authorized to be expended, any federal reimbursements received for this purpose shall be credited to the General Fund `tc6 $8,974,000 `tc1 4800-0041 `tc4 For the delivery of group care services to children in the care of the department; provided, however, that unless otherwise authorized to be expended, any federal reimbursements received for this purpose shall be credited to the General Fund `tc6 $8,793,779 `tc1 4800-1100 `tc4 For social workers and their expenses, including not more than one thousand nine hundred and eighty positions `tc6 $5,591,259 `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. `tc1 5095-0000 `tc4 For the maintenance of the state hospitals, the Gaebler Children's Center, and the treatment center at the Massachusetts correctional institute at Bridgewater; provided, however, that the department transfer a total of fourteen medically involved clients from Worcester state hospital and Westboro state hospital to Rutland Heights public health hospital; and, provided further, that said transfers shall take place on or before October first, nineteen hundred and ninety, including not more than four thousand eight hundred positions `tc6 $1,551,017 `tc3 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL RETARDATION. `tc1 5948-0000 `tc4 For mental retardation services; provided, however, that a maintenance of effort be made to continue services to retarded persons in the community who are not eligible for services through chapter seventy-one B of the General Laws or consent decrees; and, provided further, that not less than one million five hundred thousand dollars be expended for new respite care services; including six million six hundred thousand dollars for turning twenty-two clients funded through item 5911-0006 in fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety, including not more than six hundred and fifty-one positions `tc6 $535,000 `tc1 5983-0100 `tc4 For the operation of facilities for the mentally retarded, including not more than one million six hundred thousand dollars for prior year's expenses, including not more than ten thousand four hundred and fifty positions `tc6 $13,765,627 `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. `tc2 Office of the Secretary. `tc1 8000-0106 `tc4 For a reserve for certain commonwealth police administration expenses; provided, however, that the secretary of public safety is hereby authorized to transfer funds from the sum appropriated herein to items 2440-0015, 8312-0100 and 8400-0010 `tc6 $1,780,000 `tc5 General Fund 7.0% Local Aid Fund 13.0% Highway Fund 80.0% `t+99 `tc2 Registry of Motor Vehicles. `tc1 8400-0001 `tc4 For the administration and operation of the registry of motor vehicles; provided, however, that the positions of administrative assistant to the registrar, legislative assistant, executive assistant to the registrar, and the director of employee relations shall not be subject to civil service laws and rules; provided, further that all expenditures related to computer automation shall be subject to satisfactory quarterly reviews by the office of management information systems and pursuant to schedules by said office; and provided further, that forty percent of the costs of personnel services associated with the computer, which reflects the proportionate use of said computer by the merit rating board, shall be assessed to insurance companies doing motor vehicle insurance business within the commonwealth, pursuant to section one hundred and eighty-three of chapter six of the General Laws; including not more than seven hundred and thirty positions `tc6 $859,364 `tc5 Highway Fund 100.0% `tcol;end

SECTION 2C. `tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=12,53,tfh1;c5=16,49,tu;c6=66,13,tur `t+1 `tch `tc1 `ts Item `t+1 `tch;end `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE. `tc2 Office of Management Information Systems. `tc1 1101-2310 `tc4 For the cost of computer resources and services provided by the bureau of computer services; provided, however, that the commissioner of administration shall charge, pursuant to section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and ninety, to other items of appropriation for the purchase or lease of data processing and data communication goods and services for the bureau of computer services data center and data communications network `tc6 $250,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.