Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-49-R1

Redraft OTH 49

Corrective Amendment

Ms. Spilka moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 0321-1506, by striking out, in line 5, the words “AA object class” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “AA and DD object classes”; and

in said section 2, in item 0337-0002, by striking out the figure “$20,248,171” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$21,265,155”; and

in said section 2, in item 0640-0300, by striking out the figure “$14,034,982” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$16,054,982”; and

in said section 2, in item 1102-3309, by striking out the figure “$2,735,396” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$2,799,396”; and

in said section 2, in item 1410-0010, by striking out the figure “$3,557,840” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$3,717,840”; and

in said section 2, in item 1410-0012, by striking out the figure “$4,556,641” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$4,654,262”; and

in said section 2, in item 1599-0026, by striking out, in line 8, the words “fiscal year 2018” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “2010”; and

in said section 2, in said item 1599-0026, by striking out the figure “$4,400,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$7,465,000”; and

in said section 2, in item 2000-0100, by striking out the figure “$9,245,558” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$9,445,558”; and

in said section 2, in item 2200-0100, by striking out the figure “$24,637,344” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$24,712,344”; and

in said section 2, in item 2330-0100, by striking out the figure “$6,369,289” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$6,514,289”; and

in said section 2, in item 2511-0100, by striking out the figure “$4,945,785” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$5,621,785”; and

in said section 2, in item 2511-0105, by striking out the figure “$16,500,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$18,200,000”; and

in said section 2, in item 2810-0122, by striking out the words “$50,000 shall be expended for the town of Charlton”, inserted by amendment number 53, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “$25,000 shall be expended for the town of Charlton”; and

in said section 2, in said item 2810-0122, by striking out the figure “$175,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$2,805,000”; and

in said section 2, in item 3000-1000, by striking out the figure “$5,917,993” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$6,042,993”; and

in said section 2, in item 4000-0300, by striking out, in lines 22 to 31, inclusive, the words “(i) 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; (ii) dental benefits provided to clients of the department of developmental services who are 21 years of age or older; (iii) managed care capitation payments for MassHealth members who are residents of institutions for mental disease for more than 15 days in any calendar month and otherwise as explicitly authorized; or (iv)” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “(i) for the administration of the executive office; (ii) 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; (iii) for dental benefits provided to clients of the department of developmental services who are 21 years of age or older; (iv) for managed care capitation payments for MassHealth members who are residents of institutions for mental disease for more than 15 days in any calendar month and otherwise as explicitly authorized; or (v) for”; and

in said section 2, in said item 4000-0300, by striking out, in lines 65 to 69, inclusive, the words “; provided further, that any such transfer shall not be made later than September 30, 2019; provided further, that any projected aggregate deficiency among these items shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 90 days before the projected exhaustion of total funding”; and

in said section 2, in said item 4000-0300, by striking out the figure “$103,379,599” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$104,038,044”; and

in said section 2, in item 4000-0601, by striking out, in line 16, the words “elder affairs” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “ health and human services”; and

in said section 2, in item 4000-0700, by striking out the figure “$2,628,178,033” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$2,630,178,033”; and

in said section 2, in item 4110-1000, by striking out the figure “$6,071,917” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$6,421,917”; and

in said section 2, in item 4400-1020, by striking out, in line 13, the words “HAP, Inc.” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “Way Finders”; and

in said section 2, in item 4510-0110, by striking out the figure “$503,653” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$878,653”; and

in said section 2, in item 4510-0600, by striking out the figure “$3,755,666” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$3,905,666”; and

in said section 2, in item 4512-0205, by striking out the figure “$425,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$1,564,000”; and

in said section 2, in item 4513-1020, by striking out, in line 34, the word “a” and inserting in place there of the following figure:- “1”; and

in said section 2, in item 4513-1026, by striking out the figure “$4,110,788” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$4,190,788”; and

in said section 2, in item 4513-1111, by striking out the figure “$3,434,369” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$3,659,369”; and

in said section 2, in item 4513-1130, by striking out the figure “$37,111,883” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$37,286,883”; and

in said section 2, in item 4590-0250, by striking out the figure “$11,765,955” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$12,615,955”; and

in said section 2, in item 4590-1507, by striking out the figure “$500,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$4,358,151”; and

in said section 2, in item 4800-0038, by striking out the figure “$297,006,167” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$297,666,167”; and

in said section 2, in item 5042-5000, by striking out the figure “$92,196,539” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$92,542,039”; and

in said section 2, in item 5046-0000, by striking out the figure “$486,920,614” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$487,735,614”; and

in said section 2, in item 5095-0015, by striking out the figure “$207,949,576” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$209,749,576”; and

in said section 2, in item 5911-1003, by striking out the figure “$68,888,505” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$69,038,505”; and

in said section 2, in item 7002-0010, by striking out the figure “$2,147,026” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$2,322,026”; and

in said section 2, in item 7002-0020, by striking out the figure “$2,500,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$2,690,000”; and

in said section 2, in item 7003-0100, by striking out the figure “$743,578” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$773,578”; and in said section 2, in item 7003-1206, by striking out the figure “$1,400,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$1,505,000”; and

in said section 2, in item 7004-0099, by striking out the figure “$6,739,414” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$7,681,204”; and

in said section 2, in item 7008-0900, by striking out the figure “$848,176” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$4,407,676”; and

in said section 2, in item 7010-0005, by striking out the figure “$12,098,745” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$13,458,745”; and

in said section 2, in item 7010-0012, by striking out the figure “$21,142,582” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$22,182,582”; and

in said section 2, in item 7027-0019, by striking out the figure “$4,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$4,900,000”; and

in said section 2, in item 7035-0002, by striking out the figure “$31,000,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$33,350,000”; and

in said section 2, in item 7053-1909, by striking out the figure “$5,314,176” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$5,324,176”; and

in said section 2, in item 7061-0008, by striking out the figure “$4,907,196,515” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$4,907,573,321”; and

in said section 2, in item 7061-0012, by striking out the figure “$318,895,293” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$319,345,293”; and

in said section 2, in item 7061-9611, by striking out the figure “$2,858,009” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$3,648,009”; and

in said section 2, in item 7066-0040, by striking out the figure “$240,260” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$625,260”; and

in said section 2, in item 7100-0200, by striking out the figure “$518,667,080” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$518,917,080”; and

in said section 2, in said item 8000-0600, by striking out the words “$50,000 be expended to the town of Barre”, inserted by amendment number 1143, and inserting in place thereof the following  words:- “$25,000 shall be expended to the town of Barre”; and

in said section 2, in said item 8000-0600, by striking out the figure “$2,714,115” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$4,435,115”; and

in said section 2, in item 8324-0000, by striking out the figure “$24,291,145” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$25,535,145”; and

in said section 2, in item 8900-0001, by striking out the figure “$625,104,903” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$627,379,903”; and

in said section 2, in item 8910-0108, by striking out the figure “$16,232,777” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$16,382,777”; and

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

in said section 2, in item 9110-9002, by striking out the figure “$15,700,000” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$16,200,000”; and

in section 2D, by inserting after item 0840-0110 the following item:-

“1100-1702 For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Implementation of the Federal Developmental Disabilities Act; provided, that in order to qualify for the grant, this account shall be exempt from the first $298,560 of fringe benefit and indirect cost charges pursuant to section 6B of chapter 29 of the General Laws…$1,538,950”; and

in section 2E, in item 1595-1068, by inserting after the figure “2019”, in line 5, the following word:- “or”; and

in said section 2E, in item 1595-6368, by striking out the figure “$322,679,448” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$323,246,448”; and

in section 19, by striking out, in line 4, the word “participating”; and

in said section 19, by striking out, in line 15, the word “provided”; and

in said section 19, by striking out, in line 19, the word- “to be offered” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “applied or expected to be applied to”; and

by striking out section 20 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

“SECTION 20. Section 43M of chapter 114 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

A board of health may authorize the cremation of unclaimed remains by signing a cremation form for unclaimed remains under the following circumstances: (i) the unclaimed remains shall be in a location that is within the jurisdiction of the board of health; (ii) the board of health has received notice that either no person has come forward to claim the remains or that no person may legally claim the remains; provided, however that the board of health shall wait 30 days after such notification under this clause prior to signing the cremation form. There shall be no liability for a board of health or an employee or agent thereof that authorizes the disposal of unclaimed remains in accordance with this section.”; and; and

in section 22, by inserting after the word “report”, in line 77, the following words:- “to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on healthcare financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means”; and

in section 42, by striking out, in line 61, the words “of chapter 268A” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “section 4, 6 or 17 of chapter 268A of the General Laws”; and

in section 43, by striking out, in line 31 and 32, the words “ of chapter 268A”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “section 4, 6 or 17 of chapter 268A of the General Laws”; and

by striking out amendment number 895; and

by inserting after section 56 the following section:-

“SECTION 56A.  The division of marine fisheries shall conduct an assessment on whether allowing the on-shore processing of live lobsters of legal length into frozen shell-on lobster parts or tails and the importation of unfrozen shell-on lobster parts or tails for further processing would harm the lobster stock and the sustainability of the commercial lobster industry in the commonwealth. The assessment shall be conducted within 90 days after the effective date of this act.

If the assessment finds that allowing the on-shore processing in the commonwealth of live lobsters of legal length into frozen shell-on lobster parts or tails and the importation of unfrozen shell-on lobster parts or tails for further processing would not harm the lobster stock or the sustainability of the commercial lobster industry, then the division of marine fisheries shall issue regulations to allow for the on-shore processing in the commonwealth of live lobsters of legal length into frozen shell-on lobster parts or tails and the importation of unfrozen shell-on lobster parts or tails for further processing.

The regulations shall be submitted to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture and the house and senate committee on ways and means not less than 60 days prior to their implementation.”