Amendment #1400, as changed to H4400

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Mr. Sánchez of Boston moves to further amend amendment 1400 by striking it in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

Fiscal Note:- $6,654,000

Mr. Sánchez of Boston moves to amend House 4400 in section 2, in item 0321-1600, as amended by Consolidated Amendment “E”, by inserting after the words “provide representation” the following words:- ; provided further, that no less than $40,000 shall be allocated to the Quintana Center Immigration Legal Clinic to provide pro-bono immigration legal services to clients;

And further moves to amend said item, by striking out the figure “$20,750,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $20,790,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 0940-0101, by inserting after the words “fiscal year 2019” the following words:- and prior fiscal years;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 1102-3309, by striking out the figure “$2,835,396” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $2,899,396;

And further moves to amend said section 2, by inserting after said item 1102-3309, the following item:-

1102-3400     For security operations at the bureau of the state house…………………………………$100,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 1410-1616, as amended by Consolidated Amendment “C”, by inserting after the words “war memorials” the following words:- ; provided, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the installation of the War Memorial in the Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea;

And further moves to amend said item by striking out the figure “$280,000” and inserting in place thereof the figure:- $295,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 1599-0026, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “H”, by inserting after the words “multiple school districts”, the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the town of Worthington to conduct a comprehensive capital needs study for town-owned buildings;

And further moves to amend said item by striking out the figure “$4,845,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $4,895,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 2200-0100, as amended by Consolidated Amendment “B”, by inserting after the words “improvements in Falmouth”, the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended by the Buzzards Bay Coalition for a coastal water quality and natural resource monitoring program in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound;

And further moves to amend said item, as amended, by striking out the figure “$29,055,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $29,105,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 2330-0100, as amended by Consolidated Amendment “B”, by striking out the following words “the State Marine Genomics Program” and inserting in place thereof:- the establishment, coordination, and operation of a state marine genomics program through the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, Incorporated in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Marine Station Gloucester and the department of marine fisheries;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 2800-0700, as amended by Consolidated Amendment “B”, by inserting after the words “public safety”, the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Friends of Leverett Pond for the repair, design, permitting and construction of the Leverett Pond dam;

And further moves to amend said item by striking out the figure “$670,361” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $770,361;

And further moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 2810-0122, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “B”, by inserting after the words “Neponset Greenway”, the following words:- in Mattapan; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center;

And further moves to amend said item, as inserted, by striking out the words “provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a new veterans park in Lowell” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a new veterans park in Lowell;

And further moves to amend said item by inserting the following words:- ; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with the provisions of section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws;

And further moves to amend said item, as amended, by striking out the figure “$2,370,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $2,520,000;

And further amend said section 2, in item 3000-7050, by striking out the following figure “$100,000”, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $200,000;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$13,542,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $13,742,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4000-0300, by striking out the words “provided further, that no expenditures, whether made by the executive office or another commonwealth entity, shall be made that are not federally reimbursable, including those related to Titles XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, subchapters XIX or XXI, the MassHealth demonstration waiver under section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. section 1315(a) or the community first demonstration waiver under section 1115 of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C section 1315 except as required for: (a) the equivalent of MassHealth standard benefits for children under 21 years of age who are in the care or custody of the department of youth services or the department of children and families; (b) dental benefits provided to clients of the department of developmental services who are 21 years of age or over; or (c) 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 before making these expenditures;” and inserting in place thereof the following:-

provided further, that no expenditures, whether made by the executive office or another commonwealth entity, shall be made that are not federally reimbursable, including those related to Titles XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, subchapters XIX or XXI,  or the MassHealth demonstration waiver approved under section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. section 1315(a)  act or the community first section 1115 demonstration waiver under section 1115 of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C section 1315, except as required for: (a) the administration of the executive office for the equivalent of MassHealth standard benefits for children under 21 years of age who are in the care or custody of the department of youth services or the department of children and families; (b) dental benefits provided to clients of the department of developmental services who are 21 years of age or over; (c) for managed care capitation payments for any MassHealth members who are is a residents of an Iinstitutions for Mmental Ddiseases for more than 15 days in any calendar month, and otherwise as explicitly authorized; or (d) 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 before making these expenditures

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4000-0500, by striking out the words “primary care clinician, mental health and substance addiction plan or through a health maintenance organization under contract with the executive office of health and human services” and inserting in place thereof the following:- managed care delivery systems, including  a behavioral health contractor, the Primary Care Clinician Plan, Primary Care Accountable Care Organizations, MassHealth managed care organizations, and Accountable Care Partnership Plans;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4000-0641 by striking out the words “; provided further, that not later than January 30, 2019, MassHealth shall report to the house and senate ways and means committees an analysis of the impact on the wages for direct care workers at the nursing homes receiving said funds”;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4000-0700, by striking out the words “family incomes” and inserting in place thereof the  following words:- household incomes;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in said item, by striking out the words “to provide an additional 5 percent to its inpatient adjudicated payment amount per discharge and an additional 5 percent to its outpatient adjudicated payment amount per episode of care to any acute care hospital that has greater than 63 percent of its gross patient service revenue from governmental payers and free care as determined by the executive office of health and human services”  and inserting in place thereof the following words:- in the aggregate for acute care hospitals that  have greater than 63 percent of their gross patient service revenue from governmental payers and free care as determined by the executive office;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4000-0940, by striking out the words “family incomes” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- household incomes;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4000-0990 by striking out the words “children’s medical security plan to provide primary and preventive health services for uninsured children from birth to age 18” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- executive office of health and human services to expend for the children's medical security plan to provide health services for uninsured children from birth through age 18;

And further moves to amend said item, by striking out the words “the maximum benefit levels for” each time they appear;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4512-0205, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “G”, by striking out the words “$100,000 shall be expended to the town of Braintree” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- $150,000 shall be expended to the town of Braintree;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in said item 4512-0205, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “G”, by adding the following words:- ; provided further that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item of appropriation; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with the provisions of section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws;

And further moves to amend said item by striking out the figure “$2,345,000” and inserting in the place thereof the following figure:- $2,395,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4513-1130, by inserting after the words “involved families” the following words:- ; and provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended equally to the 17 rape crisis center regions in addition to what is received currently under fiscal year 2018 contract with the Department of Public Health;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 4800-0038 by inserting after the words “including payroll costs” the following:- ; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended on the Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 5920-5000 by adding the following words:- ; and provided further, that not less than $110,000 shall be expended for WORK, Inc. to develop a  program for individuals with disabilities to improve workforce development and employment opportunities;

And further moves to amend said item by striking out the figure “$25,044,805” and inserting in the place thereof the following figure:- $25,154,805;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 7004-0101, as amended by Consolidated Amendment “F”, by inserting after the words “contracted shelter beds” the following words:- provided further that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Home Works program; provided further, that the Home Works program shall provide opportunities for children in the emergency housing assistance program to attend out-of-school time and summer programming run by youth-serving organizations; provided further, that a youth-serving organization shall apply to contract with the department of housing and community development to receive contract slots to serve children in the program; provided further, that youth-serving organizations shall obtain criminal offender record information for each staff member employed by the program with responsibilities that include direct care of children pursuant to section 172H of chapter 6 of the General Laws and sex offender registry information pursuant to section 178I of said chapter 6, as well as information that is publicly available from a registry of sex offender information that is operated or coordinated by the federal government;

And further moves to amend said item by striking out the figure “$148,907,614” and inserting in the place thereof the following figure:- $149,107,614;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 7004-0107, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “F”, by adding the following words:- ; provided further that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item of appropriation; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with the provisions of section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 7004-0202, by striking out the following words “by shelters” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- by direct service providers;

And further moves to amend the bill, in section 2, in item 7008-1116, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “I”, by inserting, after the words “Frasca field in Tewksbury”, the following words:- ; provided further, that not less than the amount appropriated in item 7007-0800 in section 2 in chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 shall be expended for the Winthrop and Revere chambers of commerce; provided further, that not less than the amount appropriated in this item in section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 shall be expended for a child safety program in the town of Winthrop; provided further, that not less than the amount appropriated in this item in section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 shall be expended for a child safety program in the town of Revere; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Latina Circle; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Roslindale Village Main Streets for wayfinding and placemaking in Roslindale Village; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Hyde Square Task Force; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Roslindale Gateway Path; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Mission Hill LINK shuttle bus service; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial in the South End neighborhood of Boston; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Sociedad Latina; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for RealKidz Boston; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the development and operation of a Boston history online database at the Boston Public Library; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Mildred C. Hailey Community Youth Leadership Institute; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Roslindale Community Center; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Kids Clothes Club in Brookline; provided further, that not less than $300,000  shall be expended for improvements on the intersection of Walter Street and Centre Street in Roslindale; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Footlight Club in Boston; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the commemoration of the town of Shelburne’s 250th anniversary celebration; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Greater Boston Latino Network; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the ABCD Parker Hill Fenway; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the elderly program at the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Eliot School in Boston; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the commemoration of the town of Worthington’s 250th anniversary celebration;

And further moves to amend said item, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “I”, by striking out the figure “$5,665,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $8,365,000;

And further moves to amend section 2, in line item 7010-1192, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “A”,  by inserting after the words “town of Tewksbury” the following:-  ; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the North Reading Public Schools’ 1:1 Initiative school technology grant; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended to the Town of Wrentham and allocated equally amongst the King Philip Regional, Norfolk, Plainville, and Wrentham School Districts;

And further moves to amend said item, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “A”, by striking out the figure “$1,210,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $1,345,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, by inserting after item 7035-0006, the following item:-

7035-0007. For reimbursements to cities, towns, regional vocational or county agricultural school districts, independent vocational schools and 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 and 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................................ $250,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 7061-0008, by striking out the following words “provided, that these funds shall be distributed by the department not later than September 1, 2018; and provided further, that the department shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2018 its further recommendations for additional adjustments to the chapter 70 foundation budget calculation for fiscal years 2020 and beyond to continue improving the accuracy and equity of the low-income component” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- provided, that the department shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2018 its further recommendations for additional adjustments to the chapter 70 foundation budget calculation for fiscal years 2020 and beyond to continue improving the accuracy and equity of the low-income component;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 7061-0011, by inserting after the words “enactment of this chapter;” the following words:- ; provided, that funds from this item shall be distributed by the department not later than September 1, 2018;

And further moves to amend section 2, in line item 7061-9611, as amended by Consolidated Amendment “A”,  by inserting after the words “summer months” the following:- ; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of a pilot data-sharing program designed to provide school districts with funds to partner with local community-based organizations and share identifiable student data to the extent allowed by law; provided further, that the pilot program shall be for not more than 3 years; provided further, that the afterschool and out-of-school time coordinating council shall recommend funds to 2 school districts for the pilot program; provided further, that the afterschool and out-of-school time coordinating council shall conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis on the pilot data sharing program; provided further, that the Massachusetts afterschool and out-of-school time coordinating council shall file a report on the effects of the pilot program on students participating in the programs partnered with the school districts with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives and the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means not later than December 31, 2019;

And further moves to amend said item, by striking out the figure “$3,021,923” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $3,121,923;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 7077-0023, by striking out the figure “$4,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $5,500,000;

And further moves to amend said section 2, in item 7100-0200, by adding the following:- ;  and provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended to fund completion of final construction bid-ready design plans for the improvements to UMass-Amherst Cranberry Station provided for in line item 7100-3002 in section 2A of chapter 286 of the acts of 2014;

And further moves to amend said item, by striking out the figure “$518,667,080” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $518,917,080;

And further moves to amend said section 2, by inserting after item 7509-0100, the following item:-

7509-0101.. For the Senator Stephen M. Brewer Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement at Mount Wachusett Community College to increase service learning and volunteerism in north central Massachusetts, to support the development of a food pantry and other emergency services for students at risk of dropping out due to financial circumstances, for deliberative dialogues within the community addressing issues of concern within society and for programmatic development, updates and technologies within the center........................... $100,000;

And further moves to amend section 2, in line item 8000-0313, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “E”,  by inserting after the word “Wakefield” the following:- provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant in the town of Reading; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a feasibility study for a public safety building in the town of Ashby; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Millbury for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the repairs to the embankment of the Bridge Street Bridge in the town of Bridgewater; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for emergency roadway repairs in the town of Raynham; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in the town of Ipswich; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in the town of Hamilton;

And further moves to amend said item, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “E”,  by striking out the words “provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for Route 6 improvements in Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- provided further, 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;

And further moves to amend said item, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “E”, by striking out the words “provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Auburn” and inserting in place thereof the following:- provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Auburn;

And further moves to amend said item as inserted by adding the following words:- ; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with the provisions of section 9B of chapter 29  of the General Laws;

And further moves to amend said item, by striking out the figure “$1,485,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $1,925,000;

And further moves to amend section 2, in line item 8324-0000, as amended by Consolidated “E”, by striking the following figure “fiscal year 2018” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- fiscal year 2019; provided further, that not less than $50,000  shall be expended for the purchase of a battery operated ‘Jaws of Life’ for the Fire Department in the Town of Saugus;

And further amend said item by striking out the figure “$23,150,522” and inserting in place thereof the figure:-$23,200,522;

And further moves to amend section 2, in line item 9110-1455 by inserting after the words “General Laws” the following words:- and for the operations of the consolidated MassOptions, prescription advantage and 800-age-info customer service centers;

And further moves to amend the bill in section 2E, by striking item 1595-1068 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-

1595-1068 For 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 these funds shall be expended for services provided during state or federal fiscal year 2018 or 2019 or for public hospital transformation and incentive initiative payments for state fiscal year 2018 or 2019 or for Medicaid care organization payments under 42 CFR 438.6(c) for rate year 2018 or 2019; provided further, that all payments from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund shall be: (a) subject to the availability of federal financial participation; (b) made only under federally-approved payment methods; (c) consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services; and (d) 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 health care financing of increases or decreases in any payments made within the term of the current 1115 waiver or other state plan amendments within 15 days; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall utilize funds from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to make payments of up to $443,750,000 to the Cambridge public health commission or to Medicaid care organizations for payment to the Cambridge public health commission if the Cambridge public health commission, in anticipation of receiving such payments, first voluntarily transfers an amount equal to the non-federal share of such payments to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund using a federally-permissible source of funds…$452,450,000;

And moves to further amend said section 2E, by striking item 1595-1075 and inserting in place thereof the following item:-

1595-1075     For an operating transfer to the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund established in section 2WWW of chapter 29 of the General Laws…………………………………………$1,000,000;

And moves to further amend the bill in section 13A, as inserted by Amendment 226, by inserting after the words “on behalf of the program.” the following sentence:- 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 moves to further amend the bill by inserting, after section 30, the following section:-

SECTION 30A. (a) There shall be a special commission established pursuant to section 2A of chapter 4 of the General Laws to study and make recommendations to improve efficiencies relative to transportation for the following: students attending regional schools; students in special education out of district placements; students attending out of district vocational and technical schools; and students attending out of district agricultural schools; and any other student transportation the commission deems appropriate.

The commission shall consist of 1 member who shall be appointed by the senate president, who shall serve as co-chair; 1 member who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; 1 member who shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, who shall serve as co-chair; 1 member who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; 1 person who shall be appointed by the secretary of education; 1 person who shall be appointed by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education and 5 persons who shall be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a representative of the Massachusetts Association of Regional Schools, Inc., 1 of whom shall be a representative of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, 1 of whom shall be a representative of the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials, Inc., 1 of whom shall be a representative of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, and 1 of whom shall be a representative of Massachusetts Association of Special Education Administrators.   Members shall not receive compensation for their services but may receive reimbursement for the reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out their responsibilities as members of the commission. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education may furnish reasonable staff and other support for the work of the commission.

(b) The commission shall study and report on: (i) a review of methods districts use to transport said students, including current costs and bid processes in procuring transportation; (ii) a budget assessment for said costs; and (iii) recommendations for improving transportation services. The commission, in formulating its recommendations, shall take into account the best policies and practices in other states. The commission shall hold at least 5 public meetings and may hold hearings and other forums as it considers necessary.

(c) The commission shall file its report and recommendations with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives who shall forward the same to the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on education not later than December 1, 2019.;

And moves to further amend the bill in section 35A, as inserted by Consolidated Amendment “H”, by striking out the words “and (iv)” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- or (iv);

And moves to further amend the bill by adding the following 2 sections:-

SECTION 46.  Section 16 shall take effect on January 1, 2019.

SECTION 47.  Except as otherwise specified, this act shall take effect as of July 1, 2018.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1400, as changed to H4400

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