FY 2018 Budget FY 2018 Final Budget

Final Budget

     Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is immediately to make appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and to make certain changes in law, each of which is immediately necessary or appropriate to effectuate said appropriations or for other important public purposes, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience

     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 this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise, subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. 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 persons with a disability. All officials and employees of an agency, board, department, commission or division receiving funds under this act shall take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity in the internal affairs of state government and 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, 2018 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 in this section, and 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.

     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 in this section and to include a full statement comparing such receipts with projected receipts in the annual report for such 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.

Section 2.

JUDICIARY.

Supreme Judicial Court.

Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.

Mental Health Legal Advisors.

Prisoners’ Legal Services.

Social Law Library.

Appeals Court.

Trial Court.

0330-0599   For a probation 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 2018 as selected in fiscal year 2017 to monitor program fidelity and design, to implement the model and to collect and analyze the outcome evaluation; provided further, that the program shall be conducted at both a district and superior court; provided further, that the trial court shall maintain this probation program in the 12 court locations currently in operation; 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 no later than March 16, 2018 that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the potential sites selected for new locations; (ii) the research organization’s recommendations for the program; and (iii) any relevant data on participants and initial outcomes ..................... $1,675,579
0330-0601   For the operation of the specialty courts; provided, 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 2, 2018 that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the amount of funding transferred to each specific agency or department for use in specialty courts; (ii) the specific intent of that transfer in relation to specialty court operations; (iii) any additional services implemented by way of the transfer; and (iv) the amount of unspent funds from the transfer at the time of reporting; and provided further, that no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item in the trial court.......................... $3,232,881
0330-0612   For the administration of the sequential intercept model to serve individuals with mental health and substance abuse disorders involved in the criminal justice system; provided, that the trial court shall continue to fund a project coordinator to oversee coordination, administration and financial oversight of the sequential intercept model; and provided further, that not later than March 1, 2018, the project coordinator shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the design of the sequential intercept model mappings; (ii) the locations of workshops held to advocate for the model; (iii) the number of cases in which the model has been utilized; (iv) the impact of the model on rehabilitation and recidivism; and (v) the cost avings associated with the model.......................... $98,923
0330-0613   For the implementation of the recommendations set forth by the Council of State Governments Justice Center-Massachusetts Criminal Justice Review including, but not limited to, the establishment of new programs and expansion of existing programs targeted at recidivism reduction; provided, that the trial court shall transfer funds to other agencies and departments of the commonwealth as outlined in this item; provided further, that if no agency or department is specifically designated to receive such funding, the trial court administrator shall distribute funding based on the recommendations of the Council of State Governments Justice Center-Massachusetts Criminal Justice Review; provided further, that the trial court administrator shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 15 days before any such transfer is made from this item to other state agencies and departments, delineated by line item; provided further, that the department of correction shall expend not less than $637,500 to expand recidivism reduction programming; provided further, that the department of correction shall report participation, completion and recidivism rates to the executive office of public safety and security, the executive office for administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on the judiciary not later than June 1, 2018; provided further, that the department shall provide updated annual reports not later than March 1 of each subsequent year; provided further, that such annual reporting shall be delineated by gender and include descriptions of new programs offered to women as a result of these funds; provided further, that not less than $345,000 shall be expended to establish program expansion grants administered by the executive office of public safety and security to support the expansion of evidence-based cognitive behavioral programs in county houses of correction and jails; provided further, that the secretary of public safety and security shall award grants on a competitive basis and applicants shall provide a plan for ensuring that proposed programs shall be implemented with fidelity to a research-based or evidence-based program design or, if there is no existing research supporting the proposed program, applicants shall describe in detail how the program will be evaluated with sufficient rigor to add to existing research; provided further, that county sheriffs’ offices that receive grant funding shall report participation, completion and recidivism rates annually to the executive office of public safety and security; provided further, that such annual reporting shall be delineated by gender and include descriptions of new programs offered to women as a result of these funds; provided further, that copies of said reports shall be provided to the executive office for administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on the judiciary not later than June 1, 2018; provided further, that the department shall provide updated annual reports not later than March 1 of each subsequent year; provided further, that not less than $130,000 shall be expended to develop and implement a program to improve collaboration between the department of correction and the parole board to reduce delays in the release of paroled inmates; provided further, that the department of correction and the parole board shall submit a joint report to the executive office for administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on the judiciary not later than June 1, 2018 detailing: (i) the implementation process; (ii) the number of inmates who experienced delayed release in fiscal year 2018 compared to prior fiscal years; and (iii) the average length of delays in fiscal year 2018 compared to prior fiscal years; provided further, that the department of correction and the parole board shall provide updated annual reports not later than March 1 of each subsequent year; provided further, that not less than $130,000 shall be expended to evaluate the caseload of parole and probation officers, hire new officers accordingly and expand programs and services at community corrections centers; provided further, that not less than $637,500 shall be expended for the development of a transitional youth early intervention probation pilot program to be administered by the commissioner of probation; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended to improve case management and data tracking capacity in the office of the commissioner of probation; provided further, that not less than $1,075,000 shall be expended in conjunction with the executive office of health and human services to develop and implement a behavioral health strategy, including statewide capacity to track the utilization of behavioral health care services and behavioral health outcomes for persons in the criminal justice system within the Medicaid management information system; and provided further, that the funds appropriated in this item in fiscal year 2018 shall not revert but shall be made available for these purposes through June 30, 2019..... $3,000,000

0331-0100.. For 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.......................... $32,839,737

0332-0100.. For the operation of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the district court of Chelsea shall be the permanent location for the northern trial session to handle 6-person jury cases; and provided further, that all personnel within said district court whose duties related to said northern trial session shall report to the clerk-magistrate of said district court........................................ $69,029,761

0333-0002.. For the operation of the probate and family court department...................................................... $30,340,165

0334-0001.. For the operation of the land court department......... $4,115,296

0335-0001.. For the operation of the Boston municipal court department $13,765,998

0336-0002.. For the operation of the housing court department...... $8,159,903
0336-0003.. For costs associated with the expansion of the housing court department throughout the commonwealth, including the salaries of judges................................................. $1,000,000

0337-0002.. For the operation of the juvenile court department; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the Franklin and Hampshire county court-appointed special advocates program, provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended on the Worcester county court-appointed special advocates program; provided further, that not less than $143,989 shall be expended on the Hampden County court-appointed special advocates program, provided further, that not less than $98,730 shall be expended on the Essex County court-appointed special advocates program, provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the Boston court-appointed special advocates program, and provided further, that not less than $53,995 shall be expended on the Berkshire County court-appointed special advocates program............................. $18,754,597

0339-1001.. For 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 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 funds shall be used for the ongoing development and implementation of the validated 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 court; provided further, that a report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than November 1, 2017 that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the status of the validated risk assessment tool; (ii) any efforts to implement the risk assessment tool in the courts; and (iii) further goals to expand the use of the risk assessment tool; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended for the costs associated with the full implementation of chapter 303 of the acts of 2006 and chapter 418 of the acts of 2006 to ensure effective supervision of probationers who are monitored through global positioning system bracelets; provided further, that not less than $550,000 shall be expended to hire associate probation officers; and provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for the implementation and administration of a new information technology system to manage probation services................................... $146,859,838
0339-1003   For 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 March 1, 2018; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the performance standards used to evaluate community corrections centers; (ii) a description of how each community corrections center compares 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’ offices; and provided further, that the executive director may make funds from this item available for rehabilitative pilot programs that incorporate evidence-based corrections practices ...................................................... $20,903,499
0339-1005   For a competitive grant program to be administered by the office of the commissioner of probation for cities and towns, acting either individually or jointly, to pilot or expand multidisciplinary approaches to divert juveniles and young adults from the juvenile and criminal justice systems prior to arrest or arraignment through coordinated programs for prevention and intervention serving youths and their families, including: (i) connecting youths to mental health services; (ii) providing youth development activities and mentoring; (iii) promoting school safety, family home visits, juvenile diversion programs and restorative justice and mediation programs; and (iv) providing assistance for families and schools to navigate the legal system; provided, that eligible applicants may partner with nonprofit organizations to provide programs and services; provided further, that the office of the commissioner of probation shall give preference to applications that: (a) clearly outline a comprehensive plan for municipalities to collaborate with law enforcement, schools, community-based organizations and government agencies to address juvenile delinquency and young adult crime; (b) include written commitments of municipalities, law enforcement agencies, schools, community-based organizations and government agencies to collaborate; (c) make a written commitment to match grant funds with a 25 per cent matching grant provided by either municipal or private contributions; and (d) identify a local governmental unit to serve as the fiscal agent for the proposed programs and services; and provided further, that administrative costs for successful grant applications shall not exceed 5 per cent of the value of the grant.............. $250,000

0339-2100   For the office of the jury commissioner under chapter 234A of the General Laws........................................... $3,020,420

0340-0100.. For 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 $45,000......... $19,103,640
0340-0198.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Suffolk district attorney’s office....................... $366,614

0340-0200.. For 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; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $45,000; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Middlesex district attorney’s office for a countywide assessment of opioid prevention, intervention and treatment  programs................................... $16,442,647
0340-0298.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district attorney’s office..................... $543,235

0340-0300.. For 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 $45,000.......................................... $10,030,731
0340-0398.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district attorney’s office....................... $521,876

0340-0400.. For 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 $45,000.......................................... $10,996,428
0340-0498.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Worcester district attorney’s office..................... $434,916

0340-0500.. For 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 $45,000........................................... $9,589,054
0340-0598.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district attorney’s office....................... $357,504

0340-0600.. For the Northwestern 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 no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $45,000; and provided further, that not less than $149,700 shall be expended for the anti-crime task force.............. $6,222,402
0340-0698.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.................. $309,487

0340-0700.. For 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 $45,000........................................... $9,680,106
0340-0798.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Norfolk district attorney’s office....................... $449,438

0340-0800.. For 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 $45,000........................................... $8,924,567
0340-0898.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Plymouth district attorney’s office ..................... $451,896

0340-0900.. For 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 $45,000........................................... $8,867,247
0340-0998.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Bristol district attorney’s office....................... $393,218

0340-1000.. For 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 $45,000........................................... $4,254,587
0340-1098.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office................... $293,170

0340-1100.. For 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 $45,000; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the operation and management of the Berkshire County Law Enforcement Task Force ............................ $4,218,329
0340-1198.. For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Berkshire district attorney’s office..................... $225,816

0340-0203.. For the implementation and administration of drug diversion programs for young-adult non-violent drug offenders; provided, that individuals using heroin who are arrested for nonviolent crimes shall be eligible for the drug diversion program; provided further, that individuals charged with violent crimes shall not be eligible for participation in a drug diversion program; provided further, that a district attorney’s office may contract with any organization for the purpose of administering a drug diversion program or education program; provided further, that a district attorney’s office may contract with an organization to administer a drug diversion program or education program; provided further, that not more than $100,000 shall be distributed to any 1 district attorney’s office for such purpose; provided further, that such programs shall be designed in consultation with the department of public health; provided further, that eligible drug diversion programs shall offer pre-arraignment or post-arraignment programs for non-violent drug offenders to provide candidates the opportunity to receive comprehensive substance use treatment services in lieu of prosecution through the traditional court process; provided further, that treatment plans may include, but shall not be limited to, inpatient, outpatient and step-down recovery services; provided further, that diversion program candidates without insurance coverage for such services shall not be denied access to the program based on the inability to pay;  provided further, that not less than 60 days before the distribution of funds, the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the amount to be given to each district attorney’s office; (ii) the reason behind the distribution; and (iii) the administration and cost of the program; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended on the administrative costs of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association ........ $495,000
0340-2100.. For the operation of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, including the implementation and related expenses of the district attorneys’ offices automation, case management and tracking system; provided, that expenses associated with the system may be charged directly to 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 senate not later than March 15, 2018; provided further, that the 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 16, 2018; 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; 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 of in each department of the trial court; (c) the number of cases appealed to the appeals courts, the supreme judicial court, a single justice of the appeals court or supreme judicial court or any other appeals; and (d) the number of cases reviewed but not charged; and (e) the number of cases under active management where the case includes charges for drug offenses under chapter 94C of the General Laws, motor vehicle charges under chapter 90 of the General Laws or firearm offenses under chapter 140 of the General Laws; and provided further, that each district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means at least 30 days before transferring any funds from the AA object class of each district attorney’s administrative line item and means of its intention to make that transfer.. $1,951,401
0340-2117.. For 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 for such purpose; provided further, that not less than 60 days before the distribution of funds, the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the methodology used to determine the amount to be disbursed; (ii) the amount to be given to each district attorney’s office; (iii) the reason behind the distribution; and (iv) the number of assistant district attorneys from each office who would receive funds from this item; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for the administrative costs of the association. $495,000
0340-8908.. For the costs associated with maintaining the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association’s wide area network.............. $1,725,744

0411-1000.. For 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 and for transfer to appropriation accounts where the amounts otherwise available may be insufficient; provided further, that funds may be expended for the governor’s commission on intellectual disability; provided further, that funds may be expended for the governor’s development coordinating council; 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 2018.............................................. $5,251,345

0511-0000.. For 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............................ $6,457,442
0511-0001.. For the secretary of the commonwealth; provided, that the secretary may expend retained revenues not to exceed $15,000 from the sale of merchandise at the state house gift shop to restock gift shop inventory................................................. $15,000
0511-0002.. For 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................... $351,074
0511-0200.. For the operation of the archives division; provided, that $200,000 shall be expended for preservation matching grants for municipalities and nonprofit organizations to preserve veterans monuments, memorials and other significant sites and historic documents; and provided further, that the program shall be administered by the state historic records advisory board................................... $665,557
0511-0230.. For the operation of the records center................... $35,118
0511-0250.. For the operation of the archives facility............... $296,326
0511-0260.. For the operation of the commonwealth museum............. $231,040
0511-0270.. For 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............. $574,980
0511-0420.. For the operation of the address confidentiality program. $135,615
0517-0000.. For the printing of public documents..................... $503,089
0521-0000.. For 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............... $5,596,151
0521-0001.. For 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 1, 2018.................. $5,187,599
0524-0000.. For providing information to voters...................... $385,000
0526-0100.. For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the historic restoration of the Levi Wetherbee farm located on Middle road in the town of Boxborough........................... $982,724
0527-0100.. For the operation of the ballot law commission............ $10,281
0528-0100.. For the operation of the records conservation board....... $36,036
0540-0900.. For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lawrence; provided, that the North Essex registry of deeds may pursue a pilot program with the Essex county sheriff’s office to share leased office space....................................................... $1,236,449
0540-1000.. For the registry of deeds located in the city of  Salem $2,809,828
0540-1100.. For the registry of deeds located in the county of Franklin $622,922
0540-1200.. For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampden $1,752,422
0540-1300.. For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampshire $549,081
0540-1400.. For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lowell $1,153,041
0540-1500.. For the registry of deeds located in the city of Cambridge $3,176,531
0540-1600.. For the registry of deeds located in the town of Adams... $267,107
0540-1700.. For the registry of deeds located in the city of Pittsfield $456,085
0540-1800.. For the registry of deeds located in the town of Great Barrington......................................................... $227,374
0540-1900.. For the registry of deeds located in the county of Suffolk $1,906,109
0540-2000.. For the registry of deeds located in the city of Fitchburg $678,783
0540-2100.. For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester $2,232,873

0610-0000.. For the office of the treasurer and receiver general; provided, that the treasurer shall provide computer services required by the teachers’ retirement board; provided further, that funds may be expended for the payment of bank fees; and provided further, that financial assistance shall be made available to injured firefighters....................................................... $9,388,910
0610-0010.. For the Office of Economic Empowerment; 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............................................. $495,000
0610-0050.. For 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 for the purpose of regulating and controlling 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 $2,438,091
0610-0051.. For 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 federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives funds, grants and other federal appropriations; provided, that the commission may expend retained revenues up to $247,682 collected from fees generated by the commission; 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.................. $247,682
0610-0060.. For the costs associated with the investigation and enforcement division of the alcoholic beverages control commission’s implementation of the enhanced liquor enforcement programs known as safe campus, safe holidays, safe prom and safe summer; provided, that funds from this appropriation shall not support other operating costs of item 0610-0050........................................ $145,849
0610-2000.. For 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 office of the state treasurer may  expend not more than $205,000  for costs incurred in the administration of these payments. $2,803,627
0611-1000.. For bonus payments to war veterans........................ $44,500
0612-0105.. For 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 state treasurer’s office 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

0640-0000.. For 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................................... $81,744,402
0640-0005.. For the costs associated with monitor games; 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....................................................... $3,032,859
0640-0010.. For the promotional activities associated with the state lottery program; provided, that the lottery commission shall issue a report not later than June 30, 2018 to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the report shall detail additional revenues generated as related to promotional activities funded from this item; 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.. $4,500,000
0640-0096.. For the commonwealth’s fiscal year 2018 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 provides; 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............................................. $437,287

0640-0300.. For the services and operations of the Massachusetts cultural 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 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; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Springfield central cultural district.............................................. $13,950,699

0699-0005.. For the state treasurer who may retain and expend not more than $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 from premiums paid on the sales of revenue anticipation notes and expend those premium payments to pay the  principal and interest on account of the revenue anticipation notes................................................. $20,000,000
0699-0014.. For 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............. $188,665,679
Commonwealth Transportation Fund..... 100%
0699-0015.. For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt 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, 2018 from this item to items 0699-9100, 0699-2005 and 0699-0014 or from 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, 2018; 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 pursuant to 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 any general or special law to the contrary or other provisions of this item, 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 $2,161,164,639
General Fund.......................... 48%
Commonwealth Transportation Fund...... 52%
0699-2005.. For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness which may be incurred for financing the central artery/third harbor tunnel funding shortfall.......... $59,823,833
Commonwealth Transportation Fund..... 100%
0699-9100.. For 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 pursuant to sections 47 and 49B of chapter 29 of the General Laws and for the payment to the United States pursuant to section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 148, 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 of 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, 2018 shall be charged to the various funds or to the General Fund or the Commonwealth Transportation Fund debt service reserves................................. $18,181,484

0710-0000.. For 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.... $14,609,886
0710-0100.. For the operation of the division of local mandates...... $358,278
0710-0200.. For 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....................................................... $1,764,579
0710-0220.. For the implementation of chapter 224 of the acts of 2012 to investigate and review the impact of health care payment and delivery in the commonwealth...................................... $375,000
0710-0225.. For 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, 2018 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.......... $1,163,799
0710-0300.. For costs related to the use of data analytic techniques to identify fraud by the bureau of special investigations............ $451,065

0810-0000.. For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, the operation of the anti-trust 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; and provided further, that the attorney general shall submit to the general court and the secretary of administration and finance a report detailing the claims submitted to the state treasurer for payment under item 0810-0004, indicating both the number and costs for each category of claim...................................................... $23,522,672
0810-0004.. For 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............................... $2,127,677
0810-0013.. For the office of the attorney general which may expend for a false claims program not more than $3,250,000 from retained 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 $3,250,000
0810-0014.. For 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 Massachusetts ratepayers $2,311,589
0810-0021.. For 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; 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 pursuant to a comprehensive training program to be developed by the division and the unit; and provided further, that training shall include instruction on techniques for improving the efficiency and quality of investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and misappropriation referred under said section 72H of said chapter 111.... $4,169,880
0810-0045.. For 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... $3,830,618
0810-0061.. For the purpose of funding existing and future litigation devoted to obtaining significant recoveries for the commonwealth.. $2,633,400
0810-0098.. For 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......................................................... $404,153
0810-0201.. For 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
0810-0338.. For 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
0810-0399.. For 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 office of the attorney general shall investigate and prosecute, when appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance as required by law and those employers or employees who may seek to defraud the system; 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
0810-1204.. For 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
0810-1205.. For programs devoted to combatting opioid addiction including, but not limited to, the investigation and enforcement of opioid dispensing practices and fraudulent prescribing practices; provided, that the office of the attorney general shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2018 on the results of this program, including the effectiveness of investigations, opioid and trafficking settlements pursued and long-term plans for the program........................ $1,250,000
0810-1206.. For the office of the attorney general, which may expend for a civil penalties revolving fund an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 from retained revenues collected from enforcement of civil 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....................................................... $1,000,000

0840-0100.. For the operation of the victim and witness assistance board; provided, that the board shall submit a comprehensive report compiled from the information required of and submitted to the office by the registry of motor vehicles and the state treasurer relative to the collection of assessments for the previous calendar year under section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 15, 2018; provided further, that not less than $95,000 shall be expended on an office to serve Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties in the western part of the commonwealth; and provided further, that the office shall use reasonable efforts to operate the office on existing state property................................................. $587,531
0840-0101.. For 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 1, 2018, 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 2017..................................................... $990,453

0900-0100.. For the operation of the state ethics commission....... $2,093,969

0910-0200.. For the operation of the office of the inspector general $2,588,525
0910-0210.. For the office of the inspector general, which may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $850,000 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 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.................. $850,000
0910-0220.. For the operation of the bureau of program integrity established under section 16V of chapter 6A of the General Laws...... $449,980
0910-0300.. For the operation of the internal special audit unit established in section 9 of chapter 6C of the General Laws.............. $437,479

0920-0300.. For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance....................................................... $1,617,919

0930-0100.. For the operation of the office of the child advocate.... $800,000

0940-0100.. For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination; provided, that not later than March 1, 2018, the commission shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on: (i) the number of 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 the 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 2017; and (iv) the number of cases closed by the commission in fiscal year 2017; 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 nonclerical positions shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws.... $2,957,196
0940-0101.. For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not more than $2,468,211 in revenues from federal reimbursements received for the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing type 1 program and the equal opportunity resolution contract program during fiscal year 2018 and for 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................................ $2,468,211
0940-0102.. For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not more than $240,000 in 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

0950-0000.. For the commission on the status of women................ $117,109

0950-0030.. For the commission on the status of grandparents raising grandchildren............................................ $111,714

0950-0050.. For 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 address issues related to the implementation of section 37O of chapter 71 of the General Laws............................................. $500,000

0950-0080.. For the commission on the status of citizens of Asian and Pacific Islander descent under section 68 of chapter 3 of the General Laws.......................................................... $50,000

1000-0001.. For the office of the state comptroller; provided, 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 collected revenues; provided further, that the comptroller shall make expenditures for the purpose of an enhanced intercept collections of delinquent debt program; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary the comptroller may take any necessary actions to secure financial and payroll data including, but not limited to, restricting certain data released under section 20 of chapter 66 of the General Laws................... $8,834,952

1050-0140.. For payments to cities and towns in accordance with chapter 23K of the General Laws......................................... $721,350

1100-1100.. For the office of the secretary; provided, that the secretary shall provide biannual reports, the first of which shall be submitted not later than August 1, 2017 and the second of which shall be submitted not later than February 1, 2018 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; (ix) the base salary increases required by the agreement by effective time; and (x) the funding status of the agreement; provided further, that the report shall detail by bargaining unit the costs to the commonwealth resulting from the collective bargaining agreements with various public employees’ unions, delineated by line item; provided further, that the report shall include the effective date of any new negotiations or renegotiations, the end date of the contract, the number of employees in the bargaining unit by department and the costs associated with any new negotiations or renegotiations, including salary adjustments, step increases, statutory benefits and other non-salary costs for the current and subsequent fiscal years for the life of the contract; and 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. $3,129,590
1100-1201.. For supporting activities relating to accountability and transparency including, but not limited to, economic forecasting, adoption of uniform procedures across state agencies and departments and maximizing federal revenue opportunities................. $367,139
1100-1700.. For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for administration and finance....... $28,877,049
1106-0064.. For the caseload and economic forecasting office; provided, that the office shall forecast: (i) MassHealth enrollment by group and coverage type; (ii) participation in state-subsidized childcare provided through items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060; (iii) participation in emergency assistance and housing programs provided through items 7004-0101, 7004-0102, 7004-0108 and 7004-9316; (iv) enrollment of both active members and dependents 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 fiscal year 2017 actuals, fiscal year 2018 actuals and forecasts and fiscal year 2019 forecasts to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 13, 2017; 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 January 16, 2018 and March 15, 2018....................................... $129,017

1102-3199.. For the operation of the office of facilities management, including the cost 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 2017 for all buildings under the jurisdiction of the office................................................. $8,347,893
1102-3205.. For the division of capital asset management and maintenance, which may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology center and other state buildings not more than $8,881,074 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................................................. $8,881,074
1102-3232.. For 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 pursuant to 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

1102-1128.. For 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 $141,921
1102-3309.. For 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 on the maintenance, repair, purchases and payments for materials and services................................. $2,565,408

1107-2400.. For the Massachusetts office on disability............... $651,516

1107-2501.. For the disabled persons protection commission; provided, that the commission shall facilitate compliance by the department of mental health and the department of developmental services with uniform investigative standards; provided further, 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..... $3,131,354

1108-1011.. For 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 commission may assess a fee upon the appointing authority when inappropriate action has occurred......................................................... $444,422

1108-5100.. For the operation of the group insurance commission; provided, that the commission shall provide the caseload forecasting office with enrollment data and any other information pertinent to caseload forecasting on a monthly basis; provided further, that the information shall be provided in a manner that meets all applicable federal and state privacy and security requirements; provided further, that the commission shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means, with the first report due not later than September 29, 2017, that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) any proposed plan changes accompanied by a detailed rationale for said changes; (ii) a full delineation of any estimated deficiencies or reversions in the current fiscal year, detailed by line item; and (iii) a projection of any funding changes for the following fiscal year, detailed by item; and provided further, that the commission shall provide all materials presented at any public meetings hosted by the commission to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 15 days after the public meeting....................................................... $4,154,372
1108-5200.. For the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2018; 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 2018 and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2018; 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 premium 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 under 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 at least 90 days before any changes in coverage, benefits or the schedule of copayments and deductibles for plans offered by the group insurance commission; provided further, that the commission may pay premium and plan costs for municipal employees and retirees who are enrolled in the commission’s health plans under the commission’s regulations; and provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2018 on: (i) the average full cost premium equivalent per enrollee; (ii) the average actual cost per enrollee for enrollees from participating municipalities; (iii) the contribution ratios for each participating municipality for fiscal year 2017; (iv) the premium reimbursement paid by each municipality per active enrollee by plan; (v) the average employee premium contribution by plan for each municipality; (vi) estimates for the total premium per active enrollee by plan for each municipality; (vii) the average employee out-of-pocket expenditure and premium contribution by salary level for employees at different salary levels; (viii) a comparison of the total premium estimate with the sum total of municipality reimbursement and average employee premium contribution; and (ix) the cost of the commonwealth’s projected share of premiums for the next fiscal year................................................... $1,683,153,734
1108-5201.. For 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 $2,196,745 from revenue 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................................ $2,196,745
1108-5350.. For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments $127,271
1108-5400.. For the cost of group insurance premiums for retired municipal teachers and the audit of those premiums.............. $51,376,567
1108-5500.. For the costs, notwithstanding chapter 32A of the General Laws, of dental and vision benefits for 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 $8,631,072

1110-1000.. For 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; and 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................................................... $1,147,356

1120-4005.. For the administration of the George Fingold Library..... $861,925

1201-0100.. For 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 the costs of personnel and other support costs provided to the child support enforcement unit from this item to item 1201-0160, consistent with the costs attributable to that unit; provided further, that the department shall provide to the general court access to the municipal data bank; 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; and 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................................................ $78,621,998
1201-0130.. For 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; 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........................ $27,938,953
1201-0160.. For 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 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, 2018; provided further, that 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, 2018 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............................................. $28,295,352
1201-0164.. For 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 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................ $6,547,280
1201-0400.. For the operation of the multi-agency illegal tobacco task force established in section 40 of chapter 64C of the General Laws $897,499
1201-0911.. For 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 $297,000 or the amount certified by the secretary of administration and finance under section 156 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012........... $297,000
1231-1000.. For the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund, established pursuant to section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws........... $1,100,000
1232-0100.. For underground storage tank reimbursements to parties that have remediated spills of petroleum products under chapter 21J of the General Laws........................................... $5,500,000
1232-0200.. For 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; and 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, 2018 on the status of the underground storage tank program including, but not limited to the following: (i) the number of municipal grants made for the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks; (ii) the reimbursements for remediated petroleum spills; (iii) the number of backlog claims; and (iv) the number of tanks out of compliance with said chapter 21J....................... $1,237,297
1233-2000.. For 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 under 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 not more than $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
1233-2350.. For the distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery and Gaming 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................................................... $1,061,783,475
General Fund....................... 93.94%
Gaming Local Aid Fund............... 6.06%
1233-2400.. For 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
1233-2401.. For reimbursements to qualifying cities and towns for additional educational costs under chapter 40S of the General Laws.. $250,000

1310-1000.. For the operation of the appellate tax board; provided, that the board shall schedule hearings in each county; and provided further, that the board shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than November 30, 2017 on its website the number of hearings held at each location............... $1,895,196
1310-1001.. For the appellate tax board which may expend revenues up to a maximum of $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

1410-0010.. For the operation of the department of veterans’ services; provided, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for the NEADS Assistance Dogs for Veterans program to train assistance dogs for veterans; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the veterans oral history project at the Morse Institute library in the town of Natick; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Museum of World War II; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended on staff to carry out the duties of the office established in section 12 of chapter 115A; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be allocated for Heidrea for Heroes, Inc. .......................... $3,844,629
1410-0012.. For 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; provided further, that centers shall provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001 and the families of those veterans; provided further, that the department shall make a payment equal to the amount appropriated for each outreach center funded by this item in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that each outreach center receiving funds under this item shall report to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018, on: (i) the number of veterans served annually; (ii) the costs and types of programs, including evidence-based programs, offered to veterans; and (iii) a 5-year spending plan or outline that shall include a discussion of the implementation or further development of evidence-based programs and program evaluation; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Nathan Hale Outreach Centers; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Soldier On for the purpose of providing services to homeless veterans in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire County; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Springfield chapter of the National Association for Black Veterans, Inc. Veteran’s First Outreach Center to provide outreach services to veterans in Hampden county; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center, Inc. in Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center for the purpose of the Grace Veterans Program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for New England Veterans Liberty House, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Vietnam Veterans of America organization in Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the veterans mediation program administered by Quabbin Mediation, Inc; provided further, that $650,000 shall be expended for education and training in veterans’ mental and behavioral health issues, including suicide prevention and substance abuse and treatment, administered by a qualified nonprofit organization; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Veterans' Association of Bristol County, Inc.; and provided further that not less than $124,000 shall be provided for the operation of the women’s housing program at the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. $4,556,641
1410-0015.. For the women veterans’ outreach program................. $112,152
1410-0018.. For the department of veterans’ services, which may expend not more than $690,000 for the maintenance and operation of veterans’ cemeteries in the city known as the town of Agawam and the town of Winchendon from revenue collected from fees, grants, gifts and other contributions to the cemeteries.......................... $690,000
1410-0024.. For the training and certification of veterans' benefits and services officers................................................. $350,000
1410-0075.. For 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
1410-0250.. For veterans’ homelessness services provided, that the department shall make a payment equal to the fiscal year 2017 amount for each veterans’ homelessness service center funded by this item in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for transitional services at Our Neighbor’s Table in the city of Amesbury; and provided further, that each homelessness service center receiving funds under this item shall report to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018, on: (i) the number of veterans served annually; (ii) the costs and types of programs, including evidence-based programs, offered to veterans; and (iii) a 5-year spending plan or outline that shall include a discussion of the implementation or further development of evidence-based programs and program evaluation...................................................... $3,232,655
1410-0251.. For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Center and Home for Veterans located in the city of Boston............. $2,392,470
1410-0400.. For 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 annuity payments made under this item shall be made under sections 6A, 6B, and 6C of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided further, 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 notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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 any person applying for veterans’ benefits to pay for services available under chapter 118E of the General Laws shall also apply for medical assistance under said chapter 118E to minimize costs to the commonwealth and its municipalities; provided further, that veterans’ agents shall complete applications authorized by the executive office under said chapter 118E for a veteran, surviving spouse, or dependent applying for medical assistance under said chapter 115; provided further, that the veterans’ agent shall file the application for the veteran, surviving spouse, or dependent for assistance under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall act on all chapter 118E applications and advise the applicant and the veterans’ agent of the applicant’s eligibility for said chapter 118E healthcare; 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 said chapter 118E 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 benefits awarded under section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income...................................................... $75,675,270
1410-0630.. For the administration of the veterans’ cemeteries in the city known as the town of Agawam and the town of Winchendon....... $1,171,829
1410-1616.. For war memorials; provided, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Korean War memorial in the Navy yard in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the Vietnam veterans memorial in the city of Worcester; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended on the maintenance of the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority's Vietnam veterans monument.................... $160,000

1450-1200.. For the operation of the Health Policy Commission...... $8,479,009

1599-0026.. For 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 $2,000,000 shall be expended for a multi-year competitive grant program to provide financial support for one-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 not less than $2,800,000 shall be expended to fund the District Local Technical Assistance Fund established in section 2XXX of chapter 29 of the General Laws, including projects that encourage regionalization, to be administered by the division of local services and distributed through the District Local Technical Assistance Fund; provided, that $3,350,000 shall 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: (i) have populations of at least 60,000; and (ii) demonstrate that their police or fire departments had a per capita operating budget of less than $200 in 2010; provided further, that grant funds under this item shall only be provided to communities who submitted qualifying applications that were approved by the executive office of public safety and security in fiscal year 2017; 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 15, 2018 detailing grants awarded through this item and the criteria used for distribution; provided further, that not less than the amount appropriated in this item in section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 for the city of Haverhill shall be expended again in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended on a one time grant to the Haverhill public school district; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for municipal technology improvements in the town of Danvers; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for an outdoor park at the Mother Brook Arts and Community Center, Inc. in the town of Dedham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the reconstruction of the Robert H. Ivatts regional facility in the town of Norwood; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the town of Hingham for the purchase of a multi-purpose tractor for sidewalk snow removal; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purpose of outreach and education for the Taunton opioid task force community follow-up pilot program; provided further, that $70,000 shall be expended to provide for rubber flooring for the George Keverian school tot lot in the city of Everett; provided further, that $60,000 shall be expended for the John F. Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc. for upgrades for the Kennedy Center facility in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended to provide for a swing set that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act for Glendale park in the city of Everett; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to upgrade the water facility geographical information systems, or GIS, data source in the city of Lynn....................... $11,450,000
1599-0054.. For a reserve for costs of the investigation and response related to the allegations of misconduct at the former state drug laboratories located in the town of Amherst and the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston, known as the Dr. William A. Hinton Laboratory at the State Laboratory Institute; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer funds from this item to state agencies as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws and to municipalities for this purpose; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means quarterly, beginning October 1, 2017, detailing said transfers by line item; and provided further, that any funds from this item provided to any state laboratories shall be contingent upon the institute maintaining appropriate accreditations and continuing periodic audits............ $750,000
1599-0063.. For 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 2018 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.............................................. $4,154,074
1599-0093.. For contract assistance to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust including, but not limited to, for the debt service obligations of the trust, principal forgiveness, interest rate reduction and other subsidies or financial assistance pursuant to  sections 6 and 18 of chapter 29C of the General Laws....................... $55,452,305
1599-0840.. For a reserve to support costs associated with the regulation of possession and sale of marijuana....................... $2,000,000
1599-0999.. For a reserve to assist agencies in organizational transformation and other improvements....................................... $480,281
1599-1690.. For a reserve to fund necessary costs in the commonwealth in fiscal year 2018; provided, that the committee for public counsel services shall be eligible for funds; provided further, that the 14 sheriffs’ offices shall be eligible for funds; provided further, that the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund shall be eligible for funds; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall issue a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than  45 days before any transfer of funds detailing any cost reduction and efficiencies efforts; provided further, that said report shall include the amount of appropriation needed to address any deficiency, a breakdown by line item and object class of the transferred funds and a description of the unavoidable costs addressed in said transfer; provided further, that each sheriff’s office shall submit a report not later than October 16, 2017 to the executive office for administration and finance, the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) a total staffing number, by facility; (ii) the number of personnel defined as care and custody personnel (iii) the number of correction officers; (iv) the number of care and custody supervising staff; (v) the overall number of management personnel; (vi) a breakdown of salary and wages spent on supervising staff, management personnel and correction officers; and (vii) the percent of appropriated funds expended on care and custody personnel; provided further, that each office shall identify cost saving measures including, but not limited to: (a) developing innovative personnel initiatives, including reducing overtime costs and the ratio of personnel to supervisors; (b) consolidating inmate medical and other vendor services across offices; and (c) establishing uniform standards and programming across offices; provided further, that each office shall submit a report to the executive office for administration and finance, the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 1, 2017 detailing implemented strategies for more efficient spending and expected net savings for fiscal year 2018; and provided further, no sheriff’s office shall rely on increased inmate fees or fines to ensure spending within the appropriation provided for in this act and shall not increase any inmate fee or fine, including but not limited to commissary items, in fiscal year 2018............. $104,100,000
1599-1970.. For a reserve for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to defray the costs of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, or its successor, incurred in fiscal year 2018 under section 138 of chapter 27 of the acts of 2009............................... $125,000,000
Commonwealth Transportation.......... 100%
1599-1977.. For 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; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall issue a report on the estimated contract assistance and other payments to be required pursuant to said chapters 293 and 303 for obligations existing on or before July 1, 2017 in fiscal years 2019, 2020 and 2021 and an estimate of anticipated contract assistance and other payments arising out of potential agreements reasonably expected to be entered into after July 1, 2017, in fiscal years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 31, 2017............. $10,000,000
1599-3234.. For the South Essex sewerage district debt service assessment $33,914
1599-3384.. For 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, delineated by line item; provided further, that the office of the state comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the 5 year historical expenditure average as certified by the secretary of administration and finance or the current appropriation, whichever is greater; 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.............................................. $1,000,000
1599-3557.. For continued funding for the Social Innovation Trust Fund established under section 35VV of chapter 10 of the General Laws to hold funds in support of pay for success contracts, under the requirements of said section 35VV of said chapter 10.. $10,924,651
1599-3856.. For rent and associated costs at the Massachusetts information technology center in the city of Chelsea................. $100,000
1599-4417.. For 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.................... $125,000
1599-6903.. For the fiscal year 2018 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 and the commonwealth related to the rate implementation process and the compensation or salary and associated employee-related costs to personnel earning less than $40,000 in annual compensation who are employed by private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contracts with departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs; provided, that home care workers shall be eligible for funding from this item; provided further, that workers from shelters and programs that serve homeless individuals and families that were previously contracted through the department of transitional assistance and the department of public health who are currently contracted with the department of housing and community development and direct care workers that serve homeless veterans through the department of veterans' services shall be eligible for funding from this item; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be allocated to special education programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, contracts for early education and care services or programs for which payment rates are negotiated and paid as class rates as established by the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that no funds shall be allocated from this item to contracts funded exclusively by federal grants as delineated in section 2D; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from the sum appropriated in this item to other items for fiscal year 2018, amounts that are necessary to meet these costs where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose of rate implementations; 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; 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 before the end of the fiscal year; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report, not later than January 15, 2018 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance on the implementation of rates under said chapter 257, including: (i) state gross and net costs for rates not yet promulgated as of July 3, 2017, by department, line item, service class and start date of implementation; (ii) state gross and net costs for rates promulgated not later than June 30, 2017 that have received a biennial rate review or have not received a biennial rate review by department, line item, service class and start date of implementation; (iii) state gross and net costs for rates due to be reviewed on July 3, 2017 by department, line item, service class and start date of implementation; (iii) state gross and net costs for rates to be reviewed between July 3, 2017 and June 20, 2018, inclusive by department, line item, service class and start date of implementation; and (iv) payroll spending in fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2017 aggregated by vendor and by service class; provided further, that contracts between providers and the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs shall require providers to report on the impact of the rate implementations on employee salaries, employee-related costs and operations; and provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall report, not later than March 15, 2018, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance on a comparison of benchmark expenses used in rate model workbooks to actual expenses based on uniform financial reports for rates subject to rate reviews in fiscal year 2018............................................. $39,698,478
1599-7104.. For the facilities costs associated with the college of visual and performing arts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided, that funds may be expended for Bristol Community College....................................................... $2,700,000
1599-7114.. For a reserve for the costs associated with the UMass Center at Springfield.............................................. $250,000
1599-7115.. For a reserve to provide one western Massachusetts regional academic health system a one-time payment of $1,000,000 to host a distinct educational track for a Massachusetts medical school focused on rural and urban primary care, population health and integrated health delivery............................................... $1,000,000

1750-0100.. For 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; 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; and provided further, that any employee of the commonwealth who chooses to participate in a bone marrow donor program shall be granted a leave of absence without loss or reduction in pay to undergo the medical procedure and for associated physical recovery time, but this leave shall not exceed 5 days........... $2,801,537
1750-0102.. For the human resources division, which may expend not more than $2,511,300 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 under section 61A of said chapter 31 and the wellness program established under 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....................................................... $2,511,300
1750-0119.. For payment of workers’ compensation benefits to certain former employees of Middlesex and Worcester counties; provided, that the division shall routinely recertify the former employees under current workers’ compensation procedures........................... $8,233
1750-0300.. For the commonwealth’s contributions in fiscal year 2018 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......................................... $30,911,194

1775-0115.. For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $10,703,140 from revenue 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... $10,703,140
1775-0124.. For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $100,000 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......................................................... $100,000
1775-0200.. For the operation and administration of the supplier diversity office; provided, that the office shall provide training and other services to minority-owned and women-owned businesses certified by the office that allow those businesses to better compete for state contracts and ensure 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......................................................... $367,081
1775-0600.. For 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
1775-0700.. For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $53,000 in revenues collected in addition to the amount authorized in item 1775-1000 of section 2B for printing, photocopying, related 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.................................................... $53,000
1775-0900.. For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $22,000 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................... $22,000

1790-0100.. For 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 that will be charged to each agency for its use of the human resources and compensation management system; provided further, that the office shall continue conducting audits and surveys to identify and realize savings in the acquisition and maintenance of communications lines; provided further, that the chief information officer shall file a status report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than May 30, 2018, with actual and projected savings and expenditures for the audits in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018; provided further, that the state comptroller shall establish accounts and procedures as the comptroller deems appropriate and necessary to assist in accomplishing the purposes of this item; provided further, that the chief information officer may establish rules and procedures necessary to implement this item; and provided further, that the office shall file a report with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2017 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (i) financial statements detailing savings realized from the consolidation of information technology services within each executive office; (ii) the number of personnel assigned to the information technology services within each executive office; and (iii) efficiencies that have been achieved from the sharing of resources.............................................. $2,952,634
1790-0300.. For the Massachusetts office of information technology, which may expend not more than $10,910,789 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 or 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 2018 shall remain in the account and may be expended for this item in fiscal year 2019. $10,910,789

2000-0100.. For 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 and environmental impact reviews conducted under chapter 30 of the General Laws; provided, that the office of coastal zone management shall continue to identify and seek to capture opportunities for beneficial re-use of sand from federal and state dredge projects for beach nourishment, remediation of erosion and the rebuilding and preservation of dunes; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Rourke Bridge study in Lowell; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for energy conservation projects for school and town buildings in Belmont; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Swansea beach revitalization project; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for mill site reclamation for elderly housing by the town of Bellingham....................................................... $8,196,322
2000-0101.. For 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; (v) enhanced planning; and (vi) improving resiliency through the strengthening and revitalization of natural resources, including marshes and other wetlands; provided, that the executive office may enter into interagency service agreements to facilitate and accomplish these efforts.................................................. $150,000
2000-1011.. For 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 of environmental law enforcement 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
2000-1700.. For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs………………………...................................................... $10,309,347
2030-1000.. For 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.......................... $9,776,081
2030-1004.. For environmental police private details; provided, that the office of environmental law enforcement may expend not more than $333,000 from revenues collected from the fees charged for private details; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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.................................. $333,000

2100-0012.. For 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 2018 under said first paragraph 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...................................................... $10,207,525
2100-0013.. For the operation of the transportation oversight division $263,438
2100-0014.. For the department of public utilities, which may expend for the operation of the energy facilities siting board not more than $75,000 from application fees collected in fiscal year 2018 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
2100-0015.. For the department of public utilities, which may expend for the operation of the transportation oversight division not more than $2,300,000 from unified carrier registration fees collected in fiscal year 2018 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
2100-0016.. For 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 2018 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce the amount expended from this item and the cost of associated fringe benefits for personnel paid from this item............................ $100,404
2100-0017.. For the operation of the division of transportation network services; provided, that the amount assessed under section 23 of chapter 25 of the General Laws shall be equal to the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid for this item................................................... $1,218,636

2200-0100.. For 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; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Wrentham for a water service project; and provided further, that not less than $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.................................... $24,733,484
2200-0102.. For the department of environmental protection, which may expend not more than $650,150 collected from fees for wetland permits; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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 $650,150
2200-0107.. For 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 funds may be expended for a recycling industries reimbursement program pursuant to section 241 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997............ $420,750
2200-0109.. For the department of environmental protection for the sole purpose of ensuring sufficient staff for timely permit decisions and compliance assurance................................... $2,400,750
2200-0112.. For the department of environmental protection, which may expend not more than $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 2018; or (ii) operational funding for the department falls below the level authorized in the general appropriation act for fiscal year 2015 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
2210-0106.. For 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, not more than $3,168,361 collected from fees, penalties, grants and tuition under said chapter 21I; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2018 detailing the status of the department’s progress in meeting the statutory and regulatory deadlines associated with said chapter 21I and detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to various implementation requirements of said chapter 21I;  provided further, 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 notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, 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
2220-2220.. For the administration and implementation of the federal Clean Air Act under 42 U.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 and Eastern Canadian Premiers Climate Change Action Plan for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions.................................... $609,247
2220-2221.. For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance program required under the federal Clean Air Act under 42 U.S.C. section 7401 et seq............................. $1,302,054
2250-2000.. For the commonwealth’s implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 under section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided, that the department may expend funds for the study and remediation of lead in public school drinking water; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the design and construction of a drinking water main-line in the town of Webster; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for costs related to the study, planning and engineering of a water line connection in the town of Ashby; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for costs related to the study, planning and engineering of a water line connection in the town of Sturbridge..................................... $2,137,185
2260-8870.. For 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.......................................... $12,324,125
2260-8872.. For the brownfields site audit program................. $1,178,719
2260-8881.. For the operation of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws.................................. $375,000

2300-0100.. For the office of the commissioner of fish and game; 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; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Herring run to Whitman's pond in the town of Weymouth; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the management and cleanup of invasive pond vegetation at floating bridge pond in the city of Lynn; and provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for a boat ramp and boarding pier project in a town in Suffolk county $2,029,079
2300-0101.. For 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 the positions funded in this line item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the restoration of the Aberjona riverbank in the town of Winchester and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for projects associated with the restoration of natural resources and fish population in the Fore river watershed in city known as the town of Braintree $630,577
2310-0200.. For 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 not be less than the amount received in fiscal year 2017 for the research; provided further, that the division may expend the amount necessary to restore anadromous fish in the Connecticut and Merrimack river systems; and 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 $14,985,118
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund....... 100%
2310-0300.. For the operation of the natural heritage and endangered species program; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for implementing the statewide habitat conservation plan for the Commonwealth's beaches................................... $250,000
2310-0306.. For the hunter safety training program................... $455,034
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund....... 100%
2310-0316.. For 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 Fund....... 100%
2310-0317.. For the waterfowl management program established pursuant to section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws..................... $65,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund....... 100%
2320-0100.. For the administration of the office of fishing and boating access, including the maintenance, operation and improvement of public access land and water areas; provided, that positions funded in the item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws... $540,224
2330-0100.. For 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 before 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 before taking any such action; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for shellfish propagation in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Fishing Academy, Inc. program; provided further, that not less than $185,000 shall be expended for the continuation of the industry based survey program conducted by the division; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for coastal and marsh restoration and revitalization including, but not limited to, the treatment of phragmites and other invasive species; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a Great Marsh green crab trapping program.......... $6,511,649
2330-0120.. For the division of marine fisheries for a program to enhance and develop marine recreational fishing and related programs and activities, including the cost of equipment, maintenance and staff and the maintenance and updating of data................. $706,137
2330-0121.. For 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
2330-0150.. For 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 the division shall submit a report detailing the revenues collected and expended and the shellfish volume increase realized from the implementation of wet storage and desanding services and the shellfish purification plant management plan dated March 1, 2012 to the executive office of environmental affairs, the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 6 months after the effective date of this act; 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................................... $75,000
2330-0199.. For 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
2330-0300.. For the administration and operation of the saltwater fishing permit program pursuant to section 17C of chapter 130 of the General Laws....................................................... $1,306,079
Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund  100%

2511-0100.. For 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 any buy local effort included in this item shall include locally harvested seafood including, but not limited to, fish and shellfish; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be for the Greater New Bedford region food initiative; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Homeless Animal Care and Adoption Fund; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to meet the cost products, equipment, and labor associated with the eradication of the arbovirus, as well as the cost of any other type of pesticide or agent, in order to prevent the spread of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, West Nile virus and the Zika virus in Bristol and Plymouth Counties; provided further, that not less than $120,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Farm to School Project; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for apiary inspection; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the buy local effort in Western, Central, Northeastern, and Southeastern Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of Wrentham to construct an animal shelter; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be extended to the University of Massachusetts extension program to conduct apiary research and education relative to pollinator mortality, as well as to provide general support and make recommendations on preventing hive loss to the apiary inspection program, county beekeeping associations and statewide pollinator stewardship efforts $5,830,341
2511-0105.. For the purchase of supplemental foods for the emergency food assistance program within the Feeding America nationally-certified food bank system; provided, that the funds appropriated in this item shall reflect the Feeding America allocation formula in order to benefit the commonwealth’s 4 regional food banks; provided further, that the department may assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation in this item; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Food for the World, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Lovin’ Spoonfuls, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for the Cambridge Weekend Backpack Program;  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Pembroke Soup Connection, Inc.; provided further, that $1,000,000 shall be expended for operating funds to distribute food for the Massachusetts emergency food assistance program; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 be expended for Open Table, Inc. in the town of Concord.................... $17,673,831
2511-3002.. For the integrated pest management program................ $58,722

2800-0100.. For 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, that no funds shall be expended from this item for personnel overtime costs; provided further, that the department shall enter into an interagency service agreement with MassDevelopment for the purpose of supporting the management and operations at the New Bedford and Fall River state piers; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the improvement and management of lakes and ponds in Central Plymouth County Water District; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for aquatic invasive species control; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for an open spaces and parks study in the town of Dedham; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be allocated for management of Wampatuck pond in the town of Hanson; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for improvements at McKenzie field in the city of Holyoke........................................ $4,671,626
2800-0101.. For 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 616 of the acts of 1957, as amended by section 89 of chapter 801 of the acts of 1963; 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 $30,000 shall be expended for weed control in lake Singletary in the towns of Millbury and Sutton............................................... $962,526
2800-0401.. For 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 not less than $25,000 shall be expended for storm water testing in the town of Belmont......................................................... $444,542
2800-0500.. For the existing maintenance, operational and infrastructure needs of the metropolitan beaches in section 70 of chapter 3 of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the cleanup of Pilayella algae on Kings beach and Long beach in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $900,000 shall be expended for the metropolitan beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull to be fully maintained and seasonally staffed as recommended by the metropolitan beaches commission in coordination with the department of conservation and recreation; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s staff time, consultants and direct expenses to support the ongoing work of the metropolitan beaches commission; and provided further, that not less than $190,000 shall be expended for matching grants to public and nonpublic entities to support free public events and programs on the metropolitan beaches as part of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Better Beaches Grants Program as recommended by the metropolitan beaches commission..................................... $1,190,000
2800-0501.. For 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 2017, shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2018 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; and 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; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for staffing and operations necessary at Halibut Point state park in the town of Rockport; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for staffing and operations necessary at Berry pond in the Harold Parker state forest....... $15,560,192
2800-0700.. For 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 $25,000 shall be expended for dam inspections and repairs at Breed and Walden ponds in the city of Lynn; and provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended to the town of Norfolk for the design and repair of the City Mills dam................................................ $647,192
2810-0100.. For 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 development; provided further, that the same properties shall be open in fiscal year 2018 as were open in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; provided further, that the crossing guards located at department of conservation and recreation intersections shall continue to perform the duties where state police previously performed such duties; provided further, that the division may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item; provided further, that the rinks under the control of the department shall remain open and staffed for the full rink season; provided further, that not less than $55,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of Red Rock park in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for an air quality study at the Concord playing fields between route 126 and Crosby's corner in the town of Concord; provided further, that not less than $100,000  shall be expended for improvements to Ghiloni park and Stevens playground in the town of Marlborough; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for improvements to the Head Town landing in the town of Westport; provided further, that not less than $50,000  shall be expended for weed removal and water quality measurement for Johnson's pond in the town of Groveland; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the development of a community garden at the Medway community farm in the town of Medway; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the restoration of the iron ore fence on the corner of route 123 and route 140; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a study on the department’s wooded land adjacent to the department’s Kennedy playground and garden in Mattapan; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for renovations to the Greenville pond dam in the town of Leicester; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for construction purposes for the Friends of Coppens Square; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for fencing and repairs to City Square park in Charlestown; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a new veterans park in the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Franklin, Medway, and Bellingham Army Corps of Engineers flood plain and wildlife habitat; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Blue Hill Observatory science center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the removal of hazardous substances in the town of Ashland; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for tree re-planting in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Tom Lopes community sculpture project; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Bradford rail trail in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for the treatment and preservation of Indian lake in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the restoration of the Artesani park outdoor theatre; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Let’s Row Boston program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for MacDonald memorial park in the city of Medford; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to improve Magazine beach in the city of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 be expended to the city of Beverly for repairs to the carriage house in Lynch park; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for the development, improvement and landscaping of the Veterans Road playground in the town of Dedham; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be granted to the parks commission of the city of Brockton to renovate McKinley playground; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for an asset management modernization program and implementation pilot within the department with the goal of adequate stewardship and budgeting; provided further, that this funding shall consist of additional staffing, consulting and training; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2018 on the progress of such program and pilot; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the status of hiring for the additional staffing required; (b) contracts with outside consulting; and (c) the progress of planned and delivered training; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for invasive species control on the Mystic river; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to Hardwick Pond Preservation Association, Inc. for invasive species control on Hardwick pond in the town of Hardwick; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the improvement or augmentation of existing trails and or the creation of new trail linkages in the Blue Hills Reservation that enable safer pedestrian crossings on state highway route 28 and state highway route 138; provided further, that not less than $12,000 shall be expended to treat invasive species at Rock pond in the town of Georgetown; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to the Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance, Inc. for the Explore Natural Plymouth collaborative; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the construction and improvement of the Hancock playground in the city of Brockton; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for the installation of a sidewalk and guard rail in Fountain park in the town of Wilbraham; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended on lighting and infrastructure improvements at Mattos field in the city of Gloucester; provided further, that not less $20,000 shall be expended for renovations and infrastructure improvements including, not limited to, enhancements to waterway access and recreational areas at Veasey memorial park in the town of Groveland; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for expansion of the rowing program of the school district of the city of Methuen as part of The River Cities Initiative and administered by the Essex Rowing Club, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city known as the town of Weymouth for final design work and improvements to Heritage park at the intersection of Washington street and Middle street; provided further, that $30,000 shall be expended to the town of Milton to improve accessibility at Andrew's park for all users, including those with physical limitations; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the creation of a roadway at the property formally known as the Medfield state hospital in the town of Medfield; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Blue Hills Trailside Museum. $37,163,712
2810-2042.. For the department of conservation and recreation, which may expend not more than $20,000,000 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 $25,000,000, 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 at an amount not less than $1,000,000; (e) the operation and maintenance of the Ponkapoag golf course at an amount not less than $1,098,011; and (f) the operation and maintenance of the Leo J. Martin golf course at an amount not less than $824,790; 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 receipts shall not exceed 75 per cent of the amount of revenues projected by the first quarterly statement required by section 1B; provided further, that the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means when 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; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a memorial plaque for World War II Veteran, Leo J. Martin at the Leo J. Martin Golf Course in the town of Weston........................................ $20,022,185
2820-0101.. For 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; and provided further, that door 5 of the Massachusetts state house shall be staffed and open to the public from a period beginning on Patriot’s Day and ending on Columbus Day, Monday through Friday, from 9:30AM to 4:30PM........... $1,794,106
2820-2000.. For the operation of street lighting and the expenses of maintaining the parkways of the department of conservation and recreation....................................................... $2,414,838

7006-1001.. For 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 2018 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; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a battery testing facility feasibility study....................... $267,388
7006-1003.. For 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

3000-1000.. For the administration of the department of early education and care; 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 child care services; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws, the department of early education and care, the lead agencies of community partnership councils, 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 established pursuant to section 50 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, the disabled persons protection commission, the district attorneys’ offices and the department of public health, specifically early intervention, may share with each other personal data regarding the parents and children who receive servicesprovided 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 said 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; provided further, that the information shall be provided in a manner that meets all applicable federal and state privacy and security requirements; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for East End House in the city of Cambridge to support its childcare program; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to preserve early education programs in the city of Pittsfield.............................. $5,761,617
3000-1020.. For quality investments in early education and care, including not less than $4,000,000 to be expended for training, research and grants related to the development of the Massachusetts Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS), of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for direct grants to early education and school age programs participating in the Massachusetts QRIS that are actively engaged in efforts to achieve Level 3 and Level 4 in order to improve quality in early education and school age system of care; provided, that costs related to department personnel who support quality improvement may be funded from this item, including the department's licensing staff and other personnel who ensure compliance with state and federal requirements for inspections, monitoring and training; provided further, that funds from this item shall support the Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program and inclusive learning environments grants; provided further, that supports funded through this item may include, but shall not be limited to, development and purchase of curriculum, development and implementation of early childhood assessment systems, incentives for programs to recruit, develop and retain highly qualified educators, activities that encourage providers to obtain associate and bachelor degrees, payment of fees, direct assistance to programs seeking accreditation by agencies approved by the board of early education and care and professional development courses; 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 and held as 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 municipal appropriation; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a comprehensive statewide study, conducted by the University of Massachusetts at Boston, relative  to the early education and care workforce in the commonwealth $30,112,455
3000-1042.. For a reimbursement rate increase for center-based subsidized early education and care for salaries, benefits and stipends for professional development of early educators; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used to increase such reimbursement rate by an appropriate percentage for all such providers; provided further, that the commissioner of early education and care may transfer funds from this item to items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan which shall detail by object class the distribution of the funds to be transferred; and provided further, that the commissioner shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on any such transfers............................................. $15,000,000
3000-2000.. For the regional administration and coordination of services provided by child care resource and referral agencies........... $6,675,311
3000-2050.. For the administration of the Children’s Trust Fund, established pursuant to section 50 of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to the board of the trust fund............ $1,102,494
3000-3060.. For 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 the department of early education and care, in collaboration with the department of children and families, shall maintain a centralized list detailing the number of children eligible for services in this item, the number of supportive slots filled and the number of supportive slots available; provided further, 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 at least 12 months upon the closure of the family’s case with the department of children and families; provided further, that in the case of families involved with transitional aid to families with dependent children, early education and care shall be available to: (i) recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; (ii) former participants who are working for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits; (iii) participants who are working for up to 1 year after the transitional period; and (iv) 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 thereof for at least the minimum number of hours required by regulations; provided further, that recipients of 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; provided further, that the commissioner of early education and care may transfer funds to this item from items 3000-1000 and 3000-4060, as necessary, pursuant to 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 at least 30 days before the transfer; provided further, that if the department determines that available appropriations for this program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance a report detailing the amount of appropriation needed to address such deficiency; provided further, that reimbursements for services rendered in prior fiscal years may be expended from this item; provided further, that the department shall recoup funds owed related to payments made by the department in prior fiscal years by reducing payments for services related to this item in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive those services; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Springfield Day Nursery Corporation in the city of Springfield............... $222,098,540
3000-4060.. For income-eligible early education and care programs; provided, that teen parents and homeless families identified as likely to become 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 not more than 3 per cent of the funds appropriated in this item may be transferred in fiscal year 2018 as set forth in a plan submitted by the department; provided further, that said plan shall be filed with the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that reimbursements to providers for services rendered in prior fiscal years may be expended from this item; provided further, that the department shall recoup funds owed related to payments made by the department in prior fiscal years by reducing payments for services related to this item rendered in fiscal year 2018; and provided further, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city, town or regional school district and 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 ............................................ $255,389,342
3000-5000.. For grants to head start programs; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on early head start programs...... $9,100,000
3000-6025.. For grants in fiscal year 2018 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 who will be eligible for kindergarten by September, 2019; 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; provided further, that preference for awarding implementation grants shall be given to communities awarded planning grants in the previous fiscal year or to communities participating in the federal preschool expansion grant program in the previous fiscal year; provided further, that further preference for awarding implementation grants shall be given to communities that provide at least a 1 to 1 match to funding provided through this item; provided further, that grant applicants shall submit a plan to the department detailing the capacity of the local early education and care system to implement such a program, proposed program design, resources needed to ensure high quality standards, input from stakeholders including parents and any other requirements prescribed by the department; 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; provided further that the department of early education and care shall report to the joint committee on education not later than October 16, 2017 the status of the Massachusetts Preschool Expansion Grant program, including but not limited to: summer assessment data of Preschool Expansion Grant students, classroom observation data and qualitative data from program leadership, staff and parents; and provided further, that said report shall also include information on the status of the Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative planning grants, including but not limited to a needs assessment, program design and anticipated costs..................... $200,000
3000-6075.. For 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 such 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....................................................... $2,500,000
3000-7000.. For statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns to be administered by the Children’s Trust Fund established pursuant to section 50 of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that such services shall be made available statewide to parents under 21 years of age; provided further, that the department of early education and care shall collaborate with the Children's Trust Fund, when appropriate, to coordinate services provided through this item with services provided through item 3000-7050 to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department; provided further, that the Children’s Trust Fund shall oversee the maintenance of a participant data system; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, priority for such services shall be given to low-income parents........................... $14,350,685
3000-7040.. For the department of early education and care, which may expend not more than $161,893 for contingency contracts related to pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs in its capacity as the single state agency under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, these contingency contracts shall not exceed 3 years except with prior review and approval by the executive office for administration and finance; 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.................. $161,893

3000-7050.. For the coordinated family and community engagement grant program, which shall establish a statewide network of supports for early education; provided, that the department of early education and care shall distribute the grants not later than August 31, 2017 in order to allow a full year of service for families involved in these programs; provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided through this item with services provided through item 3000-7000 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department; provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include, but not be limited to, community partnership councils, 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, other school readiness and family support programs, licensed child care providers and child care resource and referral centers; provided further, that not less than $100,000 more than fiscal year 2017 shall be expended on said parent-child home program; 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 development of the Massachusetts Quality Rating and Improvement System; provided further, that the department shall take steps to streamline activities and programs funded through this item; and provided further, that the department may expend funds from this item on grants for supplemental services for children with individualized education plans........................ $13,541,999
3000-7070.. For 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................................. $1,000,000

4000-0005.. For youth violence prevention program grants administered by the executive office of health and human services; provided, that the grants shall be targeted at reducing youth violence among young persons at highest risk of being perpetrators or victims of gun and community violence; provided further, that the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018 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 2017; provided further, that funds may be set aside for the administration of these programs; provided further, that these funds shall be available to those municipalities with the highest annual number of youth homicides and serious assaults as determined by the executive office; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Springfield Partners for Community Action, Inc. for the AWAKE program in the city of Springfield, to provide comprehensive youth development and violence prevention services to at-risk youth; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services, Inc. to provide comprehensive youth development and violence prevention services to at-risk youth; and provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the South End Community Center of Springfield, Inc.’s Youth Corp program $4,320,000
4000-0007.. For housing and supportive services for unaccompanied youth pursuant to section 16X of chapter 6A of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Y2Y homeless shelter in Cambridge; and 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, 2018 on: (i) the number of youths served through this item; (ii) the types of services received by participating youths; (iii) the number of youths who transition into stabilized housing and the zip code of the stabilized housing; (iv) the number of youths who remain in stabilized housing after 90 days, when applicable; (v) the number of youths turned away from the program; (vi) the amount of funding awarded to vendors for the delivery of services and the names of each vendor; and (vii) other quantifiable data related to client outcomes as determined by the secretary................................................ $675,000
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
4000-0050.. For the operation of the PCA quality home care workforce council established in section 71 of chapter 118E of the General Laws....................................................... $1,632,510
4000-0051.. For 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: (i) be consistent with the requirements of section 16U of chapter 6A of the General Laws; (ii) demonstrate adherence to an evidence-based model of service; and (iii) use measurable outcomes to assess quality; provided further, that the secretary of the executive office of health and human services shall maintain the fiscal year 2017 contract with a third party administration service organization to oversee the execution of, and agency’s compliance with, subsection (b) of said section 16U of said chapter 6A; provided further, that the executive office 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 15, 2018, 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......................................................... $500,000
4000-0300.. For 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 funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for administrative and contracted services related to the implementation and operation of programs under 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 necessary to meet only the cost of efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that funds may be expended for the operation of the office of health equity within the executive office; 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, the MassHealth demonstration waiver under section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act or the community first demonstration waiver under section 1115 of the Social Security Act, 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; (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) cost-containment efforts, the purposes and amounts of which shall be 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; provided further, that in calculating rates of payment for children enrolled in MassHealth receiving inpatient and outpatient services at acute care pediatric hospitals and pediatric specialty units as defined in section 8A of said chapter 118E, the executive office shall make a supplemental payment not less than $7,400,000 to any acute care pediatric hospital and pediatric specialty unit in the commonwealth, above base rates, to compensate for high-complexity pediatric care; provided further, that the executive office 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 funds shall be provided in an amount not less than the total appropriated in item 1599-2009 in section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008; provided further, that the commissioner of mental health shall approve any prior authorization or other restriction on medication used to treat mental illness under written policies, procedures and regulations of the department of mental health; provided further, that the executive office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 13, 2018 on the number of members served in the dual eligible initiative, the average expenditure per member, the average expenditure per member prior to the demonstration project and the number of clients that receive care at skilled nursing facilities; provided further, that the executive office shall submit a report not later than December 1, 2017 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing detailing utilization in fiscal year 2017 of the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of said chapter 118E, including: (a) the number of persons whose medical expenses were billed to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; (b) the total dollar amount billed to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; (c) the age, income level and insurance status of recipients using the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; (d) the types of services paid for out of the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; and (e) the amount disbursed from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to each hospital and community health center; 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 of the General Laws; provided further, that the executive office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 1, 2018 on the feasibility of offering all applications, application information, service information and guidelines in electronic form, paper form and on the MassHealth website for MassHealth and MassHealth-related programs in both classical and traditional Chinese translations; provided further, that any unexpended balance in these accounts shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2018; provided further, that not later than January 18, 2018, the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the methodology used to project caseload and utilization in fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services, in consultation with the department of transitional assistance, shall report to the joint committee on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, no later than January 1, 2018, on the feasibility of offering MassHealth applicants or recipients the opportunity to complete a common application for MassHealth and for programs administered by the department of transitional assistance, including the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the program for emergency aid to elders, disabled and children pursuant to chapter 117A and the program for transitional assistance to families with dependent children pursuant to chapter 118; provided further, that the executive office shall submit monthly MassHealth caseload reports in a searchable electronic format to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means by the 15th day of the subsequent month;  provided further, that not later than December 1, 2017, the executive office, in coordination with the department of public health and the office of Medicaid, shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on a plan to expand lead testing and follow-up services including, but not limited to: (1) a review of all services currently offered for lead poisoning-related services; (2) a plan of implementation for expanded lead poisoning-related services, including steps required to increase reimbursement opportunities for services such as lead poisoning testing, prevention, follow-up, investigation and treatment; (3) spending and revenue cost estimates for implementing such expanded services; (4) revenue maximization opportunities associated with pursuing such services; and (5) an analysis of the short- and long-term cost effectiveness associated with providing such services; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Brookline Community Mental Health Center, Inc. to expand the Healthy Lives program; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for The MetroWest Free Medical Program, Inc.; provided further, that the executive office shall expend not less than $100,000, of which not less than $25,000 of said funds shall be expended to contract with Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, Inc., to increase access to health and human services on the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and such funds shall be used to cover feasible travel costs associated with arranging access to health and human services..................................................... $102,682,373

4000-0320.. For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend for medical care and assistance rendered in the current year not more than $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 item 4000-0300........... $225,000,000
4000-0321.. For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend not more than $56,750,000 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 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 not later than September 15, 2017, 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 report detailing: (i) the amounts of the agreements; (ii) a delineation of all ongoing and new projects; and (iii) the amount of federal reimbursement and cost avoidance derived from the contracts for the previous fiscal year’s activities; provided further, that after providing payments due under the terms of the contingency contracts, the executive office may use available funds to support special MassHealth projects that will receive enhanced federal revenue opportunities, including MassHealth eligibility operations and systems enhancements that support reforms and improvements to MassHealth programs; provided further, that any enhanced federal financial participation received for these special projects, including the Implementation Advanced Planning Document or other eligibility operations and systems enhancements that support reforms and improvements to MassHealth shall be deposited into this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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 to be within the scope of the proper administration of Title XIX and other federal funding provisions to support the programs and activities of the executive office; provided further, that activities may include: (a) providing administrative services including, but not limited to, utilization management activities and eligibility determinations based on disability and supporting case management activities and similar initiatives; (b) providing consulting services related to quality assurance, program evaluation and development, integrity and soundness and project management; and (c) providing activities and services to pursue federal reimbursement, avoid costs or identify third-party liability and recoup payments made to third parties; provided further, that federal reimbursement for any expenditure made by the University of Massachusetts Medical School for 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 state accounting 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 contingency fees paid to the University of Massachusetts Medical School shall be limited to $40,000,000 for state fiscal year 2018 except for contingency fees paid pursuant to an interdepartmental service agreement for recoveries related to special disability workload projects; and 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........................ $56,750,000
4000-0328.. For the executive office of health and human services, which shall use the funding in this item to pursue, enhance and submit applications for existing or new state plan amendments, state plan options, state waiver or demonstration requests and federal grants for federal approval under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 42 U.S.C. 18001 et seq., including, but not limited to, the following purposes: (i) the development and implementation of a modern, digital integrated eligibility system as required by the last paragraph of section 16 of chapter 6A of the General Laws in order to achieve maximum federal reimbursement; (ii) the receipt of federal reimbursement for services provided to an eligible Medicaid beneficiary that are available without charge to the beneficiary, including services that are available without charge to the community at large, known as “free care”; (iii) the 1915(i) home and community-based services state plan authorized under 42 U.S.C. 1396n(i); (iv) the authorization of coverage for postpartum placement of long acting reversible contraception; (v) the pursuit of expanded federal reimbursement for lead poisoning testing and follow-up services; and (vi) the pursuit of Medicaid coverage for justice-involved individuals including, but not limited to, individuals on parole, probation, home confinement or pre-trial supervision or residing in a halfway house and deemed eligible under federal definition; provided further, that not later than November 1, 2017, the executive office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means with an update on changes, since the last filing of this report, to submitted and pending applications and the projected fiscal impact of federal approval for each of these applications; provided further, that not later than March 15, 2018, the executive office of health and human services, in consultation with the executive office for administration and finance and the Massachusetts office of information technology, shall publish a plan to implement modern, digital and integrated eligibility determination processes as required by the last paragraph of said section 16 of said chapter 6A, which shall include the estimated capital and operating resources to implement the modern, digital and integrated eligibility determination processes and any additional resources required to: (a) allow integrated enrollment and common application for benefits between the health connector, the office of Medicaid, the department of transitional assistance, the department of early education and care and the department of housing and community development; and (b) implement interim solutions to integrate applications between the office of Medicaid and the department of transitional assistance; and provided further, that the office of Medicaid and the department of transitional assistance shall prioritize aligning their benefit application processes as a step toward the development of a common application............................................... $50,000
4000-0430.. For 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 medical care and assistance if they meet the disability standards as defined by the executive office, which shall not be more restrictive than those in effect on July 1, 1996; and provided further, that the executive office shall process CommonHealth applications within 45 days of receipt of a completed application or within 90 days if a determination of disability is required............................................. $164,396,477
4000-0500.. For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients through the executive office of health and human services’ 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 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 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 funds may be expended for infrastructure and capacity building grants to promote delivery system reform, achieve federal financial participation and serve populations in need more efficiently and effectively; provided further, that of said funds, funds may be expended for community health centers; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made to these providers provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated in this item; provided further, that not later than March 15, 2018, the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the outcomes achieved by accountable care organizations and community partners including, but not limited to, financial performance, patient satisfaction and quality and aggregate and per-member reductions in spending off of cost trends; (ii) the results of benchmarks on accountable care organizations’ and community partners’ progress toward an integrated care delivery system; and (iii) the projected and to date cost effectiveness of spending on traditionally non-reimbursed flexible services to address health-related social needs including, but not limited to, housing stabilization and support, utility assistance, non-medical transportation, physical activity and nutrition, and sexual assault and domestic violence supports; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to  recipients in  prior fiscal years.................. $5,553,251,863
4000-0601.. For health care services provided to MassHealth members who are seniors and for the operation of the MassHealth senior care options program 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 recipients in prior fiscal years; 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 funds shall be expended from this item to maintain a personal needs allowance of $72.80 per month for individuals residing in nursing and rest homes who are eligible for MassHealth, emergency aid to the elderly, the 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 and 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 nursing facility rates effective on October 1, 2017 may be developed using the costs of calendar year 2007 or any subsequent year selected by the secretary of health and human services; provided further, that MassHealth shall reimburse nursing facilities for up to 20 medical leave-of-absence days and 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 no nursing home may reassign a patient's bed during a leave of absence that is eligible for reimbursement under this item................................................... $3,520,335,443
4000-0641.. For nursing facility Medicaid rates; provided, that in fiscal year 2018 the executive office of health and human services, in consultation with the center for health information and analysis, shall establish rates that cumulatively total $317,100,000 more than the annual payment rates established under the rates in effect as of June 30, 2002; provided further, that not less than $35,500,000 shall be expended to fund a rate add-on for wages, benefits and related employee costs of direct care staff of nursing homes, including certified nurses’ aides and housekeeping, laundry and dietary staff; provided further, that MassHealth shall adopt all additional regulations and procedures to carry out this section; provided further, that not later than March 1, 2018, MassHealth shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the impact on wages for direct care workers at the nursing homes receiving funds; provided further, 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; 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.............................. $352,600,000

Governor reduced the following item by $209,400,000 and disapproved wording as indictated, for message see H3828
4000-0700.. For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office of health and human services’ health care indemnity or third party liability plan, to medical assistance recipients not otherwise covered under the executive office’s 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 shall be expended from this item for members who qualify for early intervention services; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that MassHealth may expend an additional $13,000,000 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; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available to establish a one-year pilot program to increase efficiencies and align system-wide goals within a regional hospital system located in Western Massachusetts to improve the overall sustainability of the system and to create a comprehensive approach to system-wide needs and a transition into the structure of the new 1115 Medicaid Waiver; provided further, that the pilot program will include measurable milestones that shall demonstrate progress in at least one of the following areas: (i) care coordination, integration and delivery transformations; (ii) electronic health records and information exchange advancements; (iii) increasing alternative payment methods and accountable care organizations; (iv) enhancing patient safety; (v) increasing access to behavioral health services; (vi) increasing coordination between system hospitals and community-based providers and organizations; and (vii) preparing the system to undertake risk as a potentially designated ACO; provided further, that MassHealth shall maintain the same level of federally-optional chiropractic services that were in effect in fiscal year 2016 that were included in its state plan or demonstration program in effect on January 1, 2002 for members enrolled in the primary care clinician program; provided further, that the executive office shall not, in fiscal year 2018, fund programs relating to case management with the intention of reducing length of stay for neonatal intensive care unit cases; provided further, that $500,000 shall be equally distributed to the teaching community health centers with family medicine residency programs in the city of Worcester and in the South Boston section of the city of Boston not later than June 30, 2018, and the secretary of health and human services shall designate an agency to administer the funds and shall retain 5 per cent of the total funds: (a) to report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office on the use of the funds by teaching community health centers; and (b) to audit such centers in order to confirm the use of the funds by each center for training purposes; 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 customer service, disability determinations or utilization management and review, including patient screenings and evaluations, regardless of whether the activities are performed by a state agency, contractor, agent or provider; provided further, that not later than March 1, 2018 the executive office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (1) dental coverage available to MassHealth recipients as of January 1, 2018 as it compares to dental coverage available to MassHealth recipients on January 1, 2010; (2) utilization of dental services in fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018; (3) the actual and projected costs and revenue associated with dental coverage in fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018; (4) the estimated cost effectiveness of dental coverage as a contributor to MassHealth total cost of care; and (5) a schedule to include within its covered services for adults at least those federally optional services for dental care and dentures which were included in its state plan in effect on January 1, 2010 and the accompanying cost of implementation; provided further, that the executive office shall maintain full-year coverage for adult dental fillings and adult denture coverage; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended in a one-time payment to a western Massachusetts regional academic health system to address regional physician shortages and enhance access to rural and urban preventive care by recruiting, training and retaining residents of the commonwealth into careers in medicine and to conduct projects on population and community health through collaboration with a medical school in the commonwealth; provided further, that for items 4000-0320, 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0601, 4000-0641, 4000-0700, 4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0885, 4000-0940, 4000-0950, 4000-0990, 4000-1400, 4000-1420 and 4000-1425, the executive office shall provide to the senate and house committees on ways and means quarterly reports on implemented or anticipated administrative and programmatic changes that generate savings, gross and net, in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that reports shall delineate each change’s impact on members, member cost-sharing and membership levels and the action taken to implement the change; provided further, that reports shall delineate savings generated by caseload, program integrity or other administrative or programmatic changes and whether those savings were included in the governor’s proposed fiscal year 2018 general appropriations act; and provided further, that the first report shall be filed no later than August 1, 2017, and subsequent reports shall be filed at the start of each quarter and note any deviation from the planned changes included in the first report and updates to saving estimates or realizations.......................... $2,397,298,930
4000-0875.. For MassHealth benefits to eligible individuals who require medical treatment for breast or cervical cancer under 42 U.S.C. section 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 individuals whose incomes, as determined by the executive office, do not exceed 250 per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to continued federal approval; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years.................................................. $6,191,803
4000-0880.. For 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 and section 16D of said chapter 118E.... $526,812,502
4000-0885.. For 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 health connector and ineligible for any MassHealth program; provided further, that enrollment in this program may be capped to ensure that MassHealth expenditures shall 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.......................................... $34,042,020
4000-0940.. For health care services related to the 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; and provided further, that MassHealth shall maintain the same level of vision services that were in effect in fiscal year 2017 for members enrolled in the Care Plus program................................................... $2,238,691,278
4000-0950.. For administrative and program expenses associated with the children’s behavioral health initiative under the settlement agreement in the case of Rosie D. 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 one report per 6-month period to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the implementation of the initiative; provided further, that said reports shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the results of the scheduled plan to date, including a schedule detailing commencement of services and associated costs by service type; (ii) an analysis of compliance with the terms of the settlement agreement to date; (iii) a detailed itemization of services and utilization by service type, geographical location and the age of the member receiving the service; (iv) data detailing the time that elapsed between a member’s request for services and commencement of an initial assessment for services; (v) the time to complete the initial assessment and the time that elapsed between initial assessment for services and commencement of services; and (vi) 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, 2018; 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 before such a transfer............................................. $247,337,564
4000-0990.. For 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 under 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 these persons in prior fiscal years................... $12,096,978
4000-1400.. For 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.......................................... $27,374,419
4000-1420.. For payment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in compliance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, subchapter XIX.................. $441,754,986
4000-1425.. For 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....... $71,730,289

4000-1700   For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of health and human services  $124,870,082

Office for Refugees and Immigrants.

4003-0122.. For 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: English for Speakers of Other Languages/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

4100-0060.. For 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 up to $1,563,617 of this appropriation may be expended for the operation of the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety $27,431,406
4100-0061.. For the center for health information and analysis, which may expend for the development, operation and maintenance of an all-payer claims database not more than $875,000 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 retained 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. $875,000

4110-0001.. For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the blind....................................................... $1,327,646
4110-1000.. For 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......................... $4,175,682
4110-2000.. For the turning 22 program of the commission; provided, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of developmental services to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22 clients ...................................................... $13,575,558
4110-3010.. For a program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from federal vocational rehabilitation grants or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health or life insurance or any other such indirect costs of federally-reimbursed state employees $3,340,735

4120-0200.. For independent living centers; provided, that not later than March 1, 2018, 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: (i) the total number of consumers that request and receive services; (ii)  the types of services requested and received by consumers; (iii) the total number of consumers moved from nursing homes; and (iv) the total number of independent living plans and goals set and achieved by consumers.................... $6,046,117
4120-1000.. For the operation of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; provided, that the commissioner shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the number of clients served and the amount expended on each type of service; provided, that upon the written request of the commissioner of revenue, the commission shall provide lists of individual clients to whom, or on behalf of whom, payments have been made for the purpose of verifying eligibility and detecting and preventing fraud, error and abuse in the programs administered by the commission; and provided further, that lists shall include client names and social security numbers and payee names and other identification, if different from a client’s identification........................................... $346,486
4120-2000.. For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grant or state appropriations shall not be deducted for pensions, group health or life insurance or any other indirect costs of federally-reimbursed state employees; and provided further, 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 $10,315,455
4120-3000.. For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and employment services for severely disabled adults may be provided............................................ $2,188,102
4120-4000.. For 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 program clients who began receiving services in fiscal year 2017 under item 4120-4010 of chapter 133 of the acts of 2016;  provided, that not less than $1,556,590 shall be expended for assistive technology services .............................................. $9,623,606
4120-4001.. For the housing registry for the disabled................. $80,000
4120-4010.. For the turning 22 program of the commission............. $572,538
4120-5000.. For homemaking services................................ $4,313,482
4120-6000.. For services for individuals with head injuries....... $15,898,807

4125-0100.. For the operation of and services provided by the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing............ $5,548,262

4180-0100.. For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea, including a specialized unit for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease patients; 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 2017 $27,210,690
4180-1100.. For 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 the 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........................................... $600,000

4190-0100.. For 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 2017................................... $22,592,998
4190-0101.. For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, which may expend for its operation not more than $5,000 from the licensing of the property for placement of aerial antennas......................................... $5,000
4190-0102.. For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, which may expend for the outpatient pharmacy program not more than $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 copayments charged in fiscal year 2017...... $110,000
4190-0200.. For 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
4190-0300.. For 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 $744,042
4190-1100.. For 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 the 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,..... $400,000

4200-0010.. For the administration of the department of youth services; provided, that the department shall continue to collaborate with the department of elementary and secondary education in order to align curriculum at the department of youth services with the statewide curriculum frameworks and to ease the reintegration of youth from facilities at the department of youth services into regular public school settings; provided further, that the department shall continue to execute its education funding initiative; provided further, 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 such item shall be transferred in fiscal year 2018............... $4,244,705
4200-0100.. For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to committed youths in nonresidential care programs of the department............................................ $23,355,341
4200-0200.. For pre-trial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs; provided, that the department shall expend not less than $500,000 for the detention diversion advocacy program to be coordinated by the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, Inc. to prevent high-risk juveniles presenting before the court from penetrating further into the juvenile justice system.. $28,581,402
4200-0300.. For 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; and provided further, that funds shall be expended to address suicide prevention........................ $118,863,123
4200-0500.. For enhanced salaries for teachers at the department of youth services............................................... $3,059,187
4200-0600.. For the operation of secure facilities to detain arrested youth before arraignment under the alternative lock up program $2,352,953

4400-1000.. For 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 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 shall be provided in a manner that meets all applicable federal and state privacy and security requirements; provided further, that after April 2, 2018 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; and provided further, that upon 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...................................................... $62,335,765
4400-1001.. For 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; provided further, that funds may be expended for supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 1, 2017 on the status of these programs; and provided further, that $1,350,000 shall be expended to the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grant program for project costs for the Massachusetts healthy incentives program. $4,376,983
4400-1020 . For the operation of the Secure Jobs Connect program for employment support, job training and job search services for homeless or previously homeless families receiving assistance from the department of housing and community development under items 7004-0101, 7004-0108, 7004-9024 or 7004-9316; provided, that participants receiving assistance under items 7004-0101 and 7004-0108 shall receive a minimum of 12 months of housing stabilization services under said items 7004-0101 and 7004-0108; provided further, that services shall be delivered by community-based 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 Service, Inc.; SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc.; South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc.; and Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.; provided further, that the department of housing and community development shall make available rental assistance pursuant to item 7004-9024 to ensure effective participation in this program; provided further, that service delivery agencies shall seek additional federal, state or private funds to ensure the effective continuation of regional partnerships; and provided further, that the department shall report to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018, by type of service or program provided on the: (i) housing situation, including the stability of housing, for 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 said item 7004-0101, 7004-0108, 7004-9024 or 7004-9316............. $650,000
4400-1025.. For domestic violence specialists at local area offices $1,556,590
4400-1100.. For the payroll of the department’s caseworkers; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit 8 shall be paid from this item...................................................... $70,791,291
4400-1979.. For 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, as amended by section 29 of chapter 158 of the acts of 2014................................................... $1,000,000
4401-1000.. For employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided, 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 the department may expend funds from this item on such services for the non-custodial parents of dependent children receiving transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided further, that the department shall spend no less than the amount spent in fiscal year 2017 for the young parents program and the competitive integrated employment services program; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the service providers with whom the office for refugees and immigrants entered into service agreements in fiscal year 2017 under this line-item; 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 $75,000 shall be expended for a transportation program developed and operated by the South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc.; 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, 2018 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 increasing self-sufficiency; provided further, that the department shall consider other programs to meet transitional employment needs of clients; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Ascentria Care Alliance, Inc. to provide transportation to low-income families through the good news garage ready to go service...... $14,185,888
4403-2000.. For 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 benefits under this item shall be made available to undocumented immigrants; provided further, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard that was in effect in fiscal year 2017 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 2018, 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 20 years of age who are 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 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 $300 shall be provided to each child eligible under this program in September 2017; provided further, that the children’s clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the month of September 2017; 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 that parent 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, to the extent feasible within the existing appropriation and funding from other sources, review its disability standards to determine the extent to which such standards reflect the current medical and vocational criteria; 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 75 days before any changes to the disability standards are proposed; 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 also 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 not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for cash and transportation benefits for newly employed transitional aid to families with dependent children clients for a period not to exceed 12 months to assist them with short-term self-sufficiency;  provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of transitional assistance shall calculate benefits provided under item 4403-2000, in the same manner as the previous fiscal year; provided further, that the department’s calculation of benefits shall not preclude the department from making eligibility or benefit changes that lead to an increase in eligibility or benefits; 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 75 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................. $162,851,212
4403-2007.. For 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 $600,000
4403-2119.. For 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............................................... $10,029,832
4405-2000.. For the state supplement to the Supplemental Security Income program for the aged and disabled, including a program for emergency needs for Supplemental Security Income recipients; provided, 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.............................. $220,233,607
4408-1000.. For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of the commonwealth, 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 immigrants or non-citizens otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law and shall not be provided to undocumented immigrants; 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 a medically-determinable impairment or combination of impairments which is expected to last for a period as determined by department regulations and which substantially reduces or eliminates such individuals’ capacity to support themselves and which has 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 said 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 2018, 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, 75 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 senate and house of representatives 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 $77,905,505

4510-0020.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $149,414 in retained 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
4510-0025.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $891,286 for a school-based sealant program, known as the MDPH-SEAL Program, from retained 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................................................... $891,286
4510-0040.. For 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 not more than $73,061 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.......................................................... $73,061
4510-0100.. For 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 cancer registry established under section 111B of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall give specific consideration to additional monies available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Public Law 111-148 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152...................................................... $17,438,231
4510-0110.. For 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 state primary care association qualified under section 330A(f)(1) of the United States Public Health Service Act at 42 USC 254c(f)(1); provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for the continuation of a comprehensive substance abuse and narcotic use reduction program at a federally qualified community health center located in South Boston; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended towards the North End Waterfront Neighborhood Health Center for the purpose of operations and maintenance of treating substance abuse; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of the South Boston Community Health Center, Inc. and its youth ambassador program and South Boston leadership initiative; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Lowell Community Health Center, Inc. to provide the training necessary to expand its medication-assisted treatment and peer-to-peer support programs; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the operation and expansion of an innovative emergency department diversion and utilization management program by Manet Community Health Center, Incorporated for the south shore region; 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 and to support a full-time licensed social worker to bring mental health care to the community’s youth and to improve the coordination of care; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc............................................ $1,592,354
4510-0112.. For 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 in the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston............................................ $50,000
4510-0600.. For 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 $25,000 shall be expended to the Silent Spring Institute, Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 be allocated to the town of Halifax for testing and treatment of cyanobacteria and related contaminants in Monponsett pond $3,688,322
4510-0615.. For 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 $1,483,993 from fees collected from licensing and inspecting users of radioactive material within the commonwealth under licenses presently issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; provided further, that the retained revenues may be used for the costs of both programs, including the compensation of employees; provided further, that in fiscal year 2018 an amount not less than in fiscal year 2017 shall be expended 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................................................. $1,663,993
4510-0616.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,029,680 for a drug registration and monitoring program from retained revenues collected from fees charged to registered practitioners, including physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists and optometrists for controlled substance registration; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for the costs of personnel; 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................ $1,029,680
4510-0710.. For the operation of the division of health care safety and 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 prescription monitoring program and the maintenance and enhancement of prescription drug monitoring information exchange architecture to support interstate prescription drug monitoring data sharing; provided further, that the division shall be responsible for assuring quality of patient care provided by the commonwealth’s health care facilities and services and for protecting the health and safety of patients who receive care and services in nursing homes, rest homes, clinical laboratories, clinics, institutions for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and the mentally ill, hospitals and infirmaries, including the inspection of ambulance services; provided further, that investigators shall conduct investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation; provided further, that all investigators in the division of health care quality responsible for the investigations shall receive training by the Medicaid fraud control unit in the office of the attorney general; provided further, that the department may expend funds for the development and implementation of the Mobile Integrated Healthcare program; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the full registration of practitioners, physician assistants and registered nurses authorized by the board of registration in nursing to practice in advanced practice nursing roles under section 7A of chapter 94C of the General Laws $10,634,252
4510-0712.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,128,302 in retained revenues collected from the licensure of health facilities and fees for the program costs of the division of health care quality resulting 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 $2,128,302
4510-0721.. For the operation and administration of the board of registration in nursing.................................................. $657,782
4510-0722.. For the operation and administration of the board of registration in pharmacy............................................... $1,129,290
4510-0723.. For the operation and administration of the board of registration in medicine and the committee on acupuncture................ $165,703
4510-0724.. For 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
4510-0725.. For 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............ $348,103
4510-0790.. For regional emergency medical services; provided, that the regional emergency medical services councils, designated under 105 C.M.R. 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.......... $807,000
4510-0810.. For a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner program and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner program for the care of victims of sexual assault; provided, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for the support of the statewide delivery system of children’s advocacy centers with funding administered by the Massachusetts Children’s Alliance, Inc.; and provided further, that the program shall operate under specific statewide protocols and by an on-call system of nurse examiners................... $4,844,520
4510-3008.. For the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry created under section 25A of chapter 111 of the General Laws $262,874
4510-3010.. For a grant to the Down Syndrome program at the Children’s Medical Center at the University of Massachusetts medical center based on the patient-centered medical home concept.................... $100,000
4512-0103.. For human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome services, programs and related services for persons affected by the associated conditions of viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis; provided, that funding shall be provided proportionately to each of the demographic groups afflicted by HIV/AIDS and associated conditions; provided further, that the department shall ensure that  the same level of services will be made available as in the previous fiscal year; provided further, that in compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 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 2018.................................................. $30,834,416
4512-0106.. For the department of public health, which may expend for the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome drug assistance program an amount not more than $7,500,000 from revenues received from pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the section 340B rebate program of the Public Health Service Act administered by the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration and the Office of Pharmacy Affairs; provided, that these services shall include activities eligible for coverage through the Ryan White Program, with priority given to the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome drug assistance program; provided further, that any excess rebate revenue collected beyond the ceiling of this appropriation shall be deposited in the General Fund; provided further, that services in an amount equivalent to the amount deposited in the General Fund shall be funded through the item 4512-0103; provided further, that these services shall include activities that would be eligible for coverage through the Ryan White Program; and provided further, that the department of public health may make expenditures from the start of each fiscal year from this account in anticipation of receipt of rebate revenues from pharmaceutical manufacturers...... $7,500,000
4512-0200.. For the bureau of substance addiction services, including a program to reimburse driver alcohol education programs for services provided for court-adjudicated indigent clients; provided, that not less than $1,180,000 shall be expended for the extended release naltrexone pilot program described in section 158 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2015; provided further, that programs in substantial regulatory and contractual compliance shall receive not less than the same level of funding in fiscal year 2018 as received in fiscal year 2017; provided further, 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 the department of public health shall ensure that vendors providing methadone treatment shall seek third-party reimbursement for these services; provided further, that the department of public health shall provide not less than $100,000 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; provided further, that under section 236 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, the department shall enhance data sharing capabilities and collaborate across agencies to ensure coordination of services for newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for supportive case management services; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended on increasing the number of residential rehabilitation services with priority given to families, youth, transitional age youth and young adults; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the implementation of section 97 chapter 71 of the General Laws to support school districts that are not currently funded by the department of public health; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to expand and support municipalities utilizing grant funds from the Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative (MOAPC) grant program; provided further, that not less than $250,000  shall be expended to preserve and expand the programs currently funded by the Massachusetts Access to Recovery (MA-ATR) program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended on Naloxone (Narcan) for distribution to addiction treatment provider programs funded through this line item; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended on substance abuse programming for recovery centers; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a pilot program for young adults 17 to 25 years of age to address substance abuse issues for this age group;  provided further, that not less than $50,000 will be used for a public safety opioid overdose follow-up program in the city of Fall River; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to The Psychological Center in Lawrence toward the Daybreak Shelter; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the substance abuse coalition in the city known as the Town of Franklin; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended on the Methuen Police Department Community Addiction Resource Engagement Services (C.A.R.E.S) Initiative; provided further, that no less than $150,000 shall be expended to the town of Braintree for Braintree's Community Partnership on Substance Abuse; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for Haven of Hope for community outreach and services in Methuen and Lawrence; provided further that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Merrimack Valley Prevention and Substance Abuse Project toward resources, community outreach and programs in Methuen, Lawrence, Haverhill and North Andover; provided further, that $50,000 shall be made available for the purchasing of Narcan and public safety equipment upgrades for the police and fire personnel in the Town of Wakefield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for The Psychological Center in Lawrence toward the Pegasus House residential treatment facility; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the New Beginnings program that targets youth at risk and in recovery in collaboration with school districts; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Self Esteem Boston’s direct service and provider training programs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to fund substance misuse and mental health treatment on Nantucket administered by the town of Nantucket; provided further, that no less than $150,000 shall be expended to Harbor Health Services for a grant program to prevent and treat addiction to opioid and related substances; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Project RIGHT’s substance abuse/trauma prevention initiative in the Grove Hall area of Boston; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Behavioral Health and Outpatient Substance Abuse Services to provide counseling and treatment for individuals suffering from behavioral health challenges and/or substance abuse at the Dimock Community Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the purchase and renovation of an opiate recovery treatment facility of Into Action Recovery, Inc; provided further, that no less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Merrimack Valley Safety Youth Center in the City of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Berkshire County Youth Development Project for youth intervention services; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for The Boston Ten Point Coalition substance abuse and trauma prevention initiative in the Roxbury area of Boston; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a federally-qualified community health center with a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week emergency department licensed as a satellite unit under 105 CMR 130; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Charlestown Substance Abuse Coalition; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Substance Use Disorder Initiatives office in the city of Revere; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the town of Milford police department and the Juvenile Advocacy Group to maintain a regional substance abuse outreach and intervention program in the greater Milford area; and provided further, that in order to support and strengthen public access to substance abuse services in the commonwealth, funds shall be expended to maintain programming, including but not limited to, the following: (i) centralized intake capacity service, under pursuant to section 18 of said chapter 17; (ii) the number and type of facilities that provide treatment; and (iii) detoxification and clinical stabilization service beds in the public system $132,575,888

4512-0201   For substance abuse step-down recovery services, known as level B beds and services, and other critical recovery services with severely reduced capacity; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class     $4,908,180

4512-0202.. For jail diversion programs primarily for nonviolent offenders with opioid or opiate 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 not more than 90 days and ongoing case management services for not more than 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 opiate, opiate 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.............. $1,940,000
4512-0203.. For 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... $1,440,450
4512-0204.. For the purchase, administration and training of first-responder and bystander naloxone distribution programs; provided, that funds shall be expended to maintain funding for first responder naloxone grants and bystander distribution in communities with high incidence of overdose; 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 not later than October 2, 2017 to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) the communities included in the program expansion; (ii) the number of participants for each community; and (iii) the amount of naloxone purchased and distributed, delineated by community......................................................... $970,000
4512-0205.. For grants and contracts with substance abuse programs to provide comprehensive prevention, intervention and recovery services; provided, that $75,000 shall be expended for Decisions at Every Turn Coalition; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Holliston Drug and Alcohol Awareness Coalition; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Holliston School Substance Abuse Prevention program; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Hopkinton Organizing for Prevention Program; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the T.H.R.I.V.E. Substance Abuse Prevention Program; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for Serenity House; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for the Cambridge Health Alliance for increased access to office-based opioid treatment services; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the operations of the Gloucester high-risk task force sponsored by the Healthy Gloucester Collaborative; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall be expended in equal amounts for substance abuse coalitions and community partnerships in the municipalities of Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon and Stoughton; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the Saugus United Against Substance Abuse Coalition for anti-drug and substance abuse programs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for operational costs at the Community Against Substance Abuse, Inc. program in the town of Winthrop; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Drug Story Theater, Inc.’s program for substance use prevention, treatment and education; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the establishment of a substance abuse treatment clinic for veterans in the town of Shrewsbury that shall be operated by Veterans Inc. and staffed by licensed mental health providers; and provided further, that not less than $95,000 shall be expended for the Eastern Massachusetts Goal Setting and Relapse Prevention program in collaboration with the juvenile court department’s office in the town of Dedham ..............  $980,000
4512-0211.. For the administrative and programmatic costs of recovery high schools; provided, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to open no fewer than 1 new high school in an underserved region of the commonwealth; and provided further, that the department of public health shall submit a report not later than April 16, 2018 to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) the number of youth served per high school; (ii) outcomes measured for youth; and (iii) recommendations for new recovery high schools in fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020............................. $3,600,000
4512-0225.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,250,000 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 comptroller shall transfer the amount to 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................ $1,250,000
4512-0500.. For dental health services; provided, that not less than $1,595,525 shall be expended for the comprehensive dental program for adults with developmental disabilities; 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; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the promotion of services to dental health providers and to increase after-hour, weekend and holiday coverage with on-call response and, if necessary, actual clinical evaluation............................. $2,022,353
4513-1000.. For the provision of family health services; provided, that not less than $5,511,509 shall be expended for comprehensive family planning services, including HIV counseling and testing, community-based health education and outreach services provided by comprehensive family planning agencies; provided further, that the department shall ensure that the same level of services shall be made available as in the previous fiscal year; provided further, that the department may seek third party funding for services provided in this line item; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the birth defects monitoring program..................................... $5,711,509
4513-1002.. For 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............................... $11,869,725
4513-1012.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $26,200,000 from retained 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............................... $26,200,000
4513-1020.. For 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 the department shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the number of families served by the program and the amount of funds appropriated in this item granted to qualified families not later than January 7, 2018; 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 before January 1, 2018; 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, 2018, the department shall submit to the executive office for administration and finance and to 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 2019...................................................... $29,300,167
4513-1023.. For 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.......................................................... $80,817
4513-1026.. For 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; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a program to address adolescent suicide behavior and attempts in collaboration with the department of mental health; provided further, that funds shall be expended for a veterans in crisis hotline to be used by veterans or concerned family members who seek counseling programs operated by the department of veterans’ services 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; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the United Way of Tri-County’s Call 2 Talk program; and provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended to The Samaritans of Fall River/New Bedford, Inc....................................................... $4,340,051
4513-1027.. For The Samaritans Inc.; provided, that funds may be used for suicide prevention services...................................... $400,000
4513-1098.. For the provision of statewide support services for survivors of homicide victims, including outreach services, burial assistance, grief counseling and other support services; provided, that funds shall be expended as grants in the aggregate amount of $200,000 to the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Corporation, a community-based support organization dedicated to serving families and communities impacted by violence; and provided further, that The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute shall establish and administer a process to distribute a total of $100,000 to the Massachusetts Survivors of Homicide Victims Network organizations throughout the commonwealth in the form of grants....................................... $200,000
4513-1111.. For 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 Independently Navigating Key Services program administered by the Greater 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 men with African-American, Hispanic or Latino heritage, family history of the disease and other men at high risk; (viii) osteoporosis education; and (ix) maintenance of the statewide lupus database; provided, that funding shall be expended for Mass in Motion community grants in an amount not less than expended in fiscal year 2017, contingent upon receipt of matching federal prevention block grant funds; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Community Servings for the purposes of providing medically tailored meals to persons battling chronic illnesses and providing workforce training programs to those recovering from addiction; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a grant to a statewide Alzheimer's disease advocacy and education organization for a public awareness and education campaign as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for education and support of patients diagnosed with phenylketonuria, PKU, or related disorders and their families through a grant to the New England Connection for PKU and Allied Disorders, Inc; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended to the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth for the operation of the Cranberry Health Research Center; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for macular degeneration research into prevention and treatment at The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to COGIC Family Services, Inc. for the FIT Body and Soul diabetes prevention program in the city of Springfield; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Sight Loss Services, Inc. to maintain operations and services for older adults in Barnstable county... $4,110,977
4513-1121.. For 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 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; provided further, funds from this item 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 shall expand the statewide registry that compiles information and statistics on stroke care using confidentiality standards not less secure than the stroke registry data platform; provided further, that the department shall expend funds 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 funds 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 staff who may be responsible for ensuring compliance with primary stroke service designation criteria and for data analysis................................... $200,000
4513-1130.. For domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and survivor services, including: (i) intimate partner abuse education, formerly the batterers’ intervention services; (ii) services for immigrants and refugees; (iii) rape crisis center survivor services and prevention; and (iv) intervention services and crisis housing for sexual violence and intimate partner violence in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning communities; provided, that funds shall be expended for rape prevention and victim services, including the statewide Spanish language hotline, community-based domestic violence response, emergency and transitional residential services for sexual and domestic violence victims and their children and supervised visitation and trauma services for children who witness violence and targeted services for department of children and families involved families; provided further, that the department of public health shall ensure that there shall not be a disruption in survivor services and violence prevention activities or a negative impact on program functioning during fiscal year 2018; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Delamano, Inc. in Lawrence toward community outreach on domestic violence; 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 students in the southeastern region of the commonwealth who acquire invaluable knowledge about the prevention of relationship violence; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Women’s Center in the city of New Bedford to provide domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, education and counseling programs..................... $31,355,559
4513-1131.. For a competitive grant program in public schools for grades 5 to 12, inclusive, that shall promote healthy relationships and address teen dating violence; provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a grant program for 10 schools on anti-teen dating violence programming to be implemented in the 2017 school year; provided further, that the grant program shall be for schools in which the majority of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch;  and provided further, that at least 1 grantee shall be a school located in a municipality with a population of not more  than 25,000............................................... $50,000
4516-0263.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,134,733 in retained 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................................ $1,134,733
4516-1000.. For the operation of the bureau of infectious diseases and laboratory sciences, including the division of sexually transmitted disease prevention and the Massachusetts state public health laboratory; 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; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a statewide tickborne disease prevention campaign to educate the public and medical providers on best practices in prevention, diagnosis and treatment; and provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for administrative, space or energy expenses of the department not directly related to personnel or programs funded in this item................................... $12,332,648
4516-1005.. For 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 collected retained revenues 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
4516-1010.. For state matching funds required by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Public Law 109-417.................... $1,522,254
4516-1022.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $277,918 generated by fees collected from insurers for tuberculosis tests performed at the state laboratory institute; provided, that collected retained revenues 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.................. $277,918
4516-1037.. For the department of public health, which may expend for the implementation of chapter 111O of the General Laws and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder not more than $250,000 in retained revenues collected from application fees for approval of mobile integrated health care programs and renewal thereof, and from fines and penalties imposed by the department on mobile integrated health programs; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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 until June 30, 2019............................................ $250,000
4516-1038.. For the department of public health, which may expend for the implementation of section 51K of chapter 111 of the General Laws and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder not more than $1,000,000 in retained revenues collected as application fees, fines and penalties authorized by that section; 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; and provided further, that any unexpended funds in this item shall not revert but shall be made available until June 30, 2020.......................... $1,000,000
4516-1039.. For the department of public health, which may expend, to support the operations of the determination of need program and health care facility plan review within the department of public health, not more than $200,000 in retained revenues collected from application fees collected under section 25C of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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 until June 30, 2019......................................................... $200,000
4518-0200.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $615,693 generated by fees collected from the following services provided at the registry of vital records and statistics, including amendments of vital records and 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 collected retained revenues may be used for all program costs, including the compensation of employees; provided further, that the registrar of vital records and statistics shall exempt from payment of a fee any person requesting a verification of birth to establish eligibility for Medicaid; 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................................................... $615,693
4530-9000.. For 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; and provided further, that the department shall collaborate with the department of children and families on this programming....................... $2,336,003
4580-1000.. For 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..................... $2,257,799
4590-0250.. For 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 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 not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts model of community coalitions; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Methuen High School toward the Students Against Destructive Decisions substance abuse program; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to establish and support a school-based health center at Malden high school in the city of Malden........................................ $12,069,395
4590-0300.. For smoking prevention and cessation programs.......... $3,718,862
4590-0912.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $21,650,862 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 under 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............................... $21,650,862
4590-0913.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $507,937 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................................................... $507,937
4590-0915.. For the maintenance and operation of Tewksbury hospital, Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children, 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; provided further, that Tewksbury hospital shall maintain the same number of beds in fiscal year 2018 as was maintained in fiscal year 2017 to the extent feasible within the appropriation; provided further, that the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children shall maintain not less than 120 beds for clients in its inpatient setting to the extent feasible within the appropriation; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children Summer Program.............................. $155,400,383
4590-0917.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $4,552,181 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................................................. $4,552,181
4590-0918.. For the state office of pharmacy services, which may expend not more than $27,056,732 from retained 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................................................ $25,056,732
4590-0924.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,852,322 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................................................. $1,852,322
4590-0925.. For the costs of a prostate cancer awareness, education and research program focusing on men with African-American, Hispanic or Latino 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 nonprofit foundation that shall leverage existing partnerships with other state-funded nonprofit research 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............................................... $550,000
4590-1503.. For the pediatric palliative care program established in section 24K of chapter 111 of the General Laws..................... $2,606,334
4590-1506.. For 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; provided further, that no grants shall be awarded to law enforcement agencies; provided further, that funds shall be considered 1-time and grants may not annualize in fiscal year 2019; and provided further, that the department of public health shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance not later than November 3, 2017, detailing the grant amount awarded to each recipient and a description of each grant.................................................. $1,337,124
4590-1507.. For 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 not less than $500,000 for competitively procured grants to youth at-risk programs utilizing an evidence-based positive youth development model,  including programs that serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth; provided further, that the department of public health shall award not less than $1,600,000 to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc. which shall be distributed equally between the alliance’s member organizations; provided further, that the department shall award not less than $1,300,000 to the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs, Inc. which shall be distributed between the alliance’s member organizations; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be allocated for Crossroads for Kids Inc. of the city of Boston and the town of Duxbury for their summer and year-round out-of-school program serving at-risk youth; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Youth Development Organization, Inc. in Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for The Attleboro Area Social Responsibility Consortium for a pilot transportation program; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay Mentor 2.0 program....................................................... $3,765,000
4590-2001.. For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $3,589,745 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.... $3,589,745

4800-0015.. For 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 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, due to severe emotional disturbance, 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 unless otherwise authorized, all funds including federal reimbursements received by the department shall be credited to the General Fund; 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 notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall not reduce recoupment amounts recommended by the state auditor; 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 those 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 29, 2017 and March 30, 2018 on: (i) the fair hearing requests filed in fiscal year 2018, stating for each hearing request using nonidentifying 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 2018, 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 28, 2018 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 social workers and supervisors who have earned a bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work; (4) the total number of social workers and the total number of social workers holding licensure, by level; (5) the number of the department’s contracts reviewed by the state auditor and the number of corrective action plans issued; and (6) 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, including, but not limited to, the number of children and breakdown of spending for respite care, intensive in-home services, client financial assistance and flexible funding, community-based after-school social and recreation program services, family navigation services and parent aide services 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; (L) the number of children and families served by the family resource centers by area; and (M) the number of children within the care and custody of the department whose whereabouts are unknown; provided further, that not later than November 1, 2017, 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 report shall also contain the number of children and families served by the family resource centers by area and an evaluation of the services provided and their effectiveness; provided further, that to the extent feasible within existing appropriations, the department shall maintain existing services for the aging out population; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer funds from item 4800-1100 into item 4800-0015 for the purpose of maintaining appropriate staffing ratios under the memorandum of agreement between the commonwealth and the Alliance/Local 509, SEIU signed on March 25, 2013; 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 2 per cent of funds from line item 4800-1100 shall be transferred in fiscal year 2018; 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 2018; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 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................................................ $98,384,611
4800-0016.. For the department of children and families, which may expend for the operation of the transitional employment program not more than $2,000,000 from retained 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
4800-0025.. For foster care review services........................ $4,142,546
4800-0030.. For the continuation of local and regional administration and coordination of services provided by lead agencies through purchase-of-service contracts, including flex services.......... $5,350,000
4800-0036.. For a sexual abuse intervention network program to be administered in conjunction with the district attorneys.................. $699,547
4800-0038.. For 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, 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 fire setter programs and services for people at risk of domestic violence, including payroll costs; provided further, that funding shall be expended for children’s advocacy centers and services for child victims of sexual abuse and assault; provided further, that an amount not less than fiscal year 2013 shall be expended on children’s advocacy centers; provided further, that the department may contract with provider agencies for the coordination and management of services, including flex services; provided further, that programs in substantial regulatory and contractual compliance shall receive no less than the same level of funding in fiscal year 2018 as received in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended on the Weymouth Teen Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Rick’s Place of Wilbraham; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended on the Methuen Athletic Improvement Committee’s Methuen Youth Center Committee; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended on the North Andover Youth Center; provided further, that not less than $3,000 shall be expended on Groundwork Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Fragile Beginnings program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Project Newborns Exposed to Substances: Support and Therapy; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Wayside Youth and Family Support Network, Inc. TEMPO program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the planned learning achievement for youth program in the town of Amherst; provided further, that not less than $140,000 shall be expended for Children's Cove: The Cape & Islands Child Advocacy Center; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended for the Children's Advocacy Center of Worcester County; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expanded for Julie’s Family Learning Program, Inc. in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to South Boston en Acción, Inc. for leadership development training, English for speakers of other languages, science, technology, engineering and mathematics and basic computer skills instruction; English-Spanish immersion training and Spanish-English immersion training; 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 $100,000 shall be expended for the Plymouth County Children’s Advocacy Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for The Treehouse Foundation, Inc. of the city of Easthampton for planning to replicate the Intergenerational Treehouse Community model in the MetroWest region; provided further, that funding shall be expended on children’s advocacy centers and services for child victims of sexual assault; and provided further, that not less than $140,000 shall be expended for the Children’s Advocacy Center of  Suffolk County, Inc....................... $289,964,283
4800-0040.. For family preservation, reunification and service coordination; provided, that services shall include family support and stabilization services provided by the department..... $47,642,955
4800-0041.. For 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.............................................. $278,593,375
4800-0058.. For the support of a foster care campaign to recruit new foster parents; provided 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 the results of this campaign not later than March 15, 2018 which shall include: (1) the number of new foster care parents as a result of the foster care campaign, and (2) the methods in which the department is recruiting foster care parents...................................... $250,000
4800-0091.. For the department of children and families, which may expend not more than $2,670,740 in federal reimbursements received under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 670 et. seq. during fiscal year 2018 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; and provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 or any other general or special law to the contrary, federal reimbursements received in excess of $2,670,740 shall be credited to the General Fund................................................... $2,670,740
4800-0151.. For a program to provide alternative overnight non-secure placements for status offenders and nonviolent delinquent youths up to 17 years of age to prevent the inappropriate use of juvenile cells in police stations for such offenders, in compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5601 et. seq.; provided, that the programs that provide the alternative non-secure placements shall collaborate with the appropriate sheriff’s office to provide referrals of those offenders and delinquent youths to any programs within the sheriff’s office designed to positively influence youths or reduce juvenile crime.......................... $509,943
4800-0200 . For 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; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Juvenile Court Mental Health Advocacy Project administered by Health Law Advocates to increase access to mental health treatment for at-risk children and adolescents involved in or diverted from juvenile courts.................... $9,731,116
4800-1100.. For 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 towards achieving a social worker caseload ratio of 15 to 1 statewide; and 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............................................ $236,811,034

5011-0100.. For the operation of the department of mental health.. $27,408,942
5042-5000.. For 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 to fund those services, the commissioner of mental health may allocate funds from the amount appropriated in this item to other departments within the executive office of health and human services; 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; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $3,700,000 for the Massachusetts child psychiatry access project, also known as MCPAP; provided further, that not less than $500,000 of that sum shall be expended for 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 $100,000 of that sum shall be expended to increase capacity for telephonic, face-to-face psychiatric or behavioral health consultations for patients; provided further, that the department shall report, not later than March 1, 2018 to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) an overview of MCPAP care coordination efforts; (ii) the number of psychiatric consultations, face-to-face consultations and referrals made to specialists on behalf of children with behavioral health needs in fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018; and (iii) recommendations to: (a) increase the number of specialists receiving referrals through MCPAP; and (b) improve care coordination efforts to identify specialists available and accepting new child and adolescent patients, with priority to those who exhibit complex conditions and experience long wait lists for specialty psychiatry; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for a loan forgiveness program to increase the number and distribution of mental health professionals treating children and adolescents and who commit to working within geographically underserved areas in Massachusetts; provided further, that the department of mental health shall implement this program according to specific guidelines and criteria as they see fit; provided further, that the program shall require participating mental health professionals treating children and adolescents to commit to working within a geographically underserved area for a minimum of 5 years and accept MassHealth members; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a partnership with the department of early education and care to improve access to early childhood mental health; provided further, that in order to strengthen public access to mental health services for children and adolescents, not less than $1,950,000 shall be expended for: (i) increasing case management services for children and adolescents; (ii) enhancing services for persons ages 16 to 24, inclusive; and (iii) maximizing resources for consultation and training for child and family mental health through increased collaboration with day care centers, schools and community agencies; provided further, that the department shall report on the implementation of clause XVI to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than March 19, 2018 on: (a) the distribution of funds, delineated by initiative; (b) the number of individuals served; (c) the outcomes measured; and (d) recommendations for expanding cost-effective and evidence-based early mental health identification and prevention programming for children and adolescents in fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for YouthConnect in the communities of East Boston; provided further, that the Department shall expend not less than $50,000 for the Children’s Room in Arlington; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention’s services; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Northwestern Juvenile Fire Intervention Response Education and Safety Partnership, Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the Arlington Youth Counseling Center .................... $91,738,321
5046-0000.. For adult mental health and support services; provided, that the department may allocate not more than $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 report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the distribution of funds per adult and child planning population and the types of services received in each region for fiscal year 2018, no later than February 1, 2018; provided further, that the department shall maintain in fiscal year 2018 the same amount of community-based placements in the previous 3 fiscal years; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than the fiscal year  2017 amount on clubhouses in fiscal year 2018 clubhouses; provided further, that funds shall be expended at the same level as the prior fiscal year for jail diversion programs in municipalities that provide equal matching funds from other public or private sources; provided further, that $2,000,000 shall be expended to expand the jail diversion program to include a Crisis Intervention Team; provided further, that the department shall issue a report not later than December 29, 2017, to the house and senate committees on ways and means regarding: (i) number of crisis intervention team and jail diversion efforts; (ii) amount of funding per grant, delineated by city, town or provider; (iii) potential savings achieved; (iv) recommendations for expansion; and (v) outcomes measured; provided further, that the department of mental health and the executive office of elder affairs shall execute an elder mental health interagency service agreement for adult home and community behavioural health services to adults over the age of 60; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for these services; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $250,000 for the assisted outpatient treatment program at Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. 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 court order mandating that the resident receive the treatment described in this program; provided further, that the department, in conjunction with Eliot Community Human Services, Inc., shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than April 2, 2018 on the assisted outpatient treatment  program which shall include baseline and current metrics related to clients served including, but not limited to: (a) behavioral and physical medical diagnosis; (b) status of activities of daily living, including food, shelter and employment; (c) psychiatric hospitalizations; (d) treatment history; and (e) insurance status; provided further, that the report shall include the following: (1) factors that proved successful in treating pilot participants, including practices used and type of staff functions necessary for success in treating pilot participants; (2) identification of issues and practices that present barriers to successful treatment; (3) cost analysis of treatment; (4) plan for creating a sustainable program based on information from the analysis report; and (5) proposal for a sustainable course of funding to implement the program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the interface referral services of William James College, Inc. in Plymouth county; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the International Institute of New England, Inc. for culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health services for immigrants and refugees who have experienced torture and trauma.................. $387,080,579
5046-0006.. For adult mental health community-based placements; provided, that funds shall be used to expand community-based placements for discharge-ready individuals currently in the department’s continuing care facilities; and provided further, that the annualized cost of these placements in fiscal year 2019 shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item.............................. $4,000,000
5046-2000.. For homelessness services............................. $22,727,689
5046-4000.. For the department of mental health, which may expend not more than $125,000 in retained revenues collected from occupancy fees charged to the tenants in the creative housing option in community environments, the CHOICE program under 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
5047-0001.. For emergency service programs and acute inpatient mental health care services; provided, that the department shall require a performance specification to be developed for safe aftercare options for adults upon release from acute inpatient mental health care services; and provided further, that the emergency service programs shall take all reasonable steps to identify and invoice the third-party insurer of all persons serviced by the programs.................. $24,101,834
5055-0000.. For forensic services provided by the department; provided, that funds may be expended for juvenile court clinics....... $9,232,517
5095-0015.. For 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) the 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 of not more than $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 not less than 671 inpatient beds in its system in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that of these 671 beds, 45 beds shall be continuing care inpatient beds on the campus of Taunton State Hospital; provided further, that within the existing appropriation, the department may operate more beds at Taunton State Hospital; 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 the department shall not take action in fiscal year 2018 to reduce the number of state-operated continuing care inpatient beds or other state-operated programs at 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 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, develops a comprehensive long-term use master plan for the campus on or after March 2, 2018, with appropriate community input that is consistent with maintaining publicly-provided mental health services currently delivered on-campus at Taunton State Hospital; 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 Taunton State Hospital; provided further, that the plan shall be consistent with maintaining the campus of Taunton State Hospital as a publicly-run mental health facility and shall not 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 master plan shall be submitted to the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of health and human services, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means..................................................... $205,623,406
5095-1016.. For the department of mental health, which may expend not more than $500,000 in retained revenues collected from occupancy fees charged to the tenants of the state hospitals; provided, that all collected fees 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

5911-1003.. For 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 issue a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 23, 2018 detailing significant expense increases incurred by the department and measures implemented by the department to reduce costs and improve outcomes in programs and services funded by the department; 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; provided further, that $175,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, Inc; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Massachusetts memorial medical center and the University of Massachusetts medical school based on the patient-centered medical home concept.......................................... $67,753,226
5911-2000.. For transportation costs associated with community-based day and work programs; provided, that the department shall provide transportation prioritized by need................................... $22,201,781
5920-2000.. For 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 2017 under item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 133 of the acts of 2016; provided further, that the commissioner of the department 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 not less than 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 2018............................................... $1,164,904,714

5920-2010   For state-operated, community-based residential services for adults, including community-based health services; provided, that not less than $180,000 shall be expended to the town of Cohasset for the completion of an accessible 4-bedroom home for clients of the department of developmental services at the Trettis House, 689-1 site at 72 Elm street in the town of Cohasset  $208,097,398

5920-2025.. For community-based day and work programs and associated transportation costs for adults; provided, that the department shall provide transportation prioritized by need; provided further, that the department shall support individuals with disabilities who transitioned from employment services offered at sheltered workshops to community-based employment as part of the commonwealth’s employment first initiative; provided further, that any public-private partnerships with employers and nonprofits shall encourage the highest level of independence among individuals with disabilities and options to maximize community involvement and participation; provided further, that the department shall issue a report, not later than December 15, 2017, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities regarding: (i) eligible individuals who transitioned to community-based employment in fiscal year 2017 and those projected for fiscal year 2018; and (ii) the number and types of transitions funded by the pilot program since its inception, delineated by year; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Project SEARCH program..... $202,120,152
5920-3000.. For respite services and intensive family supports.... $63,532,818
5920-3010.. For 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 under 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 take all steps necessary to ensure that the waiver program is fully enrolled and eligible children with autism immediately begin to receive services under said waiver; provided further, that the department shall immediately file any waiver amendment necessary to comply with the requirements of this item with the federal 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 no later than January 9, 2018; 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.......... $6,474,349
5920-3020.. For the implementation of chapter 226 of the acts of 2014, including services and supports for individuals with a developmental disability attributable to autism spectrum disorder, Smith-Magenis syndrome or Prader-Willi syndrome; provided, that the department shall submit a quarterly report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) the number of individuals eligible for services; (ii) the number of eligible individuals served; (iii) the type of services provided and cost per service; and (iv) the cost per individual; and provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the commission on autism established pursuant to chapter 226 of the acts of 2014.......................................... $13,338,362
Community First Trust Fund........... 100%
5920-3025.. For funding to support initiatives 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) 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 initiatives included in this item; provided, that not later than March 15, 2018 the department shall report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the status of these initiatives including, but not limited to: (a) the number of participants served by each initiative; (b) the participant outcomes, including impacts on the physical and cognitive health of participants; (c) the cost of each initiative and cost per participant; (d) the implementation plans for these initiatives in fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020; and (e) recommendations for enhancing the care of individuals with developmental disabilities who are aging................................................ $100,000
5920-5000.. For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during fiscal year 2018; provided, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than January 11, 2018 on the use of any funds encumbered or expended from this item including, but not limited to, the number of clients served in each region and the types of services purchased in each region...................................................... $23,102,218
5930-1000.. For 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 (ICF/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 an ICF/IID; provided further, that any client transferred to another ICF/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 ICF/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 not less than 30 days before any transfer for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at an ICF/IID; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before December 18, 2017 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 an ICF/IID............. $103,956,247

7000-9101.. For the operation of the board of library commissioners $1,077,431
7000-9401.. For state aid to regional public libraries; provided, that the board of library commissioners may provide quarterly advances of funds as it deems appropriate for the purposes of clauses (1) and (3) of section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws 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 2018 distribution of funds appropriated in this item, the board of library commissioners shall employ the population figures used to calculate the fiscal year 2017 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 in both eastern and western Massachusetts to serve the residents of those regions; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the library of the commonwealth shall receive not less than 40.7 cents for each resident of the commonwealth.................. $9,982,317
7000-9402.. For the talking book library at the Worcester public library; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester mobile library................................. $491,715
7000-9406.. For the Braille and talking book library in the city known as the town of Watertown, including the operation of the machine lending agency................................................. $2,512,772
7000-9501.. For 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 service 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 2018 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; and 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.......................................... $9,090,000
7000-9506.. For the technology and automated resource sharing networks $2,097,330
7000-9508.. For the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Inc., chartered as the Commonwealth Affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress; provided, that the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Inc. shall continue its work as a public-private partnership.. $200,000

7002-0010.. For 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, that agencies within the executive office may, with the prior approval of the secretary, streamline and improve administrative operations pursuant to interdepartmental service agreements; provided further, that the executive office of housing and economic development, in cooperation with the commonwealth corporation, shall award not less than $300,000 to the New England Center for Arts and Technology, Inc; provided, that $75,000 be expended for The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, Inc. for a pilot program in collaboration with the national Partnership for Young Women’s Progress that will utilize public-private funding and address core structural issues that keep a majority of the nation’s low-income young women from experiencing robust health, economic security, personal safety and the leadership opportunities that their gifts and strengths deserve; provided further,  that $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Greater Gardner Business Incubator Network Inc.’s business incubator in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Lawrence Partnership, Inc. to facilitate public-private economic development collaboration in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended to Valley Venture Mentors, Inc. to establish a collegiate accelerator program that will provide 8 weeks of hands-on, intensive mentoring, education and support; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the town of Georgetown to develop an economic development plan; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Tech Foundry, Inc. in the city of Springfield for training in technology and job placement........................... $2,679,257
7002-0017.. For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of housing and economic development, including the homeless management information system................. $3,078,974
7002-0020.. For a precision manufacturing program administered by the executive office of housing and economic development that provides training to unemployed and underemployed individuals, including veterans; provided, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended 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... $1,525,000
7002-0032.. For a transfer to the Innovation Institute Fund established in section 6A of chapter 40J of the General Laws.......... $1,000,000
7002-0033.. For an international trade and export development program to be administered by the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency to strengthen international economic development and competiveness and promote international trade and the export of products and services from the commonwealth; provided, that the program shall be a statewide resource for international trade and export development, attracting foreign direct investment to the commonwealth for job creation and retention, assisting companies in commonwealth in exporting products and services and expanding the commonwealth’s visibility in the global marketplace; and provided further, that the program shall develop a comprehensive global strategy in conjunction with state agencies, international trade and export development associations, cultural facilities, export businesses and other relevant stakeholders and submit that strategy to the joint committee on export development and the senate and house committees on ways and means not later than July 1, 2018........................ $100,000
7002-0035.. For a reserve to support the commonwealth's defense sector initiatives; provided, that the executive office may allocate funds to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency for this purpose......................................................... $125,000
7002-0036.. For a competitive grant program to work with urban entrepreneurs to promote small businesses, create new jobs and support workforce development and training initiatives in urban communities; provided, that the program shall be administered by the executive office of housing and economic development; and provided further, that funds may be used for planning grants to local housing authorities and municipalities in urban areas to develop new affordable rental or homeownership housing.................................... $500,000
7002-0040.. For a transfer to the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation for the small business technical assistance grant program; provided, that not less than $750,000 shall be disbursed as grants to community development corporations certified under chapter 40H of the General Laws, nonprofit community development financial institutions certified by the United States Department of the Treasury or nonprofit community-based organizations for the purpose of providing technical assistance or training programs to businesses with not more than 20 employees; provided further, that priority shall be given to those organizations that focus on reaching underserved markets; and provided further, that the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation shall submit a report not later than January 4, 2018 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on community development and small businesses............... $750,000
7002-1502.. For the Transformative Development Fund established in section 46 of chapter 23G of the General Laws.......................... $250,000
7002-1508.. For 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 establish programs that provide advice and training from successful, experienced entrepreneurs for startup enterprises and that create a talent pipeline to technology startups and innovation companies; provided, that an entrepreneur and startup mentoring program shall be established, in consultation with the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation established in section 2 of chapter 40G  and doing business as MassVentures, to provide assistance, mentoring and advice to startups and innovation companies by connecting early-stage entrepreneurs, technology startups and small businesses with successful, experienced business enterprises and capital financing; provided further, that funds shall be expended for paid internships for students seeking careers in technology and innovation industries to work with companies competing actively in those fields; provided further, that the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative shall seek private funds necessary to match contributions equal to $1 for every $1 contributed by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative through the internship program; provided further, that as a condition of such grants being awarded, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative shall reach an agreement with the grant recipient on performance measures and indicators that shall be used to evaluate the performance of the grant recipient in carrying out the activities described in the recipient’s application; provided further, that the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative shall file annual reports for the duration of the programs with the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies, no later than June 15, 2018; provided further, that the paid internship program report shall include the number of placements of students in paid internships during the academic year and an analysis of the impact of the program on the ability of its participants to enter the full-time job market in the technology and innovation industries after graduation; provided further, that the entrepreneurship program report shall include an overview of the activities of the programs, the number of participants in the programs and an analysis of the impact of the programs on the success of the participants’ startup business ventures; and provided further, that the funds appropriated in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for these purposes through June 30, 2019......................... $1,550,000
7002-1509.. For the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation doing business as the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative in collaboration with the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center and the Innovation Hub at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and the Venture Development Center at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, established pursuant to item 7007-0932 of section 2 of chapter 123 of the acts of 2006, to offer candidates on nonimmigrant visas the opportunity to remain in the commonwealth to pursue practical training in entrepreneurship.............................. $50,000
7002-1512.. For the Big Data Innovation and Workforce Fund established in section 6H of chapter 40J of the General Laws.................... $500,000

7004-0001.. For the commission on Indian affairs..................... $121,722
7004-0099.. For 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 state 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 notwithstanding any general or special law 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 the applicant or tenant and members of the applicant’s or tenant’s household solely 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 this 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 the 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 housing and community development 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, reassign and reloan 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, 2017, 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 at least annually, the department shall conduct staff trainings which shall include, but not be limited to, changes in laws related to items under the administration of the department of housing and community development; 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 be expended for the Commonwealth Housing Development in Brighton; provided further, not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Town of Sherborn for the preservation of historic documents; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended on the Methuen Arlington Neighborhood, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for infrastructure grants to the town of Clinton; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Homeless Prevention Council of Lower Cape Cod; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended annually for provision of emergency services that provide domestic violence intervention, workforce development, housing assistance, operation of food vouchers, winter coats for kids and holiday dinners operated by Community Action Programs Inter-City, Inc. for the communities specified in item 7004-0099 of section 2 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to World is Our Classroom, Inc. serving the towns of Holyoke, Westfield, Chicopee and Greenfield; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be allocated to the Town of Randolph to be expended on funding operating costs at the Randolph Economic Opportunity Center in the Town of Randolph; 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; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a homeless outreach coordinator for the town of Barnstable; provided further, that the town of Holbrook shall receive not less than the amount appropriated in item 7004-0099 of section 2 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 for a community action grant; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for a caseworker position under the Housing Assistance Corporation to assist residents of Martha’s Vineyard who are homeless or at risk for homelessness; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Family Promise MetroWest Homelessness Response Center; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Craig’s Doors-A Home Association, Inc. in the town of Amherst; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended to the Lower Cape Cod Community Development Corporation to launch an initiative to provide a comprehensive community-based strategy to build public support for affordable housing and equip low-income to moderate-income residents, business and community leaders and local elected and appointed officials with the knowledge and skills to support the creation of more affordable housing in the lower Cape Cod region; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corporation; and provided further, that not less than $160,000 shall be expended to the Raynham Housing Authority for public safety improvements............... $8,158,469
7004-0100.. For the operations of the homeless shelter and services unit, including the compensation of caseworkers and support personnel; provided, that not less than $46,790 shall be expended for the WATCH CDC’s housing clinic; and provided further, that not less than $38,000 shall be expended for a full-time dual-diagnosis clinician at the Community Day Center of Waltham to treat homeless individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues..... $5,090,311
7004-0101.. For 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 2016 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 leaseholder 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, 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 2017; provided further, that the amount saved shall be exempt from otherwise applicable asset limits; provided further, that the family may withdraw the amount placed in savings upon transition to permanent housing or losing eligibility for shelter services; 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 leaseholder, 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 persons 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 eligibility for shelter by an otherwise eligible family shall not be impaired by prior receipt of any nonshelter benefit; 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 before 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 that meets all state and federal safety codes for each 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 shelter based on statements provided by the family 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 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 shelter benefits who are found ineligible for continuing shelter benefits shall be eligible for aid pending a timely appeal under said chapter 23B of the General Laws; 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 no funds shall be expended for costs associated with the homeless management information system; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for personnel or administrative costs; provided further, that the department shall endeavor to convert scattered site units to congregate units and, as allowed by demand, reduce the overall number of shelter beds through the reduction of scattered site units; provided further, that the department shall provide to the senate and house 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 at-fault termination; (5) exits because the household is no longer income eligible; (6) exits through HomeBASE household assistance; and (7) exits to another subsidized housing program; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (a) the number of families transitioned from shelter benefits to affordable, subsidized or otherwise assisted housing through this program; (b) the average, minimum and maximum cost per family of such assistance; (c) the number of families served who required further assistance at a later date; (d) the type of assistance later required and provided; and (e) the current housing stability of each family who received transitional housing or short-term housing assistance within the prior 12 months; provided further, that the report shall also include the following information from the department of children and families: (A) the number of families assessed in the previous quarter; (B) the number of families determined to be at a substantial health and safety risk; (C) the number of families receiving multiple health and safety assessments within the previous 6-month period; and (D) the standards used to determine a substantial health and safety risk; 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; provided further, that not less than $800,000 shall be expended to establish 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; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for Housing Assistance Corporation to assist housing insecure residents in Barnstable and Nantucket counties and in the county of Dukes County; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for transportation benefits for families eligible for services provided under this item and item 7004-0108; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Horizons for Homeless Children; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Portal to Hope servicing Everett, Malden & Medford; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for technical assistance by Homes for Families, Inc................ $155,878,948
7004-0102.. For 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 shelters or who successfully exit shelters; 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; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for costs associated with the homeless management information system; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than quarterly beginning October 2, 2017 on the contracts awarded to service providers; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) each contracted service providers; (ii) the amount of said contracts; (iii) a description of the services to be provided; and (iv) the date upon which each contract was executed; provided further, that programs that currently provide shelter may renegotiate how to use such program’s shelter fund, with the agreement of the department and the host municipality, to provide alternative services proven to be effective, including housing first models, transitional housing and diversion away from shelters; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the United Way of Pioneer Valley on behalf of the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness to facilitate regional coordination and implement Western Massachusetts Opening Doors: An Action Framework to Prevent and End Homelessness; provided further, that no less than $60,000 shall be expended for the basic needs programs for the Friendly House in Worcester; provided further, that $40,000 shall be expended for the Quinsigamond Community Village Center in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for Emmaus, Inc. of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a pilot program in the city of Gloucester, operated by the Grace Center, Inc., to provide and coordinate services for the homeless during those hours when shelter occupancy is not available; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority to coordinate homeless shelters and safety net services in Berkshire county...................................................... $45,770,000
7004-0104.. For 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 not less than $200,000 shall be expended to continue a supportive housing initiative for unaccompanied homeless young adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning; provided further, that Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, Inc. shall be solely responsible for the administration of this program; and provided further, that Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, Inc. shall file a report with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the undersecretary of housing and community development and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than January 4, 2018 on the number of people served, the average cost per participant, the demographics of those served, whether participants have previously received government services and any projected cost-savings in other state-funded programs.................................. $2,040,000

Governor disapproved of the following item, for message see H3828
7004-0106.. For the continued implementation and evaluation of the homeless family preference in private multi-family housing program established by New Lease for Homeless Families, Inc.................. $125,000

7004-0108   For a program of short-term housing assistance to help families eligible for temporary emergency shelter under item 7004-0101 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 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 so long as they meet the requirements of their housing stabilization plan, a family that received household assistance under this item whose income exceeds 50 per cent of area median income 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 shall not be deemed ineligible as a result of any single violation of a self-sufficiency plan; provided further, that the department shall take all steps necessary to enforce regulations to prevent abuse in the short-term housing transition program, including a wage match agreement with the department of revenue; provided further, that a family that was terminated from the program or did not make a good faith effort to follow its housing stabilization plan during the term of its assistance shall be ineligible for benefits under said item 7004-0101 and this item for 12 months from the last date the family received assistance under said item 7004-0101 and this item, 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 persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under the 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.; the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, Inc.; the Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development; the South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc.; the Housing Solutions for Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc.; and RCAP Solutions, Inc.; provided further, that the department shall reallocate financing based on performance-based statistics from under-performing service providers to above average service providers in order to move as many families from hotels, motels or shelters into more sustainable housing; provided further, that the department shall use funds provided for this program for stabilization workers to focus efforts on housing retention and to link households to supports, including job training, education, job search and child care opportunities available and may enter into agreements with other public and private agencies for the provision of such services; provided further, that a stabilization worker shall be assigned to each such household; provided further, that funds shall be used to more rapidly transition families served by the program 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 pursuant to this program to less than the benefit level available on June 30, 2017, 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 will be insufficient to meet projected expenses; provided further, that the department shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include the number of families served, the type of assistance given, the number of families assisted through this program, the average, minimum and maximum cost per family of such assistance, the current housing stability of each family who received assistance within the prior 12 months and any obstacles encountered with the administration of this program; 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 household assistance funds shall be advanced to the administering agencies at the end of each month and before 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; provided further, the department may expend not more than $300,000 under item 7004-0108 on families residing in temporary emergency shelters and family residential treatment or sober living programs under items 4512-0200 and 4513-1130, if such families otherwise meet all eligibility requirements applicable to emergency shelter under item 7004-0101, except that, solely for the purpose of this item, the fact that a family is residing in a temporary emergency domestic violence shelter under item 4513-1130 or in a family residential treatment or sober living program under item 4512-0200 shall not preclude such family from receiving assistance; and provided further, guidance shall be developed by the department in consultation with the department of public health to provide that any unit in such temporary emergency shelter or family residential treatment or sober living program vacated through use of funds under this program has an opportunity to be filled by a family (i) eligible both for emergency shelter under item 7004-0101 and for such domestic violence or family residential treatment or sober living program and (ii) referred to such temporary emergency shelter or family residential treatment or sober living program by the department $30,147,305

7004-3036.. For 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; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item in the AA object class for the compensation of state employees; provided further, that the department shall submit annual reports to the secretary of administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on housing detailing all expenditures of the program, including each regional housing consumer education center, the total number of persons who received information and referral services, the costs for such services rendered per consumer and the identification of consumer issues and trends; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than January 4, 2018 on possible savings and efficiencies that may be realized through the consolidation of said services; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $105,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Springfield housing authority’s Talk/Read/Succeed! program $2,221,992

Governor reduced the following item by $125,000, for message see H3828
7004-3045.. For 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.............. $625,000 $500,000
7004-4314.. For the expenses of a service coordinators program established by the department to assist tenants residing in housing developed pursuant to sections 39 and 40 of chapter 121B of the General Laws $350,401
7004-9005.. For 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 those persons 60 years of age or older as of June 30, 2017 receiving rental assistance from the Massachusetts rental voucher program; provided further, that the department 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 2018 eligible for subsidies under this item shall not cause any annualization that results in an amount exceeding the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that all funds in excess of normal utilities, operations and maintenance costs may be expended for capital repairs; and provided further, that the administration shall make every attempt to direct efforts toward rehabilitating local housing authority family units requiring $10,000 or less in repairs.................. $64,500,000
7004-9007.. For 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; provided, that in conjunction with said duties, funds may be expended on the creation and implementation of an information technology platform for state-aided public housing to be administered by the department........................ $950,000
7004-9024.. For 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 the Massachusetts rental voucher program; provided further, that the income of eligible households shall not exceed 80 per cent of the area median income; provided further, that the department may require that not less than 75 per cent of all new vouchers administered by each administering agency under contract to the department be targeted to households whose income at initial occupancy does not exceed 30 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 the use of a mobile voucher is or has been discontinued, then the mobile voucher shall be reassigned; provided further, that subsidies shall not be reduced due to the cost of inspections; 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 and project-based vouchers so that the appropriation in this item shall not be 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 shall 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 such 12-month contract not later than September 1, 2017 if the participant’s annual eligibility recertification date occurs between June 30, 2017 and September 1, 2017 and otherwise not later than the annual eligibility recertification date; provided further, that any participant who is over the age of 60 years or who is disabled may be exempt from any obligations unsuitable under particular circumstances; provided further, that the department may assist housing authorities at their written request in the immediate implementation of a homeless prevention program utilizing alternative housing resources available to them for low-income families and the elderly by designating participants in the Massachusetts rental voucher program as at risk of displacement by public action through no fault of their own; provided further, that participating local housing authorities may take all steps necessary to enable them to transfer mobile voucher program participants from the Massachusetts rental voucher program into another housing subsidy program; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and joint committee on housing not later than December 15, 2017 on the utilization of rental vouchers during the last 3 fiscal years under this item and item 7004-9030; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number and average value of rental vouchers currently distributed in the commonwealth, in each county and in each municipality; provided further, that the report shall comply with state and federal privacy standards; and provided further, that the department may expend funds from this item for costs related to the completion of the voucher management system..................................... $92,734,677
7004-9030.. For the rental assistance program established in 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 of 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; provided further, that the department shall submit an annual report to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing expenditures, the number of outstanding rental vouchers and the number and types of units leased; and provided further, that the word “rent”, as used in this item, 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.......... $5,000,000
7004-9033.. For rental subsidies to eligible clients of the department of mental health; provided, that the department shall establish the amounts of such subsidies so that payment of the rental subsidies and of any other commitments from this item shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item.............................. $5,548,125
7004-9315.. For 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 not more than $2,369,399 from fees collected under these programs; provided, that funds may be expended for the costs of administering and monitoring the programs, including the costs of personnel, subject to the approval of the undersecretary of the department; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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................................................. $2,369,399
7004-9316.. For 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; provided further, that the amount of financial assistance shall not exceed $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 in said 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 the: (a) number of families who applied for assistance; (b) number of families approved for assistance; (c) minimum, median and average amount of financial assistance awarded; (d) total amount of assistance awarded to date, including a breakdown by income category; and (e) 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; provided further, that up to $2,000,000 may be expended to provide assistance to households of all sizes and configurations including, but not limited to, elders, persons with disabilities and unaccompanied youth; and provided further, that household assistance funds shall be advanced to the administering agencies at the end of each month and before 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............... $15,000,000

7006-0000.. For the office of the director of consumer affairs and business regulation, including expenses of an administrative services unit......................................................... $735,222
7006-0043.. For the office of consumer affairs and business regulation, which may expend not more than $500,000 from fees collected from the registration and renewal of home improvement contractor registrations pursuant to section 11 of chapter 142A of the General Laws for the administration and enforcement of the home improvement contractor registration 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

7006-0010.. For 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...................................................... $18,111,512
7006-0011.. For 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 of not more than $2,350,000 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 nontraditional 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; provided further, that not less than $800,000 shall be expended for housing services and counseling provided by regional housing consumer education centers operated by the regional nonprofit housing authorities; 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................................................. $2,350,000

7006-0020.. For the operation of the division of insurance, including the expenses of the board of appeal on motor vehicle 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 which the division currently regulates pursuant to general or special laws or regulations, except for licensed business entity producers; and provided further, that the assessment shall be in addition to any assessments currently assessed upon those institutions............................... $13,349,218
7006-0029.. For 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 pursuant to chapters 175, 176A, 176B and 176G of the General Laws, as provided in section 7A of chapter 26 of the General Laws........... $1,062,485

7006-0040.. For the operation and administration of the division of professional licensure.............................................. $3,097,238
7006-0142.. For the administration of the office of public safety and inspections at the division of professional licensure, which may expend not more than $12,337,476 in revenues collected from fees or fines for annual elevator inspections, building inspections, amusement park ride inspections, state building code training and courses of instruction, licensing of pipefitters and hoisting equipment operators, all licensing programs administered by the office of public safety and inspections, revenues from fines collected under section 65 of chapter 143 of the General Laws and fees for appeals of civil fines issued under section 22 of chapter 22 of the General Laws and said section 65 of said chapter 143; provided, that funds shall be expended for the administration of the office of public safety and inspections, including, but not limited to: inspectional services, licensing services, the architectural access board, elevator inspections, building inspections and amusement device inspections; provided further, that the division shall file a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2018 detailing the savings incurred by the consolidation of the department of public safety, including the source and total of such savings; 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............... $12,337,476
7006-0151.. For the division of professional licensure which may expend not more than $591,736 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................................................... $591,736

7006-0060.. For the operation of the division of standards........... $551,055
7006-0065.. For the division of standards which may retain not more than $491,923 in revenue from registration fees and fines collected pursuant to 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 notwithstanding said subsection (h) of said section 184D of said chapter 94, the division shall not fund the municipal grant program provided in said subsection (h) of said section 184D of said chapter 94; 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...... $491,923
7006-0066.. For the support of the division of standards’ municipal inspection efforts; provided, that not more than 15 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item may be expended for administrative costs of the division............................................. $160,372
7006-0067.. For the division of standards; provided, that the division may expend not more than $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
7006-0068.. For the division of standards; provided, that the division may expend not more than $320,000 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................................................... $320,000

7006-0071.. For 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 2018 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....... $2,897,394

7007-0150.. For 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......................................................... $300,000
7007-0300.. For 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 not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Food Trust Program established in section 65 of chapter 23A of the General Laws....................................................... $1,544,706
7007-0500.. For the operation and maintenance of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Institute for the commercialization of new, academic-based research and development and raising the scientific awareness of the communities of the commonwealth.......................... $242,500
7007-0800.. For a state matching grant for the small business development center; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item until 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 seminars and for the electronic identification and tracking of federal bid opportunities; 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; provided further, that annual expenditure reports shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a matching grant program to be administered by The Lowell Development and Financial Corporation that shall match program funds to startup companies that have left an incubator or accelerator within the previous 12 months and seek to lease or rent office or laboratory space within the city of Lowell; and provided further, that The Lowell Development and Financial Corporation shall award funds to companies that have secured private matching funds from landlords or other sources to assist in rent or lease payments....................... $1,386,222
7007-0801.. For microlending grants of not more than $100,000 that 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 organizations’ lending and technical assistance activities;................................... $100,000
7007-0952.. For the operation of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation established in 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; provided further, that the corporation shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2018 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; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended for the Lupa Zoo and Game Farm, Inc. in Ludlow; and provided further, that funds may be expended on a matching program to encourage private and corporate donations to support the Franklin Park Zoo and the Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo........................................... $4,350,000
7007-1202.. For the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation established in section 3 of chapter 40J of the General Laws to develop and implement a plan to promote and establish computer science education in public schools as required by section 6I of chapter 40J of the General Laws; provided, that the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation shall seek out matching private funds equal to $1 for every $1 contributed by the corporation; provided further, that a 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, annual goals and progress in achieving those goals; and provided further, that said report shall be published on the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation’s website...... $850,000
7007-1641.. For 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 under 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 $242,500

7008-0900.. For the operation and administration of the office of travel and tourism; provided, that the office shall be the commonwealth’s official and lead agency to facilitate and attract: (i) major sports events and championships; and (ii) motion picture production and development; provided further, that the office shall provide an annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the town of Stoneham to install wayfinding signage to add to the safety and revitalization of the town’s downtown; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to support 11 Massachusetts Visitor Information Centers; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the commemoration of the town of Swansea's 350th Anniversary Celebration; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Old Sturbridge Village in the town of Sturbridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for LuminArtz for public art displays; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended as a grant to the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the repair and maintenance of the Crosby Central Administration Building in the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Plymouth 400, Inc. for the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the United States; provided further, that Plymouth 400, Inc. shall provide a matching amount of not less than $200,000 in private funding; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the secretary of the commonwealth to fund a portion of the costs associated with the Plymouth 400th Anniversary Celebration, which may include new signage from state highway route 3 to the downtown area of the city of Plymouth, distinctive plaques for properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the state register of historic places in the downtown area, the design and printing of a walking tour pamphlet of such properties, the creation of a cell phone walking tour of the historic downtown area, the listing of the Mayflower II on the National Register of Historic Places, additional signage on roadways in and out of the historic downtown area to better locate properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the state register of historic places in the downtown area and the creation of the Plymouth 400 Preservation Grants, a program of small, 50-50 matching grants that meets the United States Secretary of the Interior’s standards for rehabilitation to enhance the appearance of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the state register of historic places in the downtown area for the Plymouth 400th that shall be administered by the Massachusetts historical commission; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Wilbraham Nature and Cultural Council for tourism marketing and advertising purposes; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the operation and regional youth media lab for the New England Public Radio in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended by the city of Peabody for the study of operating a high rail trolley service on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority track running from Peabody square to the Salem depot; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the 100th anniversary of the city of Peabody; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the Peabody Fire and Police Memorial; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Waltham Tourism Council; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the West Medford Community Center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for repairs to the Cape Cod Museum of Art in the town of Dennis; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for repairs to the Cape Playhouse in the town of Dennis; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the Michael Blatus Memorial Gazebo in the town of Dracut; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for programs supporting and promoting cultural heritage diversity, and education in the city of Boston that were in item 7003-0702 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014; 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 $35,000 shall be expended for the Haverhill Inner City Boxing Club, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for public service announcements to be broadcasted during From the Top, Inc’s radio programming; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for Haverhill Downtown Boxing, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Sunderland 300 anniversary; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a one-time grant to the KatyDID foundation, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the St. James food pantry in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Power of Self Education (POSE) Inc. in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the American Legion Post 4 located in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for WHAV radio; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for a one-time grant for the Haverhill fire department; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for YWCA Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended for the implementation of a management information system at the water division in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for handicap accessibility to municipally owned buildings in West Springfield; 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 $5,000 shall be allocated to the Franklin Historical Commission for the purchase of equipment to preserve historical artifacts; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended on the Mansfield Norton Bike Trail in the town of Mansfield; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended as grants for the Bay State Games; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for the Johnny Appleseed Trail Association; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce, Inc. to fund maker space and workforce development; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Western Massachusetts Sports Commission; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the purposes of the operation of the Riverside Theatre Works and $10,000 for the Menino Arts Center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for workforce efforts for proven-risk young adults at UTEC, Inc. in the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the restoration of the Quinebaug Valley Rail Trail in the towns of Dudley and Webster; provided further, that not less than $75,000 be expended for Springfield Performing Arts Development Corporation; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended on infrastructure grants to the city of Beverly; provided further, that not less than $50,000 be expended for the operation of the Eureka program in the Holyoke, Lynn, and Worcester chapters of Girls Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the GAR Hall located in the city of Beverly; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the New England Farm Workers’ Council, Inc; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the historic restoration of the Wright-Holden house located on Wetherbee Street in the town of Acton; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for economic development in the region of Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for safety improvements and restoration of the Westfield Historic Industries Preservation Project operated by Westfield Museum, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for economic development projects in the town of East Brookfield; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for safety improvements and restoration of the Westfield Athenaeum in the city of Westfield; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for funding the West Roxbury Main Streets Parkway Community Pavilion construction project on Centre Street in West Roxbury; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the veterans council of the town of Wareham to host the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall Memorial; provided further, that not less than $30,000 be expended for a Complete Streets project in North Framingham; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a clean energy economic development grant program in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $70,000 be expended for upgrades to the Framingham History Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a feasibility study for the reconfiguration and expansion of the parking lots at the commuter rail station in the town of Sharon; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the restoration of the State Theatre in the town of Stoughton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the AHA! Art, History and Architecture program in the city of Fall River to establish and enhance outreach and educational programs to benefit financially disadvantaged children in the greater Fall River area; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the emergency relocation of the Millville town hall; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the dedication and maintenance of the Senator Thomas P. Kennedy Main Branch Library in the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended as a grant for free community programming in Lynn to Arts After Hours; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Germantown Neighborhood Center in the city of Quincy; 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 $50,000 be expended for improvements to the Fort Devens Military Museum in the town of Devens; provided further, that not less than $15,000 be expended for the Billerica Friends of Music; provided further, that not less than $20,000 be expended for the Billerica Memorial High School Athletic Association; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a matching grant program to the Enrichment Center located in Dorchester; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the site evaluation, design development and construction of a turf field at Oliver Ames High School in the town of Easton; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the office of economic and community development in the city of Methuen for the revitalization of the downtown area; provided further, that not less than $30,000 be expended for the Cogswell School Building in the town of Bradford; provided further, that not less than $5,000 be expended for We The People programs by the Massachusetts Center for Civic Engagement; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a matching grant program to the Lena Park Community Center located in Dorchester; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for Outside the Box in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a matching grant program to No Books No Ball located in Roxbury; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended for youth programs at Dennison Memorial Community Center in New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $87,707 be expended to the National Lancers; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Frederick Douglass House in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended on the 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc. for the AHA! Art, History & Architecture project to establish and enhance outreach and educational programs to benefit financially disadvantaged children in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the New Bedford Festival Theatre; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for production at Zeiterion Performing Arts Theatre in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the repair of the stone wall of the West Wyoming Municipal and Veterans' Cemetery in the city of Melrose; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for main street economic development by Wakefield Main Streets, Inc. in the town of Wakefield; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended on storm water improvements for Beaver Brook at Trapelo Road in the town of Belmont; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Presentation School Foundation Community Center in the Brighton section of the city of Boston for public safety upgrades; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to the Friends of the Brimfield Windmill, Inc. for costs related to the restoration of the Brimfield windmill in the town of Brimfield; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to 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 for the Berkshire County Regional Employment Board, Inc. to support workforce alignment initiatives; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the enhancement of Artists’ Row in the city of Salem; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for updating the Berkshire Blueprint to support comprehensive countywide economic development planning; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for MetroFest; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a signage and wayfinding program in the town of Chelmsford as part of a project to improve the pedestrian, bicycle and public parking areas and the multi-use pathways in Chelmsford center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for building safety improvements to the resting place of American presidents at the United First Parish Church (Unitarian) in the city of Quincy; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the city of Quincy for improvements to the Squantum Point park area which may include costs associated with readying the park and its pier for ferry service and the provision of ferry service; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Framingham Downtown Renaissance, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Franklin Downtown Partnership, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be granted to the Independent Film Society of Boston, Inc. for enhancing cultural tourism; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for Zamir Chorale of Boston, Inc.'s musical and educational organization; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the town of Avon for infrastructure improvements; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Spirit of Springfield, Inc. in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the interactive bilingual operations of the Dr. Seuss Museum in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Stone Soul, Inc. in the city of Springfield for the Stone Soul community festival; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Irish Cultural Center, Inc. of Western New England in the city known as the town of West Springfield; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to fund marketing and the promotion of visitation and tourism in the town of Hull; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the city known as the town of Amesbury; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Early College program administered by Northern Essex Community College; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the city of Newburyport for the purchase, installation and related costs, such as engineering and design work, for a new landfill gas flare system at the Crow Lane landfill in the city of Newburyport; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for community outreach and education for Centro Las Americas Inc.’s Latino Elders Program in the town of Southbridge; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the town of Mendon; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the city of Westfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Thunderbolt Council, Inc. in the city of Westfield; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the town of Milton for public safety and transportation infrastructure improvements; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to New Bedford Historical Society, Inc. for cultural and educational programming to benefit financially disadvantaged children in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the 125th anniversary of the city of Everett’s founding; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 be allocated to the town of Andover for improvements related to the Historic Mill District..... $9,403,337

7008-1300.. For the operation of the Massachusetts international trade office......................................................... $110,338

7003-0100.. For the operation of the executive office of labor and workforce development; provided, that not less than the amount appropriated in item 7003-0100 in section 2 in chapter 133 of the acts of 2016 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; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Office of Employee Involvement and Ownership, housed within a state government agency or state higher education institution selected by the secretary of housing and economic development; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for E Para Todos, the Spanish program of Entrepreneurship for All, Inc., A Nonprofit Corporation in the city of Lawrence, to promote small business, create new jobs and support workforce development and training initiatives in urban communities; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Leadership Pioneer Valley Inc.'s regional leadership development program...................................... $975,048
7003-0150.. For the operation of a demonstration workforce development and supportive services program targeted to individuals transitioning from a house of correction or the department of correction; provided, that program funds shall be used for: (i) job training for former prisoners in order to facilitate job placement; (ii) wage subsidies to facilitate private sector employment and professional development; and (iii) support services and programs for court-involved youths; provided further, that the executive office of labor and workforce development shall take all necessary steps to secure private sector funding for this program; provided further, that the executive office shall coordinate with a local public or private nonprofit university to examine and develop a longitudinal evaluation framework to assess the efficacy and efficiency of the program; and provided further, that the executive office of labor and workforce development shall report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than April 1, 2018 describing the administrative functions of the program, client outcomes and plans for the longitudinal evaluation framework $150,000

7003-0200.. For the operation of the department of labor standards. $3,013,066
7003-0201.. For the department of labor standards; provided, that the department may expend not more than $452,850 received from fees collected 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 6F½ of chapter 149 of the General Laws............................................. $452,850

7003-0900.. For the operation of the department of labor relations. $2,374,663
7003-0902 . For the operation of the Joint Labor Management Committee for Municipal Police and Fire................................ $129,026

7002-0012.. For 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 youth-at-risk and existing year-round employment programs; provided further, that $500,000 of these funds shall be matched by private organizations; provided further, that not less than $50,000 be expended for the development and implementation of the Open Door’s On Your Mark program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for The People’s Academy Inc.; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be allocated to the Methuen/Lawrence Coalition; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be allocated to the Bird Street Community Center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended on the Dorchester Youth Collaborative; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended on Cape Verdean Cultural Center Feasibility Commission; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a grant to the Hyde Square Task Force; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a grant to the Union of Minority Neighborhoods; provided further, that no less than $150,000 shall be expended for a grant program to St. Mary's Center in Dorchester for the operation of workforce development and educational programming for women and girls, and provided further, that funds shall be available for expenditure through September 1, 2018, prior appropriation continued $10,950,000
7002-1075.. For the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund established in section 2WWW of chapter 29 of the General Laws................. $1,000,000
7002-1080.. For the Learn to Earn Initiative to be designed and administered jointly by an interagency workgroup including the executive office of labor and workforce development, executive office of education, executive office of housing and economic development, executive office of health and human services, Massachusetts department of transportation and executive office of public safety and security; provided, that not less than $750,000 shall be transferred to the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund established in section 2WWW of chapter 29 of the General Laws for the purposes of supporting a competitive grant program designed to create talent pipelines for businesses and provide career pathways toward high demand occupations as defined by the executive office of housing and economic development and executive office of labor and workforce development via cohort-based case management and support services for underemployed or unemployed individuals; provided further, that competitive grants shall only be awarded to partnerships of organizations that work with underemployed or unemployed individuals; and provided further, that funding may also be made available to address barriers to obtaining and sustaining employment for job seekers who are underemployed or unemployed and participating in said grant program, including, but not limited to: (i) transportation; and (ii) child care ....................................... $1,000,000
Governor disapproved of the following item, for message see H3828
7003-0606.. For 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............ $1,000,000
7003-0607.. For 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
7003-0803.. For the one-stop career centers........................ $3,960,051
7003-1206.. For the Massachusetts Service Alliance, Inc. to administer state service corps grants and provide training and support to volunteer and service organizations; provided, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the Urban League of Springfield, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Department of Planning and Development in the city of Lowell for the creation of an economic development grant program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended towards workforce efforts at the Pine Street Inn in Boston; provided further, that $125,000 shall be expended for the Moving Ahead Program at the St. Francis House in Boston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to Career Resources Corporation in Haverhill toward employment services for veterans with disabilities; provided further, that not less than $400,000 be expended for the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts; provided, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee; provided further, 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 $50,000 shall be expended to Arlington Community Trabajando Inc. in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $15,000 be expended for La Feria Internacional del Libro, Inc. in the city of Lawrence for the purpose of assisting literacy and promoting reading in the greater Lawrence community through advocacy, programming and the annual Lawrence International Book Festival; and 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........................................................ $3,080,000

7003-0500.. For the operation and administrative expenses of the department of industrial accidents; provided, that the department shall submit a report not later than February 2, 2018 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the scope, objective, and results of grant recipients’ safety training program; 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....................... $19,633,943

7009-1700.. For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of education; provided, that not less than $100,000 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 such children, improve delivery of services and determine the cost savings associated with the early intervention program........ $17,891,649
7009-6379.. For the operation of the office of the secretary of education....................................................... $2,016,937
7009-6400.. For 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 a minimum, for after-school enrichment academies to operate during the spring and summer of 2018; provided further, that applications may also provide for acceleration academies to be held during school vacations or for Saturday sessions during the spring of 2018; provided further, that funds may be set aside for the administration of such programs; provided further, that any new grants awarded from this item in fiscal year 2018 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 2018 as selected in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that grant recipients shall be selected not later than October 3, 2017; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months......................................................... $250,000

7010-0005.. For the operation of the department of elementary and secondary education; provided, that notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws, the department of elementary and secondary education, the department of early education and care, the department of children and families and the disabled persons protection commission may share with each other personal data regarding students who receive services in special education programs approved, licensed, monitored or regulated by the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of early education and care to carry out their respective responsibilities under state and federal law; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Brockton public school district; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for safety upgrades for Hingham public schools; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for a school resource officer at Cohasset public schools; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for a school resource officer at Hull public schools; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for technology upgrades in the Pembroke Public Schools; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for mitigation costs in the Millis public school district; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for the costs associated with technology upgrades for the Dracut Public School District; provided further, that not less than $50,000 be expended for the Hispanic American Library Inc. of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Clarksburg Elementary School; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for classroom safety and security upgrades at the Woodland, Powder Mill and High Schools in the Town of Southwick; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for STEM programming at Madison Park High School in Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purposes of a pilot project to connect organic gardening, outdoor exercise, healthy food, food preparation and elementary school aged children in the greater Northampton area, operated by Grow Food Northampton; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the operation of Camp Pohelo in the town of Tewksbury; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for emergency repairs by the school department in the town of Tewksbury to the North Street elementary school; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for grants to the Adams-Cheshire regional school district for the purpose of offsetting increased costs; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for Rockland public school district for teacher training to develop and support an English language learner program; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for Rockland public school district for teacher training to develop and support Special Education programs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Greater Lawrence Technical School in Andover; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for computer carts at the Amesbury Public Schools in the City of Amesbury; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the implementation of an educational program coordinated by the JFK Library Foundation, that focuses on underserved communities across the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended on Methuen High School for mental health counseling services; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Abington public schools for costs associated with updating curriculum; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to mitigate student overcrowding in Framingham Public Schools; provided further, that not less than the amount appropriated in item 7009-1700 in section 2 of chapter 133 of the acts of 2016 for the town of Ashland shall be expended again in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for repairs and replacement of the roof of the H. Olive Day elementary school in the town of Norfolk; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended in the town of Plainville to update the playground at the Anna Ware Jackson Elementary School; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for North Andover public schools toward sustaining full-day kindergarten; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to establish a school resource officer position for North Attleboro public schools; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Springfield public school district to continue proven, data-supported programming to address the needs of at-risk middle and high school students through mentoring, truancy prevention and other interventions; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for costs associated with technological upgrades for the public school district of the town of Westford; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Wrentham public schools to advance education and awareness of opiate addiction and support in the community.............................. $14,103,767
7010-0012.. For grants to cities, towns and regional school districts for payments of certain costs and related expenses for the program 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 the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc. and Springfield public schools; provided further, that all grant applications submitted to and approved by the department of elementary and secondary education shall include a detailed line item budget specifying how such funds shall be allocated and expended; and provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall submit a report on the impact of the grant program on student outcomes, the expenditure of funds by districts, and the extent to which the services rendered by METCO support the goals of the grant program to the joint committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 1, 2017..... $20,642,582
7010-0020.. For the Bay State Reading Institute, Inc.; provided, that the program shall be administered under contract with Middlesex Community College in collaboration with Framingham State University and Fitchburg State University; and provided further, that the institute shall provide literacy-based intervention in schools and districts, including those at risk of or determined to be underperforming under section 1J and 1K of chapter 69 of the General Laws..................... $339,500

7010-0033.. For a literacy and early literacy grant program including, but not limited to, literacy programs that meet the needs of children with deficits that indicate likely third grade reading failure, including those at risk for dyslexia with a deficit in phonemic awareness, naming speed and letter sound knowledge, favoring programs that meet the federal standard for the essential components of reading instruction contained in 20 U.S.C. 6368(3); provided, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for Reading Recovery; provided further, that programs receiving funding through this item shall provide ongoing evaluation and documentation of outcomes to the department of elementary and secondary education; provided further, that evaluations shall be compared to measurable goals and benchmarks developed by the department of elementary and secondary education; and provided further, that funds shall be expended on programs proven to be effective for students with dyslexia............. $1,696,907
7027-0019.. For 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 pay for the costs of connecting schools and businesses to ensure that students serve productively on the job; provided further, that the program shall partner with the YouthWorks program at the Commonwealth Corporation to develop appropriate connections between the 2 programs; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be provided for a culinary arts program at South Hadley High School to provide vocational training to students; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for More Than Words, Inc. to support its vocational program for system-involved youth; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for The Bottom Line, Inc. to provide college transition and college retention services for low-income or aspiring first-generation college students; provided further, that $35,000 shall be expended for the continued operation of a pilot program at the Blackstone Valley Education Foundation, Inc. to provide collaboration between public school districts and area manufacturers, including by identifying prospective students, offering on-site training sessions and creating a technical skills-oriented curriculum at participating schools; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Triangle, Inc.’s School-to-Career program that connects special education students with disabilities in Greater Boston to careers and their local communities............................................ $3,554,000
7027-1004.. For 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 funds may be expended for the Rethinking Equity and Teaching for English Language Learners initiative or RETELL; provided further, that the department shall, not later than January 17, 2018, provide a report on the number of educators who have received such training since the passage of said chapter 71A, the estimated number who need such additional training, a review and analysis of the most effective types of professional development and the most common gaps in the knowledge base of educators implementing English immersion and teaching English language acquisition, along with legislative or regulatory recommendations of the department; provided further, that said report shall be provided to the secretary of administration and finance, the senate president, the speaker of the house, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education; and provided further, that funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months............................................ $855,494
7028-0031.. For 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; and provided further, that the department of youth services shall continue to collaborate with the department of elementary and secondary education in order to align curriculum at the department of youth services with the statewide curriculum frameworks and to ease the reintegration of youth from facilities at the department of youth services into regular public school settings......................... $7,535,627
7035-0002.. For 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 the provision of such services and that are selected competitively by the department of elementary and secondary education; provided further, that such 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 preference in awarding grants shall be given to organizations providing services to high percentages of parents of infants, toddlers and preschool and school-age children; provided further, that grants shall not be considered an entitlement to a grant recipient; provided further, that the department shall consult with community colleges and other service providers in supporting 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 Casa Dominicana of Lawrence to assist with citizenship, high school equivalency testing, and English as a second language classes for low-income adults; 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; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be allocated to Lawrence Family Development and Education Fund, Inc. to assist in citizenship education, citizenship application assistance, English as second language classes and computer training for low-income adults................................. $29,632,378
7035-0006.. For reimbursements to regional school districts for the transportation of pupils; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth’s obligation shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item....... $61,521,000
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................................ $242,500
7035-0008.. For 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, 2018, a preliminary estimate of the costs eligible for reimbursement under this item in fiscal year 2019; and provided further, that the commonwealth’s obligation shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item.............................................. $8,099,500
7035-0035.. For 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 these funds shall support all of the following program elements for each school: (i) open access to courses; (ii) identifying underserved students and increasing their rates of participation in advanced placement courses; (iii) equipment and supplies for new and expanded advanced placement courses; (iv) support for the costs of advanced placement exams; and (v) support for student study sessions; provided further, that these 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 such program shall provide a matching amount of at least $1,000,000 in private funding for direct support of educators; provided further, that funds shall be disbursed by the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year to cover costs expended between August 1, 2017 and July 31, 2018; provided further, that this program shall work in conjunction with an existing, separately funded, statewide pre-advanced placement program; and provided further, that funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months...................................... $2,592,809
7053-1909.. For 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 National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq, as amended and implementing regulations....................................................... $5,314,176
7053-1925.. For 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 not less than the amount appropriated in item 7053-1925 of section 2 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 shall be expended for a grant with Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger, Inc. 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 such programs for the full summer vacation period and promoting increased participation in such 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 such grant program during the summer of 2018; provided further, that such 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 such grant program; provided further, that the department shall select grantees for the program authorized by this item not later than March 30, 2018; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the universal school breakfast program through which all children in schools receiving funds under the program shall be provided free, nutritious breakfasts; provided further, that subject to regulations by 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 at least 60 per cent  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 15, 2017 and shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the preliminary results of these grants not later than January 5, 2018; provided further, that the department shall partner with the Eos Foundation to offer breakfast in the classroom programming in districts providing free or reduced lunch to at least 60 per cent of the district student population; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a grant for the Chefs in Schools program, operated by Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger, Inc; and provided further, that nothing in the universal school breakfast program shall give rise to legal rights in any party or provide enforceable entitlement to services, prior appropriation continued ............................... $4,666,445
7061-0008.. For 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; provided, that not less than $12,548,162 shall be used to provide transitional relief to school districts and charter schools whose fiscal year 2018 chapter 70 aid and tuition revenue, respectively, are significantly and negatively impacted by the change in low-income enrollment measurement; provided further, that these funds shall be distributed by the department not later than September 1, 2017; and provided further, that the department shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2017 its recommendations for adjustments to the chapter 70 foundation budget calculation for fiscal years 2019 and beyond to improve the accuracy and equity of the low-income component............. $4,746,953,715
7061-0012.. For 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 the expenses of this item shall 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 2017 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, or NIMAS-NIMAC, book repository;  and (ii) for outreach to 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 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 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended in 2004, by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 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 2018 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 which experience increases of greater than 25 per cent from costs reimbursable under said section 5A of said chapter 71B and incurred during fiscal year 2017 to costs reimbursable under said section 5A of said chapter 71B and incurred during fiscal year 2018 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 one-time grants and shall not decrease reimbursements in the following fiscal year; provided further, that the department shall conduct audits of fiscal year 2017 claims; provided further, that if the fiscal year 2017 claims are found to be inaccurate, the department shall recalculate the fiscal year 2018 reimbursement amount and adjust the third and fourth quarter payments to the districts to reflect the new reimbursement amount; provided further, that the department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2018 a preliminary estimate of the costs eligible for reimbursement through this item in fiscal year 2019; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for school districts in which special education costs are more than 25 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 are more than both $1,000,000 and 25 per cent of all tuition and other circuit-breaker eligible costs for placements at approved private schools; and provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for peer-to-peer inclusion programs for students with intellectual disabilities through the Massachusetts chapter of Best Buddies International, Inc........................... $281,231,181
7061-0029.. For 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 2018......................................................... $890,322
7061-0033.. For 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; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be made available to the town of Lincoln to mitigate the costs of educating the children of retired-military families.............. $1,400,000
7061-9010.. For fiscal year 2018 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 2018 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: (i) the per-pupil capital needs component; (ii) the 100 per cent increase reimbursement; and (iii) the 25 per cent increase reimbursements, by year, from most recent to oldest ..................................... $80,500,000
7061-9011.. For 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, applicants shall have received approval of the Innovation School prospectus from the screening committee established pursuant to subsection (h) of said section 92 of said chapter 71; 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 shall have a compelling plan for enhancing its Innovation School plan; provided further, that priority shall be given to schools proposed in level 3 and level 4 districts; and provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Pentucket Regional School District............... $165,000
7061-9200.. For the department’s education data analysis and support for local districts................................................ $520,481
7061-9400.. For 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 students 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 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 2017-2018 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......................... $26,994,275
7061-9401.. For the center for collaborative education; provided, that the center shall manage an alternative assessment pilot program that shall be administered under contract with the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment; and provided further, that the consortium shall develop and pilot a comprehensive system for assessing student and school performance over a period of 3 years and issue an annual report and a final report that includes recommendations to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education and to members of the joint committee on education $200,000
7061-9406.. For a statewide college and career readiness program implemented by JFYNetworks, A Nonprofit Corporation, to reduce the number of remedial developmental courses students are required to take at community colleges; provided, that JFYNetworks, A Nonprofit Corporation, shall (i) maintain the JFYNet college and career readiness program to administer the ACCUPLACER diagnostic and college placement tests in high schools; (ii) provide individualized online instructional curricula to strengthen the skills measured by the tests; and (iii) administer final ACCUPLACER placement tests to measure student progress and program outcomes; provided further, that passing scores shall be reported to community colleges ensuring student placement in credit-earning courses; provided further, that JFYNetworks, A Nonprofit Corporation, shall coordinate with the 15 community colleges to identify not more than 5 high schools per community college that shall send students to the program; and provided further, that JFYNetworks, A Nonprofit Corporation, shall receive not less than the amount appropriated in line item 7061-9404 of section 2 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 for the purposes of providing academic support for students who have not yet earned a competency determination on the MCAS examination......... $700,000
7061-9408.. For targeted intervention to schools and districts at risk of or determined to be underperforming or chronically underperforming under sections 1J and 1K of chapter 69 of the General Laws, including schools and districts which have been placed in levels 3, 4 or 5 of the state’s framework for accountability and assistance pursuant to departmental regulations; provided, that no funds 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 the department shall only approve reform plans with proven, replicable results in improving student performance; provided further, that in carrying out this item, the department may contract with school support specialists, turnaround partners and such other external assistance as necessary 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 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 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 such materials is part of a comprehensive plan to align the school or district curriculum with the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks; provided further, that the department shall issue a report not later than January 9, 2018 describing and analyzing all intervention and targeted assistance efforts funded by this item; provided further, that the report shall be provided to the secretary of administration and finance, the senate president, the speaker of the house, the chairs of the house and senate ways and means committees, and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education; 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 such expenditures from the district’s operational budget; provided further, that for the purposes of this item, appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months;  provided further, that any funds distributed from this item to a city, town or regional school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town or regional school district and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town or regional school district without further appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary; provided further, that the department shall give priority to programs that have the capacity to serve not less than 25 per cent of a district’s middle school population and make available documentation of a minimum of $1 in private sector, local or federal funds for every $1 in state funds; 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 not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a social worker to reduce school violence in Chelsea Public Schools; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a youth case worker to combat youth violence in the city of Everett....................................................... $7,207,165
7061-9412.. For 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 school districts that have submitted qualifying applications that were approved by the department of elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2017 and include a minimum of 300 additional hours on a mandatory basis for all children attending that school or school district; provided further, that in approving expanded learning time implementation grant applications, preference shall be given to districts with high poverty rates or high percentages of students scoring in levels 1 or 2 on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam, districts with proposals that have the greatest potential for districtwide impact, districts that plan to utilize partnerships with community-based organizations and institutions of higher education and 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, including 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 15, 2017; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months...................................................... $13,975,592
7061-9601.. For the department of elementary and secondary education; provided, that the department shall expend not more than $1,746,349 for teacher preparation and certification from fees related to such services; 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................................ $1,746,349
7061-9611.. For 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 students served by the funds; provided further, that funds shall be expended for services that actively include children with disabilities in after-school programs that also serve non-disabled children and services that include children for whom English is a second language; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall consult with the executive office of health and human services and the department of early education and care to maximize the provision of wrap-around services and to coordinate programs and services for children and youth during after-school and out-of-school time programs; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall select grant recipients not later than September 29, 2017 and shall report on the preliminary results of said grants not later than January 11, 2018 to the secretary of administration and finance, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that for the purpose of this item, appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months; 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 and community partnerships; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be appropriated to Homework House of Holyoke; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Youth Court programs of New Bedford and Fall River to support juvenile diversion programs based on the principles of peer-lead restorative justice; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the department of community services in the city of New Bedford to establish an after-school STEAM Design Academy for Girls pilot program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Bird Street Community Center in Boston; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for Steps to Success, Inc. in the town of Brookline; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Hoops and Homework to provide academic and enrichment services for youth in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Resiliency for Life program to support academic intervention and dropout prevention; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the Yes We Care Teen Leadership Torch Training program; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for Scholar Athletes, Inc. for its athletic and professional training programming; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Recreation Worcester program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Youth and Family Enrichment Services, Inc. to provide after-school academic enrichment for area youth; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a 1-time grant program to be administered by the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc. in collaboration with a youth development committee consisting of Dennison Memorial Community Center, Inc., Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford, Inc., Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Inc., People Acting in Community Endeavors, Inc., the Community Economic Development Center in New Bedford and the Women’s Center in New Bedford, to provide access to youth development and arts and cultural programming for financially disadvantaged youth in the city of New Bedford, with possible applicants to include nonprofit organizations in the city of New Bedford whose mission is to promote youth literacy, development and access to arts and cultural opportunities; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for Community Boating Center, Inc. of New Bedford for programming for financially disadvantaged children in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be used for a new grant to increase access to quality afterschool or summer learning programs for school-age children and youth; 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, 2018; and provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be allocated to Beyond Soccer, Inc. to provide innovative health, athletic and leadership programming for low-income youth in the city of Lawrence............................................ $3,525,000
7061-9612.. For the implementation of subsection (f) of section 1P of chapter 69 of the General Laws to create safe and supportive school environments; provided, that funds shall be expended for the safe and supportive schools grant program and for a full-time staff member devoted to carrying out the responsibilities as provided in said subsection (f) of said section 1P of said chapter 69; provided further, that funds shall be expended for statewide and regional conferences, expert technological assistance in upgrading the usability of the online self-assessment tool and an evaluation of the grant program; provided further, that grants shall be awarded to school and school district teams that create school-wide action plans based on all the elements of the safe and supportive schools framework and self-assessment tool; provided further, that grant awards shall be allocated by the department to schools and school districts by November 1, 2017; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended in order to leverage preexisting investments and establish an infrastructure to facilitate coordination of school and community based resources, including but not limited to social services, youth development, health and mental health resources; provided further that the safe and supportive schools commission shall make recommendations to the board of elementary and secondary education regarding ways to include in the self-assessment tool and framework principles of effective practice for integrating student supports not later than December 31, 2017; provided further, that districts shall create district plans that support recipient schools; and provided further, that any unexpended funds in this item shall not revert but shall be made available for the purposes of this item until June 30, 2019............ $500,000
7061-9619.. For the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology; provided, that the institute shall have access to the Massachusetts education computer system; and provided further, that the institute may join the state buying consortium.............................................. $1
7061-9624.. For 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 the 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; and provided further, that the academy shall file a report with the joint committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than January 26, 2018 detailing the professional development activities................................. $1,400,000
7061-9626.. For grants and contracts with youth-build programs to provide comprehensive youth-build services..................... $1,750,000
7061-9634.. For 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 these 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 16, 2018, 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......................................................... $475,000
7061-9810.. For regional bonus aid under subsection (g) of section 16D of chapter 71 of the General Laws.................................... $56,920
7061-9812.. For 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

7066-0000.. For the operation of the department of higher education; provided, that the department shall recommend savings proposals that permit public institutions of higher education to achieve administrative and program cost reductions, resource reallocation and program reassessment and to utilize resources otherwise available to such 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 not more than the amount appropriated in this item; 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 the program; provided further, that funding may be expended for a feasibility study of a new campus located in the town of Framingham; 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 community 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 funds shall be expended for the training resources and internship networks (TRAIN) grant program established under section 179 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2015; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for monthly stipends for participants in the program; provided further, that not more than $100,000 shall be expended for administrative costs for the program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 be expended for costs related to relocation and modernization of equipment for the automotive technology center at Mount Wachusett Community College in the city of Fitchburg; provided further, that an amount not less than $75,000 shall be expended to implement an automotive repair technician training and job placement program established pursuant to section 57 of chapter 74 of the General Laws; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the office of trustee relations........................ $3,976,583
7066-0009.. For the New England Board of Higher Education............ $367,500
7066-0016.. For a program of financial aid to support the matriculation at public and private institutions of higher education of 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; provided, that no such person shall be required to remain in the custody of the department beyond age 18 to qualify for such aid; provided further, that this aid shall not exceed $6,000 per recipient per year; and provided further, that this aid shall only be granted after exhausting all other sources of financial support ....................................................... $1,075,299
7066-0019.. For the department of higher education to support the dual enrollment program allowing qualified high school students to take college courses; provided, that public institutions of higher education may offer courses in high schools in addition to courses offered at the institutions or online if the number of students is sufficient......................................................... $970,000
7066-0020.. For 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...... $194,000
7066-0021.. For reimbursement to public institutions of higher education for foster and adopted child 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 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.............................. $4,530,949
7066-0025.. For the Performance Management Set Aside incentive program for the University of Massachusetts, the state universities and the community colleges; provided, that these funds shall be distributed by the commissioner of higher education to public institutions of higher education through a competitive grant process based on priorities determined by the board of higher education in pursuit of operational efficiency and strategic goals; provided further, that priorities may include support of workforce programs that train students for high-quality employment and for outreach programs that engage surrounding communities with high-quality educational programs; provided further, that the department of higher education shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2018 detailing campuses receiving funds through this item and the criteria used to award funds; and provided further, that funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months ....................................................... $2,550,000
7066-0036.. For science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Starter Academy programs to be implemented through the department of higher education at 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 four-year degree programs; provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months; 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 no later than September 28, 2018 ....... $4,250,000
7066-0040.. For 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 to the department of higher education 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, 2018, an evaluation of the program and its impact on student achievement, particularly as it relates to closing achievement gaps; provided further, that not less than $135,000 shall be expended for the implementation of a gang to college pilot program to serve gang-involved youth from high-crime areas in the city of Boston enrolled in college pathway programs; provided further, that the funds shall be matched 2 to 1 by private funds; and provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months...... $377,500
7066-1221.. For the administration of the community college workforce grant advisory committee; provided, that funding shall be expended on the community college workforce training incentive grant program established in section 15F of chapter 15A of the General Laws $750,000
7066-9600.. For 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 students with disabilities, as defined in section 1 of chapter 71B of the General Laws, who are between 18 and 22 years of age, inclusive; provided, that the grant program shall be limited to students who are considered to have severe disabilities and, in the case of students age 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 noncredit and credit-bearing courses in audit status for students who may not meet course prerequisites and requirements; provided further, that the partnering school districts shall provide supports, services and accommodations necessary to facilitate a student’s enrollment; provided further, that the department of higher 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 department of higher education shall develop strategies and procedures to help sustain and replicate the existing inclusive concurrent enrollment programs initiated through the grant program including, but not limited to: (i) providing funds to retain employment specialists; (ii) assisting students in meeting integrated competitive employment and other transition-related goals; (iii) adopting 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 evaluations and research to further identify student outcomes and best practices; provided further, that the department of higher education shall develop a mechanism to encourage existing and new partnerships to expand the capacity to respond to individual parents 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 department of higher education shall maintain the position of inclusive concurrent enrollment coordinator who will be responsible for administering the grant program, coordinating the advisory committee, developing new partnerships, assisting existing partnerships in creating self-sustaining models and overseeing the development of videos and informational materials as well as evaluation and research through the institute for community inclusion to assist new colleges and school districts; provided further, that the department of higher education shall select grant recipients not later than July 18, 2017; provided further, that the department of higher education, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education, shall report on student outcomes to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education and the joint committee on higher education on the discretionary grant program not later than January 31, 2018; and provided further, that for the purpose of this item, appropriated funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months........ $1,381,916
7070-0065.. For 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 follow adopted guidelines governing the eligibility for and the awarding of financial assistance; 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 2017; and provided further, that not less than $254,000 shall be made available to provide financial assistance for residents of the commonwealth enrolled at public higher education institutions to participate in the Massachusetts initiative with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.......... $95,853,324
7070-0066.. For a scholarship program to provide financial assistance to students from the commonwealth who are enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education at the University of Massachusetts, state universities or community colleges designated by the board of higher education to be a training program for an in-demand profession as defined by the executive office of labor and workforce development’s study on labor market conditions; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on the administration of the scholarship program; and provided further, that the commissioner of higher education, in coordination with the Massachusetts state scholarship office, shall adopt guidelines governing the eligibility for and the awarding of financial assistance..................................... $500,000
7077-0023.. For 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 funds from this item may support collaborative arrangements which may include teaching partnerships, articulation agreements or both with community colleges and vocational technical schools that offer veterinary technician programs, veterinary health care programs or both approved by the board of higher education; provided further, that the school may work in consultation with the Norfolk county agricultural high school on veterinary programs; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall support bioterrorism prevention research conducted in consultation with emergency authorities in the commonwealth relative to diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans...................................... $5,000,000
7518-0120.. For state university and community college efficiency efforts through the PACE initiative...................................... $100,000
7520-0424.. For a health and welfare reserve for eligible personnel employed at the community colleges and state universities.......... $5,317,214

7100-0200.. For 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 the University of Massachusetts shall expend funds for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Cranberry Station; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be made available for renovations and improvements to the UMASS Marine Station Gloucester; provided further, that the University of Massachusetts shall expend funds for the operation of the Massachusetts office of public collaboration at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, for capital lease payments from the University of Massachusetts to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency and for annual operations of the advanced technology and manufacturing center in Fall River; and 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 university’s Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses..................................................... $513,545,371
7100-0700.. For the operation of the community mediation center grant program administered by the office of public collaboration at the University of Massachusetts at Boston pursuant to section 47 of chapter 75 of the General Laws......................................... $750,000
7100-0801.. For the Innovation Commercialization Seed Fund established in section 45B of chapter 75 of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended as a 1-time grant to Lever, Inc. in the city of North Adams to  support regional economic development and entrepreneurship programming in western Massachusetts.... $125,000
7100-0901.. For the Innovation Voucher Program Fund established in section 45C of chapter 75 of the General Laws......................... $2,000,000

7109-0100.. For Bridgewater State University...................... $44,027,968
7110-0100.. For Fitchburg State University........................ $29,400,755
7112-0100.. For Framingham State University....................... $28,113,495
7113-0100.. For the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts......... $16,319,534
7113-0101.. For the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center at Gallery 51 in the city of North Adams to be administered by the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.............................................. $75,000
7114-0100.. For Salem State University............................ $44,444,281
7115-0100.. For Westfield State University........................ $27,094,027
7116-0100.. For Worcester State University........................ $26,632,372
7117-0100.. For the Massachusetts College of Art.................. $18,078,201
7118-0100.. For the Massachusetts Maritime Academy................ $16,358,059

7502-0100.. For Berkshire Community College....................... $10,978,177
7503-0100.. For Bristol Community College; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be made available for the operation of the Veteran Educational Services Center located at Bristol Community College.. $20,940,813
7504-0100.. For Cape Cod Community College........................ $12,311,578
7505-0100.. For Greenfield Community College; provided, that not less than $75,000 shall be made available for the operation of a Farm and Food Systems pilot program and Teaching Garden at Greenfield Community College .............................................. $10,537,985
7506-0100.. For Holyoke Community College......................... $20,208,907
7507-0100.. For Massachusetts Bay Community College............... $16,118,987
7508-0100.. For Massasoit Community College....................... $21,174,138
7509-0100.. For Mount Wachusett Community College; provided, that not less than $150,000 shall be made available for advanced manufacturing and technology training programs at the Mount Wachusett Community College Devens campus......................................... $14,710,111
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
7510-0100.. For Northern Essex Community College.................. $19,725,822
7510-0200.. For Northern Essex Community College Expansion Programs $1,000,000
7511-0100.. For North Shore Community College; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be made available for the development and implementation of the Ability to Benefit pilot program, a career pathway program that partners Wellspring House, Inc. with North Shore Community College to integrate adult basic education with college-level coursework...................................... $21,618,575
7512-0100.. For Quinsigamond Community College.................... $20,772,130
7514-0100.. For Springfield Technical Community College........... $25,262,046
7515-0100.. For Roxbury Community College......................... $10,623,766
7515-0120.. For the operation of the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College................................ $900,000
7515-0121.. For 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, other special athletic events, conferences, meetings and programs; provided further, that only expenses for contracted services associated with these events, event staff, utilities and for the capital needs of the facility 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 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
7516-0100.. For Middlesex Community College....................... $23,462,816
7518-0100.. For Bunker Hill Community College..................... $25,947,933

8000-0038.. For the operation of a witness protection program under chapter 263A of the General Laws...................................... $250,000
8000-0070.. For 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
8000-0202.. For the purchase and distribution of sexual assault evidence collection kits........................................... $86,012
8000-0600.. For 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 local police departments, sheriffs’ offices, the department of state police, the department of correction and other state agencies, authorities and educational institutions with law enforcement functions as determined by the secretary that receive funds for the cost of the replacement of bulletproof vests through the office of the secretary may expend without further appropriation these funds to purchase additional vests in the fiscal year in which they receive the reimbursements; provided further, that the office of the secretary shall conduct or solicit proposals for a university or nonprofit to conduct an analysis of firearms trace data collected under section 131Q of chapter 140 of the General Laws and non-identifying gun sales transaction data held by the firearms records bureau; provided further, that the analysis shall determine: (i) the effectiveness of current reporting mechanisms for lost and stolen guns, including by identifying the number of guns traced to crime that were determined to have been lost or stolen and, of these, how many were reported lost or stolen prior to their use in the commission of a crime; and (ii) firearm purchase and sales patterns as they relate to firearms traced to crime, including an analysis of the number of guns traced to a crime that were originally purchased from each licensed gun dealer in the commonwealth or purchased through a secondary private seller; provided further, that the results of the analysis shall be compiled and reported to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and the colonel of the state police not later than February 1, 2018; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Sudbury; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Pembroke; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Waltham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Watertown; provided, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for ShotSpotter technology in Pittsfield; provided further, that not less than $68,000 shall be expended for Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. in Springfield for community mediation services in Hampden County;  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Dudley;  provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to police department’s behavioral health unit in Lynn; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for 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 State highway route 6 from the rotary in the town of Orleans to the town of Provincetown from May 26 to October 9; provided further, that not less than $129,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Needham;  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the replacement of the Richardson Street Broadcast Tower for the town of Uxbridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the police and fire departments in Littleton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Grafton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Fitchburg; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Southborough; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements in Braintree;  provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a mobile command center in Dartmouth; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Black Men of Greater Springfield, Inc. to implement the W.E.B DuBois Academy Saturday School, W.E.B DuBois Academy Summer Camping Program, and the unity grants program in Springfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the planning, development and design of a public safety building in the town of Ashland; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the town of Dover to modernize Emergency Operations Management established pursuant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Comprehensive Emergency Operations Plan; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a nonprofit security grant pilot program to provide support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack and are ineligible for the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program based on their location; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the repair and construction of a bridge to allow handicapped access and for the installation of a fish ladder at Herring Run park in the town of Pembroke; provided further, that not less than $27,000 shall be expended to the town of Upton for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $54,000 shall be expended for public safety improvements for the Millbury public school district; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the city of Worcester for public safety operations; provided further, that not less than $9,000 shall be expended to the town of Northbridge for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the town of Auburn for public safety improvements; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a feasibility and design study for a new public safety building in the town of Mendon; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the police department in the town of Townsend for new radio systems; provided further, that $60,000 shall be expended for an emergency generator in the town of Southampton; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for repairs and improvements to the public works complex in the town of Tolland; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Dracut for communications tower replacement for Marsh Hill........ $4,415,464
8000-1001.. For the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, or BRIC, to upgrade, expand and integrate technology and protocols related to antiterrorism, anticrime, anti-gang and emergency response; provided, that intelligence developed shall be shared with the BRIC communities and other state, municipal and federal agencies as necessary; and provided further, that the BRIC shall provide technology required to access the intelligence with its municipal partners, the department of state police, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Massachusetts Port Authority and appropriate federal agencies to assure maximum interagency collaboration for public safety and homeland security........................................ $850,000
8000-1700.. For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of public safety and security........ $16,682,639

8000-0105.. For 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, 2018, detailing the caseload of the office including, but not limited to: (i) the current caseload of the office and the caseload for fiscal year 2017; (ii) the number of procedures performed in fiscal year 2017; (iii) current turnaround time and backlogs; (iv) the current response time to scenes; (v) the number of cases completed in fiscal year 2017; (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....................................................... $9,673,380
8000-0122.. For the office of the chief medical examiner, which may expend for its operations not more than $3,068,761 in retained 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 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................................ $3,068,761

8000-0110.. For 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 qualifying applicants for state-assisted housing....................................................... $1,422,234
8000-0111.. For 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 not more than $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 pursuant to said section 172A of said chapter 6; provided further, that the commissioner of criminal justice information services may make funds from this item available for a competitive grant process to provide such 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, 2019........... $3,500,000

8000-0125.. For 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............ $4,138,153

8100-0006.. For private police details; provided, that the department may expend up to $31,250,000 in revenues collected from fees charged for private police details and for the costs of administering such details; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 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................................................ $31,250,000
8100-0012.. For the department of state police, which may expend for the costs of security services provided by state police officers, including overtime and administrative costs, not more than $2,200,000  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................ $2,200,000
8100-0018.. For the department of state police which may expend not more than $3,080,000 for certain police activities provided under agreements authorized in this item; provided, that for fiscal year 2018, 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 under 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 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................................ $3,080,000
8100-0111.. For 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 such 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 government 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 such grant funds; provided further, that such grant funds shall be considered 1-time grants awarded to public agencies and shall not annualize into fiscal year 2019 or subsequent years; provided further, that administrative costs for successful grant applications shall not exceed 4 per cent of the value of the grant; provided further, that no grant funds 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 fund program not later than August 15, 2017; provided further, that grant funds shall be made available to applicants not later than December 15, 2017; 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 after the distribution of the grant funds.................................................. $6,000,000
8100-0515.. For the expenses of hiring, equipping and training state police recruits to maintain the strength of the state police.. $2,860,000
Public Safety Training Fund.......... 100%
8100-1001.. For 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 less 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 funds shall be expended from this item for the administration and operation of an automated fingerprint identification system and for the motor carrier safety assistance program; provided further, that not less than 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; 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; provided further, that there shall be an investigation and study of traffic details worked by the department of state police in calendar year 2017, including troops A, B, C, D, E, F and H, over the last year, which shall detail, on a monthly basis: the total number of hours worked on traffic details by state police officers; the total amount paid to state police officers for traffic details; the standard hourly rates for traffic details done by state police officers; and the city or town in which traffic details are performed by state police officers; provided further, that the department shall submit the results of said investigation and study to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than January 31, 2018; provided further, that not less than $1,030,000 shall be expended for the payroll costs of the state police directed patrols; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for Troop A to conduct mounted, directed patrols throughout Revere Beach, the Lynn Fells and the Middlesex Fells Reservation Park among other identified areas; provided further, that subject to appropriation communities receiving funds for directed patrols in fiscal year 2008 shall receive an equal disbursement of funds in proportion to the current appropriation in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that funds shall be expended for directed patrols at Constitution Beach in East Boston; provided further, that not less than $95,000 shall be expended for additional patrols for the summer season at Wollaston Beach and Furnace Brook Parkway in Quincy; and provided further, the department shall execute a service contract with University of Massachusetts memorial emergency medical services for not more than $60,000 for emergency and tactical medical support services............................................. $281,420,645

8100-1004.. For 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 by 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; provided further, that the first such report shall be filed not later than October 2, 2017 and 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...... $18,093,267
8100-1005.. For 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......................................................... $393,673

8200-0200.. For the operation of veteran, reserve and in-service training programs conducted by the municipal police training committee; provided, that under no circumstances shall any expenditures authorized by this item be charged to item 8200-0222;  provided further, that no expenditures shall be made, on or after the effective date of this act, which would cause the commonwealth’s obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; and provided further, that no less than $50,000 be provided for to the town of Boylston for hosting a municipal police training academy...................... $4,837,750
General Fund.......................... 68%
Public Safety Training Fund........... 32%
8200-0222.. For the municipal police training committee which may collect and expend not more than $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, 2017; 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; and (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 2017 and 2018; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than January 4, 2018;  and provided further, that for the purpose 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

8324-0000.. For 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 nonmunicipal fire training and expenses of the council; provided, that the fire training program shall use the split days option; provided further, that not more than 10 per cent of the amount designated for the arson prevention program shall be expended for the administrative cost of the program; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item for the operation of the hazardous materials emergency response program and the associated fringe benefits costs of personnel paid from this item for these purposes shall be assessed upon insurance companies writing commercial multiple peril, nonliability portion policies on property 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 the amount allocated for hazardous material response teams in item 8324-0000 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008 shall be allocated to each program in fiscal year 2018 and shall not be reduced by more than 57 per cent; provided further, that $100,000 shall be allocated by the department for critical incident stress management; provided further, that $400,000 shall be allocated by the department for On-Site Academy for critical incident stress management services; provided further, that $200,000 shall be allocated by the department for On-Site Academy to provide training and treatment programs for correction officers for critical incident stress management; provided further, that the amount allocated for 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 2018; provided further, that the amount allocated for the Norfolk county regional fire and rescue dispatch center in item 8324-0000 of said section 2 of said chapter 182 shall be allocated in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that $1,200,000 shall be allocated by the department for the student awareness fire education program; 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; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Barnstable County Fire and Rescue Training Academy; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the fire department of the city of Lynn to update the department’s uniform sanitizing equipment and machinery; provided further, that $50,000 shall be provided for the city of Quincy’s fire department hazardous materials response team; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Fire Chiefs’ Association of Plymouth County, Inc. to develop and upgrade the emergency radio communications system in Plymouth county; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Millis for improvements to the wiring and communications abilities of the police and fire departments of the town $24,541,413
8324-0304.. For the department of fire services; provided, that the department may expend for enforcement and training not more than $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
8324-0500.. For the department of fire services, which may expend not more than $2,000,000 in revenues collected from fees for 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................................................. $2,000,000

8700-0001.. For 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 the division may expend funds appropriated in this item for the administration of budgetary, procurement, fiscal, human resources, payroll and other administrative services; provided further, that the adjutant general shall maintain a roster of Massachusetts veterans as directed by section 15 of chapter 33 of the General Laws; and provided further, that not less than $35,000 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....... $9,691,590
8700-1140.. For the military division, which may expend for the costs of national guard missions and division operations not more than $600,000 from fees charged for the nonmilitary 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 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
8700-1150.. For 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 before 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; and 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...................................... $3,637,500
8700-1160.. For life insurance premiums under section 88B of chapter 33 of the General Laws........................................... $1,175,964

8800-0001.. For 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..... $975,832
8800-0100.. For 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 such assessments among such licensees; and provided further, that such assessments shall be paid during the current fiscal year as provided by the department................ $488,069
8800-0500.. For the Massachusetts emergency management agency which may collect and expend not more than $200,000 to provide emergency management 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 ................................. $200,000

8900-0001.. For 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 not later than January 3, 2018 on 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, the department shall submit quarterly reports, utilizing standardized reporting definitions developed mutually with the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association 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 not later than 30 days following the last day of the quarter; provided further, that the first such report shall be due not later than July 2, 2017; provided further, that the department shall also report, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association and the department, on fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 total costs per inmate by facility and security level not later than October 2, 2017; provided further, that the department shall submit biannual reports to the joint committee on the judiciary, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the use of solitary confinement, also known as segregation, in state prisons; provided further, that 1 of the reports shall cover the period from July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, inclusive, and 1 of the reports shall cover the period from January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018, inclusive; provided further, that such reports shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of prisoners subject to solitary confinement; (ii) the length of time spent in solitary confinement; (iii) the number of prisoners with serious mental illness subject to solitary confinement; (iv) the number of prisoners 21 years of age or younger subject to solitary confinement; (v) the number of prisoners subjected to multiple stays in solitary confinement in a given reporting period; (vi) the number of prisoners released directly into the community from solitary confinement or released into the community not more than 30 days after having been in solitary confinement; and (vii) the rate of recidivism for individuals that were subject to solitary confinement; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than $2,200,000  for municipalities hosting department of correction facilities; provided further, that of that $2,200,000 no municipality hosting a department of correction facility shall receive more than $800,000; provided further, that of that $2,200,000, no municipality 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; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the Dismas House in Worcester; provided further, that the department of correction shall expend $125,000 for monitoring the efficacy of service delivery reforms at Bridgewater state hospital by the Disability Law Center, Inc.; and provided further, that the Disability Law Center, Inc. shall report on the impact of these reforms on the patients at Bridgewater state hospital to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery, the joint committee on the judiciary and the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than every 6 months....... $615,454,903
8900-0002.. For the operation of the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center................................................. $9,750,000
8900-0010.. For 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 certify to the comptroller the amounts to be transferred from the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, established under section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws to the department of correction revenue source....................................................... $4,255,192
8900-0011.. For the prison industries and farm services program, which may expend for the operation of the program not more than $6,600,000 from revenues collected from the sale of products, for materials, supplies, equipment, maintenance of facilities and compensation of employees; provided, that the commissioner of correction may allocate year-end net profits to the cost of the drug, substance abuse and rehabilitative programming; 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.... $6,600,000
8900-0050.. For 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
8900-1100.. For re-entry programs at the department of correction that are 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 17, 2018 on reentry programming at the department of correction; provided further, that the report shall include information on the type of programs provided and the recidivism rate of the offenders who successfully completed the programs; and provided further, that no less than $125,000 shall be expended for the automotive repair technician training and job placement program administered by the department of correction................................. $375,000

8950-0001.. For the operation of the parole board................. $15,508,501
8950-0002.. For the victim and witness assistance program under chapter 258B of the General Laws......................................... $214,421
8950-0008.. For the operation of the parole board’s sex offender management program and the supervision of high-risk offenders; provided, that the parole board shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2018, which shall include, but not be limited to, the number of parolees participating in the program and the reincarceration 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 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

8910-0102.. For 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 15, 2017.......................... $72,046,553
8910-1000.. For the Hampden sheriff’s office, which may expend for the operation of a prison industries program not more than $2,981,268 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................................................. $2,981,268
8910-1010.. For the operation 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; 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 Hampden sheriff’s office, in conjunction with the department of correction and the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, 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 of 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 2018 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 15, 2018; and provided further, that the department of mental health shall maintain the monitoring and quality review functions of the unit........................... $1,087,493
8910-1020.. For costs related to department of correction inmates with not more than 2 years of their sentences remaining who have been transferred to the Hampden sheriff’s office.......................... $542,605
8910-1030.. For the operation of the Western Massachusetts Regional Women’s Correctional Center.................................... $3,463,321

8910-0105.. For 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 15, 2017.......................... $46,374,644

8910-0107.. For 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 15, 2017; and provided further, that the sheriff’s office shall expend not less than $250,000 for the first year of a 4-year pilot program to establish a county restoration center overseen by the Middlesex county restoration center commission to divert persons suffering from mental illness or substance use disorder who interact with law enforcement or the court system during a pre-arrest investigation or the pre-adjudication process from lock-up facilities and hospital emergency departments to appropriate treatment............................................. $68,275,072
8910-1100.. For the Middlesex sheriff’s office, which may expend for the operation of a prison industries program not more than $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
8910-1101.. For the operation 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; provided, that the unit shall be located in Middlesex county to serve the needs of incarcerated persons in the care of the counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes County, Essex, Nantucket, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk; 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 Middlesex sheriff’s office, in conjunction with the department of correction and the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, 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 of 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 2018 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 15, 2018; and provided further, that the department of mental health shall maintain the monitoring and quality review functions of the unit............................. $887,144

8910-0110.. For 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 15, 2017; and provided further, that not less than $186,952 shall be expended on the Bridge to the Future project...................................................... $14,165,464
8910-1112.. For the Hampshire sheriff’s office, which may expend for the operation of the Hampshire county regional lockup at the Hampshire county jail not more than $167,352 in revenue; provided, that the office 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.................. $167,352

8910-0145.. For 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 15, 2017.......................... $17,813,281
8910-0445.. For the Berkshire sheriff’s office, which may expend not more than $400,000 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 sheriff’s 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.................. $400,000
8910-0446.. For the Berkshire sheriff’s office, which may expend not more than $300,000 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...... $300,000

8910-0108.. For 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 15, 2017; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Franklin County Opioid Education and Awareness Task Force; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a pilot program for training active bystanders; provided further, that the pilot program may pursue opportunities for matching funds; and provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the Opioid Task Force in Franklin county and the North Quabbin region of the commonwealth $15,914,487

8910-0619.. For 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 15, 2017.......................... $54,322,986

8910-7110.. For the operation of the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association; 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 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 the 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’s office in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2018; provided further, that the association shall post on its website the average daily inmate population for the month by the fifteenth day of the subsequent month; provided further, that the first such post shall be completed not later than August 15, 2017; provided further, that each sheriff’s office, in conjunction with the association, 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, 2017 and due not later than 30 days after the last day of each quarter; provided further, that each sheriff’s office shall also report, in a format designated by the association, in consultation with the executive office for administration and finance, fiscal year 2017 total costs per inmate by facility and by department not later than December 1, 2017; provided further, that each sheriff’s office 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 and the department of correction; and provided further, that all expenditures made by the sheriffs’ offices shall be subject to chapter 29 of the General Laws and recorded on the state accounting system......... $375,992

8910-8200.. For 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 15, 2017.......................... $28,336,117

8910-8300.. For 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 15, 2017.......................... $44,180,817

8910-8400.. For the operation of the Dukes County 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 15, 2017................. $2,944,524

8910-8500.. For 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 15, 2017............................. $765,348

8910-8600.. For 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 15, 2017.......................... $30,938,585

8910-8700.. For 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 15, 2017.......................... $54,580,830

8910-8800.. For 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 15, 2017......................... $105,516,371

9110-0100.. For the operation of the executive office of elder affairs and the regulation of assisted living facilities............... $2,076,565
9110-0600.. For health care services provided to MassHealth members who are seniors eligible for community-based waiver services; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the benefits of community-based waiver services shall not be reduced below the services provided in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that the eligibility requirements for this program shall not be more restrictive than those established in fiscal year 2017; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item to implement the pre-admission counseling and assessment program program under the fourth paragraph of section 9 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, which shall be implemented on a statewide basis through the Aging and Disability Resource Consortia; and provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for the Clinical Assessment and Eligibility Program and the Comprehensive Service and Screening Model Program..................................................... $223,419,000
9110-1455.. For the costs of the drug insurance program under 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 program; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the pharmacy outreach program under 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 subsidized catastrophic prescription drug insurance program under 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 drug coverage or benefits available to 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 before any coverage or benefits expansions; provided further, that the executive office shall seek to obtain maximum federal funding for discounts on prescription drugs available to the executive office and to prescription advantage enrollees; provided further, that the executive office shall take steps for the coordination of benefits with the Medicare prescription drug benefit created under the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Public Law 108-173, to ensure that residents take advantage of this benefit; provided further, that residents shall also be eligible to enroll in the program at any time within a year after reaching age 65; and 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....................................... $16,929,054
9110-1604.. For 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........................ $5,651,421
9110-1630.. For 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 $16,000,000 in revenues accrued from sliding-scale fees shall be retained by the individual home care organizations without reallocation by the executive office of elder affairs and shall be expended for the home care program, consistent with guidelines to be issued by the executive office; provided further, that no rate increase shall be awarded in fiscal year 2018 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 to caregivers; provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer not more than 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; provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs shall expend not less than $1,200,000 between this item and item 9110-1633 on recipients of the home care over-income cost-sharing program and on a study of the cost effectiveness of the home care program, including the over-income cost-sharing program; provided further, the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2018 on the impacts of the home care and over-income cost-sharing programs, both in aggregate and disaggregated by income level and acuity: (i) caseload and expenditures made from the programs; and (ii) preliminary and projected cost effectiveness from the population served including, but not limited to, estimated savings from avoided nursing facility admissions, cost-sharing by recipients and, if available, reduced medical costs; provided further, that not more than $100,000 from this amount shall be expended for the home care cost effectiveness study in fiscal year 2018; and provided further, that $100,000 from this amount shall not revert to the General Fund but shall be available for expenditure through January 1, 2020 for the continuation of the cost effectiveness study in subsequent fiscal years without further appropriation........................................ $173,749,706
9110-1633.. For 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 organizations funded through item 9110-1630; provided, that the contracts shall include the costs of administrative personnel, home care case managers, travel, rent and other costs deemed appropriate by the executive office of elder affairs; and provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer not more than 3 per cent of the funds appropriated in this item to 9110-1630................................ $52,271,372
9110-1636.. For 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................................. $28,661,688
9110-1660.. For congregate and shared housing services and naturally occurring retirement communities for the elderly; provided, that not less than $642,000 shall be expended for providers of naturally occurring retirement communities with whom the department of elder affairs entered into service agreements in fiscal year 2017, at proportions of total available funding equal to those provided in fiscal year 2017................................................... $1,959,284
9110-1700.. For assessment, placement and homelessness prevention services for homeless and at-risk elders.............................. $186,000
9110-1900.. For 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; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for home-delivered meals; and provided further, that not less than $12,300 shall be expended for a food pantry driver in the town of Wales.................................................. $7,268,675
9110-9002.. For 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 notwithstanding the foregoing, all funds appropriated in this item shall be expended in accordance with the distribution schedules for formula and incentive grants established by the secretary of elder affairs; provided further, that not less than $25,000  shall be expended on a grant for the Quincy department of elder affairs;  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended on the West Brookfield Senior Center; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the town of Norwell for the purchase of an emergency generator for the Norwell Senior Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended on the Seekonk Senior Center; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended on the Whipple senior center of Weymouth; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended on the South Boston Neighborhood House; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the Dedham Council on Aging; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended on the Arlington senior center; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Pioneer Valley Project Inc. for outreach and education to the senior citizens in the North End, South End and Forest Park; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended on the Carver council on aging; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended on the Billerica Friends of the council on aging; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the expansion of the council on aging building in the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be allocated for the operation of the Alzheimer's caregivers respite program at the Brookline Senior Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Duxbury for improvements at the Duxbury Senior Center; and provided further, that the distribution schedules shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2018.................................................. $14,242,900

9500-0000.. For the operation of the senate....................... $19,694,607

9600-0000.. For the operation of the house of representatives..... $40,277,603

9700-0000.. For the joint operations of the legislature............ $9,209,887

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 2018. 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 2018 shall be transferred to the General Fund.

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

0699-0018.. For the cost of debt service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 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 treasurer may charge other appropriations and federal grants for the cost of the debt service...................................................... $16,296,059

1000-0005 . For the cost of the single state audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018; provided, that the comptroller may charge other appropriations and federal grants for the cost of the audit $1,600,000
1000-0008.. For the costs of operating and managing the state management accounting and reporting system accounting system for fiscal year 2018; provided, that any unspent balance at the close of fiscal year 2018 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 2019....................................................... $3,814,150
1000-0601.. For the comptroller’s office which may, on behalf of the office, the human resources division 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....... $2,000,000

1100-1701.. For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office for administration and finance $28,016,071

1102-3224.. For the costs for the Leverett Saltonstall building lease and occupancy payments, as provided by chapter 237 of the acts of 2000...................................................... $13,531,934
1102-3226.. For 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....................................... $2,947,402

1599-2040.. For 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 this item 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 $10,000 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.................... $20,000,000
1599-3100.. For the cost of the commonwealth’s employer contributions to the Unemployment Compensation Fund and the Medical Security Trust Fund established under 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 these 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 OMB circular A-87, including expenses, interest expense or related charges............................................... $30,000,000

1750-0101.. For 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......... $237,318
1750-0105.. For the cost of the commonwealth's workers' compensation program, including the workers' compensation litigation unit; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge state agencies for workers' compensation costs, including related administrative expenses, incurred on behalf of the employees of those agencies; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall administer those charges on behalf of the secretary and may establish regulations considered necessary to implement this item; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall notify agencies regarding the chargeback methodology to be used in fiscal year 2018 and the amount of their estimated workers' compensation charges and shall require agencies to encumber sufficient funds to meet the estimated charges, including any additional amounts considered necessary under the regulations; 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 encumber funds on behalf of that agency; provided further, that the personnel administrator shall determine the amount of the actual workers' compensation costs incurred by each agency in the preceding month, including related administrative expenses, notify each agency of those amounts, charge those amounts to each agency's accounts as estimates of the costs to be incurred in the current month and transfer those amounts to this item; provided further, that any unspent balance in this item as of June 30 of the current fiscal year shall be re-authorized for expenditure in the next fiscal year; and provided further, that prior year costs for hospital, physician, benefit and other costs may be funded from this item.................................................. $60,143,163
1750-0106.. For the workers’ compensation litigation unit, including the costs of personnel................................................ $840,478
1750-0600.. For the cost of core human resources administrative processing functions.............................................. $3,250,301

1775-0800.. For the purchase, operation and repair of vehicles and for the cost of operating and maintaining all vehicles that are leased by other agencies, including the costs of personnel............. $7,646,731
1775-1000.. For the provision of printing, photocopying and related graphic art or design work, including all necessary incidental expenses and liabilities.............................................. $755,063

1790-0200.. For the cost of computer resources and services provided by the Massachusetts office of information technology; provided, that any unspent balance at the close of fiscal year 2018 shall remain in the Intragovernmental Service Fund and may be expended for that item in fiscal year 2019..................................... $123,572,261
1790-0400.. For 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 $1,972,843

2000-1701.. For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of energy and environmental affairs $1,535,671

4000-0102.. For 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
4000-0103.. For 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, without limitation, 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 these 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 these 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  transferred employee who immediately before the effective date of this act either holds a permanent appointment in a position classified under 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 under chapter 150E of the General Laws...................................... $22,189,327
4000-1701.. For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of health and human services.. $31,970,461

4125-0122.. For 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

4510-0108.. For 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 16, 2017; 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 offices 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 offices 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 2018; and provided further, that SOPS shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than April 17, 2018 detailing recommendations for the inclusion of other entities that may realize cost savings by joining SOPS.......................... $47,865,393
4590-0901.. For the costs of medical services provided at department of public health hospitals and charged to other state agencies..... $150,000
4590-0903.. For 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........................ $3,800,000

5948-0012.. For 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......................................... $6,500,000

7002-0018.. For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of housing and economic development $7,669,476

7009-1701.. For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of education................... $1,860,363

8000-1701.. For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of public safety and security.. $9,236,413

8100-0002.. For 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 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 thereof as reported in the state accounting system..................................... $45,771,790
8100-0003.. For the costs associated with the use of the statewide telecommunications system for the maintenance of the system $156,375

8700-1145.. For the costs of utilities and maintenance and for the implementation of energy conservation measures with regard to the state armories......................................................... $100,000

8900-0021.. For costs related to the production and distribution of products produced by the prison industries and farm programs and for the costs of services provided by inmates; provided, that the commissioner of corrections may allocate year-end net profits to the cost of drug, substance abuse and rehabilitative programming ....... $13,650,000

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 June 30, 2017 and not included as part of an appropriation item in this section, is hereby made available for expenditure during fiscal year 2018 and shall be in addition to any amount appropriated in this section.

0320-1710.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Basic Grant......................................................... $196,446

0320-1715.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Post Conviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent $120,500
0320-1803.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wrongful Conviction Review Program................................. $65,500
0320-1900.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bloodsworth Grant..................................................... $33,991

0332-1101.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MISSION-Cape (SAMHSA)................................................. $325,000
0332-5301.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MISSION/BMETRO Project.................................................. $325,000

0340-0904.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FR Adult Treatment Grant.......................................... $325,000
0340-0110.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, VOCA Grant.......................................................... $65,000
1201-0410.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Support Grant..................................................... $86,475
8000-4620.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Victim and Witness Advocacy (VAWA) Grant............................ $150,258

0340-0470.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Grant....................... $160,279

0340-0816.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Drug Free Communities Grant........................................ $125,000

8000-4602.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grants Program..................... $109,930

0526-0113.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Historic Preservation Survey and Planning......................... $917,267
0526-0118.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Maritime Heritage Grant Program.......................... $217,075
0526-0127.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Sandy Relief MA........................................ $1,214,462
0529-1600.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State & National Archival Partnership (SNAP) Grants............... $40,000

0640-9716.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Folk and Traditional Arts.......................................... $40,000
0640-9717.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Basic State Grant.................................................... $611,100
0640-9718.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Arts in Education................................................. $71,400
0640-9724.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, YouthReach......................................................... $193,400

0810-0025.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Victim Compensation Grant for New England Compounding Center...................................................... $25,000,000
0810-0026.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, OVC Victim Compensation Formula................................... $1,249,000
0810-0029.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, OVC FY16 Antiterrorism & Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and Assistance.............................. $250,000
0810-0037.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force Program................................ $511,650

0840-0108.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, VOCA Grant Training................................................. $273,607
0840-0110.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Victims of Crime Assistance Programs............................. $36,939,372
0840-0114.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program....................... $1,500,000

1100-1702.. For 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 $343,485 of fringe benefits and indirect cost charges under section 6B of chapter 29 of the General Laws................... $1,522,728
1100-1704.. For the purposes of a federally funded technical assistance grant entitled, Maintain and Further Development of Developmental Disabilities Suite; provided, that in order to qualify for said grant, this account shall be exempt from the first $6,500 of fringe benefit and indirect cost charges pursuant to section 6B of chapter 29 of the General Laws................................... $136,337

1107-2450.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rehabilitation Services - Client Assistance Program..................... $279,831

1201-0109.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Access and Visitation Program................................... $179,442

2000-0096.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community Resilience and Chemical Safety............................ $12,593
2000-0141.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Implementing the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management and Development $2,738,183
2000-0177.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wetlands Development.............................................. $151,820
2000-0248.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Bays Estuary Program..................................... $632,932
2000-9702.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Fund................. $679,699
2000-9735.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Buzzards Bay Estuary Program.......................................... $715,622
2030-0013.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Joint Fisheries Enforcement.................................... $960,000
2030-0191.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Port Security Grant 0191................................................ $25,000
2030-0358.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Port Security Grant 0358................................................. $7,500
2030-9701.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Recreation Boating Safety......................................... $1,500,000

2100-9013.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MAP 21 $425,000
7006-9002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pipeline Security............................................... $1,272,736

2200-9706.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Water Quality Management Planning...................................... $458,000
2200-9712.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agreement - Leaking Underground Storage Tanks............ $718,598
2200-9717.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program ............. $1,046,492
2200-9724.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Superfund Block Grant.............................................. $606,723
2200-9728.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Brownfields Assessment Program....................................... $103,121
2200-9732.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Statewide Brownfields Support Team................................. $300,000
2230-9702.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Performance Partnership Grant..................................... $16,491,927
2240-9781.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Environmental Information Exchange Network............................. $200,000
2250-9712.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clean Air Act Section 103.............................................. $686,196
2250-9716.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ambient Air Toxics Pilot Project...................................... $43,833
2250-9726.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeland Security Co-op Agreement................................. $908,630
2250-9732.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Underground Storage Program........................................... $90,000
2250-9739.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Near Road Number 2 Ambient Air Monitoring Network................... $50,663
2250-9744.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Clean Diesel Program........................................... $278,992

2300-0115.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, US Fish and Wildlife Service Eastern Bank Trout Joint Venture and Fish Passage........................................................... $4,440
2300-0117.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFWS – Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and Coastal Program $25,000
2300-0118.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NOAA – Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration........................... $365,358
2300-0119.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief ................................. $5,359,806
2300-9743.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, F-64-C-18 SFR Coordination............................................. $213,000
2310-0118.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Junior Duck Stamp Program.............................................. $1,000
2310-0120.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, New England Cottontail Initiative.................................... $175,000
2330-9222.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clean Vessel Act.................................................... $1,200,000
2330-9712.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Commercial Fisheries Statistics..................................... $160,000
2330-9725.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Boating Infrastructure........................................... $500,000
2330-9730.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Interstate Fisheries Management Support............................. $228,000
2330-9736.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Marine Fisheries Institute....................................... $50,000
2330-9739.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Turtle Disengagement............................................ $650,000
2330-9741.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Fisheries Economic Assistance Program.................... $500,000
2330-9742.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Age and Growth Project Segment One...................................... $250,000
2330-9743.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SFR Coordination............................................. $210,000

2511-0002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Energy Audit and Assessment Program.................................... $82,901
2511-0004.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food Safety Program.................................................. $729,172
2511-0310.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Pesticide Enforcement Grant.............................. $339,411
2511-0400.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey................................. $193,500
2511-0972.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program............................... $3,768,931
2511-1025.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Country of Origin Labeling........................................... $37,000
2515-1006.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Animal Identification System.............................. $62,721
2515-1008.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Surveillance.................. $101,180
2516-9002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Development of Institutional Marketing.................................. $379,979
2516-9003.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farmers’ Market Coupon Program.................................... $451,679
2516-9004.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program........................ $514,100
2516-9007.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Organic Certification Cost-Share Program.......................... $84,000

2800-9707.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Flood Insurance Program – FEMA Community Assistance Program.... $176,000
2800-9718.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NPS Task Agreements for BHIS Improvements.......................... $57,311
2800-9724.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FEMA National Dam Safety Program....................................... $145,000
2820-9702.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Community Fire Protection................................. $65,288
2820-9704.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program................................. $4,785
2820-9705.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Agreements for the Identification and Eradication of Invasive Species. $3,800,000
2820-9708.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NRCS – PL566 Grants for Dam Rehabilitation.......................... $2,578,000
2820-9709.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NCRS Regional Partnership Grant........................................ $100,000
2820-9710.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NRCS VPA-HIP Mohawk Trail Woodland Community Habitat.................. $250,000
2821-9705.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Urban and Community Forestry and Shade Tree Management............. $274,254
2821-9709.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Forestry Planning................................................. $107,955
2821-9711.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Fire Prevention and Control................................... $291,153
2821-9713.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Management............................... $175,000
2821-9717.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Forest Legacy Administration........................................... $531,480
2821-9725.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, US Forest  Service LSR Grants (Woodbank and Peer Grant).............. $47,845
2821-9726.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, US Forest Service Forest Health Management.......................... $95,130
2830-9727.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Suppression....................................... $10,000
2830-9733.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, US Fish & Wildlife – Aquatic Invasive Species Management............ $45,000
2830-9735.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USGS- Groundwater Monitor....................................... $84,552
2840-9709.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research.............................. $550,000
2850-9701.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Recreational Trails Program......................................... $1,525,250

7006-9720.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Heating Oil and Propane Program................................... $22,578
7006-9731.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, US DOE Annual State Energy Program: Formula Grant...................... $855,560
7006-9309.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, US DOE Clean Cities.................................................... $30,000

4000-1169.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Innovation Models: Model Design Test Assistance Fund... $4,299,731
4000-1436.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Core Contraception............................................. $25,000

1410-0059.. For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Agawam Cemetery Expansion................................................. $75,000

4003-0816.. For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Refugee Preventative Health Project (MRPHP).............. $128,000
4003-0819.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, TeamWorks......................................................... $170,000
4003-0822.. For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Program to Enhance Elder Refugee Services (PEERS).................... $97,200
4003-0826.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance Program........................ $12,667,925
4003-0834.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee School Impact .................................................. $370,000
4003-0835.. For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Wilson Fish Program (MWFP)............................. $4,089,769
4003-0844.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Targeted Assistance Program.............................. $816,470
4003-0851.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Entrepreneurship Program................................. $250,602
4003-0855.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Social Services Program ...................................... $1,447,813
4003-0858.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Independence Through Service Enhancement................. $186,225

4110-3021.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation; 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 .......... $8,760,000
4110-3025.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living - Adaptive Housing................................. $51,656
4110-3026.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living - Services to Older Independent Blind Americans .. $669,384
4110-3028.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment for the Blind.................................. $72,000

4120-0020.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation; 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.......... $59,611,893
4120-0187.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment Program Federal Funds......................... $408,724
4120-0191.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Informed Members Planning and Assessing Choices Together ......... $205,739
4120-0511.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Social Security Disability Insurance ........................ $52,187,201
4120-0610.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Traumatic Brain Injury State Demonstration Grant Program........... $309,566
4120-0751.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Assistive Technology Act........................................... $308,278
4120-0752.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living Federal Grant................................... $1,336,600
4120-0753.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living State Grants (Part B)............................. $336,260
4120-0754.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Transition Pathway Services....................................... $1,000,000

4200-1602.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Second Chance Act Treatment and Justice Collaboration................... $81,959

4400-3064.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant................. $5,000,000
4400-3066.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Training for Food Stamp Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents....... $1,650,000
4400-3067.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training... $1,600,000
4400-3081.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant Program............. $800,000

4500-1001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Preventive Health Services Block Grant............................ $4,352,084
4500-1054.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sexual Assault Services Program......................................... $441,341
4500-1056.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Rape Prevention and Education................................. $845,819
4500-1069.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State Loan Repayment Program............................. $550,000
4500-1070.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, OMH State Partnership Initiative Proposal Oral Health Equity....... $200,000
4500-2000.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant..................... $11,394,361
4502-1012.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vital Statistics Cooperative Program........................... $990,780
4510-0114.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Primary Care Cooperative Agreement.................................... $272,847
4510-0117.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Office of Rural Health.......................................... $172,000
4510-0120.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Hospital Flexibility Program...................................... $312,013
4510-0223.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Oral Health Workforce Activities..................................... $500,000
4510-0224.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program........................ $81,293
4510-0225.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Children’s Oral Healthcare Access Program........................... $250,000
4510-0227.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clinical Comm Pedi Weight mgmt....................................... $1,477,519
4510-0401.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Medicare and Medicaid Survey and Certification...................... $9,025,728
4510-0404.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hospital Preparedness Programs.................................. $4,315,709
4510-0501.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments........................ $368,299
4510-0507.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Impact Act-Conducting Hospice Recertification Surveys............... $231,045
4510-0617.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Electronic Health Record and Prescription Drug Monitoring............ $44,006
4510-0619.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food and Drug Administration Inspection of Food Establishments......... $603,335
4510-0637.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Enhancement......................................................... $306,664
4510-0812.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telemedicine Center............... $1,590,606
4510-9048.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Indoor Radon Development Program...................................... $150,000
4510-9053.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Beaches Environmental Assessment................................. $244,780
4510-9066.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Development and Implementation of Replicable Standard Enhancement.... $312,959
4510-9067.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Development and Implementation of BRACE in MASS...................... $219,257
4510-9068.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Maintenance and Enhancement of the state and national environment.. $1,128,207
4510-9069.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.............. $424,221
4512-0100.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sexually Transmitted Disease Control............................ $1,623,548
4512-0108.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Applications for STD Surveillance Network Parts A and B.. $576,080
4512-0150.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vaccination Assistance Project..................................... $3,505,474
4512-0186.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Epidemiology and Laboratory for Infectious Disease.................. $1,786,021
4512-0190 . For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Human Papillomavirus Vaccination............................. $4,301,517
4512-0195.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Non-PPH 2013 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity .................. $3,671,480
4512-0196.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supplemental Funding ELC Ebola........................................ $922,433
4512-9069.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant  entitled, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment - Block Grant.......... $47,160,685
4512-9080.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agreement to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI)........ $241,584
4512-9082.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Recovery Project Southeast .............................. $804,122
4512-9084.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass ATR-IV Building Upon and Sustaining Success BUSS................ $400,000
4512-9085.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Strategic Prevention Framework................................... $1,648,187
4512-9086.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Moms Do Care Project................................................ $1,000,000
4512-9087.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA State Youth Treatment Implementation Project......................... $800,000
4512-9088.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mission Housed Enhancement............................................... $95,065
4512-9089.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Preventing Prescription Drug Overuse, Misuse, Abuse & Overdose.... $1,233,750
4512-9090.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis.......... $11,742,924
4512-9426.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Uniform Alcohol and Drug Abuse Data............................... $82,226
4513-0111.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Housing Opportunities – People with AIDS......................... $308,246
4513-1226.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Essential Childhood Program........................................ $200,000
4513-9007 . For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nutritional Status of Women, Infants and Children................. $83,923,786
4513-9010.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Integrated Systems for CYSHCN....................................... $200,000
4513-9021.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities................. $9,413,279
4513-9031.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Systems Development Initiative for MA............................ $100,000
4513-9037.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources.......................... $18,946,173
4513-9043.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Medical Partnerships Care and Treatment (MassIMPACT)..... $644,375
4513-9044.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MassReach......................................................... $924,498
4513-9045.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HIV/AIDS Surveillance........................................... $1,236,110
4513-9047.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Augmentation and Evaluation of Established Health Education – Risk Reduction....................................................... $5,021,642
4513-9049.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA HIV/AIDS National Behavioral Surveillance......................... $454,633
4513-9051.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Project................. $382,535
4513-9052.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, TB Testing and Treatment in High Risk Communities....................... $500,000
4513-9053.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Increase HPV Vaccine Coverage by Strengthen Adolescent Act........ $249,998
4513-9070.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, EMSC Partnership Grant........................................ $141,438
4513-9094.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MassHIT......................................................... $834,783
4513-9103.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Home Visiting Initiative Formula....................... $1,410,253
4513-9104.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening................................ $250,000
4513-9106.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Comprehensive Asthma Control Program..................... $650,000
4513-9107.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention.............. $1,050,000
4513-9109.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Perinatal Quality Collaborative.......................... $200,000
4513-9110.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, B Existing- PRAMS.................................................... $195,064
4513-9111.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, CIS SECCS Planning................................................. $426,600
4513-9112.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA EHDI Project.................................................. $250,000
4513-9113.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood home visiting grant......... $6,801,586
4513-9114.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Surveillance and Intervention for Infants from Zika Virus............. $300,000
4513-9127.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ryan White Title IV Program......................................... $655,493
4513-9193.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Launch Expansion................................................ $680,000
4514-1013.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, WIC Special Project 2015.............................................. $52,800
4515-0116.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Tuberculosis Control Project (317).................................. $1,954,188
4515-0209.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Strengthening Surveillance for Disease Among New Immigrants............. $88,297
4515-0210.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, The Sylvie Ratelle Prevention TRNG CNTR............................. $383,009
4515-1124.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention...................................... $28,677
4515-1125.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention..................................... $709,893
4515-1126.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Expansion Operationalization MA DPH Syndromic Surveillance......... $347,119
4515-1127.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Utilization of Immunization Information Systems for Assessment, Feedback, Incentives and Exchange Assessments................................. $250,000
4516-1009.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, PHPR Coop Agreement - All-Hazards PH Emergencies ZIKA2016.......... $281,525
4516-1021.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Public Health Preparedness and Response............................. $12,967,195
4516-1024.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities................... $1,175,000
4516-1034.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Accreditation for State Food Testing Laboratories....................... $14,822
4516-1035.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Expanded Biomonitoring Program.................................. $1,135,200
4516-1036.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Accreditation for State Food Testing Laboratories...................... $250,000
4518-0505.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Birth and Death File...................................... $45,000
4518-0519.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Max Use of Mass Workers Compensation Data........................... $200,000
4518-0520.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)................... $242,740
4518-0535.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Expanded Occupational Health Surveillance......................... $695,000
4518-1000.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Death Index (NDI)............................................... $95,000
4518-1002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Social Security Administration Deaths........................... $176,000
4518-1003.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Social Security Administration Births........................... $283,059
4518-9023.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)........................ $54,105
4518-9039.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Youth Suicide Prevention Project............................... $809,612
4518-9044.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Citizen Verification for Federal Employment................ $8,000
4518-9052.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.......................... $360,905
4570-1527.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP)................ $1,404,514
4570-1534.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FDA 11 Tobacco......................................................... $982,082
4570-1541.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pregnant and Parenting Teens........................................ $1,500,000
4570-1545.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Quit Line......................................................... $303,178
4570-1548.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Prevention......................... $750,000
4570-1549.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Health and Disability Program................................... $350,000
4570-1551.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cancer Prevention and Control................................. $3,884,998
4570-1552.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State Health Prevention in Chronic Disease............. $1,457,225
4570-1553.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State Health Prevention in Chronic Disease............. $1,257,044
4570-1554.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FY14 Family Planning Services FOA.................................. $1,353,000
4570-1556.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Core Violence and Injury Prevention (Core VIPP)......................... $43,074
4570-1557.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening....... $630,699
4570-1558.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Health Impact Assessment to Foster Healthy Community...... $40,761
4570-1559.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts State and Local Public Health Actions to Prevent Obesity $3,520,000
4570-1560.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Tobacco Control Program........................................ $1,868,436
4570-1561.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Core Violence Injury Prevention Program....................... $443,148
4570-1562.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, The Family Violence Service State Grants.......................... $2,060,884
4570-1563.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enhanced Opioid-Involved Morbidity Mortality Surveillance......... $400,000

4800-0006.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Children’s Justice Act.............................................. $315,020
4800-0009.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IV-E Independent Living Program............................. $3,143,968
4800-0013.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Title IV-B Subpart 2 and Caseworker Visitation............................................. $4,803,414
4800-0084.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Education & Training Voucher Program............................... $1,020,225
4800-0089.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adoption Incentives Payments....................................... $56,166
4899-0001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IV-B Child Welfare Services................................. $3,732,463
4899-0021.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect....................... $469,920
4899-0024.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Child Trauma Project...................................... $48,769

5012-9122.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant  entitled, Project for Assistance in  Transition from Homelessness............ $1,559,382
5012-9171.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NITT - Healthy Transitions............................................ $1,000,000
5012-9172.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Court Related Enhanced Services for Treatment (CREST).................. $348,142
5012-9173.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Primary and Behavioral Health Integration (PBHC)..................... $400,000
5012-9174.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Second Chance Act Re-Entry Initiative Mission-WI-RAPS................... $75,000
5012-9401.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Block Grant- Community Mental Health Services...................... $10,943,458
5046-9102.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Shelter Plus Care Program............................................. $276,094

5947-0012 . For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Lifespan Respite Care Program..................................... $100,000
5947-0021 . For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Partnership for Transition to Employment............................. $250,000

7000-9700.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Reserve Title I.......................................... $157,554
7000-9702.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Library Service Technology Act................................. $3,220,591
7000-9703.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Endowment for the Humanities............................. $100,000

4400-0705.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, McKinney Emergency Shelter Grants Program....................... $4,805,840
4400-0707.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Continuum of Care Supplemental Housing.............................. $9,918,539
7004-2030.. For 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...................... $7,354,107
7004-2033.. For 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.................... $148,906,450
7004-2034.. For 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
7004-3037.. For 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......... $29,498,057
7004-3040.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, CDBG Disaster Recovery Assistance.................................... $3,571,261
7004-9009.. For 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..................... $15,878,235
7004-9014.. For 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................................. $3,983,849
7004-9015.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Housing Choice Voucher and VASH..................................... $232,450,680
7004-9016.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Unification Program.................................... $2,027,712
7004-9017.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities.................... $715,837
7004-9018.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 811 Project Based Rental Assistance Demonstration Program.... $826,325
7004-9019.. For 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...................... $7,168,783
7004-9020.. For 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................................. $7,035,452
7004-9021.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, the Family Self-Sufficiency 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................................... $724,366
7004-9028.. For 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................................. $6,500,000
7004-9029.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF).............................. $3,419,569

7002-6622.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, American Apprenticeship Initiative.............................. $2,979,030
7002-6623.. For the purpose of a federally funded grant to administer the Work Opportunity Tax Credit .................................. $310,000
7002-6625.. For the purpose of a federally funded grant entitled, Labor Certification ........................................... $889,045
7002-6626.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Employment Services State Allotment.............................. $17,399,029
7002-6628.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Disabled Veterans Outreach Program.............................. $2,998,000
7003-1010.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Trade Adjustment Assistance................................. $22,429,071
7003-1630.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Investment Act Adult Activities....................... $19,831,270
7003-1631.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Investment Act Youth Formula Grants................... $27,560,612
7003-1777.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Investment Act National Emergency Grants.............. $14,534,602
7003-1778.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker Formula Grants....... $22,429,071
7003-1781.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, WIA/WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve TAT................. $1,246,752
7003-1783.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Workforce Innovation Fund....................................... $11,317,536
7003-1785.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Apprenticeships USA State Accelerator Grant............ $1,900,000

7002-6621.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Administrative Clearing Account...................................... $13,008,265
7002-6624.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Unemployment Insurance Administration.............................. $69,860,209
7002-9701.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.................................... $2,240,334

7002-2013.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mine Safety and Health Training....................................... $70,000
7003-4203.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistical Survey....................... $68,500
7003-4212.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Asbestos Licensing and Monitoring................................. $108,000
7003-4213.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Lead Licensing and Monitoring........................................... $385,000
7003-6627.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) On-site Consultation Program....................................................... $1,328,000

3000-0707.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Head Start Collaboration............................................ $175,000
3000-4001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Preschool Expansion Grant....................................... $15,590,877
3000-8021.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, CCDBG Implementation Research and Evaluation Planning Grants.... $50,000
3000-9003.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP)..................... $514,837

7010-9706.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Common Core Data Project............................................. $190,438
7038-0107.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Education – State Grant Program....................... $10,237,285
7043-1001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies.......................... $235,629,430
7043-1004.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Migrant Education.............................................. $1,431,926
7043-1005.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title I – Neglected and Delinquent Children...................... $2,148,858
7043-1006.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, School Improvement Grants..................................... $9,869,100
7043-2001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting..................... $39,943,379
7043-2003.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Math and Science Partnerships...................................... $37,575
7043-3001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, English Language Acquisition.................................. $15,543,284
7043-4002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, After School Learning Centers...................................... $15,706,747
7043-6001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Assessments............................................ $6,606,506
7043-6002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural & Low Income Schools............................................ $54,910
7043-6501.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Education for Homeless Children and Youth............................ $1,295,431
7043-7001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Education Grants..................................... $289,982,854
7043-7002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Preschool Grants................................................ $10,427,336
7043-8001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Education Basic Grants................................ $17,758,787
7044-0020.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Partnership Project.................................................. $523,558
7048-2321.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, CDC – Improving Health through School-based HIV/STD Prevention. $469,683
7048-9144.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MEP Consortium Incentive Grants.......................................... $66,666
7048-9200.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems.............................. $1,763,833
7053-2008.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables......................................... $3,633,085
7053-2010.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nutrition Admin Review and Training................................. $24,065
7053-2015.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, CNP Professional Standards.................................... $38,191
7053-2112.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Assistance Funds..................................... $239,574,725
7053-2117.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Care Program............................................... $70,852,289
7053-2119.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, NSLP Food Equipment Grant.......................................... $213,641
7053-2125.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Commodity Supplemental Food Program................................ $178,871
7053-2126.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance.............................. $1,015,697
7053-2202.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Special Summer Food Service Program for Children...................... $8,649,912
7053-2266.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Team Nutrition Competitive Training Grant................................... $254
7053-3272.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Direct Certification Performance Award.......................... $270,115
7062-0008.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Office of School Lunch Programs.................................. $4,807,353
7062-0017.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Charter Schools Assistance and Distributions................... $5,277,625

7066-1574.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Improving Teacher Quality........................................ $1,330,646
7066-6033.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs..... $5,002,293

8000-4603.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act................... $490,000
8000-4610.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Statistical Analysis Center........................................... $48,000
8000-4611.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program............................... $5,000,000
8000-4620.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Stop Violence Against Women Formula Grants Program................... $3,251,534
8000-4622.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Inmate Substance Abuse Treatment................................ $110,218
8000-4624.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Prisoner Substance Abuse Treatment................................. $16,000
8000-4639.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, John Justice Grant..................................................... $95,000
8000-4641.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sex Offender Registration............................................. $258,477
8000-4643.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Prison Rape Elimination Act.......................................... $125,000
8000-4692.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Homeland Security Program....................................... $5,645,000
8000-4794.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FY11 Urban Areas Initiative Grant................................ $17,000,000
8000-4804.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Agency Programs............................................... $8,000,000
8000-4805.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Map 21 405 Program................................................ $8,000,000
8000-4826.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State and Local Implementation Grant............................... $500,000
8000-4841.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Fatality Analysis Reporting System................................. $78,000

8100-0210.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FMCSA New Entrant Audit............................................. $65,000
8100-0212.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FMCSA High Priority Traffic Enforcement............................. $117,904
8100-2010.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FMCSA Basic Grant.................................................... $713,729
8100-2640.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Internet Crimes Against Children Continuation..................... $250,000
8100-2642.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY16 Wounded VET Hiring Project....................................... $112,000
8100-3412.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY16 BAND14SPECTRUM........................................... $529,610
8100-9707.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY15 FEMA Port Security Grant Program............................... $84,809
8100-9758.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program................................ $385,624
8100-9760.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FY16 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program........... $129,428
8100-9761.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FFY16 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program............................ $961,979

8324-1505.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, United States Fire Administration State Fire Training Program........... $20,000

8700-1001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Facilities Programs Cooperative Agreement....... $19,219,000
8700-1002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Environmental Programs Cooperative Agreement..... $4,395,000
8700-1003.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Security Cooperative Agreement................... $1,164,200
8700-1004.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Electronic Security Cooperative Agreement.......... $218,000
8700-1005.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Communications and Information Management Cooperative Agreement......................................................... $430,000
8700-1007.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Sustainable Ranges Cooperative Agreement .......... $301,000
8700-1010.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Anti-Terrorism Cooperative Agreement............... $103,000
8700-1011.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Army National Guard Emergency Management Program Coordinator........... $108,000
8700-1021.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Facilities Operations and Maintenance Cooperative Agreement....................................................... $8,246,082
8700-1022.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Environment Cooperative Agreement................... $76,700
8700-1023.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Security Cooperative Agreement................... $1,502,369
8700-1024.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Fire Protection Cooperative Agreement............ $2,876,100
8700-1040.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Air National Guard Distributed Learning Program Cooperative Agreement. $443,300
8700-2002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Military Construction Cooperative Agreement CERF-P-Facility CCG... $120,000
8700-2002.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, OTIS ANGB Projects............................................... $3,941,080

8800-0042.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hazard Materials Emergency Planning Grant....................... $374,375
8800-0064.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hazard Mitigation 1364........................................ $5,000,000
8800-0065.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, January 2015 Snow Storms Hazard Mitigation Grant...................... $250,000
8800-1644.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Competitive Projects.......................... $100,000
8800-1645.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Flood Mitigation Assistance Project............................ $800,000
8800-1994.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, June 2011 Tornadoes Grant.......................................... $400,000
8800-2012.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Management Performance Grant........................... $7,100,000
8800-4028.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Tropical Storm Irene Grant............................................... $50,000
8800-4097.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hurricane Sandy.................................................... $525,000
8800-4110.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, February 2013 Blizzard NEMO.......................................... $5,000,000
8800-4214.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, January 2015 Storms................................................. $4,000,000
8810-0065.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, January 2015 Snow Storms Hazard Mitigation Grants Program - Projects.. $560,000
8810-4214.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, January 2015 Storms - Projects...................................... $6,000,000

8903-0068.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, PREA Zero Tolerance................................................ $214,848
8800-0064.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Second Chance Act CISCO Tech............................................ $11,303

7043-1005.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title 1 Neglected or Delinquent Program............................ $2,436
8000-4692.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Homeland Security Grant Program.................................... $23,100

4512-9096.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Substance Abuse.................................................... $108,500
5012-9174.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wi-RAPS $3,000
7038-0107.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, I.E.T. Grant.......................................................... $71,000
7043-1005.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title 1 Program.................................................. $172,266
7043-8001.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Perkins Grant.......................................................... $15,000
8000-4611.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Reduction State Initiative......................................... $188,841

7043-1005.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title 1 Program.................................................. $160,290
8910-0620.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Second Chance Re-entry Program for Adult Offenders .................... $250,000
8910-0622.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, PG/Mental Health.................................................... $93,262

0337-0201.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Families First......................................................... $102,780
7038-0107.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Basic Education................................................. $15,346
7043-1005.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title 1 Neglected or Delinquent Program.......................... $203,238
8000-4611.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, RSAT/JAG......................................................... $208,743

7038-0107.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Basic Education Grant.............................................. $143

7043-1005.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title 1 Program................................................... $89,717

6640-0089.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks................. $104,934
6640-0090.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, CDL License Enhancement.............................................. $253,900
6642-0018.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 5311 Rural Formula Program.................................. $3,883,077
6642-0020.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 5316 Job Access and Reverse Commute........................... $816,901
6642-0026.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 5317 New Freedom Operating Segment............................ $281,923
6642-0030.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Bus and Bus Facilities Section 5339................................ $3,175,384
6642-0049.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Section 5310 Special Needs for Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities........................................... $6,579,913
6643-0015.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Patriot Corridor Double-Stack Clearance Initiative............... $627,525

9110-1074.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Older Americans Act............................................ $109,606

9110-1075.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title VII Ombudsman................................................ $336,169
9110-1076.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Title IIIB Supportive Service.................................... $10,182,633
9110-1077.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Family Caregiver Support Program....................... $3,700,000
9110-1079.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, IIID Preventative Health...................................... $436,823
9110-1094.. For the purposes of a federally fund grant entitled, State Health Insurance Assistance Program........................... $1,097,000
9110-1173.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Older Americans Act Nutritional Program..................... $13,383,620
9110-1174.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nutrition Services Incentive Program............................. $4,885,300
9110-1178.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community Service Employment Program............................. $1,881,340
9110-1190.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Program................ $100,714
9110-1191.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enhanced Alcohol and Drug Recovery Options Counseling Program..... $198,706
9110-1194.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2013 MIPPA ADRC...................................................... $79,154
9110-1197.. For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Alzheimer’s Disease Supportive Service Program....................... $200,000

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, 2018. 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; provided, however, that the sum of the incremental transfers shall equal the sum set forth in this section and all transfers under the schedule shall be completed not later than June 30, 2018. 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.

1595-7066.. For the support of the Massachusetts Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fund, referred to as the Pipeline Fund, established in section 2MMM of chapter 29 of the General Laws....................................................... $1,500,000

1599-6152.. For an operating transfer to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund established in section 24 of chapter 32A of the General Laws ..................................................... $432,404,000

1595-1067.. For 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 under the delivery system transformation initiative master plan and hospital-specific plans approved in the MassHealth demonstration waiver under section 1115 of the Social Security Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. section 1315 for state fiscal year 2017; 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; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make payments of up to $49,338,667 from the fund to the Cambridge public health commission for federal fiscal year 2017 only after the Cambridge public health commission transfers up to $24,669,334 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 the payment; and provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018 on: (a) the payments made to each hospital; (b) the investments each hospital has made with said payments; and (c) each hospital’s performance on the quality measures assessed under the delivery system transformation initiatives program................... $186,649,333
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 2017 or 2018 or for public hospital transformation and incentive initiative payments for state fiscal year 2017 or 2018 or for Medicaid care organization payments under 42 CFR 438.6(c) for rate year 2018; 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 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 will utilize funds from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to make payments of up to $365,000,000 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.......................... $452,400,000
1595-1069.. For an operating transfer to the Health Information Technology Trust Fund established under 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 integrated eligibility system..................................... $4,153,272

1595-6368.. For an operating transfer to the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund established in section 4 of chapter 6C of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the intersection of Front street, Central street and Spring street in the town of Winchendon; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for transportation to camp harbor view on Long island in Boston harbor; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Hudson commuter shuttle; provided further, that not less than $28,550 shall be expended for traffic improvements in the town of Wellesley; provided further, that not less than $22,000 shall be expended for Brook path in the town of Wellesley; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to upgrade the Newton square rotary in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for air and noise pollution using best practices in consultation with the department of environmental protection along the I-93 corridor in the city of Somerville; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for senior transportation in the towns of Maynard and Acton; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to improve pedestrian and traffic safety on state highway route 16 at the rotary in the vicinity of Dilboy stadium in the city of Somerville; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for repairs to the state highway route 101 bridge in the town of Phillipston; provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended to the town of Marshfield for the completion of a large scale sidewalk construction project; provided further, that not less than $35,000  shall be expended for construction of a pedestrian walkway with appropriate safety signage and signalization at intersection of state highway route 3A and the new Gates middle school in the town of Scituate; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city known as the town of Weymouth for signage improvements and sidewalk installation at the intersection of Washington street and Broad street in the city known as the town of Weymouth; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the replacement of a failing culvert in the town of Blackstone; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be provided to the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority for the Athol-Orange shuttle, the community transit services successor service, to maintain current transportation service in the towns of Athol and Orange; and provided further, that the Montachusett Regional Transit Authority continue the agreement executed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation pursuant to chapter 133 of the acts of 2016..................................... $303,341,772
Commonwealth Transportation Fund..... 100%
1595-6369.. For an operating transfer to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority under clause (1) of subsection (d) of section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall issue quarterly reports to the secretary of administration and finance, the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation providing an accounting of the funds provided for in this item, which shall include the amount of money received under this transfer, the amount of money expended under this transfer, a description of items and services for which funds have been expended and the expected funding levels of this item to be requested for of the fiscal years between 2019 through 2021; provided further, that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall submit these reports on a quarterly basis not later than 30 days following the last day of the quarter; provided further, that the first report shall be due not later than September 30, 2017; provided further, that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall not present a planning document or budget presentation on projected structural deficits for the authority without including amounts set forth in this item; and provided further, that the money distributed in this item shall be used to prevent diminished service levels and diminished personnel levels............... $127,000,000
Commonwealth Transportation Fund..... 100%
1595-6370.. For an operating transfer to the regional transit authorities organized under chapter 161B of the General Laws, or any prior laws, under clause (2) of subsection (d) of section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws...................................... $80,400,000
Commonwealth Transportation Fund..... 100%

1595-6379.. For 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 under 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 a noncriminal motor vehicle traffic violation as described in chapter 90C of the General Laws................................................... $9,404,567
Commonwealth Transportation Fund..... 100%

SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 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 $1,061,783,475 and 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 2018 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 under chapter 70 of the General Laws.
For fiscal year 2018, the foundation budget category of "low income enrollment" for the purpose of calculating foundation enrollment shall be the number of students identified as economically disadvantaged by qualifying as a match in the commonwealth's direct certification system through the executive office of health and human services virtual gateway system under the programs and categories of assistance used to match for the fiscal year 2017 foundation budget. The economically disadvantaged decile assignment and rate methodology shall be calculated in the same manner as in fiscal year 2017. The foundation budget rates for the employee benefits and fixed charges category will be increased to $432.24 for pre-school and half day kindergarten, $864.45 for full day kindergarten, $864.50 for elementary, $854.68 for middle school, $795.92 for high school, $3,288.93 for in-school special education, $520.05 for limited English pre-school and half day kindergarten, $1,025.80 for limited English all other grades, and $1,231.58 for vocational. All other foundation budget categories for each district shall be calculated in the same manner as in fiscal year 2017. The target local share shall be calculated using the same methodology used in fiscal year 2017. Preliminary local contribution shall be the municipality's fiscal year 2017 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 2018 shall be, for any municipality with a fiscal year 2018 preliminary contribution greater than its fiscal year 2018 target contribution, the preliminary local contribution reduced by 85 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 2018, the "foundation aid increment" shall be the difference between: (i) the positive difference between a district's foundation budget and its required district contribution; and (ii) prior year aid. The "minimum aid increment" shall be equal to $30 multiplied by the district's foundation enrollment minus the foundation aid increment.
Districts that are significantly and negatively impacted by the change in low-income enrollment measurement shall receive transitional relief as included in the chapter 70 distributions in this section. Chapter 70 aid for fiscal year 2018 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.
Transitional relief, if any, shall be added to the chapter 70 distribution of this section but shall not be added to base aid for the calculation of chapter 70 aid for fiscal year 2019. 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 for any district that has not accepted the provisions of section 260 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014, provided that any district for whom such costs are not so considered shall have included as part of net school spending an amount equal to the increase in the foundation budget for the district associated with health care costs of retired teachers.

No payments to cities, towns or counties maintaining an agricultural school under this section 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.

     SECTION 4.  Section 71 of chapter 3 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
     (e)  The commission shall submit a report on its activities and findings, including any recommendations, to the governor, the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on elder affairs and shall file at least 1 report by December 31 in the even-numbered years.
     Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment, see H.3819
     SECTION 5.  Section 13 of chapter 6C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
     (d)  The department shall regularly review fees and fines assessed on electronic toll collection system account holders. Not less than once each month, the department shall contact accounts with more than $100 in outstanding fees and fines assessed on unpaid tolls to update the account holder on the account status and provide guidance as to what actions the account holder may take to remedy the account balance. Efforts to contact account holders shall include comparing address information on file with the national change of address registry, communicating with the account holder by email and communicating with the account holder by phone.
     SECTION 6.  Section 15 of said chapter 6C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "expenditures", in line 12, the following words:- , unless used as the state match to federal funding for transportation projects; provided, however, that the department shall report annually, on or before February 1, to the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on transportation, on the following: (i) the amount of capital expenditures used as the state match to federally-eligible capital projects; (ii) the total number of department employee salaries included in capital expenditures, including a breakdown by division of the position titles and accompanying salaries; (iii) the total number of employees of the division of highways assigned to capital projects; (iv) a schedule of transportation capital projects where employee salaries are included in capital expenditures; (v) the status of said projects; (vi) any projected cost savings; and (vii) the impact of including department employee salaries in capital expenditures on the ability of the division of highways to plan, design, construct and complete transportation capital projects.
     SECTION 7.  Section 20 of said chapter 6C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 22, the words “$5,000 or less” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- $50,000 or less; provided, however, that the department shall declare the property available for disposition and shall specify the restrictions, if any, placed on the subsequent use of the property.
     Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment, see H.3820
     SECTION 8.  Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 35DDD the following section:-
     Section 35EEE.  (a) There shall be a Nickerson State Park Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation and maintenance of Nickerson State Park in the town of Brewster.  Any 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 during a fiscal year.
     (b)  The department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of $2 upon each fee charged and collected for admission to camping in Nickerson State Park.  The additional money collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Nickerson State Park Trust Fund.
     (c)  An annual report, which shall 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 December 31.
     SECTION 9.  Section 66 of said chapter 10, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 25, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-  addiction.
     SECTION 10.  Section 9 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-
     Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of higher education shall have the authority to enter into interstate reciprocity agreements that authorize an accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education located in the commonwealth to voluntarily participate in such an agreement and to provide distance education programs to students in other states in accordance with the agreement. The authority granted by this paragraph shall apply only to distance learning programs and shall not affect other approvals of institutions of higher education or programs required by law exemptions for institutions of higher education or programs. This section shall not prohibit an accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education located in the commonwealth that has been authorized to grant degrees by the board of higher education but that does not participate in such an agreement from offering a postsecondary distance education program in another state if the institution is duly authorized to do so by the other state. For purposes of online distance education programs, an accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education chartered, incorporated or organized in another state that is a party to the interstate reciprocity agreement entered into by the board shall be authorized by the board of higher education to conduct courses that lead to the award of a degree in the commonwealth in accordance with section 31A of chapter 69; provided, however, that the institution of higher education is approved to participate in and meets the requirements of the interstate reciprocity agreement. This section shall not affect the authority of the attorney general to enforce statutes or promulgate and enforce regulations that prohibit consumer fraud and unfair or deceptive business practices including, but not limited, those under chapter 93A, and to enforce section 1042 of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.  Before the board of higher education enters into an interstate reciprocity agreement, the department of higher education and the attorney general shall execute a memorandum of understanding necessary to coordinate the enforcement of relevant requirements, statutes and regulations, including those related to consumer fraud and unfair or deceptive business practices.
     SECTION 11.  Section 18 of chapter 17 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-  addiction.
     SECTION 12.  Section 18A of said chapter 17, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 11 and 16, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following word:- addiction.
     Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment, see H.3821
     SECTION 13.  Chapter 19A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4C the following section:-
     Section 4D.  (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:-
     “Employee organization”, a labor union or other organization, agency or employee representation committee, association, group or plan in which employees participate and which exists in whole or in part for the purpose of dealing with employers concerning matters incidental to employment relationships.
     “Home care worker”, a person employed by a home care worker agency to provide personal care, homemaker, companion or chore services under the home care program established in section 4.
     “Home care worker agency”, an entity employing home care workers to provide services under the home care program established in section 4 that is under contract with an aging services access point established pursuant to section 4B.
     (b)  The department shall establish and maintain a home care worker registry for home care workers employed by a home care worker agency.
     A home care worker agency shall report the required home care worker registry information for each home care worker it employs on a paid, unpaid, temporary or permanent basis who is not exempt from the reporting requirement. Any exemptions from reporting shall be established in regulations promulgated by the department.
     The department shall collect the following reported information concerning each home care worker: (i) the worker’s full name; (ii) their assigned unique identification number; (iii) their gender; (iv) their home address; (v) their mailing address; (vi) the full legal name of any home care worker agency employing the home care worker; (vii) the worker’s job title; and (viii) a list of home care trainings or certifications completed by the home care worker.
     Reported information for each employed home care worker shall be submitted and regularly updated by each home care worker agency subject to this section. The registry shall be updated at least quarterly. A home care worker agency shall collect and maintain the required information and submit updated information in a timely manner as determined by the department. A home care worker shall not be responsible for any costs related to the registry.
     The department shall only make each home care worker’s full name, identification number, name of any home care worker agency employing the home care worker and a list of home care trainings or certifications completed by the home care worker available to the public unless such information is exempt from disclosure by the department. Upon request from an employee organization, home care worker agency or aging services access point, the department shall provide all reported information to such entity.
     The department shall promulgate rules and regulations and shall provide such forms and notifications as may be necessary to implement this section; provided, however, that the department shall minimize any duplicate reporting that may be required of home care agencies.
     SECTION 14.  Section 29 of chapter 23G of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 8 and 9, the words “, $200,000,000 of which shall be for the exclusive use of the Devens project, so-called”.
     SECTION 15.  Said section 29 of said chapter 23G, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Annually, not later than July 1, the Agency shall report on the allocation of Agency debt obligations for its corporate purposes for each fiscal year.  A copy of the allocation report shall be filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate.
     Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment, see H.3822
     SECTION 16.  Section 8A of chapter 23H of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “system”, in line 2, the following words:- , the contribution established under section 189A of chapter 149.
     Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment, see H.3822
     SECTION 17.  Said section 8A of said chapter 23H is hereby further amended by striking out the words “, the contribution established under section 189A of chapter 149” inserted by section 16.
     SECTION 18.  Section 68 of chapter 23K of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 63, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-  addiction.
     SECTION 19.  Section 14 of chapter 25A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 1 and 2, and in line 14, the words “or local governmental body” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- , local governmental body or the judiciary.
     SECTION 20.  Said section 14 of said chapter 25A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 9, the words “or body” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , body or the judiciary.
     SECTION 21.  Section 2JJ of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the word “for” the second time it appears, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- and family child care homes or large family child care homes, as defined in section 1A of chapter 15D, for.
     SECTION 22.  Said chapter 29 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 2VVVV the following 2 sections:-
     Section 2WWWW.  (a) There shall be a Non-Acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fund to be administered by the secretary of health and human services. There shall be credited to the fund: (i) all revenues generated from the funds collected under subsection (b) of section 67 of chapter 118E; (ii) an amount equal to any federal financial participation revenues claimed and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from the fund; (iii) any revenue from appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; and (iv) interest earned on any money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended without further appropriation.
     (b)  Money in the fund shall be expended for Medicaid payments to: (i) nonpublic hospitals licensed by the department of public health under section 51 of chapter 111 but not defined as acute-care hospitals under section 25B of said chapter 111; and (ii) nonpublic hospitals licensed as inpatient facilities by the department of mental health under section 19 of chapter 19 and regulations promulgated thereunder but not categorized as Class VII licensees under the regulations.
     (c)  Revenues generated from clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (a) shall be expended exclusively for the entities identified in subsection (b) and shall not be used to replace payment commitments in effect as of March 1, 2017.  The expenditures shall be established by the executive office of health and human services in a manner consistent with the requirements and conditions of federal financial participation under 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w) and 42 C.F.R. 433.68, including the prohibitions against hold harmless provisions as defined under 42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(4) and 42 C.F.R. 433.68(f) and shall be made only under federally-approved payment methods and consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services. Federal financial participation shall be sought in a manner that achieves the maximum amount of federal revenue such that the assessment amount equals the state share of the qualifying Medicaid hospital payments related to this section.
     (d)  The schedule of payment amounts to be established and distributed by the executive office of health and human services under this section shall be developed in a manner that: (i) promotes the provider capacity, access and utilization management needs of the MassHealth program as those needs are determined by the secretary of health and human services; (ii) may consider the cost of services delivered by providers for which the providers are not fully reimbursed or otherwise compensated, including, but not limited to, inpatient, outpatient, and physician bad debt, free care and services delivered in good faith reliance on authorization;  (iii) may consider existing Medicaid reimbursement rates above base rates including but not limited to those provided to chronic disease rehabilitation hospitals that serve solely children and adolescents; and (iv) is proportional, to the extent possible, to the respective assessed amounts paid by each class of hospitals relative to this section. The executive office shall consult with trade organizations representing rehabilitation hospital providers, chronic care hospital providers and psychiatric hospital providers in the development and implementation of the payments. In order 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 revenue estimates as certified by the secretary of health and human services to be transferred, credited or deposited under this section. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
     (e)  Annually, not later than September 30, the executive office of health and human services shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include: (i) a detailed accounting of all money transferred, credited or deposited into and from the fund; (ii) the reasons for any unspent amount in the fund; and (iii) an analysis of the respective assessed amounts paid by each class of hospitals and the respective payments received by each class of hospitals relative to this section.
     Section 2XXXX.  (a) There shall be a Municipal Epinephrine Bulk Purchase Trust Fund to be administered and expended by the commissioner of public health or a designee for the municipal epinephrine bulk purchase program. Municipalities may join the program to purchase epinephrine for municipal first responder agencies and elementary and secondary schools located within the district. The state office of pharmacy services shall assist with the purchasing and distribution of epinephrine 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 epinephrine; (ii) revenue from appropriations or other money 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 that are 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 epinephrine through the program. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and money 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 chairs of 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 the expenditures from the fund, the municipalities participating in the program, the amount of epinephrine purchased by each municipality and the discount procured through bulk purchasing.
     (c)  The department of public health may promulgate regulations or guidelines to implement the municipal epinephrine bulk purchase program established pursuant to this section.
     SECTION 23.  Section 1 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word “system”, in line 572, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, the following words:- and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Fund shall be deemed to be a system.
     SECTION 24.  Section 3 of said chapter 32 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “unit”, in line 915, the first time it appears, as so appearing, the following words:- ; provided, however, that if the commonwealth is the first governmental unit, any payments received shall be credited to the General Fund.
     SECTION 25.  Section 7 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “unit”, in line 224, the following words:- ; provided, however, that if the commonwealth is the first governmental unit, any payments received shall be credited to the General Fund.
     SECTION 26.  Section 22 of said chapter 32 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “fund”, in line 371, as so appearing, the following words:- or to the General Fund as otherwise provided in those sections.
     SECTION 27.  Subdivision (1) of section 22C of said chapter 32 is hereby amended by striking out the third paragraph, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, appropriations or transfers made to the Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund in fiscal years 2018 to 2020, inclusive, shall be made in accordance with the following funding schedule: $2,394,497,926 in fiscal year 2018, $2,608,452,563 in fiscal year 2019 and $2,841,524,605 in fiscal year 2020. Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision to the contrary, any adjustments to these amounts shall be limited to increases in the schedule amounts for each of the specified years.
     SECTION 28.  Section 90G¾ of said chapter 32 is hereby repealed.
     SECTION 29.  Section 67A of chapter 33 of the General Laws, as appearing in the  2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- If a fallen service member from the commonwealth who qualifies for the medal of liberty has no surviving spouse, children, siblings or parents, such service member’s next closest surviving relative including, but not limited to, any nephews or nieces, shall be eligible for the medal of liberty.
     Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment, see H.3823
     SECTION 30.  The General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after chapter 40W the following chapter:-

CHAPTER 40X.
COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICTS

     Section 1.  As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
     “Community benefit district”, a contiguous geographic area with clearly-defined boundaries formed pursuant to this chapter.
     “Community benefit district corporation”, the nonprofit corporation designated to receive funds and otherwise implement the community benefit district, including the board of directors, officers and employees.
     “Community benefit district fee”, a payment for services or improvements specified by the initial management plan or any other management plan.
     “Initial management plan”, the strategic and operating plan for the community benefit district as approved by the municipal governing body as part of the creation of the community benefit district.
     “Management plan”, a subsequent, updated version of the initial management plan that is approved by the board of directors.
     “Memorandum of understanding with the municipality”, a document that describes the standard government services and supplemental services to be provided within the community benefit district and how the municipality will participate in the community benefit district as a property owner and member.
     “Municipal governing body”, the city council or board of aldermen in a city or the board of selectmen or town council in a town.
     “Petition signer”, a property owner or a designee within the community benefit district who affirmatively signs the petition to establish the community benefit district.
     “Property”, real property located within the community benefit district, whether commercial, tax exempt or residential.
     “Property owner”, the owner of record of property; provided, however, that when a property is owned by an entity other than a natural person, a petition signer for that property shall include the petition signer’s title and shall demonstrate its authority to sign as owner; and provided further, that if a property is owned by multiple persons, the signature of 1 owner shall be sufficient if that owner demonstrates authority to sign on behalf of the other owners.
     “Standard government services”, governmental functions, programs, activities, facilities, improvements and other services that a municipality is authorized to perform or provide and that are paid for out of the municipal government budget.
     “Supplemental services”, the provision of programs, public rights of way services, activities, amenities or information in addition to the standard governmental services provided to the community benefit district.
     Section 2.  The rights and powers of a community benefit district corporation in a community benefit district approved by the municipal governing body pursuant to section 4 shall include: (i) retaining or recruiting business; (ii) administering and managing central and neighborhood business districts; (iii) promoting economic development; (iv) managing parking; (v) designing, engineering, constructing, maintaining or operating buildings, facilities, urban streetscapes or infrastructure to further economic development and public purposes; (vi) conducting historic preservation activities; (vii) leasing, owning, acquiring or optioning real property; (viii) owning and managing parks, public spaces and community facilities; (ix) supplementing maintenance, security and sanitation; (x) planning and designing services; (xi) formulating a fee structure; (xii) accumulating interest; (xiii) incurring costs or indebtedness; (xiv) entering into contracts; (xv) suing and being sued; (xvi) employing legal and accounting services; (xvii) undertaking planning, feasibility and market analyses; (xviii) developing common marketing and promotional activities; (xix) engaging in placemaking, programming and event management within the district; (xx) soliciting donations, sponsorships and grants; (xxi) operating transit services; and (xxii) supporting public art, human and environmental services related to the enhancement of the district or other supplemental services or programs that would further the purposes of this chapter.
     Section 3.  The organization of a community benefit district shall be initiated by a petition of the property owners within the proposed community benefit district which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the municipality and shall contain:
     (i)  the signatures of the property owners, including participating tax-exempt entities, or petition signers in the proposed district who support the establishment of the district and who will pay more than 50 per cent of the assessments proposed to be levied; provided, however, that the amount of the assessment attributable to property owned by the same property owner that is in excess of 20 per cent of the amount of all assessments proposed shall not be included in the calculation or, alternatively, if there are not more than 4 property owners in the proposed district, all such property owners shall sign the petition;
     (ii)  a description of and a site map delineating the boundaries of the proposed community benefit district;
     (iii)  the identity and address of the community benefit district corporation, including its initial set of directors and officers and a copy of its by-laws;
     (iv)  an initial management plan which shall set forth the supplemental services and programs, vision, strategy, budget and fee structures proposed for the community benefit district;
     (v)  the criteria for waiving the fee for a property owner within the community benefit district who can provide evidence that the imposition of such a fee would create a significant financial hardship; and
     (vi)  a staffing plan which may include private nonprofit, for profit or public agency contractors or subcontractors.
     A petition may include a mechanism for reimbursing the municipality for the costs incurred in establishing the community benefit district and for costs incurred in collecting the district fees. A copy of the petition shall be filed with the undersecretary of housing and community development and the secretary of housing and economic development not more than 30 days following receipt of the petition by the clerk of the municipality.
     Section 4.  (a) The municipal governing body shall hold a public hearing not more than 60 days following receipt of the petition by the clerk of the municipality. Written notification of the hearing shall be sent to each property owner within the boundary of the proposed community benefit district at least 30 days before a hearing by mailing notice to the address listed in the property tax records. Notification of the hearing shall be published for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area, the last publication of which shall be not less than 14 days before the hearing and listed on the municipality’s website. The public notice shall contain the proposed boundaries of the community benefit district, the proposed fee level, a summary of supplemental programs and services and where the property owner may obtain a full copy of the initial management plan.
     (b)  Prior to the public hearing, the municipal governing body shall direct the town clerk, city clerk or a designee to determine that the establishment criteria have been met, as set forth in section 3. In determining whether a signature is authentic, the clerk shall apply the same standard used when certifying signatures for a petition to place a referendum on a local or state ballot.
     (c)  Not more than 45 days after the public hearing, a municipal governing body may, by vote of the city council with the approval of the mayor in a city, except in any city operating under a Plan D or Plan E charter, in which case, by vote of the city council with the approval of the city manager, and by a vote of the board of selectmen in a town, declare the district organized and describe the boundaries and service area of the district; provided, however, that in a town with a population of not more than 10,000, the district shall not be declared organized without a vote by the board of selectmen and a town meeting. The declaration shall include authorization to municipal staff to enter into an agreement with the community benefit district corporation with respect to operations and funding consistent with the approved initial management plan. Upon such declaration, the community benefit district may commence operations.
     (d)  Notice of the declaration of the organization of the community benefit district shall be mailed or delivered to each property owner within the proposed community benefit district. The notice shall explain that membership in the community benefit district is irrevocable unless the community benefit district is dissolved pursuant to section 10 and shall include a description of the basis for determining the district fee, the projected fee level and the services to be provided within the community benefit district. The notice shall be published for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area, the last publication being not more than 30 days after the vote to declare the district organized.
     (e)  Participation in the community benefit district shall be permanent unless the community benefit district is dissolved pursuant to section 10. All property owners shall contribute in accordance with fee structures based upon the benefits anticipated to be received, as outlined in the initial management plan.
     Section 5.  (a) Each community benefit district corporation shall have a not-for-profit board of directors that shall oversee its operations to insure the implementation of the initial management plan and any management plan. Not less than 51 per cent of the board shall be composed of property owners, which may include participating tax-exempt property owners or their designees, and the remaining members may be a balanced group of stakeholders representing the community including residents, municipal government, business tenants and nonprofits.
     (b)  The initial management plan shall be updated not less than once every 3 years by the community benefit district board of directors and a copy thereof shall be mailed, emailed or delivered to each community benefit district member and filed with the municipal governing body.
     (c)  The community benefit district corporation shall comply with the public charity reporting requirements of section 8F of chapter 12.
     Section 6.  The real property located within a proposed community benefit district shall be considered in the fee formula for supplemental services and programs as outlined in the initial management plan, except that residential property with a homeowner eligible for a property tax exemption established by statute, local ordinance or by-law shall not be charged a fee for participating in the district.
     Tax-exempt property owners in the district shall not be required to pay assessment fees, but may elect to do so. Tax-exempt property owners may also enter into a memorandum of agreement with the district management entity in lieu of, or to supplement, monetary payments and that may include contributions including: space for events, loans of equipment or vehicles, volunteers or volunteer management, staff time, programs and services to the community or another contribution deemed appropriate to support implementation of the district management plan.
     The community benefit district corporation may grant a financial hardship waiver to a property owner pursuant to the waiver criteria established within the community benefit district. A waiver is not intended to be permanent, shall be requested and granted on an annual basis and shall be based upon temporary, extraordinary circumstances. The community benefit district corporation may approve in-kind contributions or services in addition to, or in lieu of, fees upon execution of a memorandum of agreement with a property owner.
     Section 7.  Upon formal approval of a community benefit district, the municipal governing body shall adopt the district fee structure for the financing of items submitted in the initial management plan for the community benefit district; provided, however, that the total fees assessed in any 1 year may not exceed ½ of 1 per cent of the sum of the assessed valuation of the real property owned by participating members in the community benefit district. The basis of a district fee may be determined by a formula utilizing at least 1 or a combination of the following methodologies:
     (i)  different levels for varying classifications of real property;
     (ii)  benefit zones;
     (iii)  assessed valuation;
     (iv)  building or parcel square footage;
     (v)  street frontage; or
     (vi)  another formula that meets the objectives of the community benefit district.
     The community benefit district, through its management plan, shall have the option to limit or cap the maximum annual fee derived from individual properties or the total annual revenue generated by the community benefit district.
     The initial management plan may also propose a phase-in period of not more than 3 years in which assessments increase over the stated period. The formula for determining the district fee structure shall be set forth in the original petition as required by section 3.
     The community benefit district may change the formula or the assessment level set forth in the initial management plan or management plan by majority vote of its board of directors, ratified by a vote of ⅔ of the property owners that are members in the community benefit district. Not more than 30 days after amendment of the formula or assessment level, the community benefit district shall file notice of the changes with the municipal governing body, the undersecretary of housing and community development and the secretary of housing and economic development. In addition to receiving funds from the district fee, the community benefit district corporation may receive grants, donations, revenues generated from parking fees, community benefit district activities or gifts on behalf of the community benefit district.
     Section 8.  The collector or treasurer of the municipality may collect district fees in designated community benefit districts and disburse the funds to the community benefit district corporation. In addition to the items identified in section 3A of chapter 60, the collector or treasurer may include notices for district fees in the envelope or electronic message in which a property bill is sent. District fees collected shall be used solely to fund items to further the goals identified and approved in the initial management plan for the community benefit district. The collector or treasurer shall disburse fee revenues to the community benefit district corporation not later than 30 days after the collection of such fees, together with any interest earned on those fees.
     Following establishment of the community benefit district, the fees billed by or on behalf of the community benefit district and unpaid after 30 days from the date of billing shall become a lien on the property, which shall have priority over all other liens except municipal liens and mortgages of record prior to the recording of a notice of lien, if notice of the lien is duly recorded by the community benefit district corporation in the appropriate registry of deeds or land court registry district.
     Section 9.  After the establishment of a community benefit district pursuant to this chapter, the district boundaries upon which the establishment was based may, upon the recommendation of the community benefit district corporation, be amended by the municipal governing body after compliance with the procedures set forth in this section.
     The community benefit district corporation shall prepare a petition, consistent with the criteria described in section 3; provided, however, that if the petition concerns an amendment to expand the district, the petition shall be accompanied by signatures of the property owners who are required to pay more than 50 per cent of the assessments in the expanded area. If the petition concerns an amendment to reduce the size of the district, it shall be accompanied by signatures of the property owners who are required to pay more than 50 per cent of the assessments levied in the existing district. The municipal governing body shall hold a public hearing not more than 60 days after its receipt of a petition to amend the district boundaries. In the case of an expansion petition, written notification of the hearing shall be sent to each property owner within the proposed expansion area of the community benefit district at least 30 days before the hearing by mailing notice to the address listed in the property tax records. In the case of a reduction petition, the notice shall be sent to each property owner in the existing district. For either an expansion or reduction petition, notification of the hearing shall also be published for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area with the last publication being not less than 14 days before the hearing and shall be listed on the municipality’s website. For an expansion petition, the public notice shall contain the proposed expanded boundaries of the community benefit district, the fee level, a summary of supplemental programs and services and where the property owner may obtain a full copy of the management plan. For a reduction petition, the public notice shall contain the proposed reduced boundaries of the community benefit district and any changes in the fee level, supplemental programs and services or other material aspects of the management plan that will occur as a result of the boundary change. Not more than 30 days after the hearing, and upon determination by the city or town clerk or designee, that the petition has met the necessary criteria, the municipal governing body may by a vote declare the district boundaries amended. Upon the adoption of an amendment to the district boundaries that increases the size of the district, owners of property to be added to the district shall be notified of the new boundaries of the district in accordance with section 4.
     Section 10.  A community benefit district may be dissolved by a majority vote by its board of directors, ratified by a ⅔ vote of the property owners; provided, however, that the amount of the assessment attributable to property owned by the same property owner that is in excess of 20 per cent of the amount of all assessments proposed shall not be included in the calculation; provided further, that the community benefit district shall not be dissolved until it has satisfied or paid in full its outstanding indebtedness, obligations and liabilities, until funds are on deposit and available therefore or until a repayment schedule has been formulated and approved by the municipal governing body. Upon dissolution, the community benefit district shall not incur any new or increased financial obligations. Any liabilities, either current or future, incurred as a result of action to accomplish the purposes of the management plan shall not be an obligation of the municipality. Liabilities shall be paid for entirely from revenue gained from the project or facilities authorized or from the fees on the properties in the community benefit district.
     Upon the dissolution of a community benefit district, any remaining revenues derived from the sale of assets acquired with fees collected shall be refunded to the property owners in the community benefit district by applying the same formula used to calculate the fee in the fiscal year in which the community benefit district is dissolved. Nothing in this section shall prevent the filing of a subsequent petition for a similar community benefit district.
     SECTION 31.  Section 25 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The overlay account may be used only for avoiding fractional divisions of the amount to be assessed, for abatements granted on account of property assessed for any fiscal year and for any interest payable on such abatements under section 64 or 69.
     SECTION 32.  Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (h) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
     (h)(1)  A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the taxes imposed by this chapter if that person qualified for and claimed the earned income credit allowed under section 32 of the Code, as amended and in effect for the taxable year.  With respect to a person who is a nonresident for part of the taxable year, the credit shall be limited to 23 per cent of the federal credit multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days in the taxable year the person resided in the commonwealth and the denominator of which shall be the number of days in the taxable year.  A person who is a nonresident for the entire taxable year shall not be allowed the credit.  The credit allowed by this subsection shall equal 23 per cent of the federal credit received by the taxpayer for the taxable year.  If other credits allowed under this section are utilized by the taxpayer for the taxable year, the credit afforded by this subsection shall be applied last.  If the amount of the credit allowed under this subsection exceeds the taxpayer's liability, the commissioner shall treat the excess as an overpayment and shall pay the taxpayer the amount of the excess without interest.
     (2)  For the purposes of this subsection, a married taxpayer shall satisfy the joint filing requirement under section 32 of the Code if the taxpayer files an income tax return using a filing status of married filing separately and the taxpayer: (i) is living apart from the taxpayer’s spouse at the time the taxpayer files the tax return; (ii) is unable to file a joint return because the taxpayer is a victim of domestic abuse; and (iii) indicates on the taxpayer’s income tax return that the taxpayer meets the criteria of clauses (i) and (ii).
     SECTION 33.  Said section 6 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-
     (u)(1)  A partnership, limited liability corporation or other legal entity engaged in business in the commonwealth that: (i) is not a business corporation subject to the excise under chapter 63; (ii) employs not more than 100 employees; (iii) is certified by the commissioner of veterans’ services pursuant to section 2C of chapter 115; and (iv) qualifies for and claims the Work Opportunity Credit allowed under section 51 of the Code, as amended and in effect for the taxable year, for the hiring of qualified veterans in the commonwealth, shall be allowed a credit equal to $2,000 for each qualified veteran hired by the partnership, limited liability corporation or other legal entity. For the purposes of this subsection, “qualified veteran” shall have the same meaning as under section 51(d)(3) of the Code.
     (2)  To be eligible for a credit under this subsection: (i) the primary place of employment and the primary residence of the qualified veteran shall be in the commonwealth and (ii) not later than the day an individual begins work, a business shall have obtained the applicable certification from the department of career services or any successor agency that the individual is a qualified veteran.
     (3)  The credit under this subsection shall be attributed on a pro rata basis to the owners, partners or members of the legal entity entitled to the credit under this subsection and shall be allowed as a credit against the tax due under this chapter from such owners, partners or members in a manner determined by the commissioner.
     (4)  A business that is eligible for and claims the credit allowed under this subsection in a taxable year with respect to a qualified veteran shall be eligible for a second credit of $2,000 in the subsequent taxable year with respect to such qualified veteran, subject to certification of continued employment during the subsequent taxable year in the manner required by the commissioner. A credit allowed under this subsection shall not be transferable or refundable. Any amount of the credit allowed under this subsection that exceeds the tax due for a taxable year may be carried forward to any of the 3 subsequent taxable years.
     (5)  The total cumulative value of the credits authorized pursuant to this subsection and section 38GG of chapter 63 shall not exceed $1,000,000 annually.
     SECTION 34.  Section 8 of chapter 62C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 9 and 10, the words “and state in such report the amount of such income so paid by it” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- ; provided, however, that the commissioner may require additional reporting requirements that differ from those required by the federal government under the Code; and provided further, that the report shall state the amount of income paid by the payor.
     SECTION 35.  Chapter 63 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 38FF the following section:-
     Section 38GG.  (a) A business corporation with not more than 100 employees, that is certified by the commissioner of veterans’ services pursuant to section 2C of chapter 115 and qualifies for and claims the Work Opportunity Credit allowed under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended and in effect for the taxable year, for the hiring of qualified veterans in the commonwealth shall be allowed a credit against its excise due under this chapter in an amount equal to $2,000 for each qualified veteran hired by the business corporation. For the purposes of this section, “qualified veteran” shall have the same meaning as under section 51(d)(3) of the Code.
     (b)  To be eligible for a credit under this section: (i) the primary place of employment and the primary residence of the qualified veteran shall be in the commonwealth; and (ii) not later than the day an individual begins work, a business corporation shall have obtained the applicable certification from the department of career services or any successor agency that the individual is a qualified veteran.
     (c)  In the case of a business corporation that is subject to a minimum excise under this chapter, the amount of the credit allowed by this section shall not reduce the excise to an amount less than such minimum excise.
     (d)  A business corporation that is eligible for and claims the credit allowed under this section in a taxable year with respect to a qualified veteran shall be eligible for a second credit of $2,000 in the subsequent taxable year with respect to such qualified veteran, subject to certification of continued employment during the subsequent taxable year in the manner required by the commissioner.  A credit allowed under this section shall not be transferable or refundable. Any amount of the credit allowed under this section that exceeds the tax due for a taxable year may be carried forward to any of the 3 subsequent taxable years.
     (e)  The total cumulative value of the credits authorized pursuant to this section and subsection (u) of section 6 of chapter 62 shall not exceed $1,000,000 annually.
     SECTION 36.  Chapter 69 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 31A, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
     Section 31A.  An educational institution chartered, located, offering courses or otherwise doing business within the commonwealth shall not award degrees within the commonwealth unless authorized or approved to do so by the commonwealth.
An educational institution chartered, incorporated or organized in another state shall not conduct within the commonwealth courses available to residents of the commonwealth that lead to the award of a degree unless the educational institution has received the authorization of the commonwealth for such courses; provided, however, that authorization may be granted by the board of higher education through the board of higher education’s participation in an interstate reciprocity agreement under section 9 of chapter 15A. The board of higher education shall be responsible for the implementation of this section.
     SECTION 37.  Chapter 75 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 45B the following section:-
     Section 45C.  (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth an Innovation Voucher Program Fund into which shall be credited any appropriations designated by the general court to be credited to the fund and any monies generated for the fund through corporations or nonprofit entities.  The fund shall be administered by the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency established in chapter 23G, which shall make expenditures from the fund without further appropriation to provide for an investment through a voucher program to small corporations and startup companies for cost sharing use of core facilities at the University of Massachusetts to be administered by the agency.  The agency shall issue regulations to establish guidelines and eligibility criteria for participating companies.  Vouchers shall provide the cost of hourly or daily use or per unit rate of the core facilities.  The vouchers shall be used to advance the goals of job growth creation, innovation and economic development which may include, but shall not be limited to: the construction of prototypes, testing, and market research.  The Agency’s regulations shall include eligibility requirements for participating companies; provided, however, that: (i) eligible companies with the full time equivalent of not more than 10 employees  may receive a voucher that covers up to 75 per cent of the cost of the rate; (ii) eligible companies with the full time equivalent of 11 to 50 employees may receive a voucher for not more than 50 per cent of the cost of the rate; and (iii) companies with 51 or more employees shall not be eligible for the voucher program.  Vouchers shall not exceed more than 75 per cent of the total cost of the hourly or daily use, or per unit rate, of core facilities and shall not exceed $75,000 per year for each individual company.  The regulations shall lay out a process by which the University of Massachusetts campuses shall seek quarterly reimbursements from the agency for the vouchers.  For the purposes of this section “core facilities” shall be research based hardware and software that are available at a daily or hourly rate or per unit rate  for use by partners of the University of Massachusetts.
     (b)  The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency shall annually file a report with the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on higher education and with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate detailing the vouchers awarded under this section not later than March 1.
     SECTION 38.  Section 8D of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “chapter”, in line 3, the following words:-  who has not previously made an anatomical gift through the donor registry under clause (1) of subsection (a) of section 5 of chapter 113A.
     SECTION 39.  Said section 8D of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the figure “10”, in line 20, the following words:-  ; provided, that the registrar may include such an option on other forms issued by the registrar, including, but not limited to, forms for electronic monetary transactions, license identification, permit renewals and duplicates, non-commercial registration renewals and duplicate title forms.
     SECTION 40.  Section 32G of said chapter 90 is hereby amended by inserting after the word “person,”, in line 1, as so appearing, the following words:-  no authority established under chapter 161B.
     SECTION 41.  Said section 32G of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “No”, in line 171, the following words:- authority established under chapter 161B and no.
     SECTION 42.  Said section 32G of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amending by adding the following paragraph:-
An authority established under chapter 161B and licensed pursuant to this section shall be limited to giving instruction for hire in the operation of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 1 of chapter 90F.
     SECTION 43.  Section 7 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
     (i)  Every person who: (i) is in the business of manufacturing or distributing any controlled substances, and (ii) has  a principal place of business located in the commonwealth but at no time takes physical possession of any controlled substances, shall register with the commissioner in accordance with the regulations of the department.  The registration shall require the payment of a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7.  The registration shall be effective for 1 year from the date of issuance.
     SECTION 44.  Subsection (d½) of section 18 of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
     Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a retail pharmacy operating within the commonwealth from filling prescriptions for a narcotic substance contained in schedule II of section 3 of this chapter for patients admitted to a long-term care facility in Maine or a state contiguous with the commonwealth, provided; however, that:
     (i)  the pharmacy is licensed for retail by the commonwealth and, if applicable, registered with the appropriate regulatory authorities in the state from which the prescription is received and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, as applicable, for the dispensing of controlled substances; and
     (ii)  the medications are delivered directly to the long-term care facility by a courier employed or contracted by the retail pharmacy. 
     SECTION 45.  Section 21 of  said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 24, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-  addiction.
     SECTION 46.  Chapter 111 is hereby amended by inserting after section 51J the following section:-
     Section 51K.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
     “Home health agency”, an entity or organization that provides home health services; provided, however, that ''home health agency'' shall not include an entity operated by either the federal government or the commonwealth providing home health services.
     “Home health services”, skilled nursing services or other therapeutic services provided in a patient's home with supervision by a physician or registered nurse.
     (b)  Unless otherwise expressly authorized by the department, no person shall establish, maintain, operate or hold oneself out as a home health agency without a home health agency license issued by the department and no organization or entity shall provide home health services, use the words "home health" to describe its services or establish, maintain, operate or hold itself out as a home health agency without a home health agency license issued by the department.
     (c)  The department shall issue for a term of 3 years, and renew for a like term, a license to maintain a home health agency to an entity or organization that demonstrates to the department that it is responsible and suitable to maintain such an agency. A home health agency license shall be subject to suspension, revocation or refusal to renew for cause. Initial application and renewal fees for the license shall be established pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7.
     The department may impose a fine of up to $10,000 on a person or entity that advertises, announces, establishes, maintains or is concerned in establishing or maintaining a home health agency without a license granted by the department.  The department may impose a fine of not more than $10,000 on a licensed home health agency that violates this section or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder. Each day during which a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. The department may conduct surveys and investigations to enforce compliance with this section.
     (d)  A home health agency certified for participation in either Medicare or Medicaid shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the initial licensure application and the department may approve such an application upon a finding of responsibility and suitability and that the agency meets all other licensure requirements as determined by the department. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the authority of the department to require a fee, impose a fine, conduct surveys and investigations or to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license pursuant to subsection (c).
     (e)  The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.
     SECTION 47.  Section 222 of said chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 27, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-  addiction.
     SECTION 48.  Said chapter 111 is hereby further amended by adding the following section:- 
     Section 237.  The commissioner shall collect, record and analyze data, and shall assemble and maintain data systems, necessary to analyze population health trends.  The commissioner shall give priority to analyzing fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses. The commissioner may identify and determine additional priorities for the reduction of morbidity and mortality.
     Notwithstanding section 74 of chapter 6, sections 16 to 16Y, inclusive, of chapter 6A, chapter 12C, chapter 19A, chapter 46, chapter 94C, chapters 111 to 111O, inclusive, chapter 112, chapter 118E, chapter 119, chapter 120, chapter 123, and chapter 123B, the center for health information analysis and any office or agency within the executive branch shall provide, upon request from the commissioner, information necessary to conduct the analysis required by this section if the provision of such information is otherwise consistent with federal and state law.  The commissioner may request from any office or agency within the judicial branch, and any such office or agency may provide, information necessary to conduct this analysis required by this section if the provision of such information is otherwise consistent with federal and state law.
     The commissioner shall develop policies and procedures for the governance of such data and data systems, which shall include provisions for confidentiality and security.  Information or data provided or accessed under this section shall be confidential, shall not be used to identify any individual and shall be used solely for the conduct of analysis pursuant to this section.  Such information or data shall not be considered a public record, shall be exempt from disclosure under section 10 of chapter 66 and shall not be subject to subpoena or discovery or admissible as evidence in any action of any kind in any court or before any other tribunal, board, agency or person.  All resulting reports shall provide data in an aggregate and de-identified format.
     The commissioner shall, not less than biennially, prepare and submit a report on priority public health trends.  The report shall be publicly available and shall be filed with clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public health and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care financing. 
     The commissioner may promulgate regulations to implement this section.
     SECTION 49.  Section 12E½  of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the  2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-  addiction.
     SECTION 50.  Chapter 115 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2B the following section:-
     Section 2C.  The commissioner shall develop a comprehensive program to enhance employment opportunities and outcomes among veterans by assisting businesses to attract, hire, train and retain veterans.  The program shall promote strategies for connecting employers to qualified veterans and shall include: (i) a workforce assessment and training program for participating employers; and (ii) a certification and assessment process for participating employers to set measurable goals for hiring, training and retaining veterans.  The commissioner shall engage with interested stakeholders and organizations that provide services to veterans in the development of the program.
     SECTION 51.  The third paragraph of section 6B of said chapter 115, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:- Such payments shall be due and payable from the date of the parents’ and surviving spouse’s application; provided, however, that the first payment shall be retroactive to the applicant’s initial date of eligibility if the deceased member or the parent or spouse making application was a resident of the commonwealth at the time of death and the parent or spouse making application is a resident of the commonwealth at the time of application.  For the purposes of calculating any retroactive payment of benefits under this section, the initial date of eligibility shall be the later of: (i) the date of death of the member of the armed forces of the United States; or (ii) July 1, 1998, in the case of parents and November 11, 2005, in the case of a spouse.
     SECTION 52.  Section 64 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Ambulatory surgical center services” the following definition:-
     “Assessed charges”, gross patient service revenue attributable to all patients less gross patient service revenue attributable to Title XVIII, XIX and XXI programs.
     SECTION 53.  Subsection (b) of section 66 of said chapter 118E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first 3 sentences and inserting in place thereof the following 3 sentences:-  The fund shall consist of: (i) all amounts paid by acute hospitals and surcharge payors under sections 67 and 68; (ii) all appropriations for the purpose of payments to acute hospitals or community health centers for health services provided to uninsured and underinsured residents; (iii) any transfers from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund established in section 2OOO of chapter 29; (iv) all amounts paid by privately-owned, nonfederal hospitals under subsection (b) of section 67; and (v) all property and securities acquired by and through the use of money belonging to the fund and all interest thereon. The office shall transfer $257,500,000 to the MassHealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fund established in section 2SSSS of said chapter 29 and shall transfer an amount equal to all amounts paid by privately-owned, nonfederal hospitals under said subsection (b) of said section 67 to the Non-Acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fund established in section 2WWWW of said chapter 29.  The office shall expend amounts in the fund, except for amounts transferred to the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund, the MassHealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fund and the Non-Acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fund, for payments to hospitals and community health centers for reimbursable health services provided to uninsured and underinsured residents, consistent with the requirements of this section, section 69 and the regulations adopted by the office.
     SECTION 54.  Said subsection (b) of said section 66 of said chapter 118E is hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence, as inserted by section 53, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-  The office shall transfer an amount equal to all amounts paid by privately-owned, nonfederal hospitals under subsection (b) of section 67 to the Non-Acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fund established in section 2WWWW of said chapter 29.
     SECTION 55.  Said chapter 118E is hereby further amended by striking out section 67, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
     Section 67.  (a) An acute hospital's liability to the fund shall equal the product of: (i) the ratio of its assessed charges to all acute hospitals' assessed charges; and (ii) the total acute hospital assessment amount. Annually, before October 1, the office shall establish each acute hospital's liability to the fund using the best data available as determined by the health safety net office and shall update each acute hospital's liability to the fund as updated information becomes available. The office shall specify by regulation an appropriate mechanism for interim determination and payment of an acute hospital's liability to the fund. An acute hospital's liability to the fund shall, in the case of a transfer of ownership, be assumed by the successor in interest to the acute hospital.
     (b)  There shall be imposed in each fiscal year a uniform assessment upon the assessed charges of all: (i) nonpublic hospitals licensed by the department of public health under section 51 of chapter 111 but not defined as acute care hospitals under section 25B of said chapter 111;  and (ii) nonpublic hospitals licensed as inpatient facilities by the department of mental health under section 19 of chapter 19 and regulations promulgated thereunder but not categorized as class VII licensees under the regulations; provided, however, that such uniform assessment shall be set as a percentage of the assessed charges of each such hospital and, for each fiscal year, the percentage shall be equal to the ratio of: (1) the total acute hospital assessment amount as defined in section 64  for the same fiscal year; to (2) the total assessed charges as defined in said section 64 of acute care hospitals in the same fiscal year and as the amount of those charges is determined by the health safety net office under this section . A non-acute hospital's liability to the fund shall, in the case of a transfer of ownership, be assumed by the successor in interest to the non-acute hospital.
     (c)  The office shall establish by regulation an appropriate mechanism for enforcing each hospital's liability to the fund in the event that a hospital does not make a scheduled payment to the fund.
     SECTION 56.  Section 35 of chapter 123 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “Bridgewater”, in line 76, the following words:-  or other such facility as designated by the commissioner of correction.
     SECTION 57.  Said section 35 of said chapter 123 is hereby further amended by striking out the fifth paragraph, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following 2 paragraphs:-
     Annually, not later than February 1, the commissioner shall report on whether a facility other than the Massachusetts correctional institution at Bridgewater is being used for treatment of males under the previous paragraph and the number of persons so committed to such a facility in the previous year. The report shall be provided to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and the chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary.
     Nothing in this section shall preclude a facility, including the Massachusetts correctional institution at Bridgewater or such other facility as may be designated by the commissioner of correction, from treating persons on a voluntary basis.
     SECTION 58.  Section 19 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the word “The” and inserting in place thereof  the following word:- (a) The.
     SECTION 59.  Said section 19 of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-
     (b)  Notwithstanding section 17, a local licensing authority, subject to the approval of the commission, may grant a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on a manufacturer’s premises to a manufacturer authorized to manufacture alcoholic beverages pursuant to this section; provided, however, that such a licensee may sell alcoholic beverages produced by the manufacturer for on-premises consumption.
     Governor returned the following sections with recommendation of amendment, see H.3822
     SECTION 60.  Section 189 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the figure “.34” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- .51.
     SECTION 61.  Said section 189 of said chapter 149 is hereby further amended by striking out the figure “.51”, inserted by section 60,  and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- .34.
     SECTION 62.  Said section 189 of said chapter 149, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 50, the figure “.12” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:— .18.
     SECTION 63.  Said section 189 of said chapter 149 is hereby further amended by striking out the figure “.18”, inserted by section 62, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- .12.
     SECTION 64.  Said section 189 of said chapter 149, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 54, the figure “.24” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- .36.
     SECTION 65.  Said section 189 of said chapter 149 is hereby further amended by striking out the figure “.36”, inserted by section 64, and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- .24.
     SECTION 66.  Said chapter 149 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 189 the following  section:-
     Section 189A.  (a) Each employer, subject to sections 14, 14A and 14C of chapter 151A, except those who employ not more than 5 employees, shall pay a contribution for each employee who receives health insurance coverage through the division of medical assistance or subsidized insurance through the commonwealth health insurance connector authority. The contribution shall be computed by multiplying the wages the employer paid any such employee by 5 per cent. The department of unemployment assistance, in consultation with the division of medical assistance and the commonwealth health insurance connector authority, shall promulgate regulations to implement this subsection, which shall specify the number of days that an individual shall be required to receive such subsidized health care coverage to cause the assessment. The contribution shall be paid in a manner prescribed by the director of unemployment assistance.
     (b)  For the purposes of this section, “wages” shall mean the “unemployment insurance taxable wage base” as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of section 14 of chapter 151A; provided, however that “wages” shall not include that part of remuneration which, after remuneration equal to the unemployment insurance taxable wage base with respect to employment with such employer has been paid to an individual during the calendar year, is paid to such individual during such year. For the purposes of this paragraph, “remuneration” shall include remuneration paid to an individual during the calendar year with respect to employment with a transferring employer as that term is used in subsection (n) of section 14 of said chapter 151A.
     (c)  An employer notified of a liability determination under this section may request a hearing on such determination. The request for a hearing shall be filed not more than 10 days after the receipt of the notice of the determination. If a hearing is requested, the employer shall have a reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing before an impartial hearing officer designated by the director of unemployment assistance. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with subsection (b) of section 39 of chapter 151A.      Following the hearing, an aggrieved party may appeal the decision to superior court.
     (d) (1)  Except where inconsistent with this section, the terms and conditions of chapter 151A that are applicable to the payment and collection of contributions or payments in lieu of contributions shall apply to the same extent to the payment of and the collection of the contribution under this section; provided, however, that such contributions shall not be credited to the employer's account or to the solvency account established under section 14, 14A or 14C of said chapter 151A.
     (2)  The director of unemployment assistance may share information with the commissioner of revenue to enforce and collect the contribution under this section. The commissioner of revenue may enforce and collect a debt certified by the director as owed under this section in the manner as a tax due and unpaid under chapter 62C; provided, however, that the procedures authorized in subsection (c) shall be the sole remedies for an employer to dispute a debt so certified and remedies otherwise available under said chapter 62C to dispute a tax assessment shall not be available.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purposes of enforcement of this section the commissioner of revenue may disclose to the department of unemployment assistance any information referred to in chapter 62E or any information relating to the commissioner’s collection activities under chapter 62C with regard to debts certified by the director.
     (e)  Data collected by the department of unemployment insurance, the department of revenue, the division of medical assistance and the commonwealth health insurance connector authority under this section shall not be a public record under clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 or under chapter 66. The department of unemployment insurance, the department of revenue, the division of medical assistance and the commonwealth health insurance connector authority may share information to implement this section.
     SECTION 67.  Section 189A of said chapter 149 is hereby repealed.
     SECTION 68.  Section 2 of chapter 151 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the word “or”, in line 31, and inserting in place thereof the following words:-  work by seasonal camp counselors and counselor trainees or.
     SECTION 69.  Section 7 of said chapter 151, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 22 to 24, inclusive, the words “learners and apprentices, except for seasonal camp counselors and counselor trainees, and except for ushers” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- learners, apprentices and ushers.
     SECTION 70.  Section 5 of chapter 161A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “estate”, in line 15, the following words:- that is determined by the authority to have a fair market value of equal to or greater than $50,000.
     SECTION 71.  Subsection (b) of said section 5 of said chapter 161A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- If the authority determines that it shall sell or otherwise dispose of real property with a fair market value of less than $50,000, the authority shall declare the property available for disposition and shall specify the restrictions, if any, placed on the subsequent use of the property.
     SECTION 72.  Section 6 of chapter 161B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:-
     (r)  to apply for and receive a license to engage in the business of giving instruction for hire in the operation of commercial motor vehicles under section 32G of chapter 90 designed to promote participation from low income, underemployed and unemployed persons.
     SECTION 73.  Section 1A of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 211, the figure “2017” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 2019.
     SECTION 74.  Section 56D of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 3, the figure "$25,000" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $50,000.
     SECTION 75.  Said section 56D of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 5, the figure "$25,000" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $50,000.
     SECTION 76.  Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 113B the following section:-
     Section 113B1/2.  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 accident 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: (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 accident with a bodily injury liability coverage claim. No motor vehicle liability policy, as defined by section 34A of chapter 90, shall apply an increase in premium as a result of an at-fault accident that does not satisfy the criteria for a minor or major accident.  For purposes of this section, “premium” shall mean the cost of a policy, or coverage within a policy, to an individual policyholder based on the particular drivers and motor vehicles insured under the policy.
     SECTION 77.  Subsection (d) of section 4 of chapter 175E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- For motor vehicle insurance rates, no increase in premium charges shall be applied due to an at-fault accident that does not satisfy the criteria for a minor or major accident as defined by section 113B1/2 of chapter 175.
     SECTION 78.  Section 1 of chapter 185C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The housing court department established pursuant to section 1 of chapter 211B shall include: (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, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Natick, Sherborn, Sudbury and Wayland; (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 and Nantucket counties and the county of Dukes County and the municipalities of Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, 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 79.  Said chapter 185C is hereby further amended by striking out section 4, as so appearing, and inserting in the place thereof the following section:-
     Section 4.  The western division of the housing court department shall hold its sittings in the city of Springfield in Hampden county and at least 1 sitting each week in courthouse facilities in Berkshire, Franklin and Hampshire counties. 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 may consider expedient or convenient.
     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 any 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 80.  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 eastern division, 2 justices appointed for the central division, 2 justices appointed for the northeastern division, 2 justices appointed for the southeastern division, 2 justices appointed for the metro south 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 81.  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 82.  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 83.  Section 16 of said chapter 211B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 24, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-  addiction.
     SECTION 84.  Section 4 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 12, the word “abuse” and inserting in place thereof the following word:-  addiction.
     SECTION 85.  Section 20N of chapter 233 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following 3 subsections:-
     (c)  Each social worker employed by the department of children and families shall be provided with a state-issued identification card showing the name and position of the worker and containing a recent picture. In performing any of the social worker’s duties, the social worker shall display the identification card and such card shall be accepted as proof of the social worker’s identity unless the person to whom it is displayed has a good faith basis for denying its authenticity.
     (d)  No person, facility, school or law enforcement agency, jail or house of correction shall require a social worker employed by the department of children and families to provide, in connection with the performance of the social worker’s duties: (i) documentation including, but not limited to, a driver’s license, other than the state-issued identification card described in subsection (c); or (ii) the social worker’s home address or personal telephone number.
     (e)  The home address and personal telephone number of a social worker employed by the department of children and families shall be redacted from law enforcement agency reports before such reports are released to any person.
     SECTION 86.  Section 16 of chapter 130 of the acts of 2005, as appearing in  section 4 of chapter 167 of the acts of 2005, is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
     (a)(1)  Upon application, as provided in this section, there shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth, without appropriation, the sums specified in this section to each person who has served in the armed forces of the United States in active service as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Freedom Sentinel or any successor or related operation and who was discharged or released under honorable conditions for such service; provided, however, that the domicile of a person on account of whose service the application is filed shall have been in the commonwealth for a period of not less than 6 months before the time of the person’s entry into the service.
     (2)  One thousand dollars shall be allowed and paid out to each such veteran who performed active service outside of the continental limits of the United States for which the veteran qualified for hostile fire or imminent danger pay as determined by the United States Department of Defense.
     (3)  Five hundred dollars shall be allowed and paid out  to each such veteran who performed active duty within the continental limits of the United States or outside the continental limits of the United States but did not qualify for hostile fire or imminent danger pay as determined by the United States Department of Defense for a period of not less than 6 months.
     Governor returned the following section with recommendation of amendment, see H.3824
     SECTION 87.  Item 7066-8000 of section 2 of chapter 258 of the acts of 2008, as amended by section 5 of chapter 237 of the acts of 2014, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 68, the word “at” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- in the city of Framingham for.
     SECTION 88.  The second sentence of subsection (c) of section 22 of chapter 237 of the acts of 2014, as amended by section 126 of chapter 219 of the acts of 2016, is hereby further amended by adding the following words:- ; provided, however, that any future lease or other agreement shall be subject to chapter 7C of the General Laws.
     SECTION 89.  The last sentence of the last paragraph of chapter 431 of the acts of 2014, as appearing in section 35 of chapter 119 of the acts of 2015, is hereby further amended by striking out  the words “June 30, 2017” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-  December 31, 2018.
     SECTION 90.  Sections 8A and 14 of chapter 115 of the acts of 2016 are hereby repealed.
     SECTION 91.  Subsection (a) of section 190 of chapter 133 of the acts of 2016 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence: - The commission shall be chaired by the secretary of education or a designee.
     SECTION 92.  Subsection (c) of said section 190 of said chapter 133 is hereby amended by striking out the words "July 1, 2017" and inserting in place thereof the following words: - "December 31, 2018”.
     SECTION 93.  Notwithstanding section 14 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, for calendar year 2018 the experience rate of an employer qualifying  under subsection (b) of said section 14 of said chapter 151A shall be the rate which appears in the column designated “D” of paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of said section 14 of said chapter 151A and for calendar year 2019 the experience rate of an employer qualifying  under said subsection (b) of said section 14 of said chapter 151A shall be the rate which appears in the column designated “E” of said paragraph (1) of said subsection (i) of said section 14 of said chapter 151A.
     The director of unemployment assistance may, notwithstanding any federal interest charges for necessary federal advances, pursue any necessary federal advances to ensure the lowest reasonable federal interest for any federal loans and nothing in this section shall contribute or allow for a reduction in benefits, including but not limited to, the amount or length of benefits, pursuant to chapter 151A.
     SECTION 94.  (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:-
     “Third party payment processor”, any person or entity engaged in the business of remitting payments to vendors or operators under chapters 64G, 64H, 64I or 64L of the General Laws, in association with credit card, debit card, or similar payment arrangements that compensate the vendor or operator in transactions subject to the excise under said chapters.
     "Vendor or operator", a business, with a number of employees to be determined by the commissioner, that is required to file a return under section 16 of chapter 62C of the General Laws.
     (b)  The commissioner of revenue shall promulgate regulations in accordance with section 2 of chapter 30A, including the requirements that a public hearing be held and that a small business impact statement be filed, to implement methods to effectuate accelerated sales tax remittance, identify noncompliant vendors, operators, and third party payment processors, and to ensure that the excise under chapter 64G, 64H, 64I or 64L of the General Laws is collected and remitted.  The regulations shall ensure, at a minimum, that: (i) any vendor or operator, when seeking payments from or through a third party payment processor, separately identifies tax amounts charged in association with the excise under said chapter 64G, 64H, 64I or 64L and non-tax amounts for which payment is sought; (ii) any third party payment processor, upon receiving a request for payment from a vendor or operator, shall directly pay the identified tax portion of such request to the commissioner, at substantially the same time that any non-tax balance is paid to the vendor or operator, the frequency of which shall be determined by the commissioner; (iii) third party payment processors report total payments made to the commissioner on a monthly return, which shall identify each vendor or operator to whom payments were made during the month as well as the amount of tax paid to the commissioner during the month in association with transactions with each such vendor or operator; and (iv) third party payment processors report, on a monthly basis, to each vendor or operator with whom they conduct business, the total tax remitted to the commissioner with respect to transactions of the particular vendor or operator during the monthly period.  In developing the regulations, the commissioner shall consider the impact of the implementation of the methods described in this subsection, including, but not limited to, consideration of the following: (i) established industry practices; (ii) technological feasibility; (iii) financial impacts on consumers and businesses; (iv) the fiscal impact on the commonwealth; (v) relevant federal or state laws and regulations; and (vi) limitations on applicability to mobile telecommunications services, as defined by section 1 of chapter 64H, and telecommunications services, as defined by said section 1 of said chapter 64H.
     (c)  Tax amounts paid to the commissioner by a third party payment processor in association with the processing of transactions of a particular vendor or operator during the month shall be available as a credit to the vendor or operator in the filing of returns showing tax due under chapter 64G, 64H, 64I or 64L, as applicable.
     SECTION 95.  Notwithstanding section 94, if the commissioner of revenue certifies that the method under said section 94 is not cost-effective to implement before June 1, 2018, the department of revenue shall record as revenue in fiscal year 2018 sales tax revenue collected by vendors and operators required to file a return under section 16 of chapter 62C on account of June 2018 sales but remitted to and received by the department in July 2018, in the amount that otherwise would have been collected in fiscal year 2018 under said section 94.  Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, regulation or accounts receivable policy to the contrary, the comptroller shall record in fiscal year 2018 such revenue in the state accounting system and in the statutory basis financial report required by section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws. If the commissioner so certifies, no further action shall be taken to implement the method under section 94.  The commissioner shall submit its determination under this section to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on revenue and the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means not later than November 1, 2017.
     SECTION 96.  Notwithstanding 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, the court administrator may, from the effective date of this act to April 30, 2018, inclusive, transfer funds from any item of appropriation within the trial court of the commonwealth; provided, however, that the court administrator shall not transfer more than 5 per cent of funds from items 0339-1001 and 0339-1003 to any other item of appropriation within the trial court.  The transfers shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means.  The schedules 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 under 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 97.  (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the unexpended balances in items 0699-0015 and 0699-9100 shall be deposited into the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund established pursuant to section 24 of chapter 32A of the General Laws before the certification of the fiscal year 2018 consolidated net surplus pursuant to section 5C of chapter 29 of the General Laws. The amount deposited shall be an amount equal to 10 per cent of all payments received by the commonwealth in fiscal year 2018 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 2018 the unexpended balances of said items 0699-0015 and 0699-9100 are less than 10 per cent of all payments received by the commonwealth in fiscal year 2018 under the master settlement agreement payments, an amount equal to the difference shall be transferred to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund from payments received by the commonwealth under the master settlement agreement.
     (b)  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the payment percentage set forth in section 152 of chapter 68 of the acts of 2011 shall not apply in fiscal year 2018.
     SECTION 98.  (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, facilities licensed pursuant to section 71 of chapter 111 of the General Laws and  constructed on or before March 19, 1968, shall be subject to the construction and equipment requirements for long-term care facilities specified in 105 CMR 150.017 (B)(1) to 105 CMR 150.017(16)(e), inclusive, and codified in the Code of Massachusetts Regulations effective January 1, 2017; provided, however, that new construction, conversions, alterations, additions or other structural changes in a proposed or existing facility shall conform to the department’s most current standards of construction.
     (b)  For facilities licensed pursuant to section 71 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, resident rooms shall accommodate not more than 4 residents; provided, however, that facilities that receive approval of construction or reconstruction plans by the department of public health or local authorities for plans directly impacting resident rooms or that are newly certified for participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs on or after November 29, 2016, resident rooms shall accommodate no more than 2 residents. Any limitation to the number of residents accommodated in resident rooms under this section shall only apply to those rooms directly impacted by the construction or reconstruction.
     (c)  Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the department of public health shall not enact resident room requirements that are more restrictive than the requirements specified in the federal requirements of participation for states and long term care facilities pursuant to chapter 42 CFR 483.
     SECTION 99.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, payments from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of chapter 118E of the General Laws may be made either as safety net care payments under the commonwealth's waiver pursuant to section 1115 of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C 1315, or as an adjustment to service rate payments pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act or a combination of both.  Other federally permissible funding mechanisms available for certain public service hospitals, as defined by regulations of the executive office of health and human services, may be used to reimburse up to $20,000,000 of uncompensated care pursuant to sections 66 and 69 of said chapter 118E using sources distinct from the funding made available to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.
     SECTION 100.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the nursing home assessment established in subsection (b) of section 63 of chapter 118E of the General Laws shall be sufficient in the aggregate to generate in fiscal year 2018 the lesser of $240,000,000 or an amount equal to 6 per cent of the revenues received by the taxpayer as defined in 42 C.F.R. 433.68(f)(3)(i)(A). 
     SECTION 101.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, nursing facility and resident care facility rates effective October 1, 2017, pursuant to section 13D of chapter 118E of the General Laws, may be developed using the costs of calendar year 2007 or any subsequent year as determined by the secretary of health and human services.
     SECTION 102.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for fiscal year 2018, the executive office of health and human services may determine, subject to all required federal approvals, 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 for adults enrolled in MassHealth shall be covered at least to the extent they were covered as of January 1, 2017; 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 103.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in hospital fiscal year 2018, 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 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, a review of the program's eligibility requirements, utilization, claims administration and compliance with federal mandates. The inspector general shall submit a report to the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means on the results of the audits and any other completed analyses not later than March 1, 2018.
     SECTION 104.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, up to $17,000,000 may be expended from the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund established in section 2TTTT of chapter 29 of the General Laws to enhance the ability of eligible hospitals to improve or continue health care services that benefit the uninsured, underinsured, or MassHealth populations; provided however, that the executive office of health and human services shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made to these providers; provided further, that such expenditures may include up to $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.
     SECTION 105.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of administration and finance may transfer up to $15,000,000 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.
     SECTION 106.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall transfer up to $185,000,000 from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund established in section 2OOO of chapter 29 of the General Laws to the General Fund if the secretary of administration and finance requests such transfer in writing.
     SECTION 107.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, before 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 2017 as follows: (i) transfer 1/2 of the surplus, not to exceed $10,000,000, to the Massachusetts Community Preservation Trust Fund established in section 9 of chapter 44B of the General Laws; and (ii) transfer 1/2 of the surplus, not to exceed $10,000,000, to the Massachusetts Life Sciences Investment Fund established in section 6 of chapter 23I of the General Laws.
     SECTION 108.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, upon receiving a written request from the secretary of administration and finance, the comptroller shall transfer $20,000,000 to the General Fund from the unexpended balances of a fund, trust fund or other separate account, in existence on April 1, 2018, whether established administratively or by law, including a separate account established under section 6 of chapter 6A of the General Laws. The request shall certify that the secretary, in consultation with the comptroller, has determined this balance not to be necessary for the purposes for which it was made available. The secretary and comptroller shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means 45 days prior to any such transfer; provided, however, that the comptroller may submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 1, 2017, an alternative plan to further maximize revenue generation from additional trust fund balance transfers to the General Fund.
     SECTION 109.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the threshold above which the comptroller shall make any transfers attributable to capital gains tax collections pursuant to section 5G of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall be $1,219,790,736 during fiscal year 2018.
     SECTION 110.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall count as revenue in fiscal year 2018 any increased contributions collected pursuant to sections 60, 62, 64, and 66 that are received by the commonwealth not later than August 31, 2018.
     SECTION 111.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall count as revenue in fiscal year 2019 any increased contributions collected pursuant to sections 60, 62, 64, and 66, that are received by the commonwealth between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019.
     SECTION 112.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division of marine fisheries shall determine a fee per bag for contaminated shellfish to be paid to a city or town whose coastal waters contain shellfish, as defined in section 1 of chapter 130 of the General Laws, that have been: (i) removed or taken from areas declared be contaminated by the division pursuant to section 74 of said chapter 130; and (ii) transplanted to a receiving city or town for cleaning and purification in clean water. The fee, as determined by the division, shall be assessed on a city or town receiving transplanted contaminated shellfish for cleaning and purification on a per bag basis. The city or town receiving transplanted contaminated shellfish shall pay the fee, as assessed and determined by the division under this section, to a city or town whose coastal waters contained the contaminated shellfish that were removed and transplanted to a receiving city or town.
     SECTION 113.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a special legislative commission established to study and develop a statewide financial literacy program on personal financial management to be offered to senior citizens in the commonwealth. The focus of the commission shall be to provide a universal program for the purpose of teaching senior citizens how to best manage their personal finances, maintain their financial independence and avoid financial exploitation.      The course shall include materials on the use of computers and smart phones relative to personal financial management and shall assist participating senior citizens in the program on how to best utilize technology to aid to their personal financial management.
     The commission shall consist of the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on elder affairs, who shall be the co-chairs; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education or their designees; the speaker of the house of representatives or a designee; the president of the senate or a designee; the house minority leader or a designee; the senate minority leader or a designee; the state treasurer or a designee; the secretary of  elder affairs or a designee; the secretary of health and human services or a designee; 2 representatives of the council on aging; and 2 residents of the commonwealth who are 65 years or older.
     The commission shall submit its finalized proposal for the senior financial literacy program, along with any recommendations, to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on elder affairs, the joint committee on education and the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate by February 1, 2018.
     SECTION 114.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of energy resources shall expend not more than $3,000,000 from the RGGI Auction Trust Fund established in section 35II of chapter 10 of the General Laws for reimbursements to municipalities in which the property tax receipts from an electric generating station, including 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 not less than 50 per cent from the average capacity factor of the previous 10 years; provided, however, that such action shall also reduce the commonwealth’s greenhouse gas emissions from the electric generator sector under the goals established pursuant to chapter 21N of the General Laws; provided further, that the reimbursement amount shall be determined by calculating the difference between: (i) 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 (ii) the amount of the tax receipts, including payments in lieu of taxes or other compensation, paid by the electric generating station in the tax year prior to the full or partial decommissioning or other change in operating status of the facility; provided further, that a 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 electric generating station; provided further, that not later than December 31, 2017, 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 senate and house committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy detailing: (i) the need for these reimbursements and the impact on the municipality of receiving them; and (ii) a plan demonstrating how the municipality may reasonably address the fiscal impact of not receiving reimbursements in the future; and provided further, that a payment shall not be made to a municipality that has failed to comply, by the date specified, with clauses (i) and (ii). Payments from the RGGI Auction Trust Fund shall be prioritized so that the first payments from the fund shall be made to municipalities under this section.
     SECTION 115.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth health insurance connector authority, in consultation with the office of Medicaid, shall provide a report on the feasibility of establishing a small employer premium sharing plan for the coverage of nondisabled, nonelderly adult individuals with an income of not more than 138 percent of the federal poverty level, and their dependents, if any, eligible for participation in the MassHealth program. The commonwealth health insurance connector authority shall investigate: (i) a method for establishing a shared premium plan for small employers to assist in the costs of coverage for employees covered through the MassHealth program; (ii) any required federal approval and process, if applicable; (iii) employer interest in offering or participating in a premium sharing plan; (iv) opportunities to expand the plan to individuals eligible for coverage through the commonwealth health insurance connector authority; and (v) opportunities to expand the plan to other employers. The commonwealth health insurance connector authority shall file its report with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on health care financing and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 1, 2018.
     SECTION 116.  Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, in issuing a gaming beverage license pursuant to section 26 of chapter 23K of the General Laws, the Massachusetts gaming commission shall describe the scope of the particular license and any restrictions and limitations, provided, however, that a gaming beverage license may permit the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages beyond the hour of 2 a.m. only to patrons who are actively engaged in gambling as defined in section 2 of said chapter 23K;  and provided, further, that a gaming beverage license shall not permit the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages between the hours of 4 a.m. and 8 a.m.
     SECTION 117.  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 in 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 rules that shall be adopted by the state treasurer. The state treasurer may make payments upon a transfer of funds to reimburse certain cities and towns for pensions of retired teachers, including any other obligation that the commonwealth has assumed on behalf of a retirement system other than the state employees' retirement system or state teachers' retirement system, including the commonwealth's share of the amounts to be transferred pursuant to section 22B of said chapter 32. The payments under this section shall be made only pursuant to distribution of money from the Commonwealth's Pension Liability 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 chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means and the chairs of 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. 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 said section 22 of said chapter 32 to reduce the unfunded pension liability of the commonwealth.
     SECTION 118.  Unexpended funds appropriated for item 3000-4060 in fiscal year 2017 shall not revert but shall be transferred to items 3000-1042 , 3000-3060 and 3000-4060 in fiscal year 2018  to: (i) institute 12-month eligibility authorization, (ii) increase infant and toddler rates in family child care and center-based programs to not less than 50 per cent of the statewide average for such programs, (iii) provide a rate increase of not less than 6 per cent for center-based subsidized early education and care providers, and (iv) maintain income eligible voucher access; provided, that if the fiscal year 2017 surplus is insufficient to fully implement clauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, of this section, the department of early education and care shall prorate available funds to implement said clauses; provided however, that the commissioner of early education and care shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the transfer and use of such unexpended funds; provided further, that the department of early education and care shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than February 1, 2018, on any anticipated surpluses in said items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060.
     SECTION 119.  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 2018 by increasing the final fiscal year 2017 price by the rate of inflation as determined by the division. The division shall adjust prices for extraordinary relief pursuant to 808 CMR 1.06(4). The division shall accept applications for program reconstruction and special circumstances in fiscal year 2018. 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 120.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, parents who became eligible for an annuity under section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws on or after July 1, 1998 and surviving spouses who became eligible for an annuity under said section 6B of said chapter 115 on or after November 11, 2005 and who currently receive payments under said section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be eligible for a retroactive benefit payment if the initial application filed under said section 6B of said chapter 115 was filed more than 1 year after the date of death of the member of the armed forces of the United States. The retroactive payment shall equal $2,000 for each year between the date of the initial application filed under said section 6B of said chapter 115 and the later of either: (i) the date of death of the member of the armed forces of the United States; or (ii) July 1, 1998 in the case of parents and November 11, 2005 in the case of a spouse. In order to be eligible for the retroactive payment of benefits under this section, the member of the armed forces of the United States or the parent or spouse seeking retroactive payment shall have been a resident of the commonwealth at the time of death of the member and the parent or spouse seeking retroactive payment shall be a resident of the commonwealth at the time of application for retroactive payment.
     SECTION 121.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller, without further appropriation and not later than October 1, 2017, 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, 2017. The 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, not later than June 30, 2018, the amount of the transfer authorized by this section and any allocation of that amount as certified by the director of the health safety net office.
     SECTION 122.  Notwithstanding the repeal of section 189A of chapter 149 of the General Laws, the director of unemployment assistance may collect any outstanding contributions established pursuant to said section 189A of said chapter 149 obligations arising prior to January 1, 2020 and any such collection shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the department of unemployment assistance pursuant to said section 189A of said chapter 149. The director of unemployment assistance may share information with the commissioner of revenue to enforce and collect outstanding contributions. The commissioner of revenue may enforce and collect a debt certified by the director as owed under this section in the manner of a tax due and unpaid under chapter 62C of the General Laws; provided, however, that the remedies authorized by the regulations of the department of unemployment assistance shall be the sole remedies for an employer to dispute a debt so certified, and remedies otherwise available under said chapter 62C to dispute a tax assessment shall not be available. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purposes of enforcement of this section the commissioner of revenue may disclose to the department of unemployment assistance any information referred to in chapter 62E of the General Laws or any information relating to the commissioner’s collection activities under said chapter 62C with regard to debts certified by the director.
     SECTION 123.  The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency established in chapter 23G of the General Laws shall file the allocation of Agency debt obligations for its corporate purposes required pursuant to section 29 of said chapter 23G of the General Laws for fiscal year 2018 with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives not later than September 15, 2017 and annually thereafter, not later than July 1, pursuant to said section 29 of said chapter 23G of the General Laws.
     SECTION 124.  The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency established by chapter 23G of the General Laws shall promulgate regulations for the voucher program for core facilities established pursuant to section 45C of chapter 75 of the General Laws on or before October 1, 2017.
     SECTION 125.  The commissioner of revenue shall issue a report on the use of its authority to add reporting requirements pursuant to section 8 of chapter 62C of the General Laws.  The report shall detail and provide an explanation for any changes made to the reporting requirements that differ from those required by the federal government and shall state the financial impact to the commonwealth of such additional reporting requirements.  The report shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on revenue and the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means not later than March 15, 2018.
     SECTION 126.  The executive office of education established by section 2 of chapter 6A of the General Laws shall study the feasibility of allowing school committees to maintain a minimum number of instructional hours substituted for the minimum number of days as required by the board of education.  As part of the study, the executive office of education shall determine cost savings associated with an instructional hours based system including, but not limited to, energy costs, administrative costs and transportation costs.  A report of the study, together with recommendations for legislation, shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives on or before June 1, 2018.
     SECTION 127.  The department of elementary and secondary education shall conduct a feasibility study relative to establishing a formula for aid to be distributed to rural school districts.  The formula shall include, but not be limited to, such criteria as total student enrollment, density of student enrollment per square mile, per capita income and other factors pertaining to rural school district funding.  The department shall report the results of the study to the chairs of the joint committee on education, the house and senate chairs of the committees on ways and means and the rural policy advisory commission, established in section 66 of chapter 23A of the General Laws, on or before January 1, 2018.
     SECTION 128.  There shall be a task force on child welfare data reporting. The task force shall develop basic data measures, progress measures and key outcome measures to inform the legislature and the public about the status and demographics of the caseload of the department of children and families, the department’s progress in achieving child welfare goals, including safety, permanency and well-being, the status of proceedings in the juvenile court department that involve children in the department’s caseload and the status of children who are or have been involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
     The task force shall develop criteria for measuring outcomes for children and families in the key child welfare domains of safety, permanency and well-being for children including, but not limited to, the outcomes of: (i) protecting children from abuse and neglect; (ii) safely maintaining children in their own homes whenever possible and appropriate; (iii) achieving stability and permanency for children in their living situations; (iv) preserving the continuity of family relationships; (v) enhancing the capacity of families to provide for the needs of children; (vi) ensuring that children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs; (vii) ensuring that children receive the services necessary to meet their physical and mental health needs; (viii) achieving permanency and opportunity for young adults; (ix) complying with timeframes and deadlines for court hearings; and (x) minimizing the incidence of juvenile justice system involvement for children involved with the department of children and families.
     The task force shall also make recommendations to: (i) ensure that department of children and families’ annual, biannual and quarterly reports include appropriate data measures that are clearly defined, placed in the context of historical or other comparative data when necessary to convey the meaning of the reported data and include the department’s current understanding as to why certain trends may be appearing in the data; (ii) eliminate reports that are no longer necessary; and (iii) ensure that reports are submitted on time and posted on the department’s website. The task force shall also make recommendations about periodic reports from the courts on cases involving children involved with the department of children and families.
     Not later than 45 days after the end of each quarter, the department of children and families shall publish on its website caseload profile reports that provide statewide, regional and area office summaries that include data covering the number of maltreatment reports received during the year; screen in and support decisions; number of children in placement; adoptions and guardianships legalized; consumer demographics including race and primary language; information relating to children that are in placement, including most recent intake, placement type, race, age group, continuous time in placement, gender, and service plan goal; and information relating to children that are not in placement, including most recent intake and age group.
     The task force shall be comprised of the following persons or their designees: the child advocate who shall serve as co-chair; the commissioner of children and families who shall serve as co-chair; the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities; the chief justice of the juvenile court department; the executive director of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Inc.; the chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services; the executive director of Children’s League of Massachusetts, Inc.; 1 person with expertise in child welfare data and outcome measurement to be chosen by the child advocate; and 1 person with expertise in the department of children and families’ information technology, data collection and reporting systems to be chosen by the commissioner of children and families. The task force shall consult with other individuals who have relevant expertise as needed.
     The task force shall meet not less than quarterly and, in the first 6 months of its first year, the full task force or its working groups shall meet at least monthly. Annually, on or before January 31, the task force shall file its recommendations, together with drafts of legislation necessary to implement those recommendations, with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the clerks shall forward the report to the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities.
     SECTION 129.  Section 128 is hereby repealed.
     SECTION 130.  The health policy commission, in consultation with the department of public health and the division of insurance, shall study and analyze health insurance payer practices that require certain categories of drugs, including those that are administered by injection or infusion, to be dispensed by a third-party specialty pharmacy directly to a patient or to a health care provider with the designation that such drugs shall be used for a specific patient and not for the general use of the provider. The commission shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry those recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing and the joint committee on public health not later than July 1, 2018.
     SECTION 131.  The Massachusetts clean energy technology center established in section 2 of chapter 23J of the General Laws shall conduct a feasibility study of an energy efficiency project to assist an aviation manufacturing facility whose company headquarters are located within the commonwealth and in which the property tax receipts to a gateway city from said facility may be reduced due to a potential closure of said facility; provided, however, that the study shall include impacts on carbon dioxide and nitrogen emissions; provided, further, that the project will satisfy economic and environmental criteria, including, but not limited to: (i) enhanced electricity reliability; (ii) contribute to reducing winter electricity price spikes; (iii) where possible, mitigate any environmental impacts; and (iv) where feasible, create and foster employment and economic development in the commonwealth; and provided further, that the study shall include an analysis of potential funding sources and economic and environmental effects and shall be filed with the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities, and energy and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate on or before December 31, 2017.
     SECTION 132.  The center for health information and analysis shall provide a report related to costs associated with the hospitalization of medically complex pediatric home care patients. The report shall include: (i) the number of medically complex pediatric home care patients, including those who have aged into adulthood, who are hospitalized annually and the  length of their stay; (ii) the estimated cost to MassHealth of the annual hospitalization of medically complex pediatric home care patients; (iii) the estimated cost to private payers of the annual hospitalization of medically complex pediatric home care patients; and (iv) a cost analysis comparing continuous skilled nursing service costs to the cost of likely avoidable hospitalizations.
     The center shall consult with the Massachusetts Pediatric Home Nursing Campaign and the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, Inc. and may consult with providers of continuous skilled nursing for children with complex medical needs.  The report shall be made publicly available on the center’s website and shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on health care financing and the senate and house committees on ways and means on or before December 1, 2017.
     SECTION 133.  The registry of motor vehicles, in cooperation with the department of conservation and recreation, shall offer for purchase a senior MassParks pass to cover fees and parking for 1 calendar year at state-owned facilities where parking fees are charged to applicants for the issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle registration or license to operate a motor vehicle. Fees collected by the registry pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the department of conservation and recreation and shall not be subject to the cap set forth in item 2810-2042 of section 2. All funds maintained by the department pursuant to this section shall be expended for expenses, upkeep and improvements to the parks and recreation system. The department shall investigate alternative methods to expand the sales of annual MassParks and annual senior MassParks passes including, but not limited to, offering multi-year or automatically-renewing annual passes and shall submit the results of its investigation to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before December 31, 2017.
     SECTION 134.  There shall be established a special legislative commission to study the feasibility, administration, and economic impact of a battery testing facility, located in one of the four western counties of the commonwealth. The commission shall consist of: the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies, or their designees, who shall serve as chairs of the commission; the commissioner of the department of energy resources, or a designee; the chief executive officer of Massachusetts clean energy technology center, or a designee; and the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, or a designee. The commission shall seek input and involvement from various public and private entities in the state with expertise or capacity related to battery technologies, clean energy, manufacturing, or engineering. The commission shall submit any recommendations to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate on or before February 1, 2018.
     SECTION 135.  There shall be established a special commission to study and report on childhood vision and eye health in the commonwealth.  The commission shall study children’s vision care and quality, including (i) vision screening, (ii) eye examinations and appropriate preventative measures and (iii) develop recommendations for ensuring screenings for all children.  The commission shall review the commonwealth’s success at preventative measures, including screening, and treating all of its children for vision impairments and eye disease and identify populations that do not receive screening, eye examinations or necessary related treatments.
     The commission shall consist of the commissioner of the department of public health, or a designee, who shall serve as chair; the commissioner of the department of elementary and secondary education, or a designee; the commissioner of early education and care, or a designee; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public health, or their designees; 2 members of the Children’s Vision Massachusetts Coalition; 1 member of the Massachusetts school nurse organization, Inc.; a member of the Massachusetts Society of Optometrists, Inc.; 1 member of the Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.; and 1 member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
     The commission shall submit a report, along with any recommendations for legislation, to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care financing, and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public health on or before February 1, 2018.
     SECTION 136.  There shall be a special legislative commission established pursuant to section 2A of chapter 4 of the General Laws to investigate and study the feasibility of establishing a Cape Verdean cultural center in the city of Boston.  The commission shall consist of: 1 member of the house of representatives, who shall serve as co-chair; 1 member of the senate, who shall serve as co-chair; 1 member appointed by the governor; 1 member appointed by the mayor of Boston; and not more than 7 additional members, who shall be selected by the co-chairs; provided, that, there shall be an odd number of members.
     The commission shall investigate and study various methods for establishing a Cape Verdean cultural center in the city of Boston, including, but not limited to, the creation of a non-profit organization to oversee the construction and management of the cultural center, and shall consider the costs of each method.
All appointments to the commission shall be made on or before October 1, 2017.  The commission shall report its findings, including any recommendations for legislation, to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate on or before April 1, 2018.
     SECTION 137.  The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall convene a working group, not later than October 1, 2017, to identify and evaluate the economic and cultural benefits and political, legal or logistical challenges to the Berkshire and western Massachusetts regions of the commonwealth and the commonwealth as a whole of establishing direct seasonal weekend passenger rail service between the city of New York, New York and the city of Pittsfield between Memorial Day and Columbus Day weekends modeled on the CapeFLYER passenger rail. The working group shall contact state, local and county officials of the state of New York to identify opportunities for collaboration and mutually-beneficial improvements and expansions in passenger rail infrastructure and service. The working group shall include, but not be limited to, a designee from the secretary of housing and economic development, elected officials from the state and federal legislative delegations, the duly elected mayor of city of Pittsfield, the Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission and existing rail service stakeholders. The secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall designate a qualified individual to chair the working group.  The working group shall submit its findings to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation, the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on tourism, arts and cultural development on or before March 1, 2018.
     SECTION 138.  There shall be a commission to investigate ways to increase access and interoperability of data collected by the department of public health, including the trauma registry established pursuant to section 11 of chapter 111C of the General Laws.
     The commission shall evaluate ways to encourage the utilization of data collected from the trauma registry to study the patterns and impact of healthcare inequality and develop support programs and resources necessary to meet the unmet needs of residents of the commonwealth affected by healthcare inequality and their families. The commission may consider methods to encourage partnerships with academic medical centers and schools of public health to analyze and interpret existing data collected by the commonwealth, including data collected through the trauma registry, to ascertain geographical differences in healthcare access and quality. The commission may request information from state, county or municipal departments, boards, bureaus, commissions or agencies to further the goals of the commission.
     The commission shall be comprised of: the commissioner of public health or a designee, who shall serve as chair; the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on public health; 1 member of the senate who shall be appointed by the minority leader; 1 member of the house who shall be appointed by the minority leader; and 4 persons who shall be appointed by the commissioner in consultation with the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Inc. and the chair of the American College of Surgeons, committee on trauma, 2 of whom shall be a research scientists with an expertise in healthcare quality and disparity with experience in medicine and public health and 2 of whom shall be members of the public with expertise in injury prevention or trauma surgery. The commission may hold public hearings; provided, however, that the hearings shall be held in a manner to ensure diverse geographic representation.
     The department shall hold its first meeting on or before November 1, 2017. The commission shall file a report of its recommendations, if any, together with any recommendations for legislation, with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives on or before December 31, 2018.
     SECTION 139.  (a) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall conduct a feasibility study relative to the establishment of an interchange on interstate highway route 90 between the existing interchanges located in the city of Westfield and the town of Lee. The study shall examine and evaluate the costs and economic opportunities related to establishing the interchange including, but not limited to: (i) the projected capital costs; (ii) the projected operating costs; (iii) the projected use levels; (iv) the environmental and community impact estimates; (v) the availability of federal, state, local and private sector funding sources; and (vi) the resulting economic, social and cultural benefits to the surrounding region and the commonwealth.
     (b)  The department shall file a report of the results of its study with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation on or before July 1, 2018.
     SECTION 140.  A home care worker agency subject to section 4D of chapter 19A of the General Laws shall report the required home care worker registry information for each home care worker pursuant to said section 4D of said chapter 19A not later than 1 year after the effective date of this act.
     SECTION 141.  A member who made an election under section 90G¾ of chapter 32 of the General Laws prior to the effective date of this act shall have the election maintained after the repeal of the section and no further action by the member or retirement board shall be necessary.
     SECTION 142.  The commissioner of revenue shall promulgate any regulations necessary to implement section 94 not later than January 1, 2018.
     SECTION 143.  The credit authorized in sections 33 and 35 shall be available for veterans who are hired after July 1, 2017 and shall be available for the tax year beginning on January 1, 2017 and for subsequent tax years.
     SECTION 144.  The non-acute hospital payments established under section 2WWWW of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall be determined and payable in each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2018.
     SECTION 145.  Sections 2WWWW of chapter 29 of the General Laws and sections 52, 53, 55 and 90 shall take effect on October 1, 2017.
     SECTION 146.  Subsections (a) and (b) of section 189A of chapter 149 of the General Laws shall take effect on January 1, 2018. 
     SECTION 147.  Sections 17, 61, 63, 65 and 67 shall take effect on December 31, 2019.
     SECTION 148.  Section 32 shall take effect on January 1, 2017.
     SECTION 149.  Section 46 shall take effect December 31, 2017.
     SECTION 150.  Section 54 shall take effect on September 30, 2022.
     SECTION 151.  Section 122 shall take effect on January 1, 2020.
     SECTION 152.  Section 129 shall take effect on February 1, 2022.
     SECTION 153.  Except as otherwise specified, this act shall take effect as of July 1, 2017.

Approved (in part), July 17, 2017