Chapter 139

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2007 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.

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, 2006, 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 maintenance of the several departments, boards, commissions and institutions and other services, and for certain permanent improvements and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in sections 2, 2B, 2D and 3, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in sections 2, 2B, 2D and 3, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.? All sums appropriated under this act, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, shall be expended in a manner reflecting and encouraging a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for members of minority groups, women and handicapped persons.? All officials and employees of an agency, board, department, commission or division receiving monies under this act shall take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity in the internal affairs of state government, as well as in their relations with the public, including those persons and organizations doing business with the commonwealth.? Each agency, board, department, commission or division, 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, 2007 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 and 2B. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts from each such source by each such fund to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing such receipts with the projected receipts set forth herein and to include a full statement comparing such actual and projected receipts in the annual report for said fiscal year pursuant to section 13 of chapter 7A of the General Laws.The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.

Fiscal Year 2007 Revenue by Source and Budgeted Fund in Millions)

SECTION 1B. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts of non-tax revenues by each department, board, commission or institution to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing such receipts with projected receipts set forth herein and to include a full statement comparing such receipts with projected receipts in the annual report for such fiscal year pursuant to section 13 of chapter 7A of the General Laws.? The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.

???????????????????????? ? Non-Tax Revenue:? Department Summary

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Unrestricted Non-Tax? Restricted Non-Tax??? Total Non-Tax

? Revenue Source

Judiciary

Supreme Judicial Court?????????????????????????????????? $2,698,916??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $2,698,916

Committee for Public Counsel????????????????????????????? $40,000???????????????? $750,000????????????????? $790,000

Appeals Court????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $440,596??????????????????????????? $0????????????????? $440,596

Trial Court???????????????????????????????????????????????????? $85,180,600??????????? $40,000,000?????????? $125,180,600

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :???????????? $88,360,112??????????? $40,750,000?????????? $129,110,112

District Attorneys

Northern District Attorney????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Northwestern District Attorney?????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Eastern District Attorney??????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Middle District Attorney????????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Plymouth District Attorney????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Hampden District Attorney??????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :???????????????????????? ($1)??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????? ($1)

Office of the Governor

Office of the Governor???????????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :???????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Office of the Secretary of State

Secretary of State?????????????????????????????????????? $211,747,958?????????????????? $80,000?????????? $211,827,958

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????? $211,747,958?????????????????? $80,000?????????? $211,827,958

Office of the State Treasurer

State Lottery Commission??????????????????????????????? $1,300,000??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $1,300,000

Treasurer's Office?????????????????????????????????????? $341,209,845??????????????????????????? $0?????????? $341,209,845

State Lottery Commission??????????????????????????? $167,165,647????????? $920,028,283??????? $1,087,193,930

Mass Cultural Council?????????????????????????????????? $11,893,520??????????????????????????? $0???????????? $11,893,520

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????? $521,569,012????????? $920,028,283??????? $1,441,597,295

State Auditor's Office

State Auditor's Office???????????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :???????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General????????????????????????????????????????????? $8,512,328??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $8,512,328

Victim Witness Assistance??????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????????? $8,512,328??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $8,512,328

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Unrestricted Non-Tax? Restricted Non-Tax??? Total Non-Tax

? Revenue Source

Ethics Commission

Ethics Commission???????????????????????????????????????????????? $23,350??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $23,350

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :??????????????????? $23,350??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $23,350

Office of the Inspector General

Inspector General?????????????????????????????????????????????? $112,625???????????????? $493,819????????????????? $606,444

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :????????????????? $112,625???????????????? $493,819????????????????? $606,444

Campaign and Political Finance

Campaign and Political Finance??????????????????????????? $9,400??????????????????????????? $0????????????????????? $9,400

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :????????????????????? $9,400??????????????????????????? $0????????????????????? $9,400

Office of the State Comptroller

Comptroller's Office?????????????????????????????????? $252,988,139??????????????????????????? $0?????????? $252,988,139

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????? $252,988,139??????????????????????????? $0?????????? $252,988,139

Executive Office: Administration and Finance

Secretary of Administration and Finance ($184,632,887)????????????????????????? $0??????? ($184,632,887)

Division of Fiscal Affairs - Fringe Recovery $95,867,599????????????????????? $0???????????? $95,867,599

Fingold Library????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $600??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????? $600

George Fingold Library???????????????????????????????????????????????? $0?????????????????? $20,000??????????????????? $20,000

Office of Dispute Resolution?????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

DCAMM?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $27,002,428??????????? $15,150,000???????????? $42,152,428

Group Insurance Commission???????????????????????? $303,603,673??????????????????????????? $0?????????? $303,603,673

Division of Administrative Law Appeals??????????? $86,000??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $86,000

M.C.A.D.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $12,000????????????? $1,915,089?????????????? $1,927,089

Massachusetts Commission Against ????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Civil Service Commission???????????????????????????????????? $21,200??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $21,200

Department of Revenue???????????????????????????????? $220,910,008??????????? $16,187,280?????????? $237,097,288

Appellate Tax Board??????????????????????????????????????? $1,337,695???????????????? $300,000?????????????? $1,637,695

Human Resources Division???????????????????????????????????? $24,734????????????? $1,577,500?????????????? $1,602,234

Division of Operational Services????????????????? $1,079,582????????????? $1,208,000?????????????? $2,287,582

BSOB????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $145,221??????????????????????????? $0????????????????? $145,221

Division of Information Technology???????????????????? $5,000???????????????? $467,837????????????????? $472,837

Veterans Affairs???????????????????????????????????????????????? $108,800???????????????? $300,000????????????????? $408,800

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????? $465,571,653??????????? $37,125,706?????????? $502,697,359

Executive Office: Environmental Affairs

Department of Conservation and Recreation? $4,180,157??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $4,180,157

Secretary of Environmental Affairs????????????? $1,348,730???????????????? $625,000?????????????? $1,973,730

Department of Conservation and Recreation? $4,755,538????????????? $4,454,826?????????????? $9,210,364

Department of Environmental Protection??????????? $18,575??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $18,575

Department of Environmental Protection???? $40,084,614????????????? $1,200,000???????????? $41,284,614

Fish/Wildlife Environmental Law Enforcement $14,240,966????????????? $217,989???????????? $14,458,955

Department of Conservation and Recreation?????? $25,000??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $25,000

Department of Conservation and Recreation? $6,796,327????????????? $2,800,000?????????????? $9,596,327

Department of Agricultural Resources????????????????? $7,349??????????????????????????? $0????????????????????? $7,349

Department of Food and Agriculture????????????? $4,012,821??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $4,012,821

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :???????????? $75,470,077????????????? $9,297,815???????????? $84,767,892

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Unrestricted Non-Tax? Restricted Non-Tax??? Total Non-Tax

? Revenue Source

Department of Early Education and Care

Department of Early Education and Care??? $198,278,747??????????????????????????? $0?????????? $198,278,747

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????? $198,278,747??????????????????????????? $0?????????? $198,278,747

Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Office of the Secretary?????????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Secretary of Health and Human Services $2,829,843,009????????? $225,000,000??????? $3,054,843,009

Division of Health Care Finance and Policy $14,936,527????????????????????????? $0???????????? $14,936,527

Mass Commission for the Blind?????????????????????? $3,295,783??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $3,295,783

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind?????????? $154,680??????????????????????????? $0????????????????? $154,680

Mass Rehabilitation Commission???????????????????? $2,835,546???????????????? $330,000?????????????? $3,165,546

Mass Commission for the Deaf??????????????????????????? $148,500???????????????? $175,000????????????????? $323,500

Office of Child Care Services???????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Chelsea Soldiers' Home???????????????????????????????? $11,953,400???????????????? $300,661???????????? $12,254,061

Chelsea Solider's Home???????????????????????????????????????????????? $0?????????????????? $25,000??????????????????? $25,000

Holyoke Soldier's Home???????????????????????????????????????????????? $0?????????????????? $25,000??????????????????? $25,000

Holyoke Soldiers' Home???????????????????????????????? $16,434,008???????????????? $425,442???????????? $16,859,450

Department of Youth Services???????????????????????? $5,054,188??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $5,054,188

Department of Transitional Assistance???? $409,530,932????????????? $5,000,000?????????? $414,530,932

Department of Public Health???????????????????????? $90,899,791??????????? $57,634,292?????????? $148,534,083

Department of Social Services?????????????????? $251,089,926????????????? $5,000,000?????????? $256,089,926

Department of Youth Services?????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Department of Mental Health?????????????????????? $105,724,225????????????? $5,412,427?????????? $111,136,652

Department of Mental Retardation????????????? $430,317,394???????????????? $100,000?????????? $430,417,394

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :??????? $4,172,217,909????????? $299,427,822??????? $4,471,645,731

Executive Office: Transportation

Secretary of Transportation????????????????????????????? $733,503?????????????????? $27,344????????????????? $760,847

Mass Aeronautics Commission????????????????????????????? $439,650??????????????????????????? $0????????????????? $439,650

Mass Highway???????????????????????????????????????????????????? $6,863,000????????????? $7,000,000???????????? $13,863,000

Registry of Motor Vehicles???????????????????????? $435,497,700??????????? $10,000,000?????????? $445,497,700

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????? $443,533,853??????????? $17,027,344?????????? $460,561,197

Board of Library Commissioners

Board of Library Commissioners??????????????????????????? $2,600??????????????????????????? $0????????????????????? $2,600

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :????????????????????? $2,600??????????????????????????? $0????????????????????? $2,600

Labor, Education and Development

Office of Director of Labor????????????????????????? $1,691,800???????????????? $152,850?????????????? $1,844,650

Department of Industrial Accidents??????????? $20,423,516??????????????????????????? $0???????????? $20,423,516

Labor Relations Commission????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Board of Concilliation and Arbitration??????????? $95,500??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $95,500

Office of Communities and Development???????? $2,584,593????????????? $2,200,000?????????????? $4,784,593

Director of Consumer Affairs and Business Reg.?????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Secretary of Economic Affairs????????????????????????????? $3,000??????????????????????????? $0????????????????????? $3,000

Division of Banks????????????????????????????????????????? $14,996,812??????????????????????????? $0???????????? $14,996,812

Division of Insurance?????????????????????????????????? $70,951,071??????????????????????????? $0???????????? $70,951,071

Division of Registration????????????????????????????? $11,787,820??????????????????????????? $0???????????? $11,787,820

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Unrestricted Non-Tax? Restricted Non-Tax??? Total Non-Tax

? Revenue Source

Division of Standards???????????????????????????????????? $1,504,110???????????????? $818,900?????????????? $2,323,010

Department of Public Utilities?????????????????? $15,555,143?????????????????? $75,000???????????? $15,630,143

Alcohol Beverages Control Commission?????????? $3,767,600??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $3,767,600

State Racing Commission???????????????????????????????? $4,683,663??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $4,683,663

Division of Energy Resources??????????????????????????? $841,404??????????????????????????? $0????????????????? $841,404

Department of Education???????????????????????????????? $7,578,000??????????????????????????? $0?????????????? $7,578,000

Higher Education???????????????????????????????????????????????? $354,675???????????????? $529,843????????????????? $884,518

University of Massachusetts??????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????? $156,818,707????????????? $3,776,593?????????? $160,595,300

Executive Office of Public Safety

Secretary of Public Safety????????????????????????????????????????? $0???????????????? $368,000????????????????? $368,000

Chief Medical Examiner???????????????????????????????????????????????? $0????????????? $1,300,000?????????????? $1,300,000

Criminal History Systems Board???????????????????? $5,022,612???????????????? $185,000?????????????? $5,207,612

Department of State Police??????????????????????????????? $647,000??????????? $20,250,000???????????? $20,897,000

Criminal Justice Training Council????????????????????????????? $0????????????? $1,363,500?????????????? $1,363,500

Department of Public Safety???????????????????????? $15,885,500????????????? $1,780,000???????????? $17,665,500

Department of Fire Services????????????????????????????? $120,235???????????????? $300,000????????????????? $420,235

Merit Rating Board?????????????????????????????????????????????? $36,000??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $36,000

Sex Offender Registry Board???????????????????????????????? $4,000??????????????????????????? $0????????????????????? $4,000

Military Division?????????????????????????????????????????????????? $1,000???????????????? $400,000????????????????? $401,000

Emergency Management Agency????????????????????????????? $841,274??????????????????????????? $0????????????????? $841,274

Department of Corrections??????????????????????????? $12,145,521????????????? $5,600,000???????????? $17,745,521

Sheriff's Department Franklin????????????????????????? $167,842????????????? $1,400,000?????????????? $1,567,842

Sheriff's Department Berkshire????????????????????????? $56,500??????????????????????????? $0??????????????????? $56,500

Sheriff's Department Berkshire?????????????????????????????????? $0???????????????? $150,000????????????????? $150,000

Sheriff's Department Essex??????????????????????????????? $660,600????????????? $2,000,000?????????????? $2,660,600

Sheriff's Department Hampden??????????????????????????? $343,500????????????? $1,170,000?????????????? $1,513,500

Sheriff's Department Middlesex???????????????????????? $212,525???????????????? $925,000?????????????? $1,137,525

Sheriff's Department Hampshire???????????????????????? $183,750???????????????? $163,000????????????????? $346,750

Sheriff's Department Worcester???????????????????????? $120,579??????????????????????????? $0????????????????? $120,579

Parole Board??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $4,000???????????????? $600,000????????????????? $604,000

Sheriffs Association???????????????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Sheriff's Department Association??????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :???????????? $36,452,438??????????? $37,954,500???????????? $74,406,938

Executive Office of Elder Affairs

Secretary of Elder Affairs???????????????????????? $901,897,974??????????????????????????? $0?????????? $901,897,974

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :?????????? $901,897,974??????????????????????????? $0?????????? $901,897,974

Legislature

House of Representatives????????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Joint Legislative????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Senate???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

???????????????????????????????????????????? TOTALS :???????????????????????????? $0??????????????????????????? $0???????????????????????????? $0

Total Tax and Non-Tax Revenue? :??????????? $7,533,566,881?????? $1,365,961,882?????? $8,899,528,763

SECTION 2.

JUDICIARY.

Supreme Judicial Court.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0320-0003
For the operation of the supreme judicial court, including salaries of the chief justice and the 6 associate justices? ....... $7,538,951

0320-0010
For the operation of the clerk?s office of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county .................................... $1,188,510

0321-0001
For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct . $565,278

0321-0100
For the services of the board of bar examiners ........ $1,087,055

Committee for Public Counsel Services

0321-1500
For the operation of the committee for public counsel services as authorized by chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that the committee shall submit a report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, not later than January 31, 2007 that shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) the number of clients assisted by the committee in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population, and cost; (c) the total number of persons who received legal services by the committee, by type of case and geographic location; (d) the costs for services rendered per client, by type of case and geographic location; (e) the amount paid, if any, to the committee by clients for services rendered by type of case and geographic location; (f) the average cost for services rendered by the committee by type of case and (g) the average number of hours spent per attorney or staff per type of case; and provided further, that the committee shall expend not less than $280,000 for salary increases for existing public defenders paid from this line item ............................. $16,977,540

0321-1505
For additional costs of the public defender division; provided, that no funds from this appropriation shall support existing costs associated with line item 0321-1500; provided further, that the committee shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007 on the efficiencies gained from the additional resources provided in this item; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) the number of assignment of counsel that this appropriation has shifted from private bar advocates to the public defender division since the effective date of this act, (2) the savings the commonwealth has realized from this appropriation since the effective date of this act, and (3) number of public defender positions filled and the location of the Sexually Dangerous Persons office; and provided further, that not less than $26,000 shall be expended by the committee for the purpose of increasing the salaries of existing public defenders within this line item .................................................... $938,871

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0321-1510
For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 11 of said chapter 211D; provided, that not more than $1,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2007 $119,763,305

0321-1513
For the expansion of the public defender division pursuant to chapter 54 of the acts of 2005; provided, that the committee shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007 on the progress of said expansion; provided further, said report shall include the following: (1) the number of offices that have been opened, (2) the number of staff hired to work in the district offices; and (3) the estimated savings the commonwealth has realized from having said cases assigned to public defenders as opposed to being assigned to private bar advocates; and provided further, that no funds from this appropriation shall support existing costs associated with line item 0321-1500.................................... $3,571,630

0321-1518
The chief counsel for the committee for public services may expend an amount not to exceed $750,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for attorney representation of indigent clients ......... $750,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

0321-1520
For fees and costs as defined in section 27A of chapter 261 of the General Laws, as ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a department of the trial court of the commonwealth on behalf of indigent persons, as defined in said section 27A of said chapter 261; provided, that not more than $500,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2007 ....................................................... $8,456,513 $7,609,723

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0321-1600
For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth; provided, that notwithstanding section 9 of chapter 221A of the General Laws, $1,204,604 shall be expended for the disability benefits project, $544,286 shall be expended for the Medicare Advocacy Project, and $2,490,993 shall be expended for the Battered Women?s Legal Assistance Project; provided further, that the corporation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 30, 2007 that shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) the number of persons whom the programs funded by the corporation assisted in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population, and cost; and (c) the total number of indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth who received services of the corporation, by type of case and geographic location; and provided further, that the corporation may contract with any organization for the purpose of providing the representation ............... $9,470,424

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0321-2000
For the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee and for certain programs for the indigent mentally ill, as provided in section 34E of chapter 221 of the General Laws .................. $753,248

0321-2100
For the Massachusetts correctional legal services committee $820,000

0321-2205
For the expenses of the social law library located in Suffolk county ....................................................... $1,979,671

Appeals Court.

0322-0100
For the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of the chief justice, recall judges and the associate justices ...................................................... $10,616,684

Trial Court.

0330-0101
For the salaries of the justices of the superior court department of the trial court .......................................... $10,670,677

0330-0102
For the salaries of the justices of the district court department of the trial court .......................................... $20,048,415

0330-0103
For the salaries of the justices of the probate and family court department of the trial court ......................... $6,464,067

0330-0104
For the salaries of the justices of the land court department of the trial court ............................................. $760,943

0330-0105
For the salaries of the justices of the Boston municipal court $3,743,635

0330-0106
For the salaries of the justices of the housing court department of the trial court ........................................... $1,277,548

0330-0107
For the salaries of the justices of the juvenile court department of the trial court ........................................... $5,177,161

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0330-0300
For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial court non-employee services, trial court dental and vision health plan agreement, jury expenses, trial court law libraries, statewide telecommunications, private and municipal court rental and leases, operation of courthouse facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance and repairs, court interpreter program, and insurance and chargeback costs; provided, that funds may be expended for the judicial training institute; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall expend funds for the purposes of acquiring, through a lease agreement, suitable space in the town of Belchertown for the district court of eastern Hampshire by April 1, 2007; provided further, that funds from this item or any other item shall not be expended for the cost associated with the district court of eastern Hampshire, unless said division is located in the town of Belchertown as of said date; provided further, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all criminal and civil business within the eastern Hampshire district court jurisdiction shall be conducted in the town of Belchertown as of said date; provided further, that the chief justice shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2006 detailing the status of said lease agreement; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall, in consultation with the chief justice of the juvenile court department and the commissioner of the department of capital asset management, submit a report on or before October 1, 2006 assessing the feasibility of expanding the leased space currently utilized by the Dedham Session of the Norfolk County Division of the Juvenile Court Department at 55 Allied Drive in Dedham and renegotiating the existing lease for such premises; provided further, that 50 per cent of all fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15(d) and 30(c)(8) shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding section 9A of chapter 30, or any general or special law to the contrary, the rights afforded to a veteran, pursuant to said section 9A of said chapter 30, shall also be afforded to any veteran, as so defined, who holds a trial court office or position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under chapter 31, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or an office or position under section 7 of chapter 30, and who (1) has held the office or position for not less than 1 year and (2) has 30 years of total creditable service to the commonwealth, as defined in chapter 32; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the implementation of a changing lives through literature program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended from this item for a contract with Massachusetts General Hospital for a research program on abused children; provided further that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the restoration and replacement of the dome and torch of the Bristol county superior court; provided further, that the trial court shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board detailing the amount of assessments imposed within each court by a justice or clerk-magistrate during the previous calendar year pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of cases in which the assessment was reduced or waived by a judge or clerk-magistrate within the courts; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the victim and witness assistance board on or before January 14, 2007; and provided further, that not less than $9,903,211 shall be expended for the rental of county court facilities, in accordance with section 4 of chapter 29A of the General Laws; and provided further, that all county facilities shall be reimbursed at 100 per cent from this item in fiscal year 2007.......... $131,912,460

0330-0317
For the operation and expenses of the Massachusetts sentencing commission, pursuant to chapter 211E of the General Laws. $234,170

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0330-0410
For alternative dispute resolution services for the trial court; provided, that the services shall be made available to the extent possible in connection with child care, protection and custody proceedings in juvenile and probate courts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Housing Services and Mediation Program operated by the Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority in Pittsfield; provided further, that not less than $29,558 shall be expended for Berkshire Mediation Services Inc.; provided further that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for North Central Court Services, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the North Shore Community Mediation Program in Salem; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for Metropolitan Mediation Services; provided further, that not less than $62,811 shall be expended for Mediation Works, Inc; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Quabbin Mediation in Athol; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Mediation and Training Collaborative of Franklin County in Greenfield; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for Framingham Court Mediation Services; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the Cape Cod Dispute Resolution Center; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the Community Dispute Settlement Center, Inc., of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Greater Brockton Center for Dispute Resolution; provided further, that not less than $48,031 shall be expended for the Somerville Mediation Program; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the Middlesex Multi-door Court House Program; and provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Martha?s Vineyard Mediation Program; and provided further, that not less than $42,737 shall be expended for Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. in the city of Springfield; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Community Mediation of Worcester .................................. $967,326

0330-0441
For permanency mediation services in the probate and juvenile courts ......................................................... $540,000

0330-3200
For the court security program, including personnel and expenses; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007, detailing the number of court officers and security personnel located in each trial court of the commonwealth...................................................... $59,614,924

0330-3333
The chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 3 of chapter 90C, chapter 185, section 22 of chapter 218 and sections 2, 4A, 4C, 39 and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws; provided, that the chief justice shall only expend or allocate funds from this item to the 7 departments of the trial court for the operation of the departments; provided further, that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made; provided further, that the only revenue available for expenditure in this item for fiscal year 2007 shall be revenue collected from the fees in excess of the amount collected and deposited into the General Fund in fiscal year 2003 from the fees; provided further, that no? allocation shall occur until the schedules have been approved by the committees; provided further, that the fees shall continue to be transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the General Fund before the expenditure authorized by this item; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the chief justice may incur expenses and the comptroller shall certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of one half of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system ....................... $20,000,000

0330-3334
The chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 87A of chapter 276 of the General Laws; provided, that the chief justice shall expend or allocate funds from this item only to the district court and Boston Municipal Court departments of the trial court for the operation of those departments; provided further, that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made; provided however, that the chief justice shall allocate or expend the funds authorized in this item in a manner that accounts for the individual district court?s compliance with section 13 of chapter 300 of the acts of 2002; and provided further, that the fees shall continue to be transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the General Fund before the expenditure authorized by this item .............................. $20,000,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0330-3335
For salary adjustments for clerks and assistant clerks and certain trial court employees pursuant to chapter 106 of the acts of 2005; provided, that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made $19,007,323

Superior Court Department

0331-0100
For the administrative office of the superior court department ....................................................... $6,248,393

0331-0300
For medical malpractice tribunals established in accordance with the provisions of section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws $59,323

0331-2100
For the Barnstable superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping .. $716,338

0331-2200
For the Berkshire superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping .. $201,536

0331-2300
For the Bristol superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping .. $858,760

0331-2400
For the Dukes superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping .. $160,515

0331-2500
For the Essex superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,447,990

0331-2600
For the Franklin superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping .. $299,747

0331-2700
For the Hampden superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,288,286

0331-2800
For the Hampshire superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping .. $310,264

0331-2900
For the Middlesex superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $3,232,440

0331-3000
For the Nantucket superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping .. $135,265

0331-3100
For the Norfolk superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,186,622

0331-3200
For the Plymouth superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,087,829

0331-3300
For the Suffolk superior civil court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping ....................................................... $2,974,243

0331-3400
For the Suffolk superior criminal court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping ....................................................... $1,940,875

0331-3404
For an education and community outreach pilot program to be administered in the Suffolk superior court............................ $178,902

0331-3500
For the Worcester superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,070,743

0332-0100
For the administrative office of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program .................. $858,068

0332-1100
For the first district court of Barnstable .............. $536,692

0332-1200
For the second district court of Barnstable at Orleans .. $385,694

0332-1203
For the third district court of Barnstable at Falmouth .. $385,344

0332-1300
For the district court of northern Berkshire at Adams, North Adams and Williamstown ............................................ $272,317

0332-1400
For the district court of central Berkshire at Pittsfield $419,655

0332-1500
For the district court of southern Berkshire at Great Barrington and Lee ......................................................... $232,106

0332-1600
For the first district court of Bristol at Taunton ...... $706,373

0332-1700
For the second district court of Bristol at Fall River .. $876,214

0332-1800
For the third district court of Bristol at New Bedford .. $946,315

0332-1900
For the fourth district court of Bristol at Attleboro ... $583,774

0332-2000
For the district court of Edgartown ..................... $169,016

0332-2100
For the first district court of Essex at Salem .......... $698,915

0332-2300
For the third district court of Essex at Ipswich ........ $197,955

0332-2400
For the central district court of northern Essex at Haverhill $594,818

0332-2500
For the district court of eastern Essex at Gloucester ... $298,508

0332-2600
For the district court of Lawrence .................... $1,095,147

0332-2700
For the district court of southern Essex at Lynn ........ $806,500

0332-2800
For the district court of Newburyport ................... $491,593

0332-2900
For the district court of Peabody ....................... $502,084

0332-3000
For the district court of Greenfield .................... $341,966

0332-3100
For the district court of Orange ........................ $281,048

0332-3200
For the district court of Chicopee ...................... $418,616

0332-3300
For the district court of Holyoke ....................... $438,297

0332-3400
For the district court of eastern Hampden at Palmer ..... $301,552

0332-3500
For the district court of Springfield ................. $1,706,366

0332-3600
For the district court of western Hampden at Westfield .. $287,861

0332-3700
For the district court of Hampshire at Northampton ...... $619,005

0332-3800
For the district court of eastern Hampshire at Belchertown $165,631

0332-3900
For the district court of Lowell ...................... $1,205,584

0332-4000
For the district court of Somerville .................. $1,129,155

0332-4100
For the district court of Newton ........................ $366,447

0332-4200
For the district court of Marlborough ................... $296,888

0332-4300
For the district court of Natick ........................ $418,616

0332-4400
For the first district court of eastern Middlesex at Malden $574,505

0332-4500
For the second district court of eastern Middlesex at Waltham $487,954

0332-4600
For the third district court of eastern Middlesex at Cambridge ....................................................... $1,223,279

0332-4700
For the fourth district court of eastern Middlesex at Woburn $675,132

0332-4800
For the first district court of northern Middlesex at Ayer $368,553

0332-4900
For the first district court of southern Middlesex at Framingham ......................................................... $774,063

0332-5000
For the district court of central Middlesex at Concord .. $389,025

0332-5100
For the district court of Nantucket ..................... $120,335

0332-5200
For the district court of northern Norfolk at Dedham .... $554,723

0332-5300
For the district court of East Norfolk at Quincy ...... $1,565,700

0332-5400
For the district court of western Norfolk at Wrentham ... $466,815

0332-5500
For the district court of southern Norfolk at Stoughton . $604,626

0332-5600
For the municipal court of Brookline .................... $345,274

0332-5700
For the district court of Brockton .................... $1,113,955

0332-5800
For the second district court of Plymouth at Hingham .... $636,849

0332-5900
For the third district court of Plymouth at Plymouth? ... $790,980

0332-6000
For the fourth district court of Plymouth at Wareham? ... $666,744

0332-6300
For the district court of Chelsea; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, said district court shall be the permanent location for the northern trial session to handle six person jury cases; provided further, that all personnel within said district court whose duties relate to said northern trial session shall report to the clerk magistrate of said district court; and provided further, that the clerk magistrate shall utilize whatever space within the facility-at-large he deems necessary to comply with S.J.C. Rule 3:12, Canon 3(A)6 .................................. $831,083

0332-6900
For the central district court of Worcester ........... $1,534,374

0332-7000
For the district court of Fitchburg ..................... $502,366

0332-7100
For the district court of Leominster .................... $395,211

0332-7200
For the district court of Winchendon .................... $137,821

0332-7300
For the first district court of northern Worcester at Gardner $351,555

0332-7400
For the first district court of eastern Worcester at Westborough ......................................................... $399,279

0332-7500
For the second district court of eastern Worcester at Clinton $275,209

0332-7600
For the district court of southern Worcester at Dudley .. $475,146

0332-7700
For the second district court of southern Worcester at Uxbridge $316,362

0332-7800
For the third district court of southern Worcester at Milford $302,513

0332-7900
For the district court of western Worcester at East Brookfield $316,156

Probate and Family Court Department .

0333-0002
For the administrative office of the probate and family court department ....................................................... $1,307,828

0333-0100
For the Barnstable probate court ........................ $981,581

0333-0150
For the operation of a child and parents program in the Barnstable probate court ............................................ $79,495

0333-0200
For the Berkshire probate court ......................... $515,505

0333-0300
For the Bristol probate court ......................... $1,619,752

0333-0400
For the Dukes probate court ............................. $122,327

0333-0500
For the Essex probate court ........................... $1,305,319

0333-0600
For the Franklin probate court .......................... $519,668

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0333-0700
For the Hampden probate court? ........................ $2,607,285

0333-0711
For the operation of the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire family court clinic to be administratively located in the city of Springfield and to serve the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire divisions of the probate court ........................... $39,748

0333-0800
For the Hampshire probate court ......................... $645,228

0333-0900
For the Middlesex probate court ....................... $3,377,715

0333-0911
For the Middlesex probate court family services clinic .. $193,762

0333-0913
For the Middlesex community access program of community outreach and education; provided, that the program shall be targeted at low income persons who experience educational and language barriers to court access; and provided further, that the program shall be administered by the register of probate of Middlesex county.............. $191,719

0333-1000
For the Nantucket probate court ......................... $175,577

0333-1100
For the Norfolk probate court ......................... $1,515,401

0333-1111
For the Norfolk probate court family services clinic .... $139,772

0333-1200
For the Plymouth probate court ........................ $1,359,173

0333-1300
For the Suffolk probate court ......................... $2,240,115

0333-1313
For the Suffolk probate community access program of community outreach and education; provided, that said program shall be targeted at low income persons who experience educational and language barriers to court access; and provided further, that said program shall be administered by the register of probate of Suffolk county ............... $250,000

0333-1400
For the Worcester probate court ....................... $1,682,350

0333-1411
For the Worcester probate court family services clinic .. $189,362

Land Court Department.

0334-0001
For the operation of the land court ................... $2,386,331

Boston Municipal Court Department .

0335-0001
For the central division of the Boston municipal court department including the administrative costs of said court department $3,185,464

0335-0100
For the Brighton division of the Boston municipal court department ......................................................... $326,154

0335-0200
For the Charlestown division of the Boston municipal court department ......................................................... $232,655

0335-0300
For the Dorchester division of the Boston municipal court department ....................................................... $1,149,514

0335-0400
For the East Boston division of the Boston municipal court department ......................................................... $582,745

0335-0500
For the Roxbury division of the Boston municipal court department ....................................................... $1,116,770

0335-0600
For the South Boston division of the Boston municipal court department ......................................................... $407,439

0335-0700
For the West Roxbury division of the Boston municipal court department ......................................................... $733,061

Housing Court Department

0336-0002
For the administrative office of the housing court department $103,132

0336-0100
For the Boston housing court ............................ $932,876

0336-0200
For the western division of the housing court ........... $691,755

0336-0300
For the Worcester county housing court .................. $694,614

0336-0400
For the southeastern division of the housing court .... $1,214,514

0336-0500
For the northeastern division of the housing court ...... $650,698

Juvenile Court Department

0337-0002
For the administrative office of the juvenile court department $895,237

0337-0100
For the Suffolk county juvenile courts ................ $1,250,224

0337-0200
For the Bristol juvenile court ........................ $1,248,840

0337-0300
For the Hampden county juvenile courts; provided further, that $145,841 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Springfield Juvenile Courts ................................................ $1,297,623

0337-0400
For the Worcester county juvenile courts; provided further, that $72,920 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Worcester Juvenile Court ....................................................... $1,083,597

0337-0500
For the Barnstable county juvenile court, including the Barnstable county juvenile court located in the town of Plymouth ... $737,608

0337-0600
For the Essex county juvenile courts; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Lawrence Juvenile Court ....................................................... $1,055,220

0337-0700
For the Hampshire and Franklin counties juvenile courts; provided further, that $77,478 shall be expended for the Franklin/Hampshire CASA program, including the Northampton, Greenfield, Orange and Ware District Courts .................................................. $686,132

0337-0800
For the Plymouth county juvenile courts; provided further, that $72,920 shall be expended for the CASA program, in Plymouth County Juvenile Courts .................................................. $790,686

0337-0900
For the Berkshire county juvenile courts; provided further, that $54,690 shall be expended for a Berkshire CASAprogram, in the Berkshire County Juvenile Courts ......................................... $499,471

0337-1000
For the Middlesex county juvenile courts .............. $1,104,188

0337-1100
For the Norfolk county juvenile courts .................. $916,996

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0339-1001
For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that notwithstanding the any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner, subject to appropriation, shall have exclusive authority to appoint, dismiss, assign and discipline probation officers, associate probation officers, probation officers-in-charge, assistant chief probation officers and chief probation officers; provided further, that the associate probation officers shall only perform in-court functions and shall assume the in-court duties of the currently employed probation officers who shall be reassigned within the probation service subject to collective bargaining agreements to perform intensive, community-based supervision of probationers, including the provisions of intensive supervision and community restraint services as described in item 0339-1004; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this line item to cover the costs of building leases; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, probation officer personnel and probation clerical support staff assigned to the courts shall be provided with suitable office space in their current location in and around the various divisions and departments of the trial court, as the case may be, or in suitable office space as appropriate, with the advice and consent of the commissioner; provided further, that there shall be two regional program managers funded from this item who shall be responsible for the oversight of the management and daily operation of the probation electronic monitoring program; provided further, that the office shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of revenue to verify income data and to utilize the departments wage reporting and bank match system for the purpose of weekly tape-matching, so-called, for the purposes of determining an individual?s eligibility for appointment of indigent counsel, as defined in chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the purpose of funding the position an academy coordinator (1) and custodial staff (1), at the Central Massachusetts Probation Training Academy located in the town of Clinton; provided further, that the office shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the progress of eligibility verification with the department; and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of individuals to be found misrepresenting assets, revenue generated through collection of indigent client fees, the average indigent client fee that each court division collects per case since the effective date of this act, recommendations on improvements in verifying eligibility for counsel and other pertinent information to ascertain the effectiveness of verification ........................................ $129,049,842

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0339-1003
For the operation of the trial court office of community corrections, including the costs of personnel; provided, that not less then $75,000 shall be expended for the position of manager of community service to coordinate community service projects with state government agencies; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this line item to cover the costs of building leases........................... $5,862,043

Office of the Commissioner of Probation.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0339-1004
For the cost of intensive supervision and community corrections programs; provided, that the programs shall include, but not be limited to, tracking, community service, educational assistance, drug and alcohol testing and treatment, curfew enforcement, home confinement, day reporting, means-tested fines, restitution, and community incapacitation or restraint; provided further, that the number of placements in the programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000 intensively-supervised probationers; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to cover the costs of the programs that are undertaken and administered by court probation offices and county sheriffs? offices; provided further, that said funds shall be expended for the purpose of providing said programs in Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester counties in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that the executive director of the office of community corrections of the trial court shall enter into interagency service agreements and memoranda of understanding with the probation offices and sheriffs? offices for the provision of said programs, including the contracting for detention space for probationers arrested for violating probation and awaiting court action and detention space for probationers who have been ordered by the trial court to be supervised at a higher level of restraint; provided further, that said agreements and memoranda shall be entered into at the direction of the executive director; provided further, that the executive director shall submit a spending and management plan for the programs to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 30, 2007; and provided further, that the plan shall include the projected number of probationers to be served by each program and include a description of the oversight and services provided to the probationers................. $16,199,621

Office of the Jury Commissioner.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0339-2100
For the office of the jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws ................................... $2,310,457 $2,164,249

Suffolk District Attorney

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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that not more than $125,000 shall be expended for a North Dorchester safe neighborhood initiative, in Suffolk county; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ...................... $15,446,370

0340-0101
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Suffolk district attorney?s office............................... $345,683

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Middlesex District Attorney.

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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following; (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year? 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in said program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer...................................................... $12,113,638

0340-0201
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district attorney?s office .................... $478,682

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Eastern District Attorney.

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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007;? provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer; and provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program $8,351,755

0340-0301
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district attorney?s office............................... $447,132

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Worcester District Attorney.

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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that $75,000 may be expended for financial criminal investigations; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer? ....................................................... $8,277,330

0340-0401
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Worcester district attorney?s office .................... $393,480

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

0340-0410
For the analyses 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 $450,000

Hampden District Attorney.

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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ................ $7,265,407

0340-0501
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district attorney?s office .............................. $322,619

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Hampshire/Franklin District Attorney.

0340-0600
For the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney?s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in said fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the salaries and expenses of a children?s advocacy project; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ....................... $4,717,216

0340-0601
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney?s office............ $226,191

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Norfolk District Attorney.

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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ................ $8,074,889

0340-0701
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Norfolk district attorney?s office .............................. $416,910

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Plymouth District Attorney.

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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ................ $6,564,669

0340-0801
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Plymouth district attorney?s office............................... $340,554

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Bristol District Attorney.

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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer . $6,695,993

0340-0901
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Bristol district attorney?s office .............................. $318,380

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Cape and Islands District Attorney.

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 $125,000 shall be expended to support the sex offender management unit; provided further, that 2 prosecutors and administrative support shall be provided to the Cape Cod offender management task force; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that not more than $20,000 be expended for Cape & Islands Child Advocacy Center at Children?s Cove in Hyannis; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer . $3,464,863

0340-1001
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Cape and Islands district attorney?s office....................... $271,954

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

Berkshire District Attorney.

0340-1100
For the Berkshire 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 the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office?s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office?s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) name and address of the law firms; (3) duties performed by the personnel; and (4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ................ $3,167,184

0340-1101
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Berkshire district attorney?s office .................... $126,739

General Fund ......................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ......................... 88.20%

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS? ASSOCIATION.

0340-2100
For the operation of the Massachusetts District Attorneys? Association, including the implementation and related expenses of the district attorneys? office automation and case management and tracking system; provided, that expenses associated with the system may be charged directly to this item; provided further, that the 11 district attorneys of the commonwealth may contribute a portion of their fiscal year 2007 appropriation to the Massachusetts District Attorneys? Association in order to alleviate the cost of the case management and tracking system as well as the cost of data lines associated with the district attorney?s computer network; provided further, that the department shall work in conjunction with the disabled persons protection commission and the eleven district attorneys offices to prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the number of abuse cases that are referred to each said district attorney?s office for further investigation; (2) the number of said referrals resulting in the filing of criminal charges, delineated by type of charge; (3) the number of cases referred to each said district attorneys office that remain open as of the date for submission of said report; and (4) the number of cases resulting a criminal prosecution, and the disposition of each such prosecution; provided further, that said? report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and mean on or before March 15, 2007; provided further, that each district attorney shall submit a report to the Massachusetts District Attorneys? Association and the house and senate committees on ways and means delineating all funds expended for the purpose of implementing the case management and tracking system not later than January 30, 2007; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the total cost of the district attorneys? computer network, the total cost incurred by each district attorney?s office, a detailed list of all hardware and software leased, owned or operated by each district attorney, a plan for any purchases to be made in the remainder of fiscal year 2007 and a detailed summary of any policies implemented to contain the costs of the network by either the Massachusetts District Attorneys? Association or the individual district attorneys? offices; 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 the association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007 detailing, by district attorney office, all sources of revenue, including, but not limited to, federal and state grants that were received in fiscal year 2006, and the amount of each source of revenue ....................................................... $1,785,056

0340-8908
For the costs associated with maintaining the association?s wide area network ............................................... $1,342,463

EXECUTIVE.

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 mental retardation; and provided further that the advisory council on Alzheimer diseases and related disorders as established in the office of the governor by section 379 of chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, and section 80 of chapter 236 of the acts of 2000, shall continue during fiscal year 2007 ................ $5,085,741

SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

0511-0000
For the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that the office shall submit a report detailing staffing patterns for each program operated by the office; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, actual and functional job titles by program, compensation rates and lengths of service for each employee; provided further, that the office shall submit the report not later than January 31, 2007 to the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, 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, 0540-2100 pursuant to an allocation schedule filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before the transfer; provided further, that each register of deeds using electronic record books shall ensure that all methods of electronically recording instruments conform to any regulation or standard established by the state secretary or the records conservation board, and those regulations shall be promulgated no later than June 30, 2007....... $6,902,837

0511-0001
The state secretary may expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of merchandise at the Massachusetts state house gift shop for the purpose of replenishing and restocking gift shop inventory $30,000

0511-0108
The state secretary acting on behalf of the commonwealth may sell, transfer or license the division of corporations? software and related documents pertaining to its web based searching and filing applications, including uniform commercial code software, developed by the department of the secretary and copyrighted by it to other states, multi-state or regional associations or other sovereign governments on such terms or conditions as in his sole discretion reasonably compensates the commonwealth for its interests; provided, that the secretary may retain and expend revenues collected from the sales, licensure or user agreements in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for technical activities of the corporations division, the remainder to be deposited in the General Fund; provided further, that the secretary may also provide web hosting, and on-going support and maintenance to other states, provinces or territories of Canada relative to their UCC and corporate applications; and provided further, that the department of the state secretary may accept credit and debit cards from individuals and corporations filing documents with the department......... $50,000

0511-0200
For the operation of the state archives division......... $539,562

0511-0230
For the operation of the records center.................. $156,185

0511-0250
For the operation of the archives facility............... $475,775

0511-0260
For the operation of the commonwealth museum provided further, no less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for the Commonwealth Museum located at the Massachusetts Archives in Dorchester to renovate existing space of the Museum that will exhibit many treasures of the Commonwealth including the original 1692 Charter of Province of Massachusetts Bay, the Massachusetts Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence .......................................... $1,697,455

0511-0270
The Secretary of State shall contract with the UMass Donahue Institute for not less than $100,000 to provide the Commonwealth with technical assistance on US Census Data and prepare annual population estimates......................................................... $100,000

0511-0420
For the operation of the address confidentiality program. $112,991

0517-0000
For the printing of public documents..................... $907,957

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

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 state may award grants for voter registration and education in the cities of Boston, Springfield, Lawrence and Worcester; provided further, that not less than $43,700 shall be expended for the establishment of the Lawrence Election Monitoring Program; provided further, that the registration and education activities may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations; and provided further, that the secretary shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007 detailing the amount appropriated for the purposes of providing reimbursements for the costs of extended polling hours from this item to each city or town ..................................... $5,337,343 $5,293,643

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 on or before January 31, 2007.......................... $5,462,603

0524-0000
For providing information to voters.................... $1,201,161

0526-0100
For the operation of the Massachusetts Historical Commission $991,125

0527-0100
For the operation of the ballot law commission............ $12,380

0528-0100
For the operation of the records conservation board....... $39,307

0540-0900
For the registry of deeds located in Lawrence in the former county of Essex.................................................... $841,658

0540-1000
For the registry of deeds located in Salem in the former county of Essex....................................................... $2,713,400

0540-1100
For the registry of deeds in the former county of Franklin $581,706

0540-1200
For the registry of deeds in the former county of Hampden $2,179,148

0540-1300
For the registry of deeds in the former county of Hampshire $608,341

0540-1400
For the registry of deeds located in Lowell in the former county of Middlesex.............................................. $1,387,541

0540-1500
For the registry of deeds located in Cambridge in the former county of Middlesex.............................................. $3,557,583

0540-1600
For the registry of deeds located in Adams in the former county of Berkshire................................................ $315,830

0540-1700
For the registry of deeds located in Pittsfield in the former county of Berkshire................................................ $559,729

0540-1800
For the registry of deeds located in Great Barrington in the former county of Berkshire...................................... $266,796

0540-1900
For the registry of deeds in the former county of Suffolk $2,287,172

0540-2000
For the registry of deeds located in Fitchburg in the former county of Worcester................................................ $787,067

0540-2100
For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester in the former county of Worcester.................................... $2,111,416

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0540-2500
For moving and relocation costs for the Essex registry of deeds, northern district; Essex registry of deeds, southern district; and Worcester registry of deeds; provided, that the secretary shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than June 30, 2007 detailing the exact cost of each move provided further, that a? report regarding the status of structures and locations of each registry of deeds funded in this section shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before December 31, 2006; provided further, that the report shall state, for each registry of deeds funded in this section, whether the space occupied by the registry is owned or leased by the commonwealth, the start and end dates of each current lease for the registry, the amount of square footage occupied by each registry and whether there is an immediate or otherwise projected need for the registry to increase the square footage it occupies;........................................... $4,832,633

TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General.

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 to the extent that bank fees exceed the amount appropriated in item 0610-0100, the treasurer may, subject to an allocation plan filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means, transfer from this item to said item 0610-0100, an amount sufficient to ensure full payment of the bank fees; provided further, that not less than $37,000 shall be granted to the elder advocacy organization known as the Silver-Haired Legislature; provided further, that the treasurer?s office shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board which details the amount of assessments transmitted to the treasurer during the previous calendar year on a monthly basis from the courts, the registrar of motor vehicles and the sheriff or superintendent of any correctional facility pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the board on or before January 31, 2007; and provided further, that the treasurer?s office shall pay half of the administrative costs of the municipal finance oversight board from this item................................................... $7,385,102

General Fund............................ 90.0%
Highway Fund............................ 10.0%

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 said commission shall maintain at least one chief investigator and other investigators for the purpose of regulating and controlling the traffic of alcoholic beverages; provided further, that said commission is authorized and directed to work and cooperate with the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms division of 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 said commission is directed to seek out matching federal dollars and to apply for federal grants that may be available to assist in the enforcement of laws pertaining to the traffic of alcoholic beverages......................... $1,875,098

0610-0100
For the payment of bank fees; provided, that the treasurer may transfer funds from this item to item 0610-0000 for one-time, non-recurring expenditures upon certification to the secretary of administration and finance that the remaining balance in this account will be sufficient to make all necessary expenditures........................ $3,600,000

General Fund............................ 90.0%
Highway Fund............................ 10.0%

0610-0140
For the purpose of funding administrative, transactional and research expenses associated with maintaining and increasing the interest earnings on the Commonwealth?s General and Stabilization Fund investments............................................... $25,000

0610-2000
For payments made to veterans pursuant to section 16 of chapter 130 of the acts of 2005;? provided, that the office of the state treasurer may expend not more than $150,000 for costs incurred in the administration of these payments...................................... $3,643,000

0611-1000
For bonus payments to war veterans........................ $50,000

0611-1010
For the cost of life insurance premiums for National Guard members pursuant to section 88B of chapter 33 of the General Laws $1,170,000

0611-5500
For additional assistance to cities and towns to be distributed according to section 3 and for assistance to certain public entities of the commonwealth which have constructed water pollution abatement facilities; provided, that the distribution to the public entities shall equal $1,249,948; and provided further, that if there is a conflict between the provisions of the distribution set forth in section 3 and any other provisions of this act, the distribution set forth in section 3 shall control...................................... $379,767,936

0611-5510
For reimbursements to cities and towns in lieu of taxes on state-owned land pursuant to sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws.......................................... $25,300,000

0611-5800
For distribution to each city and town within which racing meetings are? conducted pursuant to section 18D of chapter 58 of the General Laws....................................................... $2,500,000

Pension Benefits.

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......................................................... $500,000

Commission on Firefighters? Relief.

0620-0000
For financial assistance to injured firefighters........... $9,808

Lottery Commission.

0640-0000
For the operation of the state lottery commission and arts lottery; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for any costs associated with the promotion or advertising of lottery games; provided further, that not later than November 15, 2006 the treasurer shall submit a report to the secretary of administration and finance and the chairpersons of the house and senate ways and means committees on the feasibility of incorporating a factor in the lottery distribution formula to account for statewide variances in lottery sales in each community; provided further, that the state lottery commission will perform a study of programs to ensure responsible gaming habits for consumers; provided further, that the commission shall provide results of the study to the chairpersons of the house and senate ways and means committees not later than December 31, 2006;? provided further, that positions funded by 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 herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund...................... $76,388,336

0640-0001
For the operation of the state lottery commission; provided, that the commission may seek revenue from corporate advertising for non-lottery products on all lottery products; provided further, that payments from corporate advertising shall be deposited into the General Fund; and provided further, that expenditure in this item is limited to an amount not to exceed revenues collected from corporate advertising payments or the amount appropriated herein, whichever is less ..... $3,653,019

0640-0005
For the costs associated with the continued implementation of the game of keno; provided, that any sums expended on promotional activities shall be limited to point of sale promotions and agent newsletters; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund .......................................... $1,263,481

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0640-0010
For the promotional activities associated with the state lottery program; provided, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund ......................................... $10,000,000

0640-0013
For the costs of the anti-litter program; provided, that said lottery may continue to develop regional environmental awareness events to limit the number of discarded instant tickets that become litter; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund ......................................................... $100,000

0640-0096
For the purpose of the commonwealth?s fiscal year? 2007 contributions to the health and welfare fund established pursuant to the collective-bargaining agreement between the lottery commission and the service employees international union, Local 254, AFL-CIO; provided, that the contributions shall be paid to the trust 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 Fund to the General Fund $355,945

MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL.

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0640-0300
For the services and operations of the council, including grants to or contracts with public and non-public entities; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the council may expend the amounts herein appropriated for the purposes of the council as provided in sections 52 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 10 of the General Laws in amounts and at times as the council may determine pursuant to section 54 of said chapter 10; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the Arts Lottery Fund to the General Fund; provided further, that any funds expended from this item for the benefit of schoolchildren shall be expended for the benefit of all Massachusetts schoolchildren and on the same terms and conditions; provided further, that the council shall not expend funds from this item for any grant or contract recipient that, in any program or activity for Massachusetts schoolchildren, does not apply the same terms and conditions to all such schoolchildren; provided further, that not more than $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to assist cultural organizations in augmenting or initiating endowments to promote the financial stability of the organizations and the assistance shall be in the form of challenge grants to the organizations; provided further, that in order to receive a grant a cultural organization shall raise an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant for the organization?s endowment; provided further, that funds provided by the grants shall, in perpetuity, be used solely to provide free or reduced rate public programs or services to citizens of the commonwealth; provided further, that a grant made under this program shall not exceed $100,000; and provided further, that a person employed under this item shall be considered an employee within the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall be placed in the appropriate bargaining unit; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be allocated to increase the Local Cultural Council Grant Program to provide for a minimum grant of $4,000 per municipality; and provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended to establish the Cultural Tourism Initiative under the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which shall provide matching funds for marketing programs created through regional or local partnerships between tourism professional and non-profit cultural organizations through four pilot programs to be created in four different regions of the state......................... $8,650,000 $7,459,051

0640-0350
For the purposes of cultural resources pursuant to section 36 of chapter 69 of the General Laws including grants to or contracts with public and non-public entities; provided, that the council shall not expend funds from this item for any recipient that, in any program or activity for Massachusetts schoolchildren, does not apply the same terms and conditions to all such schoolchildren; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the Arts Lottery Fund to the General Fund........... $743,520

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

0640-0351
For the John and Abigail Adams Arts Program, to promote innovations in the arts and humanities within the commonwealth through the disbursement of cultural economic development grants including grants for cultural activities that have the capacity to revitalize communities, stimulate income, create or enhance jobs, and attract tourism; provided, that the funds shall be administered by the Massachusetts cultural council; provided further, that the mission of grant applicants may include demonstrated scholarship or creativity in, or distinguished service to, the arts and humanities; provided, that grants may focus on seed funding for early stage planning or implementation, creation of enduring partnerships among cultural and non-cultural organizations, defined community needs or opportunities, and creation of innovative and sustainable development models that can be replicated throughout and beyond the commonwealth; provided further, that eligible applicants shall include, but not be limited to, not-for-profit organizations and public sector entities; provided further, that collaborating partners may also include private, for-profit organizations, educational institutions and state or federal agencies; provided further, that grants shall not exceed $100,000 and shall be leveraged by not less than $1 for each $1 granted; provided further, that preference shall be given to an applicant with multiple funding sources that can demonstrate project viability, community support and potential for long-term sustainability; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund....................... $2,000,000 $1,500,000

Debt Service

0699-0015
For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt and the sale of bonds of the commonwealth, previously charged to the Local Aid Fund, the State Recreation Areas Fund, the Metropolitan Parks District Fund, the Metropolitan Water District Fund, the Metropolitan Sewerage District Fund, the Watershed Management Fund, the Highway Fund, and the Inter-City Bus Fund; provided, that payments of certain serial bonds maturing previously charged to the Local Aid Fund, the State Recreation Areas Fund, the Metropolitan Water District Fund, the Metropolitan Sewerage District Fund, and the Highway Fund shall be paid from this item; provided further, 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 item 0699-9100; 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, 2007, from item 0699-0015 to item 0699-9100 or from item 0699-9100 to item 0699-0015 which would otherwise have insufficient amounts to meet debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007; 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 chapter 29 of the General Laws shall be paid from this item and shall be charged to the Infrastructure sub-fund of the Highway fund; provided further, that payments of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt of the commonwealth associated with the Watershed Management Fund for the acquisition of development rights and other interests in land, including fee simple acquisitions of watershed lands of the Quabbin and Wachusett reservoirs and the Ware river watershed above the Ware river intake pipe shall be paid from this item; 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 herein 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; and provided further, that the comptroller shall transfer from this item to the government land bank fund an amount equal to the amount by which debt service charged to said fund exceeds revenue deposited to said fund..................... $1,781,299,000

General Fund........................... 68.07%
Highway Fund........................... 31.93%

0699-2004
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.......... $78,987,000

Highway Fund........................... 100.0%

0699-9100
For the payment of interest and issuance costs on bonds and bond and revenue anticipation notes and other notes pursuant to sections 47 and 49B of chapter 29 of the General Laws; 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 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, 2007 shall be charged to the various funds or to the General Fund or highway fund debt service reserves.............................................. $20,950,000

0699-9101
For the purpose of depositing with the trustee under the trust agreement authorized in section 10 of chapter 11 of the acts of 1997 an amount to be used to pay the interest due on notes of the commonwealth issued pursuant to section 9 of said chapter 11 and secured by the Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Note Trust Fund............ $60,995,000

0699-9200
For certain debt service contract assistance to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency in accordance with chapter?? 23G of the General Laws.......................................... $10,161,888

STATE AUDITOR.
Office of the State Auditor.

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 and shared oversight of the central artery/third harbor tunnel project; provided further, that not less than $67,250 shall be expended for the position of executive director of the central artery/third harbor tunnel project oversight coordination commission, as established in section 2B of chapter 205 of the acts of 1996, such that the position may continue to provide administrative and investigative functions to the commission in a manner that is consistent with said section 2B; and provided further, that the auditor?s office shall pay half of the administrative costs of the municipal finance oversight board from this item...... $15,428,202

0710-0100
For the operation of the division of local mandates ..... $623,699

0710-0200
For the operation of the bureau of special investigations; provided, that the department 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 of special investigations of the office of the state auditor, the total value of settlement restitution payments, actual monthly collections, and any circumstances that produce shortfalls in collections .. $1,629,595

0710-0225
For the operation of the Medicaid Audit Unit within the Division of Audit Operations in an effort to prevent and to identify fraud and abuse in the MassHealth system; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this line item shall not be less than 50 per cent; and provided further, that the division shall submit a report no later than December 1, 2006 to the house and senate committee ways and means detailing all findings on activities and payments made through the MassHealth system ....................................... $450,000

Office of the Attorney General

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 compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness compensation program shall be administered in accordance with chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; provided further, that the attorney general shall submit to the general court and the secretary for 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; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended for a grants program for the safe neighborhood initiative-jobs for youth program; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended for a safe neighborhood initiative program in the Grove Hall area of Boston; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended from the funds appropriated in this item for a safe neighborhood initiative pilot program in the Bowdoin/Geneva area of the Dorchester district of the city of Boston and in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that the public proceedings unit shall review the water rate increases; provided further, that not more than $240,000 shall be expended for the operation of a child protection unit; provided further, that funds may be expended for the commission on uniform state laws; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Trauma Intervention Program of Merrimack Valley; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the National TenPoint Leadership Foundation to reduce gang-related violence in the cities of Brockton, Worcester and Springfield; and provided further, that $260,000 shall be expended for the Ella J. Baker House in the city of Boston for violence prevention programs for high-risk youth....................................... $22,687,962

0810-0004
For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of 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 the provisions of 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 provisions outlined in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws ...................... $2,156,000

0810-0006
For the rental costs and unavoidable space rental lease obligations associated with certain divisions of the office of the attorney general located in the Leverett Saltonstall building........... $2,414,150

0810-0007
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general; provided, that costs associated with those officers shall not be funded from item 8100-0007; and provided further, that expenditures shall not 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.............. $486,517

Highway Fund ......................... ?88.20%
General Fund ......................... ?11.80%

0810-0014
For the operation of the department of telecommunications and energy proceedings unit, pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that not withstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed under said section 11E of said chapter 12 of the General Laws, shall equal the amount expended from this item and provided further, that not less than $200,000 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............................................. $1,609,028

0810-0017
For the expenses related to judicial proceedings relevant to the fuel charge pursuant to section 94G of chapter 164 of the General Laws and such other proceedings as may be reasonably related to the section; provided, that the assessment levied for such expense shall be credited to the General Fund....................................... $73,500

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 not less than $225,000 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 pursuant to section 72H of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further, that the unit shall provide training for all investigators of the department?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 pursuant to said section 72H of said chapter 111.................................... $2,656,033

0810-0045
For the labor law enforcement program pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1 of chapter 23 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a non-management 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....................................................... $3,105,528

0810-0201
For the costs incurred in administrative or judicial proceedings on insurance as authorized by 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 of the office of the attorney general; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for the costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item ............................... $1,389,979

0810-0338
For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $432,026 .......................... $432,026

0810-0399
For the investigation and prosecution of workers? compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $280,164; provided further, that the attorney general shall investigate and prosecute, where appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers? compensation insurance in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth; and provided further, that the unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws.................................. $280,164

Victim and Witness Assistance Board

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

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 trial court, 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; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 15, 2007 .................... $596,776

0840-0101
For the salaries and administration of the safeplan advocacy program, to be administered by the Massachusetts office of victim assistance; provided, that the? office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 3, 2007 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........................................... $720,116

STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.

0900-0100
For the operation of the state ethics commission....... $1,535,370

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

0910-0200
For the operation of the office of the inspector general $2,716,695

0910-0210
The office of the inspector general may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $493,819 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 discrepancies between the receipts of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office of the inspector general 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.................................. $493,819

OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE.

0920-0300
For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance ....................................................... $1,109,853

OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER.

1000-0001
For the office of the state comptroller for the purpose and cost of compliance with the Single Audit Act of 1984, Public Law 89-502, and for the federally required comprehensive, statewide single audit of state operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided, that the office of the comptroller shall charge other items of appropriation for the cost of the audit from allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts; provided further, that the office of the comptroller shall charge not more than a total of $750,000 to other items of appropriation for the cost of the audit; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts shall be retained and expended from a separate item without further appropriation, in addition to state funds appropriated to this item, for the cost of compliance with the mandate of the federal law and the office of management and budget regulations; provided further, that the amount of any such federal funds and grant receipts so credited and expended from this item shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the comptroller shall maintain a special federal and non-tax revenue unit which shall operate under policies and procedures developed in conjunction with the secretary for administration and finance; provided further, that the comptroller shall provide 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, the full year estimate of revenues and revenues collected; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall deduct an amount of $1,000 from any item of appropriation in section 2 of this act in which a reporting requirement is stipulated within said item and which report is not filed within 10 days of the stated due date; provided further, that any and all amounts deducted shall be deposited in the General Fund and the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of any and all amounts so deducted; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may enter into contracts with private vendors to identify and pursue cost avoidance opportunities for programs of the commonwealth and to enter into interdepartmental service agreements with state agencies, as applicable, for said purpose; provided further, that 60 days before entering into any interdepartmental service agreements the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that said notification shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the project, the purpose and intent of the interdepartmental service agreement, a projection of the costs avoided in the current fiscal year, a copy of the contract with the private vendor including the proposed rate of compensation and any previous agreements related or similar to the new agreement with the above information; provided further, that payments to private vendors on account of such cost avoidance projects shall be made only from such actual cost savings as have been certified in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means by the comptroller and the budget director as attributable to such cost avoidance projects provided further that the comptroller may establish such procedures in consultation with the budget director and the affected departments as he deems appropriate and necessary to accomplish the purpose of this section and provided further that the comptroller shall report on said projects as a part of his annual report pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws ........................ $9,089,154

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
Office of the Secretary.

1100-1100
For the office of the secretary and the administration of the fiscal affairs division; provided, that the secretary shall conduct an ongoing review of affirmative action steps taken by the various agencies, boards, departments, commissions or divisions to determine whether such agencies, boards, departments, commissions or divisions are complying with the commonwealth?s policies of non-discrimination and equal opportunity; provided further, that whenever non-compliance is determined by the secretary, the secretary shall hold a public hearing on the matter and report his resulting recommendations to the head of the particular agency, board, department, commission or division, to the governor and to the Massachusetts commission against discrimination; provided further, that the secretary shall report on the status of each agency, board, department, commission or division receiving monies under this act, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, as to compliance or non-compliance with affirmative action policies to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public service and the joint committee on commerce and labor on or before December 1, 2006; provided further, 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 secretary of administration and finance in conjunction with the trial court, the executive office of health and human services, the division of capital asset management and maintenance, the bureau of state office buildings and the division of energy resources, shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means concerning the commonwealth's energy costs, which shall include, but not be limited to: (a) energy consumption and costs incurred by commonwealth-owned or operated facilities, including the state house, state office buildings, hospitals, courthouses, correction facilities and? related properties, (b) cost saving initiatives relating to energy consumption and procurement, (c) the energy consumption and costs for all vehicles operated by the commonwealth and its subsidiary secretariats and agencies, and (d) the current status of the state?s energy infrastructure and plans for either replacement or conversion of existing systems; provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than January 26, 2007; and provided further, that the budget director shall report on a quarterly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means the status of all cost avoidance projects which are undertaken pursuant to item 1000-0001........ $3,529,636

Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.

1102-3205.. The division may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology center an amount not to exceed $6,810,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and any and all other sources pertaining to the operations of said center; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purpose of accommodating 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 therefore as reported in the state accounting system....................................................... $6,810,000

1102-3206
For the costs associated with the maintenance and security of surplus state properties; provided, that the division shall submit quarterly reports that detail the hire date, salary, and job title of every employee at the division and the amount associated with each bond authorization; and provided further, the division shall submit a report that details every employee at the division including the hire date, salary, and job title for fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 11, 2007 ........................................ $359,208

1102-3214
For the state transportation building; provided, that the division may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $7,290,000 from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and from any and all other sources pertaining to the operation of the state transportation building for the maintenance and operation of said building; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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.... $7,290,000

1102-3231
For the Springfield state office building; provided, that the division may expend not more than $750,000 in revenues from rents charged to agencies occupying the building for the maintenance and operation of the building; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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.................................. $750,000

1102-3232
For the division of capital asset maintenance and management; provided, that the division may expend not more than $300,000 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; and provided further, that only expenses, including staffing, incurred to implement and operate the certification program shall be funded from this item........................... $300,000

Bureau of State Office Buildings.

1102-3301
For the operation of the bureau and for the maintenance and operation of buildings under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of buildings; provided, that the bureau shall retain jurisdiction over all contracts, purchases and payments for materials and services required in the operation of the bureau............................ $6,766,065

1102-3302
For the purposes of utility costs and associated contracts for the properties managed by the bureau of state office buildings $6,917,582

1102-3306
For the maintenance and joint operation of the state house under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of state office buildings and the legislature?s joint committee on rules; provided, that the bureau shall work in coordination with the house of representatives and the senate relative to the maintenance, repair, purchases and payments for materials and services................................... $750,000

1107-2400
For the office on disability............................. $703,456

Disabled Persons Protection Commission.

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 mental retardation 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 departments of mental retardation and mental health and the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; provided further, that the report shall include: (i) the number of claims found to be substantiated; (ii) the number of claims found to be unsubstantiated; and (iii) the number of claims found to be falsely reported as a result of intentional and malicious action; and provided further, that the commission shall ensure that all calls received by the commission?s 24-hour hotline are recorded, that all persons who call said hotline shall be immediately informed that all calls are recorded, and each such person shall be provided with the opportunity to elect that the call not be recorded............................................ $1,873,986

Civil Service Commission.

1108-1011
For the civil service commission; provided, that the General Fund shall be reimbursed for the appropriation herein through a fee charged on a per claim basis; provided further, that said commission shall develop and implement regulations to implement said reimbursement to the General Fund; and provided further, the civil service commission shall have the power to assess a fee upon the appointing authority when inappropriate action has occurred...................................... $482,554

Group Insurance Commission.

The Governor reduced the following item:

1108-5100
For the administration of the group insurance commission; provided, that the commission shall generate the maximum amounts allowable under the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as amended, and from reimbursements allowed by sections 8, 10B, 10C and 12 of chapter 32A of the General Laws................................ $3,068,229 $2,718,229

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

1108-5200
For the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2007; 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 2007, and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2007; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge the division of unemployment assistance and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions, which have federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose, for that portion of insurance premiums and plan costs as the secretary determines should 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 such transfers shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that prior year costs incurred by self insured plans shall be funded from this item; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts expended from this item for prior year costs; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall obtain reimbursement for premium and administrative expenses from other agencies and authorities not funded by state appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may charge all agencies for the commonwealth’s share of the health insurance costs incurred on behalf of any employees of those agencies who are on leave of absence for a period of more than 1 year; provided further, that the amounts received in payment for the charges shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding section 26 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the commission may negotiate, purchase and execute contracts before July 1 of each year for policies of group insurance as authorized by chapter 32A of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 150E of the General Laws and as provided in section 8 of chapter 32A and for the purposes of section 14 of chapter 32A, the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for state employees who have retired before July 1, 1994 shall be 90 per cent and the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for state employees who have retired on or after July 1, 1994 shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for active employees upon retirement shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the premiums for active state employees and their dependents shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the premiums for active state employees hired after June 30, 2003 and their dependents shall be 80 per cent; and provided further, that the commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means by April 1 of each year of the cost of the commonwealth’s projected share of group insurance premiums for the next fiscal year.......... $976,037,643 $853,092,760

1108-5350
For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments $895,032

1108-5400
For the costs of the retired municipal teachers’ premiums and the audit of such premiums...................................... $79,853,475

1108-5500
For the costs, notwithstanding chapter 32A of the General Laws to the contrary, of dental and vision benefits for those active employees of the commonwealth, not including employees of authorities and any other political subdivision, who are not otherwise provided those benefits pursuant to a separate appropriation or the terms of a contract or collective bargaining agreement; provided, that the employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly premium established by the commission for the benefits............................................... $6,727,448

Division of Administrative Law Appeals.

1110-1000
For the operation of the division of administrative law appeals established by section 4H of chapter 7 of the General Laws; provided, that said office shall maintain, to the fullest extent practicable, a complete physical and technological separation from any agency, department, board, commission or program whose decisions, determinations or actions may be appealed to it; and provided further, that every decision issued by a commissioner or other head of agency, or designee, following the issuance of a recommended decision by an administrative law judge of the division, shall be an agency decision subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws $1,181,676

George Fingold Library.

1120-4005
For the administration of the library; provided, that the library shall maintain regular hours of operation from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ....................................................... $1,275,012

1120-4006
The George Fingold Library may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $20,000 from the fees charged for copying services; provided the Library shall submit a report that details revenue collected and expenditures made to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 1, 2007 .............................. $20,000

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

1150-5100
For the office of the commission, including the processing and resolution of cases pending before the commission that were filed on or before July 1, 2003 ; provided, that on or before November 1, 2006 the commission shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the total number of all currently pending cases and the total number of the cases in the investigation, conciliation, post-probable cause and pre-public hearing and post-hearing stages; provided further, that the commission shall file an update of the report with the committees on or before March 1, 2007 ; provided further, that the commission shall identify in the reports the number of cases in which the commission has determined there is probable cause to believe that a violation of chapter 151B of the General Laws has been committed in a case in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before November 1, 2006 the number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency or state authority is named as a respondent, specifying those cases in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent, and the number of the cases in which there is probable cause to believe that a violation of said chapter 151B has been committed; provided further, that the commission shall include in the report the total number of new cases filed in fiscal year 2006 and the total number of cases closed by the commission in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that funds made available in this item shall be in addition to funds available in item 1150-5104; provided further, that all positions, except clerical, shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the commission shall pursue the highest allowable rate of federal reimbursement........ $2,274,386

1150-5104
The Massachusetts commission against discrimination may expend not more than $1,901,000 from revenues from federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing type 1 program and the equal opportunity resolution contract program during fiscal year 2007 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs in prior 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; provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating 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.... $1,901,000

1150-5116
The Massachusetts commission against discrimination may expend not more than $14,089 from revenues collected from fees charged for the training and certification of diversity trainers for the operation of the discrimination prevention certification program........... $14,089

Department of Revenue

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 an amount not to exceed $250,000 to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department may charge the expenses for computer services, including the cost 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 said unit; provided further, that the department shall maintain regional offices in the cities of, Springfield, Pittsfield, Fall River, and Worcester and in the Hyannis section of the town of Barnstable; 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 account are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis beginning no earlier than December 1 and ending no later than November 30; provided further, that seasonal positions funded by this account may not be filled by an incumbent for more than 10 months within a 12 month period; and provided further, that in order to increase participation in the earned income credit program, the department shall (a) not later than January 1, 2007, provide to every employer without charge a notice in conformity with clause (iii) of subsection (d) of section 62A of chapter 151A of the General Laws concerning the availability of the federal and state earned income credits including the option to receive the credit in paychecks throughout the year and require every employer to post the notice in conformity with section 16 of chapter 151 of the General Laws, (b) work with the chambers of commerce, municipalities, community-based organizations, taxpayer advocates and labor organizations to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information concerning the availability of the credits and (c) not later than March 1, 2007, file a report with the joint committee on revenue and the house and senate committees on ways and means concerning its efforts under this proviso to increase earned income credit participation.......................... $119,846,062

General Fund .......................... 95.0%
Highway Fund ........................... 5.0%

1201-0130
The department of revenue is hereby authorized to expend for the operation of the department an amount not to exceed $9,640,000 from revenues collected by the additional auditors for an enhanced audit program; provided, that said auditors shall 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, obtain said delinquent returns, and collect such delinquent taxes for a prior fiscal year; 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 therefor as reported in the state accounting system......................... $9,640,000

1201-0160
For the child support enforcement unit; provided, that the department may allocate funds appropriated herein to the department of state police, the district courts, the probate and family courts, the district attorneys and other state agencies for the performance of certain child support enforcement activities, and that those agencies may expend the funds for the purposes of this item; provided further, that all such allocations shall be reported quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the allocation of said funds; provided further, that the federal receipts associated with the child support computer network shall be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and deposited into a revolving account to be expended for the network; provided further, that federal receipts associated with child support enforcement grants shall be deposited into a revolving account to be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and to be expended for the grant authority, so-called; provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports 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 pursuant to section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of the authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system for federal incentives and said network in accounts 1201-0161 and 1201-0410 ..... $50,248,742

1201-0164
For the child support enforcement division; provided, that said division may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $6,547,280 from the federal reimbursements awarded for personnel and lower subsidiary related expenditures................................... $6,547,280

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

1231-1000
For the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund established in section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways means and the secretary of administration and finance no later than October 1, 2006 that shall include, but not be limited to the following; (a) an analysis of the options for reducing operating costs of the authority; (b) the use of contracts with private entities for the operation and maintenance of facilities owned or operated by the authority; and (c) the cost savings and any legislation necessary to effectuate the proposed recommendations of the report. $25,000,000

1231-1020
For a program of loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees or interest subsidies to assist homeowners, homeowner associations or condominium associations in complying with revised state environmental code for subsurface disposal of sanitary waste, Title V, so called; provided, that the program shall be in addition to the loan program established pursuant to item 2200-9959 in section 2 of chapter 85 of the acts of 1994; provided further, that the department may contract with third parties, including, but not limited to, commonwealth-based financial institutions to manage the program; provided further, that the department and the third parties shall take all steps necessary to minimize the program’s administrative costs; provided further, that the loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees shall be available on the basis of a sliding scale that relates a homeowner’s income and assets to the cost of Title V compliance; provided further, that interest subsidies shall be means-tested and may be for zero-interest loans pursuant to income standards developed by the department; and provided further, that the department of revenue shall consult with the department of environmental protection in developing rules, regulations and guidelines for said program, prior appropriation continued.

1232-0100
For underground storage tank reimbursements to parties that have remediated spills of petroleum products pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws.......................................... $18,200,000

1232-0200
For the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board established by section 8 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and for the administration of the underground storage tank program associated with the implementation of said chapter 21J; provided, that notwithstanding section 4 of said chapter 21J or any other general or special law to the contrary, appropriations made in this item shall be sufficient to cover the administrative expenses of the underground storage tank program; provided further, that the board shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the status of the underground storage program, including, but not limited to, the number of municipal grants made for the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks and the reimbursements for remediated petroleum spills; provided further, that the report shall detail how many tanks are out of compliance with said chapter 21J; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than February 16, 2007 ................................................... $1,865,411

1232-0300
For underground storage tank municipal grants to remove and replace the tanks pursuant to section 2 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and section 37A of chapter 148 of the General Laws........... $489,901

1233-2000
For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second E and Thirty-seventh of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws.................................... $8,400,000

1233-2010
For reimbursing cities and towns for tax abatements granted to certain homeowners over the age of 65 pursuant to clause Fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws........................ $9,655

1233-2310
For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to the clauses Forty-first, Forty-first B and Forty-first C of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts said clause Forty-first B or clause Forty-first C for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under those clauses in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted............................... $9,890,345

Appellate Tax Board.

1310-1000
For the operation of the appellate tax board; provided, that the board shall schedule hearings in Barnstable, Gardner, Lawrence, Milford, Northampton, Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester and southeastern Massachusetts; and provided further, that the board shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than December 1, 2006 on the number of hearings held at each location .. $1,899,686

1310-1001
The appellate tax board may expend revenues up to a maximum of $300,000 from fees collected; provided, that in order to accommodate 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 ................................. $300,000

Department of Veterans’ Services

1410-0010
For the operation of the department of veterans’ services; provided, that the department may fund a housing specialist from this item; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the purpose of maintaining the Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial located in the Green Hill park in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Korean War Veterans Committee of Massachusetts for the purpose of maintaining the Korean War Memorial located in the shipyard park of the Charlestown Navy Yard; and provided further, that the department may expend funds for the Glory 54th Brigade........................................... $2,012,187

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 and their families who may have been exposed to agent orange; provided further, that these centers shall also provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001, and their families; provided further, that not less than $292,480 shall be obligated for a contract with the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not less than $228,771 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse in the Roxbury section of Boston; provided further, that not less than $144,879 shall be obligated for a contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of Massachusetts, Inc., in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $131,500 shall be obligated for a contract with Nam Vets Association of the Cape and Islands in the Hyannis section of the town of Barnstable; provided further, that not less than $106,102 shall be obligated for a contract with the North Shore Veterans Counseling Center in the city of Beverly; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for veteran’s services to be administered by the Falmouth veterans agent through the Falmouth Free Clinic and Community Center; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Disabled American Veterans organization; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be earmarked and obligated to Boston metropolitan area for a contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of Massachusetts, Inc; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the Veterans Association of Bristol County in Fall River; provided further, that not less than $84,453 shall be obligated for a contract with the Metrowest/Metrosouth Outreach Center in the town of Framingham; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended to United Veterans of America for the purpose of providing services to homeless veterans in Berkshire County; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided to the Middleboro Veterans’ Outreach Center; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the oral history project at the Morse Institute Library in Natick; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Mason Square Area Veterans Outreach Center, so-called, in the city of Springfield..................... $1,663,185

1410-0015
For the women veterans’ outreach program.................. $42,282

1410-0018
The department may expend not more than $300,000 for the maintenance and operation of Agawam and Winchendon veterans’ cemeteries from revenue collected from fees, grants, gifts or other contributions to the cemeteries; prior appropriations continued .............. $300,000

1410-0100
For the revenue maximization project of the executive office of elder affairs to identify individuals eligible for veterans’ pensions who are currently receiving home health care services ............ $98,000

1410-0250
For homelessness services; provided, that not less than $652,395 shall be obligated for a contract with the Southeastern Massachusetts Veterans Housing Program, Inc., in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $625,105 shall be obligated for a contract with the central Massachusetts Shelter for Homeless Veterans in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $220,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the United Veterans of America shelter in the town of Leeds; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be obligated for contracts with the Veterans Hospice Homestead in the city of Leominster and the Veterans Hospice in the town of Fitchburg; provided further, that not less than $199,405 shall be obligated for a contract with Unity House in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not less than $190,000 shall be obligated for a contract with Habitat P.L.U.S. in the city of Lynn; provided further, that $100,350 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse in the Dorchester section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be provided for a contract with the Mansion in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Transition House in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $73,350 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse in the Roxbury section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $51,975 shall be expended for a contract with the Springfield Bilingual Veterans Outreach Center for the operation and maintenance of a transitional housing unit at the YMCA of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $37,350 shall be obligated for a contract with the Homestead in the town of Hyannis; provided further, that not less than $42,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Turner House located in the town of Williamstown; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for transitional services at Our Neighbor’s Table in Amesbury........................... $2,571,930

1410-0251
For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston; provided, that not less than $900,000 shall be expended for capital improvements............. $3,176,703

1410-0300
For the payment of annuities to certain disabled veterans and the parents and un-remarried spouses of certain deceased veterans; provided, that the payments shall be made pursuant to section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided further, that the department shall take reasonable steps to terminate payments upon the death of a recipient; provided further, that the department shall prorate annuity payments to ensure that the total payments in fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein; and provided further, that the secretary of veterans’ services shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing the number of applications received for annuities offered under this program at the end of each fiscal quarter............................................... $16,859,688

1410-0400
For reimbursing 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; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amounts of veterans’ benefits paid by cities and towns to residents of a soldiers’ home shall be paid by the commonwealth to the several cities and towns; provided further, that pursuant to 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 veteran services may continue a training program for veterans’ agents and directors of veterans’ services in cities and towns; provided further, that the purpose of the training program shall be to maximize federal assistance available for veterans and to assure that the agents and directors receive uniform instruction on providing veterans and dependents with advice relative to procurement of state, federal and local benefits to which they are entitled, including employment, education, health care, retirement and other veterans’ benefits; provided further, that the subject matter of the training program shall include benefits available under said chapter 115 and alternative resources, including those which are partially or wholly subsidized by the federal government, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability benefits, as well as federal pension and compensation entitlements; provided further, that the secretary shall promulgate regulations for the training program; provided further, that upon successful participation by the veterans’ agents or directors of veterans’ services in the training program, the costs of the training program incurred by the several cities and towns shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth on or before November 10 following the fiscal year in which the costs were paid; 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 cost of the commonwealth and its municipalities; provided further, that veterans’ agents shall complete applications authorized by the executive office under said chapter 118E for any veteran, widow and dependent applying for medical assistance under said chapter 115; provided further, that the veterans’ agent shall file the application for the veteran or dependent for assistance under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the executive office shall act on all said 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 pursuant to said chapter 118E with healthcare coverage under said chapter 115 if he determines that supplemental coverage is necessary to afford the veteran or dependent sufficient relief and support; provided further, that payments to or on behalf of a veteran or dependent pursuant to said chapter 115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; and provided further, that benefits awarded pursuant to section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income ...................................................... $14,412,585

1410-0630
For the administration of the veterans’ cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon.................................... $871,662

Reserves

1599-0035
For certain debt service contract assistance to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority in accordance with section 39 of chapter 190 of the acts of 1982; provided, that the assistance shall be expended notwithstanding section 35J of chapter 10 of the General Laws $2,531,761

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto

1599-0042
For a reserve to improve the quality of the commonwealth’s early education and care system; provided, that payments from this reserve shall be distributed by the department of early education and care to increase reimbursement rates for subsidized early education and care; provided further, that the increases shall be directed to expenditures for salaries, benefits, and stipends for professional development of early education and care workers or programmatic quality improvements; provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to adjust said rates by an equal percentage for all said providers; provided further, that the remainder of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to adjust said rates so as to reduce disparities between said rates, relative to the relevant private market rates, including such disparities as those between the rates paid for the same type of care from items 3000-3050, 3000-4050 and 4060 and those paid from item 3000-4000, those between the rates paid for services for infants and toddlers and those paid for services for other children, and those between the rates paid for services provided by family child care providers and those paid for services provided by other providers; and provided further, that all said adjustments shall be subject to the approval of the board of early education and care...................................................... $12,500,000

1599-0049
For contract assistance payments to the Foxborough Industrial Development Finance Authority in accordance with section 8 of chapter 16 of the acts of 1999.................................... $5,337,628

1599-0050
For Route 3 North contract assistance payments........ $26,755,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

1599-0093
For contract assistance to the water pollution abatement trust for debt service obligations of the trust, in accordance with sections 6 and 6A of chapter 29C of the General Laws.................... $54,907,283 $54,618,383

The Governor reduced the following item:

1599-1970
For a reserve for the Massachusetts turnpike authority for costs incurred in fiscal year 2006 for the operation and maintenance of the central artery/tunnel project pursuant to chapter 235 of the acts of 1998 ................................................. $56,000,000 $25,000,000

1599-1971
For the cost of hired and leased equipment, vehicle repair, and sand, salt, and other control chemicals used for snow and ice control; provided, that the secretary for administration and finance shall submit to the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight, the house and senate committees on transportation and the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on snow and ice control efforts no later than September 1, 2006 which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) a detailed account of the administrative oversight exercised by either the secretary for administration and finance, the secretary of transportation or the department of highways for snow and ice control efforts, including an explanation of measures taken to verify services provided, audit vendor payment vouchers, or any other measures taken to ensure accountability relative to the expenditure of the state funds for snow and ice control efforts; and (b) a statement of how many salt storage facilities in the commonwealth are in conformity with section 7A of chapter 85 of the General Laws and how many are not...................................................... $10,500,000

1599-3234
For the commonwealth’s south Essex sewerage district debt service assessment................................................ $93,550

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;....................... $4,837,211

1599-3837
For the payment to the water pollution abatement trust to fund financial assistance to municipalities and other eligible borrowers to meet debt service obligations incurred by the municipalities and other eligible borrowers after January 1, 1992 , to finance the costs of water treatment projects or portions thereof which have been approved by the department of environmental protection, or otherwise authorized by law, and which have been completed, as determined by the department, on or before the promulgation date of the department’s regulations related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act . $7,852,853

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

1599-3838
For a reserve for payment to the water pollution abatement trust to finance the costs of water treatment projects or portions thereof which have been approved by the department of environmental protection, or otherwise authorized by law, after the promulgation date of the department’s regulations related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act ............................... $9,308,806 $9,208,706

1599-3856
For rent and associated costs at the Massachusetts information technology center in Chelsea .......................... $7,115,000

1599-3857
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 ....................................................... $1,450,000

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

1599-6901
For a reserve to adjust the wages, 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 appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may allocate the funds appropriated in this item to the departments in order to implement this initiative; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall condition the expenditure of the reserve upon assurances that the funds shall be used solely for the purposes of adjustments to wages, compensation or salary; provided further, that not later than February 15, 2007 the executive office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report delineating the number of employees, by job title and average salary, receiving the adjustment in fiscal year 2007 and the average percentage adjustment funded by this reserve; provided further, that the report shall also include, for each contract scheduled to receive any allocation from this item in each such department, the total payroll expenditures in each contract for the categories of personnel scheduled to receive the adjustments; 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 division of health care finance and policy; 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 total fiscal year 2007 cost of salary adjustments and any other associated employee costs authorized thereunder shall not exceed $28,000,000; provided further, that the executive office shall submit an allocation schedule to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days after disbursement of funds; provided further, that the annualized cost of the adjustments in fiscal year 2008 shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein; and provided further, that the raises provided through this item shall be in addition to any already agreed to or collectively bargained for pay increases..................................... $28,000,000

1599-7092
For a reserve for the county correctional programs; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, the sheriffs, in conjunction with the county government finance review board, shall maintain and continue to collaborate with the comptroller’s office to collect and report all revenue collection and all spending on the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system; provided further, that the comptroller shall not transfer the funds from this item to item 8910-0000 unless the plan is in place; provided further, that the county government finance review board shall, by January 1, 2007, have developed a plan for the spending of all funds for fiscal year 2007, and developed a sound fiscal spending plan for fiscal year 2008; provided further, that the board shall build the spending plans with the direct input of the seven sheriffs still functioning under the county government system; provided further, that by January 15, 2007 the board shall report all spending plans to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the information shall satisfy all fiscal requirements for a maintenance level of funding, including, but not limited to, collective bargaining increases, legal fees, debt services, one time costs, energy costs, equipment leases, medical costs, and workers’ compensation issues; provided further, that no other spending information or requests shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means by the individual sheriffs until February 15, 2007; provided further, that the board shall also provide a projection of all county funds to be collected for fiscal year 2007 and 2008; provided further, that the board shall release all funds from fiscal year 2007 quarterly; provided further, that any sheriff that spends more than the quarterly approved budget shall have the money allocated for the following quarter reduced by the excess amount overspent in the previous quarter; and provided further, that it is the intent of the general court that funds shall not be spent from this item nor any funds shall be transferred from this item to another item until all of the aforementioned restrictions and conditions have been satisfied ............................................ $39,569,632

1599-7104
For a reserve 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

Division of Human Resources

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; provided, that the information technology division 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, 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 within the commonwealth in accordance with generally accepted compensation standards and reviewing appeals for reclassification; provided further, that the secretary for administration and finance shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts of any and all economic benefits necessary to fund any incremental cost items contained in any collective bargaining agreements with the various classified public employees’ unions; provided further, that the nature and scope of economic proposals contained in those agreements shall include all fixed percentage or dollar based salary adjustments, non-base payments or other forms of compensation and all supplemental fringe benefits resulting in any incremental costs; and provided further, that any employee of the commonwealth who chooses to participate in a bone marrow donor program or an organ donor transplant program shall be granted a leave of absence with pay to undergo the medical procedure and for associated physical recovery time, but this leave shall not exceed 5 days................................................... $4,084,842

1750-0102
The human resources division may expend not more than $1,327,500 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 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 examination, notwithstanding paragraph (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary; 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 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 therefore as reported in the state accounting system......................... $1,327,500

1750-0111
For the planning and implementation of a civil service continuous testing program and the operation of the bypass appeals process program; provided, that the division shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the number of tests administered and the amount of revenue collected through the program......................................................... $104,483

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 pursuant to current workers’ compensation procedures................. $233,350

1750-0201
The human resources division may expend not more than $250,000 from revenues collected for implementation of the medical and physical fitness standards program established pursuant to sections 61A and 61B of chapter 31 of the General Laws and chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, 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; provided further, that the human resources division shall submit a semi-annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all expenditures on the program including, but not limited to, the costs of personnel, consultants, administration of the wellness program, establishment of standards and any other related costs of the program; and provided further, that the division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means by February 1, 2007 on the projected costs of the program for fiscal year 2007 ........................................ $250,000

1750-0300
For the commonwealth’s contributions in fiscal year 2007 to health and welfare funds established pursuant to certain collective bargaining agreements; provided, that the contributions shall be calculated as provided in the applicable collective bargaining agreement 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 provides...................................................... $22,422,393

Operational Services Division.

1775-0100
For the operation of the operational services division; provided, that the division shall expend funds for the purpose of achieving savings pursuant to this act; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division of purchased services of the operational services division which, under section 274 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993, is responsible for determining prices for programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, shall set the prices in fiscal year 2007 by increasing the final fiscal year 2006 price by the rate of inflation as determined by the division; provided further, that the division shall also adjust prices for Extraordinary Relief, as defined in 808 CMR 1.06(4); provided further, that the department shall accept applications for Program Reconstruction in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that programs for which prices in fiscal year 2006 were lower than the full amount permitted by the division of purchased services shall be permitted to charge in fiscal year 2007 the full price calculated for fiscal year 2006 adjusted by the rate of inflation as determined by the division; provided further, that upon the request of a program, the operational services division shall authorize a minimum price for the program to charge out-of-state purchasers; and provided further, that the division shall determine the minimum price for out-of-state purchasers by identifying the most recent price calculated for the program and applying the estimated rates of inflation which are established by December 1 of each year pursuant to section 274 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993 in a compounded manner for each fiscal year following the most recent calculated price ....... $2,124,565

1775-0124
The operational services division may expend an amount not to exceed $500,000 from revenue collected in the recovery of cost-reimbursement and non-reimbursable over billing 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 pursuant to section 274 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993; provided, that the division may only retain revenues collected in excess of $207,350................................................. $500,000

1775-0600
The operational services division may expend not more than $100,000 in revenues from the sale of state surplus personal property, including the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of surplus property; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services 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............................................. $100,000

1775-0700
The operational services 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 $53,000

1775-0900
The operational services division may expend not more than $55,000 in revenues collected pursuant to 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; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services 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 $55,000

1775-1100
The operational services division may expend not more than $500,000 in revenues collected from 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 purchase of motor vehicles; provided, that the division shall evaluate the use of technology, the internet, and online auctions to enhance the sales of surplus vehicles and submit a report of its findings to the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight on or before October 1, 2006 ; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services 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 ............................................ $500,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

1775-1101
For the operation of the affirmative marketing program, housed within the operational services division, for costs associated with the administration of services for minority and women business owners to develop and maintain equitable practices and policies in the public marketplace.............................................. $299,588 $75,000

Information Technology Division.

1790-0100
For the operation of the information technology division; provided, that the division 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 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 division may coordinate with any state agency or state authority which administers a grant program to develop a statewide grant information page on the commonwealth’s official worldwide web site, that shall include all necessary application forms and a grant program reference in a format that is retrievable and printable; provided further, that the division shall continue conducting audits and surveys to identify and realize savings in the acquisition and maintenance of communications lines; provided further, that the commissioner shall file an annual status report with the house and senate committees on ways and means by May 16, 2007 with actual and projected savings and expenditures for the audits in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 ; provided further, that the state comptroller shall establish accounts and procedures as he deems appropriate and necessary to assist in accomplishing the purposes of this item; provided further, that any planned information technology development project or purchase by any agency under the authority of the governor for which the total projected cost exceeds $200,000 including the cost of any related hardware, software, or consulting fees, and regardless of fiscal year or source of funds, shall be reviewed and approved by the chief information officer before such agency may obligate funds for the project or purchase; and provided further, that the chief information officer may establish rules and procedures necessary to implement this item....................... $5,076,285

1790-0300
The information technology division may expend not more than $467,837 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............................ $467,837

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Office Of The Secretary.

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2000-0100
For the office of the secretary, including the water resources commission, the hazardous waste facility site safety council, the coastal zone management program, environmental impact reviews conducted pursuant to chapter 30 of the General Laws, the mosquito-borne disease vector control chapter program, and a central data processing center for the secretariat; provided, that the secretary of environmental affairs may enter into interagency agreements with any line agency within the secretariat, whereby the line agency may render data processing services to said secretary; provided further, that the comptroller may allocate the costs for such data processing services to the several state and other funds to which items of appropriation of such agencies are charged; provided further, that said secretary shall file a plan with the house and senate committees on ways and means 20 days before entering into any interdepartmental service agreements with any of the departments or divisions under said secretariat or any department, division or office under the executive office of administration and finance; provided further, that the secretary shall file a plan with the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture 90 days prior to the initiation of any proposal or plan that would consolidate any function with any of the departments or divisions under said secretariat or any department, division or office under the executive office of administration and finance; provided further, that the plan shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) an identification of the employees that would be affected by consolidation and the item of appropriation that they are paid from, (2) the savings or efficiencies to be realized, (3) the improvements to the services expected, and (4) the source and amount of funding necessary to accomplish the consolidation; and provided further, that the secretary shall provide a 90 day notice prior to the implementation of any memorandum of understanding, interagency service agreements, or other contacts, or agreements that would enable such consolidation of services to take place; provided further, that not less than $260,000 shall be expended for the Hingham Harbor environmental program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for volunteer water monitoring grants; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a one to one matching grant to the Cape Cod Bay sanctuary program; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs to develop and implement a scope of work and a written action plan to protect and manage the Plymouth-Carver Sole Source Aquifer in consultation with the Towns of Bourne, Carver, Kingston, Middleborough, Plymouth, Plympton, and Wareham, through a Plymouth-Carver Aquifer Advisory Committee (PCAAC) to be comprised of a Coordinator from the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and one member, and one alternate member, from each Town to be appointed by the chief elected body in each Town; provided further, that the Coordinator shall complete a final written action plan, and procure services needed to complete the plan, with the input of the PCAAC; provided further, that the Coordinator and the PCAAC shall meet at least until the final written action plan is completed; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a coastal shore water testing program administered by the Coalition for Buzzards Bay $6,869,383

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2000-9900
For the office of geographic and environmental information established in section 4B of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided, that $400,000 shall be expended for the development of a comprehensive statewide digital data layer of land use/land cover and related services necessary to develop this data layer .................... $686,415 $286,415

2001-1001
The secretary of environmental affairs may expend not more than $125,000 from fees charged to entities other than political subdivisions of the commonwealth for the distribution of digital cartographic and other data for the review of environmental notification forms pursuant to sections 61 to 62H, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws . $125,000

2010-0100
For recycling and related purposes consistent with the recycling plan of the solid waste master plan which includes municipal equipment, a municipal recycling incentive program, recycled product procurement, guaranteed annual tonnage assistance, recycling transfer stations, source reduction and technical assistance, consumer education and participation campaign, municipal household hazardous waste program, the recycling loan program, research and development, recycling market development and recycling business development, and the operation of the Springfield materials recycling facility; provided, that funds may be expended for a recycling industry reimbursement program pursuant to section 241 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be provided to the Blackstone Regional Recycling Center; and provided further, that funds may be expended on municipal recycling incentives and equipment grants ... $2,360,267

2010-0200
For redemption centers; provided, that the department of environmental protection shall expend the funds appropriated in this item for a program to preserve the continuing ability of redemption centers to maintain operations in pursuit of the commonwealth’s recycling goals consistent with section 323 of chapter 94 of the General Laws; provided further, that for the purposes of this item and said chapter 94, a redemption center shall be any business registered with the commonwealth whose primary purpose is the redemption of reusable beverage containers; provided further, that the program shall take into consideration the volume of redeemables per redemption center, the length of time the center has been in operation, the number of returnables redeemed quarterly by the centers, the submission by the centers of documentation of their redeemed returnables to the department and the costs of transportation, packing, storage and labor; and provided further, that a redemption center shall be eligible for the funds if registered with the commonwealth as of April 1, 2003 .................. $1,375,000

2020-0100
For toxics use reduction technical assistance and technology in accordance with chapter 21I of the General Laws........ $1,365,928

2030-1000
For the operation of the office of environmental law enforcement; provided, that officers shall provide monitoring pursuant to the National Shellfish Sanitation Program; provided further, that the department shall maintain and operate the boat registration and titling offices in Hyannis and Fall River; provided further, that funds from this item shall not be expended for the purposes of item 2030-1004; provided further that not less than $18,000 shall be expended for patrols related to enforcement of shellfish bed closures caused by the presence of red tide; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for patrols in Wompatuck state park in the town of Hingham; and provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the cost of patrols performed by environmental law enforcement officers within properties controlled by the division of state parks and recreation...................................................... $10,637,119

2030-1004
For environmental police private details; provided, that the office may expend revenues of up to $500,000 collected from the fees charged for private details; 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.................................. $500,000

Department Of Environmental Protection.

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2200-0100
For the operation of the department of environmental protection, including the environmental strike force, the office of environmental results and strategic planning, the bureau of resource protection, the Senator William X. Wall experimental station, and a contract with the University of Massachusetts for environmental research, provided, that the provisions of section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws shall not apply to fees established pursuant to section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be provided to the City of Pittsfield to fund the Onota Lake education program; provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended to the town of Westford for the cleanup and remediation of number 4 fuel oil at the Abbot School located in the town of Westford; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for DEP pump testing at the Cole property site for a municipal water supply for the town of Carver; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program; provided further, that $168,000 shall be expended for sediment control in Lake Webster; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be provided to the town of Blackstone for water contamination monitoring services; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended by the department for a study and testing of the existing wells and aquifers on the grounds of the former site of the Paul A. Dever state school to determine their condition, water output and costs associated with bringing the wells and aquifers on line for use as a regional water supply; provided further, that there shall be a water management act blue ribbon panel in the office of commonwealth development, whose members shall be appointed by the chief of the office of commonwealth development and which shall include balanced representation from the executive office of environmental affairs, department of environmental protection, office of commonwealth development, Massachusetts municipal association, Massachusetts water works association, Massachusetts water resources authority, Massachusetts audubon society, Trout Unlimited and a local rivershed or watershed association; and provided further, that this panel will study the effectiveness of the department of environmental protection’s guidance policy regarding the water management act and will submit a report to the joint committee on the environment, natural resources and agriculture and to the senate and house committees on ways and means no later then December 31, 2006...................................................... $34,030,671 $32,530,671

2200-0102
The department of environmental protection may expend an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 from revenues collected from fees collected from wetland permits; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the 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 the department shall submit a report by January 11, 2007 on implementation of the wetlands fee, the amount of the fee increase and the revenue that has been collected; and provided further, that the wetlands fees that will be directed into the General Fund shall not be lower than the amount deposited at the end of fiscal year 2004....................................................... $1,200,000

2210-0100
For the implementation and administration of chapter 21I of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the status of the department’s progress in meeting the statutory and regulatory deadlines associated with chapter 21I and detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to various implementation requirements of chapter 21I ...... $961,596

2220-2220
For the administration and implementation of the federal Clean Air Act, 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 Governor’s/Eastern Canadian Premier’s Action Plans for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions...................................... $1,029,838

2220-2221
For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance program required under the federal Clean Air Act $2,002,949

2250-2000
For the purposes of state implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act under section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws $1,591,227

2260-8870
For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank programs, notwithstanding section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws.................................................. $15,620,275

2260-8872
For the brownfields site audit program................. $1,821,681

2260-8881
For the operations of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws............................................. $370,101

Department Of Fish And Game.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2300-0100
For the office of the commissioner; provided, that the commissioner’s office shall assess and receive payments from the division of marine fisheries, the division of fisheries and wildlife, the public access board, the riverways programs, and all other programs under the control of the department of fish and game; provided further, that the purpose of those assessments shall be to cover appropriate administrative costs of the department, including but not limited to payroll, personnel, legal and budgetary costs; provided further, that the amount and contribution from each division or program shall be determined by the commissioner of fish and game; provided further, that the commissioner shall not increase the level of assessments from the amount assessed for fiscal year 2006 to any agency, or line item within the department; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2006 that details the level of assessments to each department under the control of the office of the commissioner in fiscal years 2006 and 2007; and provided further, that $50,000 in matching funds shall be provided to the National Marine Life Center for animal care....... $500,001

2300-0101
For a program of riverways protection, restoration and promotion of public access to rivers, including grants to public and nonpublic entities; provided, that the positions funded in this item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws................ $548,547

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, for wildlife research and management, the administration of fish hatcheries, the improvement and management of lakes, ponds and rivers, for fish and wildlife restoration projects, the commonwealth’s share of certain cooperative fishery 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 the purposes of wildlife and fisheries research in an amount not to exceed the amount received in fiscal year 2006 for such research; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended to continue to operate fish hatcheries in the towns of Montague and Sandwich; provided further, that the department shall expend the amount necessary to restore anadromous fish in the Connecticut and Merrimack river systems; provided further, that expenditures for such programs shall be contingent upon prior approval of the proper federal authorities for reimbursement of at least 75 per cent of the amount so expended; and provided further, that funds may be expended to supplement the natural heritage and endangered species program................................................ $9,200,000

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund......... 100.0%

2310-0306
For the hunter safety training program................... $447,551

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ....... 100.0%

2310-0316
For the purpose of land containing wildlife habitat 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; provided, that funds shall not be expended from this item in the AA object class for the compensation of state employees assigned to any item... $1,800,000

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ....... 100.0%

2310-0317
For the waterfowl management program pursuant to section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws................................... $85,000

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ........ 100.0%

2320-0100
For the administration of the public access board, including the maintenance, operation, and improvements of public access land and water areas; provided, that positions funded in this item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Law......................... $620,103

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, and for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and shellfish classification program; provided, that $300,000 shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that not less than $333,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and that plant shall generate not less than $115,000 from purification fees; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the joint operation of a shellfish propagation program on Cape Cod between the division and the Barnstable county department of health and environment; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Family Fishing Assistance Center in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Family Fishing Assistance Center in the city of Gloucester; provided further, that the sum expended for the School for Marine Science and Technology to help mitigate the negative economic impact to the Massachusetts ports which has resulted from the change in federal fisheries regulations in fiscal year 2007 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2006 except in proportion to adjustments consistent with the department’s budget adjustment; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the School for Marine Science and Technology for research to minimize the economic impact of new fisheries management regulations and shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2006 except in proportion to adjustments consistent with the department’s budget adjustment ............................................ $4,777,984

2330-0120
For the division of marine fisheries for a program of enhancement and development of marine recreational fishing and related programs and activities, including the cost of equipment maintenance, staff and the maintenance and updating of data ........................ $564,919

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 revenues up to $217,989 collected from federal sportfish restoration funds and from the sale of materials which promote marine recreational fishing .................................... $217,989

Department of Agricultural Resources.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2511-0100
For the operation of the department of agricultural resources, including the office of the commissioner, the expenses of the board of agriculture, the division of dairy services, and the division of regulatory services and animal health, including a program of laboratory services at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the expenses of the pesticides board, and the division of agricultural development and fairs; provided, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for shellfish propagation on the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket to be administered by the state aquaculture coordinator and Dukes and Nantucket counties; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for 4H activities from this item; provided further, that funds may be expended for the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership; provided further, that funds may be expended for agricultural fair prizes and rehabilitation, including the expenses of the agricultural lands board; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent possible, encourage corporate sponsorships for the purposes of providing agricultural fair prizes; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended to enhance the buy local effort in western, central, northeastern southeastern Massachusetts; and provided further, that funds may be expended for implementation of the agricultural marketing strategic plan, including, but not limited to funding for agricultural business training and technical assistance; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for an electronic pesticide license and product registration system for the licensing and registration required under chapter 132B of the General Laws; and provided further, that the system shall be integrated with the existing SPORT electronic licensing system operated by the department of fish and game..... $4,497,692

The Governor reduced the following item:

2511-0105
For the purchase of supplemental foods for the Massachusetts emergency food assistance program within the America's second harvest nationally-certified food bank system of Massachusetts; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall reflect the America's second harvest allocation formula, to benefit the four regional food banks in Massachusetts: The Greater Boston Food Bank, Merrimack Valley Good Bank, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and Worcester County Food Bank; and provided further, that the department is authorized to assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation herein.................................. $12,000,000 $9,000,000

2511-3002
For the Integrated Pest Management program............... $300,000

Department Of Conservation And Recreation.

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2800-0100
For the operation of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that said department shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of state police to provide police coverage on department of conservation and recreation properties and parkways; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended within thirty days of receipt of said funds for the maintenance of the facility and animal upkeep of the mounted unit in the Blue Hills Reservation, which are not subject to said reimbursement to the department; provided further, that the department of state police shall reimburse said department of conservation and recreation for costs incurred by said department including, but not limited to vehicle maintenance and repairs, the operation of department of state police buildings and other related costs; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all offices and positions of the division performing construction activities for the department of conservation and recreation shall be subject to classification under sections 45 to 50, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws, the department is hereby authorized and directed to establish or renegotiate fees, licenses, permits, rents and leases, and to adjust or develop other revenue sources to fund the maintenance, operation, and administration of said department; provided further, that an annual report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means regarding fee adjustments not later than February 14, 2007; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or administrative bulletin to the contrary, the department shall not pay any fees charged for the leasing or maintenance of vehicles to the operational services division; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for personnel overtime costs; provided further, that any employee paid from this item as of August 1, 2004, that was included in the report required from said item in chapter 149 of the acts of 2004, and any employees assigned to that item after August 1, 2004, shall not be paid from any other item of appropriation; provided further, that the department of conservation and recreation shall provide the house and senate committees on ways and means with a 30 day notice before any inter subsidiary transfers or interagency service agreements and the reason for said transfer; provided further, that the amount transferred pursuant to interagency service agreements shall not increase from fiscal year 2006; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended to assist with the planning and construction of the Blue Hills Observatory & Science Center at the Blue Hills Reservation; provided further, that $185,737 shall be expended for staffing at Middlesex Fells Reservation; provided further, that the playground located adjacent to the Mary Jeanette Murray Bathhouse on Nantasket Ave on the Nantasket Beach Reservation in Hull, under the care and control of the department of conservation and recreation, shall be designated and known as “Jack Phillips Park”, in honor of the tremendous service of Jack Phillips, a Hull resident and department of conservation and recreation employee who has been instrumental in restoring the prestige and beauty of the Nantasket Beach Reservation; provided further, that suitable markers bearing that designation shall be erected by the department of conservation and recreation in compliance with the standards of the department; the department of conservation and recreation shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2006 detailing the merger of the former metropolitan district commission with the former department of environmental management into the department of conservation and recreation; provided further, that said report shall detail the efficiencies that have been achieved from said merger; provided further, that said report shall detail the areas of the department where efficiencies have been achieved from the sharing of resources; provided further, that said report shall provide a plan to fully integrate all aspects of the department and said plan shall provide any recommendations that are necessary to improve the department; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for personnel overtime costs; provided further, that the department shall maintain and retain all operations, programs, real property and employees related to the Connecticut River Action Program to promote the conservation and protection of the unique natural resources present in the Connecticut river valley; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall continue to fund a maintenance contract for daily trash removal at Revere beach through proceeds received by the city of Revere and the department of conservation and recreation pursuant to section 29 of chapter 236 of the acts of 2002 and section 2 of this act; provided further, that the department shall not close the Bellegarde boat house in Lowell; provided further, that the commissioner of conservation and recreation shall meet with the Lowell legislative delegation and local officials on or before July 31, 2006 to discuss and develop a plan to keep the Bellegarde boat house open, staffed and maintained with ongoing renovations; and provided further, that the department shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means at least 30 days before closing any facility owned or operated by the department........... $5,837,218 $5,737,518

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2800-0101
For the watershed management program to operate and maintain reservoirs, watershed lands and related infrastructure of the department and the office of water resources in the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that $500,000 shall be paid to the town of Clinton, under section 8 of chapter 307 of the acts of 1987, to compensate for the use of certain land; provided further, 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 not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Mystic River Master Plan; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be awarded as a one-time grant to the Dudley Pond Association in Wayland to fund the expense of removing the invasive weed Eurasian Milfoil from the pond; provided further, that $48,000 shall be expended for the flood control activities undertaken by the Thames river valley communities of Massachusetts in conjunction with the state of Connecticut; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended to Medway for an environmental protection grant; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the town of Braintree for a hydrologic study of the watershed area; provided further, that $400,000 be expended for monitoring of invasive weeds in Crystal Lake in the City of Peabody; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a comprehensive study, including a management plan, for the entire Taunton river watershed, in accordance with the executive office of environmental affairs "Scope of Work: Taunton River Comprehensive Water Management Plan”, dated May 1, 2006 , to be conducted, in partnership, by the Old Colony Planning Council, the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District and the Watershed access lab at Bridgewater State College....................................................... $2,692,275 $1,942,275

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 the department shall develop and implement a stormwater management program in compliance with federal and state stormwater management requirements; provided further, that the department shall inventory all existing stormwater infrastructure, assess its current stormwater practices, analyze long term capital and operational needs, and develop a stormwater management plan to comply with federal and state regulatory requirements; and provided further, that in order to protect public safety and to protect water resources for water supply, recreational and ecosystem uses, the department will immediately implement interim stormwater management practices including but not limited to street sweeping, inspection and cleaning of catch basins, and emergency repairs to roadway drainage........ $950,000

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2800-0500
For the freshwater and saltwater beaches under the control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that all beaches shall remain open and staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day; provided further, that the beaches shall have their full amount of required maintenance and upkeep; provided further, that no less than $35,000 shall be expended for Nahant Beach Reservation; provided further, that not less than $150,000 be allocated for maintaining, trash removal, maintenance and up keep for Nantasket Beach in the town of Hull; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2006 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the amount of funding provided to each beach under the control of the department in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (2) a breakdown of how the funds were spent for each beach and the services that were provided; (3) the items of appropriation used to provide funding; (4) the amount of funding to be provided for each beach in fiscal year 2007 from this item; and (5) a list of the services or materials for each beach that will be provided from this item; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be appropriated to the Middlesex canal commission ....................................................... $1,735,000 $1,450,000

2800-0600
For the pools and spray pools under the control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that all pools and spray pools shall remain open and staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day; provided further, that the pools and spray pools shall have their full amount of required maintenance and upkeep; and provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2006 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the amount of funding provided to each pool under the control of the department in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (2) a breakdown of how the funds were spent for each pool and the services that were provided; (3) the items of appropriation used to provide funding; (4) the amount of funding to be provided for each pool in fiscal year 2007 from this item; and (5) a list of the services or materials for each pool that will be provided from this item $750,000

2800-0700
For the office of dam safety; provided, that the department 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 in Massachusetts, and develop a coordinated permitting and regulatory approach to dam removal for stream restoration and public safety; and provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 4, 2007 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the number of staff that are assigned from this item and their job title, (2) the number of dam inspections that are scheduled for fiscal year 2007, and (3) the number of dams that are in need of repairs, or need to be replaced ............... $1,045,000

2800-9004
For certain payments for the maintenance and use of the Trailside Museum and the Chickatawbut Hill center ........................ $375,000

The Governor reduced the following item and disapproved the wording as indicated:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2810-0100
For the operations of the division of state parks and recreation; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used to operate all of the division’s parks, heritage state parks, reservations, campgrounds, beaches and pools and for the oversight of rinks, 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 no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; provided further, that the department may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Watson’s Pond State Park in Taunton for recreation purposes; provided further, that Watson’s Pond State Park in Taunton and Ames Nowell state park in Abington shall remain open and appropriately staffed to allow public swimming and recreation for the season; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of the community center at Greenleaf Park in the City of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be provided to the Wheelocksville Park Association; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for a public safety program in the city of Woburn; provided further, that no less than $500,000 shall be expended for a public safety grant on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the electric tide gate controls at the DCR owned Wollaston Beach; provided further, that $650,000 shall be expended for the replacement of outdated motor vehicle equipment; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 20, 2006 on the vehicles that are to be replaced; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a detailed list of every vehicle that was replaced that includes (1) the age of each vehicle that was replaced, (2) the type of each vehicle that was replaced, (3) a list of any vehicles that are scheduled to be replaced; provided further, that $185,000 shall be expended for the Schooner Ernestina commission; provided further, that the level of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year 2007 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2006; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be appropriated for the Orange River Front Park Project.............................. $22,312,890 $22,177,890

2810-0200
For summer employment programs at department of conservation and recreation facilities; provided, that the programs shall include peer-led youth recreation and interpretive programs, a youth all-star band, and a park repair and improvement program by skilled and unskilled laborers; provided further, that the programs shall provide opportunities for underprivileged populations, especially in economic development areas; and provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be allocated for the city of Boston for summer and related employment initiatives in the city of Boston........... $2,000,000

2810-2000
For the seasonal hires of the division of state parks and recreation, including hires for the forest fire control unit; provided, that no funds from this item shall be expended for year-round seasonal employees; provided further, that seasonal employees who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 2006 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2007 during the period of their seasonal employment; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made from the amount appropriated other than for those purposes identified in this item; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item are 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 ....................... $5,567,735

2810-2040
The division of state parks and recreation may expend not more than $4,454,826 from revenue collected from fees charged by the division, including revenues collected from campsite reservation transactions from the automated campground reservation and registration program for additional expenses, upkeep and improvements to the parks and recreation system and for the personnel costs of seasonal employees; provided, that no funds from this item shall be expended for the costs of full-time equivalent personnel; 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; provided further, that no expenditures made in advance of the receipts shall be permitted to 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 house and senate committees on ways and means at the time subsequent quarterly statements are published of the variance between actual and projected receipts in each such quarter and the implications of that variance for expenditures made; and provided further, that the division may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item .................................................. $4,454,826

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

2820-0100
For the administration, operation and maintenance of the division of urban parks and recreation, including for the maintenance, operation and related costs of the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody and control of the division, flood control activities of the division, purchase of all necessary supplies and related equipment, and the civilianization of crossing guards located at division intersections where state police previously performed such duties; provided, that no less than $50,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of Red Rock Park on Lynn Shore Drive in the town of Lynn; provided further, that the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care and custody of the metropolitan district commission in fiscal year 2003 shall remain solely under the jurisdiction, custody and care of the division of urban parks and recreation; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for remediation of hazardous conditions at the former Nike/Ajax Missile launch site, “so-called”, in the town of Randolph, including but not limited to, removal of silos and buildings and to secure the site; provided further, that $50,000 be expended for school zone safety in the town of Wakefield; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Loker Park in Natick; provided further that $40,000 shall be expended for aquatic nuisance control in Sluice Pond and Flax Pond in the city of Lynn; provided further that not less than $60,000 be expended for irrigation program in the town of Pembroke; provided further, that not less than $450,000 shall be expended for the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall be expended for maintenance and horticulturalist personnel for the southwest corridor park; provided further, that $320,000 shall be expended for the Boston Parks Department; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for aquatic weed control for Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester; provided further, that $15,000 be expended for aquatic weed control for Winter Pond in Winchester; provided, further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Echo Bridge safety program in the city of Newton and town of Needham; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of a linked trail system for local and state parks along the Back River in the towns of Weymouth and Hingham; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Belle Isle Marsh for the purpose of enhancing public access and recreation in consultation with the friends of Belle Isle Marsh; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operations of Milford recreation program; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for maintenance and management of the Neponset Reservation including Pope John Paul Park and the Multiuse Trail in Dorchester and Milton; provided further that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a study of pedestrian safety issues at the intersection of Route 16 and Rindge Avenue in Cambridge, and for refurbishment of the lighting at said intersection, including both pedestrian traffic lights and the general lighting at the Parkway; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for staffing on the Esplanade in Boston; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be allocated for an environmental study administered by the commissioner of the department of conservation and recreation to determine the actions necessary to restore complete environmental safety to the General Services Administration property on Greenough Boulevard in Watertown; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; provided further, that not less than $3,902 shall be expended on the Senator Charles E. Shannon Crossing Guard Corps at the corner of Mystic avenue and Shore drive in the city of Somerville; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for flood mitigation at Fellsmere pond; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purposes of trash removal on Revere beach between May 30th and September 5th, which shall match proceeds generated pursuant to section 29 of chapter 236 of the acts of 2002; provided further, that $297,000 shall be expended for the James Michael Curley Recreation Center in the city of Boston; provided further, that $95,000 shall be allocated for a private contractor to maintain the DCR Lynn Shore drive facility; provided further, that the level of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year 2007 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2006; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; and provided further, that the rinks under the control of the department shall remain open and staffed for the full rink season........................................... $26,719,207

2820-0101
For the costs associated with the department’s urban 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 urban park rangers at the state house .... $1,778,080

2820-0200
For seasonal hires of the division of urban parks and recreation; provided, that no funds in this item shall be used for year-round seasonals; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item are 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 ........... $3,159,341

2820-0300
For the operation and maintenance of the central artery/tunnel parks and spectacle island ...................................... $1,371,000

2820-1000
The division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $200,000 from revenue collected pursuant to section 34B of chapter 92 of the General Laws ........................................ $200,000

2820-1001
The division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $50,000 from revenue collected for the operation and maintenance of the division’s telecommunications system from revenues received from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the department of highways, central artery/Ted Williams tunnel project, the department of state police and quasi-public and private entities through a system of user fees and other charges established by the commissioner of conservation and recreation; provided, that nothing in this item shall impair or diminish the rights of access and utilization of all current users of the system under agreements previously entered into; and 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 division to maintain the telecommunications system ................ $50,000

2820-2000
For the expenses of maintaining the parkways within the division of urban parks and recreation, including the costs of personnel and snow and ice removal expenses; provided, that the department of conservation and recreation shall take all measures to ensure that the department’s snow and ice control efforts are efficient and cost effective; provided further, that the secretary of environmental affairs shall submit to the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight and the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing a snow emergency plan for roads, bridges and sidewalks under the care of the department of conservation and recreation by January 14, 2007 ; and provided further, that the secretary of environmental affairs shall submit to the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight and the house and senate committees on ways and means a report not later than September 1, 2006 which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) a list of amounts paid from state appropriations for snow and ice control efforts for fiscal years 2005 and 2006, and (b) any other information that said secretary determines is necessary to account for and explain the extraordinary expenditure of state appropriations for the control and removal of snow and ice ........... $1,547,434

2820-3001
The division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,000,000 from revenue collected from skating rink fees and rentals for the operation and maintenance, including personnel costs, of 4 rinks between September 1, 2006 and April 30, 2007 for an expanded and extended rink season; provided, that when assigning time for the use of its rinks, the division shall give priority to those which qualify under applicable state and federal law as nonprofit organizations or as a public school ......................................... $1,000,000

2820-4420
For the operation and maintenance of the Ponkapoag golf course; provided, that the division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,100,000 from revenue collected from fees generated by the golf course; provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue 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; and provided further, notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than a full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30.......... $1,100,000

2820-4421
For the operation and maintenance of the Leo J. Martin golf course; provided, that the division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,100,000 from revenue collected from fees generated by the golf course; provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue 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; and provided further, notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account shall be positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than a full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30 .... $1,100,000

2820-9005
For the operation of street lighting on the division of urban parks and recreation parkways; provided, that no expenditure shall be made other than in the GG object class; provided further, that the department of conservation and recreation shall take all measures to further ensure that said department’s street lighting efforts are efficient and cost effective; provided further, that said department shall implement a plan to achieve efficiencies and reduce said lighting costs; and provided further, that said department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2006 on measures taken to ensure efficiency and cost effectiveness of their street lighting program that shall include but not be limited to the following (1) all efforts taken by said department to reduce street lighting costs in fiscal years, 2005 and 2006 (2) efforts to reduce the amount paid for electricity through bulk purchasing agreements and (3) a long range plan on energy savings initiatives ....... $3,006,832

Department of Early Education and Care.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

3000-1000
For the administration of the department of early education and care and the costs of field operations and licensing provided through the department; provided that funds from this item shall be expended on the development and piloting of a kindergarten readiness assessment system that is educationally sound; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended on the development of a comprehensive evaluation system for all early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided further, that not later than December 15, 2006, the department shall issue its annual report to the secretary of administration and finance, the chairpersons of the joint committee on education, and the chairpersons of the house and senate ways and means committees, which shall include an update on the progress made in meeting the information technology needs of the department, and on the development of a comprehensive and scientifically valid longitudinal study of the effectiveness of various early education and care programs and services; provided further, that the department shall report monthly to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on children and families, 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; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws to the contrary, the department of early education and care, the lead agencies of community partnership councils, the child care resource and referral agencies, the department of education, the department of transitional assistance, the department of social services, and the department of public health may share with each other personal data regarding the parents and children who receive services provided under early education and care programs administered by the commonwealth for waitlist management, program implementation and evaluation, reporting, and policy development purposes; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of early education and care may transfer funds between items 3000-2000, 3000-2025, 3000-4000, 3000-4050, 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 15 days prior to any such transfer; provided further, that no more than 5 percent of any item may be transferred in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to develop an implementation plan for a workforce development system in collaboration with the board and chancellor of higher education, pursuant to section 5 of chapter 15D of the General Laws; provided further, that, as part of the development of said workforce implementation plan, not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the development of core competencies for those working with children in early education programs; provided further, that the department shall consult with early childhood education practitioners, researchers and experts in early childhood education, child development, and children’s mental health, and faculty in degree granting programs in the early childhood education field; provided further, that in developing said core competencies the department shall differentiate by levels of responsibility, delivery settings, and developmental age group of the children; provided further, the department shall consider core competencies defined by other states as well as the Program Standards for Children Ages 3 and 4 promulgated by the department of education; provided further, that the board of early education and care shall adopt core competency requirements for those working with children from birth through entrance into kindergarten on or before February 15, 2007; and provided further, that a copy of the proposed core competencies shall be provided, no later than December 15, 2006, 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 ...................................................... $10,952,486

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

3000-2000
For the regional administration of early education and care programs and services and related to early education and care activities; provided, that the activities shall include, but not be limited to, voucher management, regional child care provider training, resource and referral for children with disabilities in child care programs, community-based programs that provide direct services to parents and coordination of waiting lists for state-subsidized early education and care; provided further, that the department shall administer the child care resource and referral system through the regional offices funded in this item; and provided further, that the regional offices shall collaborate with the board and commissioner of early education and care to produce the workforce development plan required under section 5 of chapter 15D of the General Laws ..................................... $11,564,079

3000-2025
For grants to community partnership councils to maximize local participation in the programs and services of the department, and provide an opportunity for local input into departmental goals and policies; provided, that said grants shall be used by the councils to fund administrative costs, pay for program coordination and support, provide outreach to hard to reach populations, encourage comprehensive planning at the local level through interagency and community collaboration, support comprehensive services for children and families, and work to increase and improve the quality of programs; provided further, that the department shall assist councils receiving grants of less than $100,000 that choose to regionalize with the implementation of any regionalization plans; provided further, that up to $500,000 may be expended on planning grants to assist local councils in expanding their mission beyond pre-school aged children to include the provision of comprehensive services, community collaboration, quality, and outreach efforts to all children served by the department regardless of age; provided further, that the plans resulting from these grants shall be compiled by the department and submitted, along with any legislative recommendations relative to the statutory authority of these councils, no later than February 15, 2007 , 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 the department shall establish a consolidated application process by which said councils may apply for any funds available to them through the department, and a means of reporting expenditures that is consistent with the line item structure of this act; provided further, that funds may be expended for administrative costs of local councils; provided further, that recipients of grants distributed from this item shall not expend more than $5,496,045 for administrative costs, as defined by the department; and provided further, that the department shall coordinate with the community partnership councils to submit a report detailing all projected administrative expenditures by council under this item, including all salaries and benefits, to the chairpersons of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairpersons of the joint education committee no later than February 1, 2007........... ..................................................... $14,920,736

The Governor reduced the following item:

3000-2050
For the administration of the Children’s Trust Fund; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of early education and care shall collaborate with Children’s Trust Fund on the implementation of section 202 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, but shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to the board .................................. $1,382,307

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

3000-3050
For supportive early education and care associated with the family stabilization program; provided, that funds from this item shall only be expended for early education and care costs of children with active cases at the department of social services; provided further, that the department of social services and the department of early education and care are directed to design and implement standards for early education and care placements made under this item; provided further, that the department of early education and care, in collaboration with the department of social services, 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 no waiting list for the services shall exist; provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive said services; 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 with the secretary of administration and finance, a report detailing the amount of appropriation needed to address such a deficiency; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of early education and care may transfer funds to this item from items 3000-1000, 3000-4050 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 15 days before the transfer; and provided further, that not less than $1,300,000 shall be expended to increase rates for transportation costs associated with this item........ $54,673,130

3000-4000
For preschool programs and direct services provided to children from the age of 2 years and 9 months until they are kindergarten eligible, through a mixed system of service delivery including cities, towns, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, and licensed child care providers, under criteria, guidelines and eligibility established by the board of early education and care; provided, that all families receiving services through this line item shall be identified and enrolled from the centralized waiting list for financial aid maintained by the department; provided further, that children enrolled and receiving services in fiscal year 2006 shall not be affected by said new priorities; provided further, that children receiving services through this program shall retain priority status for future services available through the department upon attaining the age of 5, notwithstanding the receipt of services funded through this item; provided further, that in allocating the funds and evaluating grant applications, the board of early education and care shall give priority consideration to 3 and 4-year-old children in cities and towns where high concentrations of low-income working families reside; provided further, that not less than one-third of the total slots funded through this line item shall be for full-day, full-year care that meets the needs of working parents; provided further, that for the purpose of this item, appropriated funds may be expended through August 31, 2007 to allow for the continuation of individual child placements during the summer months; and provided further, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, or regional school district and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, or regional school district without municipal appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary $47,641,095

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

3000-4050
For early education and care programs for families in transition; provided, that the department shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and contracted slots funded from this item and item 3000-3050 by category of eligibility; provided further, that the report shall include the number of recipients subject to subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 funded from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the office shall perform post-audit reviews on a representative sample of the income-eligibility determinations performed by vendors receiving funds from this item; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on children and families, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the error rate, if any, in income-eligibility determinations calculated by the post audit reviews; provided further, that recipients of benefits under the employment services program or any successor program, participants of any component activity under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children, former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are employed during the year after termination of benefits, former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children participating in education or training programs authorized by department of transitional assistance regulations, parents under the age of 18 currently enrolled in an education or job training program who would qualify for transitional aid for families with dependent children, but for the deeming of grandparents' income, and former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are employed or in an authorized period of job search as of the expiration of the transitional year, and require post-transitional early education and care vouchers, shall be paid for from this item; 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 for the children of teen parents receiving transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits, teen parents receiving supplemental security income payments and whose dependent children receive the aid, and teen parents at risk of becoming eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits shall be paid from this item; 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 promulgated for the program of transitional aid, whether or not such teens are recipients of benefits from the program; 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 informal early education and care benefits shall 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 income-eligible early education and care shall not be funded from this item; provided further, that all early education and care providers that are part of a public school system shall accept early education and care vouchers from recipients funded through this appropriation; provided further, that no waiting list for the services shall exist; provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive said services; 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 with the secretary of administration and finance, a report detailing the amount of appropriation needed to address such a deficiency; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of early education and care may transfer funds to this item from items 3000-1000, 3000-2000, 3000-2025, 3000-4000 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; and provided further, that not more than 3 percent of any item may be transferred in fiscal year.......................................... $163,151,082 $160,179,275

3000-4060
For income-eligible early education and care programs; provided, that income eligible programs shall not include the employment services child care program, transitional child care programs, or post-transitional child care programs; provided further, that not less than 500 early education and care slots shall be reserved for children in the foster care program at the department of social services; provided further, that informal early education and care benefits for families meeting income-eligibility criteria shall 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 all early education and care providers that are part of a public school system shall be required to accept early education and care vouchers from recipients funded through this appropriation; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the office shall perform post-audit reviews on a representative sample of the income-eligibility determinations performed by vendors receiving funds from this item; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on children and families, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the error rate, if any, in income-eligibility determinations calculated by the post audit reviews; and provided further, that the department shall maintain not less than the same number of vouchers funded in fiscal year 2006 $150,714,917

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

3000-5000
For grants to head start programs; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on early head start programs .......... $8,500,000

3000-5075
For the Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program established under chapter 15D of the General Laws; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended on pilot implementation grants to provide preschool programs and services to children from the age of 2 years and 9 months until they are kindergarten eligible, through a mixed system of service delivery including cities, towns, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, and licensed child care providers; provided further, that the department shall develop, in consultation with Strategies for Children/ Early Education for All and with other stakeholders in early education, an estimate of the cost of funding a pre-school classroom that meets the standards and goals set forth in the Early Childhood Program Standards for Three and Four Year Olds and the Guidelines for Preschool Learning Experiences approved by the board of education in April of 2003, provided further, that said estimates and regulations governing the program shall be adopted by the board not later than its October meeting; provided further, that grants shall be awarded not later than the December board meeting in order to allow for implementation of said programs during the second half of the school year; provided further, that in awarding grant funds under this program, preference may be given to establishing pre-school classrooms in towns and cities with schools and districts at risk of or determined to be under-performing in accordance with sections 1J and 1K of chapter 69 and in districts with a high percentage of students scoring in level one and two on the MCAS exams; provided further, that the department shall report on the implementation of these grants, no later than February 15, 2007, along with any legislative recommendations for the improvement of said universal pre-school programs; 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 ways and means committees and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education; and provided further, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, or regional school district and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, or regional school district without municipal appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary........................................... $4,638,739

3000-6000
For early education and care quality expenditures; provided, that not less than $1,321,145 shall be expended for activities to increase the supply of quality early education and care for infants and toddlers; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for resource and referral services provided through item 3000-2000; provided further, that not less than $234,248 shall be expended for school-age child care activities; provided further, that not less that $1,738,739 shall be expended for grants to early education and care providers in the commonwealth for the costs associated with accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Association for Family Child Care, or such other accreditation agencies as may be approved by the board; provided further, that said funds shall be distributed by the department with approval of the board; provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include community partnership councils, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed child care providers, and child care resource and referral centers; provided further, that the department shall work with community partnership councils and child care resource and referral centers to identify applicants who are highly talented providers capable of meeting the rigorous accreditation requirements of these agencies; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the development of a quality rating system for early education and care programs participating in the universal pre-kindergarten program under section 13 of chapter 15D of the General Laws; provided further that the Department shall consult with experts in early childhood education and quality measurement and with Massachusetts providers, including those representing family child care, non-profit centers, for-profit centers, Head Start programs, and public school programs; provided further that the development of a quality rating system shall include, but not be limited to, a definition of quality standards under section 11 of chapter 15D of the General Laws, the development of a quality rating scale, and recommendations relative to quality rating system implementation, governance, monitoring, accountability, and for ensuring reciprocity between a quality rating system and existing accountability standards including but not limited to licensing regulations, National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation, PRISM, and public school standards; provided further, that the department shall submit its findings and recommendations to the clerk of the house of representatives who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education on or before December 15, 2006; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used to fund capital assets or equipment for for-profit providers or agencies; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for the DD object class expenses of the department, out of state travel, bottled water, chargebacks, office equipment, prior year deficiencies, or the Virtual Gateway system; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended, obligated or transferred from this item prior to the submission of written certification by the commissioner to the house and senate committees on ways and means that all planned expenditures and allocations from this item shall have no fiscal impact beyond fiscal year 2007 ............................................. $4,544,132

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

3000-6050
For grants to provide professional development for early education and care providers to be distributed by the department with approval of the board; provided, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include community partnership councils, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed child care providers, and child care resource and referral centers; provided further, that the department shall only approve professional development courses and offerings with proven, replicable results in improving early education and care, and which shall have demonstrated the use of best practices, as determined by the department; provided further, that the department shall, not later than February 15, 2007 , provide a report on the number of early childhood educators and providers who have received such training, the estimated number who have requested such additional training, and a review and analysis of the most effective types of professional development and the most common gaps in the knowledge base of early childhood educators, along with legislative or regulatory recommendations of the department; and 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 ways and means committees and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education ....................................................... $1,500,000

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 said programs; provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include community partnership councils, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed child care providers, and child care resource and referral centers; provided further, that the department shall issue a report not later than February 15, 2007 estimating the number of pre-school suspensions and expulsions that occur each year in the commonwealth, the relative frequency of each type of mental illness or behavioral issues among children receiving programs and services from the department, and an analysis of the most effective intervention strategies; and provided further, that said report shall be provided, along with recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes, 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 ....................................................... $1,400,000

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; provided, that the department shall collaborate with the Children’s Trust Fund, whenever feasible and appropriate, to coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through item 3000-7050 and 3000-7070 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 such services shall be made available statewide to parents under the age of 21 years; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, priority for such services shall be given to low-income parents ................. $12,563,844

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto:

3000-7050
For grants to programs which improve the parenting skills of participants in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that not less than $5,395,694 shall be expended on the Mass Family Networks program; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for grants for the home-based parenting, family literacy, and school readiness program known as the Parent-Child Home Program; provided further, that, of said $3,000,000, the department shall distribute not less than $2,250,000 to expand capacity at existing Parent-Child Home Program sites not later than August 15, 2006 , in order to allow a full year of service for parents involved in said programs; provided further, that of said $3,000,000, the department shall distribute not less than $750,000 to establish replication sites in cities and towns where high concentrations of low income families reside; provided further, that for grants awarded to establish the replication sites, the department shall consider applications from school districts or social service agencies that demonstrate the capacity to replicate the home visiting program to serve area low income families; provided further, that the grants to establish replication sites shall be awarded not later than October 30, 2006 ; and provided further, that preference for the grants shall be given to applicants who demonstrate a commitment to maximize federal and local funding for the operation of the replication site ................... $8,395,694

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

3000-7070
For matching grants to fund the Reach Out and Read program, to provide books to at-risk children through book distribution programs established in community health centers, medical practices and hospitals for at-risk children; provided, that the funds distributed through this program shall be contingent upon a match of not less than $1 in private or corporate contributions for every $1 in state funding distributed through the grant program; and provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through items 3000-7000 and 3000-7050 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........................ $1,000,000 $800,000

Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Office of the Secretary

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4000-0112
For matching grants to boys’ and girls’ clubs, YMCA and YWCA organizations, nonprofit community centers, and youth development programs; provided, that the secretary of health and human services shall award the full amount of each grant to each organization upon commitment of matching funds from the organization; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended for the young parents program of the Newton Community Service Centers; provided further, that not less than $50,000 be expended for programs and improvements at the Haverhill YWCA; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the public partnership program between the greater Lynn YMCA and YWCA and the public partnership program between the town of Saugus and the Saugus YMCA and YWCA; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for programs at the Northeast Family YMCA; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for programs at the YWCA of Newburyport; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Project Adventure Youth Leadership Program administered by Family Services Incorporated of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for programs at the Girls Incorporated of Holyoke drop-in center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for programs at the Fishing Academy , Incorporated; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the Greater Worcester YMCA Youth Programs; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for youth counseling, GED/School-to-Career Program, drug prevention, and at-risk youth services at a regional youth center in Uxbridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for programs at the Merrimack Valley YMCA in Methuen; provided further, that not less that $100,000 shall be expended for the United Teen Equality Center in Lowell; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for youth and family programs at the West Suburban YMCA; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for health and wellness programming at the YWCA of Greater Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the YMCA of Cape Cod; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Springfield Day Nursery; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Franklin Community Action Corporation for youth services; provided further, that not less than $3,100 shall be expended for the First “R” Reading Program, so-called, in the city of Gloucester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Dot-Well youth services and out of school time activities; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended for the YMCA of Greater Lynn; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the YWCA Boston for a wellness program for women and girls affected by the disparities in health care in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for nonprofit Youth Services in Andover; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Chelsea YMCA; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Nazzaro Recreation Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Oak Square YMCA that will service teens from ages 13 to 17; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the YMCA of Greater Boston to facilitate projects approved by the board of directors of the YMCA including, but not limited to, projects in the town of Norwood, the West Roxbury area of Boston, East Boston, Woburn, Bedford and in other cities and towns within the greater Boston area; and provided further, that the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the exact amount distributed in fiscal year 2007 by March 1, 2007...................... $5,698,100

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4000-0300
For the operation of the executive office, including the operation of the managed care oversight board; provided, that the executive office shall provide technical and administrative assistance to agencies under the purview of the secretariat receiving federal funds; provided further, that the executive office and its agencies, when contracting for services on the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, shall take into consideration the increased costs associated with the provision of goods, services, and housing on said islands; provided further, that the executive office shall monitor the expenditures and completion timetables for systems development projects and enhancements undertaken by all agencies under the purview of the secretariat, and shall ensure that all measures are taken to make such systems compatible with one another for enhanced interagency interaction; provided further, that the executive office shall continue to develop and implement the common client identifier; provided further, that the executive office shall ensure that any collaborative assessments for children receiving services from multiple agencies within the secretariat shall be performed within existing resources; provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the administrative, contracted services and non-personnel systems costs related to the implementation and operation of programs authorized by sections 9A to 9C, inclusive, and section 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that such costs shall include, but not be limited to, pre-admission screening, utilization review, medical consultants, disability determination reviews, health benefit managers, interagency service agreements, the management and operation of the central automated vendor payment system, including the recipient eligibility verification system, vendor contracts to upgrade and enhance the central automated vendor payment system, the medicaid management information system and the recipient eligibility verification system MA21, costs related to the information technology chargebacks, contractors responsible for system maintenance and development, personal computers and other information technology equipment; provided further, that 50 per cent of the cost of provider point of service eligibility verification devices purchased shall be assumed by the providers utilizing the devices; provided further, that the executive office shall assume the full cost of provider point of service eligibility verification devices utilized by any and all participating dental care providers; provided further, that in consultation with the division of health care finance and policy, 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 do not exceed such rates as are necessary to meet only those costs which must be incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that expenditures for the purposes of each item appropriated for the purpose of programs authorized by chapter 118E of the General Laws shall be accounted for according to such purpose on the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system not more than 10 days after such expenditures have been made by the medicaid management information system; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made for the purpose of such programs that are not federally reimbursable, except as specifically authorized herein, or unless made for cost containment efforts the purposes and amounts of which have been submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to making such expenditures; 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 that such recoveries shall be deemed 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 chapter 118E of the General Laws for which the executive office later discovers another third party is liable if no other course of recoupment is possible; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for the purpose of funding interpretive services directly or indirectly related to a settlement or resolution agreement, with the office of civil rights or any other office, group or entity; provided further, that interpretive services currently provided shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights for any party or to an enforceable entitlement to interpretive services; provided further, that the federal financial participation received from claims filed for the costs of outreach and eligibility activities performed at certain hospitals or by community health centers which are funded in whole or in part by federally permissible in-kind services or provider donations from the hospitals or health centers, shall be credited to this item and may be expended without further appropriation in an amount specified in the agreement with each donating provider hospital or health center; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office shall require the commissioner of mental health to approve any prior authorization or other restriction on medication used to treat mental illness in accordance with written policies, procedures and regulations of the department of mental health; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 118G of the General Laws or any general or special law to the contrary, for fiscal year 2007 the definition of a “pediatric specialty unit” shall mean an acute care hospital with a burn center verified by the American Burn Center and the American College of Surgeons and a level 1 trauma center for pediatrics verified by the American College of Surgeons or a pediatric unit of an acute care hospital in which the ratio of licensed pediatric beds to total licensed hospital beds as of July 1, 1994, exceeded 0.20; provided further, that in calculating that ratio, licensed pediatric beds shall include the total of all pediatric service beds, and the total of all licensed hospital beds shall include the total of all licensed acute care hospital beds, consistent with Medicare's acute care hospital reimbursement methodology as put forth in the Provider Reimbursement Manual Part 1, Section 2405.3G; provided further, that a hospital with a unit designated as a pediatric specialty unit, or an acute care hospital with a burn center verified by the American Burn Center and the American College of Surgeons and a level 1 trauma center for pediatrics verified by the American College of Surgeons as defined in this item shall be exempt from the inpatient and outpatient efficiency standards being applied to their rate methodology; provided further, that in calculating rates of payment for children enrolled in MassHealth receiving inpatient services at acute care pediatric hospitals and pediatric subspecialty units as defined in section 1 of chapter 118G of the General Laws, the executive office shall make a supplemental payment, if necessary, sufficient to assure that inpatient SPAD and outlier payments for discharges with a case mix acuity greater than 5.0 shall be at least equal to 85 per cent of the expenses incurred in providing services to those children; provided further, that in determining the inpatient and outpatient acute hospital rates of payment, the executive office and its contractors shall utilize a payment methodology so that rates of payment are not less than those in effect during fiscal year 2006; provided further, that said inpatient rates for acute hospitals shall also include outlier benefits which were in effect on January 1, 2003 for all MassHealth members; provided further, that in determining the inpatient and outpatient non-acute hospital rates of payment, the executive office and its contractors shall utilize a payment methodology so that rates of payment are not less than those in effect during fiscal year 2006; provided further, that said executive office shall not reduce the supplement to chronic disease and rehab hospitals administrative day rate below that which was granted during hospital fiscal year 2006; provided further, that said executive office, in fiscal year 2007, shall not eliminate payment to hospital outpatient departments for primary care provided to MassHealth members; provided further, that the executive office shall not reduce the outpatient rates for any specialty hospital which limits its admissions to patients under active diagnosis and treatment of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat, below that which was granted during hospital fiscal year 2005; provided further, that a new methodology shall be established for rates reimbursed by the commonwealth through the division of health care finance and policy and the executive office of health and human services to cover the cost of care provided by any health care facility licensed by the department of public health as a non-acute chronic hospital with no fewer than 500 licensed beds as of June 30, 2005 , with no fewer than 150,000 Medicaid patient days in the state fiscal year ended June 30,2006, and with an established geriatric teaching program for physicians, medical students, and other health professionals, as follows: (1) the rate for any such facility shall be developed collaboratively through an agreement among the office of Medicaid, the division of health care finance and policy, and any such health care facility; provided that the process for development of this rate shall include a mechanism to adjust the rate to account for costs outside the reasonable control of the facility that may arise after the rate has been established; (2) the reimbursement methodology shall incorporate the following components: (a) utilization of the payment methodology in effect during fiscal year 2006 together with the most recent 403 cost report filed with the division of health care finance and policy, (b) a per diem rate shall be established which reimburses the full cost, including capital, for both acute and administratively necessary services, (c) a separate per diem rate shall be established which reimburses the full cost, including capital, for long term care services, (d) both rates shall include the full cost, not otherwise reimbursed, of teaching and research activities, and (e) rates shall be inflated over the base year period by the applicable medicare market basket inflation factors; (3) until such time as the new reimbursement methodology is established pursuant to this section, the per diem rates for any such facility shall be increased by at least 34 dollars per day for the year starting July 1, 2006, and by 5 percent annually for each subsequent year; provided that, notwithstanding this section or any contractual or other provision of law, such facility shall have the right to an increase to the rate then in effect to account for costs outside the reasonable control of such facility that may arise; and (4) notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no event will the rates of payment be lower than the highest rate in effect for such facility in the previous state fiscal year; provided further, that the secretary shall ensure that all medicaid benefit restorations, program expansions, and rate increases required pursuant to chapter 58 of the acts of 2006 are implemented in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that effective July 1, 2006, the executive office shall include smoking and tobacco use cessation treatment and information within MassHealth covered services pursuant to section 108 of chapter 58 of the acts of 2006; provided further, that the executive office shall develop a process whereby all participating providers who have signed the Virtual Gateway Services Agreement shall have access to the contents of the consolidated summary of any individual’s application submitted through the virtual gateway; provided further, that said information access shall comply with all HIPPA requirements and state privacy laws; provided further, that with respect to section 6037 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, the executive office shall refer applicants and recipients to the registrar of vital records and statistics to obtain a copy of a birth certificate for the purpose of establishing eligibility for Medicaid at no cost to the recipient; provided further, that the executive office shall not, by amendment to the state plan or amendment to the section 1115 demonstration program, elect any state option to increase premiums and cost sharing or reduce benefits pursuant to sections 1916A and 1937 of the Social Security Act as amended by chapter 4 of Title VI of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109171 with respect to any category of persons eligible for medical benefits under chapter 118E as said chapter was in effect on January 1, 2006, unless the executive office has given 90 days notice to the Legislature and has received approval of the proposed plan from a majority of the Legislature; provided further, that not less than $2,662,000 shall be expended for a one time payment to Haverhill to defray the debt resulting from the operation of a former municipally owned hospital; provided further that the executive office shall expend not less than $150,000 for the purpose of identifying resources and establishing any interagency agreements within the secretariat, the departments or the commissions operating under the secretary for the purpose of opening access to an array of community based services for citizens with adult-onset disorders, including information and referral for services available to said population; provided further, that not later than September 1, 2006, the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing planned fiscal year 2007 expenditures by the executive office as funded by chargebacks to the 17 executive office cluster agencies; provided further, that no later than March 1, 2007 , the executive office, in consultation with the division of health care finance and policy, shall submit a report evaluating the processes used to determine eligibility for Medicaid and free care services, including the Virtual Gateway; provided further, that the report shall include: (i) an analysis of the effectiveness of these processes in enforcing eligibility requirements for publicly funded health programs and in enrolling uninsured residents into programs of health insurance offered by public and private sources; (ii) an assessment of the impact of these processes on the level of free care by providers; and (iii) recommendations for ongoing improvements that will enhance the performance of eligibility determination systems and reduce hospital administrative costs; and provided further, that any projection of deficiency in item 4000-0320, 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0620, 4000-0700, 4000-0860, 4000-0870, 4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0890, 4000-0891, 4000-0895, 4000-0990, 4000-1400 or 4000-1405, shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 90 days before the projected exhaustion of funding and that any unexpended balance in these accounts shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2007 ........................ $137,095,096

4000-0320
The executive office may expend an amount not to exceed $225,000,000 from the monies received from recoveries of any current or prior year expenditures and collections from liens, estate recoveries, third party recoveries, drug rebates, accident and trauma recoveries, case mix recoveries, computer audits, insurance recoveries, provider overpayment recoveries, bankruptcy settlements, Masspro and Healthpro refunds, medicaid fraud returns, data match returns, Medicare appeals, and program and utilization review audits; provided, that additional categories of recoveries and collections, including the balance of any personal needs accounts collected from nursing and other medical institutions upon a recipient’s death and held by the executive office for more than 3 years, may, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, be credited to this item; provided further, that any revenues collected by the division that are not attributable to the aforementioned categories shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall be tracked separately; provided further, that additional categories of recoveries and collections may be credited to this item after providing written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used for the purposes of item 4000-0300; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be limited solely to payments for the provision of medical care and assistance rendered in the current fiscal year; and provided further, that the executive office shall file quarterly with the house and senate committees on ways and means, a report delineating the amount of current year rebates from pharmaceutical companies or other current year collections which are being used to supplement current year expenditures... $225,000,000

4000-0352
For MassHealth enrollment outreach grants to public and private nonprofit groups to be administered by the executive office; provided, that the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the exact amounts distributed in fiscal year 2007 by March 1, 2007 and the extent to which any portion of resulting expenditures are eligible for federal reimbursement ..... $500,000

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 shall maximize federal reimbursement for state expenditures made on behalf of such adults and children; provided further, that children shall be determined eligible for the medical care and assistance if they meet the disability standards as defined by the executive office, which standards shall be no more restrictive than the standards 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........................................... $68,169,435

4000-0500
For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office’s primary care clinician/mental health and substance abuse plan or through a health maintenance organization under contract with the executive office; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the 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 expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated herein; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services and the commissioner of mental health shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means relative to the performance of the managed care organization under contract with the executive office to administer the mental health and substance abuse benefit; provided further, that such quarterly reports shall include, but not be limited to, analyses of utilization trends, quality of care and costs across all service categories and modalities of care purchased from providers through the mental health and substance abuse program, including those services provided to clients of the department of mental health; provided further, that in conjunction with the new medicaid management information system project, said executive office shall continue to study the feasibility of modifying its claim payment system, in collaboration with the MassHealth behavioral health contractor, to routinely process for payment valid claims for medically necessary covered medical services to eligible recipients with psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses on a timely basis in an effort to avoid delay and expenses incurred by lengthy appeals processes; provided further, that said secretary shall report to the house and senate committee on ways and means any proposed modifications to said payment system, and a timeline of steps to be taken to implement said modifications; provided further, that not less than $14,000,000 shall be expended for disproportionate share payments for inpatient services provided at pediatric specialty hospitals and units, including pediatric chronic and rehabilitation long-term care hospitals as allowable under federal law; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 of said $14,000,000 shall be expended as a grant to said pediatric chronic and rehabilitation long-term care hospital for which federal financial participation and federal approval need not be obtained; provided further, that $11,700,000 shall be expended on disproportionate share payments to high public payer hospitals; provided further, that not less than $87,000,000 shall be expended to increase actuarially sound rates in addition to the fiscal year 2007 inflation trends, benefit restorations, and provider rate increase factors applied to the fiscal year 2006 rates pursuant to section 122 of chapter 58 of the acts of 2006; provided further, that the contracts referenced under section 122 of chapter 58 of the acts of 2006 shall be considered to be in effect on July 1, 2006; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services shall not reassign to a managed care plan under contract with the office of MassHealth the behavioral health benefit of any eligible person when the benefit is managed by MassHealth’s specialty behavioral health managed care contactor, after the benefit is elected by or initially assigned to that person, unless the person provides written or verbal consent to the reassignment........................ $2,520,227,848

Executive Office of Elder Affairs.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4000-0600
For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office of elder affairs’ senior care plan; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these 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 not less than $9,240,000 shall be expended for a demonstration project known as the ‘community choices’ initiative; provided further, that benefit for this demonstration project shall not be reduced below the services provided in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that the eligibility requirements for this demonstration project shall not be more restrictive than those established in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the projected costs and the number of individuals served by the “community choices” initiative in fiscal year 2007 delineated by the federal poverty level; provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than February 1, 2007; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the regulations, criteria and standards for determining admission to and continued stay in a nursing home in fiscal year 2007 shall not be more restrictive than those regulations, criteria and standards in effect on January 1, 2004 until the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs submit a multi-year plan to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing detailing the suggested timeline for phasing in changes to nursing home clinical criteria, provided that these changes shall not adversely affect current nursing home residents and shall not jeopardize the effectiveness of the 2176 home and community based waiver; 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 department, in consultation with the division, in recognition of the unique special innovative program status granted by the executive office, 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 the department shall, in correlation with the senior care options program, explore options for enrolling the senior care population into managed care programs through federal waivers or other necessary means; provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer not more than 3 per cent of funds appropriated in this item to item 4000-0620; provided further, that the executive office shall provide written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days prior to any transfer; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the purpose of a housing with services demonstration project known as the ‘Caring Homes’ initiative designed to delay or prevent nursing home placement by providing care-giving services to an elder; provided further, that under said demonstration project, eligible MassHealth enrollees shall be able to live in the home of an individual or relative, with the exception of spouses and dependent children, to provide for their long term supports, pursuant to regulations promulgated by said executive office; provided further, that the executive office of elder affairs shall make no change in the reimbursement system or operations of adult day health programs as they relate to transportation of program participants, except that the executive office may grant periodic rate increases, as appropriate, for transportation services; and provided further, that effective July 1, 2006 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 , nursing facility MassHealth rates established by the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy shall be adjusted by no less than $30,500,000 above the payments made to nursing facilities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 for the purpose of funding inflationary costs.......... $1,726,309,136

4000-0620
For the senior care options program; provided, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer not more than 15 per cent of funds appropriated in this item to item 4000-0600; and provided further, that the department shall provide written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days prior to any transfer...................................................... $83,872,908

Executive Office of Health and Human Services

4000-0625
For the recruitment and retention of home health workers in accordance with 114.3 CMR 50.00, including the cost of workforce training, direct wages and benefits of the workers; provided, that the funds authorized herein shall be in addition to any amounts appropriated in this item for the purpose of providing Title XIX services to patients; and provided further, that the funds authorized herein shall be eligible for federal financial participation................................ $4,000,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4000-0700
For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office’s health care indemnity/ third party liability plan and medical assistance recipients not otherwise covered under the executive office’s managed care or senior care plans; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the 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 expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated in this item; provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 including, but not limited to, seniors; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for activities relating to disability determinations or utilization management and review, including patient screenings and evaluations, regardless of whether such activities are performed by a state agency, contractor, agent or provider; and provided further, that the executive office shall submit a report to the executive office of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2007 detailing the activities described in the preceding proviso to be expended from this item during fiscal year 2007; and provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be expended to pay for an increase in Medicaid rates for community health centers, as defined in section 1 of chapter 118G of the General Laws............................................... $1,538,637,750

4000-0860
For MassHealth benefits provided to children and adults under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; 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, exceeds 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years......................................... $407,253,047

4000-0870
For health care services provided to adults participating in the medical assistance program pursuant to clause (g) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to such recipients in prior fiscal years ..................... $98,206,928

4000-0875
For the provision of benefits to eligible women who require medical treatment for either breast or cervical cancer in accordance with 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII) of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000, Public Law 106-354, and in accordance with section 10D of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall provide benefits to women whose income, as determined by the executive office, does not exceed 250 per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to continued federal approval; provided further, that eligibility for such benefits shall be extended solely for the duration of such cancerous condition; provided further, that prior to the provision of any benefits covered by this item, the executive office shall require screening for either breast or cervical cancer at the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer early detection program operated by the department of public health, in accordance with item 4570-1512 of section 2D; provided further, that the executive office shall continue to seek federal approval for the implementation of a cost sharing system, including co-payments and sliding scale premiums for women whose annual income is between 133 per cent and 250 per cent of the federal poverty level; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years ...................... $3,951,303

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4000-0880
For MassHealth benefits under clause (c) of subsection (2) of section 9A and section 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws as amended by chapter 58 of the acts of 2006 for children and adolescents whose family incomes as determined by the executive office 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 the children and adolescents in prior fiscal years; and provided further, that children who have aged out of the custody of the department of social services shall be eligible for these benefits until they reach age 20, subject to federal approval..................................... $100,095,712

4000-0890
For the cost of health insurance premium subsidies paid to employees of small businesses participating in the insurance reimbursement program under section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 58 of the acts of 2006........................ $45,011,915

4000-0891
For the cost of health insurance subsidies paid to employers participating in the insurance reimbursement program under section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall directly market the program to private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contract with departments within the executive office and the executive office of elder affairs for the purpose of mitigating health insurance costs to the employers and their employees; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance monthly expenditure data for the program, including the total number of employers participating in the program, the percentage of the employers who purchased health insurance for employees prior to participating in the program and total monthly expenditures delineated by payments to small employers and self-employed persons for individual, 2-person family and family subsidies; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall seek federal reimbursement for the payments to employers............ $6,996,069

4000-0895
For the healthy start program to provide medical care and assistance to pregnant women and infants residing in the commonwealth pursuant to section 10E of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall no later than February 14, 2007 , report annually to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the population served by the program delineated by the federal poverty level; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years $15,969,177

4000-0990
For the children’s medical security plan to provide primary and preventive health services for uninsured children from birth through age 18; provided, that the executive office shall prescreen enrollees and applicants for medicaid eligibility; provided further, that no applicant shall be enrolled in the program until the applicant has been denied eligibility for the MassHealth program; provided further, that the MassHealth benefit request shall be used as a joint application to determine the eligibility for both MassHealth and the children’s medical security plan; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made on behalf of the children; provided further, that the executive office shall expend all necessary funds from this item to ensure the provision of the maximum benefit levels for this program, as authorized by section 10F of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that the maximum benefit levels for this program shall be made available only to those children who have been determined by the executive office to be ineligible for MassHealth benefits; provided further, that notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 10F of chapter 118E of the General Laws, or any general or special law to the contrary, premiums for this program shall be collected according to the following eligibility categories: (1) enrollees in households earning less than 200 per cent of the federal poverty level shall not be responsible for contributing to program premium costs; (2) enrollees in households earning between 200 per cent and 300 per cent of the federal poverty level, inclusive, shall contribute not less than 20 per cent and not more than 30 per cent of the monthly premium cost according to a sliding scale established by the executive office; provided further, that additional contributions shall not be required for any enrollee after the third enrollee in such a household; (3) enrollees in households earning between 301 per cent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level, inclusive, shall contribute not less than 85 per cent and not more than 90 per cent of the monthly premium cost according to a sliding scale established by the executive office; provided, that additional contributions shall not be required for any enrollee after the first enrollee in such a household; and (4) enrollees in households earning more than 400 per cent of the federal poverty level shall pay not more than the full premium cost of the program; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years................ $18,232,293

4000-1400
For the purposes of providing MassHealth benefits to persons with a diagnosis of 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 these persons in prior fiscal years.................................... $13,047,887

4000-1405
For the operation of a program of preventive and primary care for chronically unemployed persons who are not receiving unemployment insurance benefits and who are not eligible for medical assistance but who are determined by the executive office of health and human services to be long-term unemployed; provided, that such persons shall meet the eligibility requirements established under the MassHealth program as established in section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that persons eligible under subsection (7) of section 16D of chapter 118E shall be also eligible to receive benefits under this item; provided further, that the income of such persons shall not exceed 100 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that said eligibility requirements shall not exclude from eligibility persons who are employed intermittently or on a non-regular basis; provided further, that the provision of care to such persons under this program may, taking into account capacity, continuity of care, and geographic considerations, be restricted to certain providers; provided further, that the secretary is hereby authorized to limit or close enrollment if necessary in order to ensure that expenditures from this item do not exceed the amount appropriated herein; provided, however, that no such limitation shall be implemented unless the secretary has given 90 days notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to recipients in prior fiscal years.................. $306,041,312

4000-1420
For the purposes of making payment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in compliance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003........................ $238,900,000

4003-0122
For a Citizenship for New Americans Program to assist legal permanent residents in our Commonwealth in becoming citizens of the United States; provided, that the office for refugees and immigrants be charged with administering such program; provided further, that said program shall be provided through community based organizations to the maximum extent possible as determined by the office for refugees and immigrants; provided further, that the program funded by this item provide assistance to persons who are within 3 years of eligibility to become citizens of the United States; and provided further, that services shall be designed to include: ESOL /civics classes, citizenship application assistance, interview preparation and support services such as inter-pretation and referral services ......................... $500,000

Division Of Health Care Finance And Policy.

4100-0060
For the operation of the division and the administration of the uncompensated care pool established pursuant to chapter 118G of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the assessment to acute hospitals authorized pursuant to section 5 of said chapter 118G for the estimated expenses of the division shall include in fiscal year 2007, the estimated expenses, including indirect costs, of the division and shall be equal to the amount appropriated in this item less amounts projected to be collected in fiscal year 2007 from: (1) filing fees; (2) fees and charges generated by the division’s publication or dissemination of reports and information; and (3) federal financial participation received as reimbursement for the division’s administrative costs; provided further, that the assessed amount shall not be less than 65 per cent of the division’s expenses as specified in this item; provided further, that the division shall promulgate regulations requiring all hospitals receiving payments from the uncompensated care pool to report to the division the following utilization information: the number of inpatient admissions and outpatient visits by age category, income category, diagnostic category and average charge per admission; provided further, that the division shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means a summary report compiling said data; provided further, that the division, in consultation with the executive office of health and human services, shall not promulgate any increase in medicaid provider rates without taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any successor federal statute to ensure that rates of payment to providers do not exceed such rates as are necessary to meet only those costs incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that the division shall meet the reporting requirements of section 25 of chapter 203 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division, in conjunction with the executive office of elder affairs and the executive office of health and human services shall, by August 1, 2006 for all non-acute chronic and rehabilitation hospitals, adopt and implement, for the rate year effective October 1, 2006 a Medicaid rate reimbursement methodology, that utilizes a hospital base year of either 2002 or 2003; provided further, that in calculating the Medicaid rate of reimbursement for such hospitals, such reimbursement shall exclude any costs associated with any beds licensed by the department of mental health; provided further, that funds may be expended for the purposes of a survey and study of the uninsured and underinsured in the commonwealth, including the health insurance needs of the residents of the commonwealth; provided further, that said study shall examine the overall impact of programs administered by the executive office of health and human services on the uninsured, the underinsured, and the role of employers in assisting their employees in affording health insurance pursuant to section 23 of chapter 118G of the General Laws; provided further, that the division shall publish annual reports on the financial condition of hospitals and other health care providers through the Health Benchmarks project website, in collaboration with the executive office of health and human services, the office of the attorney general, and the University of Massachusetts; provided further, that the division shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 6, 2006 a report detailing utilization of the uncompensated care pool; provided further, that the report shall include: (1) the number of persons in the commonwealth whose medical expenses were billed to the pool in fiscal year 2006; (2) the total dollar amount billed to the pool in fiscal year 2006; (3) the demographics of the population using the pool and (4) the types of services paid for out of the pool funds in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that the division shall include in the report an analysis on hospitals’ responsiveness to enrolling eligible individuals into the MassHealth program upon the date of service rather than charging said individuals to the uncompensated care pool; provided further, that the division shall include in the report possible disincentives the state could provide to hospitals to discourage such behavior; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the division shall not allow any exceptions to the usual and customary charge defining rule as defined in 114.3 CMR 31.02, for the purposes of drug cost reimbursement to eligible pharmacy providers for publicly aided and industrial accident patients; provided further, that the division is hereby authorized to change the pricing standard used by said division when determining the rate of payment to pharmacy providers for prescribed drugs for publicly-aided or industrial accident patients if such a change would financially benefit the commonwealth; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary said division shall maintain the rate paid for the dispensing fees to retail pharmacies for prescribed drugs to publicly aided or industrial accident patients at $3 in fiscal year 2007; and provided further, that said division shall not use any funds appropriated from the Health Care Quality Improvement Trust Fund for operating costs, including rent and utilities............................................. $12,836,110

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.

4110-0001
For the office of the commissioner; provided, that the commissioner may transfer funds between items 4110-0001, 4110-1000, 4110-1010, 4110-1020, 4110-2000, 4110-2001, 4110-3010 and 4110-4000; provided further, that the amount transferred from any of the items stated in this item shall not exceed 5 per cent of the total amount appropriated for that item; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer, the commissioner shall submit an allocation plan detailing the distribution of the funds to be transferred to the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that amounts appropriated to the commission in fiscal year 2007 that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 2006 shall not annualize above those amounts in fiscal year 2008 ..................... $1,121,558

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; and provided further, that not less than $450,000 shall be expended for the deaf-blind community access network; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the talking information center, and provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Audible Local Ledger of Falmouth....................................................... $4,367,118

4110-1010
For aid to the adult blind; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year ....................................................... $8,351,643

4110-1020
For eligibility determination for the medical assistance program for the blind; provided, that the commission shall work with the executive office of health and human services, the department of mental retardation and other state agencies to maximize federal reimbursement for clients so determined through this item including, but not limited to, reimbursement for home and community-based waiver clients $324,995

4110-2000
For the turning 22 program of the commission; provided, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22 clients; and provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure similar rates for contracted residential services ....................................................... $9,241,267

4110-2001
For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2007; provided, that the amount spent from this item shall not annualize to more than $530,000 in fiscal year 2008; provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22 clients; and provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure similar rates for contracted residential services .................................... $330,000

4110-3010
For a program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grants or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other such indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees; and provided further, that $154,000 shall be expended on the Carroll Center for the Blind.................................................. $2,865,326

4110-4000
For the administration of the Ferguson Industries for the Blind; provided, that retired workshop employees shall receive grants equal to 3/4 of the salaries of current workshop employees; and provided further, that any funds received for goods and services purchased by private and public sector entities at Ferguson Industries shall be remitted to the General Fund .......................................... $1,895,410

Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission

4120-1000
For the operation of the commission; provided, that the commissioner may transfer funds between items 4120-1000, 4120-2000, 4120-3000, 4120-4000, 4120-4001, 4120-4010, 4120-5000, and 4120-6000; provided further, that the amount transferred from any of the items stated in this item shall not exceed 5 per cent of the total amount appropriated for that item; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer, the commissioner shall submit an allocation plan to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the distribution of the funds to be transferred; provided further, that amounts appropriated to the commission that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 2006 shall not annualize above those amounts in fiscal year 2008; provided further, 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 further, 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 the lists shall include client names and social security numbers and payee names and other identification, if different from a client’s... $579,515

4120-2000
For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grant or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance and any other such indirect cost of the federally-reimbursed state employees; provided further, that the commissioner, in making referrals to service providers, shall take into account the client’s place of residence and the geographic proximity of the nearest provider to the residence..... $7,326,911

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4120-3000
For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and employment services for severely disabled adults may, subject to appropriation, be provided; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for waitlist reduction for the community based employment program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Charlestown Navy Yard Project for disabled adults in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended on special projects in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston for people with disabilities ; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for services provided by the Life Focus Center in the Charles­town neighborhood of Boston................................. $8,463,481

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4120-4000
For independent living assistance service; provided, that not less than $949,295 shall be expended for assistive technology devices and training for individuals with severe disabilities; provided further, that $3,840,000 shall be expended for the independent living centers contracted with the commission; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the SHARE Foundation at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth:-provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Joseph F. Timilty Adult Day Health and Memory Loss Center; and provided further, that not less that $25,000 will be used to assist the Living Independently for Equality, Inc. of Brockton.............................................. $10,597,486

4120-4001
For the housing registry for the disabled ................ $83,754

4120-4010
For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item shall not annualize to more than $1,498,290 in state fiscal year 2008 ....... $749,145

4120-5000
For homemaking services ............................... $5,533,355

4120-5050
The Massachusetts rehabilitation commission may expend not more than $330,000 in revenues for expanded independent living and employment services from federal reimbursements received for services provided by the commission; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating 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 reported in the state accounting system ....................................... $330,000

4120-6000
For head injured services; provided, that the commission shall work with the executive office of health and human services to maximize federal reimbursement for clients receiving head injured services; provided further, that the commission shall expend funds on a 24-hour basis for persons with severe head injuries in western Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Cape Cod head injury program; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended on the Keeping Every Youth Safe program at the Massachusetts Brain Injury Association................. $9,046,110

Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

4125-0100
For the operation of and services provided by the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing ........... $5,539,165

4125-0101
For the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; provided, that the commission may expend not more than $175,000 in revenues from charges received on behalf of interpreter services and monies received from private grants, bequests, gifts or contributions; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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.................................. $175,000

4125-0102
For the costs associated with the provision of interpreter services for the deaf and hard of hearing at State House public hearings and events .......................................................... $12,000

Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts

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 graduates from the LPN school of nursing shall work in state-operated facilities for at least 1 year; provided further, 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 2006; and provided further, that no new fee, assessment or other charge shall be implemented in fiscal year 2007 except those associated with the use of telephones and televisions...................................................... $24,416,752

4180-0200
The Soldier’s Home in Massachusetts may expend not more than $25,000 from fees collected from veterans in its care for the purposes of providing 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 said services........ $25,000

4180-1100
The Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts may expend not more than $300,661 in revenues for facility maintenance and patient care, including personnel costs; provided, that 60 per cent of all revenues generated pursuant to 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 cost associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers’ Home ; 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 Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued.................................. $300,661

Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.

4190-0100
For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, including the adult day care program, the Maguder House and the Chapin Mansion; 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 2006; provided further, that no new fee, assessment or other charge shall be implemented in fiscal year 2007 except those associated with the use of telephones and televisions; and provided further, that in the operation of the outpatient pharmacy, the Soldiers’ Home shall cover the cost of drugs prescribed at the Soldiers’ Home , excluding the required co-payment, only when the veteran has no access to other drug insurance coverage, including coverage through the program authorized by section 39 of chapter 19A of the General Laws......... $18,531,625

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4190-0102
The Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke may expend for the outpatient pharmacy program an amount not to exceed $225,000 from co-payments which it may charge to users of the program; provided, that no co-payments shall be imposed or required of any person which exceed the level of co-payments charged in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended until the superintendent has submitted a report to the secretary and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing projected expenditures for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 and any and all assumptions used to project outpatient pharmacy spending for the outpatient pharmacy program from this item and item 4190-0100 by September 1, 2006 ; provided further, that said superintendent shall submit a report to said secretary and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to, demographic information on said outpatient pharmacy users, including age and insurance status, utilization information for the outpatient pharmacy, including the number of generic prescriptions filled, the number of brand name prescriptions filled, the number of 30-day supplies of generic drugs dispensed, the number of 30-day supplies of brand name drugs dispensed, and a description of said Soldiers’ Home ’s drug utilization review program for the first 2 quarters of fiscal year 2007; provided further, that said report shall be submitted not later than January 16, 2007 ; 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 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...... $225,000

4190-0200
The Soldier’s Home in Holyoke may expend not more than $25,000 from fees collected from veterans in its care for the purposes of providing 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 said services..................... $25,000

4190-1100
The Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke may expend not more than $200,442 for facility maintenance and patient care, including personnel costs; provided, that 40 per cent of all revenues generated pursuant to 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 cost associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers’ Home ; 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 Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued.................................. $200,442

OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
Department of Youth Services.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4200-0010
For the administration of the department of youth services; provided, that the department shall continue to collaborate with the department of 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 phase 2 of its education funding initiative; provided further, that the commissioner of youth services, in conjunction with the department of education, shall submit a report on progress made during phase 2, and projected needs for phase 3 in fiscal year 2008, to the house and senate committees on ways and means by December 1, 2006 ; provided further, that the department shall expend not more than $300,000 on the juvenile case management system; and provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the City-Wide Dialogues on Boston’s Ethnic & Racial Diversity, a program that provides a safe venue for honest, respectful discussions across racial and ethnic lines, including neighborhood diversity dialogues and youth police dialogues.............................................. $5,456,208 $5,273,400

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4200-0100
For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to committed youths in nonresidential care programs of the department; provided, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to provide career services to youth in the department’s care; provided further, that not less than $537,256 shall be expended for the restoration of the Northeast Region; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the Boston juvenile re-entry program; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer up to 7 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0200 and 4200-0300; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer $23,441,647 $23,078,206

4200-0200
For pretrial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs; provided, that the commissioner may transfer up to 7 per cent of the amount appropriated herein to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0300; and provided further, that 30 days before any transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer.............................................. $19,922,603

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 for programs to address the needs of the female population including, but not limited to, the development of a stabilization unit and an independent living program, the enhancement of clinical services and at least 1 full-time female services coordinator; provided further, that funds shall be expended to address suicide prevention including, but not limited to, increased clinical capacity, increased clinical staff for risk assessment at intake, improved medication administration, enhanced psychiatric coverage at facilities, and the assurance of a 24-hour area-based on-call staff; provided further, that not less than $1,250,000 shall be expended for the homeward bound program in the town of Brewster; provided further, that not less than $600,000 shall be expended on vocational training in order to reduce recidivism; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0200; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer $105,423,021

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4200-0500
For the department of youth services’ education system; provided, that not less than $2,550,000 shall be expended to address the salaries of teachers............................................... $3,300,000 $2,550,000

OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
Department Of Transitional Assistance.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4400-1000
For the central administration of the department, including the development and maintenance of automated data processing systems and services in support of department operations, and for the administration of department programs in local transitional assistance offices, including the expenses of operating a food stamp program; provided, that during fiscal year 2007 the department shall maintain 2 transitional assistance offices in the city of Springfield; provided further, 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 report shall comprehensively track statewide use of the emergency assistance program by eligibility category including, but not limited to, caseload, average length of use or stay and monthly expenditures; 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, unless otherwise expressly provided, federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the department, including reimbursements for administrative, fringe and overhead costs, for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that under 21 U.S.C. section 862a(d)(1), the department shall exempt individuals from the eligibility restrictions of 21 U.S.C. section 862a, except that individuals incarcerated for a conviction which would otherwise be disqualifying under 21 U.S.C. section 862a(a) shall not be eligible for cash assistance funded through item 4403-2000 during the first 12 months after release from a correctional institution unless the individual qualifies for an exemption under subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, or a domestic violence waiver; provided further, that an application for assistance under chapter 118 of the General Laws shall be deemed an application for assistance under chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that if assistance under said chapter 118 is denied, the application shall be transmitted by the department to the executive office of health and human services for a determination of eligibility under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the department shall continue policies to increase participation in the food stamp program; provided further, that no funds may not be expended from this item for costs related to the homeless management information system; provided further, that the department may allocate funds, not to exceed $2,500,000 from this item to item 4400-1100 for the costs of the department’s caseworkers; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent feasible within the appropriation provided, provide for extended office hours; provided further, that the department shall accomplish the staffing of these extended office hours to the maximum extent possible through the use of flex-time that will allow workers to modify their working hours to accommodate their specific personal and family needs; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent feasible within the appropriation provided, continue and expand the program of placing workers at community and human service organizations for the purposes of facilitating food stamp applications and redeterminations; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2006 on the extended office hours and placement of workers at community and human service organizations that the department has determined is feasible within the appropriation provided and that the department will provide in the current fiscal year; provided further, that a full-scale DTA office may remain in Cambridge or Somerville in a location that is accessible by public transportation; and provided further, that said office shall be located by the department with due consideration to comparable size, space and rental agreement $66,220,503

4400-1001
For programs to increase the commonwealth’s participation rate in food stamps and other federal nutrition programs; provided, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for a grant with Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger, Inc., which shall be solely responsible for administering a comprehensive, community-based program to alleviate and prevent hunger and to expand participation in federal nutrition programs; provided further, that Project Bread shall focus on communities in Massachusetts with the highest rates of hunger as defined by the United States Census Bureau; provided further, that Project Bread shall develop a strategic plan to alleviate hunger; provided further, that Project Bread shall support research relative to the prevention and effect of hunger; provided further, that Project Bread shall file a report with the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, the chairs of the joint committee on education, the chairs of the joint committee on children and families, the chairs of the joint committee on public health, commissioner of the department of transitional assistance, and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2007 detailing hunger prevention strategies that have been developed and implemented, including, but not limited to, an evaluation of said strategies; and provided further, that Project Bread shall file with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate an annual report on the status of hunger in the commonwealth not later than December 1, 2006 ; provided further, that the department shall expend $700,000 to establish a unit staffed by department employees to respond to food stamp inquiries, and arrange for and conduct telephone interviews for initial food stamp applications; provided further, that the department shall expend $700,000 to develop a system to image and catalogue eligibility documents electronically; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for food stamp outreach; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Food Source Hotline; provided further, that the work of department employees paid for from this item shall be restricted to processing food stamp applications; provided further, that the department shall not require food stamp 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 food stamp applicants; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 1, 2006 on the progress of implementing these programs......................................... $3,520,000

4400-1025
For domestic violence specialists at local area offices.. $666,315

4400-1079
For the operation of the homeless management information system; provided, that during fiscal year 2007 the department shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means a status report detailing the specific implementation of the system, the number of shelters participating by month, the types and descriptions of information reports able to be generated, and any other information that the department determines to be necessary in evaluating the full and complete implementation of the system; and provided further, that the report shall also detail all expenditures by object class. $1,000,000

4400-1100
For the payroll of the department’s caseworkers; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit eight shall be paid from this item; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended to hire additional non-public assistance caseworkers to process food stamp applications; and provided further, that the department may allocate funds, not to exceed $1,000,000 from this item to item 4400-1000 for the administrative costs of the department of transitional assistance...................................................... $56,693,172

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4401-1000
For a program to provide employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, 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 allowed to participate in the employment services program; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of the program for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits due to employment or subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 or any successor statue; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended for the purposes of the young parents program, transportation costs, pre-employment skills training and education programs, and structured subsidized employment services; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance may use funds from this item and shall collaborate with the department of workforce development to access funding through Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act to ensure that sufficient resources are available to provide substantive, pre-employment skills training, including training that integrates basic education and English as a second language instruction, to recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are in need of such services; provided further, that funds from this item may also be expended for re-employment services, job search assistance, vocational training services, job retention services, adult basic education, graduate equivalency degree courses, English as a second language courses and training programs for persons with limited English proficiency, and emergency work-related expenses for recipients, including emergency transportation costs; provided further, that the department shall inform all recipients and applicants of the full range of programs and of skills training programs funded by Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act accessible through the one-stop career centers and adult education programs funded by the department of education available under this program; provided further, that funds may be allocated from this item to other agencies for the purposes of this program; provided further, that within 90 days of a recipient without a high school degree or a graduate equivalency degree or proficiency in English who is subject to said subsection (f) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, or any successor statute, becoming eligible for benefits, the department shall offer to the recipient a skills assessment to identify barriers to employment; and provided further, that 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 by this item ................................................. $27,087,733

4401-1100
The department of transitional assistance may expend not more than $3,000,000 from revenue received from the United States Department of Agriculture for food stamp outreach and employment and training programs and any enhanced funding or bonuses; provided, that the department may expend such revenue for employment and training services provided to recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children ....................................................... $5,000,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4403-2000
For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, benefits under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children 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 notwithstanding any general or special law, or any provisions of this act to the contrary, no benefits under this item shall be made available to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year 2006; 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 the provisions of subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, shall be 2 ¾ per cent below the otherwise applicable payment standard, in fiscal year 2007, pursuant to the state plan required under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; provided further, that the department shall notify all teen parents receiving benefits from the program of the requirements found in clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, or any successor statute; provided further, that a $40 per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; provided further, that a nonrecurring children’s clothing allowance in the amount of $150 shall be provided to each child eligible under this program in September 2006; provided further, that the children’s clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the month of September 2006; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families where a child has been removed from the household pursuant to a court order after a care and protection hearing under chapter 119 of the General Laws, nor 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 social services in accordance with 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 such payments are to be made or within the 3 month period after such month of payment, and who, if such child had been born and was living with her 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 such loss; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended by the department for child care or transportation services for the employment and training program; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended by the department for family reunification benefits or informal child care; provided further, that the department shall provide oral and written notification to all recipients of their child care benefits on a semi-annual basis; provided further, that the notification shall include the full range of child care options available, including center-based child care, family-based child care, and in-home relative child care; provided further, that the notification shall detail available child care benefits for current and former recipients, including employment and training benefits, transitional benefits and post-transitional benefits; provided further, that the department shall work with the department of early education and care to ensure that both recipients currently receiving benefits and former recipients during the 1 year period after termination of benefits are provided written and verbal information about child care services; provided further, that the notice shall further advise recipients of the availability of food stamps benefits; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding its regulations with respect to eligibility for, or levels of benefits under the program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the appropriation; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 60 days before promulgating any eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 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 such proposed changes; and provided further, that the report shall state the department’s most accurate assessment of the probable effects of any such benefit or eligibility changes upon recipient families; and provided further, that not less than $418,074 shall be expended for the purposes of the operation of the Transportation Assistance Program operated by Traveler’s Aid Family Services....................... $296,555,455 $292,652,097

4403-2001
For the Lift Transportation Program operated by the Traveler’s Aid Society of Boston........................................ $150,000

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 ....................................................... $6,819,544

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4403-2120
For certain expenses of the emergency assistance program as follows: (i) contracted family shelters; (ii) transitional housing programs; (iii) programs to reduce homelessness in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties; (iv) residential education centers for single mothers with children; (v) intake centers; and (vi) voucher shelters; provided, that eligibility shall be limited to families with income at or below 130 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, however, that any family whose income exceeds 130 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 130 per cent level was exceeded; provided further, that the department shall establish reasonable requirements for such families to escrow some or all of the portion of their income which exceeds 130 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that any such escrowed funds shall be exempt from otherwise applicable asset limits; provided further that the family shall be allowed to withdraw the amount placed in escrow upon transition to permanent housing or losing eligibility for shelter services; provided further, that benefits under this item shall be provided only to residents who are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under color of law in the United States; provided further, that the department shall take all steps necessary to enforce regulations to prevent abuse in the emergency assistance program; provided further, that no emergency assistance expenditures shall be paid from this item unless explicitly authorized; provided further, that eligible households shall be placed in shelters as close as possible to their 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 eligibility for shelter by an otherwise eligible family shall not be impaired by prior receipt of any non-shelter benefit; provided further, that the department shall make every effort to ensure that children receiving services from this item shall continue attending school in the community in which they lived prior to receiving services funded from this item; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Weymouth Youth and Family Services Teen Center to provide for advocacy, social service programs and to promote growth and social welfare; provided further, that notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, the department shall immediately provide shelter for up to 30 days to families who appear to be eligible for such shelter based on statements provided by the family 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 providing that a family who previously received shelter is ineligible for shelter benefits for a period of 12 months; provided further, that families receiving such shelter benefits who are found not to be eligible for continuing shelter benefits shall be eligible for aid pending a timely appeal pursuant to section 16 of chapter 18 of the General Laws; provided further, that the department shall not impose unreasonable requirements for third-party verification and shall accept verifications from the family whenever reasonable; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits under this program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure in this item so as not to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 60 days before promulgating any such eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate a determination by the secretary of health and human services that available appropriations for the program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses and a report setting forth such proposed changes; provided further, that all of 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 by this item; provided further, that nothing in the preceding proviso shall authorize the department to alter eligibility criteria or benefit levels except to the extent that such changes are needed to avoid a deficiency in this item; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means an unduplicated count of families who apply for emergency assistance funded family shelter during the fiscal year; provided further, that the report shall include the total number of applications received, the number of families approved for shelter, the number of families denied shelter along with reasons for denials, the number of families who are approved for shelter benefits within 12 months of an initial denial, the home community of families receiving shelter, the number of families receiving shelter within each home community, the number of available shelter slots within each home community, the income level of families receiving shelter who had previously accessed state-funded programs to reduce homelessness and the programs that had been accessed, the composition of families receiving shelter, the reason that the household is seeking emergency family shelter, the reasons that families exit shelters by type of reason, including reasons for voluntary departure and termination, exiting families’ housing plans by type of plan, including type of housing arrangements, subsidy status, monthly rent, and gross monthly income, and any other information that the department determines to be necessary in evaluating the operation of the emergency assistance family shelters program; provided further, that the report shall also include information, by type of shelter, on average length of stay, average cost per household served, average number of shelter slots not used either as the result of no placement being made or of a placed family not making use of shelter, and an analysis of this information, including an analysis of causes relating to any significant differences in the data for each type of shelter; and provided further, that the report shall also include a status report on the outcomes of department-funded homelessness prevention initiatives or pilot programs, providing information on the nature and total cost of each such initiative, the number of families served by each such initiative, the average cost per family of each such initiative, the affordability and stability of housing or alternative shelter placements for prevention program recipients, including type of housing arrangement, subsidy status, monthly rent, and gross monthly income, and any other information that the department determines to be necessary in evaluating the operation of state-funded homeless prevention programs; provided further, that not less than $179,381 shall be obligated for the Crossroads Family Shelter in East Boston; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a contract with the St. Frances Samaritan House in Taunton.................... $73,650,000

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 grants 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 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 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....................................... $210,287,077

4406-3000
For the homelessness program to assist individuals who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless, including assistance to organizations which provide food, shelter, housing search and limited related services to the homeless and indigent; provided further, that no organization providing services to the homeless shall receive less than an average per bed/per night rate of $12.92; provided further, that the department may allocate funds to other agencies for the purposes of this program; provided further, that organizations which received funding in fiscal year 2006 shall receive at least the same amount in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that no funds may be expended for costs associated with the homeless management information system; and provided further, that funds appropriated to this item from item 1599-6901 shall be calculated and distributed separately from any additional rate increase provided.............................................. $35,239,061

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4406-3010
For a grant to the Home and Healthy for Good pilot program operated by the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance for the purpose of reducing the incidence of chronic homelessness in the commonwealth; provided, that the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance shall be solely responsible for the administration of this program; provided further, that the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance shall file a report with the clerks of the house, the commissioner of the department of transitional assistance and senate, and the chairpersons of the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than March 1, 2007 , detailing the implementation of this program; and provided further, that the report shall include information 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......................................................... $600,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

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 such aid under chapter 117A of the General Laws and regulations promulgated by the department and subject to the limitations of appropriation therefore; provided, that benefits under this item shall only be provided to residents who are citizens of the United States or qualified aliens or non-citizens otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that any such individual shall not be a 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 the individual’s capacity to support himself 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 chapter 118 and under the separate program; provided further, that no ex-offender, person over age 45 without a prior work history or person in a residential treatment facility shall be eligible for benefits under this program unless the person otherwise meets the eligibility criteria described in this item and defined by regulations of the department; 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 this program required by this item promptly and within the appropriation; provided further, that in initially implementing the program for this fiscal year, 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 amounts 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 chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement these eligibility or benefit changes or both; provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed as creating any right accruing to recipients of the former general relief program; provided further, that reimbursements collected from the 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, the funds made available in this item shall be the only funds available for the program, and the department shall not spend funds for the program in excess of the amount made available in this item; and provided further, that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 60 days before implementing any eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner shall file with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate a determination by the secretary of health and human services that available appropriations for the program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses and a report setting forth the proposed changes ................... $65,904,156

OFFICE OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Department of Public Health.

4510-0099
The department may expend not more than $6,000,000 in revenues collected from licensing, inspections and records for costs associated with the administration of the department....................... $6,000,000

4510-0100
For the operation of the department, the determination of need program, established under section 25C of chapter 111 of the General Laws, the health statistics program, including the operation of a cancer registry and occupational lung disease registry, and the continuation of the cardiac surgery data collection and validation program to collect and validate data from all hospitals in the commonwealth that perform open heart surgery; provided, that the position of assistant commissioner shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that state or federal funding for school-based abstinence education shall be used only in conjunction with the teaching of comprehensive sexuality education..................... $17,051,539

Department of Public Health.

4510-0106
For the end of life care commission, established by section 480 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000; provided, that not more than $100,000 shall be expended from revenues associated with grant and development activities .............................................. $100,000

4510-0110
For community health center services; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the elder health center in Saugus; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Cape Cod Free Clinic; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Duffy Health Center; provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for medical respite services provided by the Boston health care for the homeless program established pursuant to section 24J of chapter 111 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the department shall submit a tentative allocation schedule of the community health center grants to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 ....................................... $5,607,956

4510-0150
For the managed care program at community health centers known as CenterCare; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that $225,000 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 330(f)(1) of the United States Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. section 254c(f)(1); and provided further, that the department shall assist professional and nonprofit agencies dedicated to the advancement of the scope and nature of health care services delivered in communities by community health centers and to pursue available federal technical assistance funding $2,654,974

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

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 in accordance with 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 division of environmental epidemiology and toxicology for the purposes of chapter 111F of the General Laws the “Right-to-Know” law; provided, that the expenditures from this item for the fair packaging and labeling survey program shall be contingent upon the prior approval of the proper federal authorities for reimbursement of 100 per cent of the amounts so expended; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for a renal disease program administered by the National Kidney Foundation of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont for nutritional supplements and early intervention services for those affected by renal disease and those at risk of renal disease; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the purposes of research and prevention activities associated with Lyme Disease to be conducted by the Barnstable County Department of Health and The Environment; provided further, that not less than $14,800 shall be allocated to the Franklin Regional Council of Governments for costs associated with the regional public health program; provided further, that not less than $81,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of a statewide lupus database; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the ALS registry created by section 25A of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further, that $195,000 shall be expended for the purpose of the director of the bureau of environmental health assessment of the department of public health to continue an environmental risk assessment of the health impacts of the General Lawrence Logan Airport in the East Boston section of the city of Boston on any community that is located within a 5 mile radius of the airport and is potentially impacted by the airport; provided further, that the assessment may include, but not be limited to, examining incidences of respiratory diseases and cancers and performing medical and laboratory tests and examinations of residents of these communities; provided further, that the bureau shall report its findings, together with any recommended response actions by the commonwealth, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007; and provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for the purpose of siting or locating a low-level radio-active waste facility in the commonwealth..................... $3,509,106

4510-0615
The department may expend not more than $150,000 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 $1,374,195 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 revenues may be used for the costs of both programs, including the compensation of employees; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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................................ $1,524,195

4510-0616
The department may not expend more than $551,110 for a drug registration and monitoring program from revenues collected from fees charged to registered practitioners, including physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists and optometrists for controlled substance registration; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for the costs of personnel; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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.................................. $551,110

4510-0710
For the operation of the division of health care quality and the office of patient protection; provided, that the division shall be responsible for assuring the 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 the mentally retarded and the mentally ill, hospitals and infirmaries, including the inspection of ambulance services; provided further, that the division shall track and report the number and type of dementia or Alzheimer’s special care units in each facility; provided further, that the department shall provide quarterly reports of its findings to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the division shall coordinate its work with the board of registration in medicine and the various other boards of registration under the department of public health to promote quality patient care in facilities licensed by the department, shall report specific instances of preventable medical error that involve an individualized component investigated by the board of registration and a systemic or institutional component investigated by the division, the medical, administrative, educational and disciplinary outcomes of such instances of preventable medical error and the ways in which coordination promotes quality patient care, fairness and accuracy in disciplinary actions, and better provider and facility education; provided further, that investigators shall conduct investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation; provided further, that the division shall assign such investigators to perform their duties on staggered shifts which shall be established by the division in order to provide coverage adequate to ensure that all complaints of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation are investigated, and that the department shall investigate complaints during evening and weekend hours, as needed, to assess the validity of the complaint; provided further, that not less than 10 per cent of all routine surveys of the facilities are completed during evening or weekend hours; provided further, that the division shall minimize the need for payment of overtime to investigators in both emergent and non-emergent situations and shall not authorize the assignment of overtime hours for any investigator when the duties can be performed on a non-overtime basis by another investigator; 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 of the office of the attorney general under a comprehensive training program to be developed by the division and the unit; provided further, that the division shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the number of incident reports and, for those reports requiring investigations under section 72H of chapter 111 of the General Laws indicating for each such report, the time in which the division: (1) completed its investigation; (2) made an evaluation and determination of the validity of the report; (3) made a referral of such report to the appropriate agency or agencies; provided further, that if in any quarter the division maintains a backlog of cases requiring investigation that have not been investigated, evaluated and determined within the time frames established in section 72H of chapter 111, the division shall include in the report an explanation as to the reasons therefore; provided further, that the division shall include in the report a list of all instances of the payment of overtime for investigators and the justification therefore and in each quarter shall compare the overtime expenditures from this item with the overtime expenditures made in the corresponding quarter of fiscal year 2006; provided further, that the division shall continue to research and develop, in consultation with the nursing home industry and consumer representatives, appropriate confidential survey tools to assess consumer satisfaction in long-term care facilities; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended to study infant mortality rates in the Worcester area; provided further, that the division shall continue a comprehensive training, education and outreach program for nursing home administrators and managers and other supervisory personnel in long-term care to improve the quality of care in long-term care facilities; provided further, that the program shall promote the use of best practices, models of quality care-giving and the culture of workforce retention within the facilities and shall focus on systemic ways to reduce deficiencies; provided further, that $20,000 shall be expended for Bedside Advocates, Inc. for the development of a pilot project focused on transitional care for geriatric patients transitioning to their homes from acute care hospitals provided further, that services funded through this item shall include, but not be limited to: education, training, intervention, support, surveillance and evaluation; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on the results of the program not later than April 30, 2007 ................................... $7,994,057

4510-0712
The department may expend not more than $504,922 in revenues collected from the licensure of health facilities for program costs of the division of health care quality; provided, that the department may expend not more than $800,000 from revenues collected from individuals applying for emergency medical technician licensure and recertification; 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 revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system ..................................... $1,304,922

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4510-0720
For a scholarship program for certified nurses’ aide and direct care worker training; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that the department shall establish appropriate guidelines and application criteria for the administration of the program; provided further, that the scholarships shall cover the full cost of tuition to an approved certified nurses’ aide or long-term care direct worker training program, including approved programs providing for cross-training; provided further, that funds may also be available to provide adult basic education and English as a second language training for applicants otherwise meeting criteria for the scholarships, as well as pilot training programs using enhanced curricula designed to support increased retention; provided further, that the department shall, in consultation with the nursing home industry, consumer groups, the department of labor and workforce development, the Commonwealth Corporation, training providers and other appropriate state and local agencies, conduct outreach regarding the availability of such scholarships; provided further, that the department shall consult with the scholarship program advisory council and the extended care career ladder initiative to review and recommend new training requirements for certified nurses’ aides, home health aides and home care workers to improve the quality of the direct care workforce and the quality of care provided in all long-term care settings by developing skill standards, supporting the transition from training to work, improving retention, promoting portability, recognizing career advancement curricula and addressing language and education barriers; and provided further, that costs for outreach activities shall not exceed 5 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item and administrative costs of the program shall not exceed 5 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item $250,000

4510-0721
For the costs of personnel, administration, information technology, equipment, newsletters and other essential spending of the board of registration in nursing; provided, that the board shall prepare an annual report detailing the total number of cases referred to and investigated by the board, the resolution of these cases, the approximate number of cases assigned to each investigator and any increases or decreases in cases referred to the board in the previous 6 months; provided further, that the board shall submit the report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on public health and the commissioner of the department of public health; provided further, that the board shall prepare a compilation of cases involving preventable medical error that resulted in harm to a patient or health care provider for the purpose of assisting health care providers, hospitals and pharmacies to modify their practices and techniques to avoid error; and provided further, that the board shall submit the compilation to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on public health and the commissioner of the department of public health by January 4, 2007 , and shall make the compilation widely available, including by electronic means, to the public and to all hospitals, pharmacies and health care providers doing business in the commonwealth........... $1,562,322

4510-0722
For the costs of personnel, administration, newsletters, dues, travel, public information advertising, and other expenses of the board of registration in pharmacy; provided, that the board shall prepare an annual report detailing the total number of cases referred to and investigated by the board, the resolution of these cases, the approximate number of cases assigned to each investigator and any increases or decreases in cases referred to the board in the previous 6 months; provided further, that the board shall submit the report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on public health and the commissioner of the department of public health; provided further, that the board shall prepare a compilation of cases involving preventable medical error that resulted in harm to a patient or health care provider for the purpose of assisting health care providers, hospitals and pharmacies to modify their practices and techniques to avoid error; and provided further, that the board shall submit the compilation to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on public health and the commissioner of the department of public health by January 4, 2007 , and shall make the compilation widely available, including by electronic means, to the public and to all hospitals, pharmacies and health care providers doing business in the commonwealth............. $492,669

4510-0723
For the operation and administration of the board of medicine and the committee on acupuncture; provided, that the board of registration in medicine shall prepare an annual report addressing its activities with respect to licensing, enforcement, law and policy, patient safety, and other relevant topics, including, but not limited to, the total number of cases referred to and reviewed by the board, the resolution of the cases, the approximate number of cases assigned to each investigator, any increases or decreases in cases referred to the board in the previous 6 months, a compilation of cases from its patient care assessment program describing incidents involving preventable medical error that resulted in harm to patient or health care provider for the purpose of assisting the providers, hospitals, and pharmacies to modify their practices and techniques to avoid error, and any other relevant topics; provided further, that the board shall submit the report to the general court, house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing and the joint committee on public health by January 4, 2007 and shall make the compilation widely available, including by electronic means, to the public; and provided further, that the board shall promulgate rules and regulations to coordinate their patient care assessment program with the boards of nursing and pharmacy .................................. $2,318,414

4510-0725
For the costs of personnel, administration, public information advertising and other expenses of certain health boards of registration, including the boards of registration in dentistry, nursing home administrators, physician assistants, perfusionists and respiratory care......................................................... $427,803

4510-0726
The board of registration in medicine, including the physician profiles program, may expend revenues not to exceed $300,000 from new revenues associated with increased license and renewal fees....... $300,000

4510-0790
For regional emergency medical services; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that the regional emergency medical services councils, designated as such in accordance with 105 CMR 170.101 and the C- MED communications as of January 1, 1992 , shall remain the designated councils and C-MEDs; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly on the number of investigations of ambulance services performed by the inspectors and by inspectors funded in items 4510-0710 and 4510-0712 as well as the number of investigations pending at the end of each quarter and the reasons therefore; and provided further, that the department, in conjunction with the regional emergency services councils, notwithstanding section 27C of chapter 29 of the General Laws to the contrary, shall promulgate regulations to ensure that all basic, intermediate and paramedic emergency medical technicians are certified to use and have available epinephrine for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis............................................ $1,246,896

4510-0810
For a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner program, pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner program for the care of victims of sexual assault; provided, that the program shall be established by the department to operate under specific statewide protocols and by an on-call system of nurse examiners; and provided further that $202,000 shall be expended for a contract with the Massachusetts Children’s Alliance to support children’s advocacy centers in the commonwealth. $3,610,111

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4512-0103
For acquired immune deficiency syndrome services and programs; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that no funds shall be transferred into the AA object class; provided further, that particular attention shall be paid to direct the funding proportionately amongst each of the demographic groups afflicted by HIV/AIDS; provided further, that funds shall be expended for rental housing subsidies for the purposes of preventing admissions to acute hospitals, chronic hospitals and nursing homes for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome; provided further, that the department may contract for the administration of this program; provided further, that the costs of this administrative contract shall not be expended from this item; provided further, that rents payable by tenants shall not be less than 30 per cent of total household income if heat and cooking fuel are provided by the landlord and shall not be less than 25 per cent of total household income if heat and cooking fuel are not provided; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for subsidies for housing units in excess of the number of units funded on June 30, 1991 ; provided further, that the department shall not enter into any new housing contracts or expend funds for such new contracts in fiscal year 2007 that would fund units in excess of the number of units funded on June 30, 2006 ; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for disease research in fiscal year 2007.......................... $36,388,608

4512-0106
The department of public health may expend not more than $1,900,000 from revenues received from pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the section 340B rebate program administered by the federal health resources and services administration and office of drug pricing $1,900,000

4512-0200
For the division of substance abuse services, including a program to reimburse driver alcohol education programs for services provided for court adjudicated indigent clients; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further that the commissioner of public health shall ensure that monies spent pursuant to this line item is consistent with and proportionate to the level of need among the demographic populations of the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $4,000,000 shall be expended for the establishment of 60 community-based beds in locked down non-correctional settings for men who have been civilly committed to a substance abuse treatment program pursuant to section 35 of chapter 123 of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $961,324 shall be expended to Gavin Foundation for a male adolescent residential facility for substance abuse and rehabilitation services and for an adjoining female adolescent residential facility for substance abuse and rehabilitation services, totaling twenty-eight beds, located in the South Boston section of the City of Boston; provided further, that not less than $833,000 shall be expended for the Volunteers of America Rebound Youth Residential Recovery Program at Long Island Hospital in the city of Boston for substance abuse and rehabilitation services to youths with addictions; provided further, that not less than $750,350 shall be expended for a contract with STEP, Inc., for sobriety treatment, education and prevention; provided further, that $500,000 shall be expended for an opiate education and counseling competitive grant program in Suffolk county; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be provided to the Boston municipal court to fund treatment coordinators for the drug court program to treat nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders; provided further, that not less than $319,500 shall be expended for a contract with Gavin Foundation, Inc., to provide a Total Immersion program in conjunction with the probation departments of the South Boston division of the district courts, the Somerville division of the district court, the Hingham division of the district court, the Brighton division of the district court, and other district courts, and that the funding shall be expended for the maintenance of a training program by the Gavin Foundation for a statewide Total Immersion program; provided further, that the Gavin Foundation shall be contracted to provide the Total Immersion programs described in this item; provided further that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the restoration of 24-hour services at the Albany St. Shelter operated by the Cambridge and Somerville program for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Latino After School Initiative; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the New Beginnings program; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Barnstable Action for New Directions (BAND) program facilitated by the Gosnold Society of Cape Cod Inc., in conjunction with the Barnstable district court and the Cape and Islands district attorney; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Link House, Inc., in the town of Salisbury; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be provided to district courts to fund treatment coordinators for the drug court program to treat nonviolent, substance abusing offenders; for purposes of establishing transitional housing for women in recovery from substance abuse; provided further, that not less than $155,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and operation of the Intensive Outpatient Program at the South Boston Collaborative for the purposes of responding to adolescent suicide clusters and drug abuse in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the Berkshire County Youth Development Project for youth intervention services; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the Northern Educational Services, Inc., in Springfield, to operate the Youth Zone Program; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for Self Esteem Boston’s substance abuse direct service prevention programs and provider training programs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a contract with Bay Cove Human Services, Inc., for the purposes of establishing an independent licensed halfway house in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, in collaboration with the Charlestown Recovery House, Inc., for persons in recovery from alcoholism and chemical dependency; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the Russian Teens-at-Risk program operated by the Jewish Family Children's Service in the cities of Boston and Lynn and the town of Brookline; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Winchester Substance Abuse Coalition in the town of Winchester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Springfield Public Health Department for drug prevention outreach and education; provided further, that not less than $99,925 shall be expended for Latinas Y Ninos Center to provide a full-time child advocate parent educator specialist to attend to the needs of Latino women in recovery with a focus on pregnant women, new parents, and mother recently reunified with their children; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall expended for Franklin Medical Center’s Beacon Recovery Program at the Orange Recovery House; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be provided to Second Step, Inc. in the city of Newton for the provision of substance abuse prevention and education programs to the survivors of domestic violence and their children; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended to continue an Opiate Abuse Prevention and Intervention Program for Youth in the City of Melrose; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Tynan Community Centers Adolescence Wellness Program in the South Boston section of city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be provided to Project Cope, Inc., in Lynn for the prevention and education of the problems associated with Oxycontin and heroine use; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide victims' family support services and anti-violence advocacy programs; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for teens through programs provided by the Ashland Recreational Department; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for a pilot program in the city of Boston designed to foster healthy self-esteem and encourage positive social interaction among girls aged 12-19; and provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended in grants for the Framingham Coalition for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol abuse $61,647,392

4512-0201
For substance abuse step-down recovery services, otherwise 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 for any personnel-related costs; and provided further, that the department shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the number of individuals served by the step-down recovery services program $5,000,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4512-0225
The department of public health may expend not more than $1,000,000 for a compulsive gamblers’ treatment program from unclaimed prize money held in the State Lottery Fund for more than 1 year from the date of the drawing when the unclaimed prize money was won, and from the proceeds of a multi-jurisdictional lottery game under subsection (e) of section 24A of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that the state comptroller shall transfer the amount to the General Fund ......... $1,000,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4512-0500
For dental health services; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further that, of the amount appropriated in this item, funds shall be expended to maintain a program of dental services for the developmentally disabled; provided further, that not less than $122,000 shall be allotted to the Taunton Oral Health Clinic in the city of Taunton for the basic dental needs of moderate and low income residents of southeastern Massachusetts; and provided further, that the department shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a quarterly report on the number of children served by this dental health services program and the number of children waiting to be served by the program; and provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended to Harbor Health Services, Inc. for support and implementation of a model dental program that provides comprehensive dental care for low-income uninsured adults throughout the Cape........ $1,868,150

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4513-1000
For the operation of the bureau of family health services; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that not less than $4,600,000 shall be expended for comprehensive family planning services, including HIV counseling and testing, community based health education and outreach services, provided by agencies certified as comprehensive family planning agencies, family planning clinics and primary care services for women and children; provided further, that of $4,600,000, $150,000 shall be allocated for a statewide hotline and other efforts to implement chapter 91 of the acts of 2005; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for ROCA, Inc. for outreach and youth development for at-risk youth and young adults in Chelsea, Revere, and East Boston; provided further, that not less than $100,000 of said funds shall be expended for such programs in the Bowdoin/Geneva and the Uphams Corner/ North Dorchester sections of Boston; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Falmouth Family Planning; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Springfield Public Health Department; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Molly Bish Institute for Child Safety at Mount Wachusett Community College; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the Immigrants Assistance Center, Inc., in New Bedford for its unique bilingual AIDS education............................... $5,364,721

4513-1002
For women, infants and children’s (WIC) nutrition services in addition to funds received under the federal nutrition program; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that all new WIC cases, in excess of fiscal year 1991 caseload levels, shall be served in accordance with priority categories 1 through 7, as defined by the state WIC program; and provided further, that not less than $680,000 shall be expended for the Growth and Nutrition Program.......................... $13,059,523

4513-1010
The department of public health may expend not more than $3,500,000 in revenue received from the collection of federal financial participation for early intervention services delivered to Medicaid-eligible children by developmental educators and professionals in related disciplines; provided, 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 services funded in this item; and provided further, that the revenue may be used to pay for current and prior year claims.......................... $3,500,000

4513-1012
The department of public health may expend not more than $24,076,000 from revenues received from the federal cost-containment initiatives including, but not limited to, infant formula rebates and Northeast Dairy Compact reimbursements; provided that, for the purpose of accommodating 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 lesser of this authorization or the most-recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system .......................... $24,076,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4513-1020
For the early intervention program; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means 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 by third party payers for early intervention services for the following services categories: home visit, center-based individual, child-focused group, parent-focused group, 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 for a reserve 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 February 1, 2007; 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; and provided further, that nothing stated 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 not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the provision of cost reimbursement funding to certified Early Intervention programs ..... $32,956,637

4513-1021
For a rate increase for the early intervention program; provided, that $1,417,500 shall be expended to fund an 3 per cent rate increase for program services provided under items 4513-1020, 4000-0500, 4000-0700 and 4000-0860 to increase salaries and compensation for early intervention staff, effective July 1, 2006 ............. $1,417,500

4513-1023
For the costs associated with the implementation of the universal newborn hearing program; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; and provided further, that the 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 .......................................................... $83,060

4513-1026
For the provision of statewide and community-based suicide prevention, intervention, postvention, and surveillance activities and the implementation of a statewide suicide prevention plan.... $500,000

4513-1112
For a prostate cancer screening, education and treatment program; provided, that screening, education and treatment shall have a particular focus on the high rate of prostate cancer among African American males; provided further, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; and provided further, that funds expended on advertising shall only be spent for the express purpose of prostate cancer screening awareness ........ $1,300,000

4513-1113
For a program to raise public awareness and provide health care provider education on colorectal cancer, including dissemination of materials on preventing and screening the disease and cancer registry reporting; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from this item in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs ............ $250,000

4513-1114
For the purposes of the Hepatitis C program, including mitigating the effects of Hepatitis C; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that funds shall be expended to increase public awareness and provide health care provider information; provided further, that awareness efforts shall be presented in multiple languages and in a culturally appropriate manner where applicable; provided further, that Hepatitis C prevention, counseling and testing and case management services shall be integrated into existing substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and STD service programs; and provided further, that funds in this item shall supplement, and not supplant, funding for such purposes in item 4580-1000.... $662,876

4513-1115
For a multiple sclerosis screening, information, education and treatment program; provided, that no state employees shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for the Multiple Sclerosis Home Living Independently Navigating Key Services program administered by the Central New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to maximize matching dollars from the Society, to be used exclusively for the purposes of the program ......................................................... $162,368

4513-1121
For a statewide STOP stroke program; provided, that this program shall expend funds to educate the public and providers, including emergency medical systems personnel, medical dispatchers, fire and police department personnel and out-patient facilities intake and discharge personnel, about the warning signs of stroke, the recognition of stroke symptoms and the importance of timely and appropriate acute care treatment; provided further, that this program shall expend funds, as appropriate, to support initiatives related to primary stroke services regulations throughout all regions of the commonwealth, including telemedicine infrastructure, community education efforts and other needed supports; provided further, that the department shall coordinate such program with any ongoing federally-funded statewide efforts, including any program funded by federal cardiovascular health initiative grants; and provided further, that the program shall seek to maximize, through grant development or public-private partnerships, available sources of funding to accomplish the goals of the program $300,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4513-1130
For the domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and treatment program; provided, that of the amount appropriated in this item, funds shall be expended for rape prevention and victim services, including the statewide Spanish language hotline for sexual abuse and statewide suicide and violence prevention outreach to gay and lesbian youth; provided further, that not less than $158,000 shall be expended for the public health model of community engagement and intervention services and crisis housing for sexual violence and intimate partner violence in the GLBT community .................................... $3,735,066

4516-0263
The department of public health may expend not more than $1,486,551 in revenues from various blood lead testing fees collected from insurers and individuals for the purpose of conducting such tests; 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 lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore, as reported in the state accounting system $1,486,551

4516-1000
For the administration of the center for laboratory and communicable disease control, including the division of communicable venereal diseases, the division of tuberculosis control and the state laboratory institute; provided, that the department shall give priority to the analysis of samples used in the prosecution of controlled substances offenses; provided further, that funds shall be expended for an eastern encephalitis testing program and for tuberculosis testing and treatment services; 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; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for the purchase of equipment for the drug laboratory at the state laboratory institute; provided further, that not less than $240,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of the statewide rabies control program, coordinated by the department of public health, providing assistance to cities, towns and the public and for the interagency collaboration through the rabies advisory committee, the 24-hour epidemiological and clinical consultation for rabies exposures and the rapid laboratory diagnostic services; provided further, of the $240,000, not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the continuation of the Oral Rabies Vaccine Project on Cape Cod operated through a contract with Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in collaboration with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for the purpose of an interagency service agreement with the University of Massachusetts Medical School for the department’s share of the cost of occupancy, including the cost of facility support personnel, for the state laboratory institute.................................. $12,277,658

4516-1022
The department may expend not more than $300,000 generated by fees collected from insurers for tuberculosis tests performed at the state laboratory institute; provided, that revenues collected may be used to supplement the costs of the state lab; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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 lesser of this authorization or the most-recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system..... $300,000

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4518-0200
The department may expend not more than $261,687 generated by fees collected from the following services provided at the registry of vital records and statistics: amendments of vital records, requests for vital records not issued in person at the registry and research requests performed by registry staff at the registry; provided, that revenues so collected may be used for all program costs, including the compensation of employees; provided further, that the registrar of vital records and statistics shall exempt from payment of a fee any person requesting a copy of a birth certificate for the purpose of establishing eligibility for Medicaid; and provided further, that, for the purpose of accommodating 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 lesser of this authorization or the most-recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system.............................. $261,687

4530-9000
For teenage pregnancy prevention services; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that applications for such funds shall be administered through the department upon receipt and approval of coordinated community service plans to be evaluated in accordance with 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 $100,000 shall be expended for teen pregnancy prevention services in the town of Orange; provided further that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the Berkshire Coalition to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy in the Berkshire region; provided further that $50,000 shall be expended for teen pregnancy prevention programs in the town of Southbridge; provided further, that the department shall contract directly with vendors of teenage pregnancy prevention services; and provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be provided to Girls, Inc., of Lynn for teen pregnancy prevention..... $2,022,357

4570-1500
For an early breast cancer detection program, mammographies for the uninsured and a breast cancer detection public awareness program; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; and provided further, that not less than $107,500 shall be expended for the Silent Spring Institute to complete the household exposure study........................... $3,362,768

4580-1000
For the universal immunization program and the purchase and distribution of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; and provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for administrative or energy expenses of the department not directly related to programs funded in this item...... $36,771,508

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4590-0250
For school health services and school-based health centers in public and non-public schools; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that services shall include, but not be limited to: (1) strengthening the infrastructure of school health services in the areas of personnel and policy development, programming, and interdisciplinary collaboration; (2) developing linkages between school health services programs and community health providers; (3) incorporating health education programs, including tobacco prevention and cessation activities in school curricula and in the provision of school based health services; and (4) incorporating obesity prevention programs, including nutrition and wellness programs in school curricula to address the nutrition and lifestyle habits needed for healthy development; provided further, that the services shall meet standards and eligibility guidelines established by the department of public health in consultation with the department of education; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for mental health and substance abuse services in school-based health centers; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the commission on gay and lesbian youth; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the North Quabbin Community Coalition for support and implementation of four model community coalitions and community capacity building activities; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the H.E.L.P. program so-called, for black males health; provided further, that not less than $15,000,000 shall be expended for school nurses and school based health centers; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the Childhood Obesity School Nutrition Pilot Project within the department of public health to initiate or maintain school lunch programs focused on diminishing the epidemic of childhood obesity; provided further, that food service providers, working with public schools, wishing to institute or maintain a school nutrition program designed to reduce childhood obesity, may submit an application to the department of public health indicating the various nutritional and educational steps the school plans to implement with the grant, not to exceed $10,000 per school per year; provided further, that eligible programs must focus on providing healthier choices for lunch programs and provide incentives and information to make healthier meal choices in the school lunch line; provided further one or more schools may be included in an application; and provided further, that grant applications and other appropriate criteria shall be determined and reviewed by the department............................ $16,730,544

4590-0300
For smoking prevention and cessation programs; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA subsidiary for any personnel-related costs ....................................................... $4,250,000

4590-0912
The department may expend an amount not to exceed $14,829,827 from reimbursements collected for western Massachusetts hospital services, subject to the approval of the commissioner of public health; provided, that such revenues may be expended for the purpose of hospital-related costs, including personnel, capital expenditures, DD object class chargebacks and motor vehicle replacement; provided further, that all revenues expended shall be pursuant to schedules submitted to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the western Massachusetts hospital shall be eligible to receive and retain full reimbursement from the medical assistance program of the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the western Massachusetts hospital shall reimburse the General Fund for a portion of employee benefit expenses, according to a schedule submitted by the commissioner of public health and approved by the secretary for administration and finance; provided further, that such reimbursement shall not exceed 10 per cent of total personnel costs for the hospital; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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 lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be expended for administrative, space or energy expenses of the department not directly related to personnel or programs funded in this item.......................... $14,829,827

4590-0913
The department of public health Lemuel Shattuck hospital may not expend more than $500,000 in revenues collected from private medical vendors for the purposes of funding expenses for services provided to inmates of county correctional facilities which have privatized medical care; provided that, for the purpose of accommodating 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 lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system......................................................... $500,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4590-0915
For the maintenance and operation of Tewksbury hospital, Massachusetts hospital school, Lemuel Shattuck hospital and the hospital bureau, including the state office of pharmacy services; provided, that all revenue generated by the hospitals shall be credited to the General Fund; 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; provided further, that Tewksbury hospital shall not be used to house county, state or other prisoners; provided further, that the department shall take no action to reduce or realign the client population and services at Tewksbury hospital unless such action results in alternative service delivery in an appropriate and cost-effective method of care; provided further, that staffing configurations at Tewksbury hospital shall be consistent with the client population and service realignment; provided further, that not less than $2,790,000 shall be expended for the creation of a children’s specialty care unit at Massachusetts hospital school; provided further, that $275,000 shall be made available for the third of 6 annual TELP payments for a CT scanner procured for Lemuel Shattuck hospital; provided further, that reimbursements received for medical services provided at the Lemuel Shattuck hospital to inmates of county correctional facilities not managed by private health care vendors shall be credited to item 4590-0903 of section 2B; and provided further, that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall seek to obtain federal financial participation for care provided to inmates of the department of correction and of county correctional facilities who are treated at the public health hospitals.............................. $128,956,272

OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
Department of Social Services.

4800-0015
For central and area office administration; provided, that the associated expenses of employees whose AA 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 latter department 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, is more appropriate for group care; provided further, that the department, in consultation with the department of mental health, shall establish guidelines to assist the latter department in making such assessments and recommendations; provided further, that, unless otherwise authorized, all funds, including federal reimbursements received by the department shall be credited to the General Fund; and provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended to hire medical staff for each region of the commonwealth to collaborate with the department’s social workers, ensuring a multi-disciplinary response to reports of abuse and neglect and increasing the department's capacity to perform medical evaluations............... $75,563,750

4800-0016
The department of social services may expend for the operation of the transitional employment program an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from revenues collected from various state, county and municipal government entities, as well as state authorities, for the costs related to the provision of services by the participants and the overhead costs and expenses incurred by the not-for-profit managing agent selected by the commissioner for administering the program; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of social services 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 ageing out population, parolees, probationers, youth service releasees, or other community residents considered to have employment needs.................................................. $2,000,000

4800-0025
For foster care review services........................ $2,821,775

4800-0036
For a sexual abuse intervention network program to be administered in conjunction with the district attorneys; provided, that each district attorney shall receive not less than the amount it received in the previous fiscal year for the sexual abuse intervention program $737,464

4800-0038
For stabilization, unification, reunification, permanency, adoption, guardianship and foster care services provided by the department of social services; provided, that services funded through this item shall include shelter services, substance abuse treatment, family reunification networks, young parent programs, parent aides, education and counseling services, family preservation 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, support services for foster, kinship and adoptive families and juvenile firesetter programs; provided further, that any child who would have been eligible for a clothing benefit under regulations in place on January 1, 2006, shall receive a clothing benefit in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that not later than February 17 of the current fiscal year, the department shall provide to the house and senate committees on ways and means a recommendation on whether or not to discontinue any program, including earmarked programs, the cost of which, per unit of service or service outcomes, do not fall within a reasonable standard; provided further, that the department shall submit to the chairs of the joint committee on children and families and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means an implementation plan for its re-procured system of care not later than August 15, 2006 and shall report quarterly to the committees on the status of the implementation progress; provided further, that the report shall contain information on the 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; provided further, that the report shall also contain the number of families receiving multiple 51As 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; provided further, that not less than $2,300,000 shall be expended for the Young Parent Support Program; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended on the recruitment and retention of foster parents; provided further, that not less than $348,850 shall be expended for Latinas y Ninos and Casa Esperanza; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for a statewide contract with Northeastern University for a violence prevention and conflict resolution program; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for Massachusetts Families for Kids; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for Summerhill House in Norwood; provided further, that not less than $298,000 shall be expended for alternative schools for students aged 14 to 16, inclusive, who are placed before the court on child in need of services petitions in region 6; provided further, that not less than $257,000 shall be expended for the Laboure Center in South Boston; provided further, that not less $250,000 shall be expended on the juvenile firesetters program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the operation of a juvenile firesetters program to be operated by the Massachusetts Coalition for Juvenile Firesetters Intervention Programs; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to support the family center component of the Greater Lowell Family Resource Center; provided further, that not less than $187,500 shall be expended for the Center for Family Connections to provide therapeutic and rehabilitative mental health services, targeted research on well-being outcomes and permanency planning for older, hard-to-place youth and those aging out of the system; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a contract with Julie's Family Learning program in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not more than $140,000 shall be expended for the Comprehensive School Age Parenting Program, Inc., for maintaining and expanding its year-round school based programs in Boston high schools, middle schools, pilot schools and small school education complexes for pregnant teens, teen mothers and fathers, and other youth at high risk for school dropout; provided further, that not less than $130,000 shall be expended for the Children's Cove Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for North End Outreach Network of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the South End Community Center of Springfield, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a family re-unification program operated by Aid to Incarcerated Mothers to maintain strong parent-child relationships during a mother’s incarceration; provided further, that not less than $104,123 shall be expended on the Teen Parenting program at Framingham High School; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Healthy Families program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Dunbar Community Center in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Families United for Teens’ Health; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Alive with Awareness, Knowledge, and Empowerment of Springfield, Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended by the Framingham office of the department of social services for the Metrowest Campership program operated by the Ashland youth advisory board; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purpose of providing case management services for the Amity Transitional Housing program in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Family Service, Inc., of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for a contract with Big Brothers and Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Concilio Hispano in Somerville; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Centro Presente of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Association of Portuguese Speakers of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Haitian Coalition of Somerville; and provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for a contract with child and family services of Cape Cod for the court diversion program.................................... $281,277,809

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4800-0041
For group care services; provided, that funds may be expended from this item to provide intensive community based services to children who would otherwise be placed in residential settings; provided further, that the department shall form area review teams that shall evaluate the feasibility of maintaining the child in the community in this manner wherever possible before recommending placement in a residential setting; and provided further, that the department shall provide quarterly reports to the chairs of the joint committee on children and families and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the number of children diverted from residential settings, the programs in which they were placed, the associated cost savings from the diversion and any other measurements that would help assess the success of these programs in promoting the health and well-being of children.................................... $235,963,159

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

4800-0091
The department of social services may expend not more than $3,000,000 in federal reimbursements received under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act during fiscal year 2007 for the purposes of developing a training institute for professional development of social workers at the department of social services with the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Salem State College; provided, that for the purposes of accommodating 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 lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 or any other general or special law to the contrary, federal reimbursements received in excess of $3,000,000 shall be credited to the General Fund; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for lease-purchases or the Family-Net system. $3,000,000

4800-0151
For a program to provide alternative overnight non-secure placements for status offenders and nonviolent delinquent youths up to the age of 17 in order to prevent the inappropriate use of juvenile cells in police stations for such offenders, in compliance with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; provided, that the programs which provide the alternative non-secure placements shall collaborate with the appropriate county 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, if not altogether eliminate, juvenile crime; provided further, that the department of social services shall file a report detailing the number of children in need of services as defined in section 21 of chapter 119, for whom a parent or legal guardian, police officer or supervisor of attendance appointed pursuant to section 19 of chapter 76 seeks assistance; provided further, that the department of social services shall compile this report in collaboration with the juvenile court, the department of probation, the department of mental health, the department of youth services, the department of education and the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the review shall contain information on the demographics of the population of children served, the contacts a child has with executive of judicial agencies and departments, the service needs identified for each child, recidivism rates and the outcome of individual cases; provided further, that information identifying individual persons shall not be included in this report; and provided further, that the department of social services in collaboration with those agencies, shall report its findings to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on children and families no later than October 15, 2006 ..... $310,743

4800-1100
For the AA object class costs of the department’s social workers; provided, that funds shall be directed toward mitigating social worker caseloads in those area offices furthest above the statewide weighted caseload standard and toward achieving a social worker caseload ratio of 18 to 1 statewide; provided further, that the department shall report monthly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the current social worker caseloads by type of case and level of social worker assigned to cases, the caseload ratio of each social worker with a caseload ratio in excess of 18 to 1, the office in which each of the social workers works and the total number of social workers in excess of the 18 to 1 ratio by region; 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; and provided further, that any other payroll or administrative expenses associated with the management or support of such employees shall be paid from item 4800-0015 ................... $143,124,721

4800-1400
For shelters and support services for people at risk of domestic violence; provided, that the department shall pursue the establishment of public-private partnership agreements established for family stabilization services funded from sources other than the commonwealth; provided further, that services shall include supervised visitation programs, certified batterer intervention programs for indigent batterers and their families, and scattered site transitional housing programs, including programs to assist victims of domestic violence in finding and maintaining permanent housing; provided further, that participants in battered women's programs shall be provided with information regarding local transitional housing resources; provided further, that funding shall be made available to enhance counseling services for children who have witnessed domestic violence; provided further, that funding shall be made available for emergency shelters for substance abusing battered women; provided further, that funding shall be made available for a statewide domestic violence hotline; provided further, that the department shall continue to provide any match funding required by federal program regulations; provided further, that domestic violence prevention specialists shall be funded from this item; provided further, that not less than $1,037,000 shall be expended for the YWCA battered Women’s shelter in Springfield; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a contract with Sylvia’s Haven Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a domestic violence prevention program called ‘Teens-At-Risk’, operated by Portal To Hope for the communities of Everett, Lynn, Malden and Medford without the need of approval by the commissioner of public health; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the Western Mass Women's Initiative Survivor's Project, operated by the Turners Falls Women's Center, in Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire Counties; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the Planned Learning Achievement for Youth program in Amherst, in collaboration with the department of education through an interagency service agreement; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the On the Rise shelter for homeless women in the city of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Words not Weapons mentoring project in Saugus; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Southern Hilltown Domestic Violence Coalition; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the domestic abuse response team which serves the Ipswich district court; and provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Melrose Alliance Against Violence..................... $21,688,691

The Governor disapproved the following item:

4800-2025
For funds to supplement existing resources in order to facilitate the implementation of the family networks system of care; provided, that the commissioner shall be authorized to transfer funds appropriated herein to items 4800-0038, 4800-0041 and 4800-1100 for the purpose of facilitating expeditious case management and coordination of services for the care and protection of children; provided further, that funds may be expended for additional social workers to ensure appropriate oversight of abuse and neglect cases; provided further, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 16, 2007 , which shall include, but not limited to, detailed use of funds appropriated herein, the number of additional individuals able to receive services, the enhancement of supports to existing clients of the department, opportunities for caseload reduction to ensure appropriate and timely screening of abuse and neglect reports, and the addition of personnel determined to be necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the department; and provided further, that these funds shall not annualize in fiscal year 2008 to an amount exceeding $3,000,000 ................ $3,000,000

OFFICE OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Department of Mental Health.

5011-0100
For the operation of the department; provided, that the department shall not refer or discharge a child or adolescent to the custody or care of the department of social services until the department of mental health forwards its assessment and recommendation as to whether the child or adolescent is appropriate for foster care or, due to severe emotional disturbance, is more appropriate for group care; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of mental health shall report annually to the house and senate committees on ways and means on civil commitments $39,014,072

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 for the purpose of funding 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 submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 16, 2007 on the results of the collaboration between the department and the other departments within the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the report shall detail the current status of the implementation of clinically appropriate service models for that population of children and adolescents, remaining disparities in the service system which require children and adolescents to be served in unnecessarily restrictive or otherwise clinically inappropriate settings and changes during fiscal years 2005 and 2006 in the clinical acuity of children and adolescents; provided further, that not less than $2,500,000 shall be expended for the Child Psychiatric Access project; and provided further, that not less than $1,800,000 shall be expended from this item in fiscal year 2006 to ensure that a licensed practitioner or a licensed nurse administers medication to children and adolescents whose mental health services are delivered by public or private providers of those services......... $72,539,666

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

5046-0000
For adult mental health and support services; provided, that the department shall allocate funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from item 5095-0015, to this item, as necessary, pursuant to allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to any such transfer, for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving care at department facilities; provided further, that not less than $6,000,000 shall be expended for services for clients of the department who are aging into the adult system from the child/adolescent mental health system or other systems of care if the clients meet the clinical eligibility criteria of the department; provided further, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than July 15, 2006 on the feasibility of expanding this diversion program to other regions of the commonwealth; 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 2007 not later than February 1, 2007; provided further, that not less than $2,750,000 shall be expended on the expansion of housing for the homeless mentally ill; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for jail diversion programs; provided further, that of that $200,000, $100,000 shall be expended for the jail diversion program in Framingham; provided further, that not less that $300,000 shall be expended to help create a pre-arrest jail diversion grant program at the Department of Mental Health to fund five (5) new programs, but not more then $300,000 shall be expended for the creation of said programs; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended on expansion of employment support services at the Fairwinds Clubhouse in Falmouth; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Trauma Center at Riverside Community Care for the purposes of hiring a director and to ensure rapid response to traumatic events including but not limited to suicides; and provided further, that not less than $1,900,000 shall be expended on mental health research...................................... $304,932,778

5046-2000
For homelessness services; provided, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the provision of health services to the homeless and un­insured by Primary Care and Mental Health, Inc. located in the city of Lynn ................................................. $22,337,091

5046-4000
The department of mental health may expend not more than $125,000 in revenue collected from occupancy fees charged to the tenants in the creative housing option in community environments, the CHOICE program authorized by chapter 167 of the acts of 1987; provided, that all fees collected under that program shall be expended for the routine maintenance and repair of facilities in the CHOICE program including the costs of personnel....................................... $125,000

5047-0001
For emergency service programs and acute inpatient mental health care services; provided, that the department shall continue an interagency service agreement with the executive office of health and human services for the purchase of services and for such other services as the agreement may provide including, but not limited to, acute inpatient care and diversionary services; provided further, that the most recent savings projection from the implementation of the agreement may be expended for community services in the MM object class of this item; 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 .................... $31,505,565

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

5047-0002
The department of mental health may expend not more than $5,287,427 in revenue collected from services rendered in emergency programs and acute inpatient and diversionary settings on continuing care services in the community; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating 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....................................................... $5,287,427

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

5055-0000
For forensic services provided by the department; provided, that no less than $500,000 shall be expended to sustain and expand services provided through juvenile court clinics......................... $6,607,903

5095-0015
For the operation of adult inpatient facilities, including the community mental heath centers; provided, that in order to comply with the Olmstead decision and to enhance care within available resources to clients served by the department, the department shall take steps to consolidate or close psychiatric hospitals managed by the department and shall endeavor within available resources to discharge clients residing in the inpatient facilities to residential services in the community when the following criteria are met: 1) the client is deemed clinically suited for a more integrated setting; 2) community residential service capacity and resources available are sufficient to provide each client with an equal or improved level of service; and 3) 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 better than the care that had been received at the closed facility; provided further, that no action to reduce the client population of the Worcester or Westborough facilities for the sole purpose of closing the hospital shall be undertaken, and no steps shall be taken to close the institution through attrition, layoffs or any other means, until a study of the hospital building plan is completed and the general court shall have approved the closure of Worcester state hospital and Westborough state hospital; and provided further, that the department may allocate funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from this item to item 5046-0000, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any transfer, for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at the centers and facilities..................................................... $164,026,488

Department of Mental Retardation

5911-1000
For the administration of the department of mental retardation; provided, that the department shall not charge user fees for transportation or community day services; and provided further, that the department shall not charge fees for eligibility determination for services provided by the department or for applications of requests for transfer of guardianship; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in fiscal year 2007 the comptroller shall transfer from the Department of Mental Retardation Trust Fund established under section 2RRR of chapter 29 of the General Laws an amount sufficient to reflect the costs of the assessment on public facilities collected under section 27 of chapter 118G of the General Laws and an amount sufficient to fund rate increases for services provided to MassHealth members by nonpublic intermediate care facilities and community-based residences; provided further, the comptroller shall transfer the federal financial participation received as a result of expenditures funded by the assessments to an account established for the department of mental retardation to administer for the purposes described above; and provided further, that the assessments shall not be collected and the expenditures shall not be authorized until the department of mental retardation and the executive office of health and human services certify the receipt of federal approval of any home and community-based waiver amendments and related Title XIX state plan amendments, if required.......................... $13,324,093

5911-2000
For transportation costs associated with the adult services program; provided, that the department shall provide transportation on the basis of priority of need as determined by the department .. $14,052,195

5920-1000
For the operation of regional and area offices of the department; provided, that the department shall submit a semi-annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total number of service coordinators within the department, the number of consumers served by said coordinators, and the amount of time spent per month per consumer ............................................ $55,914,599

The Governor reduced the following item:

5920-2000
For vendor-operated community-based residential adult services, including intensive individual supports; provided, that $9,520,000 shall be expended in annualized funding for turning 22 clients who began receiving the services in fiscal year 2006 pursuant to item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 45 of the acts of 2005; provided further, that $8,250,000 shall be expended for the fiscal year 2006 annualized cost of the settlement agreement Rolland vs. Cellucci, Cellucci and $5,000,000 shall be expended for the fiscal year 2007 cost of the settlement; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of mental retardation shall transfer funds from this item to item 5920- 2010, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of said funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before any such transfer; provided further, that not more than $5,000,000 shall be transferred from this item in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be allocated for Special Olympics for the purpose of unified sports; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for Best Buddies Massachusetts; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Advocacy Resource Center in New Bedford to provide critical family support services in the area of community-based resident education for special needs children; and provided further, that not less that $100,000 shall be provided for GROW in Stoughton $524,742,492 $6,467,670

5920-2006
For the implementation of a residential rate initiative; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than January 18, 2007 detailing the use of these funds to establish a rate system for vendor operated residential services............................................... $2,000,000

5920-2010
For state-operated community-based residential services for adults, including community-based health services for adults; provided, that the department shall maximize federal reimbursement, whenever possible under federal regulation, for the direct and indirect costs of services provided by the employees funded in this item ....... $121,998,709

5920-2020
For compliance with the terms of the settlement agreement, dated December 19, 2000 , and entered into by the parties of Boulet v. Cellucci, Civil Action No. 99-CV-10617- DPW , filed in the United States District Court of Massachusetts in order to provide services to the clients of the department on the waiting list on July 14, 2000 ...................................................... $86,361,602

5920-2025
For community-based day and work programs for adults and for $2,720,000 in annualized funding for Turning 22 clients who began receiving services in fiscal year 2006 under item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 45 of the acts of 2005; provided, that an additional $304,000 shall be expended on a contract with Work, Inc. for enhanced or expanded services to clients; and provided further, that not less that $100,000 shall be expended for the Life Focus Center in the Charlestown section of the City of Boston................................ $117,434,430

5920-3000
For respite services and intensive family supports and for $1,360,000 in annualized funding for Turning 22 clients who began receiving services in fiscal year 2006 pursuant to item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 45 of the acts of 2005; provided, that the department shall pursue the highest rates of federal reimbursement possible for such services ...................................................... $53,094,228

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

5920-3010
For contracted support services for families with autistic children through the autism division at the department of mental retardation; provided, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the purposes of a contract with Melmark New England, Inc. to provide training and support to families, educational collaboratives and public school districts on methods for coping with behavioral challenges associated with children who have autism spectrum disorders; provided further, that the home and community-based services waiver application submitted under chapter 107 of the acts of 2005 shall be submitted no later than July 31, 2006 ; provided further, that at a minimum, this waiver shall include children with autism spectrum disorder ages 0-8, including children with autism spectrum disorder ages 0-3 receiving services through the department of public health; provided further, that no less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the purposes of providing services under this waiver;; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education on the number of contracted support services provided for families with autistic children under this item, and the costs associated with those services, not later than March 1, 2007 ; and provided further, that the department shall submit copies of this waiver to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committees on education no later than July 31, 2006 .... $3,000,000

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

5920-5000
For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2007; provided, that the amount appropriated under this item shall not annualize to more than $17,664,660 in fiscal year 2008; provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 2, 2007 , 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 $8,500,000

5930-1000
For the operation of facilities for the mentally retarded, including the maintenance and operation of the Glavin Regional Center; provided, that in order to comply with the provisions of the Olmstead decision and to enhance care within available resources to clients served by the department, the department shall take steps to consolidate or close intermittent care facilities for the mentally retarded, in this item called ‘ICF/MRs’, managed by the department and shall endeavor, within available resources, to discharge clients residing in the ICF/MRs to residential services in the community if the following criteria are met: 1) the client is deemed clinically suited for a more integrated setting; 2) community residential service capacity and resources available are sufficient to provide each client with an equal or improved level of service; and 3) 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 ICF/MRs; provided further, that any client transferred to another ICF/MR as the result of a facility closure shall receive a level of care that is equal to or better than the care that had been received at the closed ICF/MR; provided further, that the department shall report to the joint committee on human services and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the progress of this initiative, including both past actions and proposed future actions; provided further, that the report shall include information relative to the status of residents of the Fernald Developmental Center; provided further, that the report shall include: the number of clients transferred from facility care into the community, the community supports provided to clients discharged from facility care into the community and the current facility bed capacity relative to the number of clients in ICF/MRs managed by the department; provided further, the report shall also include steps being taken to help minimize increases in travel distances for family members visiting clients at ICF/MRs resulting from the transfer of clients from one ICF/MR to another; provided further, that the department shall submit the report no later than February 15, 2007; provided further, that the Fernald Development Center shall not be closed before October 31, 2006 to ensure adequate community, client, and family member input into the closure planning process; provided further, that the department of mental retardation shall submit a plan regarding community transitions from ICF/MRs by January 1, 2007 to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that this plan shall detail the transition of clients from the school to appropriate settings; provided further, that the plan shall include consideration for the transition of employees of the school into community setting with their clients in order to ensure continuity of service wherever possible; provided further, that the plan shall be subject to the approval of the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the department may allocate funds from this item to items 5920-2000, 5920-2010, and 5920-2025, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any transfer, for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at ICF/MRs; and provided further, that the department shall maximize federal reimbursement, whenever possible under federal regulation, for the direct and indirect costs of services provided by the employees funded in this item........ $172,013,458

5982-1000
The department of mental retardation may expend not more than $100,000 accrued through the sale of milk and other farm-related and forestry products at the Templeton Developmental Center for program costs of the center, including supplies, equipment and maintenance of the facility; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary and 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 therefore as reported in the state accounting system ....................................... $100,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION.
Office Of The Secretary.

6000-0100
For the office of the secretary of transportation; provided, that the office shall collaborate with the department of transitional assistance in its efforts to develop a program of transportation services for current and former recipients of the transitional aid to families with dependent children program pursuant to item 4401-1000; provided further, that the office shall submit to the joint committee on transportation and the house and senate committees on ways and means monthly reports detailing projects funded through the statewide transportation improvement program including, but not limited to, the location of the projects, the cost of the projects, the date of advertisement of the projects, the commencement date of the projects, the projected completion date of the projects and the source of funds for the projects; provided further, that the office shall also provide the committees with quarterly reports detailing construction and reconstruction projects on town and county ways as described in paragraph (a) of clause (2) of the first paragraph of section 34 of chapter 90 of the General Laws for which municipalities are projected to seek, have filed claims or have been paid state reimbursement; provided further, that a city or town shall comply with the procedures established by the secretary to obtain the necessary information to produce the reports; provided further, that the reports shall include, but not be limited to, the cost of the projects by city or town, the source of funding of the projects by city or town and the commencement and completion dates of the projects by city or town; provided further, that the secretary of the executive office of transportation, in collaboration with the commissioner of highways, shall file a report each year with the joint committee on transportation and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than June 30, 2007; provided further, funds may be expended for costs associated with the special transportation finance commission established under section 13 of chapter 196 of the acts of 2004; provided further, that the report shall include spending in the commonwealth through the statewide road and bridge program, the Chapter 90 program, the Small Town Road Assistance Program and all other programs expending funds for road and bridge projects within the commonwealth; provided further, that the report shall detail the location of the project by city or town, a brief project description, the project cost, the expected completion date, the source of funding and any other information deemed necessary; provided further, that the office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means quarterly reports detailing all personnel-related expenditures made from capital funds; provided further, that the reports shall delineate for the executive office and for each agency, board, authority or commission under its control, the amounts paid in the prior quarter as compensation for each type of position assigned to capital projects that were charged to each such funding source; provided further, that the reports shall also delineate by funding source any other amounts paid for personnel-related costs that were charged to those funds, including payroll allocations for budgetary employees, fringe recovery and other chargebacks; provided further, that the reports shall identify the number of full time equivalent personnel classified in each position type; provided further, that the reports shall list all employees who are paid from this item and items 6010-0002 and 6006-0003 who also receive payments from any capital funds; provided further, that the reports shall include for each of those employees how much money the employees receive from the items and how much money each employee receives from any capital funds; provided further, that the reports shall delineate the information for full-time employees, part-time employees and contracted personnel; provided further, 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 secretary shall transfer employees from the registry of motor vehicles and the Massachusetts aeronautics commission to improve administrative efficiencies as outlined in chapter 196 of the acts of 2004; provided further, that the executive office of transportation shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 4, 2007 detailing the merger of the staff that were transferred from the registry of motor vehicles and the Massachusetts aeronautics commission; and provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the number of full time equivalent positions delineated by, item of appropriation and position number, job title and job code for that are transferred to this item of appropriation, (2) any efficiencies that have been achieved from said merger, including a list of internal support services such as finance, human resources, planning, engineering, and management, (3) details of how the staff have been reassigned and how they have adjusted to said merger, (4) a list of all duplicative efforts and inefficient systems that have been eliminated, (5) a list of any resources that have been shared, and (6) a list of any other efficiencies that have been achieved because of said merger; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the purpose of a grant to the Northampton Youth and Community Rowing Association ........................................... $5,077,253

Highway Fund.......................... 100.0%

6000-0110
For the purpose of property management and maintenance of railroad properties owned by the executive office of transportation on behalf of the commonwealth, including the cost of personnel; provided, that the office may expend an amount not to exceed $27,344 from the rents and fees received pursuant to section 4 of chapter 161C of the General Laws .......................................................... $27,344

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

6000-0200
For the inter-district transportation program; provided, that this program shall include maintenance and expansion on routes serviced through the inter-district transportation program in fiscal year 2006; provided further, in fiscal year 2007 the level of service shall remain the same as fiscal year 2006; provided, that the program shall be administered by the executive office of transportation; provided further, that the executive office of transportation shall negotiate an extension of all existing contracts for fiscal year 2007; provided further, that before the execution of the extensions, and at the end of fiscal year 2007, the executive office shall request and each contractor shall provide all necessary books, materials, records and other compilations of data from each contractor to establish the appropriate state subsidy associated with each bus route; and provided further, that the compilations of data shall be made available to the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on transportation not later than December 15, 2006 ....................... $2,000,000

6005-0015
For certain assistance to the regional transit authorities, including operating grants and reimbursements to increase the accessibility of transit provided to the elderly and disabled under the mobility assistance program, the regional transit authority program, and the inter-city bus capital assistance program; provided, that the commonwealth, acting by and through the executive office for administration and finance, for the period beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007, may enter into contracts with the authorities; provided further, that notwithstanding section 152A of chapter 161, and section 23 of chapter 161B of the General Laws, the amount shall be at least 50 per cent and up to 75 per cent of the net cost of service of each authority incurred in fiscal year 2006 shall be paid by the commonwealth, and shall not be assessed upon the cities and towns constituting the authorities; provided further, that the share assessed upon the cities and towns shall be at least 25 per cent of the net cost of service; provided further, that in the event that 25 per cent of the net cost of service of each authority exceeds 102.5 per cent of the previous year’s local assessment, excluding payments made by cities and towns for the costs of new service, for which the cities and towns have not previously been assessed, as allowed by chapter 580 of the acts of 1980, the regional transit authority shall reduce its operating expenses or increase its revenues to meet the difference; provided further, that operating expenditures of each of the regional transit authorities for fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed 102.5 per cent of its operating expenditures for fiscal year 2006; provided further, that for the purposes of this item, operating expenditures shall not include federal, private or additional municipal non-state revenue sources or any expenses arising from the provision of services required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, or new services implemented after July 1, 1999 in an amount not to exceed a total of $3,613,905 for the 15 regional transit authorities; provided further, that the new services must have first received approval of the appropriate regional transit authority advisory board; provided further, that not less than 25 per cent of the net cost of service of the new services shall be assessed to the cities and towns of the appropriate transit authority, as detailed previously in this item; provided further, that each regional transit authority which provides the new services must file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on transportation, detailing the total costs and revenues associated with the new service; provided further, that the cost of the new services shall not annualize to more than $3,613,905; provided further, that not later than January 1, 2007, each of the 15 regional transit authorities shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing any and all revenues collected as a result of services provided under item 4401-1000; provided further, that the executive office of transportation shall work cooperatively with the authorities and other public and private funding sources to maximize new revenues sources to expand transit services; provided further, that the authorities and the executive office of transportation shall develop processes and procedures for contracts for services with other state agencies; provided further, that the executive office of transportation and the authorities shall develop a 5-year transit plan for operational and capital objectives that the parties may measure against and plan toward and shall file the plan with the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than April 1, 2007; provided further, that the executive office of transportation and the authorities shall work cooperatively to implement multi-year contracting for regional transit authority capital projects, particularly for construction projects and other multi-year commitments of the authorities; provided further, that the regional transit authorities shall implement structural, managerial and administrative reforms in order to achieve cost savings in services provided by the authorities; provided further, that the reforms shall include, but not be limited to, improved financing procedures for capital needs, approved plans for short and long-term service, a coordinated program of mass transportation for the regional transit authorities that provides standards of service for the authorities for types of service, passenger miles, hours of service, cost of service by route and mile and passenger, non-transportation revenue and system revenue generating options including, but not limited to, fare revenue and advertising revenue, assessments on member cities and towns, net operating investment per passenger-mile ratio and service quality standards; provided further, that the program shall involve an approach to service coordinated with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and other transit providers in order to achieve maximum efficiency of regional transit authority service routes; provided further, that all regional transit authorities shall achieve the fare and/or revenue recovery ratio of 40 per cent within 18 months from the effective date of this act; and provided further, that the Massachusetts Association of Regional Transit Authorities shall, on or before November 15, 2006, report to the joint committee on transportation and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the operations of the authorities in the first half of fiscal year 2007, and focus the report on the reforms and improvements....................... $51,737,200

General Fund........................... 80.0%
Highway Fund........................... 20.0%

6006-0003
For the administration of the commission, including the expenses of the commissioners............................................ $469,533

Department Of Highways.

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

6010-0001
For personnel costs of the department of highways, for certain administrative and engineering expenses and equipment of the highways commission, the office of the commissioner of highways, the division of administrative services, highway engineering, highway maintenance, highway construction, the outdoor advertising board, district and other highway activity offices, materials, supplies, fleet maintenance and equipment, general maintenance and equipment and the maintenance and operation of state highways and bridges, and for the costs associated with the global positioning system program; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from the AA object code; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may expend from capital authorizations amounts necessary to cover operational costs of the department in excess of amounts appropriated in this item to ensure that adequate staffing levels are maintained to support the services and programs offered by the department; provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all amounts expended on bond-funded capital projects under the jurisdiction of the department, and for all administrative and personnel expenses of the department charged to such bonds; provided further, that the reports shall be filed not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter; provided further, that notwithstanding any administrative bulletin or general or special law to the contrary, the department shall not pay any fees charged for the leasing or maintenance of vehicles to the division of operational services; provided further, that the department shall not be subject to section 36A of chapter 30 of the General Laws and section 22 of chapter 7 of the General Laws, submit to the secretary of transportation for approval requests to repair said vehicles costing in excess of the limit set forth in said section 7; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Adult and Family Literacy Center at the Multi-Modal Transportation facility in Holyoke; provided further, that $30,000 shall be expended for a highway traffic study in Mendon; provided further, not withstanding any general or special law to the contrary, that $50,000 shall be expended to repair the property located at 492 Gorham Street, Lowell; provided further, that $350,000 shall be expended for the new Boston street bridge in Woburn; provided further, that the costs of routine highway maintenance chapter provided by private and union workers in contract areas 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 5A, 5B, and 5C and for costs associated with police services and overtime within the areas shall be paid from this item; provided further, that $90,000 shall be made available for all contractual contingency costs associated with highway maintenance in said areas; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a transportation pilot program in Hopedale; and provided further, that the department shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing for each contract area expenditures for the costs of contractual contingency fees, personnel, police services, overtime, materials, and vehicle repairs $17,278,815

Highway Fund ......................... 100.0%

6010-0002
For AA object class payroll costs of item 6010-0001; provided, that the funds appropriated in this item shall be the only source of funding for all overtime expenses associated with the department’s snow and ice control efforts; provided further, that the department shall develop a plan that, by June 30, 2010 , shall phase into the budgetary appropriation all personnel costs transferred to capital authorizations since June 30, 2002 .................................. $19,903,334

6010-0003
The department of highways may expend revenues collected up to $7,000,000 from revenue generated from promotional programs; provided, that funds collected are to be used for the management of that program and for highway maintenance costs; provided further, that the department shall prepare a report delineating the proposed allocation of funds to be expended for the management of that program and highway maintenance costs; provided further, that the report shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any encumbrance of the funds; and provided further, that the program and any expenditures made under the program must comply with all statutes, rules and regulations governing billboards, signs and other outdoor advertising devices.................................... $7,000,000

Highway Fund.......................... 100.0%

6030-7201
For the cost of hired and leased equipment, vehicle repair, fuel costs, and sand, salt, and other control chemicals used for snow and ice control............................................... $20,000,000

Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.

6006-0003
For the administration of the commission, including the expenses of the commissioners............................................ $551,491

Board of Library Commissioners.

7000-9101
For the operation of the board of library commissioners $1,000,732

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

7000-9401
For state aid to regional public libraries; provided, that the board of library commissioners may provide quarterly advances of funds for purposes authorized by clauses (1) and (2) of section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws, as it considers proper, to regional public library systems throughout each fiscal year, in compliance with the office of the comptroller’s regulations on state grants, 815 CMR 2.00; provided further, that notwithstanding said section 19C of said chapter 78 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Boston public library shall, as the library of last recourse for reference and research services for the commonwealth, be paid from this item an amount equal to $1.06 per resident in the commonwealth; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in calculating the fiscal year 2007 distribution of funds appropriated in this item, the board of library commissioners shall employ population figures used to calculate the fiscal year 2006 distribution $15,730,361

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

7000-9402
For the talking book library at the Worcester public library $390,000 $325,000

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

7000-9406
For the Braille and talking book library at Watertown, including the operation of the machine lending agency; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the National Federation of the Blind Newsline Program...................................... $2,182,175 $1,978,550

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

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 any money under this item in any year when the appropriation of the city or town for free public library services is below an amount equal to 102.5 per cent of the average of the appropriations for free public library service 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 no more than 55 additional 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 2007 for a period of 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 and under the guidelines for the library incentive grant program; and provided further, that any payment made under this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city or town and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the public library of that city or town without appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary................. $9,289,844

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

7000-9506
For the technology and automated resource sharing networks $2,833,000 $2,039,000

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

7000-9507
For the purposes of implementing a public library matching incentive grant program; provided, that a 50 cent state match shall be made for each dollar local trustees and public library foundations raise; provided further, that eligible state matching funds shall be made available to municipalities that raise at least $2,000 and only up to $100,000 raised; and provided further, that funds from this item shall be made available to the local public library trustees for the enhancement of library services and shall not be used as part of the local match for an approved public library project as defined in section 19H of chapter 78 of the General Laws or to meet the appropriation requirement as defined in section 19A of chapter 78 of the General Laws......................................................... $250,000

7002-0010
For the office of the secretary of the executive office of economic development; 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 .............................................. $404,329

7002-0012
For a youth-at-risk program targeted at reducing juvenile delinquency in high risk areas of the commonwealth; provided, that $500,000 of these funds shall be matched by private organizations; provided further that funds not expended by October 1, 2007 shall be re-allocated to existing year-round youth employment programs; provided further that not less than $100,000 shall be expended an at-risk juvenile program in Salisbury ....................................................... $4,700,000

Department of Labor

7002-0001
For the operation of the department of labor............. $209,947

7002-0200
For the operation of the division of occupational safety; provided, that the division may employ staff not subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws for a program to evaluate asbestos levels in public schools and other public buildings; and provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item for the GG object class costs of the board of conciliation and arbitration, the division of apprentice training, the labor relations commission and the division of occupational safety ....................................................... $2,561,755

7002-0201
The division of occupational safety may expend an amount not to exceed $152,850 received from fees authorized under section 3A of chapter 23 of the General Laws......................................... $152,850

7002-0500
For the operation and administrative expenses of the division of industrial accidents; provided, that not less than $800,000 shall be expended for occupational safety training grants; provided further, that said division shall submit a report not later than February 1, 2007 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the scope, objective and results of grant recipients’ safety training program; 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 pursuant to section 65 of chapter 152 of the General Laws; provided further, that the division shall assign a judge to hear cases in the county of Berkshire not less than once a month; and provided further, that the treasurer may release to the division, subject to adequate and appropriate documentation of the need, to the workers’ compensation advisory council and the affirmative vote of at least 7 members of the workers’ compensation advisory council, sufficient funds from the special reserve account established in clause (c) of subsection (4) of said section 65 of said chapter 152 to pay for expenses to continue expansion of the conversion of the agency’s computer system from unify to oracle ........ $20,406,316

7002-0600
For the operation of the labor relations commission ..... $936,347

7002-0700
For the operation of the joint labor management committee for municipal police and fire ......................................... $538,126

7002-0800
For the operation of the board of conciliation and arbitration $790,043

Department of Workforce Development.

7002-0100
For the administration of the department of workforce development, including the divisions under the control of the department; provided, that on January 4, 2007 the director of the department of workforce development shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a comprehensive report describing in detail the job training services, including labor exchange, skills training and remedial education services related thereto which have been provided during the course of the fiscal year in the commonwealth, describing the systems for delivery of such services, describing the costs of such services and the sources of revenue for such services; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for a Job Vacancy Survey $168,656

7002-0101
For the operation of the apprentice training program; provided, that no position in the apprentice training division shall be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the deputy director shall require each apprentice entering into a written agreement to submit an application to the division for an apprentice identification card; provided further, that an apprentice identification card shall contain the photograph of the apprentice, the apprentice registration number or another number that the deputy director requires, the name and business address of the appropriate apprenticeship committee or single employee sponsor, the steps of progression and related dates applicable to the apprentice, and the projected date on which the apprentice is to complete the apprenticeship; provided further, that as a condition of his apprenticeship the apprentice shall keep the apprentice identification card on his person during his hours of employment during the apprenticeship; provided further, that any apprentice performing work on a project or projects subject to this item shall maintain in his possession an apprentice identification card; provided further, that any apprentice who is determined by the deputy director to be not enrolled in related classroom instruction classes shall be paid at the journey level rate for the duration of the public works project or projects; and provided further, that for every week in which an apprentice is employed by a contractor, subcontractor, or public body subject to this section, a photocopy of the apprentice's apprentice identification card, shall be attached to the records submitted under this item ....... $434,792

The Governor reduced the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

7003-0604
For the career ladder grant program in long-term care established under section 410 of chapter 159 of the acts of 2000; provided, that grants shall be available for certified nurses’ aides, home health aides, homemakers and other entry level workers in long-term care; provided further, that the grants may include training for English for speakers of other languages and other language and adult basic education programs to improve quality of care and improve direct care worker access to and participation in career ladder training; provided further, that the length of these grants shall not exceed a period of 3 years; provided further, that the Commonwealth Corporation shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means on this grant program including, but not limited to, the number of grants awarded, the amount of each grant, a description of the career ladder programs, changes in care-giving and workplace practices that have occurred and their impact on quality of care and worker retention and the certificates, degrees or professional status attained by each participating employee; provided further, that the administrative and program management costs for the implementation of the grant program shall not exceed 4 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item; and provided further, that each grant may include funding for technical assistance and evaluation ............................. $1,500,000

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

7003-0605
For the operation and maintenance of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership Inc. for the purpose of maintaining and promoting manufacturing as an integral part of the Massachusetts economy $850,000

7003-0701
For grants and technical assistance administered by the department of workforce development, under section 2RR of chapter 29 of the General Laws and for the cost of collecting the assessment established in section 14L of chapter 151A of the General Laws; provided, that the department of workforce development shall provide a report on the grants and technical assistance programs authorized in this item detailing the firms receiving grants, by number of employees, revenues, and industry, to the house and senate ways and means committee by January 15, 2007 ; provided further, that the report shall include specific measures of how grant recipients were able to increase job growth, retention rates, and productivity as a result of the grants; provided further, that the report shall include measures of whether training participants received promotions and increased incomes as a result of training; provided further, that not more than $3,000,000 shall be expended for direct technical assistance under clause (2) of subsection (b) of said section 2RR of said chapter 29; provided further, that of this $3,000,000, not less than $75,000 shall be provided to the Workforce Investment Board Association to support the activities of business, labor, education, youth councils, and community members in leading regional workforce development systems; provided further, that of this $3,000,000, each of the 16 workforce investment boards shall receive $75,000 in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that of this $3,000,000, each of the boards shall receive $20,000 for youth councils; and provided further, that the director shall demonstrate that each dollar expended generates not less than $5 in private investment in job training......... $21,000,000

Workforce Training Fund ............. 100.0%

The Governor disapproved the following item:

The Legislature overrode the Governor's veto.

7003-0702
For grants to be administered by the department of workforce development; provided, that not less than $900,000 shall be expended on the Massachusetts Service Alliance; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for a high school science program in biotechnology by Commonwealth Corporation, in consultation with the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, including teacher and guidance counselor training, biotechnology lab equipment, and biotechnology lab supplies evaluation and technical assistance; and provided further, that an additional sum of not less than $200,000 shall be held in reserve as a matching fund, to be release to the Commonwealth Corporation for the above-referenced high school science teacher training program upon a 100 per cent match from the private sector; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for education, career development and employment service programs operated by the Urban League of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended on the Commonwealth Corporation; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended to provide employment, training and job placement by Year Up, Inc. of Boston; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the Jackson Appleton Middlesex Urban Revitalization; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be available for the Massachusetts Alliance for Small Contractors for the purpose of providing technical-assistance, education, capacity-building and support services to small businesses, minority owned businesses and women businesses in prequalification and certification process required pursuant to chapter 193 of the acts of 2004; provided further that not less than $350,000 shall be expended to fund need-based workforce development related to continuing education grants administered by the Access Program of Boston; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for a hospital skill training program operated by the Commonwealth Corporation; provided further that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for Radius Specialty Hospital; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a gang intervention prevention program called the Senator Charles E. Shannon Jr. At-Risk Youth Project in Somerville, operated by the Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc., for the community of Somerville; provided further; that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Center for Women & Enterprise; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to support the Technology Initiative of the Metro South/West Regional Employment Board for the development of the Technology Centers of Excellence serving the region's youth and business but the grant shall require a 200 per cent match from the private sector; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the 495/MetroWest Corridor Partnership; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a Farm Workers' Council serving low income people and the Hispanic population in western Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for Centro Latino de Chelsea to provide workforce training, educational services and other transitional services in the city of Chelsea; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a health center skill training program on Lower and Outer Cape Cod; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Women’s Career Mentoring Program operated by the Jewish Vocational Service’s Center for Careers and Lifelong Learning and The Women’s Union Woman to Woman Program; provided further that not less than $200,000 be expended for the Massachusetts Career Development Institute located in Springfield; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended on the Southeastern Economic Development Corporation's microenterprise programs as a supplemental match to conduct an entrepreneurial training and technical assistance program for support of emerging high-growth microenterprises that are owned by or employ income-eligible residents; provided further, that not less than $195,000 shall be expended for 3 full-time equivalent rapid response labor specialists at the Massachusetts AFL - CIO ; provided further that $150,000 shall be expended for the supportive housing program in the city of Fall River; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Business Empowerment Center in the city of Worcester; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Latino After School Initiative (LASI) Youth Development Project; provided further, that not less than $139,500 shall be expended for Just-a-Start Corporation to provide training for entry level employment in the biotech and medical fields for 30 unemployed or displaced workers, or persons receiving benefits from transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided further, that not less than $135,000 shall be expended for incumbent worker coordinators at the Massachusetts AFL - CIO ; provided further, that not less than $127,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Office of Employee Involvement and Ownership; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a new job training initiative by Cape Cod Healthcare, and other health care institutions participating in the 1199 SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund; provided further, that not less than $105,000 shall be made available to the E-Team Machinist Program in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided to the Workforce Investment Association of MA, Inc. for the purpose of assisting administrators, career center directors, and fiscal agents; provided further that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Springfield Technical Assistance Program to be operated by the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Boston Health Care and Research Training Institute; provided further, that not more than $100,000 shall be expended for both the Reunion Center in the town of Easthampton and the Easthampton Youth Entrepreneurship Project; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Centro Las Americas to provide workforce training, educational services and other transitional services in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion for the Pathways to Technology Initiative; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative for the purpose of expanding their electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning apprenticeship programs; provided further, that not less than $95,000 shall be expended for the Mature Workers Program of the Cape and Islands Workforce Investment Board; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended for the retraining of pile drivers for employment in the offshore gas pipeline industry; provided further that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the Partners for a Healthier Community to implement the Springfield Health Careers Partnership Program, so-called, in the City of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a business retention program in the town of Millville to be operated by the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended to continue the economic development project operated by the Arlington Neighborhood Association in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a human service academy pilot program to be operated by People Inc. of Fall River; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Allston-Brighton vocational adjustment center for the continued operation of a job training and placement center; provided further, that not less than $9,000 shall be expended for Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. to provide outreach and services to the Asian American community; provided further, that not less than $7,500 shall be provided for the Bonnie Brae Camp in the city of Gardner; and provided further, that not less than $6,000 shall be spent for the purpose of training municipal employees to use technology......... $9,634,000

Workforce Training Fund ............. 100.0%

7003-0803
For one-stop career centers chartered by local workforce investment boards as a major source of information, training and labor exchange and job placements in Massachusetts; provided, that not less than $2,750,000 shall be expended for one-stop career centers that were in existence on May 1, 1997, located in the Boston, Hampden county and the metro north service delivery areas and any satellite offices of those centers which opened on or before December 1, 1997; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for one-stop career centers that opened after January 1, 1999 ; provided further, that each career center shall inform unemployed or underemployed residents and individuals with low educational skill levels or limited English proficiency who seek assistance from the center of the full range of education and training programs available to them and recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits who seek assistance from the center, the availability of jobs in the professions for which such programs prepare participants, and the average wage rates in such professions within the commonwealth; provided further, that such information shall encompass certified nurses aide training programs, job availability and wage rates; provided further, that the department of workforce development shall conduct an annual evaluation of the use of one-stop career centers including, but not limited to, the numbers of individuals and employers served in each region, the services provided by each one-stop career center, the number of persons served by and costs of operating the connecting unemployment insurance claimant initiative in one-stops, and the costs of providing each person served the range of one-stop career services; provided further, that the department shall provide an analysis of the level of funds needed to adequately support the services at one-stop career centers; provided further, that the director shall annually, by September 31, report to the secretary of administration and finance, 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 status of the evaluation herein required and the allocation of said funds; provided further, that said appropriation shall support the operations of existing one-stop career centers; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Central Massachusetts Regional Employment Board for the operations of one-stop career centers.................. $4,000,000

Department of Housing and Community Development.

7004-0000
For the commonwealth development coordinating council; provided, that not less than 30 days before entering into any interagency service agreement, the council shall report in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means a description of the agreement, including its purpose, the employees expected to be affected, and the estimated amount of the funds involved; provided further, that not later than September 15, 2006 said council shall submit a report detailing its fiscal year 2006 payroll, operational and administrative expenditures to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that said report shall detail all sources of funding used in fiscal year 2006 and an explanation of all funds expended in excess of the amount appropriated in this item in fiscal year 2006; and provided further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be expended or encumbered after September 16, 2006 unless said report has been submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means ................. $246,720

7004-0001
For the Indian affairs commission; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the development of a Native American Institute to be developed in conjunction with the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs and Tribal Leaders in Massachusetts.............. $201,520