FILED ON: 5/27/2015
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1930
Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements (House, No. 3401) (being the text of Senate, No. 3, printed as amended). |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2016 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements.
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 the operations of the several departments, boards, commissions and institutions of the commonwealth and other services of the commonwealth, and for certain permanent improvements and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in sections 2, 2B, 2D, 2E and 3, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in sections 2, 2B, 2D, 2E and 3, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016. All sums appropriated under this act, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, shall be expended in a manner reflecting and encouraging a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for members of minority groups, women and handicapped persons. All officials and employees of an agency, board, department, commission or division receiving monies under this act shall take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity in the internal affairs of state government, as well as in their relations with the public, including those persons and organizations doing business with the commonwealth. Each agency, board, department, commission or division of the commonwealth, in spending appropriated sums and discharging its statutory responsibilities, shall adopt measures to ensure equal opportunity in the areas of hiring, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment, layoff or termination, rates of compensation, in-service or apprenticeship training programs and all terms and conditions of employment.
SECTION 1A. In accordance with Articles LXIII and CVII of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the commonwealth and section 6D of chapter 29 of the General Laws, it is hereby declared that the amounts of revenue set forth in this section by source for the respective funds of the commonwealth for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 are necessary and sufficient to provide the means to defray the appropriations and expenditures from such funds for said fiscal year as set forth and authorized in sections 2, 2B and 2E. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts from each such source by each such fund to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing such receipts with the projected receipts set forth herein and to include a full statement comparing such actual and projected receipts in the annual report for said fiscal year pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws. The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.
SourceAll Budgeted Funds*General FundComm. Trans. FundMassachusetts Tourism Other
Alcohol. Bev. $80.7 $80.7 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Cigarettes $505.6 $505.6 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Corporations $2,164.7 $2,164.7 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Deeds $259.6 $259.6 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Estate Inheritance $336.1 $336.1 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Financial Institutions $23.1 $23.1 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Income $14,727.9 $14,727.9 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Insurance $393.2 $393.2 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Motor Fuels $764.2 $0.0 $763.2 $0.0 $1.0
Public Utilities $22.8 $22.8 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Room Occupancy $154.4 $120.5 $0.0 $33.9 $0.0
Sales-Regular $4,188.3 $4,188.3 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Sales-Meals $986.0 $986.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Sales-Motor Vehicles $835.8 $297.6 $538.2 $0.0 $0.0
Miscellaneous $14.2 $14.2 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
UI Surcharges $22.4 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $22.4
Total Consensus Tax Revenues$25,479.0 $24,120.3 $1,301.4 $33.9 $23.4
Transfer to School Modernization and Reconstruction Trust (SMART) Fund ($803.9) ($803.9) $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Transfer to MBTA State and Local Contribution Fund($985.2)($985.2) $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Transfer to Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund($1,972.0)($1,972.0) $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Transfer to Workforce Training Fund($22.4)$0.0 $0.0 $0.0 ($22.4)
Total Consensus Tax Revenue for Budget$21,695.5 $20,359.2 $1,301.4 $33.9 $1.0
Revenue Changes
Delay of FAS 109$45.9 $45.9 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Tax Settlement Revenue$100.0 $100.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Tax Amnesty$100.0$100.0$0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Tax Revenue Enhancements$40.0 $40.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Combined Reporting$5.0 $5.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Total Taxes Available for Budget$21,976.4 $20,640.1 $1,301.4 $33.9 $1.0
Non-Tax Revenue
Federal Reimbursements$10,233.3 $10,192.7 $0.0 $0.0 $40.6
Departmental Revenue$3,800.4 $3,122.9 $663.2 $0.0 $14.3
Consolidated Transfers$2,029.2 $1,830.0 $96.0 $0.0 $103.2
GRAND TOTAL$38,039.3 $35,785.8 $2,060.6 $33.9 $159.1
SECTION 1B. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts of non-tax revenues by each department, board, commission or institution to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing such receipts with projected receipts set forth herein and to include a full statement comparing such receipts with projected receipts in the annual report for such fiscal year pursuant to section 13 of chapter 7A of the General Laws. The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.
Non-Tax Revenue: Department Summary
Revenue SourceFederal RevenuesDepartmental RevenuesBudgeted Transfers Total Unrestricted Total Restricted
Judiciary
Supreme Judicial Court$0$2,975,563$0$2,975,563$0
Committee for Public Counsel$0$8,600,000$0$8,600,000$0
Appeals Court$0$385,600$0$385,600$0
Trial Court$0$99,553,000$0$99,553,000$0
TOTAL:$0$111,514,163$0$111,514,163$0
District Attorneys
TOTAL:$0$0$0
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth$0$207,806,868$0$207,791,868$15,000
TOTAL:$0$207,806,868$0$207,791,868$15,000
Treasurer and Receiver-General
Office of the Treasurer$0$81,330,695$486,295,204$547,378,217$20,247,682
Cultural Commission$0$0$0$0$0
State Lottery Commission$0$163,122$997,434,592$997,597,714$0
TOTAL:$0$81,493,817$1,483,729,796$1,544,975,931$20,247,682
Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General$4,305,408$51,232,042$457,554$53,495,004 $2,500,000
TOTAL:$4,305,408$51,232,042$457,554$53,495,004$2,500,000
Inspector General
Office of the Inspector General$0$700,000$0$0$700,000
TOTAL:$0$700,000$0$0$700,000
Office of Campaign and Political Finance
Office of Campaign and Political Finance$0$185,200$0$185,200 $0
TOTAL:$0$185,200$0$185,200$0
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination$2,029,411$229,500$0 $0 $2,258,911
TOTAL:$2,029,411$229,500$0$0$2,258,911
State Ethics Commission
State Ethics Commission$0$51,100$0$51,100$0
TOTAL:$0$51,100$0$51,100$0
Office of the State Comptroller
Office of the State Comptroller$50,000$5,811,000$36,129,541$41,990,541 $0
TOTAL:$50,000$5,811,000$36,129,541$41,990,541$0
Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Secretary of Administration and Finance$0$45,363,741$213,000,000$258,363,741 $0
Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance$0$48,106,310$0 $34,806,310 $13,300,000
Bureau of State Office Buildings$0$4,522$0$4,522$0
Civil Service Commission$0$13,000$0$13,000$0
Group Insurance Commission$0$864,241,504$251,143,094$1,113,145,162 $2,239,436
Division of Administrative Law Appeals$0$13,000$0$13,000 $0
Department of Revenue$50,973,328$142,515,548$0$186,941,596$6,547,280
Appellate Tax Board$0$1,707,212$0$1,307,212$400,000
Human Resources Division$0$2,631,250$0$1,500$2,629,750
Operational Services Division$0$18,157,712$0$5,211,690$12,946,022
Massachusetts Office of Information Technology $0$10,451,900$0$0 $10,451,900
TOTAL:$50,973,328$1,133,205,699$464,143,094$1,599,807,733 $48,514,388
Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs$0$4,852,100$0 $4,402,100 $450,000
Department of Environmental Protection$0$32,510,499$0$26,191,987 $6,318,512
Department of Fish and Game$5,600,000$11,358,289$170,000$16,585,300 $542,989
Department of Agricultural Resources$0$5,992,642$0$5,992,642 $0
Department of Conservation and Recreation$0$20,312,172$5,608,833$9,921,005 $16,000,000
Department of Public Utilities$0$18,640,075$0$16,265,075$2,375,000
Department of Energy Resources$0$4,638,167$0$4,638,167$0
TOTAL:$5,600,000$98,303,944$5,778,833$83,996,276$25,686,501
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Department of Veterans' Services$0$705,000$0$15,000$690,000
Secretary of Health and Human Services$6,764,813,103$908,671,650$1,000,000 $7,399,484,753 $275,000,000
Division of Health Care Finance and Policy$0$35,828,282$0$32,405,730 $3,422,552
Mass Commission for the Blind$3,863,475$7,500$0$3,870,975$0
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission$3,646,521$30,000$0$3,676,521 $0
Mass Commission for the Deaf$203,553$4,000$0$207,553$0
Chelsea Soldiers' Home$11,736,296$3,234,538$0$14,370,834$600,000
Holyoke Soldiers' Home$13,253,140$4,131,466$0$16,075,563$1,309,043
Department of Youth Services$5,983,024$130,000$0$6,113,024 $0
Department of Transitional Assistance$436,148,424$35,069,545$0$471,217,969 $0
Department of Public Health$137,751,003$57,572,484$1,500,000$102,870,376 $93,953,111
Department of Children and Families$193,186,268$10,173,054$0$198,849,168 $4,510,154
Department of Mental Health$92,396,187$3,634,451$0$95,405,638$625,000
Department of Developmental Services$626,505,712$6,874,877$0$633,380,589 $0
Department of Elder Affairs$1,648,540,867$849,300$0$1,648,640,167 $750,000
TOTAL:$9,938,027,573$1,066,916,147$2,500,000$10,626,583,860 $380,859,860
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Massachusetts Department of Transportation$0$583,419,400$0$583,419,400 $0
TOTAL:$0$583,419,400$0$583,419,400$0
Board of Library Commissioners
Board of Library Commissioners$0$2,000$0$2,000$0
TOTAL:$0$2,000$0$2,000$0
Executive Office of Housing & Economic Development
Department of Housing & Community Development$0$3,732,711$9,102,560 $10,300,268 $2,535,003
Office of Business Development$0$7,500$0$7,500$0
Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation$0$1,300,500$0 $800,500 $500,000
Division of Banks$0$28,767,431$0$26,117,431$2,650,000
Division of Insurance$0$99,153,944$0$99,153,944$0
Division of Professional Licensure$0$16,743,072$0$16,153,072$590,000
Division of Standards$0$2,559,274$0$1,673,600$885,674
Department of Telecommunications and Cable$0$5,588,696$0$5,588,696 $0
TOTAL:$0$157,853,128$9,102,560$159,795,011$7,160,677
Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development
Department of Labor Relations$0$200,000$0$100,000$100,000
Labor and Workforce Development $0$2,338,902$24,376,009$26,262,061 $452,850
TOTAL:$0$2,538,902$24,376,009$26,362,061$552,850
Executive Office of Education
Department of Early Education and Care$197,908,991$1,621,202$0$199,330,193 $200,000
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education$0$6,513,000$0 $4,647,031 $1,865,969
University of Massachusetts$0$154,193,125$0$154,193,125$0
Bridgewater State College$0$1,456,298$0$1,456,298$0
Fitchburg State College$0$1,161,331$0$1,161,331$0
Framingham State College$0$1,511,564$0$1,511,564$0
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts$0$235,385$0$235,385 $0
Salem State College$0$710,138$0$710,138$0
Westfield State College$0$500,642$0$500,642$0
Worcester State College$0$546,255$0$546,255$0
Berkshire Community College$0$153,293$0$153,293$0
Bristol Community College$0$491,203$0$491,203$0
Cape Cod Community College$0$338,672$0$338,672$0
Greenfield Community College$0$116,605$0$116,605$0
Holyoke Community College$0$691,067$0$691,067$0
Mass Bay Community College$0$693,783$0$693,783$0
Massasoit Community College$0$618,335$0$618,335$0
Mount Wachusett Community College$0$244,276$0$244,276 $0
Northern Essex Community College$0$218,211$0$218,211$0
North Shore Community College$0$704,139$0$704,139$0
Quinsigamond Community College$0$322,572$0$322,572$0
Springfield Technical Community College$0$632,716$0$632,716 $0
Roxbury Community College$0$647,370$0$117,527$529,843
Middlesex Community College$0$256,574$0$256,574$0
Bunker Hill Community College$0$217,824$0$217,824$0
TOTAL:$197,908,991$174,795,580$0$370,108,759$2,595,812
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security$0$5,000$0$5,000$0
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner$0$3,078,762$0$0$3,078,762
Criminal History Systems Board$0$16,834,213$0$13,334,213$3,500,000
Criminal Justice Training Council$0$1,920,000$0$120,000$1,800,000
Department of State Police$1,580,000$30,542,000$0$457,000$31,665,000
Department of Public Safety$0$31,076,398$0$18,581,685$12,494,713
Department of Fire Services$0$25,792,880$0$25,784,380$8,500
Military Division$0$1,400,000$0$0$1,400,000
Emergency Management Agency$6,000,000$482,901$0$6,482,901 $0
Department of Corrections$3,528,815$8,384,000$3,000,000$2,712,815 $12,200,000
Parole Board$0$600,000$0$0$600,000
TOTAL:$11,108,815$120,116,154$3,000,000$67,477,994$66,746,975
Sheriffs
Sheriff's Department Hampden$874,000$3,201,824$0$999,000 $3,076,824
Sheriff's Department Worcester$86,000$38,500$0$124,500 $0
Sheriff's Department Middlesex$873,000$169,000$0$967,000 $75,000
Sheriff's Department Franklin$3,075,895$27,000$0$3,102,895$0
Sheriff's Department Hampshire$41,000$181,852$0$55,500 $167,352
Sheriff's Department Essex$2,018,000$18,400$0$2,036,400$0
Sheriff's Department Berkshire$20,000$559,376$0$25,000 $554,376
Sheriff's Department Association$0$0$0$0$0
Sheriff's Department Barnstable$250,000$44,457$0$294,457 $0
Sheriff's Department Bristol$4,500,000$0$0$4,500,000$0
Sheriff's Department Nantucket$69,350$0$0$69,350$0
Sheriff's Department Plymouth$6,500,000$0$0$6,500,000$0
Sheriff's Department Suffolk$5,000,000$0$0$5,000,000$0
TOTAL:$23,307,245$4,240,409$0$23,674,102$3,873,552
Total Non-Tax Revenue :$10,233,310,771$3,800,415,053$2,029,217,387 $15,501,231,003 $561,712,209
SECTION 2
JUDICIARY.
Supreme Judicial Court.
0320-0003For the operation of the supreme judicial court, including the salaries of the chief justice and the 6 associate justices $8,675,395
0320-0010For the operation of the clerk’s office of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county $1,597,737
0321-0001For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct$754,068
0321-0100For the services of the board of bar examiners$1,362,302
Committee for Public Counsel Services.
0321-1500For the operation of the committee for public counsel services under chapter 211D of the General Laws, including, but not limited to, payroll costs of the committee’s public defenders, attorneys in charge and appeals attorneys, including fringe benefit costs; provided, that the committee shall maintain a system in which not less than 25 per cent of indigent clients shall be represented by public defenders; provided further, that to the extent feasible, the committee shall assign public defenders to district and superior courts; provided further, that the committee shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on November 5th, 2015 and March 10, 2016 in a cumulative manner and compared with data from the current period to the previous three fiscal years; and provided further, that these reports shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of cases handled by the committee in each month, delineated by public defender and private bar advocate; (ii) the caseload of attorneys in charge compared to the caseload of public defenders; (iii) the average number of hours spent per case by public defenders; (iv) the number of cases that have been assigned to private bar advocates; (v) the average number of hours billed by private bar advocates; (vi) the number of public defenders currently employed by the committee and the total number employed by the committee at the end of each fiscal year, delineated by division; (vii) the number of public defender vacancies to be filled; (viii) the average cost for public defender services rendered per case in the prior fiscal year; (ix) the total number of support staff, investigators, attorneys in charge and management personnel currently employed by the committee and the total number employed by the committee at the end of each fiscal year for the previous 3 fiscal years; (x) the average cost for private bar advocate services rendered per case; (xi) the billable hours of private counsel broken down by travel time, time spent in court, including wait time and trial preparation time, including interview time, investigating time and research time; (xii) any changes to the private bar billing system; and (xiii) a summary of all spending for psychologists, psychiatrists and investigators with the total number of hours billed, a count of the number of unique vendors and the average number of hours billed $59,784,606
0321-1510For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws and as provided in section 11 of said chapter 211D; provided, that not more than $2,000,000 from this item shall be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2016 $98,906,090
0321-1520For fees and costs as defined in section 27A of chapter 261 of the General Laws, as ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a department of the trial court on behalf of an indigent person as defined in said section 27A of said chapter 261; provided, that not more than $1,000,000 from this item shall be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2016 $14,951,982
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.
0321-1600For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth; provided, that the corporation may contract with any organization to provide representation; and provided further, that notwithstanding the first paragraph of section 9 of chapter 221A of the General Laws, funds shall be expended for the Disability Benefits Project, the Medicare Advocacy Project and the Battered Women’s Legal Assistance Project $17,100,000
Mental Health Legal Advisors.
0321-2000For the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee and for certain programs for the indigent mentally ill established under section 34E of chapter 221 of the General Laws $1,100,000
Prisoners’ Legal Services.
0321-2100For the expenses of Prisoners’ Legal Services$1,374,683
Social Law Library.
0321-2205For the expenses of the social law library located in Suffolk county$1,743,627
Appeals Court.
0322-0100For the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of the chief justice, recall justices and associate justices $12,626,326
Trial Court.
0330-0101For the salaries of the justices of the 7 departments of the trial court $61,998,582
0330-0300For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial court nonemployee services, trial court dental and vision health plan agreements, jury expenses, trial court law libraries, statewide telecommunications, private and municipal court rentals and leases, operation of courthouse facilities, rental of county court facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance and repairs, the court interpreter program, insurance and chargeback costs, the Massachusetts sentencing commission, permanency mediation services, court security and judicial training; provided, that 50 per cent of all fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure shall be paid from this item; provided further, that funds may be expended for training on domestic violence issues, the establishment of a domestic violence registry, evaluations on batterer’s intervention programs and the creation of a risk assessment tool for domestic violence offenders in accordance with chapter 260 of the acts of 2014; provided further, that funds may be expended to provide information and assistance to self-represented litigants; provided further, that the trial court shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means on revenues collected in the trial court; provided further, that the report shall provide for the previous quarter for each court division and courthouse: (i) the total amount ordered in fees and fines; (ii) the total amount dismissed in fees and fines; (iii) the total amount paid in fees and fines; and (iv) the total amount outstanding in fees and fines; provided further, that up to $200,000 may be expended for a revenue maximization unit that shall prioritize improving revenue collections at district court locations which had more than 60 per cent of court fees outstanding in fiscal year 2012; provided further, that not later than October 1, 2015 the trial court shall submit to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a progress report on the implementation of the revenue maximization unit; and provided further, that the trial court shall report biannually to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (a) actions of the revenue maximization unit over the previous 6 months; and (b) revenue collection information for the most recent 6-month period for which data is available for all district court locations, denoting those district courts in which the revenue maximization unit is operating $237,070,698
0330-0344For administration and transportation costs associated with a veterans court program and study established in section 33 of chapter 62 of the acts of 2014 $100,000
0330-0500For expanded use of videoteleconferencing for court appearances by persons in the custody of the houses of correction $250,000
0330-0599For a probation pilot program that administers high-intensity supervision to promote successful probation outcomes and reduce recidivism; provided, that the office of the commissioner of probation may partner with the same external research organization in fiscal year 2016 as selected in fiscal year 2015 to monitor program fidelity and design, to implement the experimental model and to collect and analyze the outcome evaluation; provided further, that the pilot program shall be conducted at both a district and superior court; provided further, that the trial court shall implement this probation program in 10 new court locations; and provided further, that the office of the commissioner of probation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 16, 2016 that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the sites selected for the new locations; (ii) the research organization’s recommendations for the program; and (iii) any relevant data on participants and initial outcomes $2,488,090
0330-0601For the operation of drug courts and other specialty courts; provided, that the trial court may partner with the same external research organization in fiscal year 2016 as selected in fiscal year 2015 that was responsible for monitoring program fidelity and collecting and analyzing the outcome evaluations for drug courts funded through this item; provided further, that drug courts funded through this item shall be faithful to a specific proven or promising model to reduce recidivism and recurrence of substance abuse as identified by the external research organization selected to monitor the program; provided further, that existing drug courts may receive funds from this item; provided further, that such drug courts shall meet program fidelity standards identified by the external research organization; provided further, that the trial court shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 16, 2016 that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) relevant data on the participants, fidelity measures and outcomes; (ii) any cost savings to the commonwealth as a result of alternative sentencing; and (iii) the impact of drug courts on recidivism; provided further, that the external research organization shall submit an annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all relevant findings; provided further, that notwithstanding section 83, no funds shall be transferred from this item to another item in the trial court; and provided further, that the trial court shall, in coordination with partner departments and agencies, submit reports on interdepartmental service agreements made with the partner departments and agencies to the court administrator and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than April 1, 2016 that shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the amount of funding transferred to each specific agency or department for use in specialty courts; (b) the specific intent of that transfer in relation to specialty court operations; (c) any additional services implemented by way of the transfer; and (d) the amount of unspent funds from the transfer at the time of reporting $3,229,651
Superior Court Department.
0331-0100For the operation of the superior court department; provided, that funds shall be expended for medical malpractice tribunals under section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the clerk of the court shall be responsible for the internal administration of the clerk’s office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $31,500,830
District Court Department.
0332-0100For the operation of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program $65,202,267
Probate and Family Court Department.
0333-0002For the operation of the probate and family court department$30,430,709
Land Court Department.
0334-0001For the operation of the land court department$3,881,275
Boston Municipal Court Department.
0335-0001For the operation of the Boston municipal court department$14,300,413
Housing Court Department.
0336-0002For the operation of the housing court department$8,260,203
Juvenile Court Department.
0337-0002For the operation of the juvenile court department; provided, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Worcester county CASA program $18,817,568
Office of the Commissioner of Probation.
0339-1001For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that the office shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of revenue to verify income data and to use the department’s wage reporting and bank match system for the purpose of weekly tape-matching to determine an individual’s eligibility for appointment of indigent counsel, as provided in chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided further, that funds may be expended for increased lab-based testing, oral toxicology tests and new urine tests to detect additional substances; provided further, that not less than $312,500 shall be expended for the research and development of a statistically valid pretrial risk assessment tool to inform pre-adjudication decision-making with regard to detention, release on personal recognizance or release under conditions of criminal defendants before the adult trial courts; provided further, that the funds shall be used to develop process documentation, training materials and costs of piloting of its implementation in several departments of the trial court; and provided further, that the funds shall be made available onApril 1, 2016 $132,312,500
0339-1003For the office of community corrections and performance-based contracts for the operation of community corrections centers; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 26, 2016; and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the performance standards used to assess the success of community corrections centers; (ii) a description of how each community corrections center rates based on performance and utilization data; (iii) the amount of each contract awarded to community corrections centers on a per client-day basis; (iv) standards for terminating contracts with underperforming community corrections centers; and (v) a plan for increasing the use of community corrections centers by the courts, the department of correction and the sheriffs $20,923,599
Office of the Jury Commissioner.
0339-2100For the office of the jury commissioner under chapter 234A of the General Laws $2,774,615
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Suffolk District Attorney.
0340-0100For the Suffolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the domestic violence unit and the children’s advocacy center; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $17,949,540
0340-0198For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Suffolk district attorney’s office $368,475
Middlesex District Attorney.
0340-0200For the Middlesex district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $15,312,997
0340-0298For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district attorney’s office $564,001
Eastern District Attorney.
0340-0300For the Eastern district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $9,413,575
0340-0398For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district attorney’s office $524,525
Worcester District Attorney.
0340-0400For the Worcester district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $10,290,744
0340-0498For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Worcester district attorney’s office $441,541
Hampden District Attorney.
0340-0500For the Hampden district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $8,961,414
0340-0598For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district attorney’s office $403,495
Hampshire/Franklin District Attorney.
0340-0600For the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that not less than $236,000 shall be expended for the Anti-Crime Task Force; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $5,830,447
0340-0698For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney’s office $325,212
Norfolk District Attorney.
0340-0700For the Norfolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $9,178,540
0340-0798For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Norfolk district attorney’s office $453,770
Plymouth District Attorney.
0340-0800For the Plymouth district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $7,967,452
0340-0898For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Plymouth district attorney’s office $454,190
Bristol District Attorney.
0340-0900For the Bristol district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $8,287,921
0340-0998For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Bristol district attorney’s office $454,095
Cape and Islands District Attorney.
0340-1000For the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500 $4,068,577
0340-1098For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office $296,479
Berkshire District Attorney.
0340-1100For the Berkshire district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the drug task force and the domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the operation and management of the Berkshire county drug task force $4,065,557
0340-1198For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Berkshire district attorney’s office $243,411
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS’ ASSOCIATION.
0340-2100For the operation of the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association, including the implementation and related expenses of the district attorneys’ offices automation and case management and tracking system; provided, that expenses associated with the system may be charged directly to this item; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made on or after the effective date of this item which would cause the commonwealth’s obligation for the purposes of this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that the association shall work in conjunction with the disabled persons protection commission and the 11 district attorneys' offices to prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of abuse cases that are referred to each district attorney’s office for further investigation; (ii) the number of those referrals resulting in the filing of criminal charges, delineated by type of charge; (iii) the number of cases referred to each district attorney's office that remain open as of the date for submission of the report; and (iv) the number of cases that resulted in a criminal prosecution and the disposition of each such prosecution; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate not later than March 14, 2016; provided further, that the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association shall work in conjunction with the 11 district attorneys’ offices to prepare and submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate not later than January 12, 2016; provided further, that the association shall provide the 11 district attorneys’ offices with an agreed upon template for the report to be filled out; provided further, that the district attorneys’ offices shall submit the report in a standard electronic format; and provided further, that the template shall include, delineated by charge type: (a) the number of criminal cases initiated by arraignment in each department of the trial court; (b) the number of criminal cases disposed in each department of the trial court; (c) the number of cases appealed to the appeals courts, supreme judicial court, supreme judicial and appeals court single justices and any other appeals; and (d) the number of cases reviewed but not charged $1,941,692
0340-2117For the retention of assistant district attorneys with more than 3 years of experience; provided, that the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association shall transfer funds to the AA object class in each of the 11 district attorneys’ offices; provided further, that the association shall develop a formula for distribution of the funds; provided further, that funds distributed from this item to the district attorneys’ offices shall be used for retention purposes and shall not be transferred out of the AA object class; provided further, that not more than $100,000 shall be distributed to any 1 district attorney’s office; provided further, that not less than 60 days prior to the distribution of funds, the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the methodology used to determine the amount to be dispersed; (ii) the amount to be given to each district attorney’s office; and (iii) the number of assistant district attorneys from each office who would receive funds from this item; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended on the administrative costs of the association $750,000
0340-8908For the costs associated with maintaining the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association’s wide area network $1,797,089
EXECUTIVE.
0411-1000For the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the governor’s council; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item may be used at the discretion of the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not otherwise provided for transfer to other items if the amounts otherwise available may be insufficient; and provided further, that the advisory council on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders established in section 379 of chapter 194 of the acts of 1998 shall continue during fiscal year 2016 $5,244,390
Office of The Child Advocate.
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
0511-0000For the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that the secretary may transfer funds between items 0540-0900, 0540-1000, 0540-1100, 0540-1200, 0540-1300, 0540-1400, 0540-1500, 0540-1600, 0540-1700, 0540-1800, 0540-1900, 0540-2000 and 0540-2100 under an allocation schedule which shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before the transfer; and provided further, that each register of deeds using electronic record books shall ensure that all methods of electronically recording instruments conform to the regulations or standards established by the secretary of the commonwealth and the records conservation board $6,383,101
0511-0001For the secretary of the commonwealth who may expend revenues not to exceed $15,000 from the sale of merchandise at the state house gift shop to restock gift shop inventory; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $15,000
0511-0002For the operation of the corporations division; provided, that the division shall implement a corporate dissolution program; and provided further, that the secretary shall file biannual reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total number of reports filed as a result of this program and the amount of revenue generated for the commonwealth $353,076
0511-0200For the operation of the archives division$365,557
0511-0230For the operation of the records center$35,660
0511-0250For the operation of the archives facility$297,068
0511-0260For the operation of the Commonwealth museum$233,268
0511-0270For the secretary of the commonwealth who shall contract with the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute to provide the commonwealth with technical assistance on United States census data and to prepare annual population estimates; provided, that the contract shall be for not less than $325,000 $400,000
0511-0420For the operation of the address confidentiality program$136,985
0517-0000For the printing of public documents$509,280
0521-0000For the operation of the elections division, including preparation, printing and distribution of ballots and for other miscellaneous expenses for primary and other elections; provided, that the secretary of the commonwealth may award grants for voter registration and education; and provided further, that the registration and education activities may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations, prior appropriation continued $7,200,000
0521-0001For the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that an annual report detailing voter registration activity shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 2, 2016 $5,100,000
0524-0000For providing information to voters$322,832
0526-0100For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the rehabilitation of the State Theatre in the town of Stoughton; provided, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for critical safety repairs at the Forbes House Museum in the town of Milton…………….$1,127,145
0527-0100For the operation of the ballot law commission$10,385
0528-0100For the operation of the records conservation board$36,400
0540-0900For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lawrence$1,180,217
0540-1000For the registry of deeds located in the city of Salem$2,810,111
0540-1100For the registry of deeds located in the county of Franklin$622,985
0540-1200For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampden$1,752,598
0540-1300For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampshire$521,137
0540-1400For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lowell$1,153,155
0540-1500For the registry of deeds located in the city of Cambridge$3,176,849
0540-1600For the registry of deeds located in the town of Adams$267,134
0540-1700For the registry of deeds located in the city of Pittsfield$456,131
0540-1800For the registry of deeds located in the town of Great Barrington$227,398
0540-1900For the registry of deeds located in the county of Suffolk$1,806,290
0540-2000For the registry of deeds located in the city of Fitchburg$678,853
0540-2100For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester$2,233,096
TREASURER & RECEIVER GENERAL.
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General.
0610-0000For the office of the treasurer and receiver general; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be transferred to the state board of retirement for the implementation of the retirement incentive program $9,555,174
0610-0010For the Economic Empowerment Trust Fund established in section 35QQ of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that $60,000 shall be expended for Budget Buddies, Inc. in the town of Chelmsford to operate a program that mentors and teaches financial literacy to low-income women; and provided, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Moving from Debt to Assets program to provide financial literacy training and support services $435,000
0610-0050For the administration of the alcoholic beverages control commission in its efforts to regulate and control the conduct and condition of traffic in alcoholic beverages; provided, that the commission shall maintain at least 1 chief investigator and other investigators to regulate and control the traffic of alcoholic beverages; provided further, that the commission shall work and cooperate with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice and other relevant federal agencies to assist in its efforts to regulate and control the traffic of alcoholic beverages; and provided further, that the commission shall seek out matching federal dollars and apply for federal grants that may be available to assist in the enforcement of laws pertaining to the traffic of alcoholic beverages $2,271,489
0610-0051For the operation of the alcoholic beverages control commission relative to the prevention of underage drinking and related programs including, but not limited to, applying for and obtaining Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives funds and grants and other federal appropriations; provided, that the commission may expend revenues up to $247,682 collected from fees generated by the commission; and provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $247,682
0610-0060For the costs associated with the investigation and enforcement division of the alcoholic beverages control commission’s implementation of the enhanced liquor enforcement safe campus, safe holidays, safe prom and safe summer programs; provided, that funds from this item shall not support other operating costs of item 0610-0050 $147,322
0610-2000For payments made to veterans pursuant to section 1 of chapter 646 of the acts of 1968, section 16 of chapter 130 of the acts of 2005 and section 11 of chapter 132 of the acts of 2009; provided, that the state treasurer shall not expend more than $205,000 for costs incurred in the administration of these payments $2,803,627
0611-1000For bonus payments to war veterans$44,500
0612-0105For payment of the public safety employee killed in the line of duty benefit authorized by section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the office of the state treasurer shall provide immediate written notification to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the expenditure of the funds appropriated in this item; and provided further, that at the written request of the office of the state treasurer, the comptroller shall transfer uncommitted and unobligated funds from item 1599-3384 to this item $300,000
Lottery Commission.
0640-0000For the operation of the state lottery commission and arts lottery; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for costs associated with the promotion or advertising of lottery games; provided further, that positions funded from this item shall not be subject to chapters 30 and 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery and Gaming Fund to the General Fund $82,823,864
0640-0005For the costs associated with monitor games; provided, that any funds expended on promotional activities shall be limited to point-of-sale promotions and agent newsletters; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery and Gaming Fund to the General Fund $3,126,659
0640-0010For the promotional activities associated with the state lottery program; provided, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery and Gaming Fund to the General Fund $8,000,000
0640-0096For the commonwealth’s fiscal year 2016 contributions to the health and welfare fund established under the collective bargaining agreement between the state lottery commission and the Service Employees International Union, Local 888, AFL-CIO; provided, that the contributions shall be paid to the fund on such basis as the collective bargaining agreement shall provide; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery and Gaming Fund to the General Fund $366,300
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
0640-0300For the services and operations of the council, including grants to or contracts with public and nonpublic entities; provided, that the council may expend the amounts appropriated in this item for the purposes of the council as provided in sections 52 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery and Gaming Fund to the General Fund; provided further, that a person employed under this item shall be considered an employee within the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall be placed in the appropriate bargaining unit; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended on the Cogswell school building for execution of the feasibility study requirements for the Cogswell school project in the Bradford section of the city of Haverhill; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Playwright Mentoring Project at Barrington Stage Company, Inc. in the city of Pittsfield $14,160,000
Debt Service.
0699-0005For the office of the state treasurer, which may retain and expend an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 from premiums paid on the sales of revenue anticipation notes and expend such premium payments to pay principal and interest on account of the revenue anticipation notes $20,000,000
0699-0014For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness incurred under chapter 233 of the acts of 2008 for financing the accelerated bridge program $101,852,761
Commonwealth Transportation Fund100%
0699-0015For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness and the sale of bonds of the commonwealth; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state treasurer may make payments pursuant to section 38C of chapter 29 of the General Laws from this item and items 0699-9100, 0699-2005 and 0699-0014; provided further, that the payments shall pertain to the bonds, notes or other obligations authorized to be paid from each item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may transfer the amounts that would otherwise be unexpended on June 30, 2016, from this item to said items 0699-9100, 0699-2005 and 0699-0014 or from said items 0699-9100, 0699-2005 and 0699-0014 to this item which would otherwise have insufficient amounts to meet debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016; provided further, that each amount transferred shall be charged to the funds as specified in the item to which the amount is transferred; provided further, that payments on bonds issued under section 2O of said chapter 29 shall be paid from this item and shall be charged to the Infrastructure subfund of the Commonwealth Transportation Fund; and provided further, that notwithstanding this item or any other general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may charge the payments authorized in the item to the appropriate budgetary or other fund subject to a plan which the comptroller shall file 10 days in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means $2,099,880,631
General Fund48.27%
Commonwealth Transportation Fund51.73%
0699-2005For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness which may be incurred for financing the central artery/third harbor tunnel funding shortfall $88,923,748
Commonwealth Transportation Fund100%
0699-9100For the payment of costs associated with any bonds, notes or other obligations of the commonwealth, including issuance costs, interest on bonds, bond and revenue anticipation notes, commercial paper and other notes under sections 47 and 49B of chapter 29 of the General Laws and for the payment to the United States under section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of any rebate amount or yield reduction payment owed with respect to any bonds or notes or other obligations of the commonwealth; provided, that the treasurer shall certify to the comptroller a schedule of the distribution of costs among the various funds of the commonwealth; provided further, that not more than $400,000 shall be expended from this item for the costs of personnel at the debt department in the office of the state treasurer; provided further, that the comptroller shall charge costs to the funds in accordance with the schedule; and provided further, that any deficit in this item at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 shall be charged to the various funds or to the General Fund or the Commonwealth Transportation Fund debt service reserves $18,181,484
STATE AUDITOR.
Office of the State Auditor.
0710-0000For the office of the state auditor, including the review and monitoring of privatization contracts in accordance with sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws $14,230,535
0710-0100For the operation of the division of local mandates$351,864
0710-0200For the operation of the bureau of special investigations; provided, that the office shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total amount of fraudulently obtained benefits identified by the bureau, the total value of settlement restitution payments, actual monthly collections and any circumstances that produce shortfalls in collections $1,733,877
0710-0220For the implementation of chapter 224 of the acts of 2012 to investigate and review the impact of health care payment and delivery in the c $423,532
0710-0225For the operation of the Medicaid audit unit within the division of audit operations to prevent and identify fraud and abuse in the MassHealth system; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 50 per cent; provided further, that the division shall submit a report not later than March 15, 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all findings on activities and payments made through the MassHealth system; provided further, that the report shall include, to the extent available, a review of all post-audit efforts undertaken by MassHealth to recoup payments owed to the commonwealth due to identified fraud and abuse; provided further, that the report shall include the responses of MassHealth to the most recent post-audit review survey, including the status of recoupment efforts; and provided further, that the report shall include the unit’s recommendations to enhance recoupment efforts $1,164,638
0710-0300For costs related to the use of data analytic techniques to identify fraud by the bureau of special investigations $451,833
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
0810-0000For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, the operation of the antitrust division, all regional offices, a high-tech crime unit and the victim and witness assistance program; provided, that the victim and witness assistance program shall be administered in accordance with chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws $23,044,018
0810-0004For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding chapter 258C of the General Laws, if a claimant is 60 years of age or older at the time of the crime and is not employed or receiving unemployment compensation, such claimant shall be eligible for compensation in accordance with said chapter 258C even if the claimant has suffered no out-of-pocket loss; provided further, that compensation to such claimant shall be limited to a maximum of $50; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, victims of the crime of rape shall be notified of all available services designed to assist rape victims including, but not limited to, the services provided in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws $2,149,169
0810-0013For the office of the attorney general, which may expend for a false claims program an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 from revenues collected from enforcement of the false claims law; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,500,000
0810-0014For the operation of the department of public utilities proceedings unit within the office of the attorney general under section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed under said section 11E of said chapter 12 shall equal the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the expenses of legal and technical personnel and associated administrative and travel expenses relative to participation in regulatory proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on behalf of ratepayers of the commonwealth $2,311,589
0810-0021For the operation of the Medicaid fraud control unit; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 75 per cent of the expenditure; provided further, that funds shall continue to be used specifically for the investigation and prosecution of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation based on referrals from the department of public health under section 72H of chapter 111 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the unit shall provide training for all investigators of the department of public health’s division of health care quality responsible for the investigations on a periodic basis under a comprehensive training program to be developed by the division and the unit $4,050,000
0810-0045For the wage enforcement program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a nonmanagement position funded by this item shall be considered a job title in a collective bargaining unit as prescribed by the labor relations commission and shall be subject to chapter 150E of the General Laws $3,757,371
0810-0061For the purpose of funding existing and future litigation devoted to obtaining significant recoveries for the commonwealth $2,660,000
0810-0098For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general; provided, that other costs associated with those officers shall not be funded from this item; and provided further, that expenditures shall not be made on or after the effective date of this item which would cause the commonwealth’s obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item $408,235
0810-0201For the costs incurred in administrative or judicial proceedings on insurance under section 11F of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that funds made available in this item may be used to supplement the automobile insurance fraud unit and the workers’ compensation fraud unit in the office of the attorney general; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item; and provided further, that funds may be expended for costs associated with health insurance rate hearings $1,473,854
0810-0338For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount appropriated by this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item $426,861
0810-0399For the investigation and prosecution of workers’ compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount appropriated by this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item; provided further, that the attorney general shall investigate and prosecute, when appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance as required by law; and provided further, that the unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws $279,334
0810-1204For the costs of the gaming enforcement division as required by section 11M of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that the gaming commission shall reimburse the General Fund for the total amount of this appropriation and associated fringe benefits costs under said section 11M of said chapter 12 $449,364
Victim and Witness Assistance Board.
0840-0100For the operation of the victim and witness assistance board $488,601
0840-0101For the salaries and administration of the SAFEPLAN advocacy program to be administered by the Massachusetts office of victim assistance; provided, that not later than February 2, 2016 the office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing the effectiveness of contracting for the program including, but not limited to, the number and types of incidents to which the advocates responded, the types of services and service referrals provided by the domestic violence advocates, the cost of providing such services and the extent of coordination with other service providers and state agencies; and provided further, that SAFEPLAN services shall be maintained at the levels provided in fiscal year 2015 $900,458
STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.
0900-0100For the operation of the state ethics commission$2,068,969
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
0910-0200For the operation of the office of the inspector general$2,486,413
0910-0210For the office of the inspector general, which may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $700,000 from the fees charged to participants in the Massachusetts public purchasing official certification program and the certified public manager program for the operation of such programs; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipts of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $700,000
0910-0220For the operation of the bureau of program integrity established in section 16V of chapter 6A of the General Laws $400,000
0910-0300For the operation of the internal special audit unit established in section 9 of chapter 6C of the General Laws $350,000
OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE.
0920-0300For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance $1,536,196
0930-0100 For the operation of the office of the child advocate; provided, that the office shall be subject to review and reporting requirements described in section 219 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014, prior appropriation continued $500,000
MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
0940-0100For the office of the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, including the processing and resolution of cases pending before the commission that were filed not later than July 1, 2005; provided, that not later than November 3, 2015, the commission shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the following: (i) the number of all currently pending cases and the number of cases under investigation and in post-probable cause, with the number of post-probable cause cases delineated by the number of cases in conciliation, pre-public hearing and post-public hearing stages; (ii) the number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency or state authority is named as a respondent, delineating those cases by agency or authority; (iii) the number of new cases filed in fiscal year 2015; and (iv) the number of cases closed by the commission in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that funds made available in this item shall be in addition to funds available in item 0940-0101; and provided further, that all positions, except clerical, shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws $2,898,657
0940-0101For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not more than $2,118,911 from revenues from federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing type 1 program and the equal opportunity resolution contract program during fiscal year 2016 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs in prior fiscal years; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commission may also expend revenues generated through the collection of fees and costs so authorized; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,118,911
0940-0102For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not more than $140,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for the training and certification of diversity trainers for the operation of the discrimination prevention certification program; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $240,000
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.
0950-0000For the commission on the status of women$100,950
COMMISSION ON LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER AND QUESTIONING YOUTH.
0950-0050For the commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth established in section 67 of chapter 3 of the General Laws; provided, that funds shall be used to provide operational support pursuant to section 37O of chapter 71 of the General Laws $500,000
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMISSION.
0950-0080For the commission on the status of citizens of Asian descent established in section 68 of chapter 3 of the General Laws $50,000
OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
1000-0001For the office of the state comptroller; provided, that the comptroller shall maintain a special federal and nontax revenue unit which shall operate under policies and procedures developed in conjunction with the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that the comptroller shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include for each state agency for which the commonwealth is billing, the eligible state services and the full-year estimate of revenues and revenues collected; provided further, that 60 days before entering into any interdepartmental service agreement, the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the notification shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a description of the project; (ii) the purpose and intent of the interdepartmental service agreement; (iii) a projection of the costs avoided in the current fiscal year; and (iv) a copy of the contract with the private vendor, including the proposed rate of compensation and any previous agreements related or similar to the new agreement with the above information; and provided further, that the comptroller may establish such procedures, in consultation with the budget director and the affected departments, as the comptroller deems appropriate and necessary to accomplish the purposes of this item $9,014,337
MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION.
1050-0140For payments to cities and towns in accordance with chapter 23K of the General Laws; provided, that the Massachusetts gaming commission shall reimburse the General Fund for payments made under this item $1,150,000
DISABLED PERSONS PROTECTION COMMISSION.
1107-2501For the disabled persons protection commission; provided, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than the last day of each quarter, on the number of claims of abuse by caretakers made by employees or contracted service employees of the department of developmental services, the department of mental health and the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; provided further, that the report shall include: (i) the number of substantiated claims; (ii) the number of unsubstantiated claims; and (iii) the number of false claims reported as a result of intentional and malicious action; and provided further, that all persons who call the commission’s 24-hour hotline shall be provided with the opportunity to elect that the call not be recorded $2,943,391
BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
7000-9101For the operation of the board of library commissioners$1,098,431
7000-9401For state aid to regional public libraries; provided, that the board of library commissioners may provide quarterly advances of funds for the purposes authorized in clauses (1) and (3) of section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws, as it considers proper, to regional public library systems throughout each fiscal year, in compliance with the office of the comptroller’s regulations on state grants, 815 C.M.R. 2.00; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in calculating the fiscal year 2016 distribution of funds appropriated in this item, the board of library commissioners shall employ population figures used to calculate the fiscal year 2015 distribution; provided further, that the board shall provide funds for the continued operation of a single regional library system to serve the different geographic regions of the commonwealth and shall require that physical locations be maintained in both eastern and western Massachusetts to serve the residents of those regions; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the library of the commonwealth shall receive not less than 40.7cents for each resident of the commonwealth; and provided further, that not less than $55,000 shall be expended for traffic improvements at the Milton public library $9,938,482
7000-9402For the talking book library at the Worcester public library$446,828
7000-9406For the Braille and talking book library in the city known as the town of Watertown, including the operation of the machine lending agency $2,468,121
7000-9501For state aid to public libraries; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no city or town shall receive funds from this item in any year when the appropriation of the city or town for free public library services is below an amount equal to 102.5 per cent of the average of the appropriations for free public library services for the 3 years immediately preceding; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of library commissioners may grant waivers in excess of the waiver limit set forth in the second paragraph of section 19A of chapter 78 of the General Laws in fiscal year 2016 for not more than 1 year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, of the amount by which this item exceeds the amount appropriated in chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, funds shall be distributed under the guidelines of the municipal equalization grant program, the library incentive grant program and the nonresident circulation offset program; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any payment made under this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city or town and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the public library of that city or town without appropriation; and provided further, that $29,000 shall be distributed equally between the public libraries located in the towns of Granville, Russell, Southwick, Tolland and Montgomery $9,029,000
7000-9506For the technology and automated resource sharing networks$2,676,564
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance.
1100-1100For the office of the secretary; provided, that the secretary shall provide biannual reports, the first of which shall be submitted not later than July 31, 2015 and the second not later than February 2, 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the reports shall summarize existing and proposed collective bargaining agreements in an electronic format which shall include the following information for each agreement: (i) the session law for the previously agreed upon collective bargaining agreement; (ii) the current agreement status; (iii) the collective bargaining unit and unit number; (iv) the full-time equivalent employees subject to the agreement by item; (v) a description of the membership of the unit; (vi) the total salary base of the most recent previous agreement; (vii) the start date and expiration date of the most recent agreement; (viii) the estimated total fiscal impact of the agreement compared to the previous agreement; and (ix) the base salary increases required by the agreement by effective time; provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance and the office of employee relations shall meet with the house and senate committees on ways and means following the submission of each report to discuss the information in the report, including any collective bargaining agreements that are set to expire over the next 12 months and the current status of negotiations; provided further, that the executive office shall provide quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing federal grant applications submitted and federal grants received by executive branch agencies during the applicable reporting period; provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance shall coordinate with the executive office of health and human services to develop a pay-for-performance model to promote employment among recipients of programs administered or contracted by the department of transitional assistance; provided further, that the executive office may coordinate with the Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab at the Harvard University Kennedy School to develop the pay-for-performance model; provided further, that the executive office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016 on efforts to develop the pay-for-performance model and on the feasibility of implementing that model in fiscal year 2017; and provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended, pursuant to section 85 of this act, for a consultant from an independent research organization to develop a funding formula for the sheriffs $3,151,202
1100-1201For the operation of the office of c performance, accountability and transparency; provided, that the office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 16, 2016 detailing the actions of the office over the previous year $388,828
1100-1700For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for administration and finance $32,359,861
1106-0064For the caseload and economic forecasting office within the office of commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency; provided, that the caseload and economic forecasting office shall forecast: (i) MassHealth enrollment by group; (ii) participation in state-subsidized childcare provided through items 3000-3060, 3000-4040 and 3000-4060; (iii) participation in emergency assistance and housing programs provided through items 7004-0101 and 7004-0108; (iv) enrollment, both active member and dependent, in the group insurance commission; (v) recipients of direct benefits provided by the department of transitional assistance through items 4403-2000, 4405-2000 and 4408-1000; (vi) participation in programs provided by the department of children and families through items 4800-0038 and 4800-0041; and (vii) other related economic forecasts; provided further, that the office shall report its forecasts to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 15, 2016; and provided further, that the office shall submit updated forecasts to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 16, 2016 $130,320
Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.
1102-3199For the operation of the office of facilities management, including the costs of utilities and associated contracts for properties managed by the division; provided, that the office shall continue to provide funding for all janitorial services at the same level provided in fiscal year 2015 for all buildings under the jurisdiction of the office $11,205,654
1102-3205For the division of capital asset management and maintenance, which may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology center, the Springfield state office building and other state buildings not more than $13,000,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees and any other sources pertaining to the operations of those facilities; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $13,000,000
1102-3232For the division of capital asset management and maintenance; provided, that the division may expend not more than $300,000 from revenues received from application fees charged in conjunction with the certification of contractors and subcontractors under section 44D of chapter 149 of the General Laws; provided further, that only expenses, including staffing, incurred to implement and operate the certification program shall be funded from this item; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $300,000
Bureau of the State House.
1102-1128For state house accessibility coordination, including communications access to public hearings and meetings; provided, that access shall include interpreter services for the deaf and hard of hearing $142,386
1102-3309For the operation of the bureau of the state house; provided, that the superintendent, director of operations and other employees of the bureau shall work in conjunction with the business manager of the house of representatives and the chief financial officer of the senate relative to the maintenance, repair, purchases and payments for materials and services $2,380,120
Office on Disability.
1107-2400For the Massachusetts office on disability$702,535
Civil Service Commission.
1108-1011For the civil service commission; provided, that the General Fund shall be reimbursed for the appropriation in this item through a fee charged on a per claim basis; provided further, that the commission shall develop and implement regulations to provide for reimbursement to the General Fund; and provided further, that the civil service commission may assess a fee upon the appointing authority when inappropriate action has occurred $444,422
Group Insurance Commission.
1108-5100For the administration of the group insurance commission; provided, that the group insurance commission shall provide the caseload forecasting office with enrollment data and any other information pertinent to caseload forecasting that is requested by the office on a monthly basis $4,507,614
1108-5200For the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2016; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds in this item shall not be available during the accounts payable period of fiscal year 2016 and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2016; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge the department of unemployment assistance and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions which have federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose for that portion of insurance premiums and plan costs as the secretary determines shall be borne by such funds and shall notify the comptroller of the amounts to be transferred, after similar determination, from the several state or other funds and amounts received in payment of all such charges or transfers shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for the commonwealth’s share of group insurance premium and plan costs provided to employees and retirees in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall obtain reimbursement for premium and administrative expenses from other agencies and authorities not funded by state appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may charge all agencies for the commonwealth’s share of the health insurance costs incurred on behalf of any employees of those agencies who are on leave of absence for a period of more than 1 year; provided further, that the amounts received in payment for the charges shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding section 26 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the commission may negotiate, purchase and execute contracts before July 1 of each year for policies of group insurance as authorized by chapter 32A of the General Laws; provided further, that the rules for determining the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premiums for retired and active state employees shall be the same as the standards in effect on July 1, 2012; provided further, that the commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016 of the cost of the commonwealth’s projected share of group insurance premiums for the next fiscal year; provided further, that the commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means at least 90 days prior to any changes in coverage, benefits or the schedule of copayments and deductibles for plans offered by the group insurance commission; provided further, that the group insurance commission may pay premium and plan costs for municipal employees and retirees who are enrolled in the group insurance commission’s health plans under the commission’s regulations; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016 on the average full cost premium equivalent per enrollee, the average actual cost per enrollee for enrollees from participating municipalities and the contribution ratios for each participating municipality for fiscal year 2015; provided further, that said report shall include: (i) the premium reimbursement paid by each municipality per active enrollee by plan; (ii) the average employee premium contribution by plan for each municipality; (iii) estimates for the total premium per active enrollee by plan for each municipality; and (iv) a comparison of the total premium estimate with the sum total of municipality reimbursement and average employee premium contribution; and provided further, that the commission may develop and conduct surveys of member satisfaction $1,626,025,173
1108-5201For the costs incurred by the group insurance commission associated with providing municipal health insurance coverage under section 19 of chapter 32B of the General Laws; provided, that the commission may expend not more than $2,239,436 from the revenues received from administrative fees associated with providing municipal health insurance coverage under said section 19 of said chapter 32B; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,239,436
1108-5350For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments$275,800
1108-5400For the costs of the retired municipal teachers’ premiums and the audit of such premiums $53,000,000
1108-5500For the costs, notwithstanding chapter 32A of the General Laws, of dental and vision benefits for those active state employees, not including employees of authorities or any other political subdivision, who are not otherwise provided those benefits under a separate appropriation or by the terms of a contract or collective bargaining agreement; provided, that such employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly premiums established by the commission for the benefits $8,581,020
Division of Administrative Law Appeals.
1110-1000For the operation of the division of administrative law appeals; provided, that the division shall maintain, to the fullest extent practicable, a complete physical and technological separation from any agency, department, board, commission or program the decisions, determinations or actions of which may be appealed to it; provided further, that a decision issued by a commissioner or other head of an agency or by such person’s designee, following the issuance of a recommended decision by an administrative law judge, shall be an agency decision subject to judicial review under chapter 30A of the General Laws; and provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended solely for contract hearing officers to hear older, backlogged cases referred to the division by the contributory retirement appeal board $1,238,949
George Fingold Library.
1120-4005For the administration of the George Fingold Library$861,925
Department of Revenue.
1201-0100For the operation of the department of revenue, including tax collection administration, audits of certain foreign corporations and the division of local services; provided, that the department may allocate funds to the office of the attorney general for the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department may charge the expenses for computer services, including personnel costs and other support costs provided to the child support enforcement unit from this item to item 1201-0160, consistent with the costs attributable to the unit; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item shall be positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis, beginning not earlier than December 1 and ending not later than November 30; provided further, that seasonal positions funded by this item shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 10 months within a 12-month period; provided further, that the limitation on refilling positions vacated by early retirement under section 9 of chapter 19 of the acts of 2015 shall not apply to tax administration positions in the department; and provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $4,000,000 to hire 40 full-time equivalent auditors $102,261,227
1201-0130For the department of revenue, which may expend for the operation of the department not more than $27,938,953 from revenues collected by the additional auditors for an enhanced audit program; provided, that the auditors shall: (i) discover and identify persons who are delinquent either in the filing of a tax return or the payment of a tax due and payable to the commonwealth; (ii) obtain such delinquent returns; and (iii) collect such delinquent taxes for a prior fiscal year; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that the department shall submit an annual report not later than March 1, 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the amount of revenue produced from the additional auditors; and (b) the amount of revenue produced by this item in fiscal years 2013, 2014 and 2015 $27,938,953
1201-0160For the child support enforcement division; provided, that the department may allocate funds appropriated in this item to other state agencies for the performance of certain child support enforcement activities and those agencies may expend the funds for the purposes of this item; provided further, that all such allocations shall be reported annually to the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the allocation of the funds not later than March 1, 2016; provided further, that the federal receipts associated with the child support computer network shall be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and deposited into a revolving account to be expended for the network; provided further, that federal receipts associated with child support enforcement grants shall be deposited into a revolving account to be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and shall be expended for the grant authority; provided further, that the department shall file an annual report not later than March 1, 2016 with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the balance, year-to-date and projected receipts and year-to-date and projected expenditures, by subsidiary, of the child support trust fund established in section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system for federal incentives and the network in items 1201-0161, 1201-0410 and 1201-0412 $36,472,534
1201-0164For the child support enforcement division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $6,547,280 from the federal reimbursements awarded for personnel and lower subsidiary related expenditures; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $6,547,280
1201-0911For the costs associated with expert witnesses retained by the department of revenue to resolve tax disputes; provided, that expenditures from this item shall be the lesser of $1,150,000 or the amount certified by the secretary of administration and finance under section 156 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 $1,150,000
1232-0100For underground storage tank reimbursements to parties that have remediated spills of petroleum products under chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that in the prioritization of claims, priority for payment of approved claims shall be given to claimants who own or formerly owned not more than 4 dispensing facilities, prior appropriation continued $11,000,000
1232-0200For the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board established in section 8 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and for the administration of the underground storage tank program associated with the implementation of said chapter 21J; provided, that notwithstanding section 4 of said chapter 21J or any other general or special law to the contrary, appropriations made in this item shall be sufficient to cover the administrative expenses of the underground storage tank program; provided further, that the board shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means an annual report not later than March 1, 2016 on the status of the underground storage tank program including, but not limited to: (i) the number of municipal grants made for the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks; (ii) the reimbursements for remediated petroleum spills; and (iii) the number of backlog claims; and provided further, that the report shall detail how many tanks are out of compliance with said chapter 21J $1,447,835
1233-2000For the tax abatement program for certain veterans, widows, blind persons and the elderly; provided, that cities and towns shall be reimbursed for the abatements granted in clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second D, Twenty-second E, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-seventh A, Forty-first, Forty-first B, Forty-first C, Forty-first C 1/2 and Fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided further, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts said clause Forty-first B or Forty-first C of said section 5 of said chapter 59 for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under said clause Forty-first B or Forty-first C of said section 5 of said chapter 59 in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted; and provided further, that funds in this item shall be available for reimbursements to cities and towns for additional exemptions granted from the motor vehicle excise under the seventh paragraph of section 1 of chapter 60A of the General Laws $24,038,075
1233-2350For the distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery and Gaming Local Aid Fund in accordance with clause (c) of the second paragraph of section 35 of chapter 10 of the General Laws and additional aid to municipalities as provided for in section 3 $979,797,001
General Fund89.49%
Gaming Local Aid Fund10.51%
1233-2400For reimbursements to cities and towns in lieu of taxes on state-owned land under sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws $26,770,000
1233-2401For reimbursements to qualifying cities and towns for additional educational costs under chapter 40S of the General Laws $500,000
Appellate Tax Board.
1310-1000For the operation of the appellate tax board; provided, that the board shall schedule hearings in each county; and provided further, that the board shall make available on its website the number of hearings held at each location $1,940,616
1310-1001For the appellate tax board, which may expend revenues up to $400,000 from fees collected; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the board may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $400,000
Reserves.
1599-0017For a homelessness prevention reserve at the executive office of health and human services; provided, that funds shall be used to provide tailored and flexible short-term assistance to families that are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless with a goal of rapid housing stabilization and to coordinate the delivery of public benefits and human services to families who apply for or are receiving benefits through item 7004-0101, 7004-0108, 7004-3036 or 7004-9316 and to families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness through programs within the executive office; provided further, that the funds may be used for prevention, diversion or stabilization; provided further, that such assistance shall be coordinated with the department of housing and community development to maximize impact and to avoid duplication of effort; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services may, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, transfer from this item amounts necessary to meet any costs associated with the purposes of this item; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016 on: (i) the number of families served through this item; (ii) the types of services received by participating families; (iii) the number of families who transition into stabilized housing and the zip code of the stabilized housing; (iv) the number of families who remain in stabilized housing after 90 days, when applicable; (v) the number of families who returned to subsidized housing shelters; (vi) other quantifiable data related to client outcomes as determined by the secretary; (vii) the number of families turned away from the program; and (viii) the amount of funding awarded to vendors for the delivery of services and the names of each vendor; and provided further, that the department may enter into interagency service agreements as necessary $7,000,000
1599-0026For a reserve to support municipal improvements; provided, that not more than $2,000,000 shall be expended for an incentive program for communities and municipalities engaging in the use of best practices determined by the Community Compact Cabinet created by Executive Order No. 554 issued January 23, 2015; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for a multi-year competitive grant program to provide financial support for 1-time or transition costs related to regionalization and other efficiency initiatives, with allowable applicants to include municipalities, regional school districts, school districts considering forming a regional school district or regionalizing services, regional planning agencies and councils of governments; provided further, that funds may be expended to expand programs that received funding from this item in prior fiscal years and on programs with proven replicable outcomes for municipalities; provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 14, 2016 on: (i) results to date of grants awarded in fiscal year 2016 and in prior fiscal years; and (ii) replicable outcome measures for projects awarded to date; provided further, that $4,250,000shall be transferred to the executive office of public safety and security for a competitive grant program for public safety and emergency staffing to be administered by that executive office; provided further, that the grants shall be awarded to communities that: (a) have populations of at least 60,000; and (b) demonstrate that their police or fire departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2010; provided further, that grant funds under this item shall only be provided to communities that submitted qualifying applications that were approved by the executive office of public safety and security in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to mitigate student overcrowding in the town of Ashland; provided further, than not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the National Lancers; provided further, that each state entity administering grant funds through this item shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 12, 2016 detailing grants awarded through this item and the criteria used for distribution; provided further, that not less than $36,000 shall be expended from this item to purchase a refueling vehicle for the highway department of the city of Easthampton; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant in the city of Newburyport for additional lighting in the city of Newburyport public parking lots; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the analysis of the failures associated with the components and installation of the sewer collection and transmission system operated by the city of Newburyport in that city and in the town of Newbury on Plum Island and the preliminary design of the means and systems necessary to correct such problems so as to promote the consistent, reliable and effective operation of such system; provided further, that nothing undertaken pursuant to this item shall preclude, impede or otherwise impair efforts to seek recompense from any parties responsible for failures of the system; provided further, that such analysis shall be completed by December 2015; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended on memorial markers in the town of city known as ther town of Weymouth in honor of the 5 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the city known as the town of Weymouth; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Mother Brook Arts and Community Center in the town of Dedham; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended to the town of Plymouth for revising and updating its radiological response and recovery plan; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be allocated to Andover high School to upgrade the media and technology center; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be allocated to Andover high school for continued renovation of the Peter Aumais baseball facility; and provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements and historic renovations in the town of Millbury $10,541,000
1599-0042For a reserve to the department of early education and care to be distributed to increase reimbursement rates for center-based subsidized early education and care and for salaries, benefits and stipends for professional development of early educators or programmatic quality improvements; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used to increase such reimbursement rate by an equal percentage for all such providers $5,250,000
1599-0055For a reserve to fund the direct payroll costs of employees who fill positions vacated pursuant to chapter 19 of the acts of 2015; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from this item to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2016 amounts necessary to meet these costs, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed 15 days in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means $43,340,000
1599-0057For a reserve to transfer funds to the Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund, established in subdivision (8) of section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, to fund additional payments to defray any additional unfunded liability associated with programs implemented under chapter 19 of the acts of 2015 $48,749,000
1599-0063For a reserve to fund the costs of sick leave and vacation leave buyout of employees participating in programs implemented under chapter 19 of the acts of 2015, and additional health and other benefit costs of employees who fill positions vacated pursuant to said chapter; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from this item to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2016 amounts necessary to meet these costs, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed 15 days in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means $41,106,000
1599-0093For contract assistance to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust for debt service obligations of the trust under sections 6 and 18 of chapter 29C of the General Laws, prior appropriation continued $63,709,259
1599-0321For a reserve to provide funding for women’s preventive health services, as prescribed by section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act; provided, that funding is limited to mitigating costs incurred by individuals affected by health plans sponsored by businesses who choose to opt out of coverage for women’s preventive health services $300,000
1599-1301For an independent program evaluation reserve; provided, that the funds appropriated in this item shall be used to evaluate the safe and successful youth initiative funded through item 4000-0005 and programs for English language learners in gateway cities funded through item 7009-6400; provided further, that each program shall maintain the same independent evaluator as in fiscal year 2015 or select an evaluator in a manner consistent with section 193 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013; and provided further, that the funds appropriated in this item in fiscal year 2016 shall not revert but shall be made available for these purposes through June 30, 2017 $500,000
1599-1970For a reserve for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to defray costs of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, or its successor, incurred in fiscal year 2016 under section 138 of chapter 27 of the acts of 2009 $125,000,000
Commonwealth Transportation Fund100%
1599-1977For contract assistance and other payments to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency for payment of debt service and related obligations in connection with bonds issued by the agency under chapter 293 of the acts of 2006 and chapter 303 of the acts of 2008 $4,000,000
1599-2003 For the purpose of funding the Uniform Law Commission; provided, that prior fiscal year payments may be payable from this item $70,000
1599-2012For a reserve to establish a program to be administered by the health policy commission to accelerate and support behavioral health integration within patient-centered medical homes, as certified by the commission under section 14 of chapter 6D of the General Laws; provided, that this program shall support efforts to build the partnerships and infrastructure necessary to initiate or expand the provision of behavioral health care services within the primary care setting and may take the form of training, education, technical assistance or direct grants; provided further, that the commission shall report to the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 24 months following implementation of the program on the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the program; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall not revert and shall be available for expenditure through June 30, 2017 $500,000
1599-2050For a reserve to award salary bonuses to executive branch employees who develop practical ideas that will generate demonstrable cost-savings for the commonwealth and enhance government services; provided, that the employees shall submit their ideas to the executive office for administration and finance not later than March 1, 2016; provided further, that the executive office shall award not less than $10,000 per recipient; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall not revert and shall be available for expenditure through June 30, 2017 $200,000
1599-3234For the commonwealth's South Essex Sewerage District debt service assessment $33,914
1599-3384For a reserve for the payment of certain court judgments, settlements and legal fees in accordance with regulations promulgated by the comptroller which were ordered to be paid in the current fiscal year or a prior fiscal year; provided, that the comptroller shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the amounts expended from this item; and provided further, that upon written notification of the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means, uncommitted and unobligated funds from this item may be transferred to item 0612-0105 upon the request of the state treasurer $2,000,000
1599-3765 For a reserve to reimburse municipalities for their share of costs related to the extreme or severe weather events, including tornadoes, in July 2014; provided, that municipalities shall first submit a plan to the secretary of administration and finance on how the funds shall be used; and provided further, that the comptroller shall transfer funds made available in this item to municipalities for this purpose upon the written request of the secretary of administration and finance $750,000
1599-3856For rent and associated costs at the Massachusetts information technology center in the city of Chelsea $500,000
1599-4417For the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management in the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Boston; provided, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended by the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for one-time costs for a performance management, accountability and transparency program for local governments; and provided further, that this program shall be self-sustaining as of July 1, 2016 $750,000
1599-4446For costs associated with the days off lost settlement$7,700,000
1599-6903For the fiscal year 2016 costs of rate implementations under chapter 257 of the acts of 2008 including, but not limited to, costs associated with any court order or settlement between providers of services and the commonwealth related to the rate implementation process; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from this item amounts necessary to meet any costs associated with the implementation of service class rates in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that contracts between state agencies and human service provider organizations shall include requirements that the organizations report information detailed under section 96 to the agencies; provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on transfers made from this item; and provided further, that the report shall identify, by line item and service class, all transfers made from this item as of the date of the report and all transfers expected to be made prior to the end of the fiscal year $30,000,000
1599-7104For a reserve for the facilities costs associated with the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, including funds from this item for Bristol Community College $2,700,000
1599-7770For a reserve for the annual attorney registration fees of assistant district attorneys and attorneys employed by the committee for public counsel services whose salaries are paid for through item 0321-1500; provided, that attorneys admitted to the bar for 5 years or less shall receive $220; and provided further, that attorneys admitted to the bar for more than 5 years and less than 50 years shall receive $300 $400,000
1599-7772 For a reserve for the Massachusetts Port Authority to encourage tourism and travel from Israel, the Middle East and Asia to the commonwealth using direct flights to General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport $700,000
Human Resources Division.
1750-0100For the operation of the human resources division and the costs of administration, training and customer support related to the commonwealth’s human resources and compensation management system and the human resource modernization initiative; provided, that the Massachusetts office of information technology shall continue a chargeback system for its bureau of computer services, including the operation of the commonwealth’s human resources and compensation management system, which complies with the requirements of section 2B; provided further, that the division shall be responsible for the administration of examinations for state and municipal civil service titles, establishment of eligible lists, certification of eligible candidates to state and municipal appointing authorities and technical assistance in selection and appointment to state and municipal appointing authorities; provided further, that notwithstanding clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination; provided further, that the division shall administer a program of state employee unemployment management including, but not limited to, agency training and assistance; and provided further, that the division shall administer the statewide classification system including, but not limited to, maintaining a classification pay plan for civil service titles in accordance with generally accepted compensation standards, and reviewing appeals for reclassification $2,968,836
1750-0102For the human resources division, which may expend not more than $2,629,750 from revenues collected from fees charged to applicants for civil service and non-civil service examinations and fees charged for the costs of goods and services rendered in administering training programs; provided, that notwithstanding clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the division shall collect from participating non-state agencies, political subdivisions and the general public fees sufficient to cover all costs of the programs including, but not limited to, a fee to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination or non-civil service examination; provided further, that the division may also expend revenues collected for implementation of the health and physical fitness standards program established in section 61A of said chapter 31 and the wellness program established in section 61B of said chapter 31 and those programs in chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each applicant who participates in the physical ability test; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,629,750
1750-0119For the payment of workers’ compensation benefits to certain former employees of Middlesex and Worcester counties; provided, that the human resources division shall routinely recertify the former employees under current workers’ compensation procedures $15,000
1750-0300For the commonwealth’s contributions in fiscal year 2016 to health and welfare funds established under certain collective bargaining agreements; provided, that the contributions shall be calculated as provided in the applicable collective bargaining agreements and shall be paid to the health and welfare trust funds on a monthly basis or on such other basis as the applicable collective bargaining agreement shall provide $31,300,118
Operational Services Division.
1775-0106For the operation of an enhanced vendor auditing unit within the operational services division; provided, that the unit shall use a risk analysis program to identify vendor areas at high risk of fraud, overbilling or unallowable expenses; provided further, that the risk analysis shall use vendor-filed uniform financial reports, contracts with state entities and Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system billing records; provided further, that in determining risk, the unit shall consider: (i) failure to file in a timely manner annual uniform financial reports and required private audits; (ii) related-party transactions; (iii) use of management companies; (iv) amounts of billed expenditures on credit cards; (v) expenditures for nonprogram expenses such as travel, meals and vehicles; and (vi) referrals or complaints from other state agencies, public officials and consumers; provided further, that the unit shall conduct field audits as necessary to determine evidence of fraud, overbilling or unallowable expenses; provided further, that the unit shall develop a recovery plan to recoup all funds received by a vendor due to fraud, overbilling or unallowable expenses and shall be responsible for recovering such funds; provided further, that any recovery plan that provides for less than the full restitution of misspent funds shall not be implemented without the approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that all funds recovered shall be deposited in the General Fund; provided further, that audits which indicate criminal fraud shall be referred to the attorney general for investigation; and provided further, that the unit shall file a report with the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 14, 2016 on the activities of the unit, including the number of audits conducted, the number of vendors audited, the number of vendors demonstrating the risk factors listed in this item, the funds identified for recoupment, the funds recouped, any reasons why identified funds were not recouped, details of recovery plans that required the approval of the secretary of administration and finance and an estimate of any savings achieved through the work of the unit $377,083
1775-0115For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend an amount not to exceed $12,306,022 from revenues collected from the statewide contract administrative fee to procure, manage and administer statewide contracts; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, including the costs of personnel $12,306,022
1775-0124For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend an amount not to exceed $150,000 from revenues collected in the recovery of cost-reimbursement and non-reimbursable overbilling and recoupment for health and human service agencies and as a result of administrative reviews, as determined during the division’s audits and reviews of providers under section 22N of chapter 7 of the General Laws; provided further, that the division may only retain revenues collected in excess of $100,000; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $150,000
1775-0200For the operation and administration of the supplier diversity office; provided, that the office shall provide training and other services to supplier diversity office certified minority-owned and women-owned businesses, which allows those businesses to better compete for state contracts and ensures that equitable practices and policies in the public marketplace are maintained; provided further, that the office shall administer an electronic business certification application which shall be accessible to business applicants through the internet; provided further, that the office shall ensure the integrity and security of personal and financial information transmitted by electronic application; and provided further, that the office shall, using all existing available resources, provide certification services to all supplier diversity office qualified applicants, within or outside of the commonwealth, as applicable $492,389
1775-0600For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $450,000 in revenues from the sale of state surplus personal property and the disposal of surplus motor vehicles including, but not limited to, state police vehicles from vehicle accident and damage claims and from manufacturer warranties, rebates and settlements for the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of surplus property and the purchase of motor vehicles; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, including the costs of personnel $450,000
1775-0700For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $15,000 in revenues collected in addition to the amount authorized in item 1775-1000 of section 2B for graphic art or design work and other reprographic goods and services provided to the general public, including all necessary incidental expenses; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $15,000
1775-0900For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $25,000 in revenues collected under chapter 449 of the acts of 1984 and section 4L of chapter 7 of the General Laws, including the costs of personnel, from the sale of federal surplus property, including the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of federal surplus property; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $25,000
Massachusetts Office of Information Technology.
1790-0100For the operation of the Massachusetts office of information technology; provided, that the office shall continue a chargeback system for its bureau of computer services, including the operation of the commonwealth’s human resources and compensation management system, which complies with the requirements of section 2B; provided further, that the office shall develop a formula to determine the cost to be charged to each agency for its use of the human resources and compensation management system; provided further, that the chief information officer may establish rules and procedures necessary to implement this item; and provided further, that, pursuant to section 7 of chapter 7D of the General Laws, the minimum threshold for any planned information technology expenditure, including the cost of any related hardware, software or consulting fees, by a state agency shall be set at $200,000, regardless of the source of funds $3,642,770
1790-0151For the Massachusetts office of information technology, which may expend an amount not to exceed $2,100 from fees charged to entities other than political subdivisions of the commonwealth for the distribution of digital cartographic and other data $2,100
1790-0300For the Massachusetts office of information technology, which may expend not more than $10,449,800 from revenues collected from the provision of computer resources and services to the general public for the costs of the bureau of computer services, including the purchase, lease and rental of telecommunications lines, services and equipment; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that any unspent balance at the close of fiscal year 2016 shall remain in the account and may be expended in fiscal year 2017 $10,449,800
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Office of the Secretary.
2000-0100For the operation of the office of the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, including the water resources commission, the hazardous waste facility site safety council, the coastal zone management program, environmental impact reviews conducted under chapter 30 of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a carbon sequestration program in the city known as the town of West Springfield $6,311,774
2000-0101For the executive office of energy and environmental affairs to coordinate and implement strategies for climate change adaptation and preparedness, including, but not limited to: (i) the resiliency of the commonwealth's transportation, energy and public health infrastructures; (ii) built environments; (iii) municipal assistance; (iv) improved data collection and analysis; and (v) enhanced planning; provided, that the executive office may enter into interagency service agreements to facilitate and accomplish these efforts …$300,000
2000-1011For the office of environmental law enforcement, which may expend not more than $80,000 from the administrative handling charge revenues received from electronic transactions processed through its online licensing and registration systems; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $80,000
2000-1207For the office of the state climatologist; provided, that not later than September 30, 2015, the office shall report to the executive office of energy and environmental affairs, the chancellor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the planned activities of the office in fiscal year 2016 $200,000
2000-1700For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs $12,509,486
2030-1000For the operation of the office of environmental law enforcement; provided, that environmental police officers shall provide monitoring under the National Shellfish Sanitation Program; provided further, that funds from this item shall not be expended for the purposes of item 2030-1004; and provided further, that the office of environmental law enforcement shall seek technical assistance from the executive office of public safety and security to identify and apply for federal grant opportunities available to the office of environmental law enforcement $11,117,533
2030-1004For environmental police private details; provided, that the office of environmental law enforcement may expend not more than $370,000 from revenues collected from the fees charged for private details; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $370,000
Department of Public Utilities.
2100-0012For the operation of the department of public utilities; provided, that notwithstanding the second sentence of the first paragraph of section 18 of chapter 25 of the General Laws, the assessments levied for fiscal year 2016 under said first paragraph of said section 18 of said chapter 25 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item $9,984,756
2100-0013For the operation of the transportation oversight division$322,035
2100-0014For the department of public utilities, which may expend for the operation of the energy facilities siting board an amount not to exceed $75,000 from application fees collected in fiscal year 2016 and prior fiscal years from utility companies; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $75,000
2100-0015For the department of public utilities, which may expend for the operation of the transportation oversight division an amount not to exceed $2,300,000 from unified carrier registration fees collected in fiscal year 2016 and prior fiscal years from motor carrier companies; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,300,000
2100-0016For the department of public utilities to regulate steam distribution companies; provided, that notwithstanding section 18A of chapter 25 of the General Laws, the assessments levied for fiscal year 2016 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce the amount expended from this item and associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item $90,263
Department of Environmental Protection.
2200-0100For the operation of the department of environmental protection, including the environmental strike force, the bureau of planning and evaluation, the bureau of resource protection, the bureau of waste prevention, the Senator William X. Wall Experiment Station and a contract with the University of Massachusetts for environmental research; provided, that section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws shall not apply to fees established under section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for brownfields assessment and remediation in the city of Everett; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for the Buzzards Bay Coalition, Inc. and Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Inc., in conjunction with the Marine Biological Laboratory and the University of Massachusetts at Boston, for a coastal water quality monitoring program in Buzzards Bay, Vineyard sound, Nantucket sound and Cape Cod Bay; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the Cape Cod conservation district to fund feasibility studies and conceptual plans for coastal restoration projects on Cape Cod; and provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization to operate a water quality monitoring program in the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord rivers $29,520,620
2200-0102For the department of environmental protection, which may expend an amount not to exceed $650,151 collected from fees for wetlands permits; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $650,151
2200-0107For technical assistance, grants and support of efforts consistent with the Massachusetts Recycling and Solid Waste Master Plan and the Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan; provided, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for environmental improvements at the transfer station in the town of Sherborn $525,000
2200-0109For the department of environmental protection for the sole purpose of ensuring sufficient staff for timely permit decisions and compliance assurance $2,500,000
2200-0112For the department of environmental protection, which may expend an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 collected from permit and compliance fees for the sole purpose of ensuring sufficient staff for timely permit decisions and compliance assurance; provided, that if: (i) this item is abolished or reduced in fiscal year 2016; or (ii) operational funding for the department falls below the level authorized in the general appropriation act for fiscal year 2014, excluding appropriations for earmarks and nonrecurring operating costs, the fee increase supporting this item shall terminate; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,500,000
2210-0106For the department of environmental protection, which may expend for the administration and implementation of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, pursuant to chapter 21I of the General Laws an amount not to exceed $3,168,361 collected from fees, penalties, grants and tuition under said chapter 21I; provided, that not less than $1,629,860 from this item shall be made available for the operation of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute program at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell; provided further, that the department shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the University of Massachusetts to make such funding available for this purpose; provided further, that not less than $644,096 from this item shall be made available for toxics use reduction technical assistance and technology under said chapter 21I; provided further, that the department shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the executive office of energy and environmental affairs to make such funding available for this purpose; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $3,168,361
2220-2220For the administration and implementation of the federal Clean Air Act, Public Law 88-206, as amended, as codified at 42U.S.C. section 7401 et seq. including the operating permit program, the emissions banking program, the auto-related state implementation program, the low emission vehicle program, the non-auto-related state implementation program and the commonwealth’s commitments under the New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers Climate Change Action Plan for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions $873,766
2220-2221For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance program required under the federal Clean Air Act, Public Law 88-206, as amended, as codified at 42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq. $1,606,993
2250-2000For the commonwealth’s implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, Public Law 93-52, as amended, under section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws $1,597,399
2260-8870For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank programs including, but not limited to, monitoring unlined landfills, notwithstanding section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws $14,409,902
2260-8872For the brownfields site audit program$1,234,380
2260-8881For the operation of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws $394,761
Department of Fish and Game.
2300-0100For the office of the commissioner; provided, that the commissioner’s office shall assess and receive payments from the division of marine fisheries, the division of fisheries and wildlife, the office of fishing and boating access, the division of ecological restoration, the riverways program and all other programs under the control of the department of fish and game; provided further, that those assessments shall be used to cover appropriate administrative costs of the department including, but not limited to, payroll, personnel, legal and budgetary costs; provided further, that the amount and contribution from each division or program shall be determined by the commissioner of fish and game; and provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for a Great Marsh green crab trapping program $971,458
2300-0101For the division of ecological restoration and the riverways program and for the promotion of public access to rivers and wetland restoration, including grants to public and nonpublic entities; provided, that $50,000 shall be expended to continue a phragmites mitigation plan in marshes between the city of Gloucester and the town of Salisbury, including high-resolution salinity mapping $651,162
2310-0200For the administration of the division of fisheries and wildlife, including expenses of the fisheries and wildlife board, the administration of game farms and wildlife restoration projects, wildlife research and management, the administration of fish hatcheries, the improvement and management of lakes, ponds and rivers, fish and wildlife restoration projects, the commonwealth’s share of certain cooperative fisheries and wildlife programs and for certain programs reimbursable under the federal Aid to Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act; provided, that funds from this item shall be made available to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for fisheries and wildlife research in an amount which shall be not less than the amount received in fiscal year 2015 for the research; provided further, that the division may expend the amount necessary to restore anadromous fish in the Connecticut and Merrimack river systems; provided further, that no funds shall be spent on restoration of catadromous fish in the Connecticut and Merrimack river systems unless considered necessary by the division; provided further, that $125,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and enhancement of Webster lake; and provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the planning and design of structures, dockage and fueling facilities for commercial and recreational vessels in the town of Rockport adjacent to Granite pier $15,413,483
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund100%
2310-0300For the operation of the natural heritage and endangered species program $155,204
2310-0306For the hunter safety training program$451,454
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund100%
2310-0316For the purchase of land containing wildlife habitats and for the costs of the division of fisheries and wildlife directly related to the administration of the wildlands stamp program pursuant to sections 2A and 2C of chapter 131 of the General Laws $1,500,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund100%
2310-0317For the waterfowl management program established pursuant to section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws $65,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund100%
2320-0100For the office of fishing and boating access, including the maintenance, operation and improvement of public access land and water areas $529,086
2330-0100For the operation of the division of marine fisheries, including expenses of the Annisquam river marine research laboratory, marine research programs, a commercial fisheries program, a shellfish management program, including coastal area classification, mapping and technical assistance, the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and a shellfish classification program; provided, that funds shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that the division shall continue to develop strategies to improve federal regulations governing the commercial fishing industry and to promote sustainable fisheries; provided further, that $400,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant; provided further, that the division shall offer wet storage and desanding services at the Newburyport shellfish purification plant as laid out in the report dated March 1, 2012; provided further, that for functions not being performed by the plant prior to July 1, 2012, the division may solicit competitive proposals for the utilization of excess processing capacity at the Newburyport shellfish purification plant, which may include proposals to offer wet storage and desanding services at the plant as described in the shellfish purification plant management plan dated March 1, 2012; provided further, that the division shall be under no obligation to consider or implement any proposal that the division determines would displace, impede or otherwise hinder the existing functions of the plant; provided further, that the division may enter into contracts based on proposals received and the division shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 60 days prior to taking any such action; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for shellfish propagation in Barnstable and Nantucket counties and the County of Dukes county to be administered jointly by the director of marine fisheries and the counties $5,722,419
2330-0120For a program of the division of marine fisheries to enhance and develop marine recreational fishing and related programs and activities, including the costs of equipment, maintenance and staff and the maintenance and updating of data $660,669
2330-0121For the division of marine fisheries to utilize reimbursable federal sportfish restoration funds to further develop marine recreational fishing and related programs, including the costs of activities that increase public access for marine recreational fishing, support research on artificial reefs and otherwise provide for the development of marine recreational fishing; provided, that the division of marine fisheries may expend not more than $217,989 in revenues collected from federal Sport Fish Restoration Program funds and from the sale of materials which promote marine recreational fishing; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $217,989
2330-0150For the operation and maintenance of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant; provided, that the division of marine fisheries may expend not more than $75,000 from revenues collected from fees generated by operations; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $75,000
2330-0199For conducting surveys to monitor and forecast an abundance of commercially-important invertebrate species in commonwealth waters, including a ventless lobster trap employing the services of contracted commercial lobster fishing vessels in the commonwealth; provided, that the division of marine fisheries may expend not more than $250,000 from revenues collected from fees generated by the sale of lobster permits; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $250,000
2330-0300For the administration and operation of the saltwater fishing permit program pursuant to section 17C of chapter 130 of the General Laws $1,306,803
Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund...100%
Department of Agricultural Resources.
2511-0100For the operation of the department of agricultural resources, including the division of administration, the integrated pest management program, the board of agriculture, the division of agricultural markets, the division of animal health, the division of agricultural conservation and technical assistance, the division of crop and pest services, including a program of laboratory services at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the expenses of the pesticide board and agency costs associated with the administration of other boards, commissions and committees chaired by the department; provided, that $50,000 shall be expended for the statewide 4-H program; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the apiary inspection program; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the funding of a buy local effort, including locally harvested seafood, in central, western, northeastern and southern Massachusetts; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be extended to the University of Massachusetts Extension program to conduct apiary research and education relative to honey bee mortality and to provide general support and make recommendations on preventing hive loss to the apiary inspection program, county beekeeping associations and statewide pollinator stewardship efforts $5,804,718
2511-0105For the purchase of supplemental foods for the emergency food assistance program within the Feeding America nationally-certified food bank system in the commonwealth; provided, that the funds appropriated in this item shall reflect the Feeding America allocation formula in order to benefit the 4 regional food banks in the commonwealth; provided further, that the department may assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation in this item; and provided further, that $1,000,000 shall be expended for operating funds to distribute food for the Massachusetts emergency food assistance program $17,000,000
2511-3002For the integrated pest management program$61,480
Department of Conservation and Recreation.
2800-0100For the operation of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that notwithstanding section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws, the department shall establish or renegotiate fees, licenses, permits, rents and leases and adjust or develop other revenue sources to fund the maintenance, operation and administration of the department; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended to fund a feasibility study to develop a canoe launch, walking paths and hiking trails in public parks and open space areas in the town of Dedham including, but not limited to, historic Wigwam pond; provided further, that not less than $170,000 shall be expended for the public riverwalk at Ludlow Mills in the town of Ludlow for the installation of riverwalk pedestrian safety improvements and required historical signage; and provided further, that the public improvements shall include LED energy efficient safety lighting, riverwalk furnishings and required historical interpretive signage, all of which shall have been designed, permitted and approved by the town of Ludlow $5,056,687
2800-0101For the watershed management program to operate and maintain reservoirs, watershed lands and related infrastructure of the department of conservation and recreation and the office of water resources in the department; provided, that the amount of the payment shall be charged to the General Fund and shall not be included in the amount of the annual determination of fiscal year charges to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority assessed to the authority under the General Laws; provided further, that the department shall continue to make payments pursuant to chapter 307 of the acts of 1987 for the use of certain land; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a flood mitigation study in the city of Peabody $1,120,149
2800-0401For a program to provide stormwater management for all properties and roadways under the care, custody and control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that the department shall implement a stormwater management program in compliance with federal and state stormwater management requirements; provided further, that the department shall inventory all stormwater infrastructure, assess its stormwater practices, analyze long-term capital and operational needs and implement a stormwater management plan to comply with federal and state regulatory requirements; provided further, that in order to protect public safety and water resources for water supply, recreational and ecosystem uses, the department shall immediately implement interim stormwater management practices including, but not limited to, street sweeping, inspection and cleaning of catch basins and emergency repairs to roadway drainage; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended towards stormwater management including replacement of a major culvert in the city of Everett; provided further, that not less than $44,000 shall be expended for stormwater management oversight in the town of Medway; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a comprehensive analysis of the hydrology and structural integrity of the existing culvert in the cities of Malden, Everett and Revere $809,288
2800-0501For the operation of the beaches, pools and spray pools under the control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that the seasonal hires of the department’s parks, beaches, pools and spray pools shall be paid from this item; provided further, that all beaches, pools and spray pools shall remain open and staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day; provided further, that the beaches, pools and spray pools shall be fully maintained; provided further, that seasonal employees who are hired before the second Sunday preceding Memorial Day, whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 2015 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2016 during the period of that employee’s seasonal employment; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item shall be positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis, beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30 or beginning not earlier than September 1 and ending not later than April 30; provided further, that notwithstanding said section 1 of said chapter 31, seasonal positions funded by this item shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 8 months within a 12-month period; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the cleanup of Pilayella algae on King’s beach and Long beach in the city of Lynn $14,822,699
2800-0700For the office of dam safety; provided, that the office shall, in collaboration with the department of environmental protection and the department of fish and game, establish and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all dams and develop a coordinated permitting and regulatory approach to dam removal for stream restoration and public safety; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the preservation of a historic property in the town of Hadley; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the repair and maintenance of the Mahar dam at the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in the town of Orange $662,918
2810-0100For the operation of the division of state parks and recreation; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used: (i) to operate all of the division’s parks, parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody and control of the division, flood control activities of the division, reservations, campgrounds, beaches and pools; (ii) to oversee skating rinks; and (iii) to protect and manage the division’s lands and natural resources, including the forest and parks conservation services and the bureau of forestry developments; provided further, that the same properties shall be open in fiscal year 2016 as were open in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for tree replanting in the city of Worcester; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; provided further, that the division may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for improvements of facilities and the revitalization of Coes Pond beach, also known as the John J. Binienda memorial beach, in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the management and cleanup of invasive pond vegetation in the town of Pembroke; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and enhancement of Marion's Camp in the town of Sutton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended by the MNF wastewater district for the design of the MNF wastewater treatment plant; provided further, that not less than $88,000 shall be expended for a grant to the parks and recreation department in the city of Newton to protect and preserve the water quality of Crystal lake; provided further, that $100,000 may be expended for the operations of the Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the Blue Hills Trailside Museum; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a community playground project in the town of Littleton; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for park and playground projects in the city of Marlborough; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended to cover 1-time costs of window replacements and other exterior restorations for the 1818 Powder House at Magazine beach; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to finalize the designs and obtain permits necessary for implementation of the Mystic River Master Plan; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for aquatic invasive species control on the Mystic river; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for athletic field improvements in the town of Millis; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for open space improvements in the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be allocated for the Central Plymouth County Water District commission for the improvement and management of lakes and ponds in the Central Plymouth County Water District; and provided further, that at not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the expansion of the city known as the town of Methuen public school’s rowing program as part of the River Cities Initiative and administered by the Essex Rowing Club, Inc. ; provided further, that not less than $16,000 shall be expended for the construction of a playground at Memorial park in the town of Hampden; and provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for Community Boating, Inc. in the city of New Bedford for programming for financially disadvantaged children $44,163,985
2810-2042For the department of conservation and recreation, which may expend not more than $16,000,000 from revenues collected by the department, including, but not limited to, revenues collected from: (i) campsite reservation transactions from the automated campground reservation and registration program; (ii) fees, permits, leases, rentals, concessions and all other contracts; (iii) telecommunications system user fees and other charges established by the commissioner of conservation and recreation and as received from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the division of highways in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the department of state police and quasi-public and private entities; (iv) skating rink fees and rentals; (v) Ponkapoag golf course fees and rentals; (vi) Leo J. Martin golf course fees and rentals; and (vii) activities authorized under section 34B of chapter 92 of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall retain and deposit 80 per cent of the aforementioned fees; provided further, that if the department of conservation and recreation projects that total revenues from the fees identified in this item will exceed $20,000,000, the department shall notify the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that funds in this item shall be expended for: (a) the operation and expenses of the department; (b) expenses, upkeep and improvements to the parks and recreation system; (c) the operation and maintenance of the department’s telecommunications system; (d) the operation and maintenance of the department’s skating rinks; (e) the operation and maintenance of the Ponkapoag golf course; and (f) the operation and maintenance of the Leo J. Martin golf course; provided further, that nothing in this item shall impair or diminish the rights of access and utilization of all current users of the telecommunications system under agreements previously entered into; provided further, that this item may be reimbursed by political subdivisions of the commonwealth and private entities for direct and indirect costs expended by the department to maintain the telecommunications system; provided further, that when assigning time for the use of its skating rinks, the department shall give first priority to general public skating and then to an entity which qualifies under applicable state and federal law as a nonprofit organization or as a public school; provided further, that the department may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that expenditures made in advance of the receipts shall not exceed 75 per cent of the amount of revenues projected by the first quarterly statement required by section 1B; and provided further, that the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means at the time subsequent quarterly statements are published of the variance between actual and projected receipts in each quarter and the implications of that variance for expenditures made $16,000,000
2820-0101For the costs associated with the department’s park rangers specific to the security of the state house; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall only be expended for the costs of security and park rangers at the state house $1,801,509
2820-2000For the operation of street lighting and the expenses of maintaining the parkways of the department of conservation and recreation $3,000,000
Department of Energy Resources.
7006-1001For the residential conservation service program under chapter 465 of the acts of 1980 and the commercial and apartment conservation service program pursuant to section 11A of chapter 25A of the General Laws; provided, that the assessments levied for fiscal year 2016 pursuant to said chapter 465 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item $224,111
7006-1003For the operation of the department of energy resources; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed under section 11H of chapter 25A of the General Laws shall be equal to the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item $3,651,232
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Office of the Secretary.
4000-0005For youth violence prevention program grants administered by the executive office of health and human services; provided, that the programs shall be targeted at reducing youth violence among young persons at highest risk for being perpetrators or victims of gun violence; provided further, that any new grants awarded from this item in fiscal year 2016 shall comply with the grant application requirements set forth in item 4000-0005 of section 2 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services may select the same evaluator in fiscal year 2016 as selected in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 13, 2016 detailing: (i) successful grant applications; (ii) a set of clearly-defined goals and benchmarks on which grant recipients shall be evaluated; and (iii) outcomes and findings from the grant awards for fiscal year 2015; provided further, that funds may be set aside for the administration of these programs; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the South End Community Center of Springfield, Inc. to implement the Community Youth Corps program, in collaboration with the Springfield Girls’ Club Family Center, Inc., directed at violence prevention $5,030,000
4000-0007For housing and supportive services for unaccompanied youth pursuant to chapter 450 of the acts of 2014 $2,000,000
4000-0014 For the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, Inc. to professionally train community health workers to serve as the patient link to medical and social services for the disenfranchised population throughout the Worcester and MetroWest regions $100,000
4000-0050For the operation of the PCA quality home care workforce council, established in section 71 of chapter 118E of the General Laws $1,700,000
4000-0051For the operation and support of the network of child and family service programs throughout the commonwealth, including family resource centers supported through this item and item 4800-0200; provided, that centers within this item shall be consistent with the requirements of section 16U of chapter 6A of the General Laws and demonstrate adherence to an evidence-based model of service and use of measurable outcomes to assess quality; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall provide biannual progress updates to the secretary of administration and finance, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that not later than March 13, 2016, the executive office shall file a biannual report with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the report shall detail the number of children and families served at each center, the types of programs, program outcomes, client feedback and progress on data sharing between centers; and provided further, that the network of child and family service programs shall coordinate with the executive office of health and human services, the department of early education and care and municipal police departments to provide emergency assistance to runaway children at times when the juvenile court is not open, consistent with the requirements of section 39H of chapter 119 of the General Laws $2,500,000
4000-0300For the operation of the executive office of health and human services, including the operation of the managed care oversight board; provided, that the executive office shall provide technical and administrative assistance to agencies under the purview of the secretariat receiving federal funds; provided further, that the executive office shall ensure that any collaborative assessments for children receiving services from multiple agencies within the secretariat shall be performed within existing resources; provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for administrative and contracted services related to the implementation and operation of programs authorized by chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that in consultation with the center for health information and analysis, no rate increase shall be provided to existing Medicaid provider rates without taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that rates of payment to providers shall not exceed the rates that are necessary to meet only those costs which shall be incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made that are not federally reimbursable, including those related to Titles XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act or the MassHealth demonstration waiver pursuant to section 1115(a) of said Social Security Act or the community first demonstration waiver pursuant to section 1115 of said Social Security Act, whether made by the executive office or another commonwealth entity, except as required for: (i) the equivalent of MassHealth standard benefits for children under age 21 who are in the care or custody of the department of youth services or the department of children and families; (ii) dental benefits provided to clients of the department of developmental services who are age 21 or over; or (iii) cost containment efforts, the purposes and amounts of which have been submitted to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to making these expenditures; provided further, that the office of Medicaid shall apply an add-on to reimburse the managed care organizations and senior care organizations under contract with the commonwealth for the full costs associated with the Affordable Care Act’s annual insurer fee, as specified in section 9010(a) of the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148; provided further, that the add-on shall be exclusive of any additional rate increase currently being proposed for the fiscal year 2016; provided further, that subject to the availability of federal financial participation, the add-on shall include the related tax liability for the annual insurer fee; provided further, that MassHealth shall provide a report not later than March 1, 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing on the amount of reimbursement of the Affordable Care Act’s insurer fee and the related tax liability and the methodology for calculating the reimbursement to the managed care organizations and senior care organizations; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services may continue to recover provider overpayments made in the current and prior fiscal years through the Medicaid management information system, and these recoveries shall be considered current fiscal year expenditure refunds; provided further, that the executive office may collect directly from a liable third party any amounts paid to contracted providers under said chapter 118E for which the executive office later discovers another third party is liable if no other course of recoupment is possible; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for interpretive services directly or indirectly related to a settlement or resolution agreement with the office of civil rights or any other office, group or entity; provided further, that interpretive services currently provided shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights for any party or to an enforceable entitlement to interpretive services; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of mental health shall approve any prior authorization or other restriction on medication used to treat mental illness in accordance with written policies, procedures and regulations of the department of mental health; provided further, that the executive office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing not later than December 5, 2015 a report detailing utilization of the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of said chapter 118E; provided further, that the report shall include: (a) the number of persons whose medical expenses were billed to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund in fiscal year 2015; (b) the total dollar amount billed to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund in fiscal year 2015; (c) the demographics of the population using the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; and (d) the types of services paid for out of the Health Safety Net Trust Fund in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the office of Medicaid shall coordinate with the health policy commission in the development of care delivery and payment models in the MassHealth program, including patient centered medical homes and accountable care organizations, in order to ensure alignment of such models with the commission’s certification programs under sections 14 and 15 of chapter 6D; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services, in consultation with the secretary of administration and finance, shall file an implementation plan with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate not later than October 1, 2015, detailing how the executive office of health and human services will implement modern, digital integrated eligibility determination processes as required by section 16 of chapter 6A in order to achieve maximum federal reimbursement before December 2018; provided further, that the revenue management unit shall pursue opportunities to maximize federal reimbursement for all health and human services programs; provided further, that any projection of deficiency in item 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0640, 4000-0700, 4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0885, 4000-0940, 4000-0950, 4000-0990, 4000-1400, 4000-1420 or 4000-1425 shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 90 days before the projected exhaustion of funding; provided further, that any unexpended balance in these accounts shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2016; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the direct payroll costs of a MassHealth liaison to the trial court responsible for the administration of health insurance benefits for participants in the specialty courts; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall expend not less than $100,000 to develop a pilot program in Norfolk county to incentivize independent home health care nurses to work with patients with rare diseases and disorders including, but not limited to, Rett Syndrome and mitochondrial diseases; provided further, that in the development of the program, the executive office shall review the reimbursement rates for independent home care nurses and consider restructuring the rate system so that independent home care nurses who agree to treat patients with more severe needs are compensated at a higher rate; provided further, that funds may be expended for the operation of the office of health equity within the executive office of health and human services; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center for purposes including, but not limited to, addressing adult mental health and support services, including the opiate addiction epidemic through the implementation of substance abuse treatment programs and other programs to ensure access to healthcare for anyone regardless of their ability to pay for services rendered ……… ……… $91,073,463
4000-0301For the costs of MassHealth provider and member audit and utilization review activities, including eligibility verification, disability evaluations, provider financial and clinical audits and other initiatives intended to enhance program integrity; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from this item that are not federally reimbursable $4,487,432
4000-0320For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend for medical care and assistance rendered in the current year an amount not to exceed $225,000,000 from the monies received from recoveries and collections of any current or prior year expenditures; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the balance of any personal needs accounts collected from nursing and other medical institutions upon the death of a medical assistance recipient and held by the executive office for more than 3 years may be credited to this item; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used for the purposes of item 4000-0300 $225,000,000
4000-0321For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend not more than $50,000,000 for contingency fee contracts related to pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs in its capacity as the single state agency under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act and as the principal agency for all of the agencies within the executive office and other federally-assisted programs administered by the executive office; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, such contingency contracts shall not exceed 3 years except with prior review and approval by the executive office for administration and finance; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall submit to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means an annual report detailing the amounts of the agreements, the ongoing and new projects and the amount of federal reimbursement and cost avoidance derived from the contracts not later than September 15, 2015 for the previous fiscal year activities; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and payments required under contingency contracts, the comptroller shall certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services, acting in its capacity as the single state agency under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act and as the principal agency for all of the agencies within the executive office and other federally-assisted programs administered by the executive office may enter into interdepartmental service agreements with the University of Massachusetts medical school to perform activities that the secretary of health and human services, in consultation with the comptroller, determines within the scope of the proper administration of said Title XIX and other federal funding provisions to support the programs and activities of the executive office; provided further, the activities may include: (i) providing administrative services including, but not limited to, providing the medical expertise to support or administer utilization management activities, determining eligibility based on disability, supporting case management activities and similar initiatives; (ii) providing consulting services related to quality assurance, program evaluation and development, integrity and soundness and project management; and (iii) providing activities and services to pursue federal reimbursement or avoid costs, third-party liability and recoup payments to third parties; provided further, that federal reimbursement for any expenditure made by the University of Massachusetts medical school relative to federally reimbursable services the university provides under these interdepartmental service agreements or other contracts with the executive office shall be distributed to the university and recorded distinctly in the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system; provided further, that the secretary may negotiate contingency fees for activities and services related to pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs and the comptroller shall certify these fees and pay them upon the receipt of this revenue, reimbursement or demonstration of costs avoided; provided further, that the contracts for contingency fees shall not exceed 3 years and shall not be renewed without prior review and approval by the executive office for administration and finance; provided further, that the secretary shall not pay contingency fees to the University of Massachusetts medical school in excess of $40,000,000 for state fiscal year 2016; provided further, that the contingency fees paid to the University of Massachusetts medical school under an interdepartmental service agreement for recoveries related to the special disability workload projects shall be excluded from that $40,000,000 limit for state fiscal year 2016; and provided further, the secretary of health and human services shall submit to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a quarterly report detailing the amounts of the agreements, the ongoing and new projects undertaken by the university, the amount expended on personnel and the amount of federal reimbursement and recoupment payments that the university collected $50,000,000
4000-0328For the executive office of health and human services, which shall use the funding in this item to pursue and submit applications for new state plan amendments, state plan options and state waiver or demonstration requests for federal approval under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, including, but not limited to, the following purposes: (i) the health homes state option authorized under 42 U.S.C. § 1396w-4; (ii) the 1915(i) home and community-based services state plan authorized under 42 U.S.C. § 1396n(i); and (iii) reimbursement allowable under 42 CFR 440.130(c); provided, that the executive office shall seek to maximize opportunities that expand community-based services and increase federal reimbursement, including enhanced federal medical assistance percentage rates, in coordination with the executive office of elder affairs and the department of public health; and provided further, that the executive office shall report not later than September 30, 2015 to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the status of submitted and pending applications and the projected fiscal impact to the commonwealth of federal approval for these applications $400,000
4000-0430For the CommonHealth program to provide primary and supplemental medical care and assistance to disabled adults and children under sections 9A, 16 and 16A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall maximize federal reimbursement for state expenditures made on behalf of those adults and children; provided further, that children shall be determined eligible for the medical care and assistance if they meet the disability standards as defined by the executive office, which shall not be more restrictive than the standards in effect on July 1, 1996; and provided further, that the executive office shall process a CommonHealth application within 45 days of receipt of a completed application or within 90 days if a determination of disability is required $119,495,216
4000-0500For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office of health and human services’ primary care clinician, mental health and substance abuse plan or through a health maintenance organization under contract with the executive office and for MassHealth benefits provided to children, adolescents and adults under clauses (a) to (d), inclusive, and clause (h) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws and section 16C of said chapter 118E; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents under clause (c) of said subsection (2) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceed 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that up to $30,000,000 shall be expended from this item, or item 4000-0700 if necessary, to achieve maximum federal financial participation and to enhance the ability of hospitals and community health centers to serve populations in need more efficiently and effectively; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made to these providers; provided further, that such expenditures may include up to $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 or fiscal year 2016; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated in this item; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to recipients in prior fiscal years; and provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for providers in the primary care clinician mental health and substance abuse plan $5,934,539,597
4000-0600For health care services provided to MassHealth members who are seniors and for the operation of the MassHealth senior care options initiative under section 9D of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the community choices initiative; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that benefits of the community choices initiative shall not be reduced below the services provided in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the eligibility requirements for this demonstration project shall not be more restrictive than those established in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item to implement the pre-admission counseling and assessment program under the fourth paragraph of section 9 of said chapter 118E, which shall be implemented on a statewide basis through the aging and disability resource consortia; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds shall be expended from this item to maintain a personal needs allowance of $72.80 per month for individuals residing in nursing homes and rest homes who are eligible for MassHealth, emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children program or supplemental security income; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for any nursing home or non-acute chronic disease hospital that provides kosher food to its residents, the executive office of elder affairs, in consultation with the center for health information and analysis, in recognition of the special innovative program status granted by the executive office of health and human services, shall continue to make the standard payment rates established in fiscal year 2006 to reflect the high dietary costs incurred in providing kosher food; provided further, that MassHealth shall maintain the same respite benefits for adult foster caregivers that were in effect January 1, 2015; provided further, that MassHealth shall reimburse nursing home facilities for up to and including 20 medical leave of absence days and shall reimburse the facilities for up to 10 nonmedical leave of absence days; provided further, that medical leave of absence days shall include an observation stay in a hospital in excess of 24 hours; and provided further, that not later than January 1, 2016, MassHealth shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means the following for the fiscal year 2015: (i) the number of nursing facility clients on a leave of absence, delineated by the nursing facility, by medical leave of absence days and medical leave of absence days that exceeded 10 days per hospital stay, nonmedical leave of absence days and the total number of days on leave of absence unduplicated member count; (ii) licensed beds monthly capacity levels per nursing home and the monthly total number of empty beds per nursing facility, total number of all nursing home residents and total MassHealth nursing home residents; (iii) 6 separate MassHealth payment rates and the average payment amount rate per nursing facility client resident; (iv) actual number of nursing home residents for each of the 6 payment categories in clause (iii); (v) the aggregate payment amount per nursing facility by month; and (vi) all reports shall delineate by nursing home, including grand totals where appropriate; provided further, that no nursing home may reassign a patient’s bed during a leave of absence eligible for reimbursement under this item; and provided further, that MassHealth shall reimburse nursing home leave of absence days at a rate of not less than $30 per day $2,972,950,333
General Fund99.9%
Community First Trust Fund0.1%
4000-0640For nursing facility Medicaid rates; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in fiscal year 2016 the executive office of health and human services, in consultation with the center for health information and analysis, shall establish nursing facility Medicaid rates that cumulatively total $291,600,000 more than the annual payment rates established under the rates in effect as of June 30, 2002; provided, that an amount for expenses related to the collection and administration of section 63 of chapter 118E of the General Laws shall be transferred to the executive office of health and human services; and provided further, that the payments made under this item shall be allocated in an amount sufficient to implement section 622 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that not less than $5,000,000 or 70 per cent of any supplemental rate reimbursements in excess of $291,600,000 made pursuant to this item in fiscal year 2016 shall be expended to fund a rate add-on for wages, benefits and related employee costs of direct care staff of nursing homes; and provided further, that MassHealth shall adopt all additional regulations and procedures necessary to carry out this item $296,600,000
4000-0700For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office’s health care indemnity and third party liability plan, to medical assistance recipients not otherwise covered under the executive office of health and human services’ managed care or senior care plans and for MassHealth benefits provided to children, adolescents and adults under section 9 of chapter 118E of the General Laws and clauses (a) to (d), inclusive, and clause (h) of subsection (2) of section 9A of said chapter 118E and section 16C of said chapter 118E; provided, that no payments for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents under clause (c) of said subsection (2) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceed 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that children who have aged out of the custody of the department of children and families shall be eligible for benefits through the age limit specified in MassHealth’s approved state plan; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that notwithstanding this item, funds may be expended from this item for the purchase of third party insurance including, but not limited to, Medicare for any medical assistance recipient; provided further, that the executive office may reduce MassHealth premiums or copayments or offer other incentives to encourage enrollees to comply with wellness goals; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for activities relating to disability determinations or utilization management and review, including patient screenings and evaluations, regardless of whether such activities are performed by a state agency, contractor, agent or provider; provided further, that not later than March 1, 2016, the executive office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the dental coverage available to MassHealth recipients as of January 1, 2016 as it compares to dental coverage available to MassHealth recipients on January 1, 2010; provided further, that the executive office shall maintain full-year coverage for adult dental fillings and adult denture coverage; provided further, that not later than May 1, 2016, MassHealth shall provide not less than $3,948,705 for an increase to reimbursement rates for an acute care hospital that has greater than 63 per cent of its gross patient service revenue from governmental payers and free care as determined by the executive office of health and human services in the amount of 10 per cent added to its adjudicated payment amount per discharge, or APAD, and 5 per cent added to its outpatient payment amount per episode, or PAPE, or of reimbursement provided under any subsequent outpatient payment methodologies; provided further, that not later than May 1, 2016, MassHealth shall provide a supplemental payment of $2,051,295 for inpatient and outpatient behavioral and mental health services provided by acute care hospitals that have greater than 63 per cent of gross patient service revenue from governmental payers and free care as determined by the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that such add on amounts shall be prioritized for services to children and adolescents; and provided further, that not less than $6,000,000 shall be expended for services previously funded through item 5047-0001 for MassHealth eligible clients $2,469,752,092
4000-0875 For the provision of benefits to eligible women who require medical treatment for either breast or cervical cancer in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII) and section 10D of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office of health and human services shall provide these benefits to women whose incomes, as determined by the executive office, do not exceed 250 per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to continued federal approval; provided further, that before the provision of any benefits covered by this item, the executive office shall require screening for either breast or cervical cancer through the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer early detection program operated by the department of public health, in accordance with item 4570-1543 of section 2D; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years $6,011,459
4000-0880For MassHealth benefits under clause (c) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws and section 16C of said chapter 118E for children and adolescents whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office of health and human services, are above 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to those children and adolescents in prior fiscal years; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care subsidies provided to eligible individuals under the last paragraph of section 9 of said chapter 118E and section 16D of said chapter 118E $253,769,135
4000-0885For the cost of health insurance subsidies paid to employees of small businesses in the insurance reimbursement program under section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to persons in prior fiscal years; provided further, that funds may be expended only for employees who are ineligible for subsidized insurance through the commonwealth health insurance connector authority and ineligible for any MassHealth program; provided further, that enrollment in this program may be capped to ensure that MassHealth expenditures do not exceed the amount appropriated; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to individuals eligible under clause (j) of subsection (2) of section 9A of said chapter 118E $32,420,971
4000-0940For the purposes of providing health care services related to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services to individuals ages 19 to 64, inclusive, whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office of health and human services, do not exceed 133 per cent of the federal poverty level and those who are eligible under clauses (b) and (d) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws $1,712,110,508
4000-0950For administrative and program expenses associated with the children’s behavioral health initiative, in accordance with the settlement agreement in the case of Rosie D. et al. v. Romney, 410 F.Supp.2d 18 (D.Mass. 2006), to provide comprehensive, community-based behavioral health services to children suffering from severe emotional disturbances; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall provide not fewer than 2 reports separated by not less than 5 months to the house and senate committees on ways and means relative to implementation of the initiative; provided further, that these reports shall include, but shall not be limited to, details of the implementation plan, results of the scheduled plan to date, including a schedule detailing commencement of services and associated costs by service type, an analysis of compliance with the terms of the settlement agreement to date, a detailed itemization of services and service utilization by service type, geographical location and the age of the member receiving the service, data detailing the time that elapses between a member’s request for services and commencement of an initial assessment for services, the time to complete the initial assessment and the time that elapses between initial assessment for services and commencement of services and a quarterly update of whether projected expenditures are likely to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2016; and provided further, that funds shall not be transferred from this item without notifying the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days prior to such a transfer $221,298,049
4000-0990For the children’s medical security plan to provide primary and preventive health services for uninsured children from birth to age 18, inclusive; provided, that the executive office of health and human services shall prescreen enrollees and applicants for Medicaid eligibility; provided further, that no applicant shall be enrolled in the program until the applicant has been denied eligibility for the MassHealth program; provided further, that the MassHealth benefit request shall be used as a joint application to determine the eligibility for both MassHealth and the children’s medical security plan; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made on behalf of the children; provided further, that the executive office shall expend all necessary funds from this item to ensure the provision of the maximum benefit levels for this program, as authorized by section 10F of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that the maximum benefit levels for this program shall be made available only to those children who have been determined by the executive office to be ineligible for MassHealth benefits; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to those persons in prior fiscal years $13,214,180
4000-1400For the provision of MassHealth benefits to persons diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus with incomes up to 200 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to those persons in prior fiscal years $24,878,351
4000-1420For payment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in compliance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act $334,396,782
4000-1425For administrative and program expenses associated with community support services for persons with acquired brain injury who were residing in long-term care facilities under the mediated solution to the final settlement agreement in the case of Hutchinson ex rel. Julien v. Patrick, 683 F. Supp. 2d 121 (D. Mass. 2010); provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years $49,412,000
4000-1602For the costs associated with improving MassHealth field operations; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from this item that are not federally reimbursable $2,262,427
4000-1604For MassHealth costs associated with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, and chapter 224 of the acts of 2012; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from this item that are not federally reimbursable $972,161
4000-1700For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of health and human services $122,861,151
Office for Refugees and Immigrants.
4003-0122For a citizenship for new Americans program to assist legal permanent residents of the commonwealth in becoming citizens of the United States; provided, that the office for refugees and immigrants shall administer the program; provided further, that the program funded by this item shall provide assistance to persons who are within 3 years of eligibility to become citizens of the United States; provided further, that services shall include: ESOL/civics classes, citizenship application assistance, interview preparation and support services including, but not limited to, interpretation and referral services; provided further, that persons who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws but for their status as legal noncitizens shall be given the highest priority for services; provided further, that persons who currently receive state-funded benefits which could be replaced in whole or in part by federally-funded benefits if those persons become citizens, shall be given priority for services; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the programmatic and administrative support of the agency’s refugee and immigrant services $400,000
Center for Health Information and Analysis.
4100-0060For the operation of the center for health information and analysis established in chapter 12C of the General Laws; provided, that the estimated costs of the center shall be assessed in the manner prescribed by section 7 of said chapter 12C; and provided further, that the center shall publish a report on the financial condition of hospitals and other health care providers through the Health Benchmarks project website, in collaboration with the executive office of health and human services, the attorney general and the University of Massachusetts $28,333,250
4100-0061For the center for health information and analysis, which may expend for the development, operation and maintenance of an all-payer claims database an amount not to exceed $3,422,552 from amounts paid to the center for all fees paid for health data information and from any federal financial participation associated with the collection and administration of health care claims data; provided, that revenues in excess of the appropriation for the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year without further appropriation $3,422,552
OFFICE OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
4110-0001For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the blind$1,461,023
4110-1000For the community services program; provided, that the Massachusetts commission for the blind shall work in collaboration with the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing to provide assistance and services to the deaf-blind community through the deaf-blind community access network $4,196,305
4110-2000For the turning 22 program of the commission$13,159,408
4110-3010For a program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind in cooperation with the federal government $3,307,613
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.
4120-0200For independent living centers; provided, that not later than March 1, 2016, the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the services provided by the independent living centers, which shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i) total number of consumers that request and receive services; (ii) services requested and received by consumers; (iii) total number of consumers moved from nursing homes; and (iv) total number of independent living plans and goals set and achieved by consumers. $6,130,018
4120-1000For the operation of the commission$430,981
4120-2000For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that the commissioner, in making referrals to service providers, shall take into account a client’s place of residence and the proximity of the nearest provider to the residence $10,260,724
4120-3000For employment assistance services$2,269,227
4120-4000For community-based services, which shall include, but not be limited to, protective services, adult support services, assistive technology services and the annualization of funding for turning 22 clients who began receiving services in fiscal year 2015 pursuant to item 4120-4010 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014; provided, that not less than $1,286,590 shall be expended for assistive technology services $9,512,574
4120-4001For the housing registry for the disabled$80,000
4120-4005 For Living Independently for Equality, Inc. in the city of Brockton $30,000
4120-4010For the turning 22 program of the commission$749,665
4120-5000For homemaking services$4,329,320
4120-6000For services for individuals with head injuries; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commission shall establish a pilot community center to be located in Worcester county by June 30, 2016 $15,817,983
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
4125-0100For the operation of and services provided by the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing $5,654,031
Department of Veterans’ Services.
1410-0010For the operation of the department of veterans’ services; provided, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for the National Education for Assistance Dogs Services to train assistance dogs for veterans $3,474,287
1410-0012For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach centers; provided, that the centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated veterans and to Vietnam-era veterans who may have been exposed to agent orange and the families of such veterans; and provided further, that centers shall provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001 and the families of such veterans; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center for the purposes of the Grace Veterans Program based in cognitive processing therapy with a holistic and wellness approach; provided further, that not less than $124,000 shall be provided for the operation of the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center, Inc., a women’s housing program in the city of Gardner; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be allocated to New England Veterans Liberty House, Inc. $3,247,641
1410-0015For the women veterans’ outreach program$110,000
1410-0018For the department of veterans’ services, which may expend not more than $690,000 for the maintenance and operation of veterans’ cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon from revenues collected from fees, grants, gifts or other contributions to the cemeteries; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued $690,000
1410-0024For training and certification of veteran benefits and service officers $350,000
1410-0031For the cost of establishing a memorial to honor Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes; provided, that funds shall be made available to the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc. for programming, design, construction and maintenance; provided further, that nothing in this item shall prohibit the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc. from raising private funds to promote the establishment of the memorial or encouraging the donation of private funds for the construction and maintenance of the memorial or for any other endeavor the organization so chooses $150,000
1410-0075For the purpose of the train vets to treat vets program; provided, that the department shall work in conjunction with the William James College, Inc., to administer a behavioral health career development program for returning veterans $250,000
1410-0250For veterans’ homelessness services, including the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing; provided, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for support services for the transitional housing program for homeless veterans located in Chelsea, Massachusetts $3,111,629
1410-0251For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Center for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston $2,592,470
1410-0400For reimbursements to cities and towns for money paid for veterans’ benefits and for payments to certain veterans under section 6 of chapter 115 of the General Laws and for the payment of annuities to certain disabled veterans and the parents and un-remarried spouses of certain deceased veterans; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amounts of veterans’ benefits paid by cities and towns to residents of a soldiers’ home, homeless shelter or transitional housing facility shall be paid by the commonwealth to the several cities and towns; provided further, that under section 9 of said chapter 115, the department shall reimburse cities and towns for the cost of United States flags placed on the graves of veterans on Memorial Day; provided further, that the secretary of veterans’ services shall continue a training program for veterans’ agents and directors of veterans’ services in cities and towns; provided further, that the department of veterans’ services shall provide such training in several locations across the commonwealth; provided further, that training shall be provided annually and on an as needed basis to veterans’ service organizations to provide information and education regarding the benefits available under said chapter 115 and all other benefits to which a veteran or a veteran’s dependents may be entitled; provided further, that the veterans’ agent shall advise the applicant of the right to assistance for medical benefits under said chapter 115 pending approval of the application for assistance under chapter 118E of the General Laws by the executive office; provided further, that the secretary may supplement healthcare under said chapter 118E with healthcare coverage under said chapter 115 if the secretary determines that supplemental coverage is necessary to afford the veteran, surviving spouse or dependent sufficient relief and support; provided further, that payments to, or on behalf of, a veteran, surviving spouse or dependent under said chapter 115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; and provided further, that the benefits awarded under section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income $77,151,193
1410-0630For the administration of the veterans’ cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon $1,171,830
1410-1616For war memorials; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended on the USS Massachusetts at Battleship Cove; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for maintenance services for the Korean War Memorial located in the Charlestown Navy Yard; provided further, that the department may expend funds for the Glory 54th Brigade; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the construction of the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority's Vietnam Veteran's Monument; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for restoration grants for Civil War Veterans' monuments, memorials and other significant sites across the commonwealth; provided further, that $94,000 shall be expended for a Civil War monument in the town of Barre; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Citizen Soldiers monument in the town of Spencer; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended on a September 11, 2001 Freedom 104th Air Wing F-15 Monument and Memorial; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Rockland to cover the costs associated with the construction and maintenance of the Rockland Veterans Memorial $729,000
Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts.
4180-0100For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea; provided, that no fee, assessment or other charge shall be imposed upon or required of any person for any admission or hospitalization which exceeds the amount of fees charged in fiscal year 2015 $29,539,153
4180-1100For the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts, which may expend not more than $600,000 in revenues for facility maintenance and patient care, including personnel costs; provided, that 60 per cent of all revenues generated under section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, after compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the costs associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers’ Home; provided further, that the Soldiers’ Home may accept gifts, grants, donations and bequests; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that if the registrar of motor vehicles projects that total revenues from the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN will exceed the amounts appropriated in this item and item 4190-1100, the registrar shall notify the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means, prior appropriation continued $600,000
Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.
4190-0100For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke; provided, that no fee, assessment or other charge shall be imposed upon or required of any person for any outpatient treatment, admission or hospitalization which exceeds the amount of fees charged in fiscal year 2015 $23,170,537
4190-0101For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, which may expend for its operation an amount not to exceed $5,000 from the licensing of the property for placement of aerial antennas; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $5,000
4190-0102For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, which may expend for the outpatient pharmacy program an amount not to exceed $110,000 from copayments which it may charge to users of the program; provided, that no copayment shall be imposed or required of any person which exceeds the level of co-payments charged in fiscal year 2015; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $110,000
4190-0200For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, which may expend not more than $50,000 from fees collected from veterans in its care to provide television and telephone services to residents; provided, that fees from the use of telephones and televisions shall only be expended for payments to vendors for the services; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $50,000
4190-0300For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, which may expend not more than $744,043 for the operation of 12 long-term care beds from revenue generated through the occupancy of these beds; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued $744,043
4190-1100For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, which may expend not more than $400,000 for facility maintenance and patient care, including personnel costs; provided, that 40 per cent of all revenues generated under section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, upon compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the costs associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers’ Home; provided further, that the Soldiers’ Home may accept gifts, grants, donations and bequests; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued $400,000
OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
Department of Youth Services.
4200-0010For the administration of the department of youth services; provided, that the commissioner of youth services may transfer funds between items 4200-0100, 4200-0200 and 4200-0300, as necessary, under an allocation plan which shall detail, by object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before any transfer; and provided further, that not more than 6 per cent of any item shall be transferred in fiscal year 2016 $4,434,660
4200-0100For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to committed youths in nonresidential care programs of the department $23,286,596
4200-0200For pre-trial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs; provided, that the department shall expend not less than $500,000 to expand the Detention Diversion Advocacy Program to be coordinated by the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps to prevent high-risk juveniles presenting before the court from penetrating further into the juvenile justice system $27,187,833
4200-0300For secure facilities, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs incidental to the operations of the facilities; provided, that funds shall be expended to address the needs of the female population $117,000,000
4200-0500For enhanced salaries for teachers at the department of youth services $3,154,187
4200-0600For the operation of secure facilities to detain arrested youth prior to arraignment under the alternative lock up program $2,105,262
Department of Transitional Assistance.
4400-0029For transportation benefits and childcare services, including center-based childcare, family-based childcare and in-home relative childcare, for participants in the family well-being plan pilot program pursuant to section 92 of this act $1,000,000
4400-1000For the central administration of the department of transitional assistance; provided, that all costs associated with verifying disability for all programs of the department shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the department shall submit on a monthly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance a status report on program expenditures, savings and revenues, error rate measurements and public assistance caseloads and benefits; provided further, that the department shall collect all out-of-court settlement restitution payments; provided further, that the restitution payments shall include, but not be limited to, installment and lump sum payments; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary and unless otherwise expressly provided, federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the department, including reimbursements for administrative, fringe and overhead costs for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that an application for assistance under chapter 118 of the General Laws shall also be an application for assistance under chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that if the department denies assistance under said chapter 118, the department shall transmit the application to the executive office of health and human services for a determination of eligibility under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance shall provide the caseload forecasting office with enrollment data and any other information pertinent to caseload forecasting that is requested by the office on a monthly basis; provided further, that the information is provided in a manner that meets all applicable federal and state privacy and security requirements; provided further, that after April 1, 2016 the commissioner of transitional assistance may transfer funds for identified deficiencies between items 4403-2000, 4405-2000 and 4408-1000; provided further, that the distribution of the funds to be transferred shall be included in an allocation plan, which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before any transfer; provided further, that pursuant to approval by the executive office for administration and finance, the commissioner of transitional assistance may transfer funds for identified deficiencies between this item and item 4400-1100; and provided further, that the agency shall provide full cooperation to the research organization selected under item 3000-1050 of section 2 of this act and shall make available to the research organization any information and data needed to assist with the requirements of the item $64,427,943
4400-1001For programs to increase the commonwealth’s participation rate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and other federal nutrition programs; provided, that funds shall be expended for a grant to Project Bread – The Walk for Hunger, Inc.; provided further, that the work of department employees paid for from this item shall be restricted to processing supplemental nutrition assistance program applications; provided further, that the department shall not require supplemental nutrition assistance program applicants to provide re-verification of eligibility factors previously verified and not subject to change; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall require only 1 signature from supplemental nutrition assistance program applicants; provided further, that the department shall fund a unit staffed by department employees to respond to supplemental nutrition assistance program inquiries, and arrange and conduct telephone interviews for initial supplemental nutrition assistance program applications from this item; provided further, that the department shall fund a system to image and catalogue eligibility documents electronically from this item; and provided further, that funds may be expended for supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach $3,175,445
4400-1025For domestic violence specialists at local area offices$1,047,000
4400-1100For the payroll of the department’s caseworkers; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit 8 shall be paid from this item, prior appropriation continued $70,833,479
4400-1979For the department of transitional assistance to administer, in consultation with the Commonwealth Corporation, an employment counseling and job training program and the pathways to self-sufficiency program respectively established under section 3B and section 3C of chapter 118 of the General Laws and for the full employment program established under section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 $5,000,000
4401-1000For employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided, that the young parent program shall receive not less than $3,447,571; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of the program for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits; provided further, that not less than $794,000 shall be expended for contracts entered into with the office for refugees and immigrants with whom the department of transitional assistance entered into service agreements in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that certain parents who have not yet reached the age of 18, including those who are ineligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents’ income, shall be eligible to receive services; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided for learning disability assessments through the University of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $779,058 shall be expended for transportation benefits for recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the DTA Works internship program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a transportation pilot program developed and operated by SMOC; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016 on: (i) the number of clients served by these programs; (ii) the number of clients who transition into employment, when applicable; (iii) the number of clients who remain in employment after 90 days, when applicable; (iv) the number of clients who remain in employment after 1 year, when applicable; and (v) other quantifiable data related to client outcomes as designed by these programs; provided further, that the department shall examine the outcomes of these programs to determine which are effective in transitioning clients to employment and increased self-sufficiency; and provided further, that the department shall consider other programs to meet transitional employment needs of clients. $12,100,000
4403-2000For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that benefits under the program shall be paid only to citizens of the United States and to non-citizens for whom federal funds may be used to provide benefits; provided further, that no benefit under this item shall be made available to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that not later than December 31, 2015, the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on the feasibility of requiring recipients to complete a financial report under 106 CMR 702.930 not more than twice per year, the department’s report shall include, but not be limited to, the timeframe by which such a change may be implemented and the fiscal and administrative barriers to making the change; provided further, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year 2015 unless the department determines that a reduction in the monthly payment standard shall be implemented before the end of the fiscal year to keep program expenditures within the amounts appropriated in this item; provided further, that the payment standard shall be equal to the need standard; provided further, that the payment standard for families who do not qualify for an exempt category of assistance under subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 shall be 2.75 per cent below the otherwise applicable payment standard in fiscal year 2016, under the state plan required under the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, as amended, and under said act and notwithstanding section 218 of chapter 149 of the acts of 2004 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the recipients defined in said section 218 of said chapter 149 whose youngest child of record is of the age at which full-time schooling is mandatory or older shall meet the federal standard of 30 hours per week of work-related activity; provided further, that the department shall notify parents under the age of 20 receiving benefits from the program of the requirements of clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5 or any successor law; provided further, that a $40 per month rental allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public or subsidized housing; provided further, that a nonrecurring children’s clothing allowance of $200 shall be provided to each child eligible under this program in September 2015; provided further, that the children’s clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the month of September 2015; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families in which a child has been removed from the household under a court order after a care and protection hearing under chapter 119 of the General Laws, or to adult recipients otherwise eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children but for the temporary removal of the dependent child or children from the home by the department of children and families under department procedures; provided further, that notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the department shall render aid to pregnant women with no other eligible dependent children only if it has been medically verified that the child is expected to be born within the month the payments are to be made or within the 3-month period after the month of payment and who, if the child had been born and was living with such woman in the month of payment, would be categorically and financially eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided further, that certain families that suffer a reduction in benefits due to a loss of earned income and participation in retrospective budgeting may receive a supplemental benefit to compensate them for the loss; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities 90 days before any changes to the disability standards are proposed; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended by the department for childcare or transportation services for the employment and training program, family reunification benefits or informal childcare; provided further, that the department shall provide oral and written notification to all recipients of their childcare benefits at the time of application and on a semi-annual basis; provided further, that the notification shall include the full range of childcare options available, including center-based childcare, family-based childcare and in-home relative childcare; provided further, that the notification shall detail available childcare benefits for current and former recipients, including employment and training benefits and transitional benefits; provided further, that the notice shall further advise recipients of the availability of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding its regulations relative to eligibility for, or levels of, benefits under the program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure from this item so as not to exceed this appropriation; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate 90 days before adopting eligibility or benefit changes; and provided further, that the report shall include the text of, basis and reasons for the proposed changes $231,755,896
4403-2007For a nutritional benefit program for low-income workers; provided, that benefits shall be provided only to those for whom receiving these benefits will improve the work participation rate under the federal program of temporary assistance for needy families $1,200,000
4403-2119For the provision of structured settings as provided in subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, for parents under the age of 20 who are receiving benefits under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program $9,854,932
4405-2000For 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, that the expenses of special grant recipients residing in rest homes, as provided in section 7A of chapter 118A of the General Laws, may be paid from this item; provided further, that the department, in collaboration with the executive office of health and human services, may fund an optional supplemental living arrangement category under the federal Supplemental Security Income program that makes payments to persons living in assisted living residences certified under chapter 19D of the General Laws who meet the income and clinical eligibility criteria established by the department and the executive office; provided further, that the optional category of payments shall only be administered in conjunction with the Medicaid group adult foster care benefit; and provided further, that reimbursements to providers for services rendered in prior fiscal years may be expended from this item $228,738,399
4408-1000For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of the cCommonwealth, entitled emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children found by the department to be eligible for the aid under chapter 117A of the General Laws and regulations promulgated by the department and subject to the limitations of appropriation for such purpose; provided, that benefits under this item shall only be provided to residents who are citizens of the United States or qualified aliens or non-citizens otherwise permanently residing in the United States under the color of law and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that the recipient shall not be subject to sponsor income deeming or related restrictions; provided further, that the payment standard shall equal the payment standard in effect under the general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further, that the department may provide benefits to persons age 65 or older who have applied for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws, to persons suffering from medically-determinable impairments or combination of impairments which are expected to last for a period as determined by department regulations and which substantially reduce or eliminate the individuals’ capacity to support themselves and which have been verified by a competent authority, to certain persons caring for a disabled person, to otherwise eligible participants in the vocational rehabilitation program of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission and to dependent children who are ineligible for benefits under both chapter 118 of the General Laws and the separate program created by section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997 and parents or other caretakers of dependent children who are ineligible under said chapter 118 and under the separate program; provided further, that no person incarcerated in a correctional institution shall be eligible for benefits under the program; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the payment of expenses associated with any medical review team, other disability screening process or costs associated with verifying disability for this program; provided further, that the department shall adopt emergency regulations under chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement the changes to the program required by this item promptly and within the appropriation; provided further, that in implementing the program for fiscal year 2016, the department shall include all eligibility categories permitted in this item at the payment standard in effect for the former general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding its regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits, including the payment standard, medical benefits and any other benefits under this program, the department shall take into account the amount available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that the department may promulgate emergency regulations under said chapter 30A to implement these eligibility or benefit changes or both; provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed to create any right accruing to recipients of the former general relief program; provided further, that reimbursements collected from the federal Social Security Administration on behalf of former clients of the emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children program or unprocessed payments from the program that are returned to the department shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 90 days before adopting any eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate a detailed and comprehensive report setting forth the text of, basis and reasons for the proposed changes; and provided further, that the report shall state exactly which components of the current benefit package will be altered and the department’s most accurate assessment of the effects of benefit or eligibility changes upon recipient families $78,877,812
OFFICE OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Department of Public Health.
4510-0020For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $149,414 in revenues collected from fees charged by the food protection program for program costs of the food protection program; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $149,414
4510-0025For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $893,149 for a school-based sealant program, known as the MDPH-SEAL Program, from revenues collected from MassHealth and other third party reimbursements for preventive oral health procedures; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $893,149
4510-0040For the department of public health, which may expend for the regulation of all pharmaceutical and medical device companies that market their products in the commonwealth an amount not to exceed $273,061 from fees assessed under chapter 111N of the General Laws; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $273,061
4510-0100For the administration and operation of the department, including the personnel support of programmatic staff within the department, including the health statistics program, the operation of the registry of vital records and statistics and the Massachusetts cancer registry $19,019,989
4510-0110For community health center services; provided, that not less than the amount appropriated in item 4510-0110 of section 2 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013 shall be expended on a statewide program of technical assistance to community health centers to be provided by a statewide primary care association qualified under 42 U.S.C. § 254c(f)(1) ; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Mattapan Integrative Care Partnership pilot program among the Mattapan Community Health Center, Inc., Mattahunt Community Center, Mattahunt elementary school and the Wheelock College social work department for a behavioral health practice at the Mattapan Community Health Center, Inc. and support a full-time licensed social worker to bring mental health care to the community’s youth and to improve the coordination of care $1,095,901
4510-0112For the department of public health to conduct a postpartum depression pilot program at community health centers in the cities of Holyoke, Lynn and Worcester and the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston $200,000
4510-0600For an environmental and community health hazards program, including control of radiation and nuclear hazards, consumer products protection, food and drugs, lead poisoning prevention under chapter 482 of the acts of 1993, lead-based paint inspections in day care facilities, inspection of radiological facilities, licensing of x-ray technologists and the administration of the bureau of environmental health assessment under chapter 111F of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $20,000 shall be allocated to the Monponsett Watershed Association for testing and reporting of cyanobacteria and related contaminants in Monponsett pond in the towns of Halifax and Hanson for the period of July 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015, inclusive; and provided further, that $103,000 shall be expended to address new concerns associated with bacterial contamination of marine waters and shellfish $4,585,669
4510-0615For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $180,000 from assessments collected under section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws for services provided to monitor, survey and inspect nuclear power reactors; provided, that the department may expend not more than $1,732,966 from fees collected from licensing and inspecting users of radioactive material within the commonwealth under licenses presently issued by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission; provided further, that the revenues may be used for the costs of both programs, including the compensation of employees; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $90,000 for the C-10 Research and Education Foundation, Inc. to provide radiological monitoring of the 6 Massachusetts communities within the plume exposure emergency planning zone of Seabrook nuclear power plant; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,912,966
4510-0616For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,351,172 for a drug registration and monitoring program from revenues collected from fees charged to registered practitioners, including physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists and optometrists for controlled substance registration; provided, that not later than October 1, 2015, the department of public health shall report to the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the implementation of chapter 244 of the acts of 2012, which shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the total number of practitioners registered in the prescription drug monitoring program; (ii) the total number of thefts or losses of controlled substances that have been reported; and (iii) the total number of schedule II controlled substances prescribed by month; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,351,172
4510-0710For the operation of the division of health care quality and the office of patient protection; provided, that services funded through this item shall include, but not be limited to: education, training, intervention, support, surveillance and evaluation; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the advancement of the commonwealth’s prescription drug monitoring program and the maintenance and enhancement of prescription drug monitoring information exchange architecture to support interstate prescription drug monitoring data sharing, which shall include the use of advanced analytics and business intelligence tools to focus on anomaly detection and predictive modeling to examine how future decisions may impact the population and trends. $10,683,173
4510-0712For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,547,181 in revenues collected from the licensure of health facilities and fees for program costs of the division of health care quality from individuals applying for emergency medical technician licensure and recertification; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,547,181
4510-0716For the operation of an evidence-based outreach and education program designed to provide information and education on the therapeutic and cost-effective utilization of prescription drugs to physicians, pharmacists and other health care professionals authorized to prescribe and dispense prescription drugs; provided, that the department of public health shall continue to work with MassHealth to access aggregated prescription data by provider on an ongoing basis for the use of the evidence-based outreach and education program; provided further, that not later than October 1, 2015 the department of public health, in conjunction with the executive office of health and human services, shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on data sharing capacity obstacles that are preventing this program from effective outreach and preliminary data findings; and provided further, that funds shall be set aside from this appropriation to evaluate programs and assess the effectiveness of and cost-savings associated with this program $500,000
4510-0721For the operation and administration of the board of registration in nursing $1,017,723
4510-0722For the operation and administration of the board of registration in pharmacy $1,292,013
4510-0723For the operation and administration of the board of registration in medicine and the committee on acupuncture $1,033,722
4510-0724For the board of registration in medicine, including the physician profiles program; provided, that the board may expend revenues not to exceed $300,503 from new revenues associated with increased license and renewal fees $300,503
4510-0725For the operation and administration of certain health boards of registration, including the boards of registration in dentistry, nursing home administrators, physician assistants, perfusionists, genetic counselors and respiratory therapists $385,266
4510-0790For regional emergency medical services; provided, that the regional emergency medical services councils, designated under 105 CMR 170.101, and the central medical emergency direction centers that were in existence on January 1, 1992 shall remain the designated councils and central medical emergency direction centers $731,959
4510-0810For a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner program and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner program for the care of victims of sexual assault; provided, that funds shall be expended to support children’s advocacy centers; and provided further, that the program shall operate under specific statewide protocols and by an on-call system of nurse examiners $3,869,814
4510-3008For the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry created under section 25A of chapter 111 of the General Laws $261,230
4510-3010For a grant to the Massachusetts Down Syndrome clinic at the Children’s Medical Center at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center based on the patient centered medical home concept $150,000
4512-0103For human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome services and programs and related services for persons affected by the associated conditions of viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections; provided, that funding shall be provided proportionately to each of the demographic groups afflicted by HIV/AIDS and associated conditions; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended to conduct a hepatitis C pilot program at the North Shore Health Project, Inc.; provided further, that in compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, the department of public health shall ensure that vendors delivering HIV/AIDS community testing and screening shall seek third party reimbursement for these services; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for disease research in fiscal year 2016 $33,080,000
4512-0106For the department of public health, which may expend for the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome drug assistance program an amount not to exceed $7,500,000 from revenues received from pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the section 340B rebate program of the Public Health Service Act, Public Law 102-585, administered by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration and the Office of Pharmacy Affairs; provided, that these services shall include activities that would be eligible for coverage through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, Public Law 111-87 $7,500,000
4512-0200For the division of substance abuse services, including a program to reimburse driver alcohol education programs for services provided for court adjudicated indigent clients; provided, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for a voluntary training and accreditation program for owners and operators of alcohol and drug free housing pursuant to section 18A of chapter 17 of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to fund the Charlestown Against Drugs (CHAD) program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Serenity House residential program to expand substance treatment and case management services for pregnant and postpartum women; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for substance abuse prevention for the department of youth and families in Hopkinton; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Decisions at Every Turn Coalition in the town of Ashland to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youths; provided further, that not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended on new clinical stabilization services beds; and provided further, that the department of public health shall ensure that vendors providing methadone treatment shall seek third party reimbursement for these services; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Drug Story Theater of the South Shore’s pilot program for substance abuse prevention and education; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Berkshire county youth development project for youth intervention services; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for development and administration of a program to prevent and treat addiction to opioid and related substances and that the program shall be administered by a community health center agency that has a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week emergency department licensed as a satellite emergency facility under 105 CMR 130; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Gosnold Treatment Center for on-call recovery coaching services for patients presenting with opiate addiction at emergency rooms in Plymouth county; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of a pilot program in the city of Gloucester and not more than 2 additional and geographically-diverse municipalities in which a municipal police department coordinates a comprehensive, community-based diversion program to secure appropriate treatment for those addicted to opiates who voluntarily seek such treatment by appearing at a police station or other public safety facility; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Stoneham to hire a substance abuse coalition coordinator; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the substance abuse coalition in the city known as the town of Franklin $94,569,903
4512-0201For substance abuse step-down recovery services, known as level B beds and services, and other critical recovery services with severely reduced capacity $4,800,000
4512-0202For jail diversion programs primarily for nonviolent offenders with OxyContin or heroin addiction to be procured by the department of public health; provided, that each program shall have not fewer than 60 beds and shall provide clinical assessment services to the respective courts, inpatient treatment for up to 90 days and ongoing case management services for up to 1 year; provided further, that individuals may be diverted to this or other programs by a district attorney in conjunction with the commissioner of probation if: (i) there is reason to believe that the individual being diverted suffers from an addiction to OxyContin, heroin or another substance use disorder; and (ii) the diversion of the individual is clinically appropriate and consistent with established clinical and public safety criteria; provided further, that programs shall be established in separate counties in locations deemed suitable by the department of public health; provided further, that the department of public health shall coordinate operations with the sheriffs, the district attorneys, the commissioner of probation and the department of correction; and provided further, that not more than $500,000 shall be used to support the ongoing treatment needs of clients after 90 days for which there is no other payer $2,000,000
4512-0203For family intervention and care management services programs, a young adult treatment program and early intervention services for individuals who are dependent on or addicted to alcohol, controlled substances or both alcohol and controlled substances $1,500,000
4512-0204For the purchase, administration and training of first-responder and bystander naloxone distribution programs; provided, that funds shall be expended to support distribution to not fewer than 10 first-responder pilot communities and 7 bystander distribution communities; provided further, that the commissioner of public health may transfer funds between this item and item 4512-0200, as necessary, under an allocation plan which shall detail the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any such transfer; and provided further, that the department of public health shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 1, 2015 on: (i) the communities included in the pilot program expansion; (ii) the number of participants for each community; and (iii) the amount of naloxone purchased and distributed, delineated by community $1,000,000
4512-0211For the administrative and programmatic costs of recovery high schools; provided, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended to open no fewer than 2 new high schools in underserved regions of the commonwealth $3,100,000
4512-0225For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,500,000 for a compulsive gamblers’ treatment program from unclaimed prize money held in the State Lottery Fund for more than 1 year from the date of the drawing when the unclaimed prize money was won and from the proceeds of a multi-jurisdictional lottery game under subsection (e) of section 24A of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that the state comptroller shall transfer the amount to the General Fund; and provided further, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,500,000
4512-0500For dental health services; provided, that funds shall be expended to maintain a program of dental services for the developmentally disabled; and provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for the Forsyth Institute’s Center for Children’s Oral Health to expand its ForsythKids programming focused on children and adolescents and to explore the emerging association between oral health status and academic performance $2,036,188
4513-1000For the provision of family health services; provided, that not less than $5,313,981 shall be expended for comprehensive family planning services, including HIV counseling and testing, community-based health education and outreach services provided by agencies certified as comprehensive family planning agencies; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the Massachusetts birth defects monitoring program; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a statewide program to improve the care and training for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome at hospital-based facilities that care for mothers and newborns, including the 10 level III neonatal intensive care units in the commonwealth; and provided further, that the program shall encourage collaboration between medical providers, community organizations and public health agencies to educate and increase the standardization of practices while developing a robust statewide database to allow for measured improvements in care and outcomes for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome, including reductions in length of stay and pharmacologic treatment $5,724,931
4513-1002For women, infants and children’s, or WIC, nutrition services in addition to funds received under the federal nutrition program; provided, that funds from this item shall supplement federal funds to enable federally eligible women, infants and children to be served through the WIC program $12,536,830
4513-1012For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $27,600,000 from revenues received from the federal cost-containment initiatives including, but not limited to, infant formula rebates; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $27,600,000
4513-1020For the early intervention program; provided, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the total number of units of service purchased and the total expenditures for the units of service paid by the department, the executive office of health and human services and third party payers for early intervention services for the following service categories: home visit, center-based individual, child-focused group, parent-focused group and screening and assessment; provided further, that the department shall make all reasonable efforts to secure third party and Medicaid reimbursements for the services funded in this item; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to provide respite services to families of children enrolled in early intervention programs who have complex care requirements, multiple disabilities and extensive medical and health needs; provided further, that priority shall be given to low- and moderate-income families; provided further, that no claim for reimbursement made on behalf of an uninsured person shall be paid from this item until the program receives notice of a denial of eligibility for the MassHealth program from the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that MassHealth shall cover the costs incurred for the transportation of MassHealth members who participate in the early intervention program; provided further, that nothing in this item shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights to any such services or an enforceable entitlement to the early intervention services funded in this item; provided further, that the department shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means 90 days before any change to its current eligibility criteria; provided further, that no eligibility changes shall be made prior to January 1, 2016; provided further, that these funds may be used to pay for current and prior year claims; provided further, that the department shall provide services to eligible children through 1 service delivery model and shall not determine eligibility for services based on family insurance status; provided further, that not later than March 1, 2016, the department shall submit to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a status update on the early intervention state assigned student identifier pilot program; and provided further, that the update shall include a cost estimate for expanding the pilot to additional sites in fiscal year 2017 $28,400,167
4513-1023For the universal newborn hearing screening program; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for the notification of and follow through with affected families, primary care providers and early intervention programs upon the department's receipt of data indicative of potential hearing disorders in newborns $81,226
4513-1026For the provision of statewide and community-based suicide prevention, intervention, post-intervention and surveillance activities and the implementation of a statewide suicide prevention plan; provided, that funds shall be expended for a program to address elder suicide behavior and attempts with the geriatric mental health services program within the department of elder affairs; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for a veterans in crisis hotline to be used by veterans who seek counseling programs operated by the department of veterans affairs or concerned family members of those veterans so that they may be directed towards the programs and services offered by their local or regional veterans office, to be staffed by counselors or outreach program personnel contracted by the department and trained in issues of mental health counseling and veterans services $4,028,741
4513-1111For the promotion of health and disease prevention including, but not limited to, the following programs: (i) breast cancer prevention; (ii) diabetes screening and outreach; (iii) ovarian cancer screening; (iv) hepatitis C prevention and management; (v) multiple sclerosis screening, information, education and treatment programs and the multiple sclerosis home living navigating key services program administered by the Central New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society; (vi) colorectal cancer prevention; (vii) prostate cancer screening, education and treatment with a particular focus on African American males; (viii) osteoporosis education; (ix) maintenance of the statewide lupus database; and (x) $100,000 shall be expended for macular degeneration research into prevention and treatment at the Schepens Eye Research Institute; provided, that funds may be expended for the operation of the Betsy Lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the FIT Body & Soul program at COGIC Family Services, Inc. in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to fund the Haitian American Public Health Initiative to provide vital healthcare and education services to families and children in the Haitian community in the city of Boston and the town of Milton; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the Latinas Imitating Positive Steps program at the New North Citizens Council, Inc. ; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, $250,000 shall be appropriated for Mass in Motion programming, contingent upon receipt of matching prevention federal block grant funds $3,902,386
4513-1121For a statewide STOP stroke program; provided, that funds shall be expended for stroke treatment and ongoing prevention services; provided further, that the department of public health shall expend not less than $200,000 to provide educational programming as part of the F.A.S.T campaign on the signs and symptoms of stroke and stroke warning signs with a focus on communities that have the highest incidence of stroke, which shall not be used for personnel costs; provided further, that the department of public health shall provide quality improvement measures, that align with the stroke consensus metrics by utilizing a nationally recognized data set platform, and expand the statewide registry that compiles information and statistics on stroke care using confidentiality standards not less secure than a nationally recognized data set platform, known as the stroke registry data platform; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $200,000 to require all primary stroke service hospitals and emergency medical services' agencies to report data consistent with nationally-recognized guidelines on the treatment of individuals with confirmed stroke in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to oversee the operation and administration of designated primary stroke service hospital programs, established by 105 CMR 130.1400; and provided further, that such funds shall be used to collect and analyze data from designated primary stroke service hospitals in the commonwealth and for the salary of a full-time surveyor who shall be primarily responsible for ensuring compliance with primary stroke service designation criteria $500,000
4513-1130For domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and victim services, including batterers’ intervention and services for immigrants and refugees; provided, that funds shall be expended for rape prevention and victim services, including the statewide Spanish language hotline; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be allocated for the Katie Brown Educational Program, Inc. for a pilot instructional initiative, the Train the Trainer program to train educators and increase the number of southeastern Massachusetts’ students who acquire invaluable knowledge about the prevention of relationship violence $5,902,078
4513-1131For a competitive grant program in public schools from grade 5 to grade 12, inclusive, that shall promote healthy relationships and address teen dating violence; provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a 3-year grant program for 10 schools on anti-teen dating violence programming to be implemented for the 2016 school year; provided further, that the grant program shall be for schools in which the majority of students are eligible for free or reduced lunches; and provided further, that at least 1 grantee shall be a school located in a municipality with a population less than or equal to 25,000 $150,000
4516-0263For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,149,368 in revenues from blood lead testing fees collected from insurers and individuals for the purpose of conducting such tests; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,149,368
4516-1000For the administration of the center for laboratory and communicable disease control, including the division of communicable venereal diseases, the division of tuberculosis control and the state laboratory institute; provided, that funds shall be expended for an eastern encephalitis testing program and for tuberculosis testing and treatment services; provided further, that the department of public health shall ensure that vendors delivering tuberculosis clinical services and treatment shall seek third party reimbursement for these services; and provided further, that the department of public health and the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall complete the planning study pursuant to item 4516-1000 of section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 on the feasibility of a new state public health laboratory and shall file a copy of a report on the planning study not later than December 1, 2015 with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate committees on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets $12,848,230
4516-1005For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $650,000 generated by fees collected from providers or insurers for sexually transmitted infections testing performed at the state laboratory institute; provided, that revenues collected may be used to supplement the costs of the laboratory; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $650,000
4516-1010For state matching funds required by the federal Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Public Law 109-417 $1,955,811
4516-1022For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $279,209 generated by fees collected from insurers for tuberculosis tests performed at the state laboratory institute; provided, that revenues collected may be used to supplement the costs of the state laboratory; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $279,209
4518-0200For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $712,664 generated by fees collected from the following services provided at the registry of vital records and statistics: amendments of vital records, requests for vital records not issued in person at the registry, requests for heirloom certificates and research requests performed by registry staff at the registry; provided, that revenues so collected may be used for all program costs, including the compensation of employees; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $712,664
4530-9000For teenage pregnancy prevention services; provided, that applications for such funds shall be administered through the department upon receipt and approval of coordinated community service plans to be evaluated under the guidelines issued by the department; provided further, that portions of the grants may be used for state agency purchases of designated services identified by the community service plans; provided further, that funding shall be expended on those communities with the highest teen birth rates according to an annual statistical estimate conducted by the department; provided further, that funds shall be expended on programming directed at children under the care of the department of children and families who are at high risk for teenage pregnancy; provided further, that the department shall collaborate with the department of children and families on this programming; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $150,000 for a data collection and evaluation program; provided further, that the program shall conduct longitudinal tracking of program participants to examine the long-term impact of educational interventions on behaviors; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall provide local school district-level Youth Risk Behavior Survey data to the department of public health to target and evaluate intervention strategies; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016 on the progress of the program, obstacles encountered in retrieving data and ongoing findings and results $2,561,962
4570-1502For the purposes of implementing a non-passive statewide infection prevention and control program $286,253
4580-1000For the operation of the universal immunization program; provided, that all costs related to childhood vaccines shall be paid for through the Vaccine Purchase Trust Fund established under section 24N of chapter 111 of the General Laws $2,220,284
4590-0081For a public health evaluation grant program as established by section 89 of this act; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item shall be made available for grants to be awarded in fiscal year 2016 $250,000
4590-0250For school health services and school-based health centers in public and nonpublic schools; provided, that services shall include, but not be limited to: (i) strengthening the infrastructure of school health services in the areas of personnel and policy development, programming and interdisciplinary collaboration; (ii) developing linkages between school health services programs and community health providers; (iii) incorporating health education programs, including tobacco prevention and cessation activities, in school curricula and in the provision of school-based health services; and (iv) incorporating obesity prevention programs, including nutrition and wellness programs, in school curricula to address the nutrition and lifestyle habits needed for healthy development; provided further, that the services shall meet standards and eligibility guidelines established by the department in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education; provided further, that funds shall be expended for school nurses and school-based health center programs; provided further, that funds may be expended to address the recommendations of the permanent commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth established in section 67 of chapter 3 of the General Laws for the reduction of health disparities for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth provided further, that the department of public health shall expend not less than $105,000 on the Massachusetts Model of Community Coalitions; and provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to enhance the commonwealth's program to administer substance abuse screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment in public schools $12,230,974
4590-0300For smoking prevention and cessation programs$3,868,096
4590-0912For the department of public health, which may expend an amount not to exceed $22,289,249 from reimbursements collected for Western Massachusetts hospital services, subject to the approval of the commissioner of public health; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Western Massachusetts hospital shall be eligible to receive and retain full payment under the medical assistance program administered by the executive office of health and human services under chapter 118E of the General Laws for all goods and services provided by the hospital in accordance with federal requirements; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $22,289,249
4590-0913For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $523,229 for payments received for those services provided by the Lemuel Shattuck hospital to inmates of houses of correction; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $523,229
4590-0915For the maintenance and operation of Tewksbury hospital, Massachusetts hospital school, Lemuel Shattuck hospital and the hospital bureau, including the state office of pharmacy services; provided, that reimbursements received for medical services provided at the Lemuel Shattuck hospital to inmates of houses of correction not managed by private health care vendors shall be credited to item 4590-0903 of section 2B; provided further, that the department shall seek to obtain federal financial participation for care provided to inmates of the department of correction and houses of correction who are treated at the public health hospitals; and provided further, that Tewksbury State Hospital shall maintain the same number of beds in fiscal year 2016 as it maintained in fiscal year 2015 $156,157,494
4590-0917For the department of public health, which may expend an amount not to exceed $4,667,960 from payments received from the vendor managing health services for state correctional facilities for inmate medical services provided by the Lemuel Shattuck hospital; provided, that the payments may include capitation payments, fee for service payments, advance payments and other compensation arrangements established by contract between the vendor and the hospital; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $4,667,960
4590-0918For the state office of pharmacy services, which may expend not more than $14,000,000 from revenues collected from vendors providing health care services to the department of correction; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $14,000,000
4590-0924For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,923,461 from reimbursements collected by Tewksbury hospital based on a revenue enhancement project to obtain Medicaid coverage for patients whose services are not currently being reimbursed; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,923,461
4590-0925For the costs of a prostate cancer awareness and education program focusing in particular on men with African-American heritage, family history of the disease and other men at high risk; provided, that the department of public health shall oversee and manage said program and shall grant funds from this item to a non-profit foundation that shall leverage existing partnerships with other state-funded organizations and current and past federally, state and privately funded prostate cancer programs aimed at saving lives, improving quality of life and reducing health care costs $250,000
4590-0930 For the administration of the Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase program pursuant to section 27 of this act $100,000
4590-1503For the pediatric palliative care program established in section 24K of chapter 111 of the General Laws $1,800,000
4590-1506For a competitive grant program to be administered by the department of public health to support the establishment of a comprehensive youth violence prevention program; provided, that eligibility shall be determined by the criteria set forth in item 4590-1506 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008; and provided further, that no grants shall be awarded to law enforcement agencies $1,334,449
4590-1507For matching grants to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc., the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, Inc., the YWCA organizations, nonprofit community centers and teen empowerment and youth development programs; provided, that the department of public health shall award at least the full amount of each grant to each organization previously included in the youth-at-risk grants, if those organizations applied for funds in fiscal year 2016, upon commitment of matching funds from those organizations; provided further, that the department of public health shall award not less than $1,100,000 to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc., which shall be distributed equally between the alliance’s member organizations; and provided further, that the department shall award not less than $900,000 to the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, Inc., which shall be distributed between the alliance’s member organizations..........,. $3,900,000
4590-2001For the department of public health, which may expend an amount not to exceed $3,730,525 of payments received for those services provided by Tewksbury hospital to clients of the department of developmental services, including for the provision of behavioral health services and the continuation of short-term medical rehabilitation for clients of the department of developmental services; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $3,730,525
Department of Children and Families.
4800-0015For central and area office administration and service coordination; provided, that the associated expenses of employees whose AA and DD object class costs are paid from item 4800-1100 shall be paid from this item; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the compensation of unit 8 employees; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than the amount expended in fiscal year 2015 for attorneys; provided further, that these funds shall mitigate attorney caseloads in those areas furthest from the statewide weighted caseload standard with the goal of achieving an attorney caseload ratio of 60 to 1 statewide; provided further, that the department shall not place a child or adolescent referred by, or discharged from, the care of the department of mental health until the department of mental health forwards an assessment and recommendation as to whether the child or adolescent may be appropriately placed in foster care or if such child or adolescent is more appropriate for congregate care placement; provided further, that the department, in consultation with the department of mental health, shall assist the department of mental health in making such assessments and recommendations; provided further, that if placement of a child with someone other than a parent becomes necessary, the department shall place the highest priority on identifying a family resource within the child’s kinship or family circle and shall provide services and support to partner with the family resource in meeting the child’s needs; provided further, that the department and the department of early education and care shall provide standards for early education and care placements made through the supportive childcare program; provided further, that the department of children and families, in collaboration with the department of early education and care, shall maintain a centralized list detailing the number of children eligible for supportive childcare services, the number of supportive slots filled and the number of supportive slots available; provided further, that there shall not be a waiting list for the services; provided further, that all children eligible for services under item 3000-3060 shall receive such services; provided further, that the department shall maintain a timely, independent and fair administrative hearing system; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2016 on: (i) the fair hearing requests filed in fiscal year 2016, stating for each hearing request using non-identifying information: (a) the subject matter of the appeal; (b) the number of days between the hearing request and the first day of the hearing; (c) the number of days between the first day of the hearing and the hearing officer’s decision; (d) the number of days between the hearing officer’s decision and the agency’s final decision; (e) the number of days of continuance granted at the appellant’s request; (f) the number of days of continuance granted at the request of the department of children and families or the hearing officer’s request, specifying which party made the request; and (g) whether the departmental decision that was the subject of the appeal was affirmed or reversed; and (ii) the fair hearing requests filed before fiscal year 2016, which are pending for more than 180 days, stating the number of those cases, how many of those cases have been heard but not decided and how many have been decided by the hearing officer but not yet issued as a final agency decision; provided further, that the department shall maintain and make available to the public, during regular business hours, a record of its fair hearings, with identifying information removed, including for each hearing request: the date of the request, the date of the hearing decision, the decision rendered by the hearing officer and the final decision rendered upon the commissioner’s review; provided further, that the department shall make redacted copies of fair hearing decisions available within 30 days of a written request; provided further, that the department shall not make available any information in violation of federal privacy regulations; provided further, that not later than February 24, 2016 the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities that shall include, but not be limited to: (1) the number of medical and psychiatric personnel and their level of training currently employed by or under contract with the department; (2) the number of foster care reviews conducted by the department and the average length of time in which each review is completed; (3) the number of the department’s contracts reviewed by the state auditor and the number of corrective action plans issued; and (4) the number of corrective action plans entered into by the department; provided further, that the department shall file a report on the first business day of each quarter to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on the caseload of the department; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (A) the caseloads of residential placements, congregate care, foster care, therapeutic foster care, adoption, guardianship, 51A reports, substantiated 51A reports, the number of children who die in the care and custody of the department, the number of children currently eligible for supportive childcare, the number of children presently receiving supportive childcare and the number of medical and psychiatric consultation requests made by the department’s social workers; (B) the number of approved foster care placements; (C) the number of children in psychiatric hospitals and community-based acute treatment programs who remain hospitalized beyond their medically-necessary stay while awaiting placement and the number of days each case remains in placement beyond that which is medically-necessary; (D) the number of children under the department of children and families’ care and custody who are being served in medical or psychiatric care provided through other publicly-funded sources; (E) the number of children served by supervised visitation centers and the number of those children who are reunified with their families; (F) the total number of children served, their ages, the number of children served in each service plan, the number of children in out-of-home placements and the number of placements each child has had before receiving an out-of-home placement; (G) for each area office, the number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in the quarters covered by the report and the number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in that quarter for which federal reimbursement was received; (H) for each area office, the total spending on services other than case management services provided to families to keep a child with the child’s parents or reunifying the child with the child’s parents, spending by the type of service and the unduplicated number of families that receive the services; (I) for each area office, the total number of families residing in shelters paid for by the department, a list of where the families are sheltered, the total cost and average cost per family of those shelters and a description of how the department determines who does or does not qualify for a shelter; (J) for each area office, the number of requests for voluntary services broken down by type of service requested, whether the request was approved or denied, the number of families that are denied voluntary services and receive a 51A report, the reasons for denying the service and what, if any, referrals were made for services by other agencies or entities; (K) the number of families receiving multiple 51A reports within a 10-month period, the number of cases reopened within 6 months of being closed and the number of children who return home and then re-enter an out-of-home placement within 6 months; ; and (L) the number of children within the care and custody of the department whose whereabouts are unknown; provided further, that not later than November 3, 2015, the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities that details any changes to rules, regulations or guidelines established by the department in the previous fiscal year to carry out its duties under chapter 119 of the General Laws, including, but not limited to: (I) criteria used to determine whether a child has been abused or neglected; (II) guidelines for removal of a child from the home; and (III) standards to determine what reasonable efforts are being made to keep a child in the home; provided further, that the department of children and families shall provide the caseload forecasting office with data on children receiving services and other pertinent data related to items 4800-0038 and 4800-0041 that is requested by the office on a monthly basis; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer funds between items 4800-0030, 4800-0038, 4800-0040 and 4800-0041 for services only, and as necessary, under an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred; provided further, that transfers shall not be made for administrative costs; provided further, that the commissioner shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days in advance of any such transfer; provided further, that not more than 5 per cent of any item shall be transferred in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the runaway unit to help identify at-risk youth and provide preventative services and to implement a runaway recovery response policy; and provided further, that the agency shall provide full cooperation to the research organization selected under item 3000-1050 and shall make available to the research organization any information and data needed to assist with the requirements of this item $81,023,822
4800-0016For the department of children and families, which may expend for the operation of the transitional employment program an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from revenues collected from various state, county and municipal government entities, as well as state authorities, for the costs related to the provision of services by the participants and the overhead costs and expenses incurred by the not-for-profit managing agent selected by the commissioner for administering the program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of the department of children and families may enter into a contract with Roca, Inc., a not-for-profit community-based agency, to manage the transitional employment program and to provide services to participants from the aging out population, parolees, probationers, youth service releases or other community residents considered to have employment needs $2,000,000
4800-0025For foster care review services$3,247,347
4800-0030For the continuation of local and regional administration and coordination of services provided by lead agencies through purchase-of-service contracts, including flex services $6,000,000
4800-0036For a sexual abuse intervention network program to be administered in conjunction with the district attorneys $698,740
4800-0038For guardianship, foster care, adoption, family preservation and kinship services provided by the department of children and families; provided, that services funded through this item shall include shelter services, substance abuse treatment, young parent programs, parent aides, education and counseling services, foster care, adoption and guardianship subsidies, tiered reimbursements used to promote the foster care placement of children with special medical and social needs, an assessment of the appropriateness of adoption for children in the care of the department for more than 12 months, protective services provided by partnership agencies, targeted recruitment and retention of foster families, respite care services, post-adoption services and support services for foster, kinship and adoptive families and juvenile firesetter intervention programs; provided further, that the department may contract with provider agencies for the coordination and management of services, including flex services; provided further, that funding shall be expended on children’s advocacy centers and services for child victims of sexual abuse and assault; provided further, that not less than $300,000shall be expended for The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Plymouth County Children’s Advocacy Center; provided further, that not less than $140,000 shall be expended for the Children’s Cove Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Planned Learning Achievement for Youth Program, P.L.A.Y., Inc., in the town of Amherst, in collaboration with the department of elementary and secondary education, through an interagency service agreement; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Fragile Beginnings program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Wayside Youth and Family Support Network TEMPO program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Children's Advocacy Center of Worcester County; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expanded for the operation of the Catholic Charities Labouré Center and its Recovery Connections program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Groundwork Lawrence, Inc. for its youth summer jobs program; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Julie’s Family Learning Program, Inc. $278,219,460
4800-0040For family preservation, reunification and service coordination; provided, that services shall include family support and stabilization services provided by the department $45,610,551
4800-0041For congregate care services; provided, that funds may be expended from this item to provide community-based services, including in-home support and stabilization services, to children who would otherwise be placed in congregate settings; and provided further, that the department shall oversee area review teams that shall evaluate the feasibility of maintaining the child in the community in this manner whenever possible before recommending placement in a congregate care setting $250,440,914
4800-0091For the department of children and families, which may expend not more than $2,510,154 in federal reimbursements received under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7(4)(E), during fiscal year 2016 to develop a training institute for professional development at the department of children and families; provided, that for the purposes of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,510,154
4800-0151For a program to provide alternative overnight non-secure placements for status offenders and nonviolent delinquent youths up to the age of 17 to prevent the inappropriate use of juvenile cells in police stations for such offenders, in compliance with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, Public Law 93–415; provided, that the programs which provide the alternative non-secure placements shall collaborate with the appropriate sheriff’s office to provide referrals of those offenders and delinquent youths to programs within the sheriff’s office designed to positively influence youths or reduce juvenile crime $504,388
4800-0200For the support and maintenance of family resource centers throughout the commonwealth; provided, that centers supported through this item shall be subject to the selection and reporting requirements detailed in item 4000-0051 $7,398,154
4800-1100For the AA and DD object class costs of the department’s social workers; provided, that funds shall mitigate social worker caseloads in those area offices furthest above the statewide weighted caseload standard and toward achieving a social worker caseload ratio of 18 to 1 statewide; provided further, that only employees of bargaining unit 8, as identified in the Massachusetts personnel administrative reporting and information system, shall be paid from this item; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended to hire additional staff and for associated operating costs in the department’s fair hearing system; provided further, that the department shall make efforts to expend funds on the hiring of social worker technicians; and provided further, that the department shall report monthly to the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means the current average caseload for social workers and how many workers may need to be hired to get to a 15 to 1 caseload ratio for every worker $203,819,297
4800-1400For shelters and support services for people at risk of domestic violence and for the operation of the Chardon Street Shelter for Women and Children; provided, that services funded through this item shall include: (i) supervised visitation programs; (ii) housing assistance programs to assist victims of domestic violence in finding and maintaining permanent housing or accessing local transitional housing as necessary; (iii) operation of scattered site transitional housing programs; (iv) counseling services for children who have witnessed domestic violence; (v) emergency shelter for substance abusing battered women; (vi) a statewide domestic violence hotline; and (vii) domestic violence prevention specialists; provided further, that the department shall continue to provide any match funding required by federal program regulations; and provided further, that not more than $1,100,000 shall be expended to increase purchased room capacity at current domestic violence shelter providers via an open solicitation to be awarded based on factors determined by the department of children and families, including demonstrated need in the community $24,298,905
Department of Mental Health.
5011-0100For the operation of the department of mental health$28,570,221
5042-5000For child and adolescent services, including the costs of psychiatric and related services provided to children and adolescents determined to be medically-ready for discharge from acute hospital units or mental health facilities and who are experiencing unnecessary delays in being discharged due to the lack of more appropriate settings; provided, that for the purpose of funding those services, the commissioner of mental health may allocate funds from the amount appropriated to other departments within the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $3,600,000 for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project; provided further, that not less than $500,000 of this sum shall be expended to expand the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project for Moms statewide to address mental health concerns in pregnant and postpartum women; provided further, that amounts expended from this item for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project that are related to services provided on behalf of commercially insured clients shall be assessed by the commissioner of mental health on surcharge payors, as defined in section 64 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, and shall be collected in a manner consistent with the department of mental health’s regulations; provided further, that not less than $55,000 shall be expended for a juvenile firesetter intervention and prevention program in Hampshire and Franklin counties, the town of Athol and the city of Holyoke; provided further, that the department shall develop and conduct an anonymous survey of all legal guardians of children or adolescents for whom it provides services in calendar year 2015 for the purpose of developing future programming, determining gaps in service and modernizing the overall distribution of services to meet the needs of families instead of county structures; provided further, that the department shall report not later than March 1, 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse on the results of the survey and any identified changes the department shall need to address in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that the department shall not refer or discharge a child or adolescent to the custody or care of the department of children and families until the department of mental health forwards its assessment and recommendation as to whether the child or adolescent is appropriate for foster care or, due to severe emotional disturbance, is more appropriate for group care; and provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $150,000 for the Arlington Youth Counseling Center $87,034,610
5046-0000For adult mental health and support services; provided, that the department may allocate funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from item 5095-0015 to this item, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any such transfer, for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving care at department facilities; provided further, that the department shall maintain in fiscal year 2016 the community-based placements established under item 5046-0005 in chapter 165 of the acts of 2014; provided further, that not less than $1,300,000 shall be expended for jail diversion programs; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $250,000 to continue an assisted outpatient treatment pilot program that began in fiscal year 2015 to treat residents who suffer from serious and persistent mental illness and experience repeated interaction with law enforcement or have a high rate of recurring hospitalization due to their mental illness either through a voluntary agreement with the resident or by a court order mandating that the resident receive the treatment described in this program; provided further, that the department shall report not later than March 1, 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse on the progress and results of the program and any identified barriers and challenges to treatment for the aforementioned treatment group; provided further, that the department shall expend for clubhouses not less than the amount of 2015 expenditures for clubhouses; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the International Institute of New England for culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health services for immigrants and refugees who have experienced torture and trauma $374,590,785
General Fund96.47%
Community First Trust Fund3.53%
5046-0005For adult mental health community-based placements; provided, that funds shall be used to support community-based placements for discharge ready individuals currently in the department’s continuing care facilities $5,000,000
Community First Trust Fund100%
5046-2000For homelessness services$20,134,979
5046-4000For the department of mental health, which may expend not more than $125,000 in revenues collected from occupancy fees charged to the tenants in the creative housing option in community environments, the CHOICE program authorized by chapter 167 of the acts of 1987; provided, that all fees collected under that program shall be expended for the routine maintenance and repair of facilities in the CHOICE program $125,000
5047-0001For emergency service programs and acute inpatient mental health care services; provided, that there shall not be a reduction in services in the southeast area related to the alignment of state-operated emergency services; and provided further, that any change in state-operated emergency services in the southeast area shall comply with sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws $24,258,428
5055-0000For forensic services provided by the department; provided, that funds may be expended for juvenile court clinics $9,183,472
5095-0015For the operation of hospital facilities and community-based mental health services; provided, that in order to comply with the decision in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 581(1999) and to enhance care for clients served by the department, the department shall discharge clients residing in the inpatient facilities to residential services in the community when the following criteria are met: (i) the client is deemed clinically suited for a more integrated setting; (ii) community residential service capacity and resources available are sufficient to provide each client with an equal or improved level of service; and (iii) the cost to the commonwealth of serving the client in the community is less than or equal to the cost of serving the client in inpatient care; provided further, that any client transferred to another inpatient facility as the result of a facility closure shall receive a level of care that is equal to or greater than the care that had been received at the closed facility; provided further, that the department may allocate funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from this item to item 5046-0000, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any transfer for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at the centers and facilities; provided further, that the department shall maintain no fewer inpatient beds in fiscal year 2016 than were maintained in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the department shall operate not fewer than 260 adult continuing care inpatient beds at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital; provided further, that in fiscal year 2016, the department shall operate not fewer continuing care inpatient beds than in fiscal year 2015 and, of those beds, 54 beds shall be continuing care inpatient beds on the campus of Taunton State Hospital; provided further, that the department shall not take action in fiscal year 2016 to reduce the number of state-operated continuing care inpatient beds or other state-operated programs on the Taunton State Hospital campus or relocate administrative hospital services associated with the operation of the hospital off-campus; provided further, that the department shall not enter into new vendor-operated lease agreements or agreements for expansion of existing vendor-operated programs; provided further, that the department shall not enter into new interagency agreements or expansion of existing interagency agreements, programs or facilities until the department, in conjunction with the division of capital asset management and maintenance, has developed a comprehensive long-term use master plan for the campus, not sooner than March 2, 2016, with appropriate community input that is consistent with maintaining publicly-provided mental health services currently delivered on campus; provided further, that the plan shall include maintaining existing affiliations with institutions of higher education and possible future relationships with those institutions and others to maintain the sustainability of the campus; provided further, that nothing in the plan shall be inconsistent with maintaining the campus of Taunton State Hospital as a publicly-run mental health facility or prohibit the inclusion of behavioral health programs or publicly-run pilot programs to meet the needs of servicing individuals with mental health, behavioral health and those dual-diagnosed on the campus as part of the comprehensive master plan; and provided further, that the plan shall be submitted to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of health and human services, the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means $190,325,165
5095-1016For the department of mental health, which may expend not more than $500,000 in revenues collected from occupancy fees charged to the tenants of the state hospitals; provided, that all fees collected shall be expended to support the costs to sustain operations of the state hospital facilities; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $500,000
Department of Developmental Services.
5911-1003For the administration and operation of the department of developmental services; provided, that the department shall not charge user fees for transportation or community day services; provided further, that the department shall not charge fees for eligibility determination for services provided by the department or for applications or requests for transfer of guardianship; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the East School$69,646,985
5911-2000For transportation costs associated with community-based day and work programs; provided, that the department shall provide transportation on the basis of priority of need as determined by the department $18,996,018
5920-2000For 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 the services in fiscal year 2015 under item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014; provided further, that the commissioner of developmental services may transfer funds from this item to item 5920-2010, as necessary, under an allocation plan which shall detail, by object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 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 2016. $1,084,666,855
General Fund98.43%
Community First Trust Fund1.57%
5920-2010For state-operated, community-based residential services for adults, including community-based health services; provided, that the department shall maximize federal reimbursement, whenever possible under federal regulation, for the direct and indirect costs of services provided by the employees funded in this item $214,737,045
5920-2025For community-based day and work programs and associated transportation costs for adults; provided, that the department shall not reduce the availability or decrease funding for sheltered workshops serving persons with disabilities who voluntarily seek or wish to retain such employment services $173,509,830
5920-2026For the transition from sheltered workshops to community-based employment or day support program services $5,000,000
5920-3000For respite services and intensive family supports$56,388,141
5920-3010For contracted support services for families with autistic children through the autism division at the department of developmental services; provided, that the department shall expend not less than $4,500,000 to provide services under the children’s autism spectrum disorder waiver pursuant to section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396n(c); provided further, that this waiver shall include children with autism spectrum disorder ages 0 to 8, inclusive, including children with autism spectrum disorder ages 0 to 3, inclusive, receiving services through the department of public health’s early intervention program; provided further, that the department shall immediately file any waiver amendment necessary to comply with the requirements of this item with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on the number of contracted support services provided for families with autistic children under this item and the costs associated with such services not later than January 8, 2016; provided further, that such report shall include, but not be limited to, the services provided by the children’s autism spectrum disorder waiver, with information regarding the number of children enrolled in the waiver and receiving services, linguistic and cultural diversity, age, gender and geographic representation of the applicants and the children enrolled in the program and department plans to continue to assess the demand for waiver services, any executive office of health and human services plans to expand the waiver for children on the autism spectrum of all ages in the future and any other information determined relevant by the department; and provided further, that the department shall submit copies of amended waivers to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities upon submission of the amendment $6,085,431
5920-3020For services to clients of the department who are eligible through chapter 226 of the acts of 2014; provided, that the department shall submit a quarterly report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the number of clients served, type of services provided and the cost per client; and provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the commission on autism established under chapter 226 of the acts of 2014 $6,300,000
Community First Trust Fund100%
5920-3025For funding to support an initiative to address the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities who are aging, including but not limited to, individuals with Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease, through the identification of best practices for services for such individuals, including: (i) medical care coordination models that address conditions common to individuals with developmental disabilities who are aging; (ii) the provision of training for direct care and other staff in the identification of dementia or other age-related conditions; and (iii) the collection of data regarding the effectiveness of the items included in this item $250,000
5920-5000For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2016 $7,000,000
5930-1000For the operation of facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities; provided, that in order to comply with the decision in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 581 (1999) and to enhance care for clients served by the department, the department shall discharge clients residing in intermittent care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, called ICFs/IID, to residential services in the community if the following criteria are met: (i) the client is deemed clinically suited for a more integrated setting; (ii) community residential service capacity and resources available are sufficient to provide each client with an equal or improved level of service; and (iii) the cost to the commonwealth of serving the client in the community is less than or equal to the cost of serving the client in ICFs/IID; provided further, that any client transferred to another ICFs/IID as the result of a facility closure shall receive a level of care that is equal to or greater than the care that had been received at the closed ICFs/IID; provided further, that the department may allocate funds from this item to items 5920-2000, 5920-2010 and 5920-2025, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any transfer for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at ICFs/IID; provided further, that at least 6 months before closing any ICFs/IID, the secretary of housing and economic development, or a designee, and the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, or a designee, shall meet jointly with affected municipal officials and produce a plan for the timely demolition of buildings, remediation of hazardous materials and future use of the property, including disposition by the commonwealth for redevelopment or conservation, if appropriate; and provided further, that the department shall report on all efforts to comply with the decision in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 581 (1999), the enhancement of care within available resources to clients served by the department and the steps taken to consolidate or close ICFs/IID $111,092,314
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Office of the Secretary.
7002-0010For the operation of the office of the secretary of housing and economic development, including the operation of the Massachusetts permit regulatory office and the operation of the office of the wireless and broadband affairs director provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the 495/MetroWest Suburban Edge Community Commission established in section 233 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 $1,481,814
7002-0017For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of housing and economic development, including the homeless management information system $3,312,056
7002-0020For a precision manufacturing pilot program that provides training to unemployed and underemployed individuals, including veterans; provided, that the program shall be administered by the executive office of housing and economic development; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be spent for the Middle Skills Manufacturing Initiative in Hampshire and Franklin counties; and provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the E-Team Machinist program in the city of Lynn $1,535,000
7002-0032For a transfer to the John Adams Innovation Institute Fund established in section 6A of chapter 40J of the General Laws $3,000,000
7002-0035For a reserve to support the commonwealth’s defense sector initiatives; provided, that the executive office may allocate funds to the Massachusetts Development and Finance Agency for this purpose; and provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended to protect, promote and strategically expand the mission and related jobs at each of the commonwealth’s six military bases $350,000
7002-0039For an incentive program for communities and municipalities engaging in the use of best practices determined by the Community Compact Cabinet created by Executive Order 554 issued on January 23, 2015; provided, that the program shall be administered by the executive office of housing and economic development $650,000
7002-1075For the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund established in section 2WWW of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $214,000 shall be expended for a coordinated program between the regional employment board of Hampden county and the school districts of West Springfield, Ludlow, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Agawam, Hampden-Wilbraham, Southwick-Toll and Granville $2,214,000
7002-1507For the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation doing business as the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to provide for staffing the Southeastern Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Consortium or SMAMC to continue outreach to engage manufacturers in the 5 southeast workforce investment board regions, including the Bristol, Brockton, Cape and Islands, Greater New Bedford and South Shore, to facilitate workforce training grant applications and to support the SMAMC governance body in its mission $200,000
7002-1512For the Big Data Innovation and Workforce Fund established in section 6H of chapter 40J of the General Laws $1,500,000
7002-1514For North Shore Innoventures in the city of Beverly to support the development of early stage biotech and clean tech businesses $100,000
Department of Housing and Community Development.
7004-0001For the commission on Indian affairs$118,012
7004-0099For the operation of the department of housing and community development; provided, that the department may make expenditures against federal grants for certain direct and indirect costs under a cost overhead allocation plan approved by the comptroller; provided further, that the comptroller shall maintain an account on the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system to make these expenditures; provided further, that expenditures made against the account shall not be subject to appropriation and may include the cost of personnel; provided further, that the department shall provide full cooperation to the research organization selected under item 3000-1050 and shall make available to the research organization any information and data needed to assist with the requirements of said item 3000-1050; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the department may conduct annual verifications of household income levels based upon state tax returns to administer the state and federal housing subsidy programs funded in items 7004-0108, 7004-9005, 7004-9024, 7004-9030, 7004-9033 and 7004-9316 and items 7004-9009, 7004-9014, 7004-9019 and 7004-9020 of section 2D; provided further, that as a condition of eligibility or continued occupancy by an applicant or tenant, the department may require disclosure of the social security number of an applicant or tenant and members of the applicant’s or tenant’s household for use in verification of income eligibility; provided further, that the department may deny or terminate participation in subsidy programs for failure by an applicant or tenant to provide a social security number for use in verification of income eligibility; provided further, that the department may consult with the department of revenue, the department of transitional assistance or any other state or federal agency to conduct an income verification; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, these state agencies shall consult and cooperate with the department and furnish any information in possession of the agencies including, but not limited to, tax returns and applications for public assistance or financial aid; provided further, that in conducting this income verification, the director of the department may enter into an interdepartmental service agreement with the commissioner of revenue to utilize the department of revenue’s wage reporting and bank match system to verify the income and eligibility of participants in federally assisted housing programs and that of members of the participants’ households; provided further, that notwithstanding section 12 of chapter 490 of the acts of 1980, the department may authorize neighborhood housing services corporations to retain, re-assign and re-loan funds received in repayment of loans made under the neighborhood housing services rehabilitation program; provided further, that the department shall, not later than September 1, 2015, promulgate and uniformly enforce regulations clarifying that a household that otherwise qualifies for any preference or priority for state subsidized housing based on homeless or at-risk status shall retain that preference or priority notwithstanding receipt of assistance that is intended to be temporary, including, but not limited to, any temporary or bridge subsidies provided with state or federal funds, which shall include households receiving assistance under item 7004-0108 after July 1, 2013; provided further, that the department shall provide the caseload forecasting office with enrollment data and any other information pertinent to caseload forecasting that is requested by the office on a monthly basis; provided further, that such information shall be provided in a manner that meets all applicable federal and state privacy and security requirements; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corporation; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for affordable housing in the town of Medway; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for a caseworker position under the Housing Assistance Corporation in the Hyannis section of the town of Barnstable to assist residents of Martha’s Vineyard who are homeless or at risk for homelessness; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for a demonstration affordable housing project being conducted by The Arc of Bristol County; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Housing Families, Inc. in the city of Malden for providing educational support programming for homeless children through the GREAT Youth and Families Program $8,272,360
7004-0100For the operations of the homeless shelter and services unit, including the compensation of caseworkers and support personnel $6,735,719
7004-0101For certain expenses of the emergency housing assistance program under section 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws; provided, that eligibility shall be limited to families with incomes at or below 115 per cent of the 2015 or later-issued higher federal poverty level; provided further, that any family whose income exceeds 115 per cent of the federal poverty level while the family is receiving assistance funded by this item shall not become ineligible for assistance due to exceeding the income limit for a period of 6 months from the date that the income level was exceeded; provided further, that families who are eligible for assistance through a temporary emergency family shelter shall include: (i) families who are at risk of domestic abuse in their current housing situation or who are homeless because they fled domestic violence and have not had access to safe, permanent housing since leaving the housing situation that they fled; (ii) families who, through no fault of their own, are homeless due to fire, flood or natural disaster; (iii) families who, through no fault of their own, have been subject to eviction from their most recent housing due to: (a) foreclosure; (b) condemnation; (c) conduct by a guest or former household member who is not part of the household seeking emergency shelter and over whose conduct the remaining household members had no control; or (d) nonpayment of rent caused by a documented medical condition or diagnosed disability or caused by a documented loss of income within the last 12 months directly as a result of a change in household composition or a loss of income source through no fault of the family; and (iv) families who are in a housing situation where they are not the primary lease holder or who are in a housing situation not meant for human habitation and where there is a substantial health and safety risk to the family that is likely to result in significant harm should the family remain in such housing situation; provided further, that the health and safety risk shall be determined by the department of children and families through risk assessments; provided further, however, that a family who has no other feasible accommodation on the date of application for assistance and who would otherwise spend the night in a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including but not limited to a car, park, abandoned building, medical facility, bus or train station, airport or camping ground, shall be eligible for assistance; provided further, that a family who receives emergency housing assistance due to domestic abuse shall be connected to the appropriate social service agency; provided further, that temporary assistance under this item shall be terminated upon the offer of available housing or other assistance sufficient to maintain or stabilize housing; provided further, that a family may not decline an offer for available housing if the offer adequately accommodates the size and disabilities of the family and the new housing placement would not result in a job loss for the client; provided further, that any family who declines an adequate offer of available housing or other assistance sufficient to maintain or stabilize housing shall become ineligible for assistance from this item; provided further, that families receiving benefits under this item shall have 30 per cent of their income set aside in a savings account, subject to reasonable exceptions as set forth in departmental regulations in effect in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the amount saved shall be exempt from otherwise applicable asset limits; provided further, that families receiving emergency assistance shall receive housing search assistance that attempts to facilitate a sustainable housing placement within 16 weeks of entry into the emergency assistance shelter, motel or hotel; provided further, that families receiving assistance for longer than 32 weeks shall have an executable shelter exit plan that facilitates a housing placement in a new sustainable tenancy or a safe residence, including, but not limited to, a placement for which the family is not the primary lease holder, as soon as possible; provided further, that benefits under this item shall be provided only to residents of the commonwealth who are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under the color of the law in the United States; provided further, that as part of departmental efforts to prevent abuse of the emergency assistance program, the department shall enter into a wage match agreement with the department of revenue; provided further, that an eligible household that is approved for shelter placement shall be placed in a shelter as close as possible to the household’s home community unless a household requests otherwise; provided further, that if the closest available placement is not within 20 miles of the household’s home community, the household shall be transferred to an appropriate shelter within 20 miles of its home community at the earliest possible date unless the household requests otherwise; provided further, that the department shall notify local school departments of the placement of a family in its district within 5 days of placement; provided further, that the department shall make every effort to ensure that children receiving services from this item shall continue attending school in the community in which they lived prior to receiving services funded from this item; provided further, that the department shall use its best efforts to ensure that a family placed by the emergency housing assistance program shall be provided with access to refrigeration and basic cooking facilities; provided further, that if a family with a child under the age of 3 is placed in a hotel or motel, the department shall ensure that the hotel or motel provides a crib, which meets all state and federal safety codes, for each such child under the age of 3; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall immediately provide shelter for up to 30 days to families who appear to be eligible for such shelter based on statements provided by the family, including but not limited to statements relative to identity and familial relations, and any other information in the possession of the department, but who need additional time to obtain any third-party verifications reasonably required by the department; provided further, that such shelter benefits received under the preceding proviso shall not render a family ineligible under any regulation which provides that a family who previously received shelter is ineligible for shelter benefits for a period of 12 months; provided further, that families receiving such shelter benefits who are found ineligible for continuing shelter benefits shall be eligible for aid pending a timely appeal under said chapter 23B; provided further, that the department shall not impose unreasonable requirements for third-party verifications and shall accept verifications from a family whenever reasonable; provided further, that this item shall be subject to appropriation and, in the event of a deficiency, nothing in this item shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise to any enforceable right or entitlement to services in excess of the amounts appropriated in this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 90 days before promulgating or amending any regulations, administrative practice or policy that would alter eligibility for or the level of benefits under this program, other than that which would benefit the clients, the department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities a written report setting forth justification for such changes, including, but not limited to, any determination by the secretary of housing and economic development that available appropriations will be insufficient to meet projected expenses and the projected savings from any proposed changes; provided further, that the department shall provide to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report of the most recently available monthly data on: (1) the number of applications for services provided for in this item and in item 7004-0108; (2) front-door entries into the emergency assistance system; (3) diversions as a result of HomeBASE household assistance; (4) exits through termination; (5) exits through HomeBASE household assistance; (6) exits to any other subsidized housing program; and (7) the number of families denied assistance and the reason for denial; provided further, that the report shall include the average, minimum and maximum cost per family of such assistance, the number of families served who required further assistance at a later date, the type of assistance later required and provided and the current housing stability of each family who received transitional housing or short-term housing assistance within the prior 12 months; provided further, that funds shall be expended for expenses incurred as a result of families being housed in hotels due to the unavailability of contracted shelter beds; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for technical assistance by Homes for Families, Inc. $154,873,948
7004-0102For the homelessness program to assist individuals who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless, including assistance to organizations which provide shelter, transitional housing and services that help individuals avoid entry into shelter or successfully exit shelter; provided, that no organization providing services to the homeless shall receive less than an average per bed, per night rate of $25; provided further, that the department may allocate funds to other agencies for the program; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Craig’s Doors – A Home Association, Inc. in the city known as the town of Amherst; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the Housing Assistance Corporation on Cape Cod to operate a day center in the Hyannis section of the town of Barnstable to provide services to homeless individuals in collaboration with the NOAH Shelter, Hyannis Main Street Business Improvement District, Inc., the police department in the town of Barnstable and Duffy Health Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, Inc. on behalf of the South Coast Regional Network to End Homelessness to facilitate regional coordination and implementation of support programs protecting families and individuals experiencing homelessness; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended to Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority to coordinate homeless shelters and safety net services in the county of Berkshire; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a pilot program operated by the Grace Center, Inc. in the city of Gloucester to provide and coordinate services for the homeless during those hours when shelter occupancy is not available; provided further, that the services shall include, but not be limited to, nutrition, counseling, education and skills training and other programs that foster independence and economic self-sufficiency; and provided further, that the program shall have among its purposes replicability and sustainability and the integration of its programs into the commonwealth’s vendor and procurement systems $45,125,000
7004-0104For the home and healthy for good program operated by Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, Inc. to reduce the incidence of chronic homelessness in the commonwealth; provided, that the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, Inc. shall be solely responsible for the administration of the program $1,600,000
7004-0108For a program of short-term housing assistance to help families eligible for temporary emergency shelter under item 7004-0101 or are referenced by the secretary of health and human services under 1599-0017 in addressing obstacles to maintaining or securing housing; provided, that the assistance provided under this item shall include not less than 12 months of housing stabilization and economic self-sufficiency case management services for each family receiving benefits under this item; provided further, that no other assistance from this item shall exceed $8,000 in a 12-month period; provided further, that a family shall not receive more than a combined sum of $8,000 in a 12-month period from this item and item 7004-9316; provided further, that if a family who received household assistance under this item meets the requirements of their housing stabilization plan but the family’s income exceeds 50 per cent of area median income, then the family shall not become ineligible for assistance due to exceeding the income limit for a period of 6 months from the date that the 50 per cent level was exceeded; provided further, that a family who was terminated from the program or did not make a good faith effort to follow their housing stabilization plan during the term of their assistance shall be ineligible for benefits under this item and item 7004-0101 for 18 months from the last date the family received assistance under this item and item 7004-0101, including housing stabilization and economic self-sufficiency case management services; provided further, that a family’s housing stabilization plan shall adequately accommodate the ages and disabilities of the family members; provided further, that families receiving benefits under this program who are found ineligible for continuing benefits shall be eligible for aid pending a timely appeal under chapter 23B of the General Laws; provided further, that families who are denied assistance under this item may appeal that denial under said chapter 23B, including subsection (F) of section 30 of said chapter 23B and regulations adopted to implement said chapter 23B; provided further, that benefits under this item shall only be provided to residents of the commonwealth who are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under color of the law in the United States; provided further, that the department, as a condition of continued eligibility for assistance under this program, may require disclosure of social security numbers by all members of a family receiving assistance under this item for use in verification of income with other agencies, departments and executive offices; provided further, that if a family member fails to provide a social security number for use in verifying the family's income and eligibility, then the family shall no longer be eligible to receive benefits from this program; provided further, that the department shall administer this program through the following agencies unless administering agencies are otherwise procured by the department: the Berkshire Housing Development Corporation; Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, Inc.; Community Teamwork, Inc.; the Housing Assistance Corporation; the Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority; HAP, Inc.; Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, Inc.; the Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development; South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc.; the South Shore Housing Development Corporation; and RCAP Solutions, Inc.; provided further, that the department shall use funds provided for this program: (i) for stabilization workers to focus efforts on housing retention, (ii) to link households to supports including job training, education, job search and childcare opportunities available and may enter into agreements with other public and private agencies to provide such services and (iii) to ensure that a stabilization worker shall be assigned to each household; provided further, that this item shall be subject to appropriation and, in the event of a deficiency, nothing in this item shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise to any enforceable right or entitlement to services in excess of the amounts appropriated in this item; provided further, that funds shall be used to transition families served by the program to more rapidly move them into temporary or permanent sustainable housing; provided further, that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 90 days before promulgating or amending any regulation, administrative practice or policy that would alter eligibility for or the level of benefits under this program to less than the benefit level available on June 30, 2014, the department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate a report setting forth the justification for such changes including, but not limited to, any determination by the secretary of housing and economic development that available appropriations shall be insufficient to meet projected expenses; and provided further, that household assistance funds shall be advanced to the administering agencies at the end of each month and prior to the next month's disbursement, the amount of which shall be estimated based on the prior month's expenditure with a reconciliation not less than annually $26,249,331
7004-0114For the costs of the pilot program established pursuant to section 93 of this act $500,000
7004-3036For housing services and counseling; provided, that funds shall be expended as grants to 9 regional housing consumer education centers operated by the regional nonprofit housing authorities; provided further, that the grants shall be awarded through a competitive application process under criteria established by the department of housing and community development; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Springfield Housing Authority’s Talk/Read/Succeed! Program; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. $1,991,922
7004-3045For a tenancy preservation program for neutral party consultation services in eviction cases before the housing court department of the trial court for individuals with disabilities and for families with individuals with disabilities provided that the disability is directly related to the reason for eviction $500,000
7004-4314For the expenses of a service coordinators program established by the department of housing and community development to assist tenants residing in housing developed under sections 39 and 40 of chapter 121B of the General Laws $350,401
7004-9005For subsidies to housing authorities and nonprofit organizations, including funds for deficiencies caused by certain reduced rentals in housing for the elderly, handicapped, veterans and relocated persons under sections 32 and 40 of chapter 121B of the General Laws; provided, that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all housing authorities operating elderly public housing shall offer first preference for elderly public housing units which are vacant on the effective date of this act and thereafter to persons age 60 or older as of June 30, 2014 receiving rental assistance from the Massachusetts rental voucher program; provided further, that the department of housing and community development may expend funds appropriated in this item for deficiencies caused by certain reduced rentals which may be anticipated in the operation of housing authorities for the first quarter of the subsequent fiscal year; provided further, that no monies shall be expended from this item to reimburse the debt service reserve included in the budgets of housing authorities; provided further, that the amount appropriated in this item shall be considered to meet any and all obligations under said sections 32 and 40 of said chapter 121B; provided further, that new reduced rental units developed in fiscal year 2016 eligible for subsidies under this item shall not cause any annualization that results in an amount exceeding the amount appropriated in this item; and provided further, that all funds in excess of normal utilities, operations and maintenance costs may be expended for capital repairs $64,000,000
7004-9007For costs associated with the implementation of the department of housing and community development’s duties as specified in chapter 235 of the acts of 2014 $800,000
7004-9024For a program of rental assistance for low-income families and elderly persons through mobile and project-based vouchers; provided, that such assistance shall only be paid under a program known as the Massachusetts rental voucher program; provided further, that the income of eligible households shall not exceed 50 per cent of the area median income; provided further, that the department of housing and community development may award mobile vouchers to eligible households currently occupying project-based units that shall expire due to the nonrenewal of project-based rental assistance contracts; provided further, that the department, as a condition of continued eligibility for vouchers and voucher payments, may require disclosure of social security numbers by participants and members of a participant’s household in the Massachusetts rental voucher program for use in verification of income with other agencies, departments and executive offices; provided further, that if a participant or member of a participant’s household fails to provide a social security number for use in verifying the household’s income and eligibility, then that household shall no longer be eligible for a voucher or to receive benefits from the voucher program; provided further, that the monthly dollar amount of each voucher shall be the department-approved monthly rent of the unit less the monthly amount paid for rent by the household; provided further, that any household that is proven to have caused intentional damage to its rental unit in an amount exceeding 2 months of rent during any 1-year period shall be terminated from the program; provided further, that if a mobile voucher’s use is or has been discontinued, then the mobile voucher shall be re-assigned; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each household holding a voucher shall pay at least 30 per cent, but not more than 40 per cent, of its income as rent; provided further, that the department shall establish the amounts of the mobile vouchers and the project-based vouchers so that the appropriation in this item shall not exceeded by payments for rental assistance and administration; provided further, that the department shall not enter into commitments which shall cause it to exceed the appropriation set forth in this item; provided further, that the department may impose certain obligations for each participant in the Massachusetts rental voucher program through a 12-month contract which shall be executed by the participant and the department; provided further, that such obligations may include, but shall not be limited to, job training, counseling, household budgeting and education as defined in regulations promulgated by the department and to the extent these programs are available; provided further, that each participant shall be required to undertake and meet these contractually-established obligations as a condition for continued eligibility in the program; provided further, that for continued eligibility, each participant shall execute this 12-month contract on or before September 1, 2015 if the participant’s annual eligibility recertification date occurs between June 30, 2015 and September 1, 2015 and otherwise on or before the annual eligibility recertification date; and provided further, that any participant who is over the age of 60 or who is disabled may be exempt from any obligations unsuitable under particular circumstances $85,421,578
7004-9030For the rental assistance program established pursuant to section 16 of chapter 179 of the acts of 1995; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the rental assistance program shall be in the form of mobile vouchers; provided further, that the vouchers shall be in varying dollar amounts set by the department of housing and community development based on considerations including, but not limited to, household size, composition, household income and geographic location; provided further, that any household that is proven to have caused intentional damage to its rental unit in an amount exceeding 2 months’ rent during any 1-year period shall be terminated from the program; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be no maximum percentage applicable to the amount of income paid for rent by each household holding a mobile voucher; provided further, that each household shall be required to pay not less than 25 per cent of its net income as defined in regulations promulgated by the department for units if payment of utilities is not provided by the unit owner or not less than 30 per cent of its income for units if payment of utilities is provided by the unit owner; provided further, that payments for the rental assistance program may be provided in advance; provided further, that the department shall establish the amounts of the mobile vouchers so that the appropriation in this item is not exceeded by payments for rental assistance and administration; provided further, that the department shall not enter into commitments which shall cause it to exceed the appropriation set forth in this item; provided further, that the amount of a rental assistance voucher payment for an eligible household shall not exceed the rent less the household’s minimum rent obligation; and provided further, that for the purposes of this item, “rent” shall mean payments to the landlord or owner of a dwelling unit under a lease or other agreement for a tenant's occupancy of the dwelling unit but shall not include payments made by the tenant separately for the cost of heat, cooking fuel or electricity $4,750,000
7004-9033For rental subsidies to eligible clients of the department of mental health; provided, that the department shall establish the amounts of the subsidies so that payment of the rental subsidies and any other commitments from this item shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item $5,548,125
7004-9315For the department of housing and community development, which may expend for the administration and monitoring of the low-income housing tax credit and local administration programs an amount not to exceed $2,535,003 from revenues collected from fees collected under federal Executive Order No. 291 pertaining to low-income housing tax credits for the costs of administering and monitoring the programs, including the costs of personnel, subject to the approval of the undersecretary of the department; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,535,003
7004-9316For a program to provide assistance in addressing obstacles to maintaining or securing housing for families with: (i) a household income not greater than 30 per cent of area median income who are homeless and moving into subsidized or private housing or are at risk of becoming homeless; or (ii) a household income greater than 30 per cent but not more than 50 per cent of area median income who are homeless and moving into subsidized or private housing or are at risk of becoming homeless due to a significant reduction of income or increased expenses; provided, that assistance shall be administered by the department of housing and community development through contracts with the regional HomeBASE agencies; provided further, that not less than 50 per cent of the funds shall be provided to households with an income not greater than 30 per cent of area median income, subject to the department’s discretion based on data reflecting program demand and usage; provided further, that in distributing 50 per cent of the funds, the department shall prioritize those families most likely to otherwise require shelter services under item 7004-0101 or are referred by the secretary of health and human services under 1599-0017; provided further, that the amount of financial assistance shall not exceed more than $4,000 in any 12-month period; provided further, that the combined sum of benefits received by a family in a 12-month period from this item and item 7004-0108 shall not be more than the maximum level of short-term housing assistance established by the department in item 7004-0108; provided further, that residential assistance payments may be made through direct vendor payments according to standards to be established by the department; provided further, that the agencies shall establish a system for referring families approved for residential assistance payments, who the agencies determine would benefit from these services, to existing community-based programs that provide additional housing stabilization supports, including assistance in obtaining housing subsidies and locating alternative housing that is safe and affordable for those families; provided further, that the program shall be administered under guidelines established by the department; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (a) the number of families who applied for assistance; (b) the number of families approved for assistance; (c) the minimum, median and average amount of financial assistance awarded; (d) the total amount of assistance awarded to date, including a breakdown by income category; and (e) the number of families falling into each income category; provided further, that the department shall track a family’s reason for assistance by the same categories used in item 7004-0101; and provided further, that funds for payments shall be advanced to the administering agencies at the end of each month and prior to the next month's disbursement, the amount of which shall be estimated based on the prior month's expenditure with a reconciliation not less than annually $13,000,000
7004-9322For the Secure Jobs Connect pilot program for job training, job search services and 12 months of housing stabilization services, if not otherwise available, to families receiving assistance under items 7004-0101, 7004-0108, 7004-9024 or 7004-9316; provided, that the program shall be administered by agencies that have demonstrated experience working in partnership with regional administering agencies, including, but not limited to: Community Teamwork, Inc.; Father Bill’s & MainSpring, Inc.; HAP, Inc.; Jewish Vocational Services; and SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc.; provided further, that the department shall report, by type of service or program provided, on: (i) housing situation (including stability of housing) of program participants; (ii) employment status (including employment history) of program participants; (iii) total number of program participants; and (iv) number of program participants who are no longer receiving assistance under items 7004-0101, 7004-0108, 7004-9024 or 7004-9316; provided further, that the department shall utilize rental assistance provided under item 7004-9024 to ensure effective participation under this program; and provided further, that participating agencies shall seek additional federal, state or private funds to ensure the effective continuation of regional partnerships $750,000
Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.
7006-0000For the office of the director of consumer affairs and business regulation, including expenses of an administrative services unit $870,176
7006-0043For the office of consumer affairs and business regulation, which may expend an amount not to exceed $500,000 from fees collected from the registration and renewal of home improvement contractor registrations under section 11 of chapter 142A of the General Laws for the administration and enforcement of the home improvement contractor program; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $500,000
Division of Banks.
7006-0010For the operation of the division of banks; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division shall assess 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item upon financial institutions which the division currently regulates under section 2 of chapter 167 of the General Laws $17,501,641
7006-0011For the costs incurred by the division of banks associated with licensure of loan originators under chapter 255F of the General Laws; provided, that the division may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $2,650,000 from the revenue received from administrative fees associated with the licensure fees and from civil administrative penalties collected under said chapter 255F; provided further, that the division may expend from such revenue an amount to be determined by the commissioner of banks as grants for the operation of a program for best lending practices, first-time homeowner counseling for non-traditional loans and 10 or more foreclosure education centers under section 16 of chapter 206 of the acts of 2007 and that the grants shall be awarded through a competitive application process under criteria established by the division; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $2,650,000
Division of Insurance.
7006-0020For the operation of the division of insurance, including the expenses of the board of appeal on motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item, certain other costs of supervising motor vehicle liability insurance and the expenses of the fraudulent claims board; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item shall be assessed upon the institutions that the division currently regulates under general or special laws or regulations, except for licensed business entity producers; and provided further, that the assessment shall be in addition to any and all assessments currently assessed upon said institutions $14,411,732
7006-0029For the operation of the health care access bureau in the division of insurance; provided, that the full amount appropriated in this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item shall be assessed upon the carriers licensed under chapters 175, 176A, 176B and 176G of the General Laws as provided in section 7A of chapter 26 of the General Laws $1,100,000
Division of Professional Licensure.
7006-0040For the operation and administration of the division of professional licensure $4,749,504
7006-0151For the division of professional licensure, which may expend an amount not to exceed $590,000 for the oversight of proprietary schools; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued $590,000
Division of Standards.
7006-0060For the operation of the division of standards$897,363
7006-0065For the division of standards, which may expend an amount not to exceed $491,923 in revenue from registration fees and fines that it collects under sections 184B to 184E, inclusive, of chapter 94 of the General Laws and section 56D of chapter 98 of the General Laws to support its enforcement activities, as provided in subsection (h) of section 184D of said chapter 94; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $491,923
7006-0066For the support of the division of standards’ municipal inspection efforts; provided, that up to 15 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item may be expended for administrative costs of the division $160,372
7006-0067For the division of standards; provided, that the division may expend an amount not to exceed $58,751 from revenues received from item-pricing violations collected through municipal inspection efforts and from weights and measures fees and fines collected from cities and towns for enforcement of weights and measures laws; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $58,751
7006-0068For the division of standards; provided, that the division may expend an amount not to exceed $335,000 from revenue received from license fees assessed to owners of motor vehicle repair shops; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $335,000
Department of Telecommunications and Cable.
7006-0071For the operation of the department of telecommunications and cable; provided, that notwithstanding the second sentence of section 7 of chapter 25C of the General Laws, the assessments levied for fiscal year 2016 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item $3,244,571
Massachusetts Office of Business Development.
7007-0150For the Massachusetts office of business development for contracts with regional economic development organizations under the program established in sections 3J and 3K of chapter 23A of the General Laws $750,000
7007-0300For the operation of the Massachusetts office of business development and for marketing and promoting the commonwealth in order to attract and retain targeted businesses and industries; provided, that funds may be expended for the Massachusetts Food Trust Program established in section 65 of chapter 23A of the General Laws $1,737,940
7007-0800For a state matching grant for the small business development center; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item until such time as the United States Small Business Administration has made a payment or has executed a contract to pay the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the operation of the center; provided further, that the funds expended from this item shall not exceed 25 per cent of the gross operating cost of the center; provided further, that not more than $300,000 from this item shall be expended for federal procurement technical assistance services within the center; provided further, that the services shall include, but not be limited to, assisting businesses in securing federal contracts, obtaining contract financing, generating responses to requests-for-proposals, interpreting bid documents, providing educational workshops and electronically identifying and tracking of federal bid opportunities; and provided further, that funds expended for federal procurement technical assistance services within the center shall be subject to the receipt of matching funds from federal or private sources, including the United States Department of Defense $1,186,222
7007-0801For microlending grants of not more than $100,000 which shall be issued to established community development financial institutions and community advantage lenders making direct microenterprise and small business loans to borrowers on a regional basis and providing technical assistance to applicants and borrowers in order to foster business establishment and success; provided, that the funds shall be used to support the eligible organization's lending and technical assistance activities; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be granted to the north central Massachusetts region for these purposes $100,000”
7007-0952For the operation of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation established under chapter 92B of the General Laws; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be expended to promote private fundraising, achieve self-sufficiency and serve as a catalyst for urban economic development and job opportunities for local residents; provided further, that the corporation shall take all steps necessary to increase the amount of private funding available for the operation of the zoos; provided further, that funding in this item shall not be transferred through interdepartmental service agreements; and provided further, that the corporation shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2016 on the status of, and amounts collected from, the private fundraising and enhanced revenue efforts identified in the draft Massachusetts zoos business and operations plan dated December 1996 $4,900,000
Massachusetts Tourism Fund100%
7007-1202For the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation established in section 3 of chapter 40J of the General Laws and doing business as the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, to develop and implement a plan to promote and establish computer science education in public schools as required by section 102 of chapter 287 of the Acts of 2014; provided, that the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative shall seek private funds necessary to match contributions equal to $1 for every $1 contributed by the collaborative; provided further, that the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative shall file an annual report by September 30 for the duration of the program; provided further, that the report shall be filed with the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies that includes a 3-year strategic plan and annual goals and progress in achieving those goals; provided further, that the reports shall be made available on the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s website; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to facilitate the development of regional accelerators and incubators for technology start-ups $1,700,000
7007-1641For a grant for the Smaller Business Association of New England for the layoff aversion through management assistance program for consultant and technical assistance to manufacturing companies to prevent business closure and employee displacement; provided, that the expenditure of the layoff aversion through management assistance program shall leverage at least $1 in matching funds for every $1 granted pursuant to this item; and provided further, that the president of the Smaller Business Association of New England shall file a quarterly report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies and the joint committee on labor and workforce development on the number of employees and manufacturing companies that have received financial assistance through this item, a detailed description of the services provided to manufacturing companies through the layoff aversion through management assistance program and a detailed account of the expenditures of the layoff aversion through management assistance program, including administrative costs $250,000
Massachusetts Marketing Partnership.
7008-0900For the operation and administration of the office of travel and tourism; provided, that the office shall be the official and lead agency to facilitate and attract major sports events and championships; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended as a grant to the town of Upton; provided further, that the office shall provide an annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 14, 2016; provided further, that the report shall provide information on regional tourist activities funded through item 7008-1000; and provided further, that the office shall be the official and lead agency to facilitate motion picture production and development within the commonwealth; provided further, that not more than $50,000 shall be provided for programs and services at the Milford Youth Center; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be appropriated as a public safety grant to the city of Lowell for the design, construction and realignment of Tanner street as part of the overall urban renewal plan of the Ayer’s City Industrial Park region of the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended on playground improvements in the town of Templeton; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce to establish a regional tourism council for the North Quabbin region; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended as a planning grant to the town of Charlton; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for educational, recreational and ceremonial programs to constitute the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Battleship Cove and the U.S.S. Massachusetts Memorial Committee, Inc., in August 2015; provided further, that not less than $165,000 shall be expended for unexpected and extraordinary circumstances in the town of Douglas; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for a districtwide robotics program in the town of Saugus; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for safety upgrades and repairs along state highway route 129 on the city of Lynn border in the town of Swampscott; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the Russian Community Association of Massachusetts, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to study the impact of the redevelopment of Devens on surrounding communities; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. in the city of Quincy; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for Westfield on Weekends, Inc. ; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Plymouth 400, Inc. for the commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of the United States; provided further, that Plymouth 400, Inc. shall obtain private matching funds of at least $200,000“;provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for child safety grants to the town of North Reading; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided to the Fisher House Boston for expenses associated with hosting the 2015 Medal of Honor convention; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Solomon Post in the town of Billerica for environmental cleanup, mitigation costs and other club operations; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a grant to the town of Billerica for the Yankee Doodle bike path; provided further, that $50,000 be expended for the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the town of Sharon; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended to improve emergency medical service response in open space locations in the town of Medway; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for improvements to Massasoit State Park in the city of Taunton; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Turning Point Day Resource Center for the Homeless in the town of Wareham; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Wareham Housing Authority for emergency repairs and upgrades to senior housing units; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Raynham Housing Authority for emergency repairs and upgrades to senior housing units; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the education and training collaborative established in section 9 of chapter 419 of the acts of 2008 for the operation of the life sciences, education and training center located at the former Paul A. Dever state school in the city of Taunton; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to paint and repair the historic Beebe Estate in the city of Melrose; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for child safety grants for the town of Reading; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for infrastructure improvements for the promotion and growth of economic development in the town of Wakefield; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for improvements to Polonia Park in the city of Chelsea; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant to the city of Beverly; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the Discovery Museums, Inc. to develop an educational program for children and parents; provided further, that $35,000 shall be expended for the Zamir Chorale of Boston, Inc.'s musical and educational organization; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the The Pettengill House, Inc. in the town of Salisbury and the city known as the town of Amesbury and provided further, that $200,000 shall be provided for the Early College Program administered by Northern Essex Community College; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Waltham Tourism Council, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $290,000 shall be expended for the restoration and repurposing of the Loring Parsonage in the town of Sudbury; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Spirit of Springfield in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided for King Philip regional high school in the town of Wrentham; and provided further. that not less than $50,000 be granted to the Independent Film Society of Boston to enhance cultural tourism in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the West Medford Community Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a child safety grant to the city known as the town of North Attleboro; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for improvements at the town hall in the town of Sherborn; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the Frederick Douglass House in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for AHA! Art, History & Architecture in the city of New Bedford to establish and enhance outreach and educational programs to benefit financially disadvantaged children in the greater New Bedford area; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Zeiterion Theatre, Inc. in the city of New Bedford to provide access to cultural programming for financially disadvantaged children; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended for the Dennison Memorial Community Center, Inc. in the city of New Bedford for educational programs to benefit financially disadvantaged children in the greater New Bedford area; and provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for opening the 11 visitor information centers from Memorial Day to Columbus Day$12,110,000
Massachusetts Tourism Fund100%
7008-1000For assistance to regional tourist councils under section 14 of chapter 23A of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each of the councils may expend an amount not to exceed 20 per cent of the funds appropriated in this item for the cost of administrative services $6,000,000
Massachusetts Tourism Fund100%
7008-1300For the operation of the Massachusetts international trade office$117,015
Massachusetts Tourism Fund100%
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Office of the Secretary.
7003-0100For the operation of the executive office of labor and workforce development; provided, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a pilot program to assist in the training, placement and development of a professional, proficient and technically competent workforce that will support the existing and emerging staffing and labor needs of the public transportation sector; provided further, that such program shall be operated by the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the nonprofit corporation Brave For Veterans, Inc. to facilitate the coordination of existing services benefiting transitioning military job seekers to the workforce $1,063,384
7003-0170For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of labor and workforce development $285,540
Department of Labor Standards.
7003-0200For the operation of the department of labor standards$2,697,150
7003-0201For the department of labor standards; provided, that the department may expend an amount not to exceed $452,850 received from fees authorized under section 3A of chapter 23 of the General Laws and civil fines issued under section 197B of chapter 111 of the General Laws, section 46R of chapter 140 of the General Laws and section 6F1/2 of chapter 149 of the General Laws; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $452,850
Department of Labor Relations.
7003-0900For the operation of the department of labor relations$2,250,000
7003-0901For the department of labor relations, which may expend an amount not to exceed $100,000 from revenues received from fees collected under section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws and section 6 of chapter 150 of the General Laws for the operation of the department; provided, that the first $100,000 of such fees collected by the department shall be deposited into the General Fund and any fees collected in excess of $200,000 shall be deposited into the General Fund; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $100,000
Department of Career Services.
7002-0012For a youth-at-risk program targeted at reducing juvenile delinquency in high-risk areas; provided, that these funds may be expended for the development and implementation of a year-round employment program for at-risk youth and existing year-round employment programs; provided further, that $500,000 of these funds shall be matched by private organizations; provided further, that funds shall be available for expenditure through September 1, 2016, prior appropriation continued; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a grant program to St. Mary’s Center in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston for the operation of the Women at Work program $11,700,000
7003-0606For the operation and maintenance of the Massachusetts manufacturing extension partnership to maintain and promote manufacturing as an integral part of the economy and for programs designed to assist small and mid-sized manufacturing companies $2,000,000
7003-0607For the commonwealth corporation for an employment training program for unemployed young adults with disabilities; provided, that funds shall be awarded competitively by the commonwealth corporation to community-based organizations with recognized success in creating strong collaborations with employers to consider young adults with disabilities; and provided further, that a community-based organization that receives funding under this item shall provide extensive training and internship programming and ongoing post-placement support for participants and employers $150,000
7003-0803For the one-stop career centers$5,050,982
7003-1206For the Massachusetts Service Alliance, Inc. to administer state service corps grants and to provide training and support to volunteer and service organizations; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to CONNECT, a financial opportunity center in the city of Chelsea; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to establish a program in the city of Worcester to create a pre-apprenticeship training program certified by the division of apprentice training targeting low-income, women and minority youth or young adult populations to be matched by the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for community outreach and education efforts to the Hispanic senior citizens in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the New England Farm Workers’ Council, Inc. ; provided further, that $15,000 shall be expended for financial assistance for qualified seniors in the city of Newton to receive the services of Newton At Home, Inc. ; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the development and implementation of a middle skills workforce training program to be conducted by the Gloucester Life Sciences Academy at the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute; and provided further, that $125,000 shall be expended for the Sullivan Family Moving Ahead Program at the Saint Francis House in the city of Boston $1,365,000
Department of Industrial Accidents.
7003-0500For the operation and administrative expenses of the department of industrial accidents; provided, that said department shall submit a report not later than February 1, 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the scope, objective and results of grant recipients’ safety training programs; and provided further, that the General Fund shall be reimbursed the amount appropriated in this item and for associated indirect and direct fringe benefit costs from assessments levied under section 65 of chapter 152 of the General Laws $19,830,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
Department of Early Education and Care.
3000-1000For the administration of the department of early education and care and the costs of field operations and licensing provided through the department; provided, that the department shall report on the first business day of each month to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the unduplicated number of children on waiting lists for state-subsidized early education and care programs and services, including supportive childcare services; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws, the department of early education and care, the child care resource and referral agencies, the department of elementary and secondary education, the department of transitional assistance, the department of children and families, the department of housing and community development, the Children’s Trust Fund and the department of public health, specifically early intervention, may share with each other personal data regarding the parents and children who receive services provided under early education and care programs administered by the commonwealth for waitlist management, program implementation and evaluation, reporting and policy development purposes; provided further, that the department shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and contracted slots funded by the department for items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060 delineated by age category; provided further, that the reports shall include the number of recipients subject to subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; provided further, that the department of early education and care shall provide the caseload forecasting office with enrollment data and any other information pertinent to caseload forecasting that is requested by the office on a monthly basis; and provided further, that the information shall be provided in a manner that meets all applicable federal and state privacy and security requirements $13,813,060
3000-1050For an assessment of the provision of childcare supports funded in items 3000-3060, 3000-4040 and 3000-4060; provided, that the assessment shall be directed by a nonprofit research organization with demonstrated experience assessing the business practices, service delivery and financial systems of state-subsidized childcare programs; provided further, that the department shall consider the research and assessment conducted through this item to be a continuation and expansion of the research authorized by item 1599-0500 of section 2 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013; provided further, that the goals of the assessment shall be: (i) to identify promising practices and alternative strategies used by other states in the design and administration of a blended-funding system using both contracts and vouchers; (ii) to explore the implications for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of contracts and vouchers in the commonwealth’s childcare subsidy system; and (iii) to examine childcare subsidy policies and processes and other related policies that affect childcare providers’ availability and willingness to serve children in the early education and care subsidy system with either contracts or vouchers; provided further, that the nonprofit organization directing the assessment may partner with other entities with expertise in state-subsidized childcare systems in order to complete all aspects of the assessment; provided further, that the organization conducting the assessment shall provide to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than March 1, 2016, a report on the progress to date, obstacles encountered and preliminary findings; and provided further, that any unexpended funds appropriated for this item shall not revert but shall be made available for purposes of this item until June 30, 2017 $300,000
3000-2000For the regional administration and coordination of services provided by child care resource and referral agencies $6,675,311
3000-2050For the administration of the Children’s Trust Fund; provided, that the department shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to the board of the trust fund $1,276,519
3000-3060For early education and care services for children with active cases at the department of children and families and for families currently involved with or transitioning from transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that for children with active cases at the department of children and families, funds may be used to provide services during a transition period of 6 months upon the closure of the family’s case; provided further, that in the case of families involved with transitional aid to families with dependent children, early education and care shall be available without fees to the following: (i) former participants who are working for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits; (ii) participants who are working for up to 1 year after the transitional period; and (iii) parents who are under 18 years of age who are currently enrolled in a job training program and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws, but for the consideration of the grandparents’ income; provided further, that all teens eligible for year-round, full-time early education and care services shall be participating in school, education, work and training-related activities or a combination of these activities for at least the minimum number of hours required by regulations; provided further, that families involved with transitional aid to families with dependent children shall not be charged fees for care provided under this item; provided further, that early education and care slots for families involved with transitional aid to families with dependent children funded from this item shall be distributed geographically in a manner that provides fair and adequate access to early education and care for all eligible individuals; provided further, that informal early education and care benefits for families involved with transitional aid to families with dependent children may be funded from this item; provided further, that not more than $2 per child per hour shall be paid for the services; and provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive those services $222,107,383
3000-4040For costs associated with reducing the waitlist for income-eligible early education and care programs; provided, that funds from this item may be transferred to item 3000-4060 $12,000,000
3000-4060For income-eligible early education and care programs; provided, that teen parents at risk of becoming eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children may be paid from this item; provided further, that informal early education and care benefits for families meeting income-eligibility criteria may be funded from this item; provided further, that not more than $2 per child per hour shall be paid for the services; provided further, that early education and care slots funded from this item shall be distributed geographically in a manner that provides fair and adequate access to early education and care for all eligible individuals; provided further, that the department may expend funds from this item on grants to support inclusive learning environments; and provided further, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town or regional school district, held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of the city, town or regional school district without municipal appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary $252,944,993
3000-5000For grants to head start programs; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on early head start programs $10,100,000
3000-5075For the Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended on grants to improve the quality of and expand access to preschool programs and services for children from the age of 2 years and 9 months until they are kindergarten eligible; provided further, that funds may also be used to enhance community-wide capacity building efforts within statewide parameters established by the board of early education and care; provided further, that any newly-funded programs designated as Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program participants shall fall within the quality standards established by the Massachusetts quality rating and improvement system; provided further, that programs receiving grant funds may use the funds to enhance teacher and staff quality and compensation, enhance program quality through participation in the Massachusetts quality rating and improvement system, enhance program ability to interpret and use assessment data effectively, enhance developmentally appropriate practices, incorporate ancillary services into the program, facilitate or provide access to wrap-around services for working families or increase capacity to expand access to age-eligible children on the centralized waitlist maintained by the department of early education and care; and provided further, that preference shall be given in awarding grants to the programs which demonstrate affordability for middle class and working class parents according to standards established by the department $7,400,000
3000-6025For grants in fiscal year 2016 to support planning activities in cities, towns, regional school districts or educational collaboratives currently providing pre-kindergarten or preschool opportunities, to expand pre-kindergarten or preschool opportunities on a voluntary basis to children ages 2 years and 9 months to 3 years and 11 months old; provided, that planning grants shall be awarded through a competitive process established by the department of early education and care utilizing the Massachusetts Preschool Expansion Grant public-private partnership model; provided further, that preference shall be given in awarding these funds to districts serving high percentages of high-needs students; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds distributed from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city, town, regional school district or educational collaborative and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of the city, town, regional school district or educational collaborative without further appropriation $500,000
3000-6075For early childhood mental health consultation services in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that preference shall be given to those services designed to limit the number of expulsions and suspensions from the programs; and provided further, that eligible recipients for grants shall include municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed childcare providers, child care resource and referral centers and other qualified entities $750,000
3000-7000For statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns to be administered by the Children’s Trust Fund; provided, that the services shall be made available statewide to parents under 21 years of age; provided further, that the Children’s Trust Fund shall oversee the ongoing development and maintenance of a participant data system; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, priority for services shall be given to low-income parents $14,750,000
3000-7040For the department of early education and care, which may expend not more than $200,000 for contingency fee contracts related to pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs in its capacity as the single state agency under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the contingency contracts shall not exceed 3 years except with prior review and approval by the executive office for administration and finance; and provided further, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $200,000
3000-7050For the coordinated family and community engagement grant program, which shall establish a statewide network of supports for early education; provided, that the department shall distribute the grants not later than August 28, 2015 in order to allow a full year of service for families involved in the programs; provided further, that supports funded through this item shall include, but not be limited to, curriculum development, child assessment systems, activities that encourage providers to obtain associate and bachelor degrees, payment of fees and direct assistance to programs seeking accreditation by agencies approved by the board of early education and care and professional development courses; provided further, that eligible recipients for the grants shall include, but not be limited to, the Massachusetts Family Networks program, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, the home-based, school readiness and family support program known as the parent-child home program, head start programs, school readiness and family support programs, licensed child care providers and child care resource and referral centers; provided further, that supports funded through this item shall be in alignment with the quality requirements of the Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program and the Massachusetts quality rating and improvement system; and provided further, that the department may expend funds from this item on grants for supplemental services for children with individualized education $19,464,890
3000-7070For Reach Out and Read, Inc.; provided, that the funds distributed through Reach Out and Read, Inc. shall be contingent upon a match of not less than $1 in private or corporate contributions for every $1 in state grant funding $750,000
Office of the Secretary of Education.
7009-1700For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of education; provided, that the information technology staff of the executive office of education shall carry out all data collection and analysis functions previously funded through item 7061-9200; provided further, that the chief information officer of the executive office shall report, not later than October 1, 2015, on the implementation of this consolidation; provided further, that the report shall include a description of all staffing changes implemented as a result of consolidation, including an organizational chart of the new data collections and analysis unit, showing any rehires from the department of elementary and secondary education, any new hires by the executive office and any change in overall full-time equivalent levels and savings associated with this consolidation; provided further, that the report shall be provided to the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and filed with the house and senate clerks; provided further, that funds shall be expended on a data sharing pilot program among the department of early education and care, the department of elementary and secondary education, the executive office of education, the department of public health and the executive office of health and human services to issue a state-assigned student identifier to children participating in early intervention programs to track and evaluate educational and developmental outcomes for the children, improve delivery of services and determine cost savings associated with the early intervention program; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 and up to $1,500,000 may be expended on improvements to the differential licensing infrastructure of the department of early education and care, including the purchase of hand-held devices to be used for real-time, on-site data entry $18,448,629
7009-6379For the operation of the office of the secretary of education; provided, that the secretary shall take all actions necessary or appropriate to consolidate the human resource functions of the department of higher education, the department of early education and care and the department of elementary and secondary education, within the executive office $2,286,889
7009-6400For grants to establish and operate high-quality, intensive and targeted programs that shall rapidly increase English language learning for middle and high school students in school districts serving Gateway Cities; provided, that grant applications shall provide, at minimum, for after-school enrichment academies to operate during the spring and summer of 2016; provided further, that applications may also provide for acceleration academies to be held during school vacations or for Saturday sessions during the spring of 2016; provided further, that funds may be set aside for the administration of the programs; provided further, that any new grants awarded from this item in fiscal year 2016 shall comply with the grant application requirements set forth in item 7009-6400 of section 2 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013; provided further, that the executive office of education may select the same evaluator in fiscal year 2016 as selected in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that grants shall be selected not later than October 1, 2015; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months $2,430,404
7009-9600For a discretionary grant program to provide funds to school districts and public institutions of higher education partnering together to offer inclusive concurrent enrollment programs for school aged children with a disability, as defined in section 1 of chapter 71B of the General Laws, from age 18 to 22, inclusive; provided, that the grant program shall be limited to students who have severe disabilities and, in the case of students who are ages 18 or 19, shall be limited to students with severe disabilities who have been unable to achieve the competency determination necessary to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam; provided further, that said students with disabilities shall be offered enrollment in credit and noncredit courses that include nondisabled students, including enrollment in credit and noncredit courses in audit status for students who may not meet course prerequisites and requirements, and that the partnering school districts shall provide support, services and accommodations necessary to facilitate a student’s enrollment; provided further, that the executive office of education shall develop guidelines to ensure that the grant program promotes civic engagement and mentoring of faculty in public institutions of higher education and supports college success, work success, participation in student life of the college community and provision of a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment; provided further, that the executive office of education shall develop strategies and procedures to help sustain and replicate the existing inclusive concurrent enrollment programs initiated through this grant program including, but not limited to: (i) provision of funds to retain employment specialists; (ii) assist students in meeting integrated competitive employment and other transition-related goals; (iii) adoption of procedures and funding mechanisms to ensure that new partnerships of public institutions of higher education and school districts providing inclusive concurrent enrollment programs fully utilize the models and expertise developed in existing partnerships; and (iv) conducting evaluation and research to further identify student outcomes and best practices; provided further, that the executive office of education shall develop a mechanism to encourage existing and new partnerships to expand the capacity to respond to individual parents and school districts in underserved areas that request an opportunity for their children to participate in the inclusive concurrent enrollment initiative; provided further, that tuition for courses shall be waived by the state institutions of higher education for students enrolled through this grant program; provided further, that the executive office of education shall maintain the position of inclusive concurrent enrollment coordinator who shall be responsible for administering the grant program, coordinating the advisory committee, developing new partnerships, assisting existing partnerships in creating self-sustaining models, overseeing the development of videos and informational materials and overseeing the evaluation and research through the institute for community inclusion to assist new colleges and school districts; provided further, that the executive office of education, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher education, shall select grant recipients not later than July 15, 2015 and shall distribute a request for grant proposals subject to future appropriation not later than May 31, 2016; and provided further, that for the purpose of this item, appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months $1,000,000
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
7010-0005For the operation of the department of elementary and secondary education; provided, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for Holliston School District for first year costs associated with a post-high school special education transition program and other educational expenses at Holliston High School; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Wilmington High School Wildcat community service program in the town of Wilmington; and provided further, that not less than $220,000 shall be expended for computer hardware replacement and technology for public schools in the city known as the town of Weymouth $13,870,797
7010-0012For grants to cities, towns and regional school districts for payments of certain costs and related expenses for the plan to eliminate racial imbalance established under section 12A of chapter 76 of the General Laws; provided, that funds shall be made available for payment for services rendered by Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc. and Springfield public schools $19,912,443
7010-0033For a literacy and early literacy grant program and to support the Bay State Reading Institute and Reading Recovery; provided, that the Bay State Reading Institute and Reading Recovery shall receive an amount not less than the amounts appropriated in items 7010-0020 and 7030-1005 in section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a consolidated literacy grant application process; provided further, that programs shall provide ongoing evaluation of outcomes; provided further, that programs receiving funding through this item shall document the outcomes of the programs; provided further, that evaluations shall be compared to measurable goals and benchmarks that shall be developed by the department of elementary and secondary education; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education not later than March 1, 2016 to detail state support for literacy and early literacy programs; and provided further, that the report shall include for each program: (i) the number of children served, delineated by age and school; (ii) the percentage of children who receive free and reduced lunch; (iii) the number of children who are English language learners; (iv) the number of students who receive special education services; (v) outcome measures used by the program to evaluate success; and (vi) a comparison to other literacy programs that use similar outcome measures $2,800,000
7010-0050For an education evaluation grant program; provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before issuing a request for proposal for this program to detail the grant selection criteria; provided further, that grant recipients shall be selected through a competitive grant process; provided further, that successful proposals shall: (i) demonstrate substantial experience conducting evaluations of federal, state or local education programs; (ii) focus on the evaluation of a state-funded department of elementary and secondary education program that shall include literacy programs and may include, but shall not be limited to, success after high school programs, curriculum, instruction and assessment programs, data and technology use and educator quality programs; (iii) identify the state administrative datasets that shall be used; and (iv) propose an evaluation that shall be completed not later than 24 months after the grant is awarded; provided further, that the evaluation shall analyze and examine the following areas of policy relevance: (a) the quantifiable effect of the program on the population enrolled in the program; (b) an estimate of the cost to the commonwealth of the education problem being addressed through the program; (c) a comparison of the cost of the program and the estimated short-term and long-term benefits received by program recipients through the program; (d) data limitations in estimating the effect of the program; (e) recommendations for further study; and (f) fidelity of the program during implementation of the program to a broader population; provided further, that in awarding grants, priority shall be given to organizations located within the commonwealth; provided further, that not more than 50 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be granted to any 1 organization; provided further, that the request for proposals shall be issued not later than September 15, 2015; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education, the executive office of education, the department of early education and care, the department of higher education and other relevant state agencies shall work with grant recipients funded through this item as necessary to provide secure access to state collected data that is necessary for the evaluations; provided further, that organizations receiving funds through this item shall report biannually to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education and the joint committee on higher education on: (1) the status and preliminary results of evaluations funded through this item; and (2) any obstacles encountered in access to data or other information that is negatively affecting the completion of the study; and provided further, that any unexpended funds appropriated for this item in fiscal year 2016 shall not revert but shall be made available for the purposes of this item until June 30, 2017 $300,000
7010-0060For multi-year grants to cities, towns and regional school districts to provide a mental health and substance abuse counselor in schools; provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall work with the department of public health to establish minimum professional requirements for mental health professionals provided through this item; provided further, that grant recipients shall be selected through a competitive grant process in which successful proposals shall: (i) demonstrate a need for a mental health and substance abuse counselor in the school district; (ii) demonstrate a plan for how the counselor will interact with and impact students in the school district; and (iii) agree to comply with the data reporting requirements; provided further, that each grant recipient shall report to the department annually on: (a) how many separate students utilized the services of the counselor; (b) what types of services the counselor provided to students and the school district; (c) the number of times students were referred to services provided by the department of mental health, the department of children and families, the department of public health and private healthcare entities, delineated by service referral; and (d) types of educational outreach programs that the counselor participated in; and provided further, funds from this item shall be available for expenditure through June 30, 2018 $1,500,000
7027-0019For school-to-career connecting activities; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of elementary and secondary education, in cooperation with the executive office of labor and workforce development and the state workforce investment board, may establish and support a public-private partnership to link high school students with economic and learning opportunities on the job as part of the school-to-career transition program; provided further, that this program may include the award of matching grants to workforce investment boards or other local public-private partnerships involving local community job commitments and work site learning opportunities for students; provided further, that the grants shall require at least a 200 per cent match in wages for the students from private sector participants; provided further, that the program shall include, but not be limited to, a provision that business leaders commit resources to pay salaries to provide mentoring and instruction on the job and to work closely with teachers; provided further, that public funds shall assume the costs of connecting schools and businesses to ensure that students serve productively on the job; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a job readiness program at East Boston high school in the East Boston section of the city of Boston to be implemented by the National Youth Development Council, Inc. ; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Bottom Line to provide college transition and college retention services for low-income or aspiring first-generation college students $3,025,000
7027-1004For English language acquisition professional development to improve the academic performance of English language learners and effectively implement sheltered English immersion as outlined in chapter 71A of the General Laws; provided, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months $2,805,319
7028-0031For the expenses of school-age children in institutional schools under section 12 of chapter 71B of the General Laws; provided, that the department may provide special education services to eligible inmates in county houses of correction $8,281,698
7030-1002For kindergarten expansion grants to provide grant awards to expand half-day kindergarten classrooms into full-day programs and continue quality enhancement of existing full-day kindergarten classrooms; provided, that the department shall administer a grant program to encourage the voluntary expansion of high quality, full-day kindergarten education throughout the commonwealth; provided further, that funds remaining in this item after grants have been issued to all cities, towns or regional school districts willing and able to expand kindergarten programs to full-day programs shall be divided among each of the programs that received funds through this item in fiscal year 2015 in a manner proportional to the distribution of funds to cities, towns and regional school districts in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that grants funded through this appropriation shall not annualize to more than $18,000 per classroom in subsequent fiscal years; provided further, that preference shall be given to grant applicants with high percentages of students scoring in levels 1 or 2 on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam and school districts that serve free or reduced lunch to at least 35 per cent of their students, as determined by the department based on available data; provided further, that the department may file a waiver with the United States Department of Education to remove requirements related to mandatory participation in the Massachusetts Kindergarten Entry Assessment or MKEA; provided further, that grantees may voluntarily participate in the MKEA, but no grantees shall be required to participate in the MKEA, unless the department has, in good faith, filed a waiver of this requirement with the United States Department of Education which is not approved prior to the beginning of the 2015 and 2016 school year; provided further, that in no case shall grantees be required to participate in the MKEA after December 31, 2015; provided further, that any grant funds distributed from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town or regional school district and held in a separate account and, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town or regional school district without further appropriation; and provided further, that such program shall supplement and shall not supplant currently funded local, state and federal programs at the school or in the school district $1,000,000
7035-0002For the provision and improvement of adult basic education services; provided, that grants shall be distributed to a diverse network of organizations which have demonstrated commitment and effectiveness in providing services and that are selected competitively by the department of elementary and secondary education; provided further, that the grants shall support the successful transition of students from other adult basic education programs to community college certificate and degree-granting programs; provided further, that the grants shall be contingent upon satisfactory levels of performance as defined and determined by the department; provided further, that grants shall not be considered an entitlement to a grant recipient; provided further, that the department shall consult with the community colleges and other service providers in establishing and implementing content, performance and professional standards for adult basic education programs and services; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Lawrence Family Development and Education Fund, Inc. to assist in citizenship education, citizenship application assistance, English as a second language classes and computer training for low-income adults; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Casa Dominicana Inc. in the city of Lawrence to assist with citizenship, high school equivalency testing and English as a second language classes for low-income adults; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for Operation ABLE of Greater Boston, Inc. to provide basic workforce and skills training, employment services and job re-entry support to older workers $31,224,160
7035-0006For reimbursements to regional school districts for the transportation of pupils; provided, that the commonwealth’s obligation shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item $59,021,000
7035-0007For reimbursements to cities, towns, regional vocational or county agricultural school districts, independent vocational schools or collaboratives for certain expenditures for transportation of nonresident pupils to approved vocational-technical programs of any regional or county agricultural school district, city, town, independent school or collaborative under section 8A of chapter 74 of the General Laws; provided, that if the amount appropriated is insufficient to fully fund said section 8A of said chapter 74, initial reimbursements made by the department of elementary and secondary education may be prorated by the department to all eligible cities, towns, regional vocational or county agricultural school districts, independent vocational schools or collaboratives; and provided further, that upon a determination by the department that the funds appropriated in this item are insufficient to meet the commonwealth’s full obligation under said section 8A of said chapter 74, the department shall within 10 days notify the secretary of administration and finance, the joint committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means of the amount needed to fully fund the obligation $2,244,847
7035-0008For reimbursements to cities, towns and regional school districts for the cost of transportation of nonresident pupils as required by the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Public Law 100-77, as amended; provided, that the department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than March 15, 2016, a preliminary estimate of the costs eligible for reimbursement under this item in fiscal year 2017; and provided further, that the commonwealth’s obligation shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item $8,350,000
7035-0035For a competitively bid, statewide performance-based, integrated program to increase participation and performance in advanced placement courses, particularly among underserved populations, to prepare students for college and career success in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and English; provided, that the funds shall support all of the following program elements for each school: (i) open access to courses, equipment and supplies for new and expanded advanced placement courses; (ii) support for the costs of advanced placement exams; and (iii) support for student study sessions; provided further, that the funds may support teacher professional development, including a College Board-endorsed advanced placement summer institute for math, science and English advanced placement teachers; provided further, that the program shall provide a matching amount of at least $1,000,000 in private funding for direct support of educators and other uses; provided further, that the funds shall be dispersed by the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year to cover costs expended between August 1, 2015 and July 31, 2016; provided further, that the program shall work in conjunction with an existing, separately funded, statewide pre-advanced placement program; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months $2,553,197
7053-1909For reimbursements to cities and towns for partial assistance in the furnishing of lunches to school children, including partial assistance in the furnishing of lunches to school children under section 6 of chapter 548 of the acts of 1948, and for supplementing funds allocated for the special milk program; provided, that authorized payments in the aggregate for partial assistance in the furnishing of lunches to school children shall not exceed the required state revenue match contained in the federal National School Lunch Act, Public Law 79-396, as amended, and implementing regulations $5,426,986
7053-1925For the school breakfast program for public and nonpublic schools and for grants to improve summer food programs during the summer school vacation period; provided, that funds shall be expended for a grant to enhance and expand the summer food service outreach program and the school breakfast outreach program; provided further, that within the summer food program, priority shall be given to extending the programs for the full summer vacation period and promoting increased participation in the programs; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall solicit proposals from returning sponsors and school food authorities in time for implementation of the grant program during the summer of 2016; provided further, that the grants shall only be awarded to sponsors who can demonstrate their intent to offer full summer programs or increase participation; provided further, that the department shall require sufficient reporting from each grantee to measure the success of the grant program; provided further, that the department shall select grantees for the program authorized by this item not later than March 31, 2016; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the universal school breakfast program in which all children in schools receiving funds under the program shall be provided free, nutritious breakfasts; provided further, that subject to regulations of the board of education that specify time and learning standards, breakfasts shall be served during regular school hours; provided further, that participation shall be limited to those elementary schools mandated to serve breakfast under section 1C of chapter 69 of the General Laws where 60 per cent or more of the students are eligible for free or reduced price meals under the federally-funded school meals program; provided further, that the department shall select school sites for programs authorized by this item not later than November 13, 2015; and provided further, that nothing in the universal school breakfast program shall give rise to a legal right of entitlement to services, prior appropriation continued $4,396,323
7061-0008For school aid to cities, towns, regional school districts, counties maintaining agricultural schools, independent vocational schools and independent agricultural and technical schools to be distributed under chapters 70 and 76 of the General Laws and section 3 $4,511,882,199
7061-0011For a reserve to: (i) provide extraordinary relief to school districts experiencing substantial shortfalls between Chapter 70 aid and target Chapter 70 aid in Section 3 of this Act; provided, that districts eligible for funding under clause (i) shall fall below their target Chapter 70 aid by more than $1,250,000 and their target Chapter 70 aid percentage by more than 2 percentage points, as set forth in said Section 3; provided further, that funds distributed from this item, under clause (i), shall be considered prior year chapter 70 aid for fiscal year 2017; and (ii) to mitigate costs for districts experiencing significant and sustained student enrollment growth; provided further, that districts eligible for funding under clause (ii) shall have experienced, between October 2012 and October 2014, two consecutive years of positive enrollment growth averaging 300 additional students per year and 2% yearly growth in enrollment, while receiving less than $8,750 per student in Chapter 70 aid under said Section 3; provided further, that funds distributed from this item, under clause (ii), shall not be considered prior year aid and the funds shall not be used in the calculation of the minimum required local contribution for fiscal year 2016; and (iii) to provide extraordinary relief to school districts in which special education costs exceed 30 per cent of the total district costs and in which tuition and other circuit-breaker eligible costs for placements at an approved private school located within the district exceed both $1,000,000 and 25 per cent of all tuition and other circuit-breaker eligible costs for placements at approved private schools; provided further, that funds distributed from this item shall not be considered prior year aid and shall not be used in the calculation of the minimum required local contribution for fiscal year 2016; provided further, that the department shall make not less than 80 per cent of the funds available for awards not later than October 15, 2015; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the purposes of clause (i); provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the purposes of clause (ii) ; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the purposes of clause (iii); provided further, that only municipalities with target local shares less than 82.5% in said Section 3 shall be eligible for funding from this item; and provided further, that the department shall make at least 80 per cent of the funds available for awards on or before October 15, 2015 $2,500,000
7061-0012For the reimbursement of extraordinary special education costs under section 5A of chapter 71B of the General Laws; provided, that reimbursements shall be prorated so that expenses of this item do not exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that upon receipt by the department of elementary and secondary education of required special education cost reports from school districts, the department shall reimburse districts based on fiscal year 2015 claims; provided further, that the department may expend funds to continue and expand voluntary residential placement prevention programs between the department of elementary and secondary education and other departments within the executive office of health and human services that develop community-based support services for children and their families; provided further, that the department shall provide not less than $6,500,000 to the department of developmental services for the voluntary residential placement prevention program; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall fully cooperate in providing information and assistance necessary for the department of developmental services to maximize federal reimbursement and to effectively serve students in less restrictive settings; provided further, that the department shall expend funds: (i) to provide books in accessible synthetic audio format, which are made available through the federal National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard-National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAS-NIMAC) book repository; and (ii) for the outreach and training of teachers and students on the use of NIMAS-NIMAC and the use of human speech audio digital textbooks; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall expend funds for the costs of borrowing audio textbooks by special education students; provided further, that funds may be expended for the monitoring and follow-up activities of the department’s complaint management system, review and approval of local educational authority applications and local school districts’ compliance with the requirements of part B of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, (IDEA), as amended in 2004, Public Law 108-446, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq. in the provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities; provided further, that funds may be expended to administer the reimbursements funded in this item; provided further, that funds may be expended to reimburse districts for extraordinary increases in costs incurred during fiscal year 2016 which would be reimbursable under said section 5A of said chapter 71B; provided further, that reimbursements for current year costs shall be limited to school districts that experience increases of greater than 25 per cent from costs reimbursable under said section 5A of said chapter 71B and incurred during fiscal year 2015 to costs reimbursable under said section 5A of said chapter 71B and incurred during fiscal year 2016 or other cases of extraordinary hardship where special education costs increase in relationship to total district costs as the department may define through regulations or guidelines; provided further, that reimbursements for current year costs shall be allocated as 1-time grants and shall not decrease reimbursements in the following fiscal year; provided further, that the department shall conduct audits of fiscal year 2015 claims; provided further, that if the claims are found to be inaccurate, the department shall recalculate the fiscal year 2016 reimbursement amount and adjust the third and fourth quarter payments to the districts to reflect the new reimbursement amounts; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 29, 2016 based on the results of the audit; provided further, that the department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 13, 2016 a preliminary estimate of the costs eligible for this item in fiscal year 2017; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for peer-to-peer inclusion programs for students with intellectual disabilities through Best Buddies Massachusetts $271,722,425
7061-0029For the office of school and district accountability established in section 55A of chapter 15 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding said section 55A of said chapter 15, the office shall perform not less than 20 school district audits for fiscal year 2016 $978,747
7061-0033For a reserve to assist towns negatively impacted by shortfalls in federal impact aid for the education of children in families employed by the federal government on military reservations located within the towns’ limits $1,300,000
7061-0928For a competitive grant program to promote financial literacy; provided, that the program shall equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to enable students to make critical decisions regarding personal finances; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall continue the 3-year pilot program for 10 public high schools on financial literacy education for continued implementation in the 2015-2016 school year; provided further, that the pilot program shall be a competitive grant process for high schools in gateway municipalities as defined in section 3A of chapter 23A of the General Laws; and provided further, that the department’s advisory committee shall prepare and submit a report describing and analyzing the implementation of the program to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the department of the state treasurer not later than December 31, 2015 $222,000
7061-9010For fiscal year 2016 reimbursements to certain cities, towns and regional school districts of charter school tuition and the per-pupil capital needs component included in the charter school tuition amount for commonwealth charter schools, as calculated under subsections (ff) and (gg) of section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding said subsection (ff) of said section 89 of said chapter 71 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the per-pupil capital needs component of the commonwealth charter school tuition rate for fiscal year 2016 shall be $893; and provided further, that if the amount appropriated is insufficient to fully fund all reimbursements required by said section 89 of said chapter 71, the department shall fund the reimbursements in accordance with the following priorities: (1) the per-pupil capital needs component; (2) the 100 per cent increase reimbursement; and (3) the 25 per cent increase reimbursements, by year from most recent to oldest $84,500,000
7061-9011For competitive grants to school districts for the planning, implementation and enhancement of Innovation Schools as defined in section 92 of chapter 71 of the General Laws; provided, that in the case of planning grants, applications shall have received approval of the Innovation School prospectus from the screening committee; provided further, that in the case of implementation grants, the applicant shall have received final approval of the Innovation School from the local school committee; provided further, that an Innovation School seeking to enhance its Innovation School plan shall have demonstrated that the program is meeting the school’s measureable annual goals and has a compelling plan for enhancing its Innovation School plan; and provided further, that priority shall be given to schools proposed in level 3 and level 4 districts $736,898
7061-9400For student and school assessment, including the administration of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam established by the board of elementary and secondary education pursuant to sections 1D and 1I of chapter 69 of the General Laws and for grants to school districts to develop portfolio assessments for use in individual classrooms as an enhancement to student assessment; provided, that as much as is practicable, especially in the case of a student whose performance is difficult to assess using conventional methods, the instruments shall include consideration of work samples and projects and shall facilitate authentic and direct gauges of student performance; provided further, that the portfolio assessments shall not replace the statewide standardized assessment based on the curriculum frameworks; provided further, that funds may be expended for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers exam; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall expend funds for school and student assessment in accordance with the determination made by the board of elementary and secondary education as to the method of assessment in the 2015-2016 school year; and provided further, that all school assessments shall center on the academic standards embodied in the curriculum frameworks and shall involve gauges which shall be relevant and meaningful to students, parents, teachers, administrators and taxpayers pursuant to the first paragraph of said section 1I of said chapter 69 $28,473,125
7061-9404For grants to cities, towns and regional school districts to provide targeted academic support programs for students in grade 8 to grade 12, inclusive, and post-twelfth graders who have not yet earned a competency determination on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam established by the board of elementary and secondary education under sections 1D and 1I of chapter 69 of the General Laws; provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education and districts shall ensure that services are available to students with disabilities; provided further, that the purpose of this program shall be to improve students’ performance on the MCAS exam through replication of services and educational strategies with proven results as determined by the department of elementary and secondary education; provided further, that the programs shall supplement currently funded local, state and federal programs at the school or in the district; provided further, that funds shall be expended for a competitive grant program to fund academic support and college transition services to be implemented in fiscal year 2016 and operated by public institutions of higher learning or by public-private partnerships for students in grade 10 to grade 12, inclusive, and post-twelfth graders who may have completed all other high school requirements but have not yet obtained a competency determination, as defined in said section 1D of said chapter 69 as measured by the MCAS assessment instrument authorized in said section 1I of said chapter 69, and are working to pass a portion of the MCAS exam in order to obtain a competency determination and earn a high school diploma; provided further, that for the purpose of the programs, appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months; provided further, that funds shall be expended for competitive grants to fund Pathways programs that target students in grade 9 to grade 12, inclusive, and post-twelfth graders and are instituted by local school districts, public institutions of higher education, qualified public and private educational services organizations and one-stop career centers, including, but not limited to, school-to-work connecting activities, creating worksite learning experiences for students as an extension of the classroom, outreach programs for students who shall need post-twelfth grade remediation to attain the skills necessary to pass the MCAS exam and counseling programs to educate parents and high school students on post-twelfth grade remediation options; provided further, that funds shall be expended for a competitive grant program, guidelines for which shall be developed by the department of elementary and secondary education, for intensive remediation programs in communities with students in grade 8 to grade 12, inclusive, and post-twelfth graders who have not obtained a competency determination or have scored in levels 1 or 2 on either the English or math MCAS exams or in level 1 on the science, technology and engineering MCAS exam; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education may give preference for assistance to those districts with a high percentage of high school students scoring in level 1 on the MCAS exam in English, math and science, technology and engineering; provided further, that eligible applicants shall include individual high schools and those institutions that have partnered with a high school or group of high schools; and provided further, that no district shall receive a grant from this item until the district submits to the department of elementary and secondary education a comprehensive district plan under said section 1I of said chapter 69 to improve performance of all student populations including, but not limited to, students with disabilities $4,094,804
7061-9408For targeted intervention to schools and districts that: (i) are at risk of or determined to be underperforming under sections 1J and 1K of chapter 69 of the General Laws; or (ii) have been placed in the accountability status of identified for improvement, corrective action or restructuring pursuant to departmental regulations; provided, that no money shall be expended in any school or district that fails to file a comprehensive district plan pursuant to section 1I of said chapter 69; provided further, that in carrying out this item, the department may contract with school support specialists, turnaround partners and other external assistance as is needed in the expert opinion of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to successfully turn around failing school and district performance; provided further, that no funds shall be expended on targeted intervention unless the department of elementary and secondary education has approved, as part of the comprehensive district improvement plan, a professional development plan which addresses the needs of the district as determined by the department; provided further, that eligible professional development activities for the purposes of this item shall include, but not be limited to, professional development that provides teachers with research-based strategies for increasing student success; provided further, that funds may be expended for the purchase of instructional materials pursuant to section 57 of chapter 15 of the General Laws; provided further, that no funds shall be expended on instructional materials except where the purchase of the materials is part of a comprehensive plan to align the school or district curriculum with the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks; provided further, that preference in distributing funds shall be made for proposals which coordinate reform efforts within all schools of a district in order to prevent conflicts between multiple reforms and interventions among the schools; provided further, that no funds shall be expended on recurring school or school district expenditures unless the department and school district have developed a long-term plan to fund the expenditures from the district’s operational budget; provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for the continuation of the parent engagement program under item 7061-9408 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for an innovative pilot program to address the early literacy proficiency gap and to increase access to early education in the town of Milton; and provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for a supplemental science program for the public schools in the town of Randolph $7,840,375
7061-9412For grants to cities, towns and regional school districts for planning and implementing expanded learning time in the form of longer school days or school years at selected schools; provided, that implementation grants shall only be provided under this item to schools and districts that submitted qualifying applications that were approved by the department of elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2015 and include a minimum of an additional 300 hours on a mandatory basis for all children attending the school; provided further, that in approving expanded learning time implementation grant applications, preference shall be given to districts with high poverty rates or a high percentage of students scoring in levels 1 or 2 on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam, those districts with proposals that have the greatest potential for district-wide impact, those districts that plan to utilize partnerships with community-based organizations and institutions of higher education and those districts with proposals that include a comprehensive restructuring of the entire school day or year to maximize the use of the additional learning time; provided further, that the department shall approve implementation proposals that include an appropriate mix of additional time spent on core academics, additional time spent on enrichment opportunities, such as small group tutoring, homework help, music, art, sports, physical activity, health and wellness programs, project-based experiential learning and additional time for teacher preparation or professional development; provided further, that the department shall only approve implementation proposals that assume not more than $1,300 per pupil per year in future state appropriations of expanded learning time implementation funds; provided further, that in extraordinary cases, the department may exceed the $1,300 per pupil per year limit; provided further, that the department shall review all qualified proposals and award approved grants not later than August 14, 2015; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the clerks of the house and senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than January 29, 2016, outlining the cost and expenditures for schools in the initiative; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months $13,673,492
7061-9601For the department of elementary and secondary education; provided, that the department shall expend funds not to exceed $1,865,969 from revenues collected from fees relating to teacher preparation and certification; and provided further, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,865,969
7061-9611For grants or subsidies for after-school and out-of-school programs; provided, that preference shall be given to after-school proposals developed collaboratively by public and non-public schools and private community-based programs; provided further, that applicants shall detail funds received from all public sources for existing after-school and out-of-school programs and the types of programs and types of students served by the funds; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall select grant recipients not later than September 30, 2015; provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Resiliency for Life program to support academic intervention and dropout prevention; and provided further, that funds shall be expended to convene regional networks to work with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of early education and care to support the implementation of school-community partnerships; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for student civic engagement and summer programming in the town of Auburn; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Steps to Success program in the town of Brookline; provided further, that noy less than $60,000 shall be expended for the construction of a children’s community playground at the Alfred J. Gomes elementary school in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a 1-time grant program to be administered by Southcoast Health System, Inc. for the purchase of automated external defibrillators, with possible applicants to include municipalities, school districts, including regional school districts, and nonprofit organizations located in the city of New Bedford for use in schools, youth sports facilities and other youth centers that serve financially disadvantaged children; provided further, that local matching funds may be provided through the municipality or school district by local appropriation or through donations from nonprofit organizations or individual, corporate, or foundation gifts; and provided further that the grant program shall be designated as the Sean Patrick Toomey memorial grant. $1,890,109
7061-9612For the implementation of section 1P of chapter 69 of the General Laws to create safe and supportive school environments; provided, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the safe and supportive schools grant program; provided further, that grants shall be awarded to schools and districts that create action plans based on the elements of the safe and supportive schools framework and self-assessment tool; provided further, that districts shall create district plans that support recipient schools; provided further, that the department shall host regional trainings related to the safe and supportive schools framework; and provided further, that funding shall be allocated to an independent evaluation of this grant program $500,000
7061-9614For the alternative education grant program established in section 1N of chapter 69 of the General Laws; provided, that the commissioner shall allocate funds for both subsections (a) and (b) of said section 1N of said chapter 69; and provided further, that funds shall be provided for a grant program to districts, education collaboratives or other inter-district partnerships to implement alternative education programs to provide educational services required under chapter 222 of the acts of 2012 $246,140
7061-9619For the purpose of funding the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology; provided, that the institute shall have access to the Massachusetts education computer system; provided further, that the institute may join the state buying consortium; and provided further, that unexpended funds appropriated shall be made available for this item in fiscal year 2017 $3
7061-9626For grants and contracts with youth-build programs to provide comprehensive youth-build services $1,970,000
7061-9634For the Mass Mentoring Partnership, Inc., which shall be responsible for administering a competitive statewide grant program for public and private agencies to start or expand youth mentoring programs according to current best practices and for purposes including advancing academic performance, self-esteem, social competence and workforce development; provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall transfer the amount appropriated in this item to the Mass Mentoring Partnership, Inc. for the grants; provided further, that in order to be eligible to receive funds from this item, each public or private agency shall provide a matching amount equal to $1 for every $1 disbursed from this item; and provided further, that the Mass Mentoring Partnership, Inc. shall submit a report, not later than March 15, 2016, detailing the impact of grants, expenditure of funds and the amount and source of matching funds raised to the department of elementary and secondary education $500,000
7061-9804For teacher content training in math and science; provided, that the training shall include the math specialist and Massachusetts tests for educator licensure preparation; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended on content-based professional development in math and science, with a focus on elementary and middle school math and science teachers in districts with a high percentage of students scoring in level 1 or 2 on the math or science Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams or in districts that are at risk of or determined to be underperforming under sections 1J or 1K of chapter 69 of the General Laws; provided further, that the professional development courses shall demonstrate proven replicable results in improving teacher and student performance and shall demonstrate the use of best practices as determined by the department of elementary and secondary education, including data comparing pre-training and post-training content knowledge; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months $200,000
7061-9810For regional bonus aid under subsection (g) of section 16D of chapter 71 of the General Laws $275,800
7061-9811For the implementation of the recommendations of the commission to develop an index of creative and innovative education established in section 181 of chapter 240 of the acts of 2010 and for the planning and design of a creative and innovative education index to measure how well schools develop and sustain student creativity; provided, that funds shall be expended to provide management oversight of the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the creative and innovative education commission and for establishing online forums for commentary, discussion and review of the plan and design of the index by interested parties, including teachers, high-tech business leaders, education leaders, creativity experts and the public; and provided further, that the commission may pursue opportunities for matching funds $200,000
7061-9812For evidence-based, adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention initiatives that provide technical assistance to schools to: (i) organize local coalitions dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse in schools; (ii) recruit, train and certify local volunteers to provide free prevention education for parents, students and school professionals; and (iii) strengthen the core standards of schools around the screening of prospective employees, the development of codes of conduct, the assessment and modification of physical spaces to reduce opportunities for sexual abuse, the responding to and reporting of boundary-violating behaviors and suspected acts of sexual abuse and the training of staff and volunteers on ways to prevent adult perpetration and child-on-child sexual abuse $150,000
Department of Higher Education.
7066-0000For the operation of the department of higher education; provided, that the department shall recommend savings proposals that permit institutions of public higher education to achieve administrative and program cost reductions, resource re-allocation and program re-assessment and to utilize resources otherwise available to the institutions; provided further, that $1,000,000 shall be expended for the state university internship incentive program established in item 7066-0000 of section 2 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012; provided further, that the commonwealth shall contribute funds to each institution in an amount necessary to match private contributions in the current fiscal year to the institution's internship incentive program; provided further, that the commonwealth's contribution shall be equal to $1 for every $1 privately contributed to each university's board of trustees or foundation; provided further, that the maximum total contributions from the commonwealth shall be no greater than the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that funds from this program shall not result in direct or indirect reduction in the commonwealth's appropriations to the institutions for operations, scholarships, financial aid or any state appropriation and the department shall promulgate regulations and criteria for said program; provided further, that in order to meet the estimated costs of employee fringe benefits provided by the commonwealth on account of employees of the Massachusetts State College Building Authority and the University of Massachusetts Building Authority and in order to meet the estimated cost of heat, light, power and other services, if any, to be furnished by the commonwealth to projects of these authorities, the boards of trustees of the state colleges, state universities and the University of Massachusetts shall transfer to the General Fund, from the funds received from the operations of the projects, the costs, if any, as shall be incurred by the commonwealth for these purposes in the current fiscal year as determined by the appropriate building authority, verified by the commissioner of higher education and approved by the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that the department, in conjunction with the departments of higher education in the 5 other New England states, shall develop a regional student program for implementation in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that the program shall provide tuition discounts to out-of-state students seeking to attend Massachusetts institutions of higher education that provide academic programs not offered in the students’ home states; provided further, that the program shall secure tuition discounts for Massachusetts students seeking to attend institutions of higher education in one of the other 5 New England states that provide academic programs not offered in Massachusetts; provided further, that the department shall provide to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than March 1, 2016, a report on the progress to date on the planning and implementation of the program; provided further, that funds from this account shall be expended for the office of coordination; provided further, that funds from this account may be expended for the commonwealth’s share of the cost of the compact for education; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided to the department to support assessment and coordination of a system-wide effort to address campus violence, with an emphasis on properly identifying, reporting and responding to sexual violence, coordinating and offering training initiatives and fostering a culture of inclusivity; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the office of trustee relations; and provided further, that the adoption of a standard core of course offering and numbering that is honored for common credit toward degrees and certificates across the community colleges, state universities and University of Massachusetts’ campuses shall be completed by December 31, 2016 and shall take effect 30 days after the completion date $3,249,334
7066-0009For the New England board of higher education$367,500
7066-0016For a program of financial aid at public and private institutions of higher learning; provided, that only persons in the custody of the department of children and families under a care and protection petition upon reaching the age of 18 or persons in the custody of the department matriculating at such an institution at an earlier age, shall qualify for the aid; provided further, that no such person shall be required to remain in the custody of the department beyond age 18 to qualify for the aid; provided further, that this aid shall not exceed $6,000 per recipient per year; and provided further, that the aid shall be granted after exhausting all other sources of financial support $1,075,299
7066-0019For the department of higher education to support the dual enrollment program allowing qualified high school students to take college courses; provided, that public higher education institutions may offer courses in high schools in addition to courses offered at the institutions or online if the number of students is sufficient $750,000
7066-0020For the nursing and allied health workforce development initiative, to develop and support strategies that increase the number of public higher education faculty members and students who participate in programs that support careers in fields related to nursing and allied health; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred to the Massachusetts Nursing and Allied Health Workforce Development Trust Fund established in section 33 of chapter 305 of the acts of 2008; and provided further, that funds shall be transferred to the fund according to an allotment schedule adopted by the executive office for administration and finance $200,000
7066-0021For reimbursement to public institutions of higher education for foster and adopted child fee waivers granted under section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws; provided, that no funds shall be distributed from this item prior to certification by the state universities, community colleges and the University of Massachusetts of the actual amount of tuition and fees waived for foster and adopted children attending public institutions of higher education under said section 19 of said chapter 15A that would otherwise have been retained by the campuses according to procedures and regulations promulgated by the board of higher education $4,274,842
7066-0024For the school of excellence program at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute; provided, that every effort shall be made to recruit and serve equal numbers of male and female students; provided further, that sending districts of students attending the Institute shall not be required to expend any funds for the cost of these students while in attendance at the Institute; provided further, that the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute shall provide professional development activities at the school located at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, including salary and benefits for teachers and visiting scholars $1,400,000
7066-0036For a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Starter Academy program to be implemented through the department of higher education at 1 or more of the Massachusetts community colleges to benefit student populations identified by the department as having expressed a high level of interest in STEM majors and STEM careers and yet are underperforming on STEM academic assessments; provided, that the STEM Starter Academy program shall incorporate best practice design elements from established STEM career pathways initiatives including, but not limited to, those recognized by the Massachusetts' Plan for Excellence in STEM Education and any subsequent STEM plans recognized by the department; provided further, that the STEM Starter Academy shall incorporate employer and industry collaboration to address workforce needs in high-demand fields, industry contextualized STEM curriculum, embedded mathematics and English language remediation and student supports and other STEM education research-based strategies that promote enrollment, enhance retention and increase post-secondary graduation rates and pathways to job placement or transfer to 4-year degree programs; provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months; provided further, that the office of coordination within the department of higher education, in cooperation with the executive office of labor and workforce development, shall establish a training resources and internship networks (TRAIN) grant program, pursuant to section 95; provided further, that not more than $200,000 shall be expended for startup and administrative costs for the program; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for monthly stipends for participants in the program; and provided further, that the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on higher education and the joint committee on education shall receive an evaluation of this program and its impact not later than September 30, 2016 $3,500,000
7066-0040For adult college transition services focused on low-income and entry-level workers; provided, that funds shall be awarded competitively by the board of higher education to adult basic education providers, including local education agencies, community-based organizations, community colleges and correctional facilities with recognized success in bridging academic gaps of underserved populations and resulting in college entrance, retention and completion; provided further, that program awardees shall report on attendees' successful transition to college and that the program shall deliver to the joint committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than February 15, 2016, an evaluation of the program and its impact on student achievement, particularly as it relates to closing achievement gaps; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during summer months $400,000
7066-1221For the administration of the community college workforce grant advisory committee; provided, that funding shall be expended on the community college workforce training incentive program established in section 15F of chapter 15A of the General Laws $1,450,000
7066-1400For additional operational funding for state universities for efforts which advance the goals of the commonwealth’s vision project; provided, that funds from this account shall be distributed in accordance with the funding formula in line item 7066-1400 of section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014; provided further, that funding from this item shall be contingent upon approval of the funding formula by the board of higher education; provided further, that the department shall provide to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than August 14, 2015, a report on the status of the development and implementation of the funding formula; provided further, that not later than March 1, 2016 the state universities shall report on the total balance in all budgeted and off-budget funds; and provided further, that the allocation of funds shall be approved by the board of higher education $5,560,108
7070-0065For a scholarship program to provide financial assistance to Massachusetts students enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education in any approved public or independent college, university, school of nursing or any other approved institution furnishing a program of higher education; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on the administration of the scholarship program; provided further, that the commissioner of higher education, in coordination with the Massachusetts state scholarship office, shall adopt guidelines governing the eligibility and the awarding of financial assistance; and provided further, that funds from this item shall be made available for early educator scholarships in an amount not less than the amount made available in fiscal year 2015 $93,607,756
7077-0023For a contract with the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University; provided, that funds shall be expended under a resident veterinary tuition remission plan as approved by the commissioner of higher education for supportive veterinary services provided to the commonwealth; provided further, that prior year costs may be paid from this item; and provided further, that the school shall use funds appropriated in this item, in consultation with Massachusetts emergency authorities, to support bioterrorism prevention research related to diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans $3,000,000
University of Massachusetts.
7100-0200For the operation of the University of Massachusetts; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the university may establish and organize auxiliary organizations, subject to policies, rules and regulations adopted by the board, to provide essential functions which are integral to the educational mission of the university; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the university may enter into leases of real property without prior approval of the division of capital asset management and maintenance; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be allocated for the Clemente Course in the Humanities, administered by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities in partnership with the University of Massachusetts at Boston and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and local social service agencies, which provides college-level humanities instruction and support service free of charge and for college credit to low income adults; provided further, that the funds shall be contingent upon a match of not less than $1 in federal contributions or $1 in private or corporate contributions for every $1 in state grant funding; provided further, that the University of Massachusetts shall expend $148,620 for the operation of the Massachusetts office of public collaboration at the University of Massachusetts at Boston; provided further, that the University of Massachusetts shall expend funds for capital lease payments from the University of Massachusetts to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency; provided further, that funds may be expended for the operation of the Future of Work Research Initiative at the University of Massachusetts Labor Centers at the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses; and provided further, that $125,000 shall be expended for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to conduct a study for the revitalization of former North Quabbin area mill buildings and the impediments to the revitalization found in the state building code, to develop a plan for eco-tourism along the Millers river, to develop a municipal agricultural plan for North Quabbin communities, to conduct a study to determine the means and methods to expand hydro power along rivers and to develop an affordable housing plan in the town of Wendell $537,783,600
7100-0700For the operation of the statewide community mediation center grant program administered by the office of dispute resolution at the University of Massachusetts at Boston pursuant to section 47 of chapter 75 of the General Laws $750,000
7100-0801For the Innovation Commercialization Seed Fund established in section 45B of chapter 75 of the General Laws $1,000,000
State Universities.
7109-0100For Bridgewater State University$42,632,597
7110-0100For Fitchburg State University$28,548,230
7112-0100For Framingham State University$26,558,748
7113-0100For the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts$15,476,910
7113-0101For Gallery 51 at the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center in the city of North Adams to be administered by the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts $75,000
7114-0100For Salem State University$43,271,466
7115-0100For Westfield State University$26,134,171
7116-0100For Worcester State University$25,369,660
7117-0100For the Massachusetts College of Art$17,238,440
7118-0100For the Massachusetts Maritime Academy$15,573,508
Community Colleges.
7100-4000For funding to community college campuses in the commonwealth; provided, that funds shall be expended for the continued implementation of community college reform, for continued initiatives to strengthen the connections between the colleges, local businesses and regional workforce investment boards and to improve workforce training at the colleges; provided further, that funding shall be allocated among the campuses using the formula developed by the commissioner of higher education in consultation with the secretaries of education, labor and workforce development and housing and economic development; and provided further, that the allocation of funds shall be approved by the board of higher education $9,099,596
7502-0100For Berkshire Community College$10,500,379
7503-0100For Bristol Community College$19,864,507
7504-0100For Cape Cod Community College$11,543,720
7505-0100For Greenfield Community College$10,093,166
7506-0100For Holyoke Community College$19,675,396
7507-0100For Massachusetts Bay Community College$15,597,893
7508-0100For Massasoit Community College$20,606,272
7509-0100For Mount Wachusett Community College$14,097,362
7510-0100For Northern Essex Community College$19,103,586
7511-0100For North Shore Community College$20,992,679
7512-0100For Quinsigamond Community College$19,952,188
7514-0100For Springfield Technical Community College$24,528,662
7515-0100For Roxbury Community College$11,181,219
7515-0121For the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College; provided, that the college may expend an amount not to exceed $529,843 received from fees, rentals and facility expenses associated with the running and operation of national track meets, high school track meets, high school dual meets, Roxbury Community College athletic events and other special athletic events, conferences, meetings and programs; provided further, that only expenses for contracted services associated with these events and for the capital needs of the facility shall be funded from this item; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purposes of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the college may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $529,843
7516-0100For Middlesex Community College$22,242,490
7518-0100For Bunker Hill Community College$24,414,063
7520-0424For a health and welfare reserve for eligible personnel employed at the community colleges and state universities $5,481,664
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.
Office of the Secretary.
8000-0038For the operation of a witness protection program under chapter 263A of the General Laws $94,245
8000-0070For the research and analysis of the committee on criminal justice; provided, that funds may be expended to support the work of the sentencing commission $129,300
8000-0202For the purchase and distribution of sexual assault evidence collection kits $86,882
8000-0600For the office of the secretary, including the highway safety bureau, to provide matching funds for a federal planning and administration grant under 23 U.S.C. § 402 and the costs associated with the implementation of chapter 228 of the acts of 2000; provided, that $30,000 shall be expended to the police department in the town of Eastham to be used in conjunction with the towns of Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown to address the traffic safety issues on United States highway route 6 from the rotary in the town of Orleans to the town of Provincetown from May 22 to October 18; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in the town of Townsend; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city of Holyoke for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in the town of Pembroke; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in the town of Seekonk; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the police department in the city known as the town of Weymouth; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city known as the town of North Attleboro for public safety improvements; and provided further, that $60,000 shall be expended for the public safety communications equipment improvement initiative for the town of Hopedale $2,716,406
8000-0650For the operation of the multi-agency illegal tobacco task force established in section 40 of chapter 64C of the General Laws $2,000,000
8000-1000For a competitive grant program to be administered by the executive office of public safety and security to pilot or expand new or current innovative and evidence-based approaches for improving recidivism outcomes; provided, that eligible applicants shall include executive branch, judicial branch and other county and statewide criminal justice agencies including, but not limited to, the department of correction, the houses of correction, the office of the commissioner of probation, the parole board, the district attorneys’ offices, the department of youth services and the committee for public counsel services; provided further, that the office shall limit awards to applicants that clearly and effectively demonstrate: (i) a current or proposed program or practice that is evidence-based or research-based or that is considered a promising practice, to be more specifically defined by the executive office of public safety and security in the application for grant funding; (ii) efforts to ensure quality implementation; and (iii) a commitment to independent evaluation of outcomes; provided further, that eligible applicants shall complete a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to be considered eligible for funding; and provided further, that grant recipients shall make a written commitment to expand the percentage of evidence-based programming currently delivered $750,000
8000-1700For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of public safety and security $22,140,022
Chief Medical Examiner.
8000-0105For the operation of the office of the chief medical examiner established in chapter 38 of the General Laws; provided, that the agency shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 15, 2016; and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the current caseload of the office and the caseload for fiscal year 2015; (ii) the number of procedures performed in fiscal year 2015; (iii) current turnaround time and backlogs; (iv) current response time to scenes; (v) the number of cases completed in fiscal year 2015; (vi) progress in accreditation with the national association of medical examiners; (vii) progress in identification and completion of reports; and (viii) progress in improving delays in decedent release $9,829,347
8000-0122For the office of the chief medical examiner, which may expend for its operations an amount not to exceed $3,078,762 in revenues collected from fees for services provided by the chief medical examiner; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purposes of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $3,078,762
State Police Crime Laboratory.
8000-0106For the operation and related costs of the state police crime laboratory, including the analysis of samples used in the prosecution of controlled substance offenses conducted at the former department of public health facilities; provided, that the analysis of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines and chemicals shall be funded in this item in order to support the law enforcement efforts of the district attorneys, the state police and municipal police departments; provided further, that the practices and procedures of the state police crime laboratory shall be informed by the recommendations of the forensic sciences advisory board; provided further, that the department of state police shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means starting on October 1, 2015 that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the caseload of each lab; (ii) all relevant information regarding turnaround time and backlogs by type of case; and (iii) the accreditation status of each lab; and provided further, that the department of state police shall maintain a state police crime laboratory in either Hampshire or Hampden County $19,833,223
8100-1005For the analysis of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines and chemicals at the University of Massachusetts medical school in order to support the law enforcement efforts of the district attorneys, the state police and municipal police departments $420,000
Department of Criminal Justice Information Services.
8000-0110For the operation of the department of criminal justice information services, including criminal justice information services, criminal offender record information services, firearms support services and victim services; provided, that funds may be expended to enable local housing authorities to have access to criminal offender record information when determining whether applicants are qualified for state-assisted housing $1,950,000
8000-0111For the operation of the public safety information system and the criminal records review board within the department of criminal justice information services, which may expend for the operation of the office an amount not to exceed $3,500,000 from fees for services provided by the office; provided, that funding from this item may be retained and expended from fees charged and collected under section 172A of chapter 6 of the General Laws; provided further, that funding from this item may be used to provide education and assistance regarding criminal records as specified in said section 172A of said chapter 6 and that the commissioner of criminal justice information services may make funds from this item available for a competitive grant process to provide the training and education; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that any unexpended funds in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for the purpose of this item until June 30, 2017 $3,500,000
Sex Offender Registry.
8000-0125For the operation of the sex offender registry including, but not limited to, the costs of maintaining a computerized registry system and the classification of persons subject to the registry; provided, that the registration fee paid by convicted sex offenders under section 178Q of chapter 6 of the General Laws shall be retained and expended by the sex offender registry board $3,834,959
Department of State Police.
8100-0006For private police details; provided, that the department may expend up to $27,500,000 in revenues collected from fees charged for private police details and for the costs of administering the details; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $27,500,000
8100-0012For the department of state police, which may expend for the costs of security services provided by state police officers, including overtime and administrative costs, an amount not to exceed $1,050,000 from fees charged for these services; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,050,000
8100-0018For the department of state police, which may expend an amount not to exceed $3,080,000 for certain police activities provided under agreements authorized in this item; provided, that for fiscal year 2016 the colonel of state police may enter into service agreements with the commanding officer or other person in charge of a military reservation of the United States located within the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency and any other service agreements as necessary to enhance the protection of persons, assets and infrastructure from possible external threat or activity; provided further, that the agreements shall establish the responsibilities pertaining to the operation and maintenance of police services including, but not limited to: (i) provisions governing payment to the department for the cost of regular salaries, overtime, retirement and other employee benefits; and (ii) provisions governing payment to the department for the cost of furnishings and equipment necessary to provide the police services; provided further, that the department may charge any recipients of police services for the cost of the services as authorized by this item; provided further, that the colonel may expend from this item costs associated with joint federal and state law enforcement activities from federal reimbursements received; and provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $3,080,000
8100-0020For the department of state police, which may expend an amount not to exceed $35,000 in fees charged for the use of the statewide telecommunications system for the maintenance of the system; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $35,000
8100-0111For a grant program to be known as the Senator Charles E. Shannon, Jr. community safety initiative, to be administered by the executive office of public safety and security, to support regional, multidisciplinary approaches to combat gang violence through coordinated programs for prevention and intervention, coordinated law enforcement, including regional gang task forces and regional crime mapping strategies, focused prosecutions and reintegration strategies for ex-convicts; provided, that the secretary of public safety and security shall distribute grant funds through a competitive grant program that gives preference to applications that: (i) demonstrate high levels of youth violence, gang problems and substance abuse in a region; (ii) demonstrate a commitment to regional, multijurisdictional strategies to deal with the community safety issues, including written commitments for municipalities, law enforcement agencies, community-based organizations and government agencies to work together; (iii) clearly outline a comprehensive plan for municipalities to work with law enforcement, community-based organizations and government agencies to address gang activity; (iv) make a written commitment to match grant funds with a 25 per cent match provided by either municipal or private contributions; and (v) identify a local governmental unit to serve as fiscal agent; provided further, that clusters of municipalities, in partnership with nonprofit organizations and other agencies, including district attorneys’ offices, may apply for the funds; provided further, that the funds shall be considered 1-time grants awarded to public agencies and shall not annualize into fiscal year 2017 or subsequent years; provided further, that administrative costs for successful grant applications shall not exceed 5 per cent of the value of the grant; provided further, that no grants shall be awarded to the department of state police; provided further, that no grant funds shall be expended on food or beverages; provided further, that the executive office of public safety and security shall publish guidelines and an application for the competitive portion of the grant program not later than August 14, 2015; provided further, that awards shall be made to applicants not later than December 14, 2015; and provided further, that the executive office of public safety and security shall submit a report that details the distribution of grant funds to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means within 60 days of the distribution of the funds $8,000,000
8100-0515For the expense of hiring, equipping and training 150 state police recruits to maintain the strength of the department of state police; provided, that not more than $396,000 shall be transferred from the Public Safety Training Fund to the General Fund for the support of this item $5,850,000
8100-1001For the administration and operation of the department of state police; provided, that the department shall expend funds from this item to maximize federal grants for the operation of a counter-terrorism unit and the payment of overtime for state police officers; provided further, that the department shall maintain the division of field services which shall include, but not be limited to, the bureau of metropolitan district operations; provided further, that not fewer than 40 officers shall be provided to the department of conservation and recreation to patrol the watershed property of the department of conservation and recreation; provided further, that the department shall enter into an interagency agreement with the department of conservation and recreation to provide police coverage on department properties and parkways; provided further, that the department shall execute a service contract with UMass Memorial emergency medical services for not more than $60,000 for emergency and tactical medical support services and shall allocate not less than $20,000 for emergency and tactical supplies and equipment for use by the UMass Memorial emergency medical services staff in performing the services; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item for the administration and operation of an automated fingerprint identification system and the motor carrier safety assistance program; provided further, that at least 5 officers shall be provided to the disabled persons protection commission to investigate cases of criminal abuse; provided further, that the creation of a new, or an expansion of the existing, statewide communications network shall include the office of law enforcement in the executive office of energy and environmental affairs at no cost to or compensation from that office; and provided further, that the department may expend funds from this item for the administration of budgetary, procurement, fiscal, human resources, payroll and other administrative services of the office of the chief medical examiner, the municipal police training committee and the criminal justice information services $267,789,501
Municipal Police Training Committee.
8200-0200For the operation of veteran, reserve and in-service training programs conducted by the municipal police training committee; provided, that no expenditures authorized by this item shall be charged to item 8200-0222; and provided further, that not more than $396,000 shall be transferred from the Public Safety Training Fund to the General Fund for the support of this item $5,150,382
8200-0222For the municipal police training committee, which may collect and expend an amount not to exceed $1,800,000 to provide training to new recruits; provided, that the committee shall charge $3,000 per recruit for the training; provided further, that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the committee shall charge a fee of $3,000 per person for training programs operated by the committee for all persons who begin training on or after July 1, 2015; provided further, that the fee shall be retained and expended by the committee; provided further, that the trainee or, if the trainee is a recruit, the municipality in which the recruit shall serve shall provide the fee in full to the committee not later than the first day of orientation for the program in which the trainee or recruit has enrolled; provided further, that no recruit or person shall begin training unless the municipality or the person has provided the fee in full to the committee; provided further, that for recruits of municipalities, upon the completion of the program, the municipality shall deduct the fee from the recruit’s wages in 23 equal monthly installments, unless otherwise negotiated between the recruit and the municipality in which the recruit shall serve; provided further, that if a recruit withdraws from the training program before graduation, the committee shall refund the municipality in which the recruit was to have served a portion of the fee according to the following schedule: (i) if a recruit withdraws from the program before the start of week 2, 75 per cent of the payment shall be refunded; (ii) if a recruit withdraws from the program after the start of week 2 but before the start of week 3, 50 per cent of the fee shall be refunded; (iii) if a recruit withdraws from the program after the start of week 3 but before the start of week 4, 25 per cent of the fee shall be refunded; (iv) if a recruit withdraws after the start of week 4, the fee shall not be refunded; provided further, that a recruit who withdraws from the program shall pay the municipality in which the recruit was to have served the difference between the fee and the amount forfeited by the municipality according to the schedule; provided further, that the schedule shall also apply to trainees other than recruits who enroll in the program; provided further, that no expenditures shall be charged to this item that are not directly related to new recruit training; provided further, that no expenditures shall be charged to this item that are related to chief, veteran, in-service or reserve training or any training not directly related to new recruits; provided further, that the committee shall submit a report on the status of recruit training, including the number of classes, start and end dates of each class, total number of recruits enrolled and graduating in each class, cost per recruit and cost per class for fiscal years 2015 and 2016; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 12, 2016; and provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the committee may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,800,000
Department of Public Safety.
8311-1000For the administration of the department of public safety, including the division of inspection, the board of building regulations and standards and the architectural access board; provided, that the department may charge fees for amusement operator certification; provided further, that the department shall employ more than 70 full-time equivalent elevator inspectors, including an additional engineer inspector; provided further, that the division of inspection shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the elevator inspection backlog not later than October 5, 2015; provided further, that the division of inspection shall develop and maintain an electronic database that shall include, but not be limited to, the location and a categorical classification of buildings in which inspections are conducted; and provided further, that the division of inspection shall inspect all elevators in the state house and the McCormack office building $4,851,124
8315-1020For the department of public safety, which may expend not more than $10,778,878 in revenues collected from fees for annual elevator inspections, amusement park ride inspections and overtime elevator inspections; provided, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the department to address the elevator inspection backlog and to defray the costs associated with performing overtime elevator inspections; provided further, that the department shall make efforts to employ inspectors to perform overnight and weekend inspections during their regular work shifts; provided further, that funds shall be expended for escalator inspections; provided further, that the department shall provide a full waiver of the inspection fee for an individual who requires a wheelchair lift as a medical necessity and whose annual income does not exceed the maximum allowable federal supplemental security income benefit or $7,236 a year, whichever is greater; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $10,778,878
8315-1021For the department of public safety, which may expend an amount not more than $150,000 in revenues from fines collected pursuant to section 65 of chapter 143 of the General Laws and fees for appeals of civil fines issued pursuant to section 21 of chapter 22 of the General Laws and said section 65 of said chapter 143; provided, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the department in effectuating a procedure by which all or a portion of the $100 per day fine issued pursuant to said section 65 of said chapter 143 may be waived by the commissioner or his designee $150,000
8315-1022For the department of public safety, which may expend an amount not to exceed $1,282,151 in revenues collected from fees for the annual issuance of boiler and pressure vessel certificates and inspections; provided, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the department and to address the existing boiler and pressure vessels inspection backlog; provided further, that funds shall be expended for hiring additional engineering inspectors or engineers; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,282,151
8315-1024For the department of public safety, which may expend not more than $180,000 of revenues collected from fees for the licensure of pipefitters; provided, that funds shall be expended to become compliant with sections 53 and 84 of chapter 146 of the General Laws; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $600,000
8315-1025For the department of public safety, which may collect and expend an amount not to exceed $103,684 to provide state building code training and courses for instruction; provided, that the agency may charge fees for the classes and educational materials associated with administering training; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $103,684
Department of Fire Services.
8324-0000For the administration of the department of fire services, including the office of the state fire marshal, the hazardous materials emergency response program, the board of fire prevention regulations established in section 4 of chapter 22D of the General Laws, the expenses of the fire safety commission and the Massachusetts firefighting academy, including the Massachusetts fire training council certification program, municipal and non-municipal fire training and expenses of the council; provided, that the fire training program shall use the split days option; provided further, that $1,200,000 shall be allocated by the department for the Student Awareness Fire Education program; provided further, that the amount allocated for the Norfolk County Regional Fire and Rescue Dispatch Center in item 8324-0000 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008 shall be allocated in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that the amount allocated for critical incident stress intervention programs and fire department training academies in said item 8324-0000 of said section 2 of said chapter 182 shall be allocated to each program in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that $400,000 shall be allocated to On-Site Academy to provide training and treatment programs for emergency personnel for critical incident stress management or substance abuse; provided further, that the amount allocated for hazardous material response teams in said item 8324-0000 of said section 2 of said chapter 182 shall be allocated to each program in fiscal year 2016 and shall not be reduced by more than 57 per cent; provided further, that 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item for the administration of the department of fire services, the office of the state fire marshal, critical incident stress programs, On-Site Academy, the Massachusetts and fire department training academies, the regional dispatch centers, the radio and dispatch center improvements and the associated fringe benefit costs of personnel paid from this item for these purposes shall be assessed upon insurance companies writing fire, homeowners’ multiple peril or commercial multiple peril policies on property situated in the commonwealth and paid within 30 days after receipt of notice of the assessment from the commissioner of insurance; provided further, that 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item for hazardous material response shall be assessed upon insurance companies writing commercial multiple peril, nonliability portion policies situated in the commonwealth and commercial auto liability policies as referenced in line 5.1 and line 19.4, respectively, in the most recent annual statement on file with the commissioner of insurance; provided further, that not more than 10 per cent of the amount designated for the arson prevention program shall be expended for the administrative costs of the program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Fire Chiefs Association of Bristol County to develop, upgrade and maintain the emergency radio communications system in Bristol county and to provide equipment and training support to the regional technical rescue team in Bristol county; provided further, that $200,000 shall be allocated to the On-Site Academy to provide training and treatment programs for correction officers from the department of correction for critical incident stress management; provided further, that $50,000 shall be provided for the city of Quincy fire department hazardous material response team; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Fire Chiefs’ Association of Plymouth county to develop and upgrade the emergency radio communications system in Plymouth county; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the fire department in the city known as the town of Weymouth for the purchase and upgrade of equipment; and provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be allocated to the fire department in the city of Tewksbury for municipal improvements to cover the cost of responding to Tewksbury State Hospital $23,390,065
8324-0304For the department of fire services; provided, that the department may expend for enforcement and training an amount not to exceed $8,500 from revenue generated under chapter 148A of the General Laws; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $8,500
Military Division.
8700-0001For the operation of the military division, including the offices of the adjutant general and state quartermaster, the operation of the armories, the Camp Curtis Guild rifle range and certain national guard aviation facilities; provided, that notwithstanding chapter 30 of the General Laws, certain military personnel in the military division may be paid salaries according to military pay grades; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Veterans Oral History Project to be conducted by Home of the Brave, Inc., in conjunction with the Massachusetts National Guard Museum and Archives; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the project design for improvements to Taxiway Sierra at Barnes Air National Guard Base $10,273,671
8700-1140For the military division, which may expend for the costs of national guard missions and division operations an amount not to exceed $1,400,000 from fees charged for the non-military rental or use of armories and from reimbursements generated by national guard missions; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $1,400,000
8700-1150For reimbursement of the costs of the national guard tuition and fee waivers under section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws; provided, that no funds shall be distributed from this item prior to certification by the state universities, community colleges and the University of Massachusetts of the actual amount of tuition and fees waived for national guard members attending public institutions of higher education under said section 19 of said chapter 15A that would otherwise have been retained by the campuses, according to procedures and regulations promulgated by the military division of the Massachusetts national guard; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for the reimbursement of the tuition and fees waived for classes taken during the summer months; provided further, that the military division of the Massachusetts national guard and the board of higher education shall issue a joint report not later than February 12, 2016 on the implementation of this waiver; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the secretary of administration and finance, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on veterans and federal affairs and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on higher education; and provided further, that the military division may expend funds from this item for administrative services $5,250,000
8700-1160For life insurance premiums under section 88B of chapter 33 of the General Laws $1,076,325
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
8800-0001For the operations of the Massachusetts emergency management agency; provided, that expenditures from this item shall be contingent upon the prior approval of the proper federal authorities $1,677,831
8800-0100For the nuclear safety preparedness program of the Massachusetts emergency management agency; provided, that the costs of the program, including fringe benefits and indirect costs, shall be assessed upon nuclear regulatory commission licensees operating nuclear power generating facilities in the commonwealth; provided further, that the department of public utilities shall develop an equitable method of apportioning the assessments among the licensees; and provided further, that the assessments shall be paid during the current fiscal year as provided by the department $482,901
Department of Correction.
8900-0001For the operation of the department of correction; provided, that the commissioner of correction and the secretary of public safety and security shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, on or before January 1, 2016, the point score compiled by the department of correction’s objective classification system for all prisoners confined in each prison operated by the department; provided further, that to maximize bed capacity and re-entry capability throughout the commonwealth, the department shall submit quarterly reports, utilizing standardized reporting definitions developed mutually with the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. on caseload, admissions, classification, releases and recidivism of all pre-trial, sentenced and federal inmates; provided further, that the department shall submit these reports on a quarterly basis starting July 1, 2015, due not later than 30 days after the last day of the quarter; provided further, that the department shall also report, in a format developed jointly by the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. and the department, on fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015 total costs per inmate by facility and security level on or before October 1, 2015; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Dismas House in Worcester; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the SMOC Women in Transition Program for female ex-offenders; provided further, that the amount allocated for programs for incarcerated mothers in item 8900-0001 of section 2 of chapter 131 of the acts of 2010 shall be allocated to the programs in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the department shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015; provided further, that the department shall submit all reports to the executive office for administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $2,200,000 for cities and towns hosting department of correction facilities; provided further, that of the $2,200,000 for cities and towns, no city or town hosting a department of correction facility shall receive more than $800,000; provided further, that of the $2,200,000 for cities and towns, no city or town hosting a department of correction facility shall receive less than the amount allocated in item 8900-0001 of section 2 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011; and provided further, that not less than $68,000 shall be expended for Dispute Resolution Services, Incorporated in the city of Springfield $570,151,603
8900-0002For the operation of the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center $5,000,000
8900-0010For prison industries and farm services; provided, that the commissioner of correction or a designee shall determine the cost of manufacturing motor vehicle registration plates and shall certify to the comptroller the amounts to be transferred from the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established pursuant to section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws to the department of correction revenue source $3,523,898
8900-0011For the prison industries and farm services program, which may expend for the operation of the program an amount not to exceed $3,600,000 from revenues collected from the sale of products for materials, supplies, equipment, maintenance of facilities and compensation of employees; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $3,600,000
8900-0050For the department of correction; provided, that the department may expend not more than $2,128,815 in revenues collected from the state criminal alien assistance program; provided further, that the department may expend not more than $6,471,185 in revenues collected from existing assessments; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $8,600,000
8900-1100For re-entry programs at the department of correction intended to reduce recidivism rates; provided, that the programs shall be in addition to those provided in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 20, 2016 on re-entry programming at the department of correction; and provided further, that the report shall include information on the type of programs provided and the recidivism rate of the offenders who successfully complete the programs $250,000
Parole Board.
8950-0001For the operation of the parole board; provided, that the parole board shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $17,898,150
8950-0002For the victim and witness assistance program of the parole board under chapter 258B of the General Laws $194,578
8950-0008For the operation of the parole board’s sex offender management program and the supervision of high-risk offenders; provided, that the parole board may expend an amount not to exceed $600,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for parolee supervision; provided further, that the parole board shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 3, 2016 which shall include, but not be limited to, the number of parolees participating in the program and the re-incarceration rate of participating parolees; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the board may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $600,000
SHERIFFS.
Hampden Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0102For the operation of the Hampden sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $71,726,757
8910-1000For the Hampden sheriff’s office, which may expend for prison industries programs an amount not to exceed $3,076,824 from revenues collected from the sale of products for materials, supplies, equipment, maintenance of facilities, reimbursement for community service projects and compensation of employees of the program; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $3,076,824
8910-1010For the operations of a regional behavioral evaluation and stabilization unit to provide forensic mental health services within existing physical facilities for incarcerated persons in the care of correctional facilities in the commonwealth; provided, that the unit shall be located in Hampden county to serve the needs of incarcerated persons in the care of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester counties; provided further, that the services of the unit shall be made available to incarcerated persons in the care of the department of correction; provided further, that the Hampden sheriff’s office shall work in cooperation with the Middlesex sheriff’s office to determine a standardized set of definitions and measurements for patients at both regional behavioral evaluation and stabilization units; provided further, that the sheriff, in conjunction with the department of correction and the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., shall prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of incarcerated persons in facilities located in counties that were provided services in each unit; (ii) the number of incarcerated persons in department of correction facilities that were provided services in each unit; (iii) the alleviation in caseload at Bridgewater state hospital associated with fewer incarcerated persons in the care of counties being attended to at the hospital; (iv) the estimated and projected cost-savings in fiscal year 2016 to the sheriffs’ offices and the department of correction associated with the regional units; and (v) the deficiencies in addressing the needs of incarcerated women; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 12, 2016; and provided further, that the department of mental health shall maintain monitoring and quality review functions of the unit $1,087,493
8910-1020For costs related to department of correction inmates with less than 2 years of their sentence remaining who have been transferred to the Hampden sheriff’s office; provided, that prior to making any expenditures from this item, the Hampden sheriff’s office and the department of correction shall enter into an interagency service agreement regarding services for department of correction inmates provided through this item $542,605
8910-1030For the operation of the Western Massachusetts Regional Women’s Correctional Center $3,570,434
Worcester Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0105For the operation of the Worcester sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015; and provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for mental health services$45,924,583
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0107For the operation of the Middlesex sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $68,032,130
8910-1100For the Middlesex sheriff’s office, which may expend for the operation of a prison industries program an amount not to exceed $75,000 from revenues collected from the sale of products for materials, supplies, equipment, recyclable reimbursements, printing services, maintenance of facilities and compensation of employees of the program; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $75,000
8910-1101For the operations of a regional behavioral evaluation and stabilization unit to provide forensic mental health services within existing physical facilities for incarcerated persons in the care of correctional facilities in the commonwealth; provided, that the unit shall be located in Middlesex county to serve the needs of incarcerated persons in the care of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties; provided further, that the services of the unit shall be made available to incarcerated persons in the care of the department of correction; provided further, that the Middlesex sheriff’s office shall work in cooperation with the Hampden sheriff’s office to determine a standardized set of definitions and measurements for patients at both regional behavioral evaluation and stabilization units; provided further, that the sheriff, in conjunction with the department of correction and the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., shall prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of incarcerated persons in facilities located in counties that were provided services in each unit; (ii) the number of incarcerated persons in department of correction facilities that were provided services in each unit; (iii) the alleviation in caseload at Bridgewater state hospital associated with fewer incarcerated persons in the care of counties being attended to at the hospital; and (iv) the estimated and projected cost-savings in fiscal year 2016 to the sheriffs’ offices and the department of correction associated with the regional units; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 16, 2016; and provided further, that the department of mental health shall maintain monitoring and quality review functions of the unit $896,387
Hampshire Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0110For the operation of the Hampshire sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $13,788,885
8910-1112For the Hampshire sheriff’s office, which may expend for the operation of the Hampshire county regional lockup at the Hampshire county jail an amount not to exceed $167,352 in revenue; provided, that the sheriff shall enter into agreements to provide detention services to various law enforcement agencies and municipalities and shall determine and collect fees for those detentions from the law enforcement agencies and municipalities $200,000
Berkshire Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0145For the operation of the Berkshire sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $17,911,995
8910-0445For the Berkshire sheriff’s office, which may expend an amount not to exceed $300,000 from revenues generated from the operation of the Berkshire county communication center’s 911 dispatch operations and other law enforcement related activities, including the Berkshire county sheriff prison industries program; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $300,000
8910-0446For the Berkshire sheriff’s office, which may expend an amount not to exceed $254,376 from revenues collected from Berkshire county public schools; provided, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the Juvenile Resource Center; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $254,376
Franklin Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0108For the operation of the Franklin sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015; provided further, that $185,000 shall be provided for a pilot program for Training Active Bystanders; provider further, that the pilot program shall seek out federal matching grants; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Franklin County Opioid Education and Awareness Task Force $14,682,242
Essex Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0619For the operation of the Essex sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $54,301,111
Massachusetts Sheriffs Association.
8910-7110For the operation of the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc.; provided, that the sheriffs shall appoint persons to serve as executive director, assistant executive director, research director and other staff positions as necessary for the purpose of coordination and standardization of services and programs, the collection and analysis of data related to incarceration recidivism and generation of reports, technical assistance and training to ensure standardization in organization, operations and procedures; provided further, that this staff shall not be subject to section 45 of chapter 30 of the General Laws or chapter 31 of the General Laws and shall serve at the pleasure of a majority of sheriffs; provided further, that the executive director of the association shall submit a report that shows the amounts of all grants awarded to each sheriff in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 2, 2016; provided further, that the association shall post on its website the monthly inmate population by county by the first of each month starting August 1, 2015; provided further, that each sheriff’s office, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., shall provide specific data to the executive office of public safety and security to allow for the reporting of recidivism rates for all pre-trial, county-sentenced and state-sentenced inmates on a quarterly basis beginning in the quarter ending September 30, 2015, due not later than 30 days after the last day of each quarter; provided further, that the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., in consultation with each of the sheriffs’ offices, shall report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means monthly on the number of federal inmates at each facility; provided further, that each sheriff’s office shall also report, in a format designated by the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., in consultation with the executive office for administration and finance, fiscal year 2015 total costs per inmate by facility and security level not later than October 1, 2015; provided further, that each of the sheriffs’ offices shall submit the report directly to the executive office for administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, the executive office of public safety and security, the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. and the department of correction; and provided further, that all expenditures made by the sheriff’s offices shall be subject to chapter 29 of the General Laws and recorded on the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system $379,790
Barnstable Sheriff’s Office.
8910-8200For the operation of the Barnstable sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $28,332,445
Bristol Sheriff’s Office.
8910-8300For the operation of the Bristol sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $44,134,993
Dukes Sheriff’s Office.
8910-8400For the operation of the Dukes sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $2,915,947
Nantucket Sheriff’s Office.
8910-8500For the operation of the Nantucket sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $773,079
Norfolk Sheriff’s Office.
8910-8600For the operation of the Norfolk sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $30,936,563
Plymouth Sheriff’s Office.
8910-8700For the operation of the Plymouth sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $54,051,129
Suffolk Sheriff’s Office.
8910-8800For the operation of the Suffolk sheriff’s office; provided, that the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 10, 2015 $105,463,003
DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS.
9110-0100For the operation of the executive office of elder affairs and regulation of assisted living facilities $2,343,832
9110-0104For the support of the Home and Community-Based Services Policy Lab Fund established in section 2MMMM of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that in addition to this item, the secretary of elder affairs may transfer an amount not to exceed a total of $150,000 from the funds appropriated to items 9110-1500, 9110-1630, 9110-1636 and 9110-1900 to this item; provided further, that the comptroller shall transfer the amount appropriated in this item into the Home and Community-Based Services Policy Lab Fund not later than July 15, 2015; provided further, that the comptroller shall transfer any funds transferred to this item from items 9110-1500, 9110-1630, 9110-1636 and 9110-1900 into the Home and Community-Based Services Policy Lab Fund not more than 30 days after they are made available; provided further, that not later than September 15, 2015, the secretary shall file a report with the joint committee on elder affairs, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing an initial plan for the research and analytic activities to be supported by the fund pursuant to section 254 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014; and provided further, that the executive office of elder affairs shall identify and pursue non-state sources of funding for the home and community-based services policy lab. $150,000
9110-1455For the costs of the drug insurance program authorized in section 39 of chapter 19A of the General Laws; provided, that amounts received by the executive office of elder affairs’ vendor as premium revenue for this program may be retained and expended by the vendor for the purposes of the program; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the pharmacy outreach program established in section 4C of said chapter 19A; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, prescription drug coverage or benefits payable by the executive office and the entities with which it has contracted for administration of the drug insurance program pursuant to said section 39 of said chapter 19A shall be the payer of last resort for this program for eligible persons with regard to any other third-party prescription coverage or benefits available to such eligible persons; provided further, that the executive office shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 90 days in advance of any action to limit or cap the number of enrollees in the program; provided further, that this program shall be subject to appropriation; provided further, that notification shall be given to the house and senate committees on ways and means at least 30 days prior to any coverage or benefits expansions; provided further, that the executive office shall coordinate benefits with the Medicare prescription drug benefit, created pursuant to the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Public Law 108-173, to ensure that residents of the commonwealth take advantage of this benefit; provided further, that a person shall also be eligible to enroll in the program at any time within a year after reaching age 65; provided further, that the executive office shall allow those who meet the program eligibility criteria to enroll in the program at any time during the year; provided further, that $90,000 shall be expended for the serving the health insurance needs of everyone (SHINE) program; provided further, that these funds shall be used to assist seniors in choosing the Medicare plan that best fits their budgets while meeting their health care needs; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016 on the number of seniors served by the SHINE program and their average annualized premium savings $18,668,169
9110-1500For the provision of enhanced home care services, including case management to elders who meet the eligibility requirements of the home care program and need services above the level customarily provided under the program to remain safely at home, including elders previously enrolled in the managed care in housing, enhanced community options and chronic care enhanced services programs; provided, that the secretary of elder affairs shall seek to obtain federal financial participation for all services provided to seniors who qualify for Medicaid benefits pursuant to the waiver in § 1915C of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1396n(c); and provided further, that the executive office of elder affairs shall report not later than March 1, 2016, to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) the number of seniors receiving services through this item and item 9110-1630; and (ii) the number of seniors on a waitlist for these services, by month, from January 2011 to January 2016 $70,255,327
General Fund98.62%
Community First Trust Fund1.38%
9110-1604For the operation of the supportive senior housing program at state or federally-assisted housing sites; provided, that funds shall be expended to fund existing sites $5,493,672
9110-1630For the operation of the elder home care program, including contracts with aging service access points or other qualified entities for the home care program, home care, health aides, home health and respite services, geriatric mental health services and other services provided to the elderly; provided, that sliding-scale fees shall be charged to qualified elders; provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may waive collection of sliding-scale fees in cases of extreme financial hardship; provided further, that not more than $11,500,000 in revenues accrued from sliding-scale fees shall be retained by the individual home care corporations without reallocation by the executive office of elder affairs and shall be expended for the purposes of the home care program, consistent with guidelines to be issued by the executive office; provided further, that the executive office shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the office for administration and finance on the amount expended from this item for purchase of service expenditures by category of service as set forth in 651 CMR 3.01 and 651 CMR 3.03; provided further, that no rate increase shall be awarded in fiscal year 2016 which would cause a reduction in client services or the number of clients served; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item to pay for salary increases for direct service workers who provide state-funded homemaker and home health aide services which would cause a reduction in client services; provided further, that funding shall be expended for provider training and outreach to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning elders and caregivers; and provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer an amount not to exceed 3 per cent of the funds appropriated in this item to item 9110-1633 for case management services and the administration of the home care program $106,667,534
General Fund93.76%
Community First Trust Fund6.24%
9110-1633For the operation of the elder home care case management program, including contracts with aging service access points or other qualified entities for home care case management services and the administration of the home care corporations funded through items 9110-1630 and 9110-1500; provided, that the contracts shall include the costs of administrative personnel, home care case managers, travel, rent and other costs considered appropriate by the executive office of elder affairs; provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for the enhancement of management information systems; and provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer an amount not to exceed 3 per cent of the funds appropriated in this item to item 9110-1630 $35,546,961
9110-1636For the elder protective services program including, but not limited to, protective services case management, guardianship services, the statewide elder abuse hotline, money management services and the elder-at-risk program $23,073,139
9110-1660For congregate and shared housing services and naturally occurring retirement communities for the elderly; provided, that not less than $642,000 shall be expended from this item for providers of naturally occurring retirement communities with whom the department of elder affairs entered into service agreements in fiscal year 2015 at proportions of total available funding equal to those provided in fiscal year 2015 $2,154,626
9110-1700For residential assessment and placement programs for homeless elders $186,000
9110-1900For the elder nutrition program; provided, that not less than the amount appropriated in item 9110-1900 of section 2 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013 shall be expended for the senior farm share program $7,253,316
9110-9002For grants to the councils on aging and for grants to or contracts with nonpublic entities which are consortia or associations of councils on aging; provided, that all monies appropriated in this item shall be expended under the distribution schedules for formula and incentive grants established by the secretary of elder affairs; provided further, that the distribution schedules shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 17, 2016; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the installation of a handicap bathroom at the Winchendon Senior Center in the town of Winchendon; provided further, not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the design of a new council on aging building in the town of Halifax; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the senior center in the town of Holliston; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the Sterling Senior Center; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for improvements and expansion of the department of elder affairs in the city known as the town of Braintree; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the costs associated with care and services provided at the Whipple Senior Center in the city known as the town of Weymouth $13,015,000
LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
9500-0000For the operation of the senate$19,694,608
House of Representatives.
9600-0000For the operation of the house of representatives$40,277,604
Joint Legislative Expenses.
9700-0000For the joint operations of the legislature$8,709,884
SECTION 2B.
SECTION 2B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the agencies listed in this section may expend the amounts listed in this section for the provision of services to agencies listed in section 2. All expenditures made under this section shall be accompanied by a corresponding transfer of funds from an account listed in section 2 to the Intragovernmental Service Fund, established by section 2Q of chapter 29 of the General Laws. All revenues and other inflows shall be based on rates published by the seller agency that are developed in accordance with cost principles established by the United States Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87, Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments. All rates shall be published within 30 days of the enactment of this section. No expenditures shall be made from the Intragovernmental Service Fund which would cause that fund to be in deficit at the close of fiscal year 2016. All authorizations in this section shall be charged to the Intragovernmental Service Fund and shall not be subject to section 5D of chapter 29 of the General Laws. Any balance remaining in that fund at the close of fiscal year 2016 shall be transferred to the General Fund.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
0511-0003 For the costs of providing electronic and other publications purchased from the state bookstore, for commission fees, notary fees and for direct access to the secretary’s computer library $16,000
0511-0235 For the costs of obsolete records destruction incurred by the office of the secretary of state; provided, that state agencies, including the judicial branch, may be charged for the destruction of their obsolete records by the records center where appropriate; provided further, that the secretary of state may expend revenues not to exceed $100,000 of the funds received for the costs of the obsolete record destruction; and provided further, that the fees shall be charged on an equitable basis… $100,000
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.
0699-0018For the cost of debt service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 for the clean energy investment program, and other projects or programs for which an agency has committed to fund the associated debt service; provided, that the office of the treasurer may charge other appropriations and federal grants for the cost of the debt service $11,632,288
OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
1000-0005 For the cost of the single state audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016; provided, that the comptroller may charge other appropriations and federal grants for the cost of the audit $1,400,000
1000-0008For the costs of operating and managing the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system accounting system for fiscal year 2016; provided, that any unspent balance at the close of fiscal year 2016 in an amount not to exceed 5 per cent of the amount authorized shall remain in the Intergovernmental Service Fund and is hereby re-authorized for expenditures for such item in fiscal year 2017 $3,351,600
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
Office of the Secretary.
1100-1701For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office for administration and finance $28,019,283
Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.
1102-3224For the costs for the Leverett Saltonstall building lease and occupancy payments, as provided by chapter 237 of the acts of 2000 $11,217,734
1102-3226For the operation and maintenance of state buildings, including the Hurley state office building occupied by the department of unemployment assistance and the department of career services; provided, that the division may also charge for reimbursement for overtime expenses, materials and contract services purchased in performing renovations and related services for agencies occupying state buildings or for services rendered to approved entities using state facilities.. $2,919,189
Reserves.
1599-2040For the payment of prior year deficiencies based upon schedules provided to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may certify payments on behalf of departments for certain contracted goods or services rendered in prior fiscal years for which certain statutes, regulations or procedures were not properly followed; provided further, that the department which was a party to the transaction shall certify in writing that the services were performed or goods delivered and shall provide additional information that the comptroller may require; provided further, that the comptroller may charge departments’ current fiscal year appropriations and transfer to such items amounts equivalent to the amounts of any prior year deficiency, subject to the conditions stated in this item; provided further, that the comptroller shall assess a chargeback to that current fiscal year appropriation which is for the same purpose as that to which the prior year deficiency pertains or, if there is no appropriation for that purpose, to that current fiscal year appropriation which is most similar in purpose to the appropriation to which the prior year deficiency pertains or is for the general administration of the department that administered the appropriation to which the prior year deficiency pertains; provided further, that no chargeback shall be made which would cause a deficiency in any current fiscal year item; provided further, that the comptroller shall report with such schedule a detailed reason for the prior year deficiency on all chargebacks assessed that exceed $1,000 including the amount of the chargeback, the item and object class charged; provided further, that the comptroller shall report on a quarterly basis on all chargebacks assessed, including the amount of the chargeback, the item, object class charged and the reason for the prior year deficiency; and provided further, that the comptroller shall include in the schedules the amount of each prior year deficiency paid, the fiscal year and appropriation to which it pertained, the current fiscal year appropriation and object class to which it was charged and the department's explanation for the failure to make payment in a timely manner $5,000,000
1599-3100For the cost of the commonwealth’s employer contributions to the Unemployment Compensation Fund, and the Medical Security Trust Fund established pursuant to section 48 of chapter 151A of the General Laws; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall authorize the collection, accounting and payment of such contributions; and provided further, that in executing these responsibilities the comptroller may charge, in addition to individual appropriation accounts, certain non-appropriated funds in amounts that are computed based on rates developed in accordance with the federal Office of Management and Budget circular A-87, including expenses, interest expense or related charges. $30,000,000
Human Resources Division.
1750-0101For the cost of goods and services rendered in administering training programs, including the cost of training unit staff; provided, that the division shall charge to other items for the cost of participants enrolled in programs sponsored by the division or to state agencies employing such participants; provided further, that the division may collect from participating state agencies a fee sufficient to cover administrative costs of the commonwealth’s performance recognition programs and to expend such fees for goods and services rendered in the administration of these programs; provided further, that the division may charge and collect from participating state agencies a fee sufficient to cover administrative costs and expend such fees for goods and services rendered in the administration of information technology services related to the human resources compensation management system program; and provided further, that the division may charge and collect from participating state agencies fees sufficient to cover the costs of shared services $235,452
1750-0105For the cost of workers’ compensation paid to public employees; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge other items or state agencies for costs incurred on behalf of these state agencies; provided further, that the secretary may transfer workers’ compensation-related fringe benefit assessments from federal grants and trust accounts to this item; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item that would cause the item to be deficient; provided further, that the secretary shall provide projected costs of workers’ compensation costs incurred by agencies in fiscal year 2016 to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016; provided further, that in accordance with chapter 177 of the acts of 2001, the secretary of administration and finance shall charge state agencies in fiscal year 2016 as provided in this item for workers’ compensation costs, including related administrative expenses incurred on behalf of the employees of the agencies; provided further, that administrative expenses shall be allocated; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall administer the charges on behalf of the secretary and may establish such rules and procedures as deemed necessary to implement this item; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall: (i) notify agencies regarding the chargeback methodology to be used in fiscal year 2016; (ii) notify agencies of the amounts of their estimated workers compensation charges for the fiscal year; and (iii) require agencies to encumber funds in amounts sufficient to meet the estimated charges; provided further, that the estimated charges for each agency in the fiscal year shall not be less than the amounts of the actual workers’ compensation costs, including related administrative expenses, incurred by each such agency in fiscal year 2016 and may include such additional amounts as the human resources division finds necessary under regulations adopted under this item; provided further, that the division may adopt a program of incentives for agencies to reduce agencies’ claims; provided further, that for any agency that fails within 60 days of the effective date of this act to encumber funds sufficient to meet the estimated charges, the comptroller shall so encumber funds on behalf of that agency; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall: (a) determine the amount of the actual workers’ compensation costs incurred by each agency in the preceding month, including related administrative expenses; (b) notify each agency of the amounts; and (c) charge the amounts to each agency’s accounts as estimates of the costs to be incurred in the current month; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any balance remaining in the Intergovernmental Service Fund at the close of fiscal year 2016 shall be transferred to the General Fund; provided further, that any unspent balance at the close of fiscal year 2016 in an amount not to exceed 5 per cent of the amount authorized shall remain in the Intergovernmental Service Fund and is hereby re-authorized for expenditures for such item in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that the personnel administrator may expend in fiscal year 2016 for hospital, physician, benefit and other costs related to workers’ compensation for employees of state agencies, including administrative expenses; and provided further, that the expenditures may include payments for medical services provided to claimants in prior fiscal years, as well as compensation benefits and associated costs for prior fiscal years $58,603,077
1750-0106For the workers’ compensation litigation unit, including the costs of personnel $832,395
1750-0600For the cost of core human resources administrative processing functions $2,851,199
1750-0601For the division of human resources which may, on behalf of the division, the comptroller's office and the Massachusetts office of information technology charge and collect from participating state agencies a fee sufficient to cover administrative costs and expend such fees for goods and services rendered in the administration of the human resources compensation management system program $1,384,139
Operational Services Division.
1775-0800For the purchase, operation and repair of certain vehicles and for the cost of operating and maintaining all vehicles that are leased by other agencies, including the costs of personnel. $7,647,133
1775-1000For the provision of printing, photocopying and related graphic art or design work, including all necessary incidental expenses and liabilities $750,000
Massachusetts Office of Information Technology.
1790-0200For the cost of computer resources and services provided by the Massachusetts office of information technology in accordance with the policies, procedures and rates approved by the secretary of administration and finance, including the purchase, lease or rental of telecommunications lines, services and equipment, that are centrally billed to the commonwealth; provided, that the secretary shall charge other items of appropriation for the cost of the resources and services; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, charges for the cost of computer resources and services provided by the bureau of computer services for the design, development and production of reports and information related to the analysis, development and production of appropriations bills and other legislation shall not be charged to any item of appropriation of the executive office for administration and finance, the house of representatives, the senate or any joint legislative account in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that the bureau shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means summarizing the total charges, payments and services provided for the preceding quarter from each department charged to this item; provided further, that the reports shall include, but not be limited to, a delineation of the rates charged to each department as approved by the secretary of administration and finance for each service performed by the division; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall establish regulations, procedures and a schedule of fees including, but not limited to, the development and distribution of forms and instructions, including the costs of personnel; and provided further, that any unspent balance at the close of fiscal year 2016 shall remain in the Intergovernmental Service Fund and may be expended for the item in fiscal year 2017 $121,236,494
1790-0400For the purchase, delivery, handling of and contracting for supplies, postage and related equipment and other incidental expenses provided pursuant to section 51 of chapter 30 of the General Laws $2,287,148
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
2000-1701For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of energy and environmental affairs $1,509,234
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Office of the Secretary.
4000-0102For the cost of transportation services for health and human services clients and the operation of the health and human services transportation office $8,878,161
4000-0103For the costs of core administrative functions performed within the executive office of health and human services; provided, that the secretary of health and human services, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, may identify administrative activities and functions common to the separate agencies, departments, offices, divisions and commissions within the executive office and may designate those functions as core administrative functions in order to improve administrative efficiency and preserve fiscal resources; provided further, that common functions that may be designated core administrative functions include human resources, financial management and leasing and facility management; provided further, that all employees performing functions so designated may be employed by the executive office and the executive office shall charge the agencies, departments, offices, divisions and commissions for such services; provided further, that upon the designation of a function as a core administrative function, the employees of each agency, department, office or commission who perform such core administrative functions may be transferred to the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the reorganization shall not impair the civil service status of any such transferred employee who immediately before the effective date of this act either holds a permanent appointment in a position classified pursuant to chapter 31 of the General Laws or has tenure in a position by reason of section 9A of chapter 30 of the General Laws; and provided further, that nothing in this item shall impair or change an employee’s status, rights or benefits pursuant to chapter 150E of the General Laws. $22,189,327
4000-1701For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of health and human services $31,970,461
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
4125-0122For the costs of interpreter services provided by commission staff; provided, that the costs of personnel may be charged to this item; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $250,000
Department of Public Health.
4510-0108For the costs of pharmaceutical drugs and services provided by the state office for pharmacy services, in this item called SOPS; provided, that SOPS shall notify in writing all agencies listed below of their obligations under this item by July 15, 2015; provided further, that SOPS shall continue to be the sole provider of pharmacy services for the following agencies currently under SOPS: the department of public health, the department of mental health, the department of developmental services, the department of correction, the sheriff's departments of Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and Plymouth and the Soldiers' Homes in the cities of Holyoke and Chelsea; provided further, that SOPS shall be the sole provider of pharmacy services for all said agencies and all costs for pharmacy services shall be charged by this item; provider further, that SOPS shall become the sole provider of pharmacy services to the sheriff's departments of Worcester and Suffolk; provided further, that these agencies shall not charge or contract with any other alternative vendor for pharmacy services other than SOPS; provided further, that SOPS shall validate previously-submitted pharmacy expenditures including HIV Drug Assistance Program drug reimbursements during fiscal year 2016; and provided further, that SOPS shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than April 15, 2016 detailing recommendations for the inclusion of other entities that may realize cost savings by joining SOPS $47,865,393
4590-0901For the costs of medical services provided at department of public health hospitals under a schedule of services and fees approved by the commissioner of public health, which may be expended for the purposes of hospital related costs, including, but not limited to, capital repair, maintenance and motor vehicle replacement; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $150,000
4590-0903For the costs of medical services provided at the department of public health Lemuel Shattuck hospital to inmates of houses of correction; provided, that the costs shall be charged to items 8910-0102, 8910-0105, 8910-0107, 8910-0108, 8910-0110, 8910-0145, 8910-0619, 8910-8200, 8910-8300, 8910-8400, 8910-8500, 8910-8600, 8910-8700 and 8910-8800 of section 2 under the provisions thereof; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be for hospital-related costs including, but not limited to, capital repair, maintenance and motor vehicle replacement; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $3,800,000
Department of Developmental Services.
5948-0012For the operation of a program providing alternatives to residential placements for children with intellectual disabilities, including the costs of intensive home-based supports, provided for the purposes of item 7061-0012 of section 2; provided, that the department of developmental services shall take all steps necessary to maximize federal reimbursement for the cost of services provided through the program, including filing any necessary amendments to existing waivers or filing an application for a new home and community-based services waiver with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services $6,500,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Office of the Secretary.
7002-0018For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of housing and economic development $7,664,618
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Office of the Secretary.
7003-0171For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of labor and workforce development $19,041,430
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
Office of the Secretary.
7009-1701For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of education $1,860,363
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.
Office of the Secretary.
8000-1701For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of public safety and security $11,462,348
State Police.
8100-0002For the costs of overtime associated with requested police details; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the executive office may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $40,741,803
8100-0003For the costs associated with the use of the statewide telecommunications system for the maintenance of the system $156,375
Military Division.
8700-1145For the costs of utilities and maintenance and for the implementation of energy conservation measures with regard to the state armories $400,000
Department of Correction.
8900-0021For the cost of products produced by the prison industries and farm program and for the cost of services provided by inmates, including the costs of moving, auto repair, culinary and renovation and construction services; provided, that the costs for renovation and construction services shall not exceed the amount established by the operational services division; and provided further, that such revenues may also be expended for materials, supplies, equipment, maintenance of facilities and compensation of employees and for the inmate employment and training program $11,050,000
SECTION 2D.
SECTION 2D. The amounts set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Federal Grants Fund. Federal funds received in excess of the amount appropriated in this section shall be expended only in accordance with section 6B of chapter 29 of the General Laws. The amount of any unexpended balance of federal grant funds received before to June 30, 2015, and not included as part of an appropriation item in this section, is hereby made available for expenditure during fiscal year 2016, in addition to any amount appropriated in this section.
JUDICIARY.
Supreme Judicial Court.
0320-1710For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Basic Grant$278,737
0320-1711For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Data Grant$363,439
0320-1713For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Training Grant $203,439
Committee for Public Counsel Services.
0320-1715For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Post Conviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent $248,345
0320-1900For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bloodsworth Grant $163,427
Trial Court.
0330-0444For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Second Chance Act Prisoner Reentry Initiative $238,265
0332-2701For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant $150,000
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Plymouth District Attorney.
0340-0816For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Drug Free Communities Grant $125,000
0340-0828For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Byrne Justice Assistance Grant $22,183
0340-0829For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Justice Assistance Grant $74,530
District Attorneys’ Association.
8000-4602For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grants Program $119,611
8000-4804For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Highway Safety Division $37,009
8000-4805For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Highway Safety Alcohol Program $117,991
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
0526-0112For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Underrepresented Communities $20,000
0526-0113For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Historic Preservation Fund $917,262
0526-0127For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Sandy Relief MA $1,114,462
0529-1600For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State & National Archival Partnership (SNAP) Grants $38,875
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
0640-9716For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Folk and Traditional Arts $30,000
0640-9717For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Basic State Grant $587,900
0640-9718For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Arts in Education $71,200
0640-9724For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, YouthReach$186,500
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
0810-0026For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Crime Victim Compensation $1,178,000
Victim and Witness Assistance Board.
0840-0110For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Victims of Crime Assistance Programs $8,966,394
0840-0114For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program $3,597,571
MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL.
1100-1702For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Implementation of Federal Development Disabilities Act; provided, that in order to qualify for said grant, this account shall be exempt from the first $305,639 of fringe benefits and indirect cost charges under section 6B of chapter 29 of the General Laws $1,739,547
Massachusetts Office on Disability.
1107-2450For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rehabilitation Services - Client Assistance Program $279,831
Department of Revenue.
1201-0109For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Access and Visitation Program $179,442
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Office of the Secretary.
2000-0141For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Coastal Zone Management and Development $2,532,615
2000-0177For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wetlands Development $32,368
2000-0181For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, BOEM Clean Energy $328,853
2000-0248For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Bays Estuary Program $536,419
2000-9701For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Outdoor Recreation Projects – Political $243,000
2000-9735For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Buzzards Bay Estuary Program $693,505
2030-0013For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Joint Fisheries Enforcement $950,000
2030-0358For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Port Security Grant 0358 $52,500
2030-3661For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Port Security Grant 3661 $20,000
2030-4361For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Port Security Grant 4361 $20,000
2030-9701For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Safe Boating Program $1,500,000
Department of Public Utilities.
2100-9013For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MAP 21 $280,000
7006-9002For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pipeline Security $1,200,000
Department of Environmental Protection.
2200-9706For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Water Quality Management Planning $519,913
2200-9712For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agreement-Leaking Underground Storage Tanks $856,364
2200-9717For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program $1,300,000
2200-9724For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Superfund Block Grant $856,000
2200-9728For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Brownfields Assessment Program $225,000
2200-9731For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Brownfields Response $1,050,000
2230-9702For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Performance Partnership $15,185,962
2240-9778For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Healthy Communities Grant Program $16,750
2250-9712For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clean Air Act Section 103 $545,888
2250-9716For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ambient Air Toxics Pilot Project $63,323
2250-9726For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeland Security Co-op Agreement $1,400,000
2250-9732For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Underground Storage Program $595,419
2250-9736For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Clean Diesel $236,091
2250-9739For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Near Road Number 2 Ambient Air Monitoring Network $130,483
2250-9741For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Clean Diesel Program $27,159
Department of Fish and Game.
2300-0115For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, US Fish and Wildlife Service Eastern Bank Trout Joint Venture and Fish Passage $30,000
2300-0118For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NOAA – Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration $106,068
2300-0119For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief $3,440,475
2300-0179For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Coastal Wetland Conservation Program $1,000,000
2330-9222For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clean Vessel Act $936,232
2330-9712For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Commercial Fisheries Statistics $103,948
2330-9725For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Boating Infrastructure $100,000
2330-9730For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Interstate Fisheries Management Support $313,045
2330-9732For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program Strategic Plan Implementation $20,000
2330-9736For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Marine Fisheries Institute $50,000
2330-9739For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Turtle Disengagement $550,000
2330-9741For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Fisheries Economic Assistance Program $300,000
2330-9742For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Age and Growth Project Segment One $211,248
Department of Agricultural Resources.
2511-0310For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Pesticide Enforcement Grant $401,989
2511-0400For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey $215,324
2511-0972For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program $7,002,171
2511-1025For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Country of Origin Labeling $23,308
2515-1008For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Surveillance $96,207
2516-9002For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Development of Institutional Marketing $476,363
2516-9003For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farmers’ Market Coupon Program $404,569
2516-9004For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program $522,514
2516-9007For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Organic Certification Cost-Share Program $45,000
Department of Conservation and Recreation.
2800-9707For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Flood Insurance Program – FEMA Community Assistance Program $191,360
2800-9710For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Map Modernization Implementation Year 5 – FEMA $95,408
2800-9724For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FEMA National Dam Safety Program $138,635
2820-9702For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Community Fire Protection $68,250
2820-9704For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program $40,000
2820-9705For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Agreements for the Identification and Eradication of Invasive Species $5,560,000
2820-9706For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NCRS Agreement to Help Landowners Forestland $41,545
2821-9705For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Urban and Community Forestry and Shade Tree Management $389,000
2821-9708For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Urban Community Forestry Program $342,500
2821-9709For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Forestry Stewardship and Planning $1,816,978
2821-9711For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Fire Prevention and Control $470,767
2821-9713For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Management $292,192
2821-9715For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Creating Buy-Local Model, Stewardship Re-Design $77,190
2821-9716For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Forest Restoration Program $192,215
2821-9726For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, US Forest Service Forest Health Management $118,896
2840-9709For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research $602,436
2840-9712For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2011 NOAA Grant for Facility Renovations at Waquoit Bay $100,000
2850-9701For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Recreational Trails Program $947,900
Department of Energy Resources.
7006-9700For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Heating Oil and Propane Program $22,578
7006-9731For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Energy Program Base Grant $855,560
7006-9308For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Lead by Example $87,498
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
Department of Early Education and Care.
3000-0707For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Head Start Collaboration $175,000
3000-2010For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Race-to-the-Top Early Learning Challenge $9,786,651
3000-4001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Preschool Development Grant: Expansion Grant $15,000,000
3000-9003For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act $500,000
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
7010-9706For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Common Core Data Project $152,908
7035-0210For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Advanced Placement Fee Payment Program $559,131
7038-0107For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Education – State Grant Program $10,417,118
7043-1001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies $213,694,122
7043-1004For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Migrant Education $1,591,678
7043-1005For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title I Neglected and Delinquent Children $2,415,952
7043-1006For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, School Improvement Grants $7,667,873
7043-2001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting $41,791,258
7043-2003For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Math and Science Partnerships $1,783,263
7043-3001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, English Language Acquisition $13,919,746
7043-4002For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, After School Learning Centers $16,843,065
7043-6001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Assessments and Related $7,204,235
7043-6501For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Education for Homeless Children and Youth $975,946
7043-7001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Education Grants $287,989,460
7043-7002For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Preschool Grants $9,657,756
7043-8001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Education Basic Grants $18,256,436
7044-0020For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, The Partnership Project $1,099,991
7048-1500For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts High School Graduation Initiative $893,009
7048-2321For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention $465,000
7048-2700For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Teacher Incentives $883,302
7048-9144For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Migrant Student Records Exchange System State Data Quality $60,000
7053-2008For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nuts, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables $2,846,769
7053-2010For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nutrition Admin Review and Training $281,073
7053-2012For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Direct Certification Implementation Grant $327,919
7053-2112For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Assistance Funds $224,293,954
7053-2117For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Care Program $62,499,760
7053-2126For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance $853,605
7053-2202For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Summer Food Service Program for Children $7,833,288
7057-0519For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Team Nutrition Training Grants $23,184
7062-0008For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Office of School Lunch Programs – Child Care Program Admin $4,741,186
7062-0017For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Charter Schools Assistance and Distributions $187,126
Department of Higher Education.
7066-1574For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Improving Teacher Quality $1,330,263
7066-1616For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, College Access Challenge $1,763,211
7066-6033For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs $5,000,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Office of the Secretary.
4000-0026For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ensuring Continued Coverage Consumer Assistance for MA $142,049
4000-1120For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Quality Medicaid Measures Grant $259,339
4000-1169For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Innovation Models: Model Design and Test Assistance Fund $13,055,176
4000-1235For the purposes of a federally fund grant entitled, Demonstration to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individuals $333,276
4000-1314For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Demonstration Ombudsman Programs $547,992
4000-1826For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Money Follows the Person Demonstration Grant $3,867,968
4000-9158For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, My Young Child Health Initiative for Learning and Development $350,000
4000-9401For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community Mental Health Services Block Grants $9,753,806
Office for Refugees and Immigrants.
4003-0816For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Preventative Health Program $120,000
4003-0822For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Program to Enhance Elder Refugee Services (PEERS) $96,079
4003-0823For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Cuban Haitian Entrant Program $97,075
4003-0826For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance Program $12,726,983
4003-0834For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee School Impact $402,700
4003-0835For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wilson Fish program $3,548,058
4003-0844For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Targeted Assistance Program $904,535
4003-0851For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Enterprise Achievement Program $249,807
4003-0855For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Social Services Program $1,456,649
4003-0858For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Independence Through Service Enhancement $185,929
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
4110-3021For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Vocational Rehabilitation Services; provided, that no funds shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance or any other such indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees $10,473,935
4110-3023For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living for the Blind - Adaptive Services $52,000
4110-3026For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living Services for Older Blind $829,518
4110-3027For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Vocational Unit – InService Training $11,000
4110-3028For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment $30,000
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.
4120-0020For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States; provided, that no funds shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance or any other such indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees $45,000,000
4120-0040For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rehabilitation Training State Vocational Rehabilitation Unit In-Service Training $26,000
4120-0187For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment Services for Individuals with the Most Significant Disabilities $410,000
4120-0191For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SSA Work Incentives Planning and Assistance WIPA Program $168,715
4120-0511For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Social Security Disability Insurance $45,000,000
4120-0610For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Traumatic Brain Injury State Demonstration Grant Program $225,000
4120-0759For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living State Grants $305,000
4120-0760For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Centers for Independent Living $1,335,905
4120-0768For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Assistive Technology $501,995
Department of Youth Services.
4200-1602For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Second Chance Act Re-Entry Program for Juveniles with Co-Occurring Substance $104,280
Department of Transitional Assistance.
4400-3062For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SNAP Virtual Gateway Modernization Grant $225,000
4400-3063For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Increase Farmers Market Access to SNAP $4,000
4400-3064For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant $4,000,000
4400-3067For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training $1,000,000
4400-3081For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant Program $700,000
Department of Public Health.
4500-1001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Preventive Health Services Block Grant $4,352,084
4500-1025For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure $395,570
4500-1054For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Sexual Assault Service Program $342,371
4500-1056For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rape Prevention and Education $655,819
4500-1068For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2013 OHM State Partnership $155,987
4500-1069For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State Loan Repayment Program $550,000
4500-2000For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Maternal and Child Health Services $11,207,259
4502-1012For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vital Statistics Cooperative Program $990,780
4510-0113For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Office of Rural Health $206,134
4510-0114For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Primary Care Cooperative Agreement $247,868
4510-0119For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Hospital Flexibility Program $302,104
4510-0219For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant $79,596
4510-0222For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Grants to States to Support Oral Health $514,611
4510-0401For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Medicare and Medicaid Survey and Certification $9,210,782
4510-0404For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness $4,331,889
4510-0501For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clinical Lab Improvement $332,467
4510-0609For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Security Inspection $5,000
4510-0617For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Electronic Health Record and Prescription Drug Monitoring $280,428
4510-0619For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food and Drug Administration Inspection of Food Establishments $603,335
4510-0639For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food Protection Rapid Response Team $348,992
4510-0643For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring $150,000
4510-0644For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Harold Rodgers Tech Enhancements for Prescription Drug Monitoring Program $80,000
4510-0812For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner TeleNursing Program $1,590,606
4510-9014For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mammography Quality Standards Act $258,518
4510-9048For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Indoor Radon Development Program $169,632
4510-9053For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Beaches Monitoring $292,863
4510-9064For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enhanced MFRPS Capacity Environmental Sampling $374,954
4510-9065For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, ATSDR Appletree $433,906
4510-9067For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Building Resilience Against Climate Effects in Massachusetts $310,188
4510-9068For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Maintenance and Enhancement of the State and National Environment $1,116,505
4510-9069For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program $421,842
4512-0100For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sexually Transmitted Disease Control $1,787,573
4512-0108For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts App for STD Surveillance Network Parts A and B $589,328
4512-0150For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vaccination Assistance Project $5,928,644
4512-0177For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enhancing Immunization Systems and Infrastructure Improvements $173,079
4512-0186For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Epidemiology and Laboratory for Infectious Disease $1,378,336
4512-0187 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Improving Vaccine Management $619,746
4512-0189For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Non-PPHF 2013 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity $100,969
4512-0190 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Human Papillomavirus Vaccination $441,938
4512-0195For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Non-PPHF 2013 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity $1,049,718
4512-9065For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Outcomes Measurement and Management System $19,059
4512-9069For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment - Block Grant $47,160,685
4512-9075 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Drug Court $667,107
4512-9076For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Prevention Framework Grant $1,468,695
4512-9078 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Adolescent Treatment $1,194,879
4512-9079For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mission Forward $353,872
4512-9080For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals $922,616
4512-9081For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Promoting Safe and Stable Families $193,362
4512-9082For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Recovery Project Southeast $866,004
4512-9083 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HRSA MCH Public Health in Massachusetts $83,357
4512-9084For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Access to Recovery IV $2,622,222
4512-9426For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Uniform Alcohol and Drug Abuse Data $164,226
4513-0111For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Housing Opportunities – People with AIDS $197,288
4513-1226For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Essential Childhood Program $176,600
4513-9007 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nutritional Status of Women and Infants $86,489,697
4513-9010For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Integrated Systems for CYSHCN $300,000
4513-9021For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities $10,443,691
4513-9023For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts HIV/AIDS National Behavioral Surveillance $489,308
4513-9027For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Care - Community AIDS Resource $573,644
4513-9030For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Planning A Comprehensive Primary Care $100,000
4513-9037For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources $19,595,838
4513-9038For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Shelter Plus Care – Worcester $302,712
4513-9041For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HIT Capacity$100,000
4513-9042For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Systems Linkages and Access to Care for Population HIV $964,167
4513-9043For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Medical Partnerships Care and Treatments (MassIMPACT) $773,121
4513-9044For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MassReach$500,000
4513-9045For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HIV/AIDS Surveillance $1,082,726
4513-9047For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Augmentation and Evaluation of Established Health Education – Risk Reduction Health Education – Risk Reduction $5,318,306
4513-9048For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts HIV/AIDS National Behavioral Surveillance $377,008
4513-9051For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Project $368,990
4513-9076For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems $140,000
4513-9077For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Medical Services for Children $134,420
4513-9085For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System $143,712
4513-9093For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Launch $90,000
4513-9094For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MassHIT$500,000
4513-9098For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, ACA Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting $9,170,815
4513-9100For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Surveillance on Congenital Heart Defects $503,906
4513-9101For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Birth Defects Surveillance - STEPS $685,238
4513-9103For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Home Visiting Initiative Formula $1,367,539
4513-9104For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening $259,000
4513-9105For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention $156,369
4513-9106For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Comprehensive Asthma Control Program $650,000
4513-9109For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Perinatal Quality Collaborative $200,000
4514-1008For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2010 WIC Special Project $42,295
4514-1012For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, WIC EBT Project $410,000
4514-1013For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, WIC Special Project 2015 $140,000
4515-0116For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Tuberculosis Control Project (317) $1,616,252
4515-0204For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Strengthening Surveillance for Infectious Disease $83,334
4515-0205For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HIV Training through Prevention Training Centers $23,704
4515-0208For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HIV Training Through Prevention Training Centers $542,148
4515-0210For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HIV Training Through Prevention Training Centers $298,000
4515-0212For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Strengthening Surveillance for Infectious Disease $46,875
4515-1120For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, PPHF 2014 Immunization Enhance and Information System $700,000
4515-1124For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention $659,352
4515-1125For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention $573,774
4516-1021For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Public Health Preparedness and Response $13,458,412
4516-1034For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Accreditation for State Food Testing Laboratories $225,158
4518-0505For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Birth and Death File $75,595
4518-0520For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) $229,000
4518-0534For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Expanded Occ. Health Surveillance in Massachusetts $839,128
4518-1000For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Death Index (NDI) $195,000
4518-1002For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Social Security Administration Deaths $167,200
4518-1003For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Social Security Administration Births $315,253
4518-9023For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) $54,105
4518-9038For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Youth Suicide Prevention $480,000
4518-9044For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Citizen Verification for Federal Employment $8,000
4518-9051For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Asthma $28,454
4570-1520 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Integration of Chronic Disease $1,634,449
4570-1526For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Demonstrating the Capacity of Comprehensive Cancer Control $173,819
4570-1527For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) $1,404,514
4570-1531For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System $3,378
4570-1534For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FDA 11 Tobacco $697,435
4570-1539For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Childhood Obesity $1,730,561
4570-1540For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Category B Implementation Massachusetts Community Transformation $459,258
4570-1541For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pregnant and Parenting Teens $1,511,231
4570-1543For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cancer Prevention and Control $264,403
4570-1544For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Coverdell Stroke Registry $546,826
4570-1545For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Quit Line$313,460
4570-1546For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System $277,744
4570-1550For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Improving the Health of People with Disabilities $300,861
4570-1551For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cancer Prevention and Control $3,820,389
4570-1552For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State Health Prevention in Chronic Disease $1,126,743
4570-1553For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State Health Prevention in Chronic Disease $1,247,773
4570-1554For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FY14 Family Planning Services FOA $714,000
4570-1555For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Colorectal Cancer Screening $750,920
4570-1556For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Core Violence and Injury Prevention $427,388
4570-1558For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Health Impact Assessment to Foster Healthy Community $145,000
4570-1559For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State and Local Public Health Actions to Prevent Obesity $3,520,000
Department of Children and Families.
4800-0006For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Children’s Justice Act $317,162
4800-0007For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Violence Prevention and Services $1,913,681
4800-0009For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IV-E Independent Living Program $2,799,692
4800-0013For the purposes of federally funded grants entitled, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Title-IVB Subpart 2 and Caseworker Visitation $4,830,148
4800-0084For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Education & Training Voucher Program $904,665
4800-0089For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adoption Incentives Payments $9,126
4899-0001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IV-B Child Welfare Services Subpart 1 $3,648,388
4899-0021For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect $471,065
4899-0024For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Child Trauma Project $640,000
Department of Mental Health.
5012-9122For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness $1,558,000
5012-9162For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Transition Age Youth and Young Adult Care $994,311
5012-9170For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mission – I RAPS $75,000
5012-9171For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Healthy Transitions $700,000
5012-9172For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Court Related Enhanced Services for Treatment (CREST) $348,142
5046-9102For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Shelter Plus Care Program $225,214
Department of Developmental Services.
5947-0012For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Lifespan Respite Care Program $82,500
BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
7000-9700For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Reserve Title I $157,554
7000-9702For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Library Service Technology Act $3,120,625
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
6440-0088For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Performance Registry Information System Management $80,473
6440-0089For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks $200,000
6440-0090For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Commercial Drivers Licenses Information System Enhancement $298,998
6440-0097For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Commercial Drivers License Information System Modernization Program $87,600
6440-0098For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Real ID Demonstration Program $457,742
6440-0099For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Safety Data Improvement Program $485,433
6642-0018For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Non-Urbanized Area Formula Program $3,762,374
6642-0020For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Job Access and Reverse Commute $2,000,000
6642-0023For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Metropolitan Transportation Planning $3,432,390
6642-0026For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, New Freedom Operating Segment $1,000,000
6642-0029For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bus Plus Replacement and Springfield Union Station ITC Section 5309 $15,535,802
6642-0030For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bus and Bus Facilities Section 5339 $942,000
6642-0049For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Needs for Elderly Individuals $5,500,000
6643-0012For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, ARRA Knowledge Corridor Restore Vermonter Project $15,310,130
6643-0013For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Boston South Station Expansion $10,000,000
6643-0014For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Inland Route High Speed Rail Corridor Feasibility and Planning $694,400
6643-0015For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Patriot Corridor Double-Stack Clearance Initiative $1,500,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Department of Career Services.
7002-6626For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Employment Services State Allotment $17,130,910
7002-6628For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Disabled Veterans Outreach Program $2,160,000
7002-6629For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Local Veterans Employment $823,200
7003-1010For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Trade Adjustment Assistance $14,622,706
7003-1630For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Investment Act Adult Activities $14,622,706
7003-1631For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Investment Act Youth Formula Grants $14,587,005
7003-1777For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Investment National Emergency Grant $10,000,000
7003-1778For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker Formula Grants $18,595,004
Department of Unemployment Assistance.
7002-6621For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Administrative Clearing Account $11,631,891
7002-6624For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Unemployment Insurance Administration $72,300,000
7002-9701For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics $2,096,896
Department of Labor Standards.
7002-2013For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mine Safety and Health Training $65,651
7003-4203For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistical Survey $64,000
7003-4212For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Asbestos Licensing and Monitoring $108,000
7003-4213For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Lead Licensing and Monitoring $360,000
7003-6627For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Occupational Substance and Health Administration On-site Consultation Program $1,328,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Department of Housing and Community Development.
4400-0705For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, McKinney Emergency Shelter Grants Program $4,800,000
4400-0707For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Continuum of Care Supplemental Housing $6,200,000
4400-9404For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, McKinney Shelter Plus Care – Continuum of Care $3,500,000
7004-2030For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Weatherization Assistance for Low Income Persons; provided, that consistent with applicable federal regulations and the state plan, the department of housing and community development may provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $5,157,958
7004-2033For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; provided, that consistent with applicable federal regulations and the state plan, the department of housing and community development shall provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $140,438,785
7004-2034For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community Services Block Grant; provided, that consistent with applicable federal regulations and the state plan, the department of housing and community development may provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $16,496,539
7004-3037For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program; provided, that consistent with applicable federal regulations and the state plan, the department of housing and community development may provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $29,402,874
7004-3040For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, CDBG Disaster Recovery Assistance $3,571,261
7004-9009For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 8 Substantial Rehabilitation Program; provided, that the department of housing and community development may provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $9,756,846
7004-9014For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Housing Voucher Program; provided, that the department of housing and community development may provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $8,418,610
7004-9015For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Housing Choice Voucher and VASH $235,517,260
7004-9016For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Unification Program $2,449,279
7004-9017For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities $691,777
7004-9018For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 811 Project Based Rental Assistance Demonstration Program $826,325
7004-9019For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program; provided, that the department of housing and community development may provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $9,628,595
7004-9020For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 8 New Construction Program; provided, that the department of housing and community development may provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $6,598,614
7004-9028For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Home Investment Partnerships; provided, that, consistent with applicable federal regulations and the state plan, the department of housing and community development may provide monthly payments in advance to participating agencies $12,700,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.
Office of the Secretary.
8000-4396For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Transit Security Grant Program $69,197
8000-4603For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act $309,338
8000-4610For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Statistical Analysis Center $80,505
8000-4611For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program $4,514,036
8000-4619For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title V-Delinquency Prevention $6,460
8000-4620For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grants Program $2,904,685
8000-4624For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Prisoner Substance Abuse Treatment $21,270
8000-4639For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, John Justice Grant $64,000
8000-4692For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Homeland Security Program $8,573,594
8000-4705For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Management Performance Grant $222,188
8000-4707For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Non Profit Security Grant Program $100,000
8000-4794For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FY11 Urban Areas Initiative Grant $18,500,000
8000-4804For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Agency Programs $10,038,071
8000-4805For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Map 21 405 Program $8,000,000
8000-5700For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FY11 Metropolitan Medical Response System Grant $300,000
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
8000-4692For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeland Security Grant $75,000
Department of State Police.
8100-0210For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance $397,050
8100-2010For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FY12 $1,987,435
8100-2021For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FY14 SaDIP $79,731
8100-2058For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, New England State Police Administrators’ Conference - Regional Investigation $3,400,000
8100-2640For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Internet Crimes Against Children Continuation $390,936
8100-9702For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY13 FEMA Port Security Grant Program $156,750
8100-9704For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY14 FEMA Port Security Grant Program $750,000
8100-9753For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 12 DNA Backlog Reduction $584,855
8100-9754For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY13 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program $551,613
8100-9755For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 13 Paul Coverdell Program $258,604
8100-9756For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY14 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program Basic/Competitive $50,000
8100-9757For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY14 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program $250,000
Municipal Police Training Committee.
8000-4805For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Highway Safety Grants $36,931.39
8000-4804For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Highway Safety Grants $9,189.44
Department of Fire Services.
8324-1505For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Fire Academy State Fire Training Program $20,000
Military Division.
8700-1001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Facilities Programs $21,894,073
8700-1002For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Environmental Program $3,167,065
8700-1003For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Security $1,608,721
8700-1004For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Electronic Security $196,595
8700-1005For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Command Control, Communications and Information Management $420,316
8700-1007For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Sustainable Ranges $592,210
8700-1010For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Anti-Terrorism $105,837
8700-1021For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Facilities Operations and Maintenance $6,889,951
8700-1022For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Environmental $69,988
8700-1023For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Security $1,001,768
8700-1024For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Fire Protection $2,555,929
8700-1040For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Distributed Learning Program $140,625
8700-1041For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Family Program Activities $105,163
8700-2001For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Natick National Guard Readiness Center $20,000
8700-2002For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Military Construction Cooperative Agreement CERF-P-Facility CCG $670,000
8700-3076For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Services Program $252,458
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
8800-0012For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation $51,431
8800-0042For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hazard Materials Emergency Planning Grant $450,000
8800-0064For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program $17,008,802
8800-1644For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Competitive Projects $1,149,002
8800-1645For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Flood Mitigation Assistance Project $1,338,892
8800-0089For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Severe Repetitive Loss $70,354
8800-1642For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, May 2006 Floods $500,000
8800-1701For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, April Nor’Easter - FEMA $192,482
8800-1813For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Disaster Recovery - December 2008 Ice Storm - FEMA $13,426,270
8800-1895For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, March 10 Flood $284,670
8800-1959For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, January 2011 Snowstorm $2,460,845
8800-1994For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, June 2011 Tornadoes and Storms $37,300,000
8800-2012For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Management Performance Grant $8,000,000
8800-3330For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Irene – Pre Landfall $763,238
8800-3362For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Marathon Explosion $265,978
8800-4028For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Tropical Storm Irene $460,000
8800-4051For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, October Snow Storm $1,300,000
8800-4097For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Sandy $8,300,000
8800-4110For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, February 2013 Blizzard NEMO $28,000,000
Department of Correction.
8903-9008For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Second Chance Act – CISCO Tech $63,417.44
8903-0068For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, PREA Zero Tolerance Grant $277,966
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ELDER AFFAIRS.
Office of the Secretary.
9110-1074For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Older Americans Act – Title III and Title VII $10,182,633
9110-1077For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Family Caregiver Support Program $3,700,000
9110-1094For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SHINE – Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Elders $1,097,000
9110-1173For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Older Americans Act – Title III Nutrition Program $13,383,620
9110-1174For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nutritional Services Incentive Program $4,885,300
9110-1178For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Senior Community Service Employment Program $1,831,043
SECTION 2E.
SECTION 2E. The sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated for transfer from the General Fund to the trust funds named within each item unless specifically designated otherwise in this section, for the purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this section and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016. Items in this section shall not be subject to allotment under section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws or reduction under section 9C of said chapter 29, without express authorization from the general court. Notwithstanding section 19A of said chapter 29, any transfer under this section shall be made by the comptroller in accordance with a transfer schedule to be developed for each item by the comptroller, after consulting with the appropriate agency secretary, the secretary of administration and finance and the state treasurer. The schedule for each appropriation shall provide for transfers in increments considered appropriate to meet the cash flow needs of each fund and all transfers under the schedule shall be completed not later than June 30, 2016. Not later than 7 days after the schedules receive final approval by the comptroller, they shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
1599-6152For an operating transfer to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund, established in section 24 of chapter 32A of the General Laws $425,000,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
1595-1067For an operating transfer to the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund established in section 35UU of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that these funds shall be expended pursuant to the delivery system transformation initiative master plan and hospital-specific plans approved in the MassHealth section 1115 demonstration waiver for state or federal fiscal year 2015; provided further, that all payments from the fund shall be: (i) subject to the availability of federal financial participation; (ii) made only under federally-approved payment methods; (iii) consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services; and (iv) subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement with the executive office of health and human services; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make payments of up to $44,853,333 from the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund to the Cambridge public health commission for federal fiscal year 2015 only after the Cambridge public health commission transfers up to $22,426,667 of its funds to the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund using a federally permissible source of funds which shall fully satisfy the non-federal share of such payment $186,906,667
1595-1068For an operating transfer to the MassHealth provider payment account in the Medical Assistance Trust Fund established in section 2QQQ of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that, except as otherwise provided in this item, these funds shall be expended only for services provided during state or federal fiscal year 2015 or 2016 and no amounts previously or subsequently transferred into the Medical Assistance Trust Fund shall be expended on payments described in the demonstration waiver pursuant to the section 1115 demonstration waiver for services provided during state fiscal year 2016 or payments described in the state plan for services provided during federal fiscal year 2016; provided further, that all payments from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund shall be: (i) subject to the availability of federal financial participation; (ii) made only under federally-approved payment methods; (iii) consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services; and (iv) subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement with the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall notify, in writing, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on healthcare financing of increases in payments within 15 days; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make a supplemental payment of up to $120,000,000 from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to the Cambridge public health commission for dates of service in state and federal fiscal year 2016 only after the Cambridge public health commission transfers up to $60,000,000 of its funds to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund using a federally-permissible source of funds which shall fully satisfy the non-federal share of such payment; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make a payment of up to $220,000,000 from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to the Cambridge public health commission for qualifying state fiscal year 2016 public hospital transformation and incentive initiative payments only after the Cambridge public health commission transfers up to $110,000,000 of its funds to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund using a federally-permissible source of funds which shall fully satisfy the non-federal share of such payment $462,000,000
1595-1069For an operating transfer to the Health Information Technology Trust Fund established pursuant to section 35RR of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that these funds shall be expended for operating costs for the statewide health information exchange; and provided further, that these funds shall be expended for the operating costs for the health insurance exchange and integrated eligibility system $8,153,272
Department of Public Health.
1595-4510For an operating transfer to the Substance Abuse Services Fund established in section 2I of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided, that the funds in this item shall be expended to increase the number of clients receiving substance abuse treatment through the bureau of substance abuse services; provided further, that in meeting that requirement, the bureau shall utilize a range of treatment settings including, but not limited to: (i) detoxification services; (ii) clinical stabilization services; (iii) residential treatment services; (iv) outpatient treatment services; (v) counseling; (vi) promoting primary care practitioner's access to available, trained and certified addiction specialists for consultation or referral; and (vii) educating primary care providers, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, about addiction prevention and treatment and to encourage primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants to screen for signs of substance abuse; provided further, that in determining the range of services to expand, the bureau shall select a range of treatment settings that prioritizes: (a) treatment methods that are evidence-based and cost effective; (b) ensuring substance abuse treatment access to historically underserved populations; and (c) availability of a continuum of services and care for clients entering substance abuse treatment at any level; and provided further, that the commissioner of public health shall report quarterly to the executive office for administration and finance, the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (1) the way funds were spent in the previous quarter, including, but not limited to, an itemized accounting of the goods and services that were procured; (2) an accounting of substance abuse services provided by the fund, broken down by month and type of service, since 2011 through the current quarter; (3) the number of clients served, by month and type of service; (4) the number of new and returning clients, by service; (5) amounts expended by type of service for each month in the prior quarter; and (6) procurement and service goals for the subsequent quarter $10,000,000
TRANSPORTATION.
Department of Transportation.
1595-6368For an operating transfer to the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund established in section 4 of chapter 6C of the General Laws; provided, that pursuant to section 4 of chapter 270 of the acts of 2014, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall provide a 50 per cent matching grant up to $5,000 for a memorial marker at the intermodal center located at the Hingham Shipyard in honor of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Herbert L. Foss; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be provided to BerkshireRides, Inc. to maintain transportation services and to study the feasibility of establishing a self-sufficient, countywide employment transportation system; and provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be provided to the Montachusett regional transit authority for a contract with Community Transit Services, Inc., or any successor agency engaged by the Montachusett regional transit authority, to maintain transportation services and to study the feasibility of establishing a self-sufficient, countywide employment transportation system $368,025,340
Commonwealth Transportation Fund100%
1595-6369For an operating transfer to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority pursuant to clause (1) of subsection (d) of section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws $187,000,000
Commonwealth Transportation Fund100%
1595-6370For an operating transfer to the regional transit authorities organized pursuant to chapter 161B of the General Laws or predecessor statutes pursuant to clause (2) of subsection (d) of section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws $82,000,000
Commonwealth Transportation Fund100%
1595-6379For the operation of the motor vehicle insurance merit rating board, including the rent, related parking and utility expenses of the board; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item and the associated fringe benefits shall be borne by insurance companies doing motor vehicle insurance business within the commonwealth pursuant to section 57A of chapter 6C of the General Laws; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no safe driver insurance plan shall require the payment of an unsafe driver point surcharge for the first offense for non-criminal motor vehicle traffic violations as described in chapter 90C of the General Laws $9,553,119
Commonwealth Transportation Fund100%
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
Department of Higher Education.
1595-7066For the support of the Pipeline Fund established in section 2MMM of chapter 29 of the General Laws $1,500,000
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 the distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery and Gaming Fund, as paid from the General Fund in accordance with clause (c) of the second paragraph of section 35 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, and additional funds from the General Fund and the Gaming Local Aid Fund, shall be $979,797,001and shall be apportioned to the cities and towns in accordance with this section.
Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, except for section 12B of chapter 76 and section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, for fiscal year 2016 the total amounts to be distributed and paid to each city and town from item 7061-0008 of section 2 shall be as set forth in the following lists. The specified amounts to be distributed from said item 7061-0008 of said section 2 shall be in full satisfaction of the amounts due pursuant to chapter 70 of the General Laws.
For fiscal year 2016, the foundation budget category of “pre-school enrollment” shall be defined as the number of students enrolled in pre-school programs and all other foundation budget categories for each district shall be calculated in the same manner as in fiscal year 2015. For districts who have accepted the United States Department of Agriculture’s community eligible provision, fiscal year 2015 low income percentages shall be applied to fiscal year 2016. The target local share shall be calculated using the same methodology used in fiscal year 2015. Preliminary local contribution shall be the municipality's fiscal year 2015 minimum required local contribution, increased or decreased by the municipal revenue growth factor; provided, that if a municipality's preliminary local contribution as a percentage of its foundation budget is more than 2.5 percentage points lower than the target local share, the preliminary contribution shall be recalculated using the municipality's revenue growth factor plus 1 percentage point; and if a municipality's preliminary contribution as a percentage of its foundation budget is more than 7.5 percentage points lower than the target local share, the preliminary contribution shall be recalculated using the municipality's revenue growth factor plus 2 percentage points. Minimum required local contribution for fiscal year 2016 shall be, for any municipality with a fiscal year 2016 preliminary contribution greater than its fiscal year 2016 target contribution, the preliminary local contribution reduced by 50 per cent of the gap between the preliminary local contribution and the target local contribution. No minimum required local contribution shall be greater than 90 percent of the district's foundation budget amount. Required local contribution shall be allocated among the districts to which a municipality belongs in direct proportion to the foundation budgets for the municipality's pupils at each of those districts. For fiscal year 2016, the "foundation aid increment" shall be the difference between: (a) the positive difference between a district's foundation budget and its required district contribution; and (b) prior year aid. The "minimum aid increment" shall be equal to $25 multiplied by the district's foundation enrollment minus the foundation aid increment.
Chapter 70 aid for fiscal year 2016 shall be the sum of prior year aid plus the foundation aid increment, if any, plus the minimum aid increment, if any. No non-operating district shall receive chapter 70 aid in an amount greater than the district's foundation budget.
If there is a conflict between the language of this section and the distribution listed below, the distribution below shall control.
The department of elementary and secondary education shall not consider health care costs for retired teachers to be part of net school spending for any district in which such costs were not considered part of net school spending in fiscal year 1994, and in which such district has not accepted the provisions of section 260 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014.
No payments pursuant to this section to cities, towns or counties maintaining an agricultural school shall be made after November 30 of the fiscal year until the commissioner of revenue certifies acceptance of the prior fiscal year's annual financial reports submitted pursuant to section 43 of chapter 44 of the General Laws. Advance payments shall be made for some or all of periodic local reimbursement or assistance programs to any city, town, regional school district or independent agricultural and technical school that demonstrates an emergency cash shortfall, as certified by the commissioner of revenue and approved by the secretary of administration and finance, under guidelines established by the secretary.
MunicipalityChapter 70Unrestricted General Government Aid
ABINGTON $7,472,269$1,813,451
ACTON $0$1,289,519
ACUSHNET $6,181,252$1,397,734
ADAMS $0$2,158,193
AGAWAM $18,927,672$3,396,126
ALFORD $0$12,937
AMESBURY $8,867,257$1,793,402
AMHERST $5,954,998$7,760,993
ANDOVER $9,191,614$1,647,227
AQUINNAH$0$2,154
ARLINGTON $10,715,559$6,993,777
ASHBURNHAM $0$732,959
ASHBY $0$403,649
ASHFIELD $93,413$171,143
ASHLAND $5,579,510$1,246,634
ATHOL $0$2,440,583
ATTLEBORO $35,242,406$5,259,089
AUBURN $8,448,392$1,578,760
AVON $1,011,381$638,935
AYER $0$697,869
BARNSTABLE $8,736,707$1,939,073
BARRE $0$829,087
BECKET $76,563$83,718
BEDFORD $4,209,634$1,058,221
BELCHERTOWN $13,541,691$1,568,527
BELLINGHAM $8,305,835$1,564,230
BELMONT $6,766,099$2,081,476
BERKLEY $3,893,088$560,901
BERLIN $440,980$185,858
BERNARDSTON $0$268,120
BEVERLY $7,506,147$5,383,422
BILLERICA $18,620,584$5,368,038
BLACKSTONE $111,224$1,261,792
BLANDFORD $43,655$117,053
BOLTON $1,956$182,009
BOSTON $212,596,335$174,653,245
BOURNE $4,927,363$1,351,366
BOXBOROUGH $0$232,537
BOXFORD $1,643,973$448,134
BOYLSTON $450,313$315,765
BRAINTREE $15,291,040$5,275,136
BREWSTER $942,019$363,988
BRIDGEWATER $50,426$3,357,581
BRIMFIELD $1,209,272$359,413
BROCKTON $170,040,928$19,301,995
BROOKFIELD $1,405,965$455,161
BROOKLINE $12,183,520$5,852,785
BUCKLAND $0$282,269
BURLINGTON $5,771,296$2,414,194
CAMBRIDGE $11,077,401$19,804,203
CANTON $5,126,669$1,976,870
CARLISLE $875,115$202,226
CARVER $9,772,714$1,346,692
CHARLEMONT $61,250$161,138
CHARLTON $21,633$1,335,562
CHATHAM $0$138,738
CHELMSFORD $10,473,018$4,678,930
CHELSEA $70,354,181$7,571,171
CHESHIRE $13,005$566,305
CHESTER $126,262$165,968
CHESTERFIELD $133,114$127,276
CHICOPEE $59,511,925$10,615,414
CHILMARK $0$3,457
CLARKSBURG $1,773,600$335,353
CLINTON $11,329,016$2,170,074
COHASSET $2,304,762$474,282
COLRAIN $5,145$266,057
CONCORD $2,705,857$1,069,450
CONWAY $610,004$164,753
CUMMINGTON $73,684$76,903
DALTON $272,926$1,048,840
DANVERS $6,426,157$2,625,585
DARTMOUTH $9,419,066$2,323,858
DEDHAM $4,379,293$3,014,593
DEERFIELD $1,067,968$442,768
DENNIS $0$502,049
DIGHTON $0$712,814
DOUGLAS $8,567,140$672,740
DOVER $702,567$177,332
DRACUT $18,858,492$3,229,915
DUDLEY $9,295$1,647,083
DUNSTABLE $2,961$226,737
DUXBURY $4,860,479$817,139
EAST BRIDGEWATER $10,361,132$1,379,875
EAST BROOKFIELD $186,016$267,355
EAST LONGMEADOW $9,967,774$1,334,367
EASTHAM $339,456$137,341
EASTHAMPTON $7,776,017$2,591,134
EASTON $9,624,016$2,018,745
EDGARTOWN $601,368$61,406
EGREMONT $0$58,164
ERVING $438,270$61,960
ESSEX $0$225,704
EVERETT $64,001,903$6,368,777
FAIRHAVEN $7,428,260$2,078,765
FALL RIVER $105,744,811$21,968,229
FALMOUTH $5,492,795$1,278,041
FITCHBURG $45,700,337$7,867,011
FLORIDA $539,192$45,884
FOXBOROUGH $8,664,640$1,373,110
FRAMINGHAM $37,729,858$9,171,536
FRANKLIN $27,575,946$2,277,858
FREETOWN $396,345$875,363
GARDNER $19,085,780$3,906,404
GEORGETOWN $5,332,268$660,385
GILL $0$224,229
GLOUCESTER $6,238,892$3,681,780
GOSHEN $96,111$73,749
GOSNOLD $16,414$1,933
GRAFTON $10,650,490$1,441,388
GRANBY $4,557,815$813,957
GRANVILLE $0$147,800
GREAT BARRINGTON $0$699,614
GREENFIELD $12,035,012$2,926,707
GROTON $0$714,094
GROVELAND $42,110$671,036
HADLEY $953,529$418,387
HALIFAX $2,714,617$836,822
HAMILTON $0$619,359
HAMPDEN $0$634,237
HANCOCK $200,990$52,048
HANOVER $6,654,914$1,952,822
HANSON $58,345$1,180,504
HARDWICK $8,308$429,165
HARVARD $1,842,181$1,365,206
HARWICH $0$397,085
HATFIELD $795,746$287,642
HAVERHILL $46,462,498$9,060,317
HAWLEY $35,202$39,895
HEATH $0$77,130
HINGHAM $6,603,785$1,454,878
HINSDALE $104,683$205,257
HOLBROOK $5,395,650$1,360,202
HOLDEN $5,275$1,762,511
HOLLAND $911,123$186,066
HOLLISTON $7,219,350$1,427,574
HOLYOKE $70,541,434$9,362,400
HOPEDALE $5,941,845$601,120
HOPKINTON $5,961,103$724,166
HUBBARDSTON $0$415,258
HUDSON $11,342,701$1,838,276
HULL $3,734,246$1,953,645
HUNTINGTON $257,686$317,710
IPSWICH $3,079,600$1,479,783
KINGSTON $4,216,165$884,834
LAKEVILLE $73,946$754,281
LANCASTER $7,443$881,188
LANESBOROUGH $752,323$317,995
LAWRENCE $177,628,396$18,100,359
LEE $1,995,699$574,111
LEICESTER $9,574,112$1,600,620
LENOX $1,198,130$491,368
LEOMINSTER $43,547,587$5,276,009
LEVERETT $279,816$164,548
LEXINGTON $9,968,536$1,412,809
LEYDEN $0$75,901
LINCOLN $857,038$627,584
LITTLETON $3,809,413$655,287
LONGMEADOW $4,434,186$1,287,945
LOWELL $135,511,265$23,219,704
LUDLOW $13,418,728$2,816,151
LUNENBURG $5,834,483$974,858
LYNN $147,362,682$20,639,889
LYNNFIELD $4,089,401$958,754
MALDEN $48,438,759$11,565,609
MANCHESTER $0$205,009
MANSFIELD $18,388,239$2,056,291
MARBLEHEAD $5,464,064$1,049,758
MARION $670,258$208,006
MARLBOROUGH $22,916,101$5,018,231
MARSHFIELD $14,068,193$1,997,043
MASHPEE $4,402,061$339,168
MATTAPOISETT $772,515$373,627
MAYNARD $4,438,905$1,448,274
MEDFIELD $5,925,859$1,336,310
MEDFORD $11,454,441$11,182,017
MEDWAY $10,175,519$1,124,681
MELROSE $7,960,596$4,727,716
MENDON $12,050$376,724
MERRIMAC $39,015$775,637
METHUEN $41,119,363$5,012,292
MIDDLEBOROUGH $17,539,709$2,272,828
MIDDLEFIELD $13,200$49,007
MIDDLETON $1,568,751$504,398
MILFORD $20,844,437$2,815,721
MILLBURY $6,922,983$1,632,419
MILLIS $4,657,397$965,160
MILLVILLE $48,727$375,500
MILTON $6,060,522$2,962,084
MONROE $49,377$16,950
MONSON $7,399,425$1,203,373
MONTAGUE $0$1,321,162
MONTEREY $0$42,622
MONTGOMERY $21,042$80,003
MOUNT WASHINGTON $32,776$27,634
NAHANT $484,943$348,316
NANTUCKET $2,980,944$73,041
NATICK $8,816,665$3,512,863
NEEDHAM $8,373,790$1,609,289
NEW ASHFORD $179,597$18,725
NEW BEDFORD $125,128,363$21,206,423
NEW BRAINTREE $5,704$121,695
NEW MARLBOROUGH $0$53,988
NEW SALEM $0$95,647
NEWBURY $16,844$477,422
NEWBURYPORT $3,720,117$2,351,133
NEWTON $20,226,057$5,417,478
NORFOLK $3,332,480$884,051
NORTH ADAMS $13,595,418$4,089,838
NORTH ANDOVER $7,921,497$1,889,233
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH $20,055,686$2,652,191
NORTH BROOKFIELD $4,203,088$734,563
NORTH READING $6,802,307$1,636,830
NORTHAMPTON $7,162,729$4,051,832
NORTHBOROUGH $3,756,435$1,028,287
NORTHBRIDGE $15,275,081$1,945,911
NORTHFIELD $9,265$333,067
NORTON $12,461,075$1,915,999
NORWELL $3,417,653$988,229
NORWOOD $5,751,026$4,287,958
OAK BLUFFS $885,807$67,044
OAKHAM $5,880$176,866
ORANGE $5,189,379$1,489,817
ORLEANS $285,191$158,348
OTIS $0$33,530
OXFORD $10,306,499$1,895,585
PALMER $10,701,980$1,848,777
PAXTON $0$498,847
PEABODY $18,747,217$6,654,496
PELHAM $224,081$146,741
PEMBROKE $13,174,507$1,549,634
PEPPERELL $0$1,375,893
PERU $73,500$105,281
PETERSHAM $425,758$105,685
PHILLIPSTON $0$170,047
PITTSFIELD $39,818,894$7,959,318
PLAINFIELD $39,600$46,249
PLAINVILLE $2,824,581$699,374
PLYMOUTH $23,872,517$3,612,244
PLYMPTON $708,270$218,703
PRINCETON $0$272,945
PROVINCETOWN $272,866$127,513
QUINCY $26,257,161$17,602,725
RANDOLPH $15,257,583$4,791,706
RAYNHAM $0$1,048,271
READING $10,232,699$2,988,591
REHOBOTH $26,400$960,957
REVERE $54,216,144$9,482,988
RICHMOND $347,244$99,736
ROCHESTER $1,762,322$391,537
ROCKLAND $12,599,122$2,437,024
ROCKPORT $1,397,406$403,381
ROWE $131,165$3,632
ROWLEY $25,266$497,836
ROYALSTON $0$165,733
RUSSELL $168,465$227,680
RUTLAND $7,283$852,780
SALEM $21,348,402$6,359,292
SALISBURY $33,688$582,476
SANDISFIELD $0$31,945
SANDWICH $6,740,018$1,039,044
SAUGUS $5,338,002$3,382,080
SAVOY $506,879$106,814
SCITUATE $5,185,901$1,854,505
SEEKONK $4,979,515$1,134,403
SHARON $6,950,527$1,290,483
SHEFFIELD $13,886$224,587
SHELBURNE $0$241,081
SHERBORN $554,673$199,683
SHIRLEY $0$1,209,498
SHREWSBURY $19,195,638$2,567,992
SHUTESBURY $613,366$156,331
SOMERSET $5,262,728$1,413,928
SOMERVILLE $19,717,388$23,227,401
SOUTH HADLEY $7,772,779$2,407,654
SOUTHAMPTON $2,480,926$587,401
SOUTHBOROUGH $2,809,611$403,206
SOUTHBRIDGE $19,688,050$3,243,179
SOUTHWICK $0$1,162,851
SPENCER $49,601$2,085,095
SPRINGFIELD $309,186,094$34,898,975
STERLING $0$639,113
STOCKBRIDGE $0$91,892
STONEHAM $3,838,859$3,426,121
STOUGHTON $14,813,801$2,952,070
STOW $2,191$388,080
STURBRIDGE $3,500,341$714,215
SUDBURY $4,534,395$1,290,456
SUNDERLAND $845,663$465,949
SUTTON $5,276,480$719,625
SWAMPSCOTT $3,193,515$1,193,267
SWANSEA $7,043,968$1,731,447
TAUNTON $53,171,688$7,753,667
TEMPLETON $0$1,285,514
TEWKSBURY $12,818,290$2,565,783
TISBURY $593,161$90,395
TOLLAND $0$17,039
TOPSFIELD $1,107,808$565,442
TOWNSEND $0$1,211,556
TRURO $282,481$27,734
TYNGSBOROUGH $7,169,374$890,900
TYRINGHAM $38,498$11,705
UPTON $19,248$490,809
UXBRIDGE $9,171,114$1,268,460
WAKEFIELD $5,401,367$3,105,666
WALES $806,275$217,742
WALPOLE $7,638,831$2,349,482
WALTHAM $9,711,597$8,852,549
WARE $8,871,298$1,591,557
WAREHAM $12,558,607$1,823,940
WARREN $0$834,053
WARWICK $0$117,243
WASHINGTON $3,051$87,072
WATERTOWN $4,399,531$6,149,079
WAYLAND $3,710,313$833,306
WEBSTER $11,055,488$2,282,502
WELLESLEY $7,916,157$1,194,220
WELLFLEET $179,724$53,883
WENDELL $0$160,661
WENHAM $0$394,879
WEST BOYLSTON $2,909,285$734,505
WEST BRIDGEWATER $3,031,677$602,833
WEST BROOKFIELD $201,348$449,011
WEST NEWBURY $13,005$273,153
WEST SPRINGFIELD $22,613,567$3,303,943
WEST STOCKBRIDGE $0$89,634
WEST TISBURY $0$171,232
WESTBOROUGH $5,113,078$1,068,280
WESTFIELD $33,353,974$5,803,420
WESTFORD $16,436,625$1,959,139
WESTHAMPTON $457,770$133,585
WESTMINSTER $0$603,479
WESTON $3,045,154$344,835
WESTPORT $4,341,772$1,121,565
WESTWOOD $4,803,413$672,554
WEYMOUTH $27,530,085$8,038,331
WHATELY $252,340$123,716
WHITMAN $78,029$2,232,284
WILBRAHAM $0$1,349,194
WILLIAMSBURG $519,245$279,098
WILLIAMSTOWN $938,701$880,149
WILMINGTON $10,978,730$2,292,313
WINCHENDON $11,288,335$1,550,908
WINCHESTER $7,680,548$1,363,975
WINDSOR $39,600$95,733
WINTHROP $6,346,975$3,886,341
WOBURN$8,321,994$5,519,009
WORCESTER $231,540,738$38,309,951
WORTHINGTON $225,070$115,796
WRENTHAM $3,656,773$859,479
YARMOUTH $0$1,163,938
DEVENS$308,558$0
SOUTHFIELD$51,667$0
Total Municipal$3,832,618,902$979,797,001
Regional School DistrictChapter 70Unrestricted General Government Aid
ACTON BOXBOROUGH $14,393,076$0
ADAMS CHESHIRE $10,156,418$0
AMHERST PELHAM $9,349,517$0
ASHBURNHAM WESTMINSTER $10,554,153$0
ASSABET VALLEY $4,402,149$0
ATHOL ROYALSTON $17,172,640$0
AYER SHIRLEY$8,047,361$0
BERKSHIRE HILLS $2,780,663$0
BERLIN BOYLSTON $1,062,648$0
BLACKSTONE MILLVILLE $10,729,594$0
BLACKSTONE VALLEY $8,086,169$0
BLUE HILLS $4,237,127$0
BRIDGEWATER RAYNHAM $20,671,771$0
BRISTOL COUNTY $2,992,952$0
BRISTOL PLYMOUTH $10,774,199$0
CAPE COD $2,096,487$0
CENTRAL BERKSHIRE $8,540,559$0
CHESTERFIELD GOSHEN$734,280$0
CONCORD CARLISLE $2,053,456$0
DENNIS YARMOUTH $6,803,239$0
DIGHTON REHOBOTH $12,536,246$0
DOVER SHERBORN $1,659,576$0
DUDLEY CHARLTON $23,938,773$0
ESSEX NORTH SHORE$3,080,269$0
FARMINGTON RIVER$413,420$0
FRANKLIN COUNTY $3,449,561$0
FREETOWN LAKEVILLE $10,692,488$0
FRONTIER $2,772,595$0
GATEWAY $5,531,374$0
GILL MONTAGUE $6,092,669$0
GREATER FALL RIVER $15,695,770$0
GREATER LAWRENCE $21,439,728$0
GREATER LOWELL $23,740,502$0
GREATER NEW BEDFORD $24,469,332$0
GROTON DUNSTABLE $10,575,673$0
HAMILTON WENHAM $3,457,966$0
HAMPDEN WILBRAHAM $11,483,814$0
HAMPSHIRE $3,170,333$0
HAWLEMONT $614,527$0
KING PHILIP $7,278,450$0
LINCOLN SUDBURY $2,862,021$0
MANCHESTER ESSEX$2,850,168$0
MARTHA’S VINEYARD $2,775,225$0
MASCONOMET $4,925,724$0
MENDON UPTON $12,131,581$0
MINUTEMAN $2,177,027$0
MOHAWK TRAIL $5,921,294$0
MONOMOY$2,755,146$0
MONTACHUSETT $13,837,825$0
MOUNT GREYLOCK $1,705,983$0
NARRAGANSETT $9,764,044$0
NASHOBA $6,574,230$0
NASHOBA VALLEY $3,620,454$0
NAUSET $3,353,354$0
NEW SALEM WENDELL $635,007$0
NORFOLK COUNTY$1,126,276$0
NORTH MIDDLESEX $19,925,993$0
NORTHAMPTON SMITH $897,910$0
NORTHBORO SOUTHBORO $2,951,914$0
NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN $8,640,688$0
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE $4,641,116$0
OLD COLONY $3,215,679$0
OLD ROCHESTER $2,715,679$0
PATHFINDER $5,391,010$0
PENTUCKET $12,834,852$0
PIONEER $4,067,561$0
QUABBIN $16,342,038$0
QUABOAG$8,544,111$0
RALPH C. MAHAR $5,339,690$0
SHAWSHEEN VALLEY $6,275,836$0
SILVER LAKE $7,663,957$0
SOMERSET BERKLEY$3,843,168$0
SOUTH MIDDLESEX $4,090,859$0
SOUTH SHORE $3,981,405$0
SOUTHEASTERN $14,281,764$0
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE $1,888,246$0
SOUTHERN WORCESTER $10,084,562$0
SOUTHWICK TOLLAND GRANVILLE$9,628,898$0
SPENCER EAST BROOKFIELD $13,457,639$0
TANTASQUA $8,116,541$0
TRI COUNTY $5,577,743$0
TRITON $8,428,221$0
UP-ISLAND$821,922$0
UPPER CAPE COD $2,927,510$0
WACHUSETT $25,438,325$0
WHITMAN HANSON $24,219,585$0
WHITTIER $8,281,994$0
Total Regional$679,263,297$0
Total State$4,511,882,199$979,797,001
SECTION 3A. Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 116 the following section:-
Section 116 1/2. (a) Sums for the estimated expenses of providing annual in-service specialized and statutorily-mandated training programs conducted by the municipal police training committee for veteran and reserve municipal police officers and for those officers employed by agencies who exercise police powers and receive this training from the municipal police training committee, including, but not limited to, environmental police officers and campus police officers at the University of Massachusetts and state universities who exercise police powers, shall be paid to the commissioner of insurance by property and casualty insurance companies by means of a policy surcharge imposed upon a policyholder of a private passenger automobile policy issued by a property and casualty insurance company writing motor vehicle insurance policies in the commonwealth. These training programs shall include: new recruit training provided by the municipal police training committee; development and delivery of distance learning programs by the municipal police training committee; a standards and evaluations program for training courses and instructors of or certified by the municipal police training committee; the development and updating of training programs including curricula by the municipal police training committee; hiring, equipping and training new state police recruits; and the development and operation of a state police cadet program including the hiring, equipping and, subject to appropriation, training of state police cadets and the estimated cost of fringe benefits associated with this training hiring and employment. The amount of any surcharge shall be separately stated on either a billing or policy declaration sent to the insured. The rate of the policy surcharge shall be determined and adjusted annually by the commissioner of insurance to a rate sufficient to generate a surcharge to fund the expenses estimated by the secretary of public safety and security for the purposes described in this subsection.
(b) The policy surcharge shall be collected and remitted to the commissioner of insurance by the property and casualty insurance companies writing motor vehicle insurance policies in the commonwealth on a quarterly basis not later than the twenty-fifth day of the month succeeding the end of the quarter in which it is collected. A company that fails or refuses to collect and remit the policy surcharge to the commissioner of insurance or whose surcharge payments are not postmarked by the due date for quarterly filing shall be liable for a penalty of up to $100 for each day of delinquency, to be assessed by the commissioner of insurance. The estimated costs shall include an amount equal to the cost of fringe benefits as established by the secretary of administration and finance under section 5D of chapter 29. Any surcharge collected in a fiscal year but not expended by the municipal police training committee or department of state police for the purposes set forth in this section shall be retained by the commonwealth solely for use by the municipal police training committee or department of state police.
SECTION 3B. Said chapter 6 is hereby further amended by adding the following section:-
Section 218. There shall be a corrections advisory board, hereinafter called the board, to provide independent advice to the corrections’ providers, including the sheriffs, to: (i) improve coordination efforts between and among the sheriffs, the department of correction, the courts and community corrections programs; and (ii) identify and establish best practices in all aspects of corrections’ operations including, but not limited to, accounting, human resources, care and custody of inmates, special inmate populations, civil process, community corrections, health and mental health care management, inmate rehabilitation and reentry, capital, master and strategic planning, inmate tracking and transportation and procurement.
The board shall include: the secretary of public safety and security, the chair of the parole board, the commissioner of correction, the commissioner of probation, the secretary of administration and finance, the president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., or their designees, each of whom shall serve ex-officio; 9 persons to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall have experience in the areas of workforce development and ex-offender rehabilitation, 1 of whom shall have experience in the area of reintegration and rehabilitation of female ex-offenders, 1 of whom shall have experience in treating people with mental illness and substance abuse, 1 of whom shall have experience in government accounting practices, 1 of whom shall have experience in human resources management, 1 of whom shall have experience in independent auditing and 1 of whom shall be a representative of organized labor; 2 persons to be appointed by the president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc.; and 2 persons to be appointed by the chief justice of the supreme judicial court. Appointed members shall serve for terms of 3 years. In the event of a vacancy in office, a successor shall be appointed in like manner by the appropriate appointing authority. Ten members shall constitute a quorum and all members shall be voting members. The board shall annually elect a chairperson from among its members and shall be supported by the executive office for administration and finance. Board members shall be considered state employees for the purposes of chapter 268A.
The chairperson shall hold meetings at least quarterly, 1 of which shall be the annual meeting, and shall notify all board members and the sheriffs of the time and place of the meetings. Special meetings may be called at any time by a majority of the board members and shall be called by the chairperson upon written application of at least 8 members. Members of the board shall not receive compensation but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties.
The sheriffs and any other interested parties may address the board during its meetings and provide written information to the board for its consideration.
The board shall make a report, not later than June 1 of every even-numbered year and shall file a copy of the report with the governor, the clerks of the house and senate, the senate and house committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, the joint committee on the judiciary and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight.
SECTION 4. Chapter 6A of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 4A, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 4A. In coordination with the office of the governor, each secretary shall, at the executive office and agency level: (i) develop measurable, outcome-based performance goals and a focused set of performance metrics to track progress and execution; (ii) measure performance on an ongoing basis against the goals and metrics; and (iii) establish strategies to improve government performance informed by the goals and metrics. Each secretary shall, in coordination with the office of the governor, make the performance goals and the secretary’s progress in reaching those goals available annually online not later than March 1.
SECTION 5. Section 2 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(b) The department shall be governed and its corporate powers shall be exercised by a board of directors. The board shall consist of 11 members, including the secretary of transportation, who shall serve ex officio as chair. The governor shall appoint 10 members, 1 of whom shall be a rider as defined in section 1 of chapter 161A, 1 of whom shall have experience in the field of public or private finance, 1 of whom shall have experience in transportation planning and policy, 1 of whom shall have experience in civil engineering, 1 of whom shall have experience in the field of public or private finance or transportation planning and policy, 1 of whom shall have municipal government experience in 1 of the 14 cities and towns as defined in section 1 of chapter 161A, 1 of whom shall have municipal government experience in 1 of the 51 cities and towns as defined in said section 1 of said chapter 161A, 1 of whom shall have municipal government experience in 1 of the other served communities as defined in said section 1 of said chapter 161A, 1 of whom shall have municipal government experience in a city or town not part of the area constituting the authority as defined in said section 1 of said chapter 161A and 1 of whom shall be a representative of a labor organization selected from a list of 3 nominees provided by the Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL-CIO. Four of the members shall serve for terms that are coterminous with the governor; provided, however, that at least 3 of the coterminous members shall have experience in transportation policy, public finance or civil engineering and at least 1 of the coterminous members shall be a rider. The 6 remaining members appointed by the governor shall serve for terms of 4 years.
Not more than 6 of the directors, not including the chair, shall be members of the same political party. The directors, with the exception of chair, shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their duties, including reimbursement for reasonable travel; provided, however, that reimbursement shall not exceed $3,000 annually per director. A person appointed to fill a vacancy in the board of directors shall serve only for the unexpired term of the former member. A director shall be eligible for reappointment. A director may be removed by the governor for cause. The board shall annually elect 1 of the directors to serve as vice-chair.
SECTION 6. Subsection (e) of said section 2 of said chapter 6C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following 2 sentences:- The secretary shall work in collaboration with a disabled rider advocate who advocates on behalf of individuals with disabilities to ensure that the interests of the community are fully understood and considered. The secretary shall select a disabled rider advocate who is mobility impaired, has a family member who is mobility impaired, is a caretaker of a person who is mobility impaired or represents an organization that serves the needs of individuals with physical disabilities.
SECTION 7. Said section 2 of said chapter 6C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 112 and 113, the words “and section 3” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , section 3 and section 3 of chapter 161A.
SECTION 8. Section 3 of said chapter 6C is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 274 to 276, inclusive, as so appearing, the words “and (48) designate a representative to act in its interest in labor relations matters with its employees” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-
(48) designate a representative to act in its interest in labor relations matters with its employees;
(49) sell, lease or otherwise contract for advertising, including in or on the facilities of the department; and
(50) exercise all the powers and duties formerly exercised by the outdoor advertising board under chapter 93.
SECTION 8A. Paragraph (b) of section 57A of said chapter 6C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following 2 sentences:- For an at-fault accident claim, a minor accident shall be an accident for which the claim payment, exclusive of any deductible, exceeds $1,000 but is not more than $5,000 under: (i) property damage liability coverage; (ii) collision coverage; (iii) limited collision coverage; (iv) for accidents occurring on or after January 1, 2006, bodily injury liability coverage if there is neither a surchargeable property damage liability coverage claim nor a surchargeable collision coverage claim; or (v) as a result of an incident with a bodily injury liability coverage claim. For an at-fault accident claim, a major accident shall be an accident for which the claim payment, exclusive of any deductible, exceeds $5,000 under either (a): property damage liability coverage; (b) collision coverage; (c) limited collision coverage; (d) for accidents occurring on or after January 1, 2006, bodily injury liability coverage if there is neither a surchargeable property damage liability coverage claim nor a surchargeable collision coverage claim; or (e) as a result of an incident with a bodily injury liability coverage claim.
SECTION 9. Section 4A of chapter 7 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph, as appearing in section 19 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
The executive office for administration and finance shall include a division of capital asset management and maintenance, which shall be headed by a commissioner as provided in section 2 of chapter 7C, the Massachusetts office of information technology, which shall be headed by a chief information officer as provided in chapter 7D, and a department of revenue as provided in chapter 14. The executive office for administration and finance shall include the human resources division and the operational services division. The divisions, the offices and the department shall develop policies and standards to govern the conduct of commonwealth secretariats, departments, agencies, boards and commissions in each of these areas and shall provide expertise and centralized processing to secretariats, departments, agencies, boards, commissions and other entities of state government.
SECTION 10. Said section 4A of said chapter 7 is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (e), as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(e) The executive office shall prioritize accountability and transparency and may establish a division for those purposes. As used in this subsection, “accountability and transparency” shall include the operation of the searchable website required by section 14C, ensuring transparency in the commonwealth’s administration and finance activities and monitoring and reviewing federal grant applications made on behalf of the commonwealth, coordinating efforts to maximize federal revenue opportunities and oversight of compliance with federal reporting requirements. “Accountability and transparency” may also include: (i) establishing and maintaining a central intake unit for reports of fraud, waste and abuse; (ii) establishing and maintaining an economic forecasting and analysis unit to coordinate all spending and revenue forecasting by state agencies and coordinate with the caseload and economic forecasting office established in section 4R; (iii) reducing and simplifying paperwork of state agencies and departments by adopting uniform forms or federal forms, if possible, when those forms are shorter than the corresponding state forms; (iv) implementing and streamlining electronic paperwork options to better facilitate public interaction with state agencies; and (v) collaborating with other state agencies, authorities and entities to carry out this subsection.
SECTION 11. Section 4F1/2 of said chapter 7, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The secretary of administration and finance shall expend funds in the trust without further appropriation to support the priorities of accountability and transparency, as defined in subsection (e) of section 4A, and to support any performance management programs that the office of the governor may develop.
SECTION 12. Subsection (a) of section 4R of said chapter 7, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- There shall be a caseload and economic forecasting office within the executive office for administration and finance.
SECTION 13. Said section 4R of said chapter 7, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 13 and 14, the words “assistant secretary for commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- secretary.
SECTION 14. Chapter 7C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 73. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts percent for art program, or MPAP, to be administered by the public art commission established in subsection (c). The MPAP shall provide for the creation and preservation of existing public art in the city of Boston and municipalities designated as gateway municipalities under section 3A of chapter 23A. Under this program, if construction or substantial renovation of state-owned buildings and properties is undertaken, a minimum of 0.5 per cent of the cost of that construction or substantial renovation, not to exceed $250,000, shall be dedicated to the preservation of existing public art and the creation of new public art.
(b) The secretary of administration and finance may temporarily suspend the MPAP spending requirement set forth in subsection (a) in any year in which the consensus tax revenue forecast, determined under section 5B of chapter 29, is less than the prior year.
(c) There shall be a public art commission which shall administer the MPAP by: (i) making curatorial decisions on a project-by-project basis in coordination with members of the commonwealth’s artist community who demonstrate distinguished service to the arts; (ii) consulting with pertinent local art and cultural commissions; (iii) promoting and encouraging public art; and (iv) coordinating with the executive department to ensure compliance with and participation in the MPAP. The commission may also research other funding mechanisms that may increase the total pool of funds for public art and suggest the development of programming for education and promotion regarding public art. All state agencies within the executive department shall cooperate with and provide assistance to the commission as necessary.
(d) The commission shall consist of the following 14 members: the secretary of administration and finance or a designee; the secretary of housing and economic development or a designee; the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance or a designee; the secretary of energy and environmental affairs or a designee; the chair of the Massachusetts cultural council or a designee; a representative recommended by the mayor of the city of Boston; and 8 persons to be appointed by the governor, 2 of whom shall be representatives from municipalities designated as gateway municipalities under section 3A of chapter 23A who shall be selected from individuals recommended by the chief executive officer of any such municipality, 2 of whom shall be project designers with experience in the creation and installation of public art, 2 of whom shall be artists or representatives from nonprofit or community organizations associated with the arts and 2 of whom the governor otherwise deems appropriate but who do not possess the foregoing qualifications. The commission shall annually elect 1 of its members to serve as chair. Commission members shall serve without compensation or reimbursement for expenses.
(e) The commission shall meet at such times and places as directed by the chair.
(f) The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall appoint an MPAP coordinator who shall report to the commissioner. In coordination with the commission and any other agencies as the commissioner may deem appropriate, the coordinator shall, without limitation: (i) recommend the guidelines and parameters for the MPAP; (ii) research other successful funding mechanisms that increase the total pool of funds for public art; and (iii) oversee the creation of a central entity to host a variety of shared resources relating to the implementation, installation, maintenance and preservation of public art.
(g) Annually, not later than September 1, the commission shall provide a report to the governor, the secretary of administration and finance and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives describing the actions of the MPAP and the commission and any other information the commission deems pertinent.
SECTION 15. Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 30A the following section:-
Section 30B. Upon receiving notice from the commissioner of revenue that a retailer, as defined in section 1 of chapter 64C, or a cigar retailer, as defined in section 7B of said chapter 64C, has had a cigar or tobacco license suspended or revoked for a willful violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (l) of said section 7B of said chapter 64C or section 34 or 35 of said chapter 64C, the director of the state lottery shall suspend the lottery license, authorized by sections 26 and 27, of that retailer or cigar retailer for up to 60 days.
SECTION 16. Section 35EE of said chapter 10 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 17. Said chapter 10 is hereby further amended by striking out section 35QQ, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 35QQ. (a) There shall be an Economic Empowerment Trust Fund to encourage and facilitate economic empowerment throughout the commonwealth. Funds may be expended to encourage and facilitate economic empowerment programs, including but not limited to: (i) establishing financial literacy programs; (ii) creating college savings accounts, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority; (iii) establishing college and career readiness programs, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math; and (iv) supporting and promoting wage equality. The state treasurer shall administer the fund in consultation with the board of trustees established under subsection (b). The fund may accept private contributions, publicly or privately-funded grants and funds appropriated by the state or federal government. No expenditure from the fund shall cause the fund to be in deficiency at the close of the fiscal year. Monies deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year. The fund shall be an expendable trust fund and shall not be subject to appropriation or allotment.
(b) There shall be a board of trustees to consist of 20 members. There shall be 6 nonvoting members, 2 of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, 2 of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives. There shall be 14 voting members: the state treasurer or a designee, who shall serve as chair; the attorney general or a designee; the undersecretary of consumer affairs and business regulation or a designee; the commissioner of elementary and secondary education or a designee; the secretary of education or a designee; the secretary of housing and economic development or a designee; and 8 persons to be appointed by the state treasurer, 1 of whom shall have experience in education, 1 of whom shall have experience in financial services, 1 of whom shall have experience in biotechnology, 1 of whom shall have experience in health care, 1 of whom shall have experience in computers or mathematics, 1 of whom shall have experience in life, physical or social sciences, 1 of whom shall have experience in fundraising and 1 of whom shall have experience in architecture or engineering. All nonelected members shall serve for terms of 3 years, but may be reappointed. The state treasurer may expend funds, subject to approval of the board of trustees, to cover the expenses of administering the fund which may include the hiring of professional staff or an annual independent audit of the financial activities of the fund. The state treasurer may also enter into contracts with private corporations to manage and implement the programmatic fiduciary or administrative goals of the fund, subject to approval of the board of trustees. The state treasurer may, subject to approval of the board of trustees and to the extent necessary, create a 501(c)(3) corporation to fulfill the purposes of the fund. The board of trustees may support and facilitate the establishment of college savings plans, consistent with 26 U.S.C. § 529, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, for students throughout the commonwealth. The board of trustees shall develop by-laws and may develop regulations for the implementation of the fund, including guidelines for the establishment of children’s savings plans. The state treasurer shall annually report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on financial services, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means on all programmatic and financial activities and balances of the fund not later than the last Wednesday in December.
(c) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state treasurer and members of the board of trustees or their designees shall maximize the balance of the fund by soliciting private donations, gifts, grants and bequests of the fund, including through direct and indirect fundraising.
SECTION 17A. Said chapter 10 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 35AAA the following section :--
Section 35BBB. There shall be a Flood Control Compact Fund which shall be administered by the department of conservation and recreation. The fund shall be credited with: (i) all sums received by the commonwealth on account of compacts authorized by the general court, including sums received from other states; (ii) any appropriations, bond proceeds or other monies authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) interest or investment earnings on any such monies; and (iv) all other amounts credited or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source. Amounts credited to the fund may be expended, without further appropriation, by the department for costs arising under any compact authorized by the general court including, but not limited, to reimbursing cities and towns in the commonwealth or other states and their political subdivisions for costs in accordance with a compact. The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point.
SECTION 18. Chapter 12C of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2 the following section:-
Section 2A. (a) There shall be a health information and analysis oversight council which shall provide oversight of the center; provided, however, that the council shall not oversee the Betsy Lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction established in section 15. The council shall consist of 7 members, 2 of whom shall be appointed by the attorney general of whom 1 shall have experience in cyber security, 2 of whom shall be appointed by the state auditor of whom 1 shall be a health care economist, and 3 of whom shall be appointed by the governor of whom 1 shall have experience in health care delivery or health care management, 1 shall have experience with the use of big data, open data and analytics and 1 shall have experience in finance and budgeting. Appointments shall be made without regard to political affiliation. Members of the council shall serve for terms of 5 years. In the case of a vacancy, a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members of the council shall be eligible for reappointment. Members of the council shall not: (i) hold full-time or part-time employment in state government; or (ii) be employed by, a consultant to, a member of the board of directors of, affiliated with, have a financial stake in or otherwise be a representative of an acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center or a surcharge payor to the commonwealth. The council shall annually elect 1 of its members to serve as chair and 1 to serve as vice-chair. Members of the council shall be residents of the commonwealth.
(b) The council shall meet on a quarterly basis. Meetings of the council shall be subject to sections 18 to 25, inclusive, of chapter 30A. Four members of the council shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of 4 members of the council shall be necessary and sufficient for any action taken by the council. No vacancy in the membership of the council shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and duties of the commission. Members shall serve without pay, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
(c) The council shall:
(i) prepare an annual operating budget for the center and manage the administrative expenses of the center;
(ii) implement procedures for communications with the executive director;
(iii) develop annual research and analysis priorities for the center; provided however, the council shall not require approval of the center’s actions under section 38C of chapter 3, section 16 of this chapter or section 17 of chapter 176A;
(iv) develop guidelines for uniform reporting and data preparation pursuant to sections 8 to 10, inclusive; and
(v) develop guidelines for the collection, storage and maintenance of the payer and provider claims database established pursuant to section 12.
(d) Chapter 268A shall apply to all council members except that the center may purchase from, sell to, borrow from, contract with or otherwise deal with any organization in which any council member is in anyway interested or involved; provided, however, that such interest or involvement shall be disclosed in advance to the council and recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of the council; and provided further, that no member shall be deemed to have violated section 4 of said chapter 268A because of such member’s receipt of such member’s usual and regular compensation from such member’s employer during the time in which the member participates in the activities of the council.
SECTION 19. Section 6 of chapter 14 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
10. Shall maintain on the department’s website an easily searchable and regularly updated list of all taxpayers licensed under section 67 of chapter 62C as a manufacturer, wholesaler, vending machine operator, unclassified acquirer, transportation company or retailer as defined in section 1 of chapter 64C or as a cigar distributor or cigar retailer as defined in section 7B of said chapter 64C.
SECTION 20. Section 1 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- The board of higher education shall provide orientation, professional development and support for the boards of trustees in areas including, but not limited to, system-level initiatives, trustee accountability, recruitment and board responsibilities.
SECTION 21. Section 9 of said chapter 15A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 71 to 74, inclusive, the words “In the case of the university, the council shall review the recommendations of the board of trustees relative to tuition rates at said university and its campuses. Said tuition rates shall be subject to the approval of the council” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Tuition rates shall be subject to the approval of the council; provided, however, that tuition rates at the University of Massachusetts shall be subject to sections 1A and 1B of chapter 75 and shall not require the approval of the council.
SECTION 22. Said section 9 of said chapter 15A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 79, the words “public institution of higher education” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- state university and community college.
SECTION 23. The second paragraph of section 5 of chapter 18 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- A representative of a one stop career center shall be placed within each regional office to provide support to individuals seeking employment, job training, education or other transitional assistance.
SECTION 23A. Chapter 19B of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 21. No program which is operated, funded or licensed by the department of developmental services shall employ the use of Level III Aversive Interventions to reduce or eliminate maladaptive behaviors; provided, however, that individual-specific exceptions allowing the use of Level III Aversive Interventions to reduce or modify behavior may be granted to individuals who, as of September 1, 2011, have an existing court-approved treatment plan which includes the use of Level III Aversive Interventions. Such exception may be granted each year if the exception is contained in an individual’s behavior treatment plan, approved by the court prior to September 1, 2011. Any Level III Aversive Interventions administered under this section shall comply with 115 CMR 5.14 (4)(b)4.
SECTION 23B. Section 10A of chapter 23A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following 3 paragraphs:-
The MOBD shall promote a MassMade program. The program shall identify, compile, connect and promote business entities that are headquartered and produce consumer products in the commonwealth. The MOBD shall work with regional economic development organizations, public or private nonprofit entities, the supplier diversity office, the Massachusetts marketing partnership, the office of consumer affairs and business regulations and businesses in the commonwealth to promote MassMade products and provide business information and product descriptions of entities selling MassMade products.
The MassMade program shall establish qualifications and standards for participation. The qualifications and standards shall be designed to ensure that the products promoted as MassMade are high in quality and from reliable producers who demonstrate sound customer service practices and production capabilities. The MOBD shall not promote products from businesses that are not in good standing with the office of consumer affairs and business regulations.
The MOBD may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the MassMade program and may expend such funds as may be appropriated for the program and may accept federal funds or private gifts and grants to assist it in carrying out the MassMade program.
SECTION 23C. Section 13H of said chapter 23A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 23, the words “County Convention and Visitors Bureau” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Regional Tourism and Visitors Corporation.
SECTION 23D. Section 14 of said chapter 23A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 11, the words “County Convention and Visitors Bureau” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Regional Tourism and Visitors Corporation.
SECTION 23E. Said chapter 23A is hereby further amended by adding the following section:-
Section 66. (a) There shall be a rural policy advisory commission within, but not subject to the supervision or control of, the executive office of housing and economic development. The mission of the commission shall be to enhance the economic vitality of rural communities, defined as municipalities with population densities of less than 500 persons per square mile, and to advance the health and well-being of rural residents.
(b) The commission shall consist of the following 15 members: the speaker of the house of representatives, ex officio, or a designee; the president of the senate, ex officio, or a designee; the secretary of housing and economic development, ex officio, or a designee; 12 persons to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be from the Berkshire regional planning commission, 1 of whom shall be from the Cape Cod commission, 1 of whom shall be from the central Massachusetts regional planning district commission, 1 of whom shall be from the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, 1 of whom shall be from the Martha’s Vineyard commission, 1 of whom shall be from the Montachusett regional planning commission, 1 of whom shall be from the Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission and 1 of whom shall be from the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. Commission members shall be persons with demonstrated interests and experience in advancing the interests of rural residents.
(c) Members of the commission may serve a maximum of 3 consecutive 3-year terms. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. The commission shall elect from among its members a chair, a vice chair, a treasurer and any other officers it considers necessary. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for any usual and customary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Members shall be considered special state employees for the purposes of chapter 268A.
(d) The commission shall serve as a research body for issues critical to the welfare and vitality of rural communities and shall: (i) study, review and report on the status of rural communities and residents in the commonwealth; (ii) advise the general court and the executive branch of the impact of existing and proposed state laws, policies and regulations on rural communities; (iii) advance legislative and policy solutions that address rural needs; (iv) advocate to ensure that rural communities receive a fair share of state investment; (v) promote collaboration among rural communities to improve efficiency in delivery of services; and (vi) develop and support new leadership in rural communities. The executive office shall provide the commission with adequate office space and any research, analysis or other staff support that the commission reasonably requires.
(e) The commission shall meet on a quarterly basis at the discretion of the chair. Meeting locations shall rotate between Boston, Cape Cod and the Islands, central Massachusetts and western Massachusetts. Meetings shall be open to the public pursuant to sections 18 to 25, inclusive, of chapter 30A.
(f) The commission may accept and solicit funds, including any gifts, donations, grants or bequests or any federal funds for any of the purposes of this section. The funds shall be deposited in a separate account with the state treasurer, shall be received by the state treasurer on behalf of the commonwealth and shall be expended by the commission under the law.
(g) The commission shall annually, not later than June 2, report the results of its findings and activities of the preceding year and its recommendations to the governor and to the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives who shall forward the same to the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies.
SECTION 23F. Section 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The department shall ensure that a hotel or motel under contract to provide emergency housing assistance to individuals receiving benefits under this section shall provide access to all common and recreational areas otherwise accessible to hotel or motel guests under the same terms and conditions as those generally available to hotel or motel guests.
SECTION 24. Subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 23H of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
A representative of the department of transitional assistance shall be placed within each one stop career center to provide support to individuals seeking employment, job training, education or other transitional assistance.
SECTION 25. The second paragraph of section 2OOO of chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the fifth sentence, as so appearing, the following sentence:- To accommodate timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenue and related expenditures, the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the most recent estimate of revenues as certified by the secretary of administration and finance to be deposited under this section.
SECTION 26. Section 2QQQ of said chapter 29, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the words "supplemental Medicaid payments" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Medicaid supplemental and incentive payments.
SECTION 27. Said chapter 29 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 2QQQQ the following 2 sections:-
Section 2RRRR. There shall be a Secure Vital Registry Trust Fund to be expended without prior appropriation by the department of public health. The fund shall consist of the commonwealth's share of revenues collected for the provision of records under chapter 46 by state and local officials under a schedule promulgated pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7. The commissioner of public health or a designee shall be the trustee of the fund and shall make expenditures from the fund for the administrative costs of development, maintenance and operation of the centralized, automated database for the system of vital records and statistics provided for in section 33 of said chapter 46. The department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts in anticipation of expected receipts; provided however, that no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year. Monies deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.
Section 2SSSS. (a) There shall be a Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase Trust Fund to be administered and expended by the commissioner of public health or a designee for the municipal naloxone bulk purchase program. Municipalities may join the program to purchase naloxone for municipal first responder agencies. The state office of pharmacy services shall assist with the purchasing and distribution of naloxone on behalf of the program. The department of public health shall provide technical assistance to participating municipalities to ensure that municipalities complete all training and registration requirements.
(b) The fund shall consist of: (i) payments made by participating municipalities for the purchase of naloxone; (ii) revenue from appropriations or other monies authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; and (iii) funds from public or private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants, donations, rebates and settlements received by the commonwealth that are specifically designated to be credited to the fund. Funds received under clauses (ii) or (iii) shall be apportioned in a manner determined by the department and shall be applied to provide price reductions for municipalities purchasing naloxone through the program. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and monies remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund. The commissioner shall report annually not later than October 1 to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the fund’s activity. The report shall include, but not be limited to, revenue received by the fund, revenue and expenditure projections for the forthcoming fiscal year and details of all expenditures from the fund, the municipalities participating in the program, the amount of naloxone purchased by each municipality and the discount procured through bulk purchasing.
SECTION 28. The first paragraph of section 49 of chapter 30 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A manager or an employee of the commonwealth objecting to any provision of the classification affecting the manager or employee’s office or position may appeal in writing to the personnel administrator.
SECTION 28A. Section 6D of chapter 30A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Each executive office shall publish on its website a list of statutes passed in the previous 24 months for which regulations are required and for which regulations have not been adopted, identifying the session law in which the statutory authority was passed and containing a brief statement as to the agency’s plan to adopt the regulations. Semi-annually, the plan shall be updated on the website and filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight.
SECTION 28B. Section 20 of said chapter 30A, as appearing in chapter 485 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(e) A local commission on disability may by majority vote of the commissioners at a regular meeting authorize remote participation applicable to a specific meeting or generally to all of the commission’s meetings. If a local commission on disability is authorized to utilize remote participation, a physical quorum of that commission’s members shall not be required to be present at the meeting location; provided, however, that the chair or, in the chair’s absence, the person authorized to chair the meeting, shall be physically present at the meeting location. The commission shall comply with all other requirements of law.
SECTION 29. Section 22C of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the figure "$2,169,000,000", inserted by section 69 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $2,217,749,000.
SECTION 29A. Subsection (2A) of section 23 of said chapter 32, as appearing in the 2012 Official Ediiton, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (a) and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
(a) There shall be an unpaid pension reserves investment management board which shall have general supervision of the investment and reinvestment of the PRIT Fund.
The board shall consist of the following 11 members: the state treasurer, ex officio, or a designee, who shall serve as chair; the governor, ex officio, or a designee; the president of the Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Systems or a designee; 1 active or retired member of the teachers’ retirement system who shall be elected for a 3-year term by the active or retired members of that system in a manner determined by the board; 1 person who is an active or retired member of the state employees’ retirement system who shall be elected for a 3-year term by the active or retired members of that system in a manner determined by the board; 1 person who shall be the elected member of the state employees’ retirement board; 1 person who shall be an elected member of the teachers’ retirement board and shall be chosen by the members of the teachers’ retirement board; 1 person experienced in the field of investment or financial management to be appointed by the state treasurer; 1 person who is not an employee or official of the commonwealth to be appointed by the governor; 1 person who is not an employee or official of the commonwealth to be appointed by the state treasurer; and 1 representative of a public safety union to be appointed by the governor.
The appointed members of the board shall serve 4-year terms. A vacancy among the appointed members that may occur before the expiration of a member’s term shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment. An appointed member, including a member appointed to fill a vacancy, may be reappointed. The appointing authority of a member, may remove the appointed member from the appointment for cause.
SECTION 29B. Section 49 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word “print” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- make available.
SECTION 30. Chapter 40J of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 6H the following section:-
Section 6I. (a) The Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation established in section 3 and doing business as the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative shall, subject to appropriation, establish and promote computer science education in public schools. The collaborative shall serve as the state agent in support of the objectives of the Massachusetts Computing Attainment Network or MassCAN; provided, however, that the primary goal of MassCAN shall be to strengthen the growth and vitality of the commonwealth’s technology industry and the technology dependent business sectors by implementing a broad-based education and workforce strategy with the objective of increasing the number of students prepared to pursue computing technology careers. In furtherance of this goal, MassCAN shall seek to promote an environment in which all students in kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall have access to computer science courses. MassCAN may, subject to the availability of funds: (i) promote the development and implementation of educational programs, courses and modules for students in kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, and teachers; (ii) collaborate with the department of elementary and secondary education in developing new voluntary computer science standards for kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive; (iii) collaborate with the department of higher education to create computer science professional development hubs at universities in each of the regional science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, networks established by the department; (iv) develop a school district-based program to assist teachers and administrators with the implementation of computer science courses; (v) develop and maintain a website to share computer science resources and broadly communicate best practices and successes; (vi) connect computer science students with industry professionals to enhance students’ understanding of the relevance of their educational experience to the workplace and STEM career opportunities; (vii) identify the particular needs of school districts with disproportionately high numbers of underrepresented minorities; and (viii) leverage at least $1 in matching funds from non-state sources of funding for every $1 expended within the commonwealth. MassCAN shall take into consideration the recommendations of the science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, advisory council established in section 217 of chapter 6 when developing and implementing educational programs.
(b) There shall be a MassCAN advisory board to consist of 9 members, to be appointed by the governor, including: 1 person recommended by the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, Inc.; 1 person recommended by the Massachusetts Business Roundtable; 1 person recommended by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, Inc.; 1 person recommended by a federally-funded research corporation; 1 person recommended by the chair of the computer science department of a public university; 1 person recommended by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, Inc.; 1 person recommended by the Greater Boston chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association; 1 person recommended by the METCO program; and 1 person recommended by the Society of Women Engineers Boston Section, Inc.
(c) The collaborative shall file an annual report not later than September 30 with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies. The report shall detail a 3-year strategic plan, annual goals and progress in achieving those goals. The report shall be published on the website of the collaborative.
SECTION 30A. Section 13 of chapter 46 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(e)(1) If a person has completed medical intervention for the purpose of permanent sex reassignment, the birth record of that person shall be amended to permanently and accurately reflect the reassigned sex if the following documents have been received by the state registrar or town clerk:
(i) an affidavit executed by the person to whom the record relates or by the parent or guardian if such person is a minor indicating the individual’s sex; and
(ii) a physician’s notarized statement that the person has completed medical intervention, appropriate for that individual, for the purpose of permanent sex reassignment and is not of the sex recorded on the record.
(2) The affiant shall furnish a certified copy of the legal change of name if the affiant is seeking a birth record with the legal change of name instead of the name as appearing on the birth record prior to the amendment.
SECTION 31. Section 33 of said chapter 46, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “recorded”, in line 16, the following words:- ; provided however, that not more than $6 per fee paid shall be transferred to the Secure Vital Registry Trust Fund established in section 2RRRR of chapter 29; and provided further, that the state registrar shall establish a hardship waiver for individuals who qualify for the MassHealth program under chapter 118E for a reduced fee which shall be not more than $6.
SECTION 31A. Section 28 of chapter 53 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following 2 sentences:- If a religious holiday falls on or immediately before the second Tuesday in September in an even-numbered year, the state primary shall be held on a date set by the state secretary within 7 days of the second Tuesday in September. The state secretary shall publish the date change of the state primary not later than February 1 of that year by: (i) providing notice of the change to the state parties; (ii) filing notice with the state publications and regulations division; (iii) posting the information on the website of the state secretary; and (iv) any other means necessary to ensure proper notification.
SECTION 31B. Section 103P of chapter 54 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, if the day fixed by a city or town for holding a preliminary or primary election falls on a religious holiday and impairs the rights of voters as determined by the state secretary, the city or town shall change the date of the election so as to protect the rights of voters.
SECTION 31C. Subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of part B of section 3 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (A) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
(A) a personal exemption of $4,800 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016;.
SECTION 31D. Subparagraph (1A) of said paragraph (b) of said part B of said section 3 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (A) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
(A) a personal exemption of $7,400 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016;.
SECTION 31E. Subparagraph (2) of said paragraph (b) of said part B of said section 3 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out clause (A) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
(A) a personal exemption of $9,600 for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016;.
SECTION 31F. Section 4 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(b) Part B taxable income shall be taxed at a rate of 5.15 per cent for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.
SECTION 31G. Subsection (h) of section 6 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:- The credit allowed by this subsection shall equal the following amounts: (i) for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2015, 18 per cent of the federal credit received by the taxpayer for the taxable year; (ii) for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2016, 21 per cent of the federal credit received by the taxpayer for the taxable year; and (iii) for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, 22.5 per cent of the federal credit received by the taxpayer for the taxable year. With respect to a person who is a nonresident for all or part of the taxable year, the credit shall be limited to the amount specified in the preceding sentence, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the earned income of the nonresident from Massachusetts sources and the denominator of which shall be the earned income of the nonresident from all sources.
SECTION 32. Paragraph 3 of section 30 of chapter 63 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:- For the purposes of this paragraph, in the case of a business corporation required to be included in a combined report pursuant to clause (i) of paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 32B, gross income shall be determined as if the corporation were organized in the United States.
SECTION 33. Subsection (b) of section 21 of chapter 62C of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 16 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (27) the following clause:-
(28) the disclosure of information to members of the multi-agency illegal tobacco task force established in section 40 of chapter 64C or to federal law enforcement for the purpose of investigating or prosecuting criminal offenses relative to contraband tobacco distribution or conducting other enforcement actions relative to contraband tobacco distribution.
SECTION 33A. Said chapter 62C is hereby further amended by inserting after section 26 the following section:-
Section 26A. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes and penalties imposed under chapters 64H and 64I, including the collection and administration of all taxes imposed on remote sellers.
The commissioner shall take administrative actions as are necessary to comply with federal requirements that states simplify the collection of sales and use taxes for remote sellers, including, but not limited to, applicable requirements relating to: (i) providing adequate software and services to remote sellers and single and consolidated providers, which identifies the applicable destination rate to be applied to sales that the commonwealth taxes under chapter 64H or 64I; (ii) providing certification procedures for single providers and consolidated providers to make software and services available to remote sellers; (iii) ensuring that not more than 1 audit be performed or required for all state and local taxing jurisdictions within the commonwealth; and (iv) requiring that not more than 1 sales and use tax return per month be filed with the department of revenue by a remote seller or a single or consolidated provider on behalf of such remote seller.
The procurement rules in the state procurement regulations shall not apply to the certification process for software providers.
SECTION 34. Section 68 of said chapter 62C, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
The commissioner shall provide notice to the director of the state lottery of a retailer, as defined in section 1 of chapter 64C, or a cigar retailer, as defined in subsection (a) of section 7B of said chapter 64C, whose license, issued under section 67, has been suspended or revoked by the department for a willful violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (l) of said section 7B of said chapter 64C or sections 34 or 35 of said chapter 64C and who is a licensee authorized to sell lottery tickets under sections 26 and 27 of chapter 10.
SECTION 34A. Subsection (b) of section 7B of chapter 64C of the General Laws, as appearing in section 47 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2013, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
In addition to the excise imposed by the preceding paragraph, an excise shall be imposed on fruit-flavored or other nontobacco-flavored cigars and smoking tobacco held in the commonwealth at the rate of 170 per cent of the wholesale price of such products. This excise shall be imposed on cigar distributors at the time the fruit-flavored or other nontobacco-flavored cigars or smoking tobacco are manufactured, purchased, imported, received or acquired in the commonwealth. The excise shall not be imposed on cigars or smoking tobacco that: (i) are exported from the commonwealth; or (ii) are not subject to taxation by the commonwealth pursuant to federal law.
SECTION 35. Said chapter 64C is hereby further amended by adding the following section:-
Section 40. (a) There shall be a multi-agency illegal tobacco task force. The task force shall coordinate efforts to combat contraband tobacco distribution, including efforts to foster compliance with the law and conduct targeted investigations and enforcement actions against violators. The task force shall be co-chaired by the colonel of state police or a designee and the commissioner of revenue or a designee and shall also consist of: the secretary of public safety and security or a designee; the state treasurer or a designee; the attorney general or a designee; and the commissioner of public health or a designee.
(b) The task force shall:
(i) facilitate timely information sharing among state agencies in order to advise or refer matters of potential investigative interest;
(ii) dedicate not less than an aggregate of 20 personnel from member agencies to carry out enforcement and investigative strategies;
(iii) identify where illegal tobacco distribution is most prevalent and target task force members’ investigative and enforcement resources against those in violation of this chapter and chapter 62C, including through the formation of joint investigative and enforcement teams;
(iv) assess existing investigative and enforcement methods in the commonwealth and in other jurisdictions and develop and recommend strategies to improve those methods; and
(v) solicit the cooperation and participation of other relevant enforcement agencies and establish procedures for referring cases to prosecuting authorities as appropriate.
(c) The multi-agency illegal tobacco task force shall meet at times and places to be determined by the co-chairs and may establish working groups, meetings, forums or any other activity deemed necessary to carry out its mandate.
(d) The task force shall submit a report not later than March 1 of each year on the results of its findings, activities and recommendations from the preceding year with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on revenue, the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a description of the task force’s efforts and activities during the year; (ii) identification of any administrative or legal barriers, including any barriers to multi-agency action or enforcement efforts; and (iii) proposed legislative or regulatory changes necessary to strengthen operations and enforcement efforts and reduce or eliminate any impediments to those efforts.
SECTION 35A. Subsection (n) of section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following 4 paragraphs:-
Notwithstanding the enrollment preferences in this section, a Horace Mann charter school in the cities of Boston or Springfield may limit enrollment geographically or add a geographic enrollment preference by: (i) using the assignment system of the city in which it is located; provided, however, that within the walk zone for the Horace Mann charter school, as calculated by the city’s preexisting student assignment system, the percentage of students who qualify for the free or reduced price lunch program or another successor measure as determined by the department is equal to or higher than the district’s overall percentage of students who qualify for the program; or (ii) offering enrollment preferences to students who reside in a specific geographical area in which the school building is located; provided, however, that within this geographical preference area, the percentage of students who qualify for the free or reduced price lunch program or another successor measure as determined by the department is equal to or higher than the district’s overall percentage of students who qualify for the program.
In order to institute a geographical enrollment limitation or preference, the original charter of the Horace Mann charter school or an amendment to the charter shall permit such an enrollment limitation or preference. An amendment to the charter of a Horace Mann charter school to add an enrollment limitation or preference shall require the approval of the local school committee, the board of trustees of the Horace Mann charter school and the commissioner.
In addition to providing the information pursuant to subsection (e), a charter school that offers geographical enrollment preferences shall include in its application for approval or amendment: (i) a definition of the geographical area for which it shall offer an enrollment preference; (ii) an explanation of how this preference will support the mission of the charter school; (iii) evidence that within this geographical area there resides an equal or higher percentage of low-income students, as measured by qualification for the free or reduced price lunch program, or another measure as approved by the department, as compared to the district enrollment as a whole; and (iv) an explanation of how the charter school will target its recruitment and retention efforts for students within this geographical area. If a charter school that chooses to offer a geographical preference seeks a charter renewal and intends to continue applying the geographical preference, the board shall consider whether the preference area continues to serve an adequate percentage of low-income students to qualify under this subsection.
In Horace Mann charter schools that offer geographical enrollment preferences, priority for enrollment shall be given in the following order: (i) to students actually enrolled in the school on the date the application is filed with the board and their siblings; (ii) to students who reside within the geographical preference area and are enrolled in the public schools of the district where the Horace Mann charter school is to be located; (iii) to other students who reside within the geographical preference area; (iv) to other students enrolled in the public schools of the district where the Horace Mann charter school is to be located but who reside outside of the geographical preference area; and (v) to other students who reside outside of the geographical preference area but within the city or town in which the charter school is located.
SECTION 36. Section 1A of chapter 75 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 142 and 143, the words “; (p) submit recommendations to the council for approval for tuition rates at the university”.
SECTION 37. Said chapter 75 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 1A the following section:-
Section 1B. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
“Student charges”, in-state and out-of-state tuition and fees that are charged to students for general attendance at the university; provided, however, that “student charges” shall not include any fee or other charge established by the university that is specific to a particular course, program or activity or any charges for room, board or student health insurance.
“Student tuition credit”, a reduction in student charges for an eligible student.
(b) The board of trustees shall fix and establish student charges for the university. In-state tuition and mandatory student charges shall preserve affordability for residents of the commonwealth. Out-of-state student charges shall appropriately balance the financial needs of the university with the need to be competitive with peer institutions and, to the extent possible, cover, at a minimum, the actual cost of a student’s education. Tuition shall comprise the majority portion of student charges. In establishing student charges, the board of trustees shall consider factors including: (i) the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States Department of Labor; (ii) the Higher Education Price Index calculated by Commonfund; (iii) tuition and fee rates at peer institutions; (iv) collective bargaining costs; (v) total support from the commonwealth, including direct appropriations; and (vi) other relevant data and measures.
(c) All student charges received by the university under this section shall be retained by the university in a revolving trust fund and shall be expended as the board of trustees directs for the operation and support of the university. Any balance remaining in the trust fund at the close of a fiscal year shall continue to be held in the trust fund, shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years and shall not revert to the General Fund. The trust fund shall be subject to audit by the state auditor.
(d) The university shall provide to each student a detailed statement of all student charges. The statement shall be in a form approved by the board of trustees and shall include a breakdown of the student charges and show the discount rate for in-state students and the discount for a student who is eligible for a tuition credit.
(e) For employees of the university whose salaries are paid from tuition retained under subsection (c), fringe benefits and collective bargaining shall be funded as if those employees' salaries were supported by state appropriations and the funds shall not be assessed as fringe. This subsection shall apply only to fringe benefits and collective bargaining costs associated with salaries paid from retained tuition.
(f) All tuition waivers, grants and scholarships identified in chapter 15A or any other general or special law and reductions collectively bargained for that are in the form of tuition or fee waivers shall be student tuition credits. Students that are eligible for a tuition credit shall have their student charges reduced by the amount of the tuition credit.
(g) The board of trustees shall not accept any tuition waivers, grants or scholarships identified in chapter 15A or any other general or special law or reductions collectively bargained for that are in the form of tuition or fee waivers established on or after July 1, 2016 unless the reduction is accompanied with an appropriation that fully supports the reduction or the reduction is approved by the board of trustees.
(h) The university shall report annually not later than March 1 to the senate and house committees on ways and means, the joint committee on higher education, the secretary of administration and finance and the secretary of education on: (i) the status of the percentage of student education costs placed upon the student and subsidized by the commonwealth; and (ii) a comprehensive document articulating the efficiencies and effectiveness of initiatives and programs at the university that save the commonwealth and students money and make the 5-campus system more efficient.
SECTION 37A. Section 15 of chapter 85 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 481 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by adding the following sentence:- Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a violation of this section shall not be considered a conviction of a moving violation of the motor vehicle laws or a surchargeable incident or offense under section 113B of chapter 175 or under any merit rating plan or safe driver insurance plan.
SECTION 37B. Section 2E of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 78 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-
(e) The registrar shall furnish, upon application, to owners of private passenger motor vehicles distinctive registration plates which shall display on their face the silhouette of a soldier, a soldier’s cross and a gold star with the words “Honor Their Sacrifice” to honor men and women who have died while in active service in the armed forces of the United States. There shall be a fee of not less than $50 for the registration plates in addition to the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles which shall be payable at the time of registration of the vehicle and upon renewal of such registration. The portion of the total fee remaining after the deduction of costs directly attributable to the issuance of the plates shall be deposited in a registry-retained revenue account. Of the remaining portion of the fee: (i) 75 per cent shall be directed to the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial Fund, Inc. to be distributed by the fund at its discretion in cooperation with the Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial monitoring committee for the benefit of the programming, design, construction and maintenance of the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial, veterans memorials and fallen heroes memorials throughout the commonwealth; and (ii) 25 per cent shall be directed to the Disabled American Veterans, Department of Massachusetts, Inc.”.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the registrar shall furnish without charge and upon application the distinctive “Honor Their Sacrifice” registration plates for 1 private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by a parent, child, sibling, grandchild or spouse of a member of the military who died while in active service in the armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable.
SECTION 38. Section 2F of said chapter 90, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5, 9 and 11, the figure “1,500” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 750.
SECTION 39. Said section 2F of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 18, the figure “2” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 5.
SECTION 40. Said section 2F of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 19, the words “2 year” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 5-year.
SECTION 40A. Chapter 90B of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 22A the following section:-
Section 22B. Whoever acquires a snow vehicle or recreation vehicle shall apply for a certificate of title. The application shall be made within 10 days from taking ownership of the snow vehicle or recreation vehicle. The division shall not accept a new application for registration of a snow vehicle or recreation vehicle until the owner of the vehicle applies to the director for a certificate of title. The application for a certificate of title shall be made to the division on a form prescribed by the division that shall include: the name and address of the owner; a description of the titled snow vehicle or recreation vehicle; the name and address of the purchaser and the date of purchase; the name and address of any holder of a security interest; and any other information as the division may prescribe. The division shall file each application received and, when the division is satisfied that the application is genuine and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title for the vehicle. The division shall maintain a record of all certificates of title issued: (i) under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle; (ii) under the identifying number of the vehicle; and (iii) alphabetically under the name of the applicant owner. The application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and by any evidence as the division shall reasonably require establishing that the applicant is entitled to a certificate of title or a noted security interest. A certificate of title shall be required as proof of ownership of a titled snow vehicle or recreation vehicle on an application for registration as required by this chapter.
The division may cancel a certificate of title for due cause under law. Any person aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the division under this section may appeal, in writing, to the department. The fees for the issuance of a certificate of title and the notation of a security interest or other lien or encumbrance shall be determined by the commissioner; provided, however, that the fee shall not be less than $25. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Massachusetts Environmental Police Trust Fund established in section 2LLLL of chapter 29.
No person shall possess or sell a titled snow vehicle or recreation vehicle without an original title or a legally transferred title. A person who violates this subsection shall be fined $100 for the first offense. A person who commits a subsequent violation of this subsection shall be fined an amount not less than $250 but not more than $500.
SECTION 41. Section 33 of chapter 92 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 28, the words "5 years" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 10 years and shall be in writing.
SECTION 41A. Section 1 of chapter 94C of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Oral prescription”, as so appearing, the following definition:-
“Outsourcing facility,” an entity at 1 geographic location or address that: (i) is engaged in the compounding of sterile drug preparations; (ii) has registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration as an outsourcing facility pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353b; and (iii) has registered with the board pursuant to section 36E of chapter 112.
SECTION 41B. Section 6 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words “or wholesale druggist” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , wholesale druggist or outsourcing facility.
SECTION 41C. Section 7 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words “or wholesale druggist” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , wholesale druggist or outsourcing facility.
SECTION 41D. Said section 7 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word druggist, in line 9, the following words:- and outsourcing facility.
SECTION 41E. Section 12 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2 , the words “or wholesale druggist” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , wholesale druggist or outsourcing facility.
SECTION 41F. Said section 12 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 8, the words “or a wholesale druggist” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , wholesale druggist or outsourcing facility.
SECTION 41G. Section 13 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2, 17, 28, 33 and 47, the words “or wholesale druggist” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- , wholesale druggist or outsourcing facility.
SECTION 41H. Section 14 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 10, the words “or wholesale druggist” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- , wholesale druggist or outsourcing facility.
SECTION 41I. Section 24A of said chapter 94C is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 27 and 28, as so appearing, the words “7 days” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 24 hours.
SECTION 41J. Section 34 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a laboratory may possess, store, analyze, process and test medical marijuana and medical marijuana-infused products; provided further, that such laboratory shall do so in accordance with the department’s regulations and written guidelines governing procedures for quality control and testing of products for potential contaminants.
SECTION 42. Subsection (b) of section 24N of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 28 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by inserting after the fifth sentence the following sentence:- The department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts in anticipation of the most recent estimate of expected receipts as certified by the secretary of administration and finance; provided, however, that no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year.
SECTION 43. Section 1B of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as amended by section 23 of chapter 62 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-
(g) The commissioner of public health and each of the boards of registration and certification under the commissioner's supervision shall waive the commonwealth's portion of the initial application fee and the initial fee for a license application or certification granted pursuant to this section.
SECTION 43A. Said chapter 112 is further hereby amended by inserting after section 36D the following section:-
Section 36E. (a) As used in this section and in sections 24 to 42D, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:-
“Operate as an outsourcing facility”, compound and distribute a sterile drug preparation within or outside of the commonwealth: (i) in volumes inconsistent with routinely observed volume patterns associated with patient-specific prescriptions; or (ii) in the absence of accountability documentation.
“Outsourcing facility”, an entity at 1 geographic location or address that: (i) is engaged in the compounding of sterile drug preparations; and (ii) has registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, as an outsourcing facility pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353b.
(b) The board may, upon application made in a manner and form determined by the board, register an entity located within the commonwealth that intends to operate as an outsourcing facility. An applicant for registration as an outsourcing facility shall provide proof of the following: (i) a valid, current registration with the federal Food and Drug Administration pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353b and § 503B of the federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA; (ii) inspection by the FDA in connection with the § 503B registration under the FDCA within the 2 years immediately preceding the application; and (iii) application and eligibility for registration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances pursuant to section 12 of chapter 94C. If the applicant has met the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (iii) but has not been inspected by the FDA within the 2 years immediately preceding the application, the applicant may receive a provisional registration to compound; provided, however, that the applicant may not distribute a sterile drug preparation within or outside of the commonwealth until it has been inspected pursuant to this subsection. The application for registration as an outsourcing facility shall be accompanied by a fee for registration in an amount to be determined by the secretary of administration and finance pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7. The fee shall be deposited into the Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund established in section 35X of chapter 10.
(c) The board may, upon application made in a manner and form determined by the board, register an entity located outside of the commonwealth that intends to operate as a nonresident outsourcing facility. An applicant for registration as a nonresident outsourcing facility shall provide proof of the following: (i) a valid, current registration with the FDA pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353b and § 503B of the FDCA; (ii) inspection by the FDA in connection with the § 503B registration under the FDCA within the 2 years immediately preceding the application; and (iii) application and eligibility for registration to manufacture or distribute controlled substances pursuant to said section 12 of said chapter 94C. The application for registration as a nonresident outsourcing facility shall be accompanied by a fee for registration in an amount to be determined by the secretary pursuant to said section 3B of said chapter 7. The fee shall be deposited into the Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund established in said section 35X of said chapter 10.
(d) Registrations issued pursuant to this section shall expire on December 31 of each odd numbered year following the date of its issuance and may be renewed upon application made in a manner and form determined by the board. An applicant for renewal of a registration issued pursuant to this section shall provide satisfactory proof of a valid, current registration with the FDA pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353b and § 503B of the FDCA. The application for renewal of a registration as an outsourcing facility shall be accompanied by a fee for registration in an amount to be determined by the secretary pursuant to said section 3B of said chapter 7. The fee shall be deposited into the Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund established in said section 35X of said chapter 10.
(e) Grounds for denial of a registration, revocation or suspension of a registration or non-renewal of a registration issued pursuant to this section shall include, but shall not be limited to: (i) failure to maintain a current, valid registration with the FDA pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353b; (ii) an inspection by the FDA that results in a warning letter that prohibits commercial distribution by the registered facility of sterile drug preparations within or outside of the commonwealth; (iii) material misrepresentation, omission or falsification of any information furnished to the board; (iv) failure to comply with reporting requirements established by the board with respect to registration with or inspections by the FDA; (v) failure to adhere to the most current standards established under cGMP; (vi) the lack of suitability of the applicant or registrant; or (vii) failure to maintain a current, valid Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration. This provision shall not limit the board’s authority pursuant to sections 42A or 61.
SECTION 43B. Section 39C of said chapter 112, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3, 5, 19, 22 and 32, the word “fusionist” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following word:- infusion.
SECTION 43C. Subsection (a) of section 39D of said chapter 112, as appearing in section 18 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by striking out the words “sections 39F” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- sections 36E.
SECTION 43D. Section 39F of said chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(c) An entity that intends to compound and distribute a sterile drug preparation or a complex nonsterile drug within or outside of the commonwealth: (i) in volumes inconsistent with routinely observed volume patterns associated with patient-specific prescriptions; or (ii) in the absence of accountability documentation shall adhere to the most current standards established under cGMP when engaging in any form of compounding. The entities shall either register as a producer of drugs with the federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 360, § 510 of the federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, or register as an outsourcing facility with both the FDA pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353b, § 503B of the FDCA and the board of registration in pharmacy pursuant to section 36E before engaging in any sterile compounding or complex nonsterile compounding.
SECTION 43E. Section 39J of said chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (d), each time it appears, and inserting in place thereof the following 2 subsections:-
(d) No pharmacy, pharmacist or outsourcing facility operating outside of the commonwealth may prescribe, ship, mail, sell, transfer or dispense sterile drug preparations or complex nonsterile drug preparations in the commonwealth unless the sterile drug preparations or complex non-sterile drug preparations are compounded in a pharmacy or outsourcing facility that has been granted a nonresident sterile compounding license, nonresident complex non-sterile compounding license or nonresident outsourcing facility registration pursuant to this chapter.
(e) Nonresident pharmacies holding a nonresident pharmacy license under this section shall be subject to the requirements of section 24A of chapter 94C; provided, however, that nonresident pharmacies shall not be eligible for a waiver under said section 24A. An application for licensure under this section shall not be approved unless the applicant has demonstrated the ability to comply with said section 24A. The board may revoke a nonresident pharmacy license for failure to comply with said section 24A.
SECTION 43F. Section 42A of said chapter 112 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, the words “ and pharmacy” and inserting in place thereof the following words: - , pharmacies, outsourcing facilities.
SECTION 43G. Said section 42A of said chapter 112 is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 18, as so appearing, the words “or engage in the retail drug business” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , engage in the retail drug business or operate an outsourcing facility.
SECTION 43H. The fourth paragraph of said section 42A of said chapter 112, added by section 21 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “license” the following words:- or outsourcing facility registration.
SECTION 43I. The fifth paragraph of said section 42A of said chapter 112, as so added, is hereby amended by striking out clause (i) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
(i) issue a cease and desist notice or quarantine notice requiring the cessation or restriction of any and all pharmacy operations or outsourcing facility operations and prohibiting the use of medications prepared by or in possession of a pharmacy or outsourcing facility.
SECTION 44. Section 12 of chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
The division may enter into any types of contracts with providers and manufacturers of medical services, equipment and supplies as the division deems necessary to carry out this chapter including, but not limited to, selective contracts, volume purchase contracts, preferred provider contracts and managed care contracts; provided, however, that such contracts shall be reviewed by the center for health information and analysis and the executive office for administration and finance. The division may negotiate the rate of reimbursement to the provider under any such contract and the negotiated rate shall not be subject to sections 13 to 13F, inclusive.
SECTION 44A. Section 25 of said chapter 118E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 46 and 47, the words “contracts, so called” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- contracts;
(6) a college savings account established and maintained pursuant to or consistent with section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
SECTION 45. Section 63 of said chapter 118E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 17, the words “$145 million” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $220,000,000.
SECTION 45A. Section 12 of chapter 120 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure "265”, in line 19, the following words:- ; or trafficking of persons for sexual servitude in violation of subsection (a) of section 50 of said chapter 265; or trafficking of persons for sexual servitude upon a person under 18 years of age in violation of subsection (b) of said section 50 of said chapter 265.
SECTION 45B. Subsection (e) of section 16 of chapter 123 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The facility shall notify the district attorney which has or had jurisdiction of the criminal case if such approval is sought.
SECTION 45C. Chapter 123B of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2 the following section:-
Section 2A. If the department intends to deny a person applying for services, the department shall notify that applicant not less than 45 days prior to making a final determination. The department shall provide a description of the reasons the department intends to deny the services and shall advise the applicant of the opportunity to request the department to conduct further evaluations. Further evaluations shall include, but not be limited to: (i) an additional in-person interview; (ii) school or work observation conducted by the department; and (iii) testimony from non-guardianship teachers or supervisors.
No final determination to deny services shall be based solely on intelligence quotient testing or educational testing.
The further evaluation shall be considered before a denial of disability services is finalized.
SECTION 45D. Section 90A of chapter 127 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 12, the words ‘or section twenty-six’ and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , section 26 or section 50.
SECTION 46. Said chapter 127 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 119 the following section:-
Section 119A. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
“Conditional medical parole plan”, a comprehensive written medical and psychosocial care plan that is specific to the prisoner and shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the proposed course of treatment; (ii) the proposed site for treatment and post-treatment care; (iii) documentation that medical providers qualified to provide the medical services identified in the conditional medical parole plan are prepared to provide those services; and (iv) the financial program in place to cover the cost of the plan for the duration of the conditional medical parole which shall include eligibility for enrollment in commercial insurance, Medicare or Medicaid or access to other adequate financial resources for the duration of the conditional medical parole.
“Department”, the department of correction.
“Permanent and total disability”, as determined by a licensed physician, a permanent and irreversible physical incapacitation as a result of an existing physical or medical condition that was unknown at the time of sentencing or, since the time of sentencing, has progressed such that the prisoner does not pose a public safety risk.
“Prisoner”, a committed offender and any other person placed in custody in a correctional facility in accordance with the law.
“Secretary”, the secretary of public safety and security.
“Terminal illness”, an incurable condition caused by illness or disease that was unknown at the time of sentencing or, since the time of sentencing, has progressed to render the prisoner terminally ill, that will likely cause the death of the prisoner within 18 months and that is so debilitating that the prisoner does not pose a public safety risk.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, a prisoner may be eligible for conditional medical parole due to a terminal illness or permanent and total disability. A prisoner shall be eligible for conditional medical parole if the commissioner or secretary determines that the prisoner has been diagnosed with a permanent and total disability or terminal illness under the procedures described in subsections (c) and (d); provided, however, that no prisoner serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction under sections 1 and 2 of chapter 265, no prisoner considered a habitual criminal under subsection (b) of section 25 of chapter 279 and no prisoner serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction of a sex offense shall be eligible for release under this section.
(c) The superintendent of the correctional facility shall consider a prisoner for conditional medical parole upon a request for conditional medical parole filed by the prisoner, the prisoner’s attorney, the prisoner’s next of kin or a correction officer. The superintendent shall review the request for consideration and make a recommendation to the commissioner within 15 days after receipt of the request for conditional medical parole. If, upon an investigation of the request, the superintendent determines that the request should be approved, the superintendent shall recommend, in writing, to the commissioner that the prisoner be released. The commissioner shall file a petition with the parole board for extraordinary relief. The commissioner shall notify, in writing, the district attorney, the prisoner, the prisoner’s attorney, the prisoner’s next of kin or a correction officer and, if applicable under chapter 258B, the victim or the victim’s family, that the prisoner is being considered for conditional medical parole subject to this section and the parties receiving the notice shall have an opportunity to be heard through a written or oral statement as to the release of the prisoner. The commissioner shall file an affidavit with the petition confirming that the notice has been provided. The commissioner shall file with the petition a conditional medical parole plan and an assessment of the prisoner’s medical and psychosocial condition and the risk the prisoner poses to society, including:
(i) a written diagnosis by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the commonwealth under section 2 of chapter 112 that includes: (A) a description of the terminal illness, physical incapacity or chronic condition; and (B) a prognosis concerning the likelihood of recovery from the terminal illness, physical incapacity or chronic condition; provided, however, that the physician shall be employed by the department or shall be employed by a hospital or medical facility used by the department for the medical treatment of prisoners; and
(ii) an assessment of the risk for violence and recidivism that the prisoner poses to society.
If the superintendent denies the request for conditional medical parole, the superintendent shall provide to the prisoner a statement, in writing, of the reason for the denial. A prisoner electing to appeal a denial made by the superintendent shall file an appeal with the commissioner within 30 days.
(d) A sheriff shall consider a prisoner for conditional medical parole upon a request for conditional medical parole filed by the prisoner, the prisoner’s attorney, the prisoner’s next of kin or a correction officer. The sheriff shall review the request for consideration and make a recommendation to the secretary within 15 days after receipt of the request for conditional medical parole. If, upon an investigation of the request, the sheriff determines that the request should be approved, the sheriff shall recommend, in writing, to the secretary that the prisoner be released. The secretary shall file a petition with the parole board for extraordinary relief. The secretary shall notify, in writing, the district attorney, the prisoner, the prisoner’s attorney, the prisoner’s next of kin and, if applicable under chapter 258B, the victim or the victim’s family, that the prisoner is being considered for conditional medical parole subject to this section and the parties receiving the notice shall have an opportunity to be heard through a written or oral statement as to the release of the prisoner. The secretary shall file an affidavit with the petition confirming that the notice has been provided. The secretary shall file with the petition a conditional medical parole plan and an assessment of the prisoner’s medical and psychosocial condition and the risk the prisoner poses to society, including:
(i) a written diagnosis by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the commonwealth under section 2 of chapter 112 that includes: (A) a description of the terminal illness, physical incapacity or chronic condition; and (B) a prognosis concerning the likelihood of recovery from the terminal illness, physical incapacity or chronic condition; provided, however, that the physician shall be employed by the department or shall be employed by a hospital or medical facility used by the department for the medical treatment of prisoners; and
(ii) an assessment of the risk for violence and recidivism that the prisoner poses to society.
If the sheriff denies the request for conditional medical parole, the secretary shall provide to the prisoner a statement, in writing, of the reason for the denial. A prisoner electing to appeal a denial made by the sheriff shall file an appeal with the secretary within 30 days.
(e) The authority to grant a conditional medical parole shall reside solely within the discretion of the parole board. In making this determination, the board shall consider:
(i) the nature and severity of the prisoner’s crime;
(ii) the prisoner’s prior criminal record;
(iii) the prisoner’s disciplinary, behavioral and rehabilitative record during the term of incarceration;
(iv) the current age of the prisoner and the prisoner’s age at the time of the crime;
(v) the length of the prisoner’s sentence and the amount of time left to serve;
(vi) the recommendations of the district attorney and the victim or the victim’s representative;
(vii) the nature of the prisoner’s medical condition or terminal illness and the extent of care the prisoner will require as a result;
(viii) the danger, if any, the prisoner poses to the public if released;
(ix) appropriate release plans, including family or outside resources; and
(x) any other factors the board considers relevant.
The board shall make a determination of whether to grant conditional medical parole within 15 days after receiving a petition from the commissioner or secretary for release of a prisoner with a terminal illness and within 30 days after receiving a motion for release of a permanently and totally disabled prisoner.
A denial of conditional medical parole by the board shall not affect a prisoner’s eligibility for any other form of parole or release under applicable law.
Any decision made by the board pursuant to this section shall be final; provided, however, that the decision shall not preclude a prisoner’s eligibility for conditional medical parole in the future.
(f) A prisoner granted release under this section shall be under the jurisdiction, supervision and control of the board. The board shall impose terms and conditions for such release that shall apply through the date upon which the prisoner’s sentence would have expired. These conditions shall require, but need not be limited to requiring:
(i) the released prisoner’s care be consistent with the care specified in the conditional medical parole plan as approved by the board;
(ii) the released prisoner to cooperate with and comply with the prescribed conditional medical parole plan and with reasonable requirements of medical providers to whom the released prisoner is to be referred for continued treatment;
(iii) the released prisoner to be subject to supervision by the board; and
(iv) the released prisoner to comply with any conditions of release set by the board.
Not less than 24 hours before the date of a conditional medical parole, the board shall notify, in writing, the district attorney, the department of state police and the police department in the city or town in which the released prisoner shall reside and, if necessary under chapter 258B, the victim or the victim’s family, that the prisoner’s request for release has been granted by the board and the terms and conditions of release.
The board may revise, alter or amend the terms and conditions of a conditional medical parole at any time. The board shall promptly order a prisoner returned to the custody of the department or the county correctional facility to await a revocation hearing if the board receives credible information that a prisoner has failed to comply with a reasonable condition set upon the prisoner’s release or if, upon discovery that the terminal illness or permanent and total disability has improved to the extent that the prisoner would no longer be eligible for conditional medical parole under this section. If the board subsequently revokes a prisoner’s conditional medical parole, the prisoner shall resume serving the balance of the sentence with credit given only for the duration of the prisoner’s conditional medical parole served in compliance with all reasonable conditions in this subsection. Revocation of a prisoner’s conditional medical parole shall not preclude a prisoner’s eligibility for another form of parole or release under applicable law; provided, however, that such revocation may be used as a factor in determining eligibility for that other form of parole or release. Revocation of a prisoner’s conditional medical parole due to a change in the prisoner’s medical condition shall not preclude a prisoner’s eligibility for conditional medical parole in the future or for another form of parole or release under applicable law.
(g) The commissioner, the secretary and the chairperson of the parole board shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
(h) The commissioner and the secretary shall make reasonable efforts to educate, inform and train department employees about this section and shall furnish those employees with appropriate resources and services to implement this section.
(i) The commissioner and the secretary shall jointly file an annual report not later than March 1 with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary detailing: (i) each prisoner in the custody of the department who is receiving treatment for a terminal illness or condition and each prisoner in the custody of the department who is receiving treatment for a permanent or incapacitating disability, including the race and ethnicity of the prisoner, the offense under which the prisoner was sentenced, and a detailed description of the prisoner’s physical and mental condition, provided, however, that any identifying information shall be kept confidential; (ii) the number of prisoners in the custody of the department or the sheriffs who applied for conditional medical parole under subsections (c) and (d) and the race and ethnicity of each applicant;; (iii) the number of prisoners who have been granted conditional medical parole and the race and ethnicity of each prisoner granted release; (iv) the nature of the illness of the applicants; (v) the counties where the prisoners have been released to; (vi) the nature of the placement pursuant to the conditional medical parole plan; (vii) the categories of reasons for denial for prisoners who have been denied conditional medical parole; (viii) the number of prisoners petitioning for conditional medical parole on more than 1 occasion; and (ix) the number of prisoners released who have been returned to the custody of the department and the reasons for those returns.
SECTION 46A. Section 2 of chapter 128 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 51, the words “pari-mutuel running horse race” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- or restricted pari-mutuel running horse race held within or without the commonwealth.
SECTION 46B. The second paragraph of subsection (g) of said section 2 of said chapter 128, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence.
SECTION 47. Section 94 of chapter 143 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 63, the words “a copy” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- notice by electronic or other means.
SECTION 47A. Subsection (a) of section 190 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 3 of chapter 148 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Domestic worker” and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-
“Domestic worker”, an individual or employee who is paid by an employer to perform work of a domestic nature within a household including, but not limited to: (i) housekeeping; (ii) house cleaning; (iii) home management; (iv) nanny services; (v) caretaking of individuals in the home, including sick, convalescing and elderly individuals; (vi) laundering; (vii) cooking; (viii) home companion services; and (ix) other household services for members of households or their guests in private homes; provided, however, that “domestic worker” shall not include: (A) a personal care attendant; or (B) an individual whose vocation is not childcare and whose services for the employer primarily consist of childcare on a casual, intermittent and irregular basis for a family or household member.
SECTION 48. Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 33E the following section:-
Section 33F. (a) An employee of the commonwealth or an employee of a county, city or town that accepts this section may take a leave of absence, without loss of pay, of not more than 5 days to undergo the medical procedure and associated physical recovery time due to participation in a bone marrow donor program.
(b) If the necessity for leave under this section is foreseeable, the employee shall provide the employer with not less than 7 days’ notice before the leave is to begin. If the necessity for leave is not foreseeable, the employee shall provide such notice as is practicable.
(c) An employer may require that a request for leave under this section shall be supported by a certification issued at that time and in a manner that the attorney general may by regulation require.
(d) The attorney general shall enforce this section and may obtain injunctive or declaratory relief for this purpose. Violations of this section shall be subject to the second paragraph of section 150 and to section 180.
SECTION 49. Section 150 of said chapter 149 is hereby amended by inserting after the figure “33E”, in line 20, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, the following figure:- , 33F.
SECTION 50. Section 3 of chapter 161A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 to 3, inclusive, the words “In addition to all powers otherwise granted to the authority by law, the authority shall have the following powers, in each case to be exercised by the board unless otherwise specifically provided” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- The authority shall be governed and its corporate powers exercised by the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation established in chapter 6C. In addition to the powers granted to the authority by law, the authority shall have the following powers.
SECTION 51. Clause (d) of said section 3 of said chapter 161A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- To employ, retain and supervise the managerial, professional and clerical staff as necessary to carry out the work of the authority; provided, however, that the chief executive officer of the authority shall be a general manager who shall be hired by, report to and serve at the pleasure of the secretary of transportation and who shall fix the compensation and conditions of employment for all other authority employees consistent with budgets that are subject to the approval of the board.
SECTION 52. Said section 3 of said chapter 161A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following clause:-
(t) To delegate any of the powers in clauses (a) to (s), inclusive, to the general manager or a designee of the general manager; provided, however, that the board shall not delegate the powers set forth in clause (e) and the power to enter into agreements valued at more than $15,000,000.
SECTION 53. Chapter 161A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 18 the following section:-
Section 18A. There shall be in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority a Weather Resiliency Fund which shall be used exclusively for financing operating costs, projects and programs to prevent and eliminate vulnerabilities within the authority to weather and climate-related activities including, but not limited to, temperature, precipitation, flooding, drought and wildfire. There shall be credited to the fund through the annual operating budget of the authority such sums as may be determined by the authority's chief financial officer; provided, however, that all expenditures from the fund shall be approved by the chief financial officer and general manager. All fund activities shall be included in the authority’s itemized budget required by section 20.
SECTION 53A. Chapter 176D of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 3B the following section:-
Section 3C. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
“Ambulance service provider”, a person or entity licensed by the department of public health pursuant to section 6 of chapter 111C to establish or maintain an ambulance service.
“Emergency ambulance services”, emergency services that an ambulance service provider may render under its ambulance service license when a condition or situation in which an individual has a need for immediate medical attention or if the individual, bystander or emergency medical services provider perceives the potential for the need for immediate medical attention.
“Insurance policy” or “insurance contract”, a contract of insurance, motor vehicle insurance, indemnity, medical or hospital service, dental or optometric services, suretyship or annuity issued, proposed for issuance or intended for issuance by any insurer.
“Insured”, an individual entitled to ambulance services benefits pursuant to an insurance policy or insurance contract.
“Insurer”, a person as defined in section 1; a health maintenance organization as defined in section 1 of chapter 176G; a non-profit hospital service corporation organized pursuant to chapter 176A; an organization as defined in section 1 of chapter 176I that participates in a preferred provider arrangement as defined in said section 1 of said chapter 176I; a carrier offering a small group health insurance plan pursuant to chapter 176J; a company as defined in section 1 chapter 175; an employee benefit trust; a self-insurance plan; or a company certified pursuant to section 34A of chapter 90 and which may issue a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance pursuant to section 113A of said chapter 175 that provides insurance for the expense of medical coverage.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if an ambulance service provider provides an emergency ambulance service to an insured but is not an ambulance service provider under contract to the insurer maintaining or providing the insured’s insurance policy or insurance contract, the insurer maintaining or providing the insurance policy or insurance contract shall pay the ambulance service provider directly and promptly for the emergency ambulance service rendered to the insured. The payment shall be made to the ambulance service provider notwithstanding that the insured’s insurance policy or insurance contract contains a prohibition against the insured assigning benefits under the insurance policy or insurance contract so long as the insured executes an assignment of benefits to the ambulance service provider and the payment shall be made to the ambulance service provider if an insured is either incapable or unable as a practical matter to execute an assignment of benefits under an insurance policy or insurance contract which does not prohibit an assignment of benefits or in connection with an insurance policy or insurance contract that contains a prohibition against an assignment of benefits. An ambulance service provider shall not be considered to have been paid for an emergency ambulance service rendered to an insured if the insurer makes payment for the emergency ambulance service to the insured. An ambulance service provider shall have a right of action against an insurer that fails to make a payment to it under this subsection.
(c) Payment to an ambulance service provider shall be pursuant to pricing schedules established by regulation by the secretary of health and human services. The pricing schedules shall ensure that the payments reflect the actual cost of providing the services within a municipality. The schedules shall reflect geographic differences and population density that disproportionately affect access in a municipality when compared to similarly positioned municipalities. The secretary shall review the pricing schedules every 3 years.
(d) An ambulance service provider receiving payment for emergency ambulance services pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) shall be considered to have been paid in full for the emergency ambulance services provided to the insured and shall have no further right or recourse to bill the insured for emergency ambulance services, with the exceptions of coinsurance, co-payments or deductibles for which the insured is responsible pursuant to the insured’s insurance policy or insurance contract.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or adversely affect an insured’s right to receive benefits under an insurance policy or insurance contract providing insurance coverage for emergency ambulance services. Nothing in this section shall create an entitlement on behalf of an insured to coverage for emergency ambulance services if the insured’s insurance policy or insurance contract provides no coverage for emergency ambulance services.
(f) The secretary shall enforce this section.
SECTION 53B. Section 14 of chapter 176O of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (f) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(f) No health care provider and no agent or employee of a health care provider shall provide information relative to unpaid charges for health care services to a consumer reporting agency as defined in section 50 of chapter 93 while an internal or external review under this section is pending or for 30 days following the resolution of a grievance. No health care provider and no agent or employee of a health care provider, including a debt collector as defined in section 24 of said chapter 93, shall initiate debt collection activities relative to unpaid charges for health care services while an internal or external review under this section is pending or for 30 days following the resolution of a grievance.
SECTION 53B. Section 17 of said chapter 176O is hereby amended by inserting after the word “inclusive”, in line 2, as so appearing, the following words:- “, and 24A”.
SECTION 53C. Subsection (b) of section 24 of said chapter 176O, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- The decision on the appeal shall prominently provide information on the patient’s right to appeal the decision to the office of patient protection including, but not limited to: (A) contact information for the office of patient protection; (B) a notice of a patient’s right to file a grievance with the office of patient protection; and (C) information on how to file a grievance with the office of patient protection.
SECTION 53D. Said chapter 176O is hereby further amended by inserting after section 24 the following section:-
Section 24A. The office of patient protection shall report overturned or partially overturned behavioral health care denials to the division of insurance; provided, however, that the office of patient protection shall only share patient information received by the office of patient protection under the external review process established in subsection (d) of section 24 if the patient or the patient’s guardian has consented to sharing patient information with the division. The division shall review each reported denial to determine whether the denial constitutes a violation of the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, § 511 of Public Law 110-343, and applicable state mental health parity laws including, but not limited to: section 22 of chapter 32A; section 47B of chapter 175; section 8A of chapter 176A; section 4A of chapter 176B; and sections 4, 4B and 4M of chapter 176G.
If the division finds evidence that a violation has occurred including, but not limited to, a determination by the office of patient protection to overturn a health care denial in full or in part, the division shall investigate pursuant to its powers under section 8K of chapter 26.
If the division finds that a violation of the mental health and substance abuse parity laws has occurred, the division shall levy a fine of not less than $25,000 per violation; provided, however, that the division shall levy an additional fine of not less than $100,000 per occurrence if an insurer demonstrates a clear pattern or practice of violating the mental health and substance abuse parity laws.
The division shall promulgate regulations to ensure the protection of patients’ information in the division’s custody that shall comply with 42 U.S.C. § 290dd-2, 42 C.F.R. Part 2 and 45 C.F.R. § 164.512.
The division shall post a public notice on the division’s public website if the division finds a violation of mental health parity laws.
The office of patient protection shall post statistics regarding behavioral health reviews on its public website that shall be organized by insurer and plan type.
SECTION 53E. Section 1 of chapter 185C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The housing court department, established in section 1 of chapter 211B, shall be composed of: (i) a western division consisting of the municipalities in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties; (ii) a central division consisting of the municipalities in Worcester county and the municipalities of Ashland, Framingham, Hudson, Holliston, Hopkinton, Marlborough, Natick, Sudbury, Wayland and Sherborn; (iii) a northeastern division consisting of the municipalities in Essex county and the municipalities of Acton, Ashby, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Everett, Groton, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Lowell, Malden, Maynard, Melrose, North Reading, Pepperell, Reading, Shirley, Stoneham, Stow, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Westford, Weston, Wilmington, Winchester and Woburn and the jurisdiction known as Devens established in chapter 498 of the acts of 1993; (iv) a southeastern division consisting of the municipalities in Barnstable, Bristol, County of Dukes and Nantucket counties and the municipalities of Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Hanover, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Rockland, Scituate and Wareham; (v) a metro south division consisting of the municipalities in Norfolk county, except Brookline, and the municipalities of Abington, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater and Whitman; and (vi) an eastern division consisting of the municipalities in Suffolk county and the municipalities of Arlington, Belmont, Brookline, Cambridge, Medford, Newton and Somerville .
SECTION 53F. Section 4 of said chapter 185C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second, third, fourth and fifth paragraphs and inserting in the place thereof the following 5 paragraphs:-
The eastern division of the housing court department shall hold at least 1 sitting each week in Suffolk county and at least 1 sitting each week in Middlesex county. The court, with the consent of the chief justice of the trial court, shall also sit in any other courthouse facilities as the chief justice of the housing court department may consider expedient or convenient.
The central division of the housing court department shall hold at least 1 sitting each week in the city of Worcester, at least 1 sitting each week in Middlesex county, at least 1 sitting each week in northern Worcester county and at least 1 sitting each week in southern Worcester county. The court, with the consent of the chief justice of the trial court, shall also sit in any other courthouse facilities as the chief justice of the housing court department may consider expedient or convenient.
The northeastern division of the housing court department shall hold at least 2 sittings each week in Essex county and at least 2 sittings each week in Middlesex county. The court, with the consent of the chief justice of the trial court, shall also sit in any other courthouse facilities as the chief justice of the housing court department may consider expedient or convenient.
The southeastern division of the housing court department shall hold at least 3 sittings each week in Bristol county, at least 1 sitting each week in Plymouth county and at least 1 sitting each week in Barnstable county. The court, with the consent of the chief justice of the trial court, shall also sit in such other courthouse facilities as the chief justice of the housing court department may consider expedient or convenient.
The metro south division of the housing court department shall hold at least 1 sitting each week in Norfolk county and at least 1 sitting each week in Plymouth county. The court, with the consent of the chief justice of the trial court, shall also sit in any other courthouse facilities as the chief justice of the housing court department may consider expedient or convenient.
SECTION 53G. Section 8 of said chapter 185C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- There shall be 2 justices appointed for the western division, 2 justices appointed for the central division, 2 justices appointed for the northeastern division, 2 justices appointed for the metro south division, 2 justices appointed for the southeastern division, 2 justices appointed for the eastern division and 3 circuit justices who shall sit in any of the divisions as determined by the chief justice of the housing court department.
SECTION 53H. Section 1 of chapter 211B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 7, the figure “378” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 383.
SECTION 53I. Section 2 of said chapter 211B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the figure “10” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 15.
SECTION 53J. Section 10 of chapter 218 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 19, the words “district court of eastern Hampshire;”.
SECTION 53K. Said section 10 of said chapter 218, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after line 36, the following line:- district court of eastern Hampshire;.
SECTION 53L. Section 7 of chapter 221 of the Generals Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, the words “of the several counties except Suffolk”.
SECTION 53M. Section 27A of said chapter 221, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 10 and 13, the word “twenty” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 10.
SECTION 53N. Said section 27A of said chapter 221, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 31 and 32, the words “, and in the case of a district court, without an order of the standing justice of such district court”.
SECTION 53O. Chapter 233 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 20M the following section:-
Section 20N. (a) No court shall permit or require the disclosure of the home address or personal telephone number of a social worker employed by the department of children and families, and no witness shall be required to disclose such social worker’s home address or personal telephone number in any court proceeding or in any proceeding preliminary thereto or in any documents filed with the court, except as otherwise ordered by the court, for good cause shown; provided, however, that an order of the court shall include, if possible, conditions to limit the disclosure of any such address or phone number so as to protect the privacy and safety of the social worker.
(b) Service of process, summons or subpoena upon a department of children and families social worker in any court proceeding and in any proceeding preliminary thereto, shall be made upon the agency employing the social worker and in accordance with the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure governing any such service of process, summons or subpoena. For the purpose of making such service, the employing agency, upon request, shall certify to the summoning party the name and work address of any such social worker as disclosed by its records, and a summoning party may serve the social worker at the work address so certified.
SECTION 53P. Section 23A of chapter 268A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 8 to 10, inclusive, the words “, and provided further, that a trustee may be appointed to or hold an unpaid office or position with said institution after his services as such trustee” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “; provided further, that a trustee may be appointed to or hold an unpaid office or position with the institution after the trustee’s services as a trustee; and provided further, that the board of higher education in its discretion may exempt a trustee from this section with written notice to the trustees of the institution and the ethics commission.
SECTION 53Q. Chapter 276 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 87A the following section:-
Section 87B. (a) Subject to appropriation, a court may, prior to the disposition of a defendant, divert the defendant charged with a first offense of section 8 of chapter 272 or subsections (a) or (b) of section 53A of said chapter 272 to a first offender prostitution solicitation program. The court shall continue the matter while the defendant fulfills the requirements of the program and shall retain jurisdiction pending the defendant’s successful completion of the program.
(b) The court shall determine whether the defendant is eligible to participate in the first offender prostitution solicitation program established in subsection (a). The defendant shall not be eligible if the court determines that the defendant: (i) was convicted or admitted to sufficient facts to a previous violation of said section 8 of said chapter 272 or said section 53A of said chapter 272 or a similar offense under the laws of another state; (ii) previously was admitted to a first offender prostitution prevention program; (iii) has been charged with a violation of said section 8 of said chapter 272 or said section 53A of said chapter 272 or a similar offense under the laws of another state and is awaiting adjudication of the offense; (iv) has been charged with, convicted of or admitted to sufficient facts to a violation of sections 50 or 51 of chapter 265; or (v) is a registered sex offender under chapter 6 or under the laws of another state.
(c) A first offender prostitution solicitation program shall, at a minimum: (i) provide each participant with information, counseling and services relating to the negative impact of commercial sex and sex trafficking on victims and communities, the health risks involved in prostitution, including the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and issues relating to mental health, substance abuse and sexual addiction, the legal consequences to the defendant and classroom instruction related to the prevention of prostitution and organized crime and the sex industry; and (ii) employ persons or solicit volunteers that may include, but shall not be limited to health care professionals, psychologists, licensed social workers or counselors, former prostitutes, members of a neighborhood association or community that is adversely affected by the commercial sex trade or trafficking of persons or employees of a nongovernmental organization specializing in advocacy on laws related to sex trafficking or human trafficking or in providing services to victims of the offenses; (iii) establish and publish local procedures to promote maximum participation of eligible defendants in programs created in the county or municipality in which the defendants reside; (iv) allow a participant to withdraw from the program at any time before a trial on the merits has been initiated; and (v) certify to the court that the defendant has successfully completed the requirements of the program, has failed to complete the program or has withdrawn from the program.
(d) Upon successful completion of the program, the court shall dismiss the charge against the defendant. Upon dismissal, the court may order the record of the defendant sealed.
(e) The court shall assess a fee of $750 for participation in the first offender prostitution solicitation program. The court shall not waive the fee but may reduce the fee based on a determination by the department of probation that the defendant cannot pay the entire fee. The fee shall be distributed as follows: (i) 1/3 of the fee shall be transferred to the nonprofit organization certified by the commissioner of probation to conduct the program; (ii) 1/3 of the fee shall be transferred to the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund established in section 66A of chapter 10; and (iii) 1/3 of the fee shall be transferred to the police department responsible for the arrest of the defendant.
(f) The commissioner of probation shall, in consultation with the chair of the interagency human trafficking task force established in section 31 of chapter 176 of the acts of 2011, review each organization that operates a first offender prostitution solicitation program and shall certify that the program is operating under the requirements of subsection (c). The commissioner shall notify the administrative office of the trial court of all programs receiving the certification. Only programs certified by the commissioner shall qualify to operate a program under this section. The commissioner, at the commissioner's discretion, may decertify a program for good cause at any time and the commissioner shall notify the administrative office of the trial court of the decertification
SECTION 53R. Subsection (b) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, as most recently amended by section 22 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by adding the following words:- “; and provided further, that an assistance unit shall be allowed the value and balance of a college savings account established and maintained pursuant to or consistent with section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
SECTION 54. Subsection (2) of section 95 of chapter 173 of the acts of 2008 is hereby amended by striking out the figure "2016", inserted by section 189 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 2017.
SECTION 55. The second paragraph of section 74 of chapter 144 of the acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking out the words “June 30, 2015” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- January 4, 2016.
SECTION 56. Said second paragraph of said section 74 of said chapter 144 is hereby further amended by striking out the words “and (viii) explores any other measures it deems necessary for a skills training internship pilot program, including the cost of implementation” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- (viii) provides a progress update on the Training Resources and Internship Networks grant program; and (ix) explores any other measures it considers necessary for a skills training internship pilot program, including the cost of implementation.
SECTION 56A. Item 7504-0102 of section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- “; provided, that any unexpended funds in this item remaining at the end of fiscal year 2015 shall not revert but shall be made available for the purposes of this item until January 1, 2017.
SECTION 57. The third paragraph of section 219 of said chapter 165 is hereby amended by striking out the words “April 1, 2015” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- November 2, 2015.
SECTION 57A. Section 278 of said chapter 165 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words “its report on or before June 30, 2015” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- a preliminary report not later than June 30, 2015 and shall file a comprehensive final report not later than November 1, 2015. The preliminary report shall include, but not be limited to, an outline of the commission’s findings to date and topics expected to be considered prior to the issuance of the final report. The final report shall include all findings of the commission.
SECTION 57B. Item 1102-2009 of section 2 of chapter 237 of the acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking out the words “while they pursue their education and training” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , faculty and staff, and for members of surrounding communities while they pursue their education and training or employment.
SECTION 57C. Item 2840-7024 of section 2B of chapter 286 of the acts of 2014 is hereby amended by striking out the figure “$8,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $9,000,000.
SECTION 58. Section 102 of chapter 287 of the acts of 2014 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 59. The special commission established in section 76 of chapter 144 of the acts of 2014 is hereby revived and continued. The commission shall file a report of its recommendations to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on labor and workforce development, the joint committee on elder affairs and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 31, 2016.
SECTION 59A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if a federal law is enacted that authorizes states to require remote sellers to collect sales and use taxes, then the commonwealth shall, as permitted by such federal legislation, require collection of sales and use tax by a remote seller, or a single or consolidated provider acting on behalf of a remote seller. The commissioner of revenue shall establish rules and regulations relating to the assessment, collection and enforcement of this tax.
SECTION 60. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the bureau of purchased services in the operational services division shall determine prices for programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws in fiscal year 2016 by increasing the final fiscal year 2015 price by the rate of inflation as determined by the division. The division shall adjust prices for extraordinary relief as defined in 808 CMR 1.06(4). The division shall accept applications for program reconstruction and special circumstances in fiscal year 2016. The division shall authorize the annual price for out-of-state purchasers requested by a program, not to exceed a maximum price determined by the bureau, by identifying the most recent price calculated for the program and applying the estimated rate of inflation for each year, as determined by the bureau under section 22N of chapter 7 of the General Laws, in which the rate of inflation is frozen beginning with fiscal year 2004 in a compounded manner for each fiscal year.
SECTION 61. Notwithstanding section 53 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, for fiscal year 2016, the executive office of health and human services may determine the extent to which to include within its covered services for adults the federally-optional dental services that were included in its state plan or demonstration program in effect on January 1, 2002; provided, however, that dental services shall be covered for adults at least to the extent covered as of June 30, 2015; and provided, further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, at least 45 days before restructuring any MassHealth dental benefits, the executive office of health and human services shall file a report with the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the proposed changes and the anticipated fiscal impact of the changes.
SECTION 62. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in hospital fiscal year 2016, the office of inspector general may expend a total of $1,000,000 from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of chapter 118E of the General Laws for costs associated with maintaining a health safety net audit unit within the office. The unit shall continue to oversee and examine the practices in all hospitals including, but not limited to, the care of the uninsured and the resulting free charges. The unit shall also study and review the Medicaid program under said chapter 118E including, but not limited to, reviewing the program's eligibility requirements, utilization, claims administration and compliance with federal mandates. The inspector general shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the results of the audits and any other completed analyses by March 1, 2016.
SECTION 63. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division of medical assistance shall, not later than October 1, 2015, file a report with the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means identifying savings initiatives and cash management strategies that the executive office of health and human services shall pursue in fiscal year 2016 in order to operate the MassHealth program within the amounts appropriated in items 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0700, 4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0885, 4000-0940, 4000-0950, 4000-0990 and 4000-1400; provided, however, that MassHealth shall notify the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not fewer than 15 days in advance of any deviation from the planned implementation of savings initiatives and cash management strategies included in the initial report; and provided further, that the division shall notify the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not fewer than 45 days in advance of implementing any proposed rate cuts to providers or service cuts to members.
SECTION 64. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, by October 1, 2015 and without further appropriation, the comptroller shall transfer from the General Fund to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of chapter 118E of the General Laws the greater of $45,000,000 or 1/12 of the total expenditures to hospitals and community health centers required pursuant to this act to make initial gross payments to qualifying acute care hospitals for the hospital fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015. These payments shall be made to hospitals before, and in anticipation of, the payment by hospitals of their gross liability to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund. The comptroller shall transfer from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to the General Fund by June 30, 2016 the amount authorized in this section and any allocation of that amount as certified by the director of the health safety net office.
SECTION 65. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office for administration and finance shall transfer $30,000,000 from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund established in section 2OOO of chapter 29 of the General Laws to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of chapter 118E of the General Laws. The executive office of health and human services and the health safety net office shall fund the hospital fiscal year 2016 payment amount to each hospital from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund. Payments may be made either as safety net care payments under the commonwealth's demonstration waiver pursuant to section 1115 of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. § 1315 or as an adjustment to service rate payments under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or a combination of both. Other federally permissible funding mechanisms available for public service hospitals, as defined by regulations promulgated by the executive office of health and human services, may be used to reimburse up to $70,000,000 of uncompensated care at the hospitals using sources distinct from the funding made available to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund. The secretary of administration and finance, in consultation with the secretary of health and human services and the executive director of the commonwealth health insurance connector authority, shall on a quarterly basis evaluate the revenue needs of the health safety net program funded by the Health Safety Net Trust Fund and subsidized health insurance programs funded by the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund and, if necessary, transfer monies between the funds to ensure that sufficient revenues are available to support projected program expenditures. The secretary of administration and finance shall report any transfers made between the Health Safety Net Trust Fund and the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing within 30 days of the proposed transfer.
SECTION 66. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services, with the written approval of the secretary of administration and finance, may authorize transfers of surplus among items 4000-0320, 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0700, 4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0885, 4000-0940, 4000-0950, 4000-0990, 4000-1400 and 4000-1420 in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to reduce any deficiency in these items; provided, however, that transfers shall be made not later than August 30, 2016.
SECTION 67. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services shall submit an application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver of 42 U.S.C. § 1396b(w)(3)(B) and 42 U.S.C. § 1396b(w)(3)(C) relative to the nursing home user fee established in section 63 of chapter 118E of the General Laws.
(b) The waiver application shall seek approval to amend the classes of nursing facilities subject to the user fee and the amount of user fee liability imposed on certain nursing facilities. A nursing facility shall be classified as 1 of the following 4 classes: (i) class I, nursing facilities that do not meet the criteria for class II, III or IV; (ii) class II, non-profit continuing care retirement communities and non-profit residential care facilities; (iii) class III, non-profit facilities with total Medicaid days in excess of a threshold level of days established in regulations promulgated by the executive office of health and human services; and (iv) class IV, facilities that have not more than 100 licensed beds, do not participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs under Title XVIII and Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act and were established and licensed in Massachusetts prior to July 30, 1965. All facilities in class I shall pay a user fee at the rate established in regulations promulgated by the secretary of health and human services in conformity with the total annual user fee revenue amount established by any appropriation act and section 63 of chapter 118E of the General Laws. Nursing facilities in classes II or III shall pay a user fee at a rate equal to 10 per cent of the user fee rate imposed on nursing facilities in class I. Nursing facilities in class IV shall be exempt from liability for the user fee established in said section 63 of said chapter 118E and as modified pursuant to this section. The waiver application shall be structured in a manner that shall qualify it for automatic approval by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 433.68.
SECTION 68. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, nursing facility and resident care facility rates effective October 1, 2015 pursuant to section 13D of chapter 118E of the General Laws may be developed using the costs of calendar year 2007.
SECTION 69. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall transfer up to $110,000,000, if the secretary of administration and finance requests in writing, to the General Fund from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund established in section 2OOO of chapter 29 of the General Laws.
SECTION 70. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency shall, not later than June 30, 2016, transfer to the comptroller to be credited to the General Fund for fiscal year 2016 the following amounts: (i) $4,000,000 from funds previously appropriated or loans repaid that the agency administers on behalf of the commonwealth pursuant to item 1231-1020 of section 2 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996, added by section 54 of chapter 365 of the acts of 1996; and (ii) $2,500,000 from funds previously appropriated that the agency administers on behalf of the commonwealth as a result of the lead abatement program established in section 197E of chapter 111 of the General Laws.
SECTION 71. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall transfer any assets in the Commonwealth Covenant Fund on the effective date of this act to the Economic Empowerment Trust Fund established in section 35QQ of said chapter 10.
SECTION 72. (a) If the secretary of administration and finance determines that reforms or initiatives related to procurement or energy consumption have resulted in cost savings for an agency of the executive department during fiscal year 2016, the secretary may reduce allotments under section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws to reflect any of the amounts saved; provided, however, that within 15 days prior to reducing allotments, the secretary shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means in writing.
(b) If, as of October 1, 2015, the secretary of administration and finance determines that allotment reductions related to integrity enhancements in fiscal year 2016 shall be insufficient to generate $30,000,000, the secretary shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a cost-savings plan to reduce allotments under said section 9B of said chapter 29; provided, however, not fewer than 15 days prior to reducing allotments, the secretary shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means in writing.
(c) The total amount of allotment reductions under this section shall not exceed $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2016.
SECTION 73. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the formula for application of funds provided in section 35J of chapter 10 of the General Laws shall not apply in fiscal year 2016.
SECTION 74. (a) Notwithstanding section 5G of chapter 29 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, if the department of revenue certifies that the amount of tax revenues collected from capital gains income exceeds $1,086,516,203 in fiscal year 2016, the comptroller shall not make the transfer required under said section 5G of said chapter 29; provided, however, that if the department of revenue certifies that the amount of tax revenues collected from capital gains income exceeds $1,386,516,203, then the comptroller shall transfer the amount of capital gains income in excess of $1,386,516,203 to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund established in section 2H of said chapter 29.
(b) If the capital gains income exceeds $1,386,516,203 in fiscal year 2016, 5 per cent of the amount transferred to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund under subsection (a) shall then be transferred from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund established in section 24 of chapter 32A of the General Laws and 5 per cent of the amount transferred to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund under subsection (a) shall then be transferred from the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund to the Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund established pursuant to section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws.
SECTION 75. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the unexpended balances in items 0699-0014, 0699-0015, 0699-2005 and 0699-9100 shall be deposited into the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund, established in section 24 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, not later than June 30, 2016. The amount deposited shall be an amount equal to 30 per cent of all payments received by the commonwealth in fiscal year 2016 under the master settlement agreement in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Philip Morris, Inc. et al., Middlesex Superior Court, No. 95-7378; provided, however, that if, in fiscal year 2016, the unexpended balances of items 0699-0014, 0699-0015, 0699-2005 and 0699-9100 are less than 30 per cent of all payments received by the commonwealth in fiscal year 2016 under the master settlement agreement payments, an amount equal to the difference shall be transferred to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund from revenue in excess of $100,000,000 generated under the tax amnesty program pursuant to section 101.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the percentage increase set forth in section 152 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011 shall not apply in fiscal year 2016.
SECTION 76. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amounts transferred pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 22C of chapter 32 of the General Laws shall be made available for the Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund established pursuant to section 22 of said chapter 32. The amounts transferred pursuant to said subdivision (1) of said section 22C of said chapter 32 shall meet the commonwealth's obligations pursuant to said section 22C of said chapter 32, including retirement benefits payable by the state employees' retirement system and the state teachers' retirement system, for the costs associated with a 3 per cent cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to section 102 of said chapter 32, for the reimbursement of local retirement systems for previously authorized cost-of-living adjustments pursuant to said section 102 of said chapter 32 and for the costs of increased survivor benefits pursuant to chapter 389 of the acts of 1984. The state board of retirement and each city, town, county and district shall verify these costs subject to the rules adopted by the state treasurer. The state treasurer may make payments upon a transfer of funds to reimburse certain cities and towns for pensions to retired teachers, including any other obligations which the commonwealth has assumed on behalf of any retirement system other than the state employees' retirement system or state teachers' retirement system and also including the commonwealth's share of the amounts to be transferred pursuant to section 22B of said chapter 32. All payments for the purposes described in this section shall be made only pursuant to distribution of monies from the fund and any distribution and the payments for which distributions are required shall be detailed in a written report filed quarterly by the secretary of administration and finance with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public service in advance of the distribution. Distributions shall not be made in advance of the date on which a payment is actually to be made. The state board of retirement may expend an amount for the purposes of the board of higher education's optional retirement program pursuant to section 40 of chapter 15A of the General Laws. If the amount transferred pursuant to said subdivision (1) of said section 22C of said chapter 32 exceeds the amount necessary to adequately fund the annual pension obligations, the excess amount shall be credited to the Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund established in subdivision (8) of section 22 of said chapter 32 for the purpose of reducing the unfunded pension liability of the commonwealth.
SECTION 77. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall transfer not more than $17,000,000 in reimbursements received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency during fiscal year 2016 for costs incurred as a result of severe winter storms during January and February of 2015 to the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund established in section 4 of chapter 6C of the General Laws to defray snow and ice removal expenses during fiscal year 2016. Upon such transfer, the comptroller shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation.
SECTION 78. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, the amounts specified in items 1595-6368 and 1595-6369 of section 2E may be distributed among the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in amounts determined by a schedule submitted to the comptroller by the secretary of transportation, at the secretary’s sole discretion, to facilitate needed investment in preventative maintenance and asset preservation. Any such transfer shall be made not later than August 30, 2016. The secretary of transportation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation not less than 15 days prior to making such transfer.
SECTION 79. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall develop a plan to establish separate operating and capital budgets. The plan shall include clearly designated revenue sources and uses and policies and procedures to ensure that the authority does not commingle funds between its operating and capital budgets. The plan shall include a process to facilitate the transfer of authority employees from the capital budget to the operating budget, detailing: (i) the number of employee salaries funded by capital expenditures in fiscal years 2015 and 2016; (ii) the total cost of employee salaries charged to the capital budget in fiscal years 2015 and 2016; and (iii) the number of employees and the total cost of employee salaries that the authority estimates will be moved from capital expenditures to operating expenditures in each future fiscal year until such time as no employee salaries are funded through the capital budget. The plan shall facilitate the transfer of employee salaries to the operating budget not later than July 1, 2018. The plan shall further analyze the extra bonding capacity created by the removal of personnel costs from the capital budget and detail capital projects that may be funded as a result. The plan shall be filed with the joint committee on transportation, the house and senate committees on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2015.
SECTION 80. (a) The secretary of transportation shall prepare a report that includes an analysis of: (i) the consolidation of core administrative functions of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation as required by section 5 of chapter 6C of the General Laws; (ii) the achievement of goals identified by the healthy transportation compact in section 33 of said chapter 6C; (iii) the progress or achievements of the performance and asset management advisory council; (iv) the development of a long-term statewide transportation plan pursuant to subsection (d) of section 30 of said chapter 6C; (v) the work of the internal project controls unit required by subsection (c) of section 39 of said chapter 6C; (vi) the amount of taxes assessed pursuant to section 24 of chapter 161A of the General Laws; (vii) the department and the authority’s progress in achieving the benchmarks in sections 60 and 61 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2013; (viii) the department’s removal of employee salaries from capital expenditures, including an update of the number, if any, of employee salaries funded by capital expenditures and the cost of the salaries; (ix) the parking pilot program required by section 80 of said chapter 46; and (x) obtaining mitigation payments from private entities to cover capital and operating costs generated by the impacts of nearby developments.
(b) The report shall further include an analysis and assessment of current capacity constraints, safety conditions and the state of good repair of the commonwealth’s transportation system, including all modes of surface transportation. The assessment shall analyze the current planned operating and capital expenditures of the department, including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the regional transit authorities, and shall consider and state the baseline of the surface transportation revenues currently available and projected to be available from all sources in all modes of surface transportation, regardless of the fund in which they are kept, from fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2027. The baseline assessment shall: (i) project spending for the maintenance of the existing system, the completion of all expansion projects the commonwealth is legally bound to complete and capital improvements and projects included in the fiscally-constrained, long-range transportation plans mandated by federal law; (ii) consider and incorporate any additional expenditures necessary to implement the most recent capital plans of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The report shall recommend specific and quantified potential new revenue sources pertaining to both operating and capital funds in fiscal year 2016 through fiscal year 2027, in order to fully address any deficiencies in capacity, safety or state of good repair identified in its assessment; provided, that the report’s revenue recommendations shall consider the needs of both the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the statewide transportation system and provided further that said report may include recommendations beyond own-source revenues and shall remain consistent with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority fare policy set forth in section 61 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2013.
(c) The secretary shall provide status updates of department and authority actions relative to the items identified in this section with the joint committee on transportation not later than August 15, 2015 and October 15, 2015 and shall file its final report with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the joint committee on transportation and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2015. Thereafter, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Fiscal and Management Control Board, established in section 80B, shall provide monthly updates to the joint committee on transportation.
SECTION 80A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall conduct a feasibility study relative to high-speed rail access between the cities of Springfield and Boston.
The study shall examine and evaluate the costs and economic opportunities related to establishing high-speed rail service between the cities of Springfield and Boston including, but not limited to: (i) the projected capital costs; (ii) the projected operating costs and revenue estimates; (iii) the projected ridership levels; (iv) the prospect of operating high-speed rail service on existing rights of way and other operational issues, including upgrades to the at-grade crossings in the towns of Ashland and Framingham; (v) the environmental and community impact estimates; (vi) the availability of federal, state, local and private sector funding sources; and (vii) the resulting economic, social and cultural benefits to the greater Springfield region and the commonwealth as a whole.
The department shall file the report with the clerks of the house and senate, the chairs of the house and senate committee on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation not later than December 1, 2016.
SECTION 80B. (a) There shall be within the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and reporting to the secretary of transportation, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Fiscal and Management Control Board, or FMCB.
(b) The FMCB shall consist of 5 members to be appointed by the governor; 3 of whom shall be members of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation board of directors, 1 of whom shall be the secretary of transportation or a designee, 1 of whom shall have experience in transportation finance and 1 of whom shall have experience in mass transit operation. Each member shall serve for the entire time that the FMCB is in existence, unless removed with or without cause by the governor. Any vacancy in the FMCB shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment of the member being replaced. The secretary of transportation may fix annual time and expense reimbursements of not more than $6,000 to be paid to members of the FMCB from funds of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Directors on the FMCB may receive the time and expense reimbursements in addition to any payments provided to directors under subsection (b) of section 2 of chapter 6C of the General Laws; provided, however that said secretary shall not receive any such reimbursement. The FMCB shall meet as regularly as necessary to ensure the stability of authority operations and finances but not less frequently than 3 times each month.
(c) Notwithstanding section 3 and 7 of chapter 161A of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the FMCB shall be afforded all powers, responsibilities, and obligations relative to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority that are vested in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation board, except as otherwise provided in this act, and those powers, responsibilities, and obligations set forth in this act.
(d) Meetings of the FMCB shall be subject to sections 18 to 25, inclusive, of chapter 30A of the General Laws. Records pertaining to the FMCB shall be subject to section 10 of chapter 66 of the General Laws.
(e) The FMCB shall select a member to serve as chair.
(f) The FMCB may employ, retain, and supervise such managerial, professional and clerical staff as may be necessary to carry out its responsibilities. The FMCB shall have the authority to set the compensation, terms and conditions of employment of its own staff. Staff hired under this subsection shall be employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, except such employees as the FMCB formally designates as independent contractors; provided, however, that said independent contractors shall be treated as executives under section 26 of chapter 161A of the General Laws.
(g) The FMCB shall initiate and assure the implementation of appropriate measures to secure fiscal, operational and management stability of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and shall continue in existence until June 30, 2018, and thereafter for such period annually as the members may determine, and the secretary of transportation may agree, is in the best interest of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and necessary to achieve operational stability and the performance metrics established by the FMCB for the authority; provided, however, that the FMCB shall not continue beyond June 30, 2020.
(h) Following the dissolution of the FMCB, the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall resume governance of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
SECTION 80C. (a) The FMCB established in section 80B may delegate any powers, responsibilities, and obligations specifically afforded to it to the general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Agency, unless otherwise provided in this act.
(b) The general manager shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of transportation and report to the FMCB; provided, however that the general manager and the FMCB may agree upon an employment contract that provides otherwise.
(c) The general manager shall, at least monthly, provide the FMCB with information on the status of the revenues and expenses for the operating budget and on the status of revenues, contracting, procurement and authorized and actual spending for the capital program. The general manager shall, at least quarterly, provide the FMCB with data on progress toward achieving key performance management targets. The reports shall further be submitted to board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the secretary of administration and finance, the clerks of the house and senate, the house and senate committee on ways and means, and the joint committee on transportation.
SECTION 80D. (a) The FMCB established in section 80B shall formulate and recommend a plan to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to stabilize and strengthen the finances, management, operations and asset condition of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The FMCB shall develop performance metrics and measure items included in the plan. The plan shall:
(i) provide a safe, reliable, and sustainable transit system consistent with the state transportation plan under section 11 of chapter 6C of the General Laws;
(ii) establish fiscal stability, including short-term and long-term planning to ensure that the authority’s budgets are aligned with its operational and capital needs;
(iii) reorient the agency to focus on providing better service to its current riders and on attracting future riders;
(iv) facilitate sound management and a safe and effective workplace consistent with section 7 of chapter 6C of the General Laws;
(v) develop a financially responsible, long-range approach to preserving and modernizing the authority’s assets and meeting future needs for regional transit facilities and services consistent with the program for mass transportation required by paragraph (g) of section 5 of chapter 161A of the General Laws.
(vi) utilize the powers afforded to the authority under chapter 161A of the General Laws, any special laws, and this act.
SECTION 80E. In addition to those powers referenced in subsection (c) of section 80B of this act, the FMCB shall have the authority to:
(i) establish separate operating and capital budgets each with clearly designated revenue sources and uses and establish policies and procedures to ensure no funds are commingled between operating and capital budgets;
(ii) establish 1-year and 5-year operating budgets, beginning in fiscal year 2017, which are balanced primarily through a combination of internal cost controls and increased own-source revenues consistent with paragraph (q) of section 5 of chapter 161A of the General Laws and which facilitate the transfer of all employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from the capital budget to the operating budget; provided further that said 1-year and 5-year budgets shall be consistent with section 20 of chapter 161A of the General Laws;
(iii) establish 5-year and 20-year capital plans that include a phased program for the complete restoration of the physical assets of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority including its vehicle fleet, a plan to address failings within the existing capital program and funding recommendations to meet the region’s transit needs;
(iv) establish a rigorous performance management system and performance metrics and targets that address, among other things, maximizing of own-source revenues, increasing ridership, reducing absenteeism, addressing vacancies and attrition, improving employee morale, achieving procurement and contracting improvements and improving customer focus and orientation;
(v) review any contract for the provision of services entered into by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, including contracts entered into before the establishment of the FMCB, and including, but not limited to, commuter rail and paratransit services, and amend those contracts, as necessary, in accordance with their terms;
(vi) establish, increase, or decrease any fare, fee, rate, or charge, for any service, license, or activity within the scope of the authority consistent with subsection (d) of section 61 of chapter 46 of the Acts of 2013; provided, however, that the FMCB may present to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation a plan consistent with (r) of section 5 of chapter 161A, with any legislative changes necessary to implement said plan, that provides for changes in fare structure or increases in fares predictably and gradually in excess of the limits imposed by said subsection (d) of said section 61 of said chapter 46.
SECTION 80F. Notwithstanding any general or special law, the FMCB established in section 80B,shall have the authority to: (i) reorganize or consolidate departments, divisions or entities of the authority, except the Metropolitan Boston Transit Parking Corporation, in whole or in part; (ii) establish any new departments, divisions, or entities as it deems necessary; (ii) transfer the duties, powers, functions, and appropriations of 1 department, division, or entity, except the duties, powers, functions, and appropriations of the Metropolitan Boston Transit Parking Corporation, to another. Any reorganization or consolidation that affects the Department of Transportation other than the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall not be effective unless approved by the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
SECTION 80G. Based on a recommendation of the FMCB established in section 80B, the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation may amend any borrowing authorization or finance or refinance any debt of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in accordance with law; provided, however, that the board of directors shall not delegate this authority.
SECTION 80H. Not less frequently than monthly, the FMCB established in section 80B shall appear and report to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
SECTION 80I. (a) Within 60 days after all of the members of the FMCB established in section 80B have been appointed, the FMCB shall submit a preliminary report to the secretary of administration and finance, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means. The report shall include a preliminary analysis of, and management plans to address, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s structural operating deficit and its capital and maintenance needs over the 5 years following the effective date of this act.
(b) Annually, not later than December 15, the FMCB shall report on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s own source revenue, operating budget, capital plan and progress toward meeting performance metrics and targets to the secretary of transportation, the secretary of administration and finance, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means. The report shall include an update on the authority’s progress in: (i) maintaining a priority list of immediate capital needs for the next 5 years and procurement and implementation plans; (ii) imposing a barrier between the commingling of operating and capital budgets; (iii) increasing own-source revenue as required by section 61 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2013; (iv) conducting thorough reviews and analyses of all proposals for system expansion, taking into account operating and capital costs, benefits to current and new riders and economic development impacts; (v) centralizing agency procurement and contracting; (vi) planning and preparedness processes and adopting an incident command system; (vii) reorganizing internal structure along modal business lines; (viii) maintaining 1-year and 5-year operating plans and budgets; (ix) maintaining a 20-year capital plan for the restoration of physical assets; (x) improving customer relations and instituting a customer-oriented performance management program; (xi) identifying and implementing best practices supporting workforce productivity and engagement; (xii) reducing employee absenteeism; (xiii) reducing barriers to public-private partnerships; and (xiv) utilizing the lease and sale of real estate assets to support the long-term health of the system and implementing value capture strategies.
(c) On or before January 1, 2018, the FMCB shall report to the secretary of transportation, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation as to whether the powers of the FMCB have been sufficient to restore fiscal and operational stability and the reliable performance of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. If the FMCB concludes that fiscal and operational stability and reliable performance has been achieved, the report shall include recommendations regarding the FMCB’s view on the governance structure that should be established to govern the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority following the dissolution of FMCB. If the FMCB concludes the powers of the FMCB are not sufficient to provide fiscal and operational stability and reliable performance, the report shall include a statement of reasons why it has been unable to restore fiscal and operational stability and reliable performance and a recommendation as to what measures the FMCB deems necessary, including, but not limited to, the continued existence of the FMCB; provided, however, that the FMCB shall be permanently and finally dissolved not later than June 30, 2020. The report shall address whether the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall govern the authority after the dissolution of the FMCB.
SECTION 80J. Notwithstanding sections 80B to 80HI, inclusive, no existing rights of the holders of bonds, notes and other financing obligations issued by or on behalf of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority under chapter 161A of the General Laws shall be impaired and nothing in this act shall be construed to alter or grant the power to alter existing agreements securing such bonds or other obligations, hedge agreements or investment contracts pertaining thereto, other than in accordance with their terms. The authority shall maintain the covenants and agreements of the trust agreements, bond resolutions and other instruments pertaining to such bonds and other obligations secured thereunder so long as such bonds and other obligations shall remain outstanding. The FMCB shall not control, and shall not have the power to alter or otherwise impair, the trust imposed in the third paragraph of subsection (a) of section 35T of chapter 10 of the General Laws and shall not have the power to alter or otherwise impair the other commonwealth covenants set forth in said third paragraph. The commonwealth hereby re-affirms such trust and other covenants.
SECTION 81. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, members serving on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation upon the effective date of this act may serve out their terms as set forth in section 2 of chapter 6C of the General Laws. Initial appointments made to the board pursuant to section 5 on or after the effective date of this act shall be for members not serving for terms that are coterminous with the governor and shall be composed of 1 member who shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 1 member who shall be appointed for a term of 2 years and 2 members, each of whom shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.
SECTION 82. The registrar of motor vehicles shall issue a report on the implementation of sections 38 to 40, inclusive. The report shall include: (i) the overall fiscal impact to the registry of motor vehicles; (ii) the number of distinctive license plates issued in the commonwealth; (iii) software programming costs associated with the production of new distinctive license plates; and (iv) any other cost impacts or savings directly or indirectly related to the implementation of said sections 38 to 40, inclusive. The registrar shall file the report with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the chairs of the house and senate committee on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on transportation not later than January 15, 2017.
SECTION 83. Notwithstanding subclause (a) of clause (xiii) of the third paragraph of section 9A of chapter 211B of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, from the effective date of this act to April 29, 2016, inclusive, the court administrator may transfer funds from any item of appropriation within the trial court. These transfers shall be made pursuant to schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means. The schedule shall include: (i) the amount of money transferred from any item of appropriation to any other item of appropriation; (ii) the reason for the necessity of the transfer; and (iii) the date on which the transfer shall be completed. A transfer pursuant to this section shall not occur until 10 days after the revised funding schedules have been submitted in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means.
SECTION 84. (a) Notwithstanding section 11 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, for fiscal year 2016, the chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services may waive the annual cap on billable hours for private counsel appointed or assigned to cases undertaken by the children and family law program established by the committee if the chief counsel finds that: (i) there is limited availability of qualified counsel in that practice area; (ii) requirements for expertise rendering assignment to certain private counsel would be more cost effective; or (iii) demonstrated efficiency of private counsel shows that shifting the service to other counsel shall reduce the quality and increase the cost of service; provided, however, that counsel appointed or assigned to such cases within the private counsel division shall not be paid for any time billed in excess of 1,800 billable hours. It shall be the responsibility of private counsel to manage their billable hours.
(b) The committee for public counsel services shall conduct an evaluation of the annual billable hours cap and any impacts the discretion to waive the cap may have on the caseload and budget of the committee. The committee shall submit an initial report of its findings to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate not later than December 1, 2015 and a final report not later than March 15, 2016.
SECTION 85. The secretary of administration and finance or a designee, in consultation with the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. and the 14 sheriffs, shall develop a funding formula for the sheriffs’ offices that incorporates the allocations to the individual offices. The secretary shall retain an independent consultant with demonstrated experience in evaluating measures of workload, services offered and standards for sheriffs’ offices and regional jails to develop the funding formula. The formula shall be based, in part, on the number of inmates served. In developing the system of allocations, the secretary shall, without limitation, consider: (i) accurate data for each facility and the operational goals and needs for each facility; (ii) the geographic size and location of individual sheriffs’ counties; (iii) costs per inmate and recidivism rates; (iv) the availability of and access to inmate re-entry programs and resources; (v) institutional performance with respect to clearly defined goals and metrics; (vi) the availability of federal funding mechanisms; (vii) the costs attributed to inmate health care; (viii) the availability of funds obtained from the civil process division; and (ix) the overall revenue available to each sheriff’s office, including state, federal and other funding sources.
The secretary shall submit a report detailing, without limitation, the funding formula, clearly defined goals and metrics for the number of inmates served, recommendations on strategies to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of taxpayer dollars and any other recommendations to promote efficiency and effectiveness within the sheriffs’ offices. The report shall be filed with the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016.
SECTION 86. Each sheriff shall submit biannual revenue and expenditure reports to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance. The first report shall be submitted not later than June 1 of each year. The second report shall be submitted not later than December 31 of each year.
Each report shall provide a full accounting of all operational and capital revenues derived from state budgetary appropriations and expended by the sheriff during each fiscal year. The report shall include, among other information necessary to provide a full accounting, the following information relative to revenues: (i) a description of all programs administered by the sheriffs, including summer camps, re-entry programs and healthcare programs funded through state appropriations and the amount of state funding allocated for each program; (ii) a description of the number, type and class of employees employed and the total salary expenditures; and (iii) a description of all funds and their balances, including funds derived from civil service operations and federal grants.
SECTION 86A. Subject to appropriation, the human resources division in the executive office for administration and finance shall conduct, in consultation with the sheriffs and Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., a comprehensive assessment that shall lead to statewide standards for classification, recruitment, promotion, compensation and professional standards for sheriffs’ offices. The assessment shall include, but not be limited to, standardizing job titles and classification, job postings, minimum testing requirements and other employment practices. The human resources division shall issue a report of its assessment by April 30, 2016 and shall require that implementation of the standards shall begin not later than September 1, 2016. A copy of the human resources division’s assessment shall be sent to the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the clerks of the house and senate, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, the secretary of administration and finance and the secretary of public safety and security.
SECTION 87. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the University of Massachusetts shall classify as a student tuition credit as defined in section 1B of chapter 75 of the General Laws all tuition waivers, grants and scholarships identified in chapter 15A of the General Laws or any other general or special law and all reductions collectively bargained for that are in the form of a tuition or fee waiver available to students as student tuition credits.
(b) The University of Massachusetts shall calculate the value of all tuition waivers authorized under section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, or any other general or special law, and all collectively bargained for reductions existing on July 1, 2016.
(c) The University of Massachusetts shall credit to eligible students the calculated value of the tuition waivers, grants and scholarships identified in chapter 15A of the General Laws, or any other general or special law, and reductions collectively bargained for in the form of a tuition or fee waiver calculated in subsection (b) as a student tuition credit on the student’s statement of student charges as defined in section 1B of chapter 75 of the General Laws.
(d) The University of Massachusetts shall report to the senate and house committees on ways and means, the joint committee on higher education and the board of higher education on the existence and the calculated value of all tuition waivers, grants and scholarships identified in chapter 15A of the General Laws or any other general or special law and reductions collectively bargained for in the form of a tuition or fee waiver at the University of Massachusetts. The report shall be submitted not later than August 1, 2016.
SECTION 88. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all tuition and fee waivers that are exclusive to the University of Massachusetts shall require only the approval by the board of trustees of the University of Massachusetts.
SECTION 89. There shall be a public health evaluation grant program to be administered by the department of public health. Grant recipients shall be selected through a competitive grant process in which successful proposals shall: (i) demonstrate substantial experience conducting evaluations of federal, state or local public health programs; (ii) focus on the evaluation of a state-funded department of public health program which may include, but shall not be limited to, school-based health centers, smoking cessation programs, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs, obesity prevention programs and child nutrition programs; (iii) identify the state administrative datasets to be used; (iv) ensure compliance with applicable privacy regulations, including institutional review board policies; and (v) propose an evaluation to be completed in not more than 24 months that shall provide an analysis that examines the following areas of policy relevance: (a) the quantifiable effect of the program on the population treated through the program; (b) an estimate of the cost to the commonwealth of the public health problems being addressed through the program; (c) a comparison of the cost of the program and the estimated short-term and long-term benefits received by program recipients through the program; (d) data limitations in estimating the effect of the program; and (e) recommendations for further study. The department of public health shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before issuing a request for proposals for the program which shall detail the criteria to be used to award grants; provided however, that the request for proposals shall be issued not later than December 1, 2015. The department of public health, the center for health information and analysis, the executive office of health and human services, the executive office of education, the department of housing and community development and other relevant state agencies shall work with grant recipients funded through the program to provide secure access to state-collected data necessary for evaluations. Organizations receiving funds pursuant to this section shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public health and the department of public health on: (1) the status and preliminary results of studies funded through the program; and (2) any obstacles encountered in access to data or other information that is negatively affecting the completion of the study. Funds appropriated in item 4590-0081 of section 2 for the grant program shall not revert and shall be available for expenditure through February 1, 2017.
SECTION 90. There shall be a special commission to provide recommendations for the oversight and licensure of private home care agencies. The commission shall: (i) recommend minimum criteria for licensure of private home care agencies; (ii) establish standards of quality measures for home health services provided to consumers; (iii) review current licensure and oversight of Medicare-certified home care agencies; (iv) establish licensure guidelines for home care agencies that provide care to both private and Medicaid waiver populations; (v) ensure that the oversight and licensure of private home care agencies shall not create any duplicative requirements for Medicare-certified home care agencies; and (vi) recommend consumer protection measures including, but not limited to, the establishment of a home care agency employee registry.
The commission shall consist of: the commissioner of public health or a designee who shall serve as chair; the secretary of elder affairs or a designee; the commissioner of insurance or a designee; the director of labor standards or a designee; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on consumer protection and professional licensure; 1 member who shall be appointed by the house minority leader; 1 member who shall be appointed by the senate minority leader; a representative of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, Inc.; a representative of the Home Care Aide Council; and 7 members to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a representative of a long-term care insurance company, 1 of whom shall be a consumer representative, 1 of whom shall be an expert on home care patient safety and 4 of whom shall be providers of private pay home care services, of whom at least 1 shall be a registered nurse, at least 1 shall be a labor representative of home care workers and at least 1 shall represent an agency that operates as both a private pay and Medicare-certified home care agency. The commission shall file a report, along with any proposed legislation, with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the joint committee on consumer protection and professional licensure, the joint committee on elder affairs and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 31, 2016.
SECTION 91. (a) The commissioner of transitional assistance shall provide targeted assistance through specialist positions established pursuant to section 5 of chapter 18 of the General Laws to recipients who would have been exempt under clause (1) of subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 but are not exempt under regulations that may be adopted by the department pursuant to section 39 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014 to implement said clause (1) of said subsection (e) of said section 110 of said chapter 5. The targeted assistance shall help the recipient or former recipient in finding employment, receiving job training or pursuing education. The targeted assistance shall include an assessment of the recipient or former recipient’s education level and job skills.
(b) The commissioner shall assign 1 full engagement worker to each community service area as provided for in section 5 of chapter 18 of the General Laws. To promote social and economic well-being for individuals and families who would have been exempt under clause (1) of subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 but are not exempt under regulations that may be adopted by the department pursuant to section 39 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014 to implement said clause (1) of said subsection (e) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, full engagement workers shall, in coordination with specialists established pursuant to said section 5 of said chapter 18, develop services for and provide assistance with finding employment, receiving job training or pursuing education.
SECTION 92. (a) The department of transitional assistance shall develop a family well-being plan pilot program to promote economic and social well-being for individuals and families. The pilot program shall be implemented in not less than 2 transitional assistance offices. A recipient of public assistance who is determined to be exempt from the work requirement by reason of the recipient’s disability, as verified through the disability exemption process described in 106 CMR 203.530, and who is serviced by any of the offices selected for the pilot program may participate in the pilot program. Participants shall be eligible for transportation and childcare benefits appropriated in item 4400-0029 of section 2.
(b) When developing the pilot program, the department shall consult representatives of at least 2 organizations representing persons with disabilities, representatives of the employees’ unions of the involved agencies, representatives of Massachusetts legal services programs serving the offices covered by the pilot program and the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Inc. The department may coordinate with state agencies experienced in serving the needs of persons with disabilities, including the department of mental health, the department of developmental services, the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission, the Massachusetts commission for the blind and the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing.
(c) The department shall ensure that an assessment is conducted on each participant and shall assist each participant in addressing barriers to employment, including education and job skills. The family well-being plan shall set forth how caseworkers shall assist recipients in satisfying requirements or recommendations necessary to qualify for services and programs through the department or other entities including, but not limited to, medical providers, schools, public housing authorities, emergency shelter or housing search providers, the courts, employers and the department of children and families. The department of transitional assistance shall provide a consumer satisfaction survey to each participant.
(d) The department shall establish the family well-being plan pilot program not later than October 1, 2015. The department shall file a report detailing its implementation plan for the family well-being plan pilot program with the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2015. The department shall file an initial report not later than December 31, 2015 and a final report not later than March 16, 2016 with the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means describing: (i) the services offered and delivered; (ii) the cost of the family well-being plan pilot program, including the cost per participant; (iii) the participation rate; (iv) the success rate for engaging families in meaningful activities; (v) the success of the services in positively impacting participants’ lives; (vi) the types of job training and education programs participants received and who provided the training and education; (vii) the number of participants who became employed and the type of employment; (viii) any obstacles to the success of the program; (ix) the results of the consumer satisfaction surveys required pursuant to subsection (c); and (x) legislative recommendations to improve the family well-being plans.
SECTION 93. (a) The department of housing and community development, in collaboration with the oversight committee established in subsection (b), shall develop and implement a housing authority self-sufficiency pilot program modeled after the program authorized in section 33 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014. Participating housing authorities shall make the program available to applicants seeking public housing who commit to engaging in self-sufficiency measures. Participants in the program shall be given an admissions preference for state-subsidized family housing conditioned on an agreement to pursue required self-sufficiency measures. Participants seeking an admissions preference shall commit to a self-sufficiency program that shall include: (i) participation in an intensive case management program and an assessment to develop a customized family development plan; (ii) not less than 30 hours per week pursuing education, employment or community service; (iii) participation in a financial responsibility savings plan; (iv) skills improvement training programs; and (v) compliance with school attendance policies for all school-aged children. Failure of a program participant to meet the program requirements may result in eviction.
(b) There shall be a housing authority self-sufficiency pilot program oversight committee which shall consist of 3 members: 1 of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house; 1 of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate; and 1 of whom shall be appointed by the undersecretary for housing and community development. The committee shall advise the department on the development of program requirements and performance standards to provide for increased funding to housing authorities that demonstrate an increase in participants’ employment, income and school attendance; provided, however, that not less than half of any performance award shall be restricted to support the pilot program. The department shall ensure that the admissions preference made available by this section shall not undermine or inhibit any existing priority in placement offered by a housing authority. The committee shall promulgate guidelines that the department may follow to determine the housing authorities participating in the program; provided, however, that the total number of participating housing authorities shall not be fewer than 4 and shall not be greater than 6. In selecting participating housing authorities, the department shall establish criteria to serve the best interests of the program and its participants; provided, however, that the department shall seek to include housing authorities serving urban, suburban and rural areas and housing authorities in various geographical regions throughout the commonwealth. The department shall provide case management funding to participating housing authorities to support the program.
SECTION 94. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the director of career services shall, in coordination with the commissioner of transitional assistance, develop a plan to place a representative of a one stop career center in each regional office of the department of transitional assistance and to place a representative of the department at each one stop career center. The primary focus of the representatives shall be to facilitate services and resources for individuals seeking employment, job training, education or other transitional assistance between the one stop career centers and the department to promote self-sufficiency and financial independence. The representatives shall ensure proper compliance with all federal and state laws including, but not limited to, the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. The director, in coordination with the commissioner, shall submit the plan to the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 31, 2015.
SECTION 95. There shall be a training resources and internship networks, or TRAIN, grant program for the long-term unemployed. The program shall be overseen by the office of coordination within the department of higher education, in cooperation with the executive office of labor and workforce development. The office of coordination shall provide grants through item 7066-0036 of section 2 to not fewer than 2 community colleges to implement training programs for the long-term unemployed. The program shall be focused on the development of skills needed to assist individuals in returning to the workforce and may be based on the industry-specific workforce plans developed by the department of higher education. The program shall also include an internship at a local business related to the training curriculum that shall occur concurrently with training provided at the community college. Local businesses participating in the program shall not be responsible for any costs related to the program.
The office of coordination shall coordinate with the executive office of labor and workforce development to require one stop career centers and community college navigators to provide outreach and to identify and encourage eligible individuals to participate in the program. Community college navigators shall also oversee the matching and duration of each internship. The program shall be available to individuals that have been unemployed for longer than 1 year. Individuals participating in the program shall attend the community college at no cost to the individual and receive a monthly stipend from the community college for the duration of the program to assist with living and travel expenses. The department of higher education shall provide a report that includes: (i) a breakdown of the number of participants who began the program and the number of participants who completed the program; (ii) a list of businesses providing internships to participants; (iii) a description of the training received by participants through internships; (iv) the number of participants who received full-time employment within 6 months of completing the program; and (v) recommendations for expanding the program to additional community colleges. The report shall be filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the chairs of the joint committee on labor and workforce development, the chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 1, 2016.
SECTION 96. The executive office of health and human services shall file a report with the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016 on the implementation of chapter 257 of the acts of 2008. The report shall include: (i) spending and revenue for rates not yet promulgated as of July 1, 2015 by item, revenue source, service class and start date of implementation; (ii) spending and revenue for rates promulgated not later than June 30, 2013 that have not received a biennial rate review by item, revenue source, service class and start date of implementation; (iii) spending and revenue for rates due to be reviewed on July 1, 2015 by item, revenue source, service class and start date of implementation; (iv) estimated spending and revenue for rates to be reviewed between July 2, 2015 and June 30, 2016, inclusive, by item, revenue source, service class and projected start date of implementation; and (v) the extent to which each human service provider organization benefitting from rate increases under said chapter 257 has increased wages and benefits for its front-line human service employees.
SECTION 97. There shall be a task force to investigate the impact on state agencies from joining a non-Medicaid, multi-state prescription drug bulk purchase consortium. The task force shall consider: (i) the estimated cost savings related to joining a non-Medicaid multistate prescription drug bulk purchase consortium; (ii) the opportunity for counties, municipalities and nonprofit organizations to participate in a non-Medicaid multistate prescription drug bulk purchase consortium; (iii) potential administrative savings and efficiencies for participants as a result of joining a non-Medicaid multistate prescription drug bulk purchase consortium; (iv) other bulk purchase discounts or rebates for prescription drugs, medical supplies or other medical goods purchased by state agencies, other governmental units and nonprofit organizations; and (v) means of receiving rebates or discounts for medical supplies or medications not included under the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program for eligible entities. The task force may consider non-Medicaid multistate prescription drug bulk purchase consortiums that are not available to the group insurance commission.
The task force shall consist of: the commissioner of public health or a designee who shall serve as chair; the chief of pharmacy at the state office of pharmacy services or a designee; the commissioner of mental health or a designee; the commissioner of developmental services or a designee; the secretary of veterans’ services or a designee; the commissioner of correction or a designee; the executive director of the group insurance commission or a designee; the attorney general or a designee; the president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. or a designee; the president of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council or a designee; the chairperson of the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce or a designee; and 6 members to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a health care economist, 1 of whom shall be a pharmacist registered by the board of registration of pharmacy, 1 of whom shall be a county or municipal representative, 1 of whom shall be a representative of a nonprofit community health center, 1 of whom shall be a patient advocate and 1 of whom shall have experience with multistate prescription drug bulk purchase consortiums. The task force shall file its report and any proposed legislation with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2016.
SECTION 98. The office of Medicaid shall investigate and provide a report on potential cost savings for prescription medications including, but not limited to, the feasibility of joining a Medicaid multistate prescription drug bulk purchase consortium and pursuing new supplemental rebates from prescription drug manufacturers. The report shall include: (i) an update on existing supplemental rebates; (ii) recommendations to increase the amount of supplemental rebates received; (iii) estimated cost savings related to joining a Medicaid multistate prescription drug bulk purchase consortium; (iv) estimated administrative savings or other increased efficiencies related to joining a Medicaid multistate prescription drug bulk purchase consortium; and (v) opportunities for managed care organizations to receive similar rebates or discounts. The office shall file the report with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the chairs of the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2016.
SECTION 99. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if the secretary of administration and finance determines that programs implemented under chapter 19 of the acts of the 2015 have resulted in cost savings for an agency of the executive department during fiscal year 2016, the secretary may reduce allotments under section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws to reflect some or all of the amounts saved; provided, however, that the secretary shall submit a list of the allotment reductions to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 15 days prior to reducing allotments.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if as of October 1, 2015, the secretary of administration and finance determines that allotment reductions related to programs implemented under chapter 19 of the acts of 2015 in fiscal year 2016 shall be insufficient to generate fiscal year 2016 direct payroll savings of $325,100,000 without counting the sums appropriated in items 1599-0055, 1599-0057 and 1599-0063 of section 2, the secretary may submit to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means a cost saving plan to reduce allotments under said section 9B of said chapter 29; provided, however, that the secretary shall submit a cost savings plan not less than 15 days prior to any allotment reductions made pursuant to this subsection.
SECTION 100. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, prior to transferring the consolidated net surplus in the budgetary funds to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund pursuant to section 5C of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the comptroller shall dispose of the consolidated net surplus in the budgetary funds for fiscal year 2015 in the following order to the extent that funds are available: (i) $15,000,000 to the Massachusetts Life Sciences Investment Fund established in section 6 of chapter 23I of the General Laws; and (ii) $5,000,000 to the Social Innovation Financing Trust Fund established in section 35VV of chapter 10 of the General Laws.
SECTION 101. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of revenue may establish a tax amnesty program during which all penalties that may be assessed by the commissioner shall be waived without the need for any showing by the taxpayer of reasonable cause or the absence of willful neglect for the failure of the taxpayer to: (i) timely file any proper return for any tax type and for any tax period; (ii) timely pay any tax liability; or (iii) pay the proper amount of any required estimated payment toward a tax liability. The waiver of a taxpayer’s liability under this section shall apply if the taxpayer, prior to the expiration of the amnesty period, voluntarily files proper returns and pays the full amount of tax shown on the taxpayer’s returns or upon the commissioner’s assessments with all interest due thereon. The waiver shall not apply to any penalties that may be due under section 35A or 35D of chapter 62C of the General Laws with regard to returns filed pursuant to the tax amnesty program. The waiver of penalties shall not apply to any period for which the taxpayer does not file proper returns. The tax amnesty program shall not apply to a tax liability of any tax type for a period commencing on or after January 1, 2014. The scope of the tax amnesty program, including the particular tax types and periods covered, including any limited look-back period for unfiled returns not to exceed 3 years, shall be determined by the commissioner.
(b) The tax amnesty program shall be established for a period of 60 days within fiscal year 2016 to be determined by the commissioner and shall expire not later than June 30, 2016. If a taxpayer fails to pay the full liability by June 30, 2016, the commissioner shall retain any payments made and shall apply the payments against the outstanding liability and the tax amnesty shall not apply.
(c) (1) The commissioner may offer tax amnesty to taxpayers who have failed to file required returns due for any tax period beginning before January 1, 2014; provided, however, that the taxpayer shall file the required return and shall pay the tax shown as due on the return during the amnesty period together with accrued interest.
(2) The commissioner shall not authorize the waiver of any interest or any amount treated as interest.
(3) The commissioner’s authority to waive penalties during the amnesty period shall not apply to any taxpayer who is or has been the subject of a tax-related criminal investigation or prosecution or to any taxpayer who delivers or discloses or has delivered or disclosed any false or fraudulent application, document, return or other statement.
(4) Any taxpayer who delivers or discloses a false or fraudulent application, document, return or other statement to the department of revenue in connection with a tax amnesty application under this section shall not be eligible for amnesty and shall be subject to the greater of: (i) the applicable penalties under chapter 62C of the General Laws; or (ii) a penalty not to exceed $10,000 which shall be calculated and assessed according to rules determined by the commissioner and may be subject to de minimis or other exceptions that the commissioner may consider appropriate. This penalty shall be subject to said chapter 62C and shall be added to and become part of the tax due.
(d) Tax amnesty shall not apply to penalties that the commissioner would not have the sole authority to waive including, but not limited to, fuel taxes administered under the International Fuel Tax Agreement or under the local option portions of taxes or excises collected for the benefit of cities, towns or state governmental authorities.
(e) The commissioner shall maintain records of the penalties waived under the tax amnesty program including, but not limited to: (i) the number of taxpayers provided with tax amnesty; (ii) the types of tax liability for which tax amnesty was provided and, for each type of liability, the amount of tax liability collected and the amount of penalties foregone by virtue of the tax amnesty program; and (iii) the total outstanding tax liability for amnesty-eligible taxpayers at the conclusion of the tax amnesty program after the collection of all funds under this section. The commissioner shall file a report detailing the tax amnesty program with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the joint committee on revenue, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate minority leaders not later than September 1, 2016; provided, however, that the report shall not contain information sufficient to identify an individual taxpayer or the tax amnesty provided to an individual taxpayer pursuant this section.
(f) The commissioner shall establish administrative procedures and methods to prevent a taxpayer who utilizes the tax amnesty program from utilizing any future tax amnesty programs for the next consecutive 10 years, beginning in calendar year 2015.
SECTION 102. (a) There shall be a task force to study and issue a report on maximizing state use of federal revenues. The task force’s review of federal revenue opportunities shall include, but not be limited to, federal grants, contracts, loan guarantees and reimbursements. The task force shall review best practices in other jurisdictions and issue recommendations to achieve best practices. The review shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of: (i) current practices in identifying opportunities, submitting applications and managing federal funds; (ii) the relationship and coordination between programmatic and fiscal staff; (iii) the management and administration of grants, including resources devoted, information technology, data storage and warehousing, transparency, workflow automation and performance accountability; (iv) current interface with existing payment and procurement systems, including the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system and COMMBUYS; (v) interagency and interdepartmental coordination and cooperation; (vi) consolidation of databases currently managing grants into a single centralized system; (vii) the selection, reimbursement and closeout of subrecipients and vendors; (viii) the general court’s role in facilitating opportunities; and (ix) the coordination between the members of the general court and members of the United States Congress from the commonwealth and federal agency personnel. The report shall include, but not be limited to, federal opportunities available to benefit the general public or a segment of the general public, including state agencies or departments, institutions of higher education and state authorities.
(b) The commission shall consist of the following members or their designees: the secretary of administration and finance who shall serve as chair; the state comptroller; the state auditor; the state treasurer; the attorney general; the state secretary; the secretary of education; the secretary of energy and environmental affairs; the secretary of health and human services; the secretary of housing and economic development; the secretary of labor and workforce development; the secretary of public safety and security; the secretary of transportation; the court administrator; the chair of the senate committee on intergovernmental affairs; the chair of the house committee on technology and intergovernmental affairs; the executive director of the Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts; and 2 members to be appointed by the governor who shall have expertise and experience working with federal grants.
(c) The commission shall file a report of its findings and recommendations with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means, the senate committee on intergovernmental affairs and the house committee on technology and intergovernmental affairs not later than July 1, 2016.
SECTION 103. (a) There shall be a commission to study and issue a report on the bonding and borrowing practices of the commonwealth and its municipalities. The commission shall identify initiatives to improve financial management and credit ratings and to reduce bonding and borrowing costs. The commission shall review best practices in other jurisdictions and issue recommendations, if any, to achieve best practices. The report shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of: (i) centralizing borrowing in the state treasurer’s office by public agencies who may issue bonds with a state guaranty; (ii) reducing cash flow borrowing by permitting interfund borrowing including, but not limited to, the pooling of operating and stabilization cash to enhance the commonwealth’s overall working cash position if the borrowing will not result in a net reduction of stabilization funds; (iii) creating a standing committee or commission to provide increased professional resources, oversight and transparency to local government finances; and (iv) establishing a municipal bond bank.
(b) The commission shall consist of the following members or their designees: the state treasurer who shall serve as chair; the secretary of administration and finance; the state comptroller; the state auditor; the senior deputy commissioner of local services; the chairs of the senate and house committees on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets; the minority leaders of the senate and house of representatives; 2 members to be appointed by the capital debt affordability committee, established in section 60B of chapter 29 of the General Laws and 4 members to be appointed by the executive committee of the advisory commission on local government established in section 62 of chapter 3 of the General Laws.
(c) The commission shall file a report of its findings and recommendations with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the senate and house committees on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets not later than July 1, 2016.
SECTION 104. Not later than July 1, 2016, the multi-agency illegal tobacco task force established in section 40 of chapter 64C of the General Laws shall submit a report and proposed legislation to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on revenue, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security with recommendations on: (i) enhancing and amending cigarette excise forfeiture provisions; (ii) increasing civil and criminal penalties; (iii) updating and clarifying cigarette excise regulatory and administrative provisions; and (iv) potential regulatory or statutory changes to strengthen enforcement efforts, including any changes necessary to resolve existing legal ambiguities or inconsistencies and potential legal procedures for facilitating enforcement efforts.
SECTION 104A. (a) There shall be a Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation, maintenance and public safety of the Douglas state forest in the town of Douglas. Any balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year. An annual report to include projects undertaken, expenditures made and income received by the fund shall be submitted to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 1 of each year.
(b) The department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of not less than $1 upon each fee charged and collected from admission to and parking in the Douglas state forest. The additional monies collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund. Expenditures by the trust for public safety may be made available to the town of Douglas’s police, fire, ambulance and emergency personnel.
SECTION 104B. The members of the permanent commission established in section 6 of chapter 54 of the acts of 2005 to study and analyze the imposition of civil penalties on certain offenses in the commonwealth shall convene not later than September 1, 2015. The commission shall file its annual report detailing its work and findings, including any legislative recommendations, not later than December 31, 2015.
SECTION 104C. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, not later than January 4, 2016, the court administrator of the trial court shall file a report with the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing a plan to implement a system to provide civil and criminal case information on the internet to make courts more accessible to the general public which shall identify, without limitation, a timeline with specific targeted dates for implementation and a process to provide the general public with access to basic docket information on active civil and criminal cases. In the development of this plan, the court administrator shall take into consideration the principles provided by the justices of the supreme judicial court in the Policy Statement by the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Concerning Publication of Court Case Information on the Web, dated May, 2003, or any successor statement, taking into account necessary amendments according to chapter 256 of the acts of 2010.
SECTION 104D. Notwithstanding section 163 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013 or any other general or special law to the contrary, for fiscal year 2016, the state comptroller shall, upon the written approval of the secretary of administration and finance, exempt the Essex county sheriff’s department from all applicable charges or assessments made against grants to the Essex Regional Emergency Communications Center and monies derived from local aid cherry sheet charges to member communities pursuant to its authority under sections 5D and 6B of chapter 29 of the General Laws.
SECTION 104E. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for fiscal year 2016, the state comptroller shall, upon the written approval of the secretary of administration and finance, exempt the Barnstable county sheriff’s department from all applicable charges or assessments made against grants to the Barnstable County Communications Center and monies derived from local aid cherry sheet charges to member communities pursuant to its authority under sections 5D and 6B of chapter 29 of the General Laws.
SECTION 104A. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of elementary and secondary education shall submit a report to identify a funding source to provide a school district that has experienced at least a 20 student increase during fiscal year 2015 of the number of students who are classified as English language learners. Any such funding source shall provide for an additional cost reimbursement for the English language learners. The study shall consider the feasibility of the reimbursement being equal to the positive difference, if any, between: (i) the number of enrolled English language learners as of October 1, 2014 and (ii) the number of enrolled English language learners for fiscal year 2016 as measured by the census of the students on October 1, 2015; provided, however, that the reimbursement for each student shall be in an amount equal to the amount of reimbursement provided for in chapter 70 of the General Laws for an English language learner for that school district.
(b) The study and any recommendations shall be submitted to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education not later than March 1, 2016.
SECTION 104A. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of public health shall establish guidelines for establishing a statewide stroke system of care and shall develop a program of accreditation that shall designate tiered stroke centers of care that include acute ready, primary stroke centers and comprehensive stroke center. To reduce duplicative accreditation requirements, the department shall incorporate any existing hospital stroke designations that are nationally recognized including, but not limited to, designations by the Joint Commission, the American Heart Association and the department of public health. The department may suspend or revoke a hospital’s designation, after notice and a hearing, if the department of public health determines that the hospital is not in compliance with the requirements of this section. The department shall promulgate regulations to implement the program by June 30, 2016.
(b) The office of emergency medical services shall establish pre-hospital care protocols related to the assessment, treatment and transport of stroke patients by licensed emergency medical services providers. The protocols shall include, but not be limited to, plans based on a specified time frame upon the onset of symptoms for the triage and transport of stroke patients to the closest and most appropriate stroke center of care. The office shall also provide training and outreach to emergency medical service providers on these pre-hospital care protocols and also provide technical assistance on the implementation of these protocols.
(c) The department shall convene an advisory board to provide recommendations to the department when developing regulations under subsection (a) and pre-hospital care protocols under subsection (b). In making its recommendations the board shall consider: (i) current stroke data; (ii) stroke systems of care; (iii) medical best practices; (iv) point of entry protocols; (v) current stroke guidelines; (vi) existing stroke system accreditation programs that may be accepted by the department to meet the department’s established tier designations or criteria; and (vii) any relevant information needed by the board to make its recommendations.
The board shall consist of 11 members appointed by the commissioner of public health: 2 directors of regional emergency medical services councils or their designees; a representative from the American Heart Association, Inc.; the president of the Massachusetts Hospital Association, Inc. or a designee; the president of the Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals, Inc. or a designee; a representative of the Massachusetts Ambulance Association, Incorporated; the president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts or a designee; the president of the Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians, Inc. or a designee; a representative of the Massachusetts Neurological Association.; the president of the Massachusetts Medical Society or a designee; and a patient advocate. Appointees shall serve without compensation. The board shall make preliminary recommendations to the commissioner of public health not later than December 14, 2015. The board shall provide ongoing advisory support as determined necessary by the commissioner.
SECTION 105. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all secretariats, departments and agencies required to submit reports under this act shall file their reports by the dates required in this act by electronic means to the chairs of the committees named as recipients and to the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives; provided, however, that the house and senate clerks shall develop procedures and requirements for secretariats, departments and agencies for the preparation of the reports to facilitate their collection and storage and the reports shall be made available to the public on the general court’s website.
SECTION 105A. (a) Notwithstanding sections 34 to 37 of chapter 7C of the General Laws, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, in consultation with the commissioner of conservation and recreation, may grant 2 subsurface easements upon a certain parcel of land currently under the care and control of the department of conservation and recreation and held for conservation and recreation purposes to the town of Eastham to be used for the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of municipal water distribution systems subject to the requirements of sections 2 to 5, inclusive, and to such additional terms and conditions consistent with this act as the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance may prescribe in consultation with the commissioner of conservation and recreation. The town’s easement rights, including rights for the installation, maintenance and repair of infrastructure, shall not limit, restrict or close access to the Cape Cod rail trail for any period of time, except as approved in writing by the department of conservation and recreation in its sole discretion. The 2 easement areas collectively contain 20,950 square feet, more or less, and are shown as “Inset Plan A” and “Inset Plan B” on a plan of land entitled “Contract 2 Water Supply Wells, Control Building, & Piping, Eastham, Massachusetts”. The division shall prepare a survey sufficient for recording at the Barnstable registry of deeds. Prior to finalizing the transaction or making the conveyance authorized in this section, the division of capital asset management and maintenance may make minor modifications to the area and plan in order to carry out this act.
(b) An independent appraisal of the fair market value and value in use of the easements described in section 1 shall be prepared in accordance with the usual and customary professional appraisal practices by a qualified appraiser commissioned by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance. Consideration for the grant of the above-described easements shall be the full and fair market value or the value in proposed use, whichever is greater, as determined by the commissioner of capital asset management and calculated with regard to its full development potential as assembled with other lands owned or otherwise controlled by the grantee. The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall submit any appraisals to the inspector general for review and comment. The inspector general shall review and approve any such appraisals and the review shall include an examination of the methodology utilized for the appraisals. The inspector general shall prepare a report of such review and file the report with the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance for submission by the commissioner to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight. The commissioner shall submit copies of the appraisals and the inspector general’s review and approval and comments, if any, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight at least 15 days prior to the execution of any documents effecting the transfers described in this section.
(c) To ensure a no-net-loss of lands protected for natural resource purposes, the grantee also shall compensate the commonwealth for the interest in land described in section 1 through the transfer to the department of conservation and recreation of land, an interest of land or funding for the acquisition of land or an interest therein equal to or greater than the resource value of the land described in subsection (a) and the highest appraised value as determined under subsection (b). The fair market value of any land or interest in land proposed to be conveyed by the grantee to the department shall be included within the appraisal prepared pursuant to said subsection (b). The land, interest in land or funding shall be acceptable to the department of conservation and recreation and any land or interest in land, whether conveyed by the grantee or acquired by the department, shall be permanently held and managed for conservation and recreation purposes by the department. Should the appraised value of any land or interests in land be determined to be greater than the appraised value of the interests in land described in subsection (a), the commonwealth shall have no obligation to pay the difference to the grantee. All payments paid to the commonwealth as a result of the conveyances or grants authorized by this act shall be deposited in the Conservation Trust established in section 1 of chapter 132A of the General Laws.
(d) The grantee shall assume all costs associated with engineering, surveys, appraisals, deed preparation and other expenses deemed necessary by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance to execute the conveyances authorized in this section.
(e) No instrument executed pursuant to this section shall be valid unless it provides that the easements shall be used solely for the purposes described in subsection (c). The instrument authorized in subsection (a) shall include a reversionary clause that stipulates the property shall revert to the commonwealth and be assigned to the care, custody and control of the department of conservation and recreation, upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance may determine, if the property ceases to be used for the express purposes authorized in this section. If any interest reverts to the commonwealth, any further disposition shall be subject to sections 34 to 37, inclusive, of chapter 7C of the General Laws and the prior approval of the general court.
SECTION 105B. The Nauset Regional School District may grant to the town of Eastham a perpetual, assignable easement to run with the land over a certain parcel of land which is a portion of the land owned by the district and acquired for school purposes, located at 100 Cable road. The land is more particularly described in a deed recorded with the Barnstable county registry of deeds in book 1393, page 881. The easement shall include the right in the town to retain groundwater monitoring wells and drinking water supply wells on the parcel for all purposes and uses incidental thereto along with any necessary appurtenances. The district may grant to the town the rights of access, installation, operation, maintenance, repair, removal and control of the easement and rights of entry upon and passage over the parcel from time to time for all purposes stated in the grant of easement and the uses incidental thereto. The district may grant to the town all reasonable rights of ingress and egress across adjoining lands owned by the district as may be necessary for the exercise of the rights granted in this section. The town shall indemnify and hold harmless the district from and against any loss, damage or liability arising out of the town's exercise of the rights and easement and shall provide to the district, potable water needs for 99 years at no additional cost. The easement shall be subject to the right expressly reserved by the district to continue to use the parcel for all purposes not adverse to the rights granted by this section.
The easement is shown on a plan of land entitled "Plan of Utility Easement at Nauset Regional High School" prepared by: Coastal Engineering Company, dated October 28, 2011 to be recorded in the Barnstable county registry of deeds.
SECTION 105C. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a cranberry industry revitalization task force which shall consist of the following members: the secretary of energy and environmental affairs or a designee, who shall serve as co-chair; the commissioner of agricultural resources or a designee, who shall serve as co-chair; 3 representatives from the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association to be appointed by the governor from a list of 6 names submitted by the association; 1 representative of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. to be appointed by the governor; 1 representative of an independent cranberry handler company to be appointed by the governor; 1 researcher from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Cranberry Station to be appointed by the governor; 1 agricultural economist to be appointed by the commissioner of agricultural resources; the commissioner of energy resources or a designee; the commissioner of environmental protection or a designee; the commissioner of fish and game or a designee; 3 members of the house of representatives, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader; and 3 members of the senate, 1 of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader.
The task force shall investigate short-term and long-term solutions to preserving and strengthening the commonwealth’s cranberry industry. The task force shall examine methods to promote innovation in and the revitalization of the cranberry farming community including, without limitation, the impact of increased fixed costs borne by the cranberry growing community, alternative and renewable energy uses for growers and an investigation of the unique geography, culture and needs of the cranberry industry.
The task force shall submit its findings, together with drafts of recommended legislation, if any, to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2016.
SECTION 105D. There shall be a special commission consisting of the members of the joint committee on revenue, which shall make a report regarding legislation modifying the motion picture industry tax incentive program, established in subsection (l) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, section 38X of chapter 63 of the General Laws and subsection (ww) of section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, after consideration of the following: (i) directing the employment benefits of the credit primarily to residents of the commonwealth rather than out-of-state residents; (ii) focusing on projects that provide long-term employment benefits to residents of the commonwealth; and (iii) limiting the total cost of the program while maximizing its benefits. The report shall provide recommendations and any legislation necessary to carry those recommendations into effect. The commission shall consider whether any additional revenue realized should be directed to further expanding the earned income tax credit established in subsection (h) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws.
SECTION 105E. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of public utilities shall require each electric distribution company to refund or provide credits to customers impacted by the bill recalculation provision, established in Pricing and Procurement of Default Service, D.T.E. 99-60-A (2000) and D.T.E. 99-60-B (2000), between November 1, 2014 and April 13, 2015.
SECTION 105F. (a) The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, in consultation with the secretary of transportation, the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, the Seaport Advisory Council, the New Bedford Harbor Development Commission and other appropriate public and private stakeholders shall, not later than December 31, 2015, submit a detailed report for expanding the use of the New Bedford state pier for water-dependent cargo, short sea shipping, marine transportation, cruise facilities, non-water dependent uses related to tourism and economic development, potential redevelopment and creation of a mixed-use facility to include commercial uses, retail, restaurants and public event space.
The report shall include :
(i) recommendations for expanding water dependent uses, public uses and non-water dependent uses, with an emphasis on increasing public access to the waterfront without significant interference to maritime industries;
(ii) an analysis of the marketplace for parties who may be interested in redeveloping the pier as a mixed-use facility;
(iii) a breakdown of the current rents paid at the pier, a comparison to current market rates and any reasons for discrepancies in the amount of rent paid for space;
(iv) an in-depth analysis of the redevelopment of other local, state and federal government-owned maritime facilities into mixed-use facilities that continue to maintain a maritime presence including, but not limited to, facilities in New York City, Boston, San Francisco and areas with similar characteristics to the pier;
(v) recommendations for the future governance of the pier including, without limitation, the feasibility of establishing a port authority structure that includes local and state appointees;
(vi) an analysis of revitalization of the pier through the issuance of a request for proposals, including a discussion of what should be included in the proposals; and
(vii) an analysis of information collected pursuant to subsection (b).
(b) In collecting information for the report required by subsection (a), the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency shall hold at least 1 community meeting in the city of New Bedford regarding possible approaches for revitalizing the pier. The state senator from the second Bristol and Plymouth district and the state representative from the thirteenth Bristol district shall co-chair the public forum. The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency shall provide adequate notice through public media to residents of the city of New Bedford of a pier community meeting at least 30 days prior to the public forum.
SECTION105G. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of energy resources shall expend an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 from the RGGI Auction Trust Fund established in section 35II of chapter 10 of the General Laws for reimbursement to a municipality in which the property tax receipts from an electric generating station including, for the purposes of this clause, payments in lieu of taxes and other compensation specified in an agreement between a municipality and an affected property owner are reduced due to a reduction in capacity factor occurring after July 1, 2012 at a dual coal and oil-fired facility of at least 50 per cent from the average capacity factor of the previous 10 years, if such action also reduces the commonwealth’s greenhouse gas emissions from the electric generator sector under the goals established pursuant to chapter 21N of the General Laws; provided, however, that the amount of such reimbursement shall be determined by calculating the difference between the amount of the tax receipts, including payments in lieu of taxes or other compensation paid by the electric generating station in the current tax year and the amount of the tax receipts, including payments in lieu of taxes or other compensation paid by the electric generating station in the year prior to the full or partial decommissioning or other change in operating status of the facility; provided further, that reimbursement shall not be made if, in a tax year, the aggregate amount paid to a municipality by the owner of an electric generating station including, but not limited to, payments in lieu of taxes and other compensation, exceeds the aggregate amount paid to that municipality by that owner in the year prior to the full or partial decommissioning or other change in operating status of the facility; and provided further, that not later than December 31, 2015, a municipality in which the property tax receipts from an electric generating station are reduced due to a reduction in capacity factor shall submit a report to the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy detailing the need for such reimbursements and the impact of receiving or not receiving such reimbursements on the municipality. Payments from the fund shall be prioritized so that the first payments from the fund shall be made to municipalities under this section.
SECTION 105H. (a) Notwithstanding section 2GGGG of chapter 29 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the health policy commission shall establish a 1-year pilot program to increase efficiencies and align system-wide goals within 1 regional hospital system to improve the overall sustainability of the system. The program shall provide a system-wide grant to create a comprehensive approach to systemwide needs. The program shall include measurable milestones that shall demonstrate progress in at least 1 of the following areas: (i) care coordination, integration and delivery transformations; (ii) electronic health record and information exchange advancements; (iii) increasing alternative payment methods and accountable care organizations; (iv) enhancing patient safety; (v) increasing access to behavioral health services; or (vi) increasing coordination between system hospitals and community-based providers and organizations.
(b) The commission shall select the regional hospital system for the 1-year pilot program. The regional hospital system selected shall have not more than 1 academic hospital as part of the regional hospital system and include an acute care hospital not receiving delivery system transformation initiative payments with both a Medicaid payer mix more than 1 standard deviation above the statewide average and a commercial payer mix more than 1/2 standard deviation below the statewide average based on the cost report data from fiscal year 2012.
(c) The program shall authorize a $5,000,000 grant from the Distressed Hospital Trust Fund established in section 2GGGG of chapter 29 of the Genearl Laws to the regional hospital system selected pursuant to subsection (b). The commission shall assess the needs of the regional hospital system to determine the amount of the grant and shall consider all resources available to the regional hospital system. As a condition of an award, the commission may require the regional hospital system to agree to an independent financial and operational audit to recommend steps to increase sustainability and efficiency of the regional hospital system.
(d) The commission shall file a report on the program not later than December 31, 2016. The report shall include: (i) a description of the projects completed through the grant program; (ii) an analysis of cost savings realized by the regional hospital system through the grant program; and (iii) any other outcomes the commission considers relevant. The report shall be filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means.
SECTION 105I. Not more than 6 months after the award of the grant under section 105A, the executive director of the health policy commission shall submit a progress report to the director of Medicaid certifying whether the selected regional hospital system is on track to complete all identified measurable milestones required under subsection (a) of said section 105A within the time set by the commission. If the report indicates that the selected regional hospital system is on track to meet those milestones, the director shall make an additional payment to the regional hospital system of $5,000,000 within 30 days after receipt of the report.
Not more than 12 months after the award of the grant under said section 105A, the executive director of the health policy commission shall submit a progress report to the director of Medicaid certifying whether the selected regional hospital system has completed all identified measurable milestones required under said subsection (a) of said section 105A within the time set by the commission. If the report confirms that the selected regional hospital system has completed those milestones, the director shall make an additional payment to the regional hospital system of $5,000,000 within 30 days after receipt of the report.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall seek to obtain federal financial participation for the payments to the regional hospital system.
SECTION 105J. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no agency as defined in section 14C of chapter 7 of the General Laws or other entity created by the general court shall expend any state funds, except for the purpose of analysis and due diligence, or incur any liability, indebtedness or obligation, by guaranty, indemnification agreement, bond undertaking or otherwise, for the purpose of procuring, hosting, aiding, facilitating, or remediating the effects of, hosting the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in 2024 unless the general court enacts a special act authorizing the expenditure of state funds for such purposes following at least 1 public hearing conducted by the house and senate committees on ways and means acting individually or jointly. The committees may conduct more than 1 public hearing in geographically diverse locations within the commonwealth. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to waive any other requirement for appropriation or approval in any law, rule or regulation.
SECTION 105K. Notwithstanding section 35AAA of chapter 10 of the General Laws, up to $6,257,231 from the Community First Trust Fund established in said section 35AAA of said chapter 10 of the General Laws shall be expended to phase in eligibility for home care services provided in items 9110-1500, 9110-1630 and 9100-1633 for persons whose incomes do not exceed 300 per cent of the federal poverty level and a sliding fee scale for persons receiving home care services whose incomes exceed the limits established pursuant to section 9 of chapter 118 of the General Laws; provided, however, that the department of elder affairs shall report, not later than October 1, 2015, to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) enrollment data and any other information relevant to caseload forecasting for the Home Care Basic Program and the Enhanced Community Options Program at current levels; (ii) projected utilization of services provided by the Home Care Basic Program and the Enhanced Community Options Program with eligibility expanded to include the individuals whose incomes do not exceed 275 per cent of the federal poverty level and with eligibility expanded to include the individuals whose incomes do not exceed 300 per cent of the federal poverty level; (iii) the projected fiscal impact of expanding eligibility to include the individuals whose incomes do not exceed 275 per cent of the federal poverty level and the individuals whose incomes do not exceed 300 per cent of the federal poverty level; (iv) program design considerations regarding the application of cost-sharing revenues to best support individuals in an expansion population of up to 300 per cent of the federal poverty level; and (v) revenue sources that shall fully support the costs associated with implementation of the eligibility expansion in fiscal year 2017 that should include opportunities to seek out a state plan amendment pursuant to section 1915(i) of the federal Social Security Act.
SECTION 105L. There shall be a special commission to study the feasibility of improving state agency information sharing capabilities to facilitate new business registration. The commission shall consist of the following members or their designees: (i) the commonwealth’s chief information officer who shall serve as a co-chair; (ii) the commissioner of revenue who shall serve as a co-chair; (iii) the secretary of administration and finance; (iv) the secretary of the commonwealth; (v) the attorney general; (vi) the treasurer; (vii) the auditor; (viii) the secretary of health and human services; (ix) the secretary of energy and environmental affairs; (x) the secretary of housing and economic development; (xi) the secretary of labor and workforce development; (xii) the secretary of transportation; (xiii) the secretary of education; (xiv) 3 persons to be appointed by the governor, 2 of whom shall be specialists in the field of information technology; (xv) the president of the senate; (xvi) the speaker of the house of representatives; (xvii) the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight; (xviii) the minority leader of the senate; and (xix) the minority leader of the house of representatives. The commission shall make a comprehensive study of the feasibility of improving information sharing capabilities to address duplicative processes and to streamline services to simplify new business registrations, particularly for small businesses. The commission shall review each agency’s requirements for new business to evaluate duplicative, burdensome and unnecessary processes. The study shall also include a financial analysis of the implementation of new technology or upgrades to existing technology undertaken to facilitate new business registration.
The commission shall file a report of its findings and recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry out the recommendations, with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 31, 2015.
SECTION 105M. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds shall be expended from the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund established in section 60 of chapter 121B of the General Laws for the secure jobs program established pursuant to item 7004-9322.
SECTION 105N. Notwithstanding section 6B of chapter 11 of the General Laws, the division of local mandates shall review and analyze all unfunded local mandates and deliver a report of the cost and economic impact of these mandates on municipalities.
The division shall also consider mandates placed on school districts, including but not limited to, unfunded mandates and reporting requirements. The division may make recommendations, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education, to repeal any reporting requirements that the division deems to no longer serve its intended purpose or be duplicative to other reporting requirements.
Not later than March 1, 2016, the division shall file its report, along with any proposed legislation to mitigate the effects of such mandates, with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the joint committee on municipalities and regional government, the joint committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means.
SECTION 105O. Subject to appropriation, the executive office of health and human services shall establish a pilot program supporting existing and creating new human trafficking safe houses to meet the unique needs of adult human trafficking victims. The department of youth services, in consultation with the department of children and families, shall establish a pilot program supporting existing and creating new human trafficking safe houses to meet the unique needs of child human trafficking victims. Under the pilot programs, the executive office and the department shall develop and issue requests for proposals for the support and establishment of safe houses. Safe houses shall use the comprehensive services model which shall include, but not be limited to, intake assessment, intensive case management administered by trauma-trained staff, shelter and housing, sustenance, health care, mental health services, dentistry, interpreter or translator services, substance abuse treatment, training on human rights and services, literacy training, job training, life skills, employment assistance, transportation, 24-hour response, 24-hour security on the premises and legal services. The services shall consider the age, gender and special needs of the victims and, if any, the dependent children of the victims.
SECTION 105P. (a) The executive office of public safety and security and the executive office of health and human services shall, in cooperation with other appropriate authorities: (i) coordinate the collection and sharing of human trafficking data among government agencies; provided, however, that the data shall respect the privacy of victims of human trafficking; and (ii) coordinate strategies and make recommendations for law enforcement to share information to detect individuals and groups engaged in human trafficking. The executive offices shall periodically publish statistical data on human trafficking and shall establish a human trafficking definition for data collection purposes and establish screening tools and guidelines to assist in identifying victims. The executive offices shall elicit the cooperation and assistance of other government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and other non-government organizations as appropriate to assist in the data collection required under this subsection.
(b) Each district attorney shall designate a human trafficking case coordinator who shall be responsible for making best efforts to collect and submit information to the executive office of public safety and security and the executive office of health and human services in quarterly intervals relevant to tracking progress on human trafficking including, but not limited to: (i) the number of investigations, arrests, prosecutions and successful convictions of human traffickers and those committing human trafficking-related crimes; (ii) the estimated number and characteristics of persons engaged in human trafficking offenses and the number of persons who purchase or receive commercial sex acts or sexually-explicit performances, labor or services performed by victims of human trafficking; (iii) statistics on the number and characteristics of victims of human trafficking including nationality, age, method of recruitment and city, state and country of origin; (iv) human trafficking routes and patterns, if the victims were transported; and (v) social and economic factors that contribute to and foster the demand for all forms of exploitation of persons that leads to human trafficking.
(c) The executive office of public safety and security, in conjunction with the executive office of health and human services, shall establish and maintain a web portal to disseminate information regarding human trafficking violations and a clearinghouse of information for victims of human trafficking.
(d) Subject to appropriation, the executive office of public safety and security, in conjunction with the executive office of health and human services, shall support usage of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline, 1-888-373-7888, and its text number, BeFree or 233733, to report crimes of human trafficking and to provide confidential information to: (i) provide a call referral map for the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline; (ii) maintain regular coordination among the referral providers on the map; and (iii) develop and issue requests for proposals to support the hotline-related activities of the providers on the map.
SECTION 105Q. (a) The executive office of public safety and security shall provide mandatory training for law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, public defenders, judges, juvenile detention center staff and others involved in the juvenile justice system and criminal justice system and to any other relevant officials in addressing human trafficking. Training shall include screening and data collection protocols.
(b) The training shall focus on: (i) human trafficking offenses; (ii) methods used in identifying United States citizen and foreign national victims of human trafficking, including preliminary interview techniques and appropriate questioning methods; (iii) methods for prosecuting human traffickers; (iv) methods for increasing effective collaboration with nongovernmental organizations and other relevant social service organizations in the course of investigating and prosecuting a human trafficking case; (v) methods for protecting the rights of victims of human trafficking, taking into account the need to consider human rights and special needs of women and minor victims; (vi) the necessity of treating victims of human trafficking as crime victims rather than criminals; and (vii) methods for promoting the safety of victims of human trafficking. The executive office of public safety and security shall seek the input and participation of appropriate nongovernmental organizations and other relevant organizations in the preparation and presentation of the training required pursuant to this section.
(c) The executive office of education shall develop and implement mandatory educational training for educators in kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, which would assist in identifying human trafficking victims and the appropriate actions to be undertaken when human trafficking victims have been identified. The executive office shall also develop a parent guide and teacher training material on internet safety and methods of preventing the exploitation of minors over the internet.
(d) The department of public health shall develop and implement mandatory training for all health care professionals who are mandated reporters to assist in identifying human trafficking victims and the appropriate actions to be undertaken when the human trafficking victims have been identified.
SECTION 105R. (a) The executive office of health and human services, in cooperation with the executive office of public safety and security and any other appropriate governmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations, shall prepare public awareness programs designed to educate potential victims of human trafficking and their families on the risks of victimization. The public awareness programs shall include, but not be limited to: (i) information about the risks of becoming a human trafficking victim, including common recruitment techniques, use of debt bondage and other coercive tactics, risk of maltreatment, rape, exposure to HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases and the psychological harm related to victimization in human trafficking cases; (ii) information about the risks of engaging in commercial sex and possible punishment; (iii) information about victims’ rights under state and federal laws; (iv) methods for reporting suspected recruitment activities, including relevant hotlines; and (v) information on the services available to human trafficking victims and how to access the services, including the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline and other relevant hotlines.
(b) The executive office of health and human services, in cooperation with other appropriate government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, shall prepare and disseminate general public awareness materials to educate the public on the extent of human trafficking of both United States citizens and foreign nationals within the United States to discourage the demand that fosters the exploitation of persons and that leads to human trafficking. General public awareness materials may include information on the impact of human trafficking on individual victims, whether United States citizens or foreign nationals, aggregate information on human trafficking worldwide and domestically and warnings of the criminal consequences of engaging in human trafficking. The materials may include pamphlets, brochures, posters, advertisements in mass media and any other appropriate media. Programs and materials described in this subsection shall preserve the privacy of the victim and the victim’s family. All public awareness programs shall be evaluated periodically to ensure their effectiveness.
SECTION 105S. (a) The executive office of public safety and security shall create a public awareness sign of not less than 8.5 x 11 inches in size that states:
“If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any activity and cannot leave, whether it is commercial sex, housework, farm work or any other activity, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 to access help and services. Victims of human trafficking are protected under state and federal laws. The hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toll-free, operated by a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization. It is anonymous and confidential, accessible in 170 languages, able to provide help, referral to services, training and general information.”
(b) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall display public awareness sign in every transportation station, rest area and welcome center that is open to the public.
(c) Public awareness signs shall be displayed at the following locations in places that are clearly conspicuous and visible to employees: adult entertainment facilities and other sexually-oriented businesses; entities found to be a nuisance for prostitution under section 4 of chapter 139 of the General Laws; entities licensed as massage parlors; job recruitment centers; hospitals; and emergency care providers.
SECTION 105T. The comptroller shall transfer the revenues received under the second paragraph of section 7B of chapter 64C of the General Laws during fiscal year 2016, in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000, to item 4590-0300 for smoking prevention and cessation programs.
SECTION 105U. The division of insurance, in consultation with the bureau of substance abuse services, shall conduct a study of health plan pharmacy and medical benefit design for extended-release injectable naltrexone. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the average time from the issuance of a prescription for extended-release injectable Naltrexone to the delivery of the medication and policies to expedite delivery and reduce barriers to patient access in all settings of care. The division and the bureau shall report their findings to the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the joint committee on financial services not later than October 1, 2015.
SECTION 105V. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services, in collaboration with the department of public health shall conduct or provide for an examination of the prescribing and treatment history, including court ordered treatment or treatment within the criminal justice system, of persons in the commonwealth who suffered fatal opiate overdoses in calendar year 2014 and to make a report in an aggregate and de-identified form on trends discovered through the examination.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, to facilitate the examination, the department shall request, and the relevant offices and agencies shall provide, information necessary to complete the examination from the division of medical assistance, the executive office of public safety and security, the center for health information and analysis, the office of patient protection and the chief justice of the trial court, which may include, but shall not be limited to: data from the prescription drug monitoring program; the all-payer claims database; the criminal offender record information database; and the court activity record information. To the extent feasible, the department shall request data from the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. relating to treatment within houses of correction.
Not later than February 1, 2016, the secretary for health and human services shall publish a report on the findings of the examination including, but not limited to: (i) instances of multiple provider episodes, meaning a single patient having access to opiate prescriptions from more than 1 provider; (ii) instances of poly-substance access, meaning a patient having simultaneous prescriptions for an opiate and a benzodiazepine or for an opiate and another drug which may enhance the effects or the risks of drug abuse or overdose; (iii) the overall opiate prescription history of the individuals, including whether the individuals had access to legal prescriptions for opiate drugs at the time of their deaths; (iv) whether the individuals had previously undergone voluntary or involuntary treatment for substance addiction or behavioral health; (v) whether the individuals had attempted to enter but were denied access to treatment for substance addiction or behavioral health; (vi) whether the individuals had received past treatment for a substance overdose; (vii) whether any individuals had been previously detained or incarcerated and, if so, whether they had received treatment during the detention or incarceration.
The report shall be filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse, the joint committee on public health, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means.
Not later than October 1, 2015 the secretary shall file a work plan providing a status update on the report which describes the steps being taken to complete the report. The secretary shall file the report with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse, the joint committee on public health, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means.
SECTION 105W. (a) The secretary of health and human services shall implement regulations to establish the pricing schedules set forth in subsection (c) of section 3C of chapter 176D of the General Laws. When developing the rate, the division shall seek comments from the ambulance service advisory council established in subsection (b).
(b) There shall be an ambulance service advisory council to advise the secretary on the pricing schedules set forth in said subsection (c) of said section 3C of said chapter 176D. The council shall be appointed by the secretary and shall consist of the following members or their designees: (i) the secretary of public safety and security; (ii) the executive director of the group insurance commission; (iii) a representative of the Fire Chiefs’ Association of Massachusetts, Inc.; (iv) the president of the Massachusetts Municipal Association; (v) the president of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, Inc.; (vi) the president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts; (vii) a representative of the Massachusetts Ambulance Association, Incorporated; and (viii) the president of a commercial insurer. The council shall make recommendations for pricing schedules that consider: (A) cost differences associated with differences in geography and population density that impact services; (B) differences in distances travelled for services; and (C) the actual cost of providing services.
SECTION 105X. The department of public health may promulgate regulations or guidelines to implement the municipal naloxone bulk purchase program established pursuant to section 2SSSS of chapter 29 of the General Laws.
SECTION 105Y. Notwithstanding and general or special law to the contrary, the department of public health shall promulgate regulations to implement the fee established in section 33 of chapter 46 of the General Laws. The regulations shall guarantee that the municipal portion of the fee shall not be less than the highest municipal fee set as of June 30, 2015 for a certified copy of a vital record issued by a city or town clerk.
SECTION 106. Section 2RRRR of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall apply to the commonwealth's share of revenues collected after July 1, 2015 for the provision of records under chapter 46 of the General Laws by state and local officials.
SECTION 107. Clause (50) of section 3 of chapter 6C of the General Laws shall take effect as of November 1, 2009.
SECTION 108. Sections 21 to 24, inclusive, 36, 37, 53E to 53I, inclusive, 87 and 88 shall take effect on July 1, 2016.
SECTION 109. Sections 31C to 31F, inclusive, shall take effect on January 1, 2016.
SECTION 110. Section 31G shall take effect as of January 1, 2015.
SECTION 111. Section 32 shall take effect as of January 1, 2015 and shall apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.
SECTION 112. Section 37A shall take effect as of April 7, 2015.
SECTION 113. Sections 38 to 40, inclusive, shall take effect 180 days after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 114. Sections 55 and 56 shall take effect as of June 30, 2015.
SECTION 115. Sections 80B to 80J, inclusive, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 116. Section 115 shall take effect on June 30, 2020.
SECTION 117. Except as otherwise provided, this act shall take effect on July 1, 2015.