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Supreme
Judicial Court.
0320-0003 For the operation of the supreme judicial
court including salaries of the chief justice and the 6 associate justices, and
the cost of upgrading and purchasing computer equipment for the supreme judicial
court and appeals court of the commonwealth $6,038,046
0320-0010 For the operation of the clerk's office
of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk County............................... $985,582
0321-0001 For the operation of the commission
on judicial conduct.............................................................................
$384,748
0321-0100 For the services of the board of bar
examiners..........................................................................................
$1,060,765
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, including
expenses for an audit and oversight unit, including the child and family law program
and the youth advocacy project $16,020,989
0321-1510 For compensation paid to private counsel
assigned to civil and criminal cases under subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter
211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 12 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 2004....................................................
$72,381,494
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 2004 ....................................................................................................................................................
$8,014,020
0321-1600 For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance
Corporation for the purpose of distributing funds for general operating costs
of local and statewide civil legal services providers and to provide legal representation
for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth ; provided,
that $1,190,129 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
first paragraph of section 9 of chapter 221A of the General Laws shall not apply
to said programs; and provided further, that said corporation may contract with
any organization for the purpose of providing such representation..................................
$8,960,158
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......................................................................................
$501,085
0321-2100 For the Massachusetts correctional legal
services committee .......................................................................
$600,000
0321-2205 For the expenses of the social law library
located in Suffolk county, including the social law library electronic law database
project.............................................................................................................................................................
$1,704,671
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, and the expenses of the conference program ........................................................................................
$8,877,803
Trial
Court.
0330-0101 For the salaries of the justices of
the several departments of the trial court; provided further, that the justices
of the trial court shall collaborate and cooperate with the chief justice of administration
and management for the completion of the study pertaining to the collection of
fees and assessments by the several departments of the trial court in item 0330-0300
by supplying all data, information, and reports requested pursuant to said study
in a timely and complete fashion; provided that the chief justice for administration
and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees
on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of
appropriation within 30 days of such transfer......................................
$42,885,588
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, including the Flashner Judicial
Institute; provided further that notwithstanding the provisions of section 9A
of chapter 30, or any general or special law to the contrary, the rights afforded
to a veteran, pursuant to said section of said chapter, 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 such office or position for not less than
one year and (2) has 30 years of total creditable service to the commonwealth,
as such service is 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 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 said report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of
cases in which said assessment was reduced or waived by a judge or clerk-magistrate
within said courts; provided further, that said report shall be submitted to the
victim and witness assistance board on or before January 15, 2004...........................................................................................................................................................
$53,607,961
0330-0317 For the operation and expenses of the
Massachusetts sentencing commission, pursuant to chapter 211E of the General Laws
$232,756
0330-0410 For alternative dispute resolution services
for the trial court; provided, that such 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 $44,337 shall
be expended for North Central Court Services, Inc.; provided further, that not
less than $40,000 shall be expended for the North Shore Community Mediation Program
in Salem; provided further, that not less than $48,032 shall be expended for Metropolitan
Mediation Services; provided further, that not less than $36,947 shall be expended
for Community Mediation of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $62,811
shall be expended for Mediation Works, Inc; provided further, that not less than
$36,947 shall be expended for Quabbin Mediation in Athol; provided further, that
not less than $25,863 shall be expended for the Mediation and Training Collaborative
of Franklin County in Greenfield; provided further, that not less than $36,947
shall be expended for Framingham Court Mediation Services; provided further, that
not less than $42,737 shall be expended for Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.,
in Springfield district court; provided further, that not less than $25,863 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 $36,947 shall be expended for the Cape Cod Resolution Center; provided further,
that not less than $36,947 shall be expended for the Community Dispute Settlement
Center, Inc., of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $36,947 shall
be expended for the Somerville Mediation Program; provided further, that not less
than $29,558 shall be expended for Berkshire Mediation Services inc.; provided
further, that not less than $11,084 shall be expended for the Winchester Mediation
Program; provided further, that not less than $48,032 shall be expended for the
Middlesex Multi-door Court House Program; and provided further, that all remaining
funds from this item shall be expended for approved mediation programs in fiscal
year 2004....................................................................................................
$600,029
0330-2200 For the rental of county court facilities,
in accordance with section 4 of chapter 29 A of the General Laws; provided, that
all county facilities shall be reimbursed from this item in fiscal year 2004.............................................................
$8,606,082
0330-3200 For the court security program, including
personnel and expenses; provided, that security guards and court officers may
be available for assignment in accordance with juvenile court expansion funded
pursuant to item 0337-9000; provided further, that all other per diem court officers
shall be paid the daily rate in accordance with collective bargaining agreements;
and provided further, 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 30, 2004, detailing the number of court officers and security
personnel located in each trial court of the commonwealth...........................................................................................................................................................
$47,393,774
0330-3333 The chief justice for administration
and management may expend an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 from fees charged
and collected pursuant to section 3 of chapter 90C, chapter 185, section 22 of
chapter 218 and sections 2, 4A, 4C and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws;
provided, that said chief justice shall only expend or allocate funds from this
item to the 7 departments of the trial court for the operation of said 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
60 days prior to said expenditures or allocations; provided further, that the
only revenue available for expenditure in this item for fiscal year 2004 shall
be revenue collected from the increase in said fees in excess of the amount collected
and deposited into the general fund in fiscal year 2003 from said fees; and provided
further that no such allocation shall occur until said schedules have been approved
by said committees; provided further, that said fees shall continue to be transmitted
to the treasurer for deposit into the general fund prior to 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, said 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
therefore as reported in the state accounting system................................................................................................................................................
$40,000,000
0330-3420 The chief justice for administration
and management may expend revenues up to a maximum of $250,000 from fees charged
for attorney representation of indigent clients; provided, that the only revenue
available for expenditure in this item for fiscal year 2004 shall be revenue collected
in excess of the amount collected in fiscal year 2003 from said fees; and provided
further, that the comptroller shall certify to said chief justice of administration
and finance upon collection of fiscal year 2003 revenues in excess of fiscal year
2002 revenue from said fees..............................................................................................................................
$250,000
Superior
Court Department.
0331-9000 For the administrative office of the
superior court department including costs associated with the administrative office
of the superior court department, the 15 divisions of the superior court, and
medical malpractice tribunals established in accordance with the provisions of
section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws.................................................................................
$25,569,068
District
Court Department.
0332-9000 For the administrative office of the
district court department, including a civil conciliation program and the 69 divisions
of the district court.................................................................................................................................................
$110,154,837
Probate
and Family Court Department.
0333-9000 For the administrative office of the
probate and family court department the 14 divisions of the probate court, 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, the Middlesex
probate court family services clinic, the Norfolk probate court family services
clinic, and the Worcester probate court family services clinic; provided, that
the case manager shall meet monthly with the department of social services and
shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on
the backlog of cases in the probate court and the parties' progress made in such
backlog each month; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item
for the operation of a child and parents program in the Barnstable probate court;
provided further, that said child and parents program shall not be subject to
paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause (xxiii) of the third paragraph of section 9 of
chapter 211B of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $225,000
shall be expended for the Suffolk county community access program for community
outreach and education; provided further, 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 ..............................................................................................................
$30,306,616
Land
Court Department.
0334-0001 For the operation of the land court...........................................................................................................
$2,679,342
Boston
Municipal Court Department.
0335-0001 For the operation of the Boston municipal
court......................................................................................
$6,958,001
Housing
Court Department.
0336-0002 For the operation of the housing court
department including costs associated with the administrative office of the housing
court department and the 5 divisions of the housing court................................................................................................
$4,382,587
Juvenile
Court Department.
0337-9000 For the administrative office of the
juvenile court and the personnel and expenses associated with the expansion of
the juvenile court, including Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire/Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex,
Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester and Nantucket/Dukes counties; provided,
that $91,150 shall be expended on the CASA program in the Lawrence juvenile court;
provided further, that $72,920 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Worcester
juvenile court; provided further, that $72,920 shall be expended for the CASA
program in the Plymouth county juvenile court; provided further, that $77,478
shall be expended for the Franklin/Hampshire CASA program, including Northampton,
Greenfield, Orange and Ware district courts; provided further, that $54,690 shall
be expended for a Berkshire CASA program in the Berkshire county juvenile court;
provided further that $145,841 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Springfield
Juvenile Court……………...........................................................................
$28,797,274
Office
of the Commissioner of Probation.
0339-1001 For the office of the commissioner of
probation; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
law, rule or regulation to the contrary, said 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; and provided further, that
said 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 of this act....................
$13,315,523
0339-1002 For the superior court probation services..................................................................................................
$9,795,463
0339-1003 For the operation of the trial court
office of community corrections, including the costs of personnel..... $3,902,505
0339-1004 For the cost of intensive supervision
and community corrections programs; provided, that said 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,
that the number of placements in said 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 said 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 2004; 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 said 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 said executive director;
provided further, that said executive director shall submit a spending and management
plan for said programs to the house and senate committees on ways and means not
later than January 30, 2004; and provided further, that said plan shall include
the projected number of probationers to be served by each such program and include
a description of the oversight and services provided to said probationers.............
$11,760,240
0339-1005 The office of the commissioner of probation
may expend revenues up to a maximum of $250,000 from fees charged for attorney representation of indigent
clients; provided, that the only revenue available for expenditure in this item
for fiscal year 2004 shall be revenue collected in excess of the amount collected
in fiscal year 2003 from said fee.............................. $250,000
0339-1006 The commissioner of probation may expend
revenues collected from fees charged for probation supervision pursuant to section
87A of chapter 276 of the General Laws in excess of the amount collected in fiscal
year 2003, calculated on a monthly basis $250,000
Office
of the Jury Commissioner.
0339-2100 For the office of jury commissioner
in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws...................... $1,918,124
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 not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a
North Dorchester safe neighborhood initiative, in Suffolk county; provided further,
that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a safe neighborhood initiative,
in Suffolk county; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall
be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000 ...............................................................................................................................
$13,079,260
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 no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than
$35,000......................................................................................................................................
$10,499,483
Essex
District Attorney.
0340-0300 For the Essex 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 no
assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000.............................................................................................................................................................
$6,363,177
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
no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000........................................................................................................................................
$6,773,463
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................................................................................................................................................................
$300,000
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 no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than
$35,000........................................................................................................................................
$5,861,138
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 not less than $120,000 shall be expended for the salaries and expenses
of a children's advocacy project, so-called; and provided further, that no assistant
district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000.............................................................................................................................
$4,120,908
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 no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than
$35,000.............................................................................................................................................................
$6,833,969
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 no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than
$35,000; provided further, that the Plymouth county district attorney's office
shall employ a special assistant district attorney to specialize in the investigation
and prosecution of alleged criminal offenses committed by inmates in state correctional
facilities, county and state houses of corrections, and jails; provided further,
that interagency service agreements shall be established between the Plymouth
county district attorney's office and the office of the district attorneys for
Bristol, and the Cape and Islands to equally share the compensation and related
expenses of said special assistant; and provided further, that said special assistant
shall practice only in those jurisdictions participating in said interagency service
agreement............................................................
$5,391,403
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
no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000.............................................................................................................................................................
$5,818,947
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
not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Cape and Islands Child Advocacy
Center; and provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid
an annual salary of less than $35,000.............................................................................................................................................................
$2,611,949
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 no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than
$35,000........................................................................................................................................
$2,426,106
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 2004 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 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
February 15, 2004; 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 2004 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 said association shall submit a report to the house
and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2004 detailing,
by district attorney office, all sources of revenue, including, but not limited
to, federal and state grants that were received in fiscal year 2003...........................................................................................................
$1,344,906
0340-2101 For the overtime costs of state police
officers assigned to the district attorneys; provided, that no such costs associated
with said officers shall be funded from item 8100-0007; provided further, that
not less than $261,479 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney
for the Suffolk district; provided further, that not less than $366,410 shall
be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Middlesex district;
provided further, that not less than $348,894 shall be expended at the direction
of the district attorney for the Essex district; provided further, that not less
than $281,208 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for
the Worcester district; provided further, that not less than $219,703 shall be
expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Hampden district; provided
further, that not less than $127,953 shall be expended at the direction of the
district attorney for the Franklin/Hampshire district; provided further, that
not less than $318,672 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney
for the Norfolk district; provided further, that not less than $242,316 shall
be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Plymouth district;
provided further, that not less than $229,498 shall be expended at the direction
of the district attorney for the Bristol district; provided further, that not
less than $187,750 shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney
for the Cape and Islands district; provided further, that not less than $70,603
shall be expended at the direction of the district attorney for the Berkshire
district; and 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 herein......................................................
$3,079,377
General
Fund...........................................................................................
11.80%
Highway
Fund.........................................................................................
88.20%
0340-8908For the costs associated with maintaining the association's
wide area network...........................................
$1,285,000
0411-1000For
the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the governor’s council;
provided, that the amount appropriated in this item may be used at the discretion
of the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not otherwise provided
for and for transfer to appropriation accounts where the amounts otherwise available
may be insufficient; provided further, that not more than $205,161 shall be spent
on the governor’s commission on mental retardation; and provided further, that
the advisory council on Alzheimer’s disease 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 2004................................................
$5,432,067
0411-1001 For the Commonwealth Development Coordinating
Council established pursuant to section 16 of this act.. $250,000
1599-0411 For a reserve for the executive office
of education; provided, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended
until (a) there has been a public hearing
on the creation of said executive office, (b) a plan, including the legislation
necessary to effectuate the changes to create said executive office, has been
filed with the clerks of the house and senate, and (c) legislation creating said executive office has
been engrossed the general court and signed into law by the Governor.....................................................
$100,000
0511-0000 For the operation of the office of the
secretary; provided, that said office shall submit a report detailing staffing
patterns for each program operated by said office; provided further, that said
report shall include, but not be limited to, actual and functional job titles
by program, compensation rates and lengths of service for each employee; and provided
further, that said office shall submit said report not later than January 31,
2004 to the house and senate committees on ways and means............................................
$6,628,293
0511-0001 The state secretary is hereby authorized
to 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 corporations division's 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. From the proceeds of
such sales or license or use agreements. The secretary may retain and expend revenues
not to exceed 10 per cent of the proceeds or $275,000 whichever is greater for
technical activities of the corporations division the remainder to be deposited
in the General Fund. 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. The department of the state secretary
may accept credit and debit cards from individuals and corporations filing documents
with the department .................................................................................
$275,000
0511-0200 For the operation of the state archives
division ..........................................................................................
$530,450
0511-0230 For the operation of the records center
.......................................................................................................
$155,985
0511-0250 For the operation of the archives facility
....................................................................................................
$416,804
0511-0260 For the operation of the commonwealth
museum .......................................................................................
$187,390
0511-0420 For the operation of the address confidentiality
program ............................................................................
$108,662
0517-0000 For the printing of public documents
...........................................................................................................
$850,107
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 and Worcester; provided further, that such registration and education
activities may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education
organizations; and provided further, that said secretary shall submit a report
to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31,
2004 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.................
$3,377,146
0521-0001 For the operation of the central voter
registration computer system; provided that a report detailing the status, remaining
costs and further implementation requirements of the central voter registration
system shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means
not later than January 31, 2004; and provided further, 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, 2004........................ $4,254,237
0524-0000 For providing information to voters............................................................................................................
$593,025
0526-0100 For the operation of the Massachusetts
historical commission; provided, that funds may be expended for the Essex National
Heritage Commission archives...............................................................................................................................
$792,856
0527-0100 For the operation of the ballot law
commission ............................................................................................
$16,286
0528-0100 For the operation of the records conservation
board .....................................................................................
$30,740
0540-0900 For the registry of deeds located in
Lawrence in the former county of Essex ...............................................
$744,292
0540-1000 For the registry of deeds located in
Salem in the former county of Essex. ................................................
$2,188,103
0540-1100 For the registry of deeds in the former
county of Franklin ..........................................................................
$495,444
0540-1200 For the registry of deeds in the former
county of Hampden .....................................................................
$2,016,837
0540-1300 For the registry of deeds in the former
county of Hampshire ......................................................................
$527,234
0540-1400 For the registry of deeds located in
Lowell in the former county of Middlesex .........................................
$1,232,274
0540-1500 For the registry of deeds located in
Cambridge in the former county of Middlesex ....................................
$3,290,986
0540-1600 For the registry of deeds located in
Adams in the former county of Berkshire .............................................
$289,749
0540-1700 For the registry of deeds located in
Pittsfield in the former county of Berkshire .........................................
$450,614
0540-1800 For the registry of deeds located in
Great Barrington in the former county of Berkshire ............................. $204,051
0540-1900 For the registry of deeds in the former
county of Suffolk .........................................................................
$2,007,223
0540-2000 For the registry of deeds located in
Fitchburg in the former county of Worcester ........................................
$507,349
0540-2100 For the registry of deeds located in
the city of Worcester in the former county of Worcester .................. $1,947,832
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 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 said report shall be submitted to said board on or before January 31, 2004;
provided further, that the deputy treasurer for abandoned property shall conduct
a study of the commonwealth’s payment of interest on abandoned property; provided
further, that this study shall investigate the feasibility of ending all or some
types of these payments in an effort to reduce spending; provided further, that
the deputy treasurer shall report his findings to the committees on ways and means
on or before January 1, 2004; and provided further, that the treasurer’s office
shall pay half of the administrative costs of the emergency finance board from
this item............................................................................
$7,054,378
General Fund...........................................................................................
90.00%
Highway Fund………………………...........................................................
10.00%
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.....................................................
$1,766,478
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 .......................................................................................
$4,453,880
General Fund...........................................................................................
90.00%
Highway Fund.........................................................................................
10.00%
0610-1500 For tuition payments as required by
section 12B of chapter 76 of the General Laws, notwithstanding chapter 29 of the
General Laws to the contrary; provided, that the state treasurer may expend in
anticipation of revenue amounts necessary to meet payments; and provided further,
that the state treasurer shall deduct the amount expended from this account from
items 7061-0008 and 0611-5500 and from the amounts specified in section 3, in
accordance with said section 12B of said chapter 76.
0611-1000 For bonus payments to war veterans .............................................................................................................
$25,000
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 .............................................................................................................................
$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.......................................................................................................................................
$10,000,000
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, as amended by section 212 of this act .........................................................................................
$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
0612-1010 For the Commonwealth’s Pension Liability
Fund established under section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided,
that the amount appropriated in this item shall constitute the third payment of
a triennial funding schedule as part of the 23 year funding schedule for the commonwealth’s
unfunded pension liability pursuant to section 22 of chapter 32, as amended by
sections 196, 197, 199 to 202, inclusive of this act; provided further, that the
amount appropriated in this item shall meet the commonwealth’s obligations under
section 22C of said chapter 32, including retirement benefits payable by the state
employees’ and the state teachers’ retirement systems, for the costs associated
with a 3 per cent cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to section 102 of said chapter
32, the reimbursement of local retirement systems for previously authorized cost-of-living
adjustments pursuant to section 102 of said chapter 32, for the costs of increased
survivor benefits pursuant to chapter 389 of the acts of 1984, and pursuant to
section 532 of this act; provided further, that subject to the rules and regulations
promulgated by the treasurer, the state retirement board and each city, town,
county and district shall verify the cost thereof and the treasurer may to make
such payments upon a transfer of funds as provided in this item, to reimburse
certain cities and towns for pensions to retired teachers and including any other
obligations which the commonwealth has assumed on behalf of any retirement system
other than the state employees’ or state teachers’ retirement systems and including
the commonwealth’s share of the amounts to be appropriated pursuant to section
22B of said chapter 32 and the amounts to be appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a) of the last paragraph of section 21 of chapter 138 of the General Laws; provided
further, that all payments for the purposes described in this item shall be made
only pursuant to distribution of monies from the fund; provided further, that
any such distribution and the payments for which distributions are required shall
be detailed in a written report filed quarterly by the commissioner of administration
with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee
on public service in advance of such distribution; provided further, that such
distributions shall not be made in advance of the date on which a payment is actually
to be made; provided further, that the state retirement board may expend an amount
for the purposes of the higher education coordinating council’s optional retirement
program pursuant to section 40 of chapter 15A of the General Laws; provided further,
that except where authorized in this item, no funds shall be expended from this
item, other than deposits to the Commonwealth’s Pension Liability Fund; and provided
further, that to the extent that the amount appropriated in this item exceeds
the amount necessary to adequately fund this item, the excess amount shall be
credited to the Pension Reserves Investment Trust Fund of the commonwealth for
the purpose of reducing the unfunded pension liability of the commonwealth...............................................................................
$687,335,000
General
Fund...........................................................................................
93.00%
Highway
Fund...........................................................................................
7.00%
0612-2000 For retirement benefits authorized pursuant
to chapters 712 and 721 of the acts of 1981, chapter 154 of the acts of 1983,
chapter 67 of the acts of 1988, and chapter 621 of the acts of 1989, for the compensation
of veterans who may be retired by the state board of retirement, including individuals
formerly in the service of the division of employment security whose compensation
for such service was paid in full from a grant from the federal government and
for the cost of medical examinations in connection therewith, for pensions of
retired judges or their widows or widowers, for retirement allowances of certain
employees formerly in the service of the administrative division of the metropolitan
district commission, for retirement allowances of certain veterans and police
officers formerly in the service of the metropolitan district commission, for
retirement allowances of certain veterans formerly in the service of the metropolitan
sewerage district, for retirement allowances of certain veterans formerly in the
service of the metropolitan water system and for annuities for widows or widowers
of certain former members of the uniformed branch of the state police $16,790,766
General Fund...........................................................................................
82.20%
Highway Fund.........................................................................................
17.80%
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 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.................................................................
$64,380,954
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 scratch tickets; 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 50 per cent
of 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
$1,233,347
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 ....................................
$5,000,000
0640-0096 For the purpose of the commonwealth’s
fiscal year 2004 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 herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund
to the General Fund ................................................................................................................................................................
$293,374
Massachusetts
Cultural Council.
0640-0300 For the services and operations of the
council, including grants to or contracts with public and non-public entities;
provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of 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 such 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 no grant made under this program shall exceed $100,000; and provided further,
that persons employed under this item shall be considered employees within the
meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall be placed in
the appropriate bargaining units $6,551,401
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 State Lottery Fund
to the General Fund ................................................................................................................................................................
$743,520
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 such 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, 2004, from
0699-0015 to 0699-9100 or from 0699-9100 to 0699-0015 which would otherwise have
insufficient amounts to meet debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2004; provided further, that each amount transferred shall be charged
to the funds as specified in the line 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 ....................................................................................................................
$1,433,350,000
General
Fund ..........................................................................................
68.07%
Highway
Fund ........................................................................................
31.93%
0699-0017 For payment of interest on notes issued
pursuant to Chapter 235 of the Acts of 1998 in anticipation of certain payments
to be received from the Massachusetts Port Authority................................................................................................
$6,299,000
Highway
Fund.......................................................................................
100.00%
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 ...........................................................................................................
$61,335,000
Highway Fund ......................................................................................
100.00%
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 such funds in accordance with such schedule; and provided
further, that any deficit in this item at the close of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2004 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 10B 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 .................................................................. $74,698,000
0699-9200 For certain debt service contract assistance
to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency in accordance with chapter 23G
of the General Laws.......................................................................................................................................
$13,283,318
STATE AUDITOR.
0710-0100 For the operation of the division of local mandates.....................................................................................
$585,103
0710-0200 For the operation of the bureau of special investigations...........................................................................
$1,300,000
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
of administration and finance a report detailing the claims submitted to the state
treasurer for payment under item 0810-0004 indicating both the number and costs
for each category of claim; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall
be expended for a grants program for the safe neighborhood initiative-jobs for
youth program; provided further, that not less 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 Dorchester; provided further, that the
public proceedings unit shall review the water rate increases; provided further,
that no less than $240,000 shall be expended for the operation of a child protection
unit, and provided further, that funds may be expended for the commission on uniform
state laws.................... $20,851,774
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 258A of the General Laws.............................................................................................................................................................
$2,156,000
0810-0007 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned
to the attorney general; provided, that no such costs associated with said officers
shall be funded from item 8100-0007; and 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 ................................................................................................................................................................
$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 notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
the amount assessed to said unit shall be equal to the amount expended from this
item ....................................................................................................
$1,395,065
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 such 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 such 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 ..............................................................................................................................
$2,566,248
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
the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any non-management
position funded by this item shall be deemed a job title in a collective bargaining
unit as prescribed by the labor relations commission and shall be subject to the
provisions of chapter 150E of the General Laws........................................................................................................
$3,043,422
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 not withstanding any general
or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for said costs shall be equal
to the amount expended from this item. $1,375,223
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 $280,164 ...... $280,164
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 said unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance
with chapter 152 of the General Laws ..................................................................................
$280,164
Victim Witness Assistance Board.
0840-0100 For the operation of the Massachusetts office for victim
assistance; provided, that said office shall submit a comprehensive report compiled
from the information required of and submitted to said 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 said report shall be submitted
to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 15,
2004........................................................................................................................................................
$380,007
0840-0101 For the safeplan advocacy program; provided, that the amount
allocated in this item shall be expended on the salaries and employee benefits
of safeplan advocates and regional coordinators, including the advocates in the
Hampshire probate and family court and the Northampton and Ware district courts;
provided further, that funds may be expended by the Massachusetts office for victim
assistance to administer the program............................................................................................................................
$590,826
0900-0100 For the operation of the state ethics commission .....................................................................................
$1,265,221
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
0910-0200 For the operation of the office of the inspector general
...........................................................................
$1,732,214
0910-0210 The office of the inspector general may
expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $196,530 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 $196,530
OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL
FINANCE.
0920-0300 For the operation of the office of campaign and political
finance................................................................
$998,178
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, 2004 in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles; provided, that the office of the comptroller
shall charge other items of appropriation for the cost of said 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 said 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 of 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 ten days of the stated due date;
provided further, that any and all amounts deducted shall be deposited in the
General Fund and said 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 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; 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 the provisions 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.............................................................................................................................................................
$7,905,392
1000-0004 The office of the comptroller shall
expend an amount not to exceed $25,000 from fees collected from vendors who participate
in training on statewide financial systems including, but not limited to, the
Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system; provided, that said
office shall provide such training, offer sessions to vendors who do business
with the commonwealth and establish and charge a reasonable fee for such training..................................................................................................................
$25,000
1000-0006 The office of the comptroller shall
expend an amount not to exceed $135,495 from fees collected from the expanded
intercept program................................................................................................................................................................
$135,495
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, 2003.................................................................................................................................
$3,913,636
Office of Dispute Resolution.
1100-1103 For the operation of the office of dispute
resolution......................................................................................
$98,789
1100-1104 The office of dispute resolution may
expend an amount not to exceed $436,381 in revenues collected from fees charged
to cities, towns or public instrumentalities and other political subdivisions
of the commonwealth or to corporations and individuals for the costs of mediation
and related services; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating
discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures,
the office of dispute resolution 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 cost of personnel....................................................................................................
$436,381
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 $5,500,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees, parking
fees and any and all other sources pertaining to the operations of said center;
and provided further, 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.............................................................................
$5,500,000
1102-3206 For the costs associated with the maintenance
and security of surplus state properties................................. $359,208
1102-3214 For the state transportation building;
provided, that the division may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $6,100,000
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..................................................................................................................................................
$6,100,000
1102-3231 For the Springfield state office building;
provided, that the division may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $654,322
from rents charged to agencies occupying said 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.................................................................................
$654,322
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 full jurisdiction
over all contracts, purchases and payments for any and all materials and services
required in the operation of the bureau.....................................................................................
$6,982,515
1102-3302 For the purposes of utility costs and
associated contracts for the properties managed by the bureau of state office
buildings $5,129,416
Office
of Disability.
1107-2400 For the office on disability...........................................................................................................................
$574,343
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, so-called; 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.............................. $1,578,214
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, that any fee imposed upon a person for filing a grievance
or appeal with the commission shall be returned to him upon a finding on the merits
in favor of the aggrieved person......................................... $362,087
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..........................................................................................
$1,984,318
1108-5200 For the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium
and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2004; provided, that the secretary of administration
and finance shall charge the division of employment and training 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 the state indemnity health insurance plan and the
preferred provider organization 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 said 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 one year; provided further,
that the amounts received in payment for such 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 said chapter 32A and for the
purposes of section 14 of said 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 between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 2003 shall
be 85 per cent; provided further, that notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 32A
of the General Laws, the commonwealth’s share of such premiums for active state
employees and their dependents, those state employees retiring on or after July
1, 2003 and employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and of
regional transit authorities whose salary is between $0 and $49,999 shall be 85
percent of such premiums and rates; provided further, that the commonwealth’s
share of such premiums for active state employees and their dependents, those
state employees retiring on or after July 1, 2003
and employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and of
regional transit authorities whose salary is between $50,000 and $74,999 shall
be 80 percent of such premiums and rates; provided further, that the commonwealth’s
share of such premiums for active state employees and their dependents, those
state employees retiring on or after July 1, 2003 and employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority and of regional transit authorities whose salary is between $75,000
and $99,999 shall be 75 percent of such premiums and rates; provided further,
that the commonwealth’s share of such premiums for active state employees and
their dependents, those state employees retiring on or after July 1, 2003
and employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and of
regional transit authorities whose salary is greater than $100,000 shall be 70
percent of such premiums and rates; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter
150E of the General Laws, provided further, that notwithstanding chapter
retirees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and of regional transit
authorities shall continue to pay the same percentage, if any, of the health insurance
premium that they paid on June 1, 1994; provided further, that the commission
shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means by March 15 of
each year of the cost of the commonwealth's projected share of group insurance
premiums for the next fiscal year; and provided further, that the commission shall
issue, at the request of the beneficiary, a separate identification number for
enrollment and benefit purposes instead of the social security number....... $765,462,983
1108-5350 For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments...................................................................
$810,346
1108-5400 For the costs of the retired municipal teachers' premiums
and the audit of such premiums.......................
$45,871,510
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 such benefits pursuant to a separate
appropriation or the provisions of a contract or collective bargaining agreement;
provided, that such employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly premium established
by the commission for such benefits; and provided further, that the commission
shall expend all necessary funds from this item to ensure that all dental and
vision benefits shall be at least at the level in effect on June 30, 1998 .......................................................................................................................
$5,896,196
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 $632,165
1120-4005 For the administration of the library; provided, that said
library shall maintain regular hours of operation from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
.............................................................................................................................................................
$1,184,048
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, 1999; provided, that not less than $667,500 shall be
expended in fiscal year 2004 for full-time equivalent investigators, attorneys,
conciliators, hearing officers and contracted personnel as required for the exclusive
purpose of reducing the backlog of cases pending before the commission; provided
further, that on or before November 1, 2003 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 such 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
such committees on or before March 1, 2004; provided further, that the commission
shall identify in such 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 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, 2003 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 such cases in which there is probable cause to believe that a violation of
chapter 151B has been committed; provided further, that the commission shall include
in such report the total number of new cases filed in fiscal year 2003 and the
total number of cases closed by the commission in fiscal year 2003; provided further,
that an amount not to exceed $15,000 may be expended to fund Edward Brooke scholarships,
whereby the recipients of such scholarships assist the commission in resolving
cases filed on or before July 1, 1999; 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 ......................................................................................................................
$1,662,021
1150-5104 The Massachusetts commission against
discrimination may expend 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 2004 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs
in prior years; provided, 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; and provided further, that notwithstanding
section 1 or any other general or special law to the contrary, federal reimbursements
received in excess of $2,267,982 shall be credited to the General Fund $2,267,982
1150-5116 The Massachusetts commission against
discrimination to expend an amount not to exceed $27,500 from revenues collected
from fees charged for the training and certification of diversity trainers for
the operation of the discrimination prevention certification program ..................................................................................................................................................................
$27,500
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
Hyannis, Springfield, Pittsfield, Fall River, and Worcester; provided further,
that the department shall provide to the general court access to the municipal
data bank; and 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
however, that seasonal positions funded by this account may not be filled by incumbent
for more than 10 months within a 12 month period............
$115,277,826
General Fund...........................................................................................
95.00%
Highway Fund...........................................................................................
5.00%
1201-0130 The department of revenue may expend
an amount not to exceed $2,640,000 from revenues collected by auditors and for
the costs of administering an enhanced audit program, for discovering and identifying
persons who are delinquent either in the filing of any tax return or the payment
of any tax due and payable to the commonwealth, for the costs of obtaining those
delinquent returns and collecting those delinquent taxes for any prior fiscal
year; provided, that not withstanding 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 therefore as reported in the state accounting
system; provided further, that the commissioner of the department shall study
the feasibility of expanding the Most Wanted list, so-called, as published on
the internet, to include a list of all delinquent taxpayers, including individuals,
trusts, partnerships, corporations, and 121A corporations; provided further, that
the delinquency is an amount greater than $25,000 and for a period of at least
6 months from the time that the taxes were assessed; and provided further, that
the commissioner shall report the findings of such study to the house and senate
committees on ways and means, along with policy and legislative recommendations,
not later than November 1, 2003............................................................
$2,640,000
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 such agencies are hereby authorized to expend
said 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 said 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 the department shall file a performance report with the house and senate
committees on ways and means on or before January 15, 2004 detailing current staffing
levels by function and performance indicators, including, but not limited to,
TAFDC and non-TAFDC caseloads, collection levels, court cases, paternities established,
court orders established, average employee workload, federal reimbursements, projections
of said indicators for the remainder of the fiscal year and any deviations of
current performance from previous projections................................................
$48,620,054
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
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
said 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 said program; provided
further, that the department and said third parties shall take all steps necessary
to minimize said program's administrative costs; provided further, that such 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
1231-2000 For emergency assistance to fulfill
the police, fire and critical public health needs of cities and towns with serious
financial emergencies caused by the loss of local aid provided by the commonwealth;
provided, that such emergencies shall be certified after study and analysis
by the division of local services of the department of revenue; provided further,
that no city or town shall be eligible for said assistance until such city or
town has developed and implemented a financial management plan approved by said
division to remediate the cause of such financial emergencies by June 30, 2007;
provided further, that no such city or town may receive more than 10 per cent
of the total appropriation; provided further, that said division’s certification
of a serious financial emergency shall be based upon (a) the city’s or town’s
excess levy capacity, net free cash and overlay surplus; (b) the total bonded
indebtedness as a percentage of equalized property valuation of the municipality,
less reserves or appropriations available for payment thereof; (c) the inability
to the municipality to provide for the public safety, health, education and welfare
within the revenues available to the municipality; (d) the degree to which the
city or town has taken advantage of opportunities to lower the cost of municipal
government or to raise own source revenues as provided in any other general or
special law; and (e) any other financial criteria deemed appropriate by said division; provided further, that said division shall
promulgate regulations no later than September 1, 2003 to provide for the disbursement
of the funds appropriated herein; provided further, that no city or town shall
apply for said emergency assistance until said regulations have been promulgated
by said division; provided further, that said regulation shall clearly state the
purposes for which funds appropriated herein shall be expended; and provided further,
that said division shall submit 30 days prior to the approval of any distribution
of monies from this item an allocation schedule delineating which cities or towns
will receive aid and the amount of aid to be received...........
$40,000,000
1232-0100 For underground storage tank reimbursements
to parties that have remediated spills of petroleum products pursuant to chapter
21J of the General Laws.......................................................................................................................................
$19,200,000
Underground
Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund................
100.00%
1232-0200 For the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum
Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board pursuant to chapter 21J of the General
Laws and for the administration of the underground storage tank program associated
with the implementation of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding
section 4 of chapter 21J or any other general or special law to the contrary,
appropriations made in this item shall be sufficient to cover said administrative
expenses of the underground storage tank program
$1,424,321
Underground
Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund................
100.00%
1232-0300 For underground storage tank municipal
grants to remove and replace such tanks pursuant to section 2 of chapter 21J of
the General Laws and section 37A of chapter 148 of the General Laws............................................................................
$1,000,000
Underground
Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund................
100.00%
1233-2000 For reimbursing cities and towns for
taxes abated pursuant to the seventeenth, twenty-second, twenty-second A, twenty-second
B, twenty-second C, twenty-second E and thirty-seventh clauses 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
52 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 forty-first, forty-first B and forty-first C clauses
of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided, that the commonwealth
shall reimburse each city or town that accepts the provisions of said clause forty-first
B or clause forty-first C for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility
of applicants under said clauses in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted...............................................................................................
$9,890,345
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..................................
$1,355,104
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
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 said assistance shall be expended notwithstanding
section 35J of chapter 10 of the General Laws ...........................................................................................................................................................
$16,337,820
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....................................................................................
$26,777,895
1599-0093 For contract assistance to the water pollution abatement
trust for debt service obligations of the trust, in accordance with the provisions
of sections 6 and 6A of chapter 29C of the General Laws; provided, that the executive
office of administration and finance and the state treasurer shall, in conjunction
with the department of environmental protection and the state revolving fund administration,
examine and report on the status of clean and drinking water state revolving funds
to be administered in the fiscal year 2005 and beyond; provided further, that
said report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of ongoing projects,
projected numbers of projects to be undertaken over the next 10 years, the status
of the leveraging ratio of the fund, recommendations for changing or maintaining
the current leveraging ratio, and projections of the commonwealth's contract assistance
payments over said time period; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions
of any general or special law to the contrary, the water pollution abatement trust
board is hereby directed to leverage funds in the water pollution abatement trust
for disbursement to finance projects authorized pursuant to chapter 29C of the
General Laws on the basis of a 3-to-1 ratio; provided further, that if in the
opinion of the state treasurer, such 3-to-1 leveraging is not feasible, the proceeding
provisions shall not apply; and provided further, that the treasurer shall notify
the secretary of administration and finance, the house and senate committees on
ways and means, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection,
and the joint committee on natural resources upon making any such determination..........
$51,186,845
1599-1970 For a reserve for the Massachusetts turnpike authority for
costs incurred in fiscal year 2003 for the operation and maintenance of the central
artery/ tunnel project pursuant to chapter 235 of the acts of 1998 ......................................... $16,026,390
1599-3234 For the commonwealth’s south Essex sewerage district debt
service assessment .............................................
$95,100
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 fiscal year 2003 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........ $4,000,000
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 said 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
said department, on or prior to the promulgation date of said department's regulations
related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, so-called $7,860,000
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 said department's regulations
related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, so-called
$6,989,237
1599-3856 For rent and associated costs at the Massachusetts information
technology center in Chelsea...................
$7,115,000
1599-7092 For a reserve for the county correctional programs; provided
that, not withstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, the sheriffs,
in conjuncture with the county government finance review board, shall develop
a plan with the comptroller’s office to collect and report all revenue collection
and all spending on the Massachusetts Management Accounting Reporting System;
provided further, that the comptroller shall not transfer the funds from this
item to the 8910-0000 line item until 60 days has passed from the implementation
of said plan; provided further, that the county government finance review board
shall, by January 1, 2004, have developed a plan for the spending of all funds
for fiscal year 2004, and developed a sound fiscal spending plan for fiscal year
2005; provided further, that said 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, 2004 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, 2004; provided
further, that the board shall also provide a projection of all county funds to
be collected for fiscal year 2004 and 2005; provided further, that the board shall
release all funds from fiscal year 2004 quarterly; provided further, that any sheriff that spends more than his quarterly
approved budget shall have the money allocated to him 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 no funds be spent from the item
nor any funds be transferred from this item to another item until all of aforementioned
restrictions and conditions have been satisfied.......................................................
$39,319,632
1599-7777 For a reserve for the cost of the Suffolk County District
Attorney’s Office property tax charges as well as other estimated program expenses..................................................................................................................................................
$350,000
1599-7778 For a reserve for the costs of rent in the Plymouth County
District Attorney’s Office...............................
$125,132
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 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 no funds shall be obligated for purposes of executive search programs
except any executive search program which may be conducted pursuant to Executive
Order 227 adopted on February 25, 1983; 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 upon certification
of any open competitive list for a public safety position in a city or town, the
personnel administrator shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in a city or town, public notice that such eligible list has been
certified along with the notice of the last date to respond to the notice of circulation;
provided further, that the secretary of 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 such 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 .......................................................................................................................................
$3,851,414
1750-0102 The human resources division may expend revenues up to a
maximum of $1,150,000 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, 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.............................................................................
$1,150,000
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 said program......................... $151,741
1750-0119 For payment of workers' compensation benefits to certain
former employees of Middlesex and Worcester counties; provided, that the division
shall routinely re-certify said former employees pursuant to current workers'
compensation procedures $232,656
1750-0201 The division may expend an amount not to exceed $165,590
for implementation of the medical and physical fitness standards program established
pursuant to sections 61A and 61B of chapter 31 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 said 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 said program; and provided further,
that said division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means by February 1, 2004 on the projected costs of said program for fiscal year
2004 .......................................................................................................................................................
$165,590
1750-0300 For the commonwealth's contributions in fiscal year 2004
to health and welfare funds established pursuant to certain collective bargaining
agreements; provided, that such contributions shall be calculated as provided
in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and shall be paid to such health
and welfare trust funds on a monthly basis or on such other basis as the applicable
collective bargaining agreement provides..............................................................................................................................................
$21,130,000
Division of Operational Services.
1775-0100 For the operation of the operational services division...............................................................................
$1,616,712
1775-0110 The operational services division may expend for the costs
associated with the Comm-PASS computer system an amount not to exceed $20,000
from revenues collected from the use of Comm-PASS by government entities other
than state agencies and the sale of advertising space on Comm-PASS..............................................................................................................
$20,000
1775-0120 The operational services division may expend an amount not
to exceed $200,000 from revenue collected in the recovery of cost-reimbursement
overbilling and recoupment for health and human service agencies, 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
revenue collected in excess of $207,350..................................................................................................................................
$200,000
1775-0600 The operational services division may expend revenues collected
up to a maximum of $100,000 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 revenues collected
up to a maximum of $53,000 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 revenues in
an amount not to exceed, $55,000 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 revenues in
an amount not to exceed $1,054,538 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 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.............................................. $1,054,538
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 15, 2004 with actual and projected savings and expenditures for
the audits in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004; 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 such project or purchase; and provided further, that the chief information
officer may establish such rules and procedures as he deems necessary to implement
the provisions of this paragraph .........................................................................................
$6,165,824
1790-0300 The information technology division
may expend up to a maximum of $500,534 in 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 ...................................................................................
$500,534
EXECUTIVE
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Office
of the Secretary.
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 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 not
more than $250,000 shall be expended for volunteer monitoring grants; and provided
further, that not more than $1,250,000 shall be expended for the Watershed initiative...............................................................................................................................................
$6,569,952
2000-0500 For the operations of the office of
administrative appeals; 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; 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 office of administrative
appeals, shall be an agency decision subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter
30A of the General Laws; and provided further, that said office’s administrative
law judges shall be initially the persons who, on October 1, 2000, were serving
as administrative law judges and chief administrative law judge in the office
of administrative appeals in the department of environmental protection
$520,872
2000-9900 For the office of geographic and environmental
information established pursuant to section 4B of chapter 21A of the General Laws................................................................................................................................................................
$278,791
2001-1001 The secretary of environmental affairs
may expend an amount not to exceed $125,000 accrued from fees charged to authorities
and units of government within the commonwealth, other than state agencies, for
the distribution of digital cartographic and other data, and the review of environmental
notification forms pursuant to the Massachusetts environmental policy act, for
the purposes of providing said services; provided further, that the secretary
of environmental affairs shall increase any existing digital data and map fees
that have not been modified more recently than fiscal year 1989, and provided
further, that the increase shall take effect during fiscal year 2004................................................................................................................................................................
$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 the department
shall be prohibited from increasing the number of full time employees paid from
this line item above the number assigned to this item on March 1, 2003; provided
further, that funds may be expended for a recycling industry reimbursement program
pursuant to section 24 of chapter 43 of the act of 1997; provided further, that
the department of environmental protection shall expend not less than $1,375,000
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 said redemption
centers shall be eligible for such funds if they were registered with the commonwealth
as of April 1, 2003 ; 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;
and provided further, that such program shall take into consideration the volume
of redeemables per redemption center, the length of time such center has been
in operation, the number of returnables redeemed quarterly by such centers, the
submission by such centers of documentation of their redeemed returnables to the
department, and the costs of transportation, packing, storage and labor
$4,626,801
Clean Environment fund.......................................................................
100.00%
2020-0100 For toxics use reduction technical assistance
and technology, in accordance with chapter 21I of the General Laws $1,299,324
2030-1000 For the operation of the office of environmental
law enforcement; provided, that each county shall be assigned at least 1 full-time
environmental officer; provided further, that officers shall be assigned to vacant
patrol districts; provided further, that officers shall provide monitoring pursuant
to the National Shellfish Sanitation Program; and provided further, that no funds
from this item shall be expended for the purposes of item 2030-1004 .....................................................................................
$9,902,003
2030-1004 For environmental police private details;
provided, that the office may expend revenues of up to $250,000 collected from
fees charged for private details .........................................................................................................................................
$250,000
Department
of Conservation and Recreation
2600-1000 For the operation of the department
of conservation and recreation; provided, that said department shall enter into
an interagency agreement with the department of state police to provide police
coverage on department properties and parkways; provided further, that the department
of state police shall reimburse the department for costs incurred by the 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 the 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, 2004; 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 and provided further,
that no expenditures shall be made from the amount appropriated other than for
those purposes identified herein................ $5,568,630
2600-1001 The department may expend $50,000 for
the operation and maintenance of the department’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;
provided, that this item shall not impair or diminish the rights of access and
utilization of all current users of the system under agreements previously entered
into with the department; 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 department to maintain the telecommunications
system; and provided further, that no expenses other than those identified herein
shall be expended from this item .....................................................................................
$50,000
2600-1400 For the watershed management program
to operate and maintain reservoirs, watershed lands and related infrastructure
of the department; provided, that expenses incurred in other department programs
to assist the watershed management program may be charged to this item; provided
further, that no water shall be diverted from the Connecticut river by the department
of conservation and recreation or the Massachusetts water resources authority;
provided further, 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 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 section 113 of chapter 92 of the General Laws; provided further, that not
less than 13 rangers shall be assigned to patrol watershed areas; provided further,
that the department shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees
on ways and means not more than 10 days after the end of the quarter detailing
expenditures charged for the management of the Watershed in the most recent quarter
including the amount and a description of what was charged; provided further that
no expenditure shall be made from the amount appropriated other than for those
purposes identified herein $9,543,019
2600-2000 For the division of forests and parks;
provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be used to operate all of the department's
parks, heritage state parks, reservations, campgrounds, beaches, and pools, and
for the oversight of rinks; for the maintenance, operation and related costs of
the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the
care, custody and control of the department, for the flood control activities
of the department, for the purchase of all necessary supplies and related equipment,
and for the civilianization of crossing guards located at department of conservation
and recreation intersections where state police previously performed such duties; provided further, that not less than $3,902
shall be expended on additional school crossing guards on the corner of Mystic
avenue and Shore drive in the city of Somerville; provided further, that funds
appropriated herein shall be used to protect and manage the department's lands
and natural resources, including the forest and parks conservation services and
the bureau of forestry development; provided further, that not less than $275,000
shall be expended for the maintenance and use of the trail-side museum and the
Chickatawbut Hill center; provided further,
that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal
employees; provided further, that the department is authorized to issue grants
to public and non-public entities from this item; provided further, that not less
than $250,000 shall be obligated for the Schooner Ernestina Commission; provided
further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the maintenance and
operation of the James Michael Curley recreation center in Boston; provided further,
that not less than $105,000 shall be expended for maintenance of the southwest
corridor park and Pope John Paul Park in the city of Boston and the department
shall enter into contracts for personnel and other resources necessary for such
maintenance, including the costs of three horticulturists; and provided further,
that the department shall conduct a hydrology survey to assess the sediment buildup
and determine the amount of dredging necessary at Pine Tree Brook in Milton....................... $40,078,527
2600-2001 For the construction, reconstruction
and improvement of boulevards, parkways, bridges and related appurtenances under
the care, custody and control of the department, including street lighting and
the expenses of snow and ice control, including the costs of personnel; provided,
that no expenses shall be made other than for the purposes identified herein.........................
$2,784,958
2600-2010 The department of conservation and recreation
is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $150,000 from revenue generated
pursuant to section 34B of chapter 92 of the General Laws; provided, that no expenditures
shall be made from the amount appropriated other than for those purposes identified
herein........................................................................................
$150,000
2600-2041 The department may expend revenues collected
up to a maximum of $2,936,718 from fees charged by the department credited to
the Second Century Fund, 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
of the department; provided, that no funds from this item shall be expended for
the costs of personnel, including seasonal employees; provided further, that for
the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained
revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller
may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization
or the most recent revenue estimate there for 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 to be credited to the Second Century fund by the
first quarterly statement required by section 1B; provided further, that the comptroller
shall notify the budget director and the chairmen of the house and senate committees
on ways and means at the time subsequent quarterly statements are published of
the variance between actual and projected receipts credited to the Second Century
fund in each such quarter and the implications of said variance for expenditures
made from the Second Century fund; and provided further, that the department is
authorized for issue grants to public and non-public entities from this item...........................................
$2,936,718
Second Century Fund ............................................................................
100.00%
2600-3000 For the seasonal hires of the department,
including hires for the 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 2003 shall continue to receive such benefits
in fiscal year 2004 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 herein; 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 April 1 and ending no later
than November 30 or beginning no earlier than September 1 and ending no later
than April 30; provider further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31
of the General Laws; seasonal positions funded by this account may not be filled
by an incumbent for more than 8 months within a 12 month period; and provided
further, that the commission shall assign one park ranger between the hours of
8:30a.m. and 6:00p.m. from May 31 through October 1 at Norumbega park in the town
of Weston................... $8,410,149
2600-3010 The department of conservation and recreation
may expend an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 from skating rink fees and rentals
for the operation and maintenance, including personnel costs, of four rinks between
September 1, 2003 and April 30, 2004 for an expanded and extended rink season;
provided, that no expenditures shall be made from the amount appropriated other
than for those purposes identified herein....................................................................................................................................
$1,000,000
2600-4010 For the operation and maintenance of
the Ponkapoag golf course; provided, that the department may expend revenues up
to $1,100,000 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 department may incur expenses and the comptroller
may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization
or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system;
provided further, 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
no earlier than April 1 and ending no later than November 30; and provided further,
that no expenses shall be made other than for the purposes identified herein.
$1,100,000
2600-4011 For the operation and maintenance of
the Leo J. Martin golf course; provided, that the department may expend revenues
up to $700,000 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 department may incur expenses and the comptroller
may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization
or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system;
provided further, 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
no earlier than April 1 and ending no later than November 30; and provided further,
that no expenses shall be made other than for the purposes identified herein.
$700,000
Any federal funds received
as reimbursements for expenditures from any of the following items shall be credited
to the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund
2300-0101 For a program of riverways protection,
restoration and promotion of public access to rivers, including grants to public
and non-public entities; provided, that the positions funded in this item shall
not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws $300,000
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 2003 for
such research; provided further, that the department shall expend the amount necessary
to restore anadromous fish in the Connecticut and Merrimack river systems; and
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.........................................................
$6,702,731
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund............................................................. 100.00%
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............................................................. 100.00%
2320-0100 For the administration of the public
access board, including the maintenance, operation, and improvements of public
access land and water areas as authorized by section 17A of chapter 21 of the
General Laws; provided, that the public access board is hereby authorized to expend
from capital authorizations amounts necessary to cover the personnel costs of
the board for fiscal year 2004; provided, that trash dumpsters shall be prohibited
in all public landings situated in residential areas; provided further, that the
division of fisheries and wildlife shall post signs in said areas prohibiting
littering; provided further, that said signs shall require users of said public
landings to carry off all personal belongings and trash; and provided further,
that positions funded herein shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter
31 of the General Laws............................................................................................................................
$320,092
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 the
Newburyport shellfish purification plant shall generate not less than $115,000
from purification fees; and provided further, that the department shall increase
any existing shellfish rack and digger license fees that have not been modified
more recently than fiscal year 1989, and provided further, that the increase shall
take effect during fiscal year 2004; provided further, that not less than $180,000
shall be made available to 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; provided further, 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; and
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 Barnstable
County Department of Health and Environment $3,815,384
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
$618,159
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 $167,898 collected from federal sportfish restoration funds and from the sale
of materials which promote marine recreational fishing.......................................................................................................................
$167,898
2350-0101 For the hunter safety training program
.......................................................................................................
$433,719
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ............................................................ 100.00%
Department
of Environmental Protection.
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, notwithstanding the provisions of
section 323F of chapter 94 of the General Laws; 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
enactment of the appropriations made available by this act to the department shall
be deemed a determination, pursuant to subsection (m) of section 19 of chapter
21A of the General Laws; ...........................................................................................................................................................
$28,578,643
General Fund...........................................................................................
74.00%
Clean Environment Fund........................................................................
26.00%
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 on or before February
1, 2004 detailing the status of the department's progress in meeting the statutory
and regulatory deadlines associated with said chapter 21I and detailing the number
of full-time equivalent positions assigned to various implementation requirements
of said chapter 21I.......................................................
$918,782
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 ................................................................................
$948,068
2220-2221 For the administration and implementation
of the operating permit and compliance program required under the federal Clean
Air Act .............................................................................................................................................................
$1,975,287
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 .............................................................................................................................................................
$1,506,194
2260-8870 For the expenses of the hazardous waste
cleanup and underground storage tank programs, notwithstanding section 323F of
chapter 94 of the General Laws and section 2K of chapter 29 of the General Laws
and section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that the department
shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on
or before October 1, 2003 detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions
assigned to tier IA, tier IB, tier IC and tier 1I projects.......... $15,287,045
Clean Environment Fund........................................................................
55.47%
General Fund...........................................................................................
44.53%
2260-8872
For the costs associated with performing
targeted audits of real property sites upon which activity and use limitations
have been placed pursuant to chapter 21E of the General Laws, as directed by section
43 of chapter 206 of the acts of 1998; provided, that the amount appropriated
herein may also be expended on increased site visits by the department, increased
oversight and training of licensed site professionals, increased training of department
inspectors, and increased enforcement activity and use limitations; and provided
further, that the amount appropriated herein shall not exceed the interest earned
on the Brownfield Revitalization Fund since its inception .............................................................................................................................................................
$1,794,710
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 ................................................................................................................................
$219,038
Department
of Agricultural Resources
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, 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,
the division of agricultural development and fairs; provided further, that allotment
funds for 4-H activities may be expended 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; and provided
further, that funds may be expended for implementation of the agricultural marketing
strategic plan, including, but not limited to, a “Buy Local” campaign, and funding
for agricultural business training and technical assistance ............................................................................
$3,988,210
2511-0105 For the purchase of supplemental foods
for the emergency food assistance program within the second harvest nationally-certified
food bank system of Massachusetts; provided, that the funds appropriated herein
shall be expended for food to be distributed by the greater Boston food bank as
follows: 73.5 per cent to the greater Boston food bank, including a portion to
be distributed to the Merrimack valley food bank under a contractual agreement
between the food bank and the greater Boston food bank, 15.2 per cent to the food
bank of western Massachusetts, and 11.3 per cent to the Worcester county food
bank...................................................
$6,430,000
2511-3002 For the integrated pest management program..............................................................................................
$100,000
EXECUTIVE
OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Office
of the Secretary.
4000-0100 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 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 the executive office of health and human services 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 the islands; and provided further,
that $100,000 shall be expended for studies undertaken pursuant to section 597
of this act and other studies undertaken for the purposes of successfully implementing
the reorganization of health and human services $2,191,369
4000-0140 For the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient
Safety and Medical Error Reduction, under section 16E of chapter 16A of the General
Laws................................................................................................................................................................
$200,000
4000-0300 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 sections 16B and 16C
of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, 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, so-called, and the recipient eligibility verification
system MA21, so-called, 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 of health and human services 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 the same standards
and regulations in place for score III in fiscal year 1998 shall be retained in
fiscal year 2004; 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 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 the 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, so-called; provided further, that the executive office shall report quarterly
to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts of said expenditure
refunds credited to each item of appropriation; provided further, that the executive
office shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means
the amount of hand generated payments, so-called, to providers by item of appropriation
from which said payments were made; provided further, that the executive office
shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing
projected expenditures for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 for this item and items
4000-0320, 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0700, 4000-0860, , 4000-0870,
4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0890, 4000-0891 and 4000-1400; provided further, that
in identifying the projected expenditures, the report shall account for any and
all assumptions used to project promulgated or projected changes in provider payment
rates, average per-member-per-month expenditure amounts, and the methods utilized
to estimate current and prospective beneficiary enrollment and benefit utilization
trend; provided further, that the report shall include monthly member-month caseload,
date-of-service and date-of-payment expenditure data by provider type and health
benefit plan; provided further, that the report shall detail by item of appropriation
any updates or budgetary revisions made subsequent to the governor’s budget submission
for fiscal year 2005 recommendations, including, but not limited to, any assumptions
used to develop the recommendations; provided further, that the report shall be
submitted not later than February 15, 2004; 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, so-called, 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 the federal financial participation received
from claims filed based on in-kind administrative services related to outreach
and eligibility activities performed by certain community organizations, under
the so-called “covering kids initiative” and in accordance with the federal revenue
criteria in 45 CFR 74.23 or any other federal regulation which provides a basis
for federal financial participation, shall be credited to this item and may be
expended, without further appropriation, on administrative services including
those covered under an agreement with the organizations participating in the initiative;
provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
law to the contrary, the executive office shall require the commissioner of the
department 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 said executive office shall annually submit on or before February first to
the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing the cost-effectiveness
of the drug prior authorization program including an analysis of: (a) the direct
cost of the prior authorization program, so called; (b) the estimated amount,
if any, of cost shifting to physicians in terms of additional time spent in obtaining
authorization for a selected course of therapy; (c) internal program costs shifting,
if any, including but not limited to additional prescriptions, laboratory tests,
physician visits, hospitalization, and skilled nursing care that are associated
with implementation of the prior authorization program; provided further, that
each report shall include all therapeutic classes that are currently subject to
prior authorization; provided further, that any contractor retained to develop
and prepare said annual report shall not be related to any contractor retained
by the state to develop and implement said prior authorization program; provided
further, that expenditures for the purpose of a dispensing fee to retail pharmacies
shall be paid for out of the Health Care Quality Improvement Trust Fund, established
in section 2DDD of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that no funds
from items 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0700, 4000-0860, 4000-0870, 4000-0880
or 4000-1400 shall be expended for the purpose of such dispensing fees, except
that funds may be expended from any such item if amounts from the Health Care
Quality Improvement Trust Fund are insufficient to pay for such fees; and provided
further, that funds may be expended from this item for care management services
provided in items 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0860, 4000-0870, 4000-0875,
4000-0880, 4000-1400 pursuant to subsection (4) of section 536 of this act,
.........................................................................................................................................................
$116,020,407
Department
of Veterans Services.
0610-0093 For the purposes of allowing the department
of veterans’ services to make bonus payments to Persian Gulf war veterans; provided,
that all such payments shall be consistent with the purposes of the trust instrument
for “A Hero’s Welcome Trust Fund” $23,000
A
Hero’s Welcome Trust Fund..............................................................
100%
1410-0010 For the operation of the office of veterans'
services and for the revenue maximization
project of the executive office of elder affairs to identify individuals eligible
for veterans' pensions who are currently receiving home care and home health services;
provided, that not less than $10,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the
Korean war veterans committee of Massachusetts for the purpose of maintaining
the Massachusetts Korean war memorial located in the shipyard park of the Charlestown
navy yard; provided further, that $10,000 shall be obligated for the purpose of
maintaining the Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial located in the Green Hill
Park in Worcester; provided further, that said office shall fund a housing specialist
from this item; and provided further, that the department may expend funds for
the Glory 54th Brigade............................................................................................................
$1,878,329
1410-0012 For services to veterans, including
the maintenance and operation of outreach centers; provided, that said 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 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 $82,757 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Northeast
Outreach Center in the city of Haverhill; 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 $84,879 shall
be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Association of Bristol county in
the city of Fall River; provided further, that not less than $94,501 shall be
obligated for a contract with NamVets of the Cape and Islands in the town of Hyannis;
provided further, that not less than $84,879 shall be obligated for a contract
with the Outreach Center, Inc., in the city of Pittsfield; provided further, that
not less than $167,394 shall be obligated for a contract with the Montachusett
Veterans Outreach Center in the city of Gardner; 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; and provided further, that not less than $84,879
shall be obligated for a contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of
Massachusetts, Inc., in the city of Springfield
$1,018,615
1410-0015 For the women veterans' outreach program....................................................................................................
$40,281
1410-0018 The department may expend for the maintenance
and operation of Agawam veterans' cemetery an amount not to exceed $150,000 from
revenue collected from fees, grants, gifts, or other contributions to said cemetery...................................
$150,000
1410-0250 For homelessness services, including
the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for
veterans; provided, that not less than $303,966 shall be obligated for a contract
with the central Massachusetts shelter for homeless veterans located in the city
of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $352,395 shall be obligated
for a contract with the southeastern Massachusetts veterans housing program, Inc.
located in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that $100,350 shall be obligated
for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse located in Dorchester;
provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be obligated for a contract
with Unity House located in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not less
than $28,350 shall be obligated for a contract with the Transition House located
in the city of Springfield; 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 $44,888 shall be obligated for
a contract with the Mansion located in the city of Haverhill; provided further,
that not less than $28,350 shall be obligated for a contract with the Homestead
located in the town of Hyannis; provided further, that not less than $108,000
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 $22,500 shall be obligated for a contract with the Turner House
located in the town of Williamstown; provided further, that not less than $73,350
shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse located
in Roxbury; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be obligated for
a contract with Habitat P.L.U.S. in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not
less than $43,200 shall be obligated for a contract with the Chapin Mansion/Soldiers'
home in the city of Holyoke for homeless veterans care; and provided further,
that not less than $22,500 shall be obligated for a contract with the Maguder
House/Soldiers' Home for transitional housing for veterans in the city of Chicopee.............................................................................................................................................................
$1,359,824
1410-0251 For homelessness services, including
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....................................................
$2,093,735
1410-0300 For the payment of annuities to certain
disabled veterans and the parents and un-remarried spouses of certain deceased
veterans; provided, that such 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; and provided
further, that the commissioner 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..................................................
$11,002,311
1410-0400 For reimbursing cities and towns for
money paid for veterans' benefits and for payments to certain veterans; provided,
that said reimbursements shall be made pursuant to section 6 of chapter 115 of
the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special
law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amounts of veterans' benefits paid by
cities and towns to residents of a soldiers' home 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
commissioner of veterans' services may continue a training program for veterans'
agents and directors of veterans' services in cities and towns of the commonwealth;
provided further, that the purpose of such training program shall be to maximize
federal assistance available for veterans and to assure that such 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 such training program shall include
benefits available under chapter 115 of the General Laws 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 commissioner shall promulgate regulations for said training program;
provided further, that upon successful participation by such veterans' agents
or directors of veterans' services in such training program, the costs of such
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
such costs were paid; provided further, that any person applying for veterans
benefits to pay for services available to medical assistance under chapter 118E,
shall also apply for medical assistance under chapter 118E to minimize cost of
the commonwealth and its municipalities; provided further, that veterans’ agents
shall complete applications authorized by the division of medical assistance under
chapter 118E for any veteran, widow and dependent applying for medical assistance
under 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 division of medical assistance shall act on all chapter 118E
applications and advise the applicant and the veterans’ agent of the applicant’s
eligibility for chapter 118E healthcare; provided further, that the veterans’
agent shall advise the applicant of the right to assistance for medical benefits
under chapter 115 pending approval of the application for assistance under chapter
118E by the division of medical assistance; provided further, that the commissioner
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 chapter
115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility
under chapter 118E; and provided further, that benefits awarded pursuant to section
6B of chapter 115 shall be considered countable income...................................................................................................
$10,034,959
1410-0630 For the administration of the veterans'
cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon...................... $429,908
OFFICE
OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
4110-0001 For the office of the commissioner and the bureau of research;
provided, that the commissioner may transfer funds between line 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 line items stated
herein shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total amount appropriated for that
line item; provided further, that 30 days prior to 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 2004 that
extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year
2003 shall not annualize above the amounts in fiscal year 2005......................................................................................
$825,292
4110-0003 The Massachusetts commission for the blind may expend an
amount not to exceed $114,000 from fees collected for the issuance of photo identification
cards and certificates of blindness to clients of the department; provided, 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...........................................................................................................................
$114,000
4110-1000 For the community services program; provided, that not less
than $350,000 shall be expended from this item for the deaf-blind community access
network; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the
talking information center; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall
be expended for the Audible Local Ledger of Falmouth; and provided further, 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 $3,673,070
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 division
of medical assistance, 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 $323,947
4110-2000 For the turning 22 program of the commission; provided, that
nothing stated herein shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise
to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to the
services funded herein; 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.....................................................
$8,000,574
4110-2001 For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years
of age during state fiscal year 2004; provided, that the amount spent from this
line item shall not annualize to more than $97,000 in fiscal year 2005; provided
further, that nothing stated herein shall give rise to or shall be construed as
giving rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement
to the services funded herein; 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 $36,500
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.....................................................................
$2,588,521
4110-4000 For the administration of the Ferguson Industries for the
blind; provided, that retired workshop employees shall receive grants equal to
three-fourths 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
$1,884,200
Massachusetts Rehabilitation
Commission.
4120-1000 For the operation of the commission; provided, that the commissioner
may transfer funds between line 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 line items stated herein shall not exceed 10 per cent
of the total amount appropriated for that line item; provided further, that 30
days prior to 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 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 the department 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; 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; and provided
further, that amounts appropriated in items of the department that extend or expand
services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 2003 shall not annualize
above the amounts in fiscal year 2005 ...........................
$424,537
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 $155,000 shall be expended for services
provided by the Life Focus Center; and 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 said
residence........ $7,159,207
4120-3000 For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational
evaluation and employment services for severely physically disabled adults may,
subject to appropriation, be provided; and provided further, that not less than
$305,000 shall be expended for the Charlestown Navy Yard Special Project for physically
disabled adults........................................................................
$7,680,098
4120-4000 For independent living assistance services; provided, that
$20,000 shall be expended for Living Independently for Equality, Inc. of Brockton;
provided further, that $200,000 shall be obligated for the SHARE Foundation at
the University of Massachusetts; and provided further, that not more than $858,000
shall be expended for assistive technology devices and training for individuals
with severe disabilities ............................................................................................................................................
$7,832,294
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 during fiscal year 2004; provided, that the amount expended from this line
item shall not annualize to more than $900,000 in fiscal year 2005; and provided
further, that nothing stated herein shall give rise to or shall be construed as
giving rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement
to the services funded herein ................................................................................................................................................................
$565,000
4120-5000 For homemaking services .........................................................................................................................
$4,342,733
4120-5050 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission may expend an amount not to exceed
$2,000,000 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 payments amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization
or the most recent revenue estimate reported in the state accounting system; and
provided further, that the commission shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means not later than February 3, 2004, detailing the use
of any funds encumbered or expended from this item, including, but not limited
to, the number of clients served, the types of services purchased and the annualized
impact of the expenditures in the subsequent fiscal year...........................................
$2,000,000
4120-6000 For head injured services; provided, that the commission
shall work with the division of medical assistance 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 and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended for the Cape Cod head injury program..............................................................................................................
$5,979,149
Massachusetts
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
4125-0101 Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing may expend revenues
in an amount not to exceed $175,000 from charges received on behalf of interpreter
services and monies received from private grants, bequests, gifts or contributions;
provided, 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
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 be required to work in state operated facilities for
a minimum duration of one year.......................................................................
$22,692,947
4180-1100 The Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts located in the city of
Chelsea may expend revenues up to a maximum of $207,000 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 said license plates, shall be deposited into and for the
purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts
located in the city of Chelsea; 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 in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea 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................................. $207,000
Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke
4190-0100 For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in
Holyoke including the adult day care program; provided, that in the operation
of the outpatient pharmacy, the Soldiers’ Home shall cover the cost of drugs prescribed
at said 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; provided
further, that not less than $111,280 shall be expended to maintain dental clinic
hours at 40 hours per week; and provided further, upon receipt of federal reimbursement
funds for state-funded capital projects, said Soldiers’ Home may expend not more
than $3,600,000 for the costs of asbestos removal and air conditioning installation...........................................................................................................................................................
$16,390,209
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 is
hereby authorized to charge to users of said program; provided, that the rates
of said co-payments and the procedures for the administration thereof shall annually
be determined by the superintendent of said soldiers' home and approved by the
secretary of health and human services; provided further, that no funds appropriated
in this item shall be expended until said superintendent has submitted a report
to said secretary and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing
projected expenditures for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 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 1,2003; 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 demographic information
on said outpatient pharmacy users, including age and insurance status; provided
further, that said report shall include 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 solders' home's drug utilization review program for the first two quarters
of fiscal year 2004; provided further, that said report shall be submitted not
later than January 15, 2004; 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, said 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
4190-1100 The Soldiers' Home in Holyoke may expend revenues up to a
maximum of $163,000 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 in Holyoke; 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,
said Soldiers' Home in Holyoke 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 $163,000
Department of Mental Retardation.
5911-1000 For the administration of the department of mental retardation;
provided, that the department shall not charge user fees, so-called, for transportation
or community day services; and provided further, that the department shall not
charge fees for eligibility determination for services provided by said department
or for applications of requests for transfer of guardianship, so-called
$12,119,401
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; and provided further, that
not less than $109,522 shall be expended from this item for the life focus center
in the Charlestown section of the City of Boston.......................................... $14,711,495
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.......... $52,049,675
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 2003 pursuant to item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 184 of
the acts of 2002; provided further, that $8,650,000 shall be expended for the
fiscal year 2003 annualized cost of the settlement agreement Rolland vs. Cellucci,
and $5,000,000 shall be expended for the fiscal year 2004 cost of the settlement;
provided further, that the commissioner of the department of mental retardation
is hereby authorized and directed to transfer funds from this item to item 5920-2010,
as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by subsidiary
the distribution of said funds to be transferred and which said commissioner shall
file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days prior to any
such transfer; provided further, that not more than $5,000,000 shall be transferred
from this item in fiscal year 2004; provided further, 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 than $500,000 shall be expended
for Best Buddies Massachusetts.....................
$459,916,887
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..................................................................................
$112,050,634
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; provided further, that the department shall
submit copies of the quarterly reports required by Section G of said Settlement
Agreement to the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further,
that any names and other identifying personal information contained in said quarterly
reports shall be redacted from the reports prior to their submission to the committees
on ways and means in order to preserve the confidentiality of said information...........................................................................................................................................................
$49,500,000
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 2003 pursuant to item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter
184 of the acts of 2002; provided, that not less than $302,000 shall be expended
for the life focus center in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston, including
on alternative work program............................................................................................................................................
$106,479,308
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 2002 pursuant to item 5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 184 of
the acts of 2002; provided, that the department shall pursue the highest rates
of federal reimbursement possible for such services................................ $47,099,428
5920-5000 For services for clients of the department who turn 22 years
of age during state fiscal year 2004; provided, that the amount appropriated herein
shall not annualize to more than $13,600,000 in fiscal year 2005; provided further,
that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than January 1, 2004, 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; provided further,
that nothing herein shall give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or
an enforceable entitlement to the services funded herein; and provided further,
that nothing stated herein shall be construed as giving rise to such enforceable
legal rights or such enforceable entitlement........................................................................................................................
$6,467,670
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, 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 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 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:
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, 2004; provided further, that the Fernald Developmental Center
shall not be closed prior to October 2004 to insure adequate community, client,
and family member input into the closure planning process; provided further, that
the department may allocate funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from this
item to items 5920-2000 and 5920-2025, 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
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...........................................................................................................
$163,661,641
5982-1000 The department of mental retardation may expend an amount
not to exceed $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, said 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
OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
Office of Child Care Services.
4130-0001 For the administration of the office of child care services;
provided, that the office shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and
average cost of voucher and contracted child care slots funded from items 4130-3050
and 4130-3600 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 under item 4130-3050; provided further, that the
office shall report quarterly to 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 child care; provided further, that
the office shall administer the child care resource and referral system; provided
further, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the office’s
authority to issue variances or grant licenses or certificates on a probationary
basis as provided in 102 CMR 8.00 as in effect on May 28, 1993; 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 item 4130-3050; provided
further, that the office shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees
on ways and means and 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 no funds from this item shall be expended for the DD
subsidiary costs of the Children’s Trust Fund .....................................................................................................................
$1,761,563
4130-0005 For field operations and licensing..............................................................................................................
$7,084,452
4130-2998 For child care quality expenditures; provided, that not less
than $1,402,109 shall be expended for activities to increase the supply of quality
child care for infants and toddlers; provided further, that not less than $248,603
shall be expended for resource and referral and school-age child care activities;
provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used to fund capital assets
or equipment for for-profit providers or agencies.............................................................................................................................
$4,259,182
4130-3050 For child care vouchers and contracted child care programs
for low-income families; provided further, that the employment services child
care program for recipients of transitional and supplemental transitional aid
to families with dependent children and the absent parents of the recipients,
former recipients of the program who are working for up to 1 year after termination
of benefits, former recipients of the program participating in education or training
programs authorized by department of transitional assistance regulations, and
parents under the age of eighteen currently enrolled in a job training program
who would qualify for benefits under provisions of chapter 118 of the General
Laws but for the deeming of grandparents’ income shall be funded from this item;
provided further, that post-transitional child care vouchers
for former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children
who have been working for more than 1 year after termination of program benefits
shall be funded from this item; provided further, that income-eligible child care
programs shall be funded from this item; provided further, that child 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 child 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 informal child care benefits shall be funded from this item; provided
further, that not more than $2.00 per child per hour shall be paid for such services;
provided further, that child care slots funded from this item shall be distributed
geographically in a manner that provides fair and adequate access to child care
for all eligible individuals; and provided further, that all child care providers
that are part of a public school system shall be required to accept child care
vouchers from recipients funded through this appropriation
$281,923,625
4130-3100 For the regional administration of child care programs and
related child care activities; provided, that the activities shall include, but
not be limited to, voucher management, 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 child care; and provided further, that no funds shall
be expended from this item for AA subsidiary payroll expenses..
$11,043,732
4130-3600 For supportive child care associated with the family stabilization
program; provided, that funds from this item shall only be expended for child
care costs of children with active cases at the department of social services
............................... $49,344,206
Children's Trust Fund
4130-0002 For the administration of the Children's Trust Fund.....................................................................................
$943,958
4130-1000 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 such services shall be made available statewide to
all parents that received services in the previous fiscal year and to all newly
eligible parents age 18 years old and under within the amount appropriated herein
$12,975,179
4200-0010 For the administration of the department
of youth services; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2004,
detailing the caseload for all department programs funded in items 4200-0100,
4200-0200 and 4200-0300; provided further, that the commissioner of youth services,
in conjunction with the department of education, shall submit a report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2003
on the status of educational resources at the department of youth services; provided
further, that the report shall review teacher retention, salary comparisons within
the department and to statewide averages and related impact on the quality of
educational services provided to youths in the custody of the department; and
provided further, that the report shall include recommendations for the improvement
of educational resources and costs associated with the improvements........................................................
$4,476,803
4200-0100 For supervision, counseling and other
community-based services provided to committed youths in non-residential care
programs of the department; provided, that the commissioner may transfer up to
7 per cent of the amount appropriated herein 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 ..................................................................................................
$20,208,127
4200-0200 For pre-trial 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
$18,534,586
4200-0300 For secure facilities, including purchase-of-service
and state-operated programs incidental to the operations of the facilities; provided,
that not less than $250,000 be expended for “non-contracted services” located
within the commonwealth; provided, that the commissioner may transfer up to 5
per cent of the amount appropriated herein 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 ...........................................................................................................................................................
$81,026,811
Department
of Transitional Assistance.
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
2004 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, 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 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; 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 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; provided further, that if assistance under
chapter 118 is denied, the application shall be transmitted by the department
to the division of medical assistance for a determination of eligibility under
chapter 118E; provided further, that the department shall continue policies to
increase participation in the food stamp program; 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 re-determinations; provided further, that the department
shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
December 15, 2002 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; and provided further, that not more than $500,000 shall be
expended on a food stamps outreach program...............................................
$121,366,617
4400-1025 For domestic violence specialists at
local area offices...................................................................................
$578,195
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 years, 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 one
year after termination of their benefits due to employment or subsection (f) of
section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; 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 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 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 subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter
5 of the acts of 1995, becoming eligible for benefits, the department may offer
to the recipient a skills assessment to identify barriers to employment; provided
further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in determining
whether a recipient should be granted an extension of time-limited benefits under
subsection (f) of said section 110 of said chapter 5, the department shall consider
whether a recipient needs a reasonable amount of time to complete a recognized
education or training program; provided further, that notwithstanding any general
or special law to the contrary, verified hours spent attending a department approved
education or job skills training program shall count toward satisfaction of the
work requirement established under subsection (j) of said section 110 of said
chapter 5; and provided further, that nothing herein shall give rise to or shall
be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or in enforceable
entitlement to services...................................................................................
$11,999,361
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 2003; 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 shall be 2 3/4 per cent below the otherwise applicable payment
standard, in fiscal year 2004, pursuant to the provisions of 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; 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 2003; provided further,
that the children's clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need
for the month of September, 2003; 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 on child
abuse, 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 three month
period following 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, so-called,
and post-transitional benefits, so-called; provided further, that the department
shall work with the office of child care services to ensure that both recipients
currently receiving benefits and former recipients during the one year period
following 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
not less than $318,074 shall be expended for the purposes of the operation of
the Transportation Assistance Program operated by the Traveler's Aid Society of
Boston; 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; ..........................................................................
$324,542,720
4403-2119 For the provision of structured settings
as provided in subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995
for parents under the age of 20 who are receiving benefits under the transitional
aid to families with dependent children program; $6,217,183
4403-2120 For certain expenses of the emergency
assistance program as herein delineated: (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, so-called; (vi) hotel and motel payments on
behalf of homeless families; and (vii) voucher shelters, so-called; provided further,
that eligibility shall be limited to families with income at or below 100 per
cent of the federal poverty level; 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
no funds may be expended for heat or utility arrearages; provided further, that
an otherwise eligible household shall be authorized for temporary emergency shelter
even if that household has been authorized to receive a rental arrearage payment
within the past 12 months; provided further, that eligible households shall be
placed in shelter as close as possible to their home community, unless the household
requests otherwise; provided further, if the closest available placement is not
within 20 miles of the household's home community, the household shall be transferred
to an appropriate shelter within 20 miles of its home community at the earliest
possible date, unless the household requests otherwise; provided further, that
the department shall strive to place eligible households in scattered site shelters
in their home communities rather than in motels upon a determination that this
action shall not entail additional costs to the family shelter program; provided
further, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees
on ways and means on the number of families who apply for emergency assistance
funded family shelter, the number of families approved for shelter, the number
of families denied shelter along with reasons for denials, 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, programs designed to prevent homelessness
that had previously been accessed by families receiving shelter, the composition
of families receiving shelter, the reason that the household is seeking emergency
family shelter, 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 data, including an analysis of causes relating
to any significant differences in the data for each type of shelter; 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 herein; provided further, that notwithstanding
the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, 30 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 nothing herein shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving
rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to
services other than to the extent that such rights or entitlements exist under
the regulations promulgated by the department; and 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 ...........................................................................................................................................................
$78,820,720
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 division of medical assistance,
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 division;
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 $200,697,005
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, that funds may be used for transitional
supportive housing, but that no funds shall be used for transitional supportive
housing that would cause a reduction in homelessness services or the number of
homeless individuals served; provided further, that the department may allocate
funds to other agencies for the purposes of this program; and provided further,
that all organizations that received funds from this item in fiscal year 2003
shall receive funds from this item in the current fiscal year...................................
$30,000,000
4408-1000 For a program of cash assistance to
certain residents of the commonwealth under chapter 117A of the General Laws,
entitled emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children found by the department
to be eligible for such aid, under 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 alien 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 the payment standard shall equal the payment standard
in effect under the general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further,
that a $35 rent allowance, to the extent possible within the amount of this appropriation,
shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing
in public housing or subsidized housing; 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 have been
verified by a competent authority, to certain persons caring for a disabled person,
to otherwise eligible participants in the vocational rehabilitation program of
the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission, to otherwise eligible students under
age 21 who are regularly attending a full time grade school, high school, technical
or vocational school not beyond the secondary level, and to dependent children
who are ineligible for benefits under both chapter 118 of the General Laws and
the separate program created by section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997
and parents or other caretakers of dependent children who are ineligible under
said chapter 118 and under the separate program; provided further, that no 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 any person incarcerated in a correctional
institution shall not 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 in initially
implementing the program for this fiscal year, the department shall include all
eligibility categories permitted herein 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
herein; 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 herein shall be construed as creating
any right accruing to recipients of the former general relief program; provided
further, that the secretary of health and human services shall report monthly
to the house and senate committees on ways and means for the preceding month on
the number of persons applying for benefits under this program, by category, age
and disability, if any, and the number of persons receiving and denied benefits
under this program by category, age and disability, if any; provided further,
that not later than December 15, 2003 the department shall report to the house
and senate committees on ways and means on the composition and demographics of
eligible students under age 21 receiving benefits from this program; provided
further, that this report shall include a breakdown of student recipients by age,
current living situation, and living situation immediately prior to initial receipt
of benefits under
this 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 herein 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 herein; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general
or special law, or of this item to the contrary, 30 days before implementing any
eligibility or benefit changes, or both, 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 ................................................................................
$68,886,603
Department
of Social Services.
4800-0015 For central and area office administration,
including revenue management services; provided, that the associated expenses
of employees whose AA subsidiary 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 an area office
shall be maintained in the Beverly area; 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 that 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 department
of mental health in making such assessments and recommendations; and provided
further, that unless otherwise authorized, all funds including federal reimbursements
received by the department shall be credited to the General Fund............................... $64,231,642
4800-0025 For foster care review services..................................................................................................................
$2,488,656
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................................................................................................................................................................
$701,198
4800-0038 For stabilization, unification, reunification,
permanency, adoption, guardianship, and foster care services provided by the department
of social services; provided further, 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 eligible for a clothing benefit under regulations in place on January
1, 2003 shall receive a clothing benefit in fiscal year 2004; provided further,
that the department shall report monthly to the house and senate committees on
ways and means on the number of clients served, the cost per unit of service and
any available information on the outcome of services provided for each program
funded from this item; provided further, that service providers shall provide
the department with all information necessary to allow the completion of these
reports; 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, whose cost per unit of service or service outcomes do not
fall within a reasonable standard; provided further, that not less than $250,000
shall be expended for a contract for an integrated family services team in region
6; 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 $130,000 shall be expended for the Children’s Cove Cape and Islands
Child Advocacy Center; provided further, that $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 the department shall expend
$348,850 for Latinas y Ninos and Casa Esperanza, to implement a family stabilization
and reunification program; 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 less than $104,123 shall
be expended for the school age parenting project at Framingham high school; provided
further, that not less than $35,000 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 in partnership with
the department; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended
for a statewide contract with the Sport in Society’s mentors in violence prevention and conflict resolution program; 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; provided further, that not
less than $30,000 shall be expended for a contract with Big Brothers and Sisters
of Cape Cod and the Islands; provided further, that the department shall expend
a sum of not less than $48,000 in region 1 for a community-based family unification
counseling program to prevent juvenile delinquency; provided further, that not
less than $140,000 shall be expended for the Comprehensive School-Age Parenting
Program, Inc. for expansion of a year-round school based program in Boston high
schools and middle schools for pregnant teens, young mothers and fathers and other
youth at high risk for school drop out; provided further, that not less than $200,000
shall be provided to support the family center component of the Greater Lowell
Family Resource Center; provided further, that $450,000 shall be expended for
a contract with Massachusetts Families for Kids; and provided further, that $476,598
shall be expended for permanency mediation services in the probate and juvenile
courts.........................................................................................................................................................
$250,619,306
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; provided further, that the department
shall maintain a managed care network for the commonworks program; provided further,
that the department shall collaborate with the departments of education, mental
health, youth services, the operational services division and any other interested
agencies in the commonwealth to consider available options for increasing consistency
among and imposing uniform controls upon reimbursement rates for special education
programs authorized under chapter 71B of the general laws; provided further that
the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means
not later than December 15, 2003 on the findings of this collaboration; provided
further, that the previously mentioned parties shall also collaborate with the
Massachusetts association of chapter 766 approved private schools to consider
available options for increasing program capacity to decrease department referral
admission waiting lists and increasing consistency in staff compensation and retention;
and provided further, that not less than $850,000 shall be expended for the Assessment
for Safe and Appropriated Placement program for sexually aggressive children,
including not less than $140,000 for the expenses of 1 full-time administrative
assistant, 1 half-time researcher and associated costs.................................................................................................................................................
$216,668,602
4800-0091 For the purposes of purchasing hardware,
software, and information technology services for the improvement of Familynet,
and 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 with Salem State College, the department may
expend an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated in this item..........................................................................................................
$6,750,000
4800-0151 For a program to provide alternative
overnight nonsecure 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 such alternative nonsecure placement 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 ................................................................................................................................................................
$766,085
4800-1100 For the AA subsidiary 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 ................................................................................................................................................
$130,177,063
4800-1400 For shelters and support services for
women and children at risk of domestic violence, including supervised visitation
programs; 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 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 statewide domestic violence hotline; provided further,
that funding shall be provided for the operation of the New Chardon Street Home
for Women in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000
shall be expended for the On The Rise shelter for homeless women in Cambridge;
provided further, that not less than $65,205 shall be expended for the North Quabbin
Domestic Violence Initiative; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall
be expended for the Melrose Alliance Against Violence; and provided further, that
not less than $110,850 shall be expended for the New England Learning Center for
Women in Transition;.........................................
$17,030,741
4800-1500 For domestic violence prevention specialists
in the department’s area offices;.............................................
$363,850
OFFICE
OF HEALTH SERVICES
Division
of Medical Assistance.
4000-0320 The division of medical assistance may
expend an amount not to exceed $70,000,000 from the monies received from recoveries
of any 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 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 division 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; and provided further, that additional
categories of recoveries and collections, including the balance of any personal
needs accounts collected from nursing and other medical institutions and a recipients
death and held by the division for more than 3 years, may, notwithstanding the
provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, be credited to this
item after providing written notice to the house and senate committees on ways
and means, and the secretary of administration and finance ...............................
$70,000,000
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 division shall maximize
federal reimbursement for state expenditures made on behalf of said adults and
children; provided further, that the division shall adhere to the same time standards
for processing of a commonhealth application as govern applications under Title
XIX of the Federal Social Security Act namely within 45 days of receipt of a completed
application or within 90 days if a determination of disability is required; provided
further, that children shall be determined eligible for the medical care and assistance
if the children meet the disability standards as defined by the division of medical
assistance and that the disability standards shall be no more restrictive than
the standards in effect on July 1, 1996 ...........................................................................................................................................................
$79,488,458
4000-0500 For health care services provided to
medical assistance recipients under the division's primary care clinician/mental
health and substance abuse plan or through a health maintenance organization under
contract with the division, provided, that funds may be expended from this item
for health care services provided to said 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 the commissioners
of medical assistance and 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 division 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 payment of any additional amounts for administration to its mental health
and substance abuse benefits contractor, including any financial or performance
incentives, shall be contingent on the contractor first providing to the house
and senate committees on ways and means an analysis of the difference between
inpatient and outpatient provider costs and the rates of payment by said contractor;
provided further, that such analysis shall include a plan to address such difference,
if any, between said costs and payments; provided further, that not less than
$6,250,000 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; and provided further, that $1,100,000 shall
be available for the provision of medical interpreter services to MassHealth members
in emergency rooms or acute psychiatric units within acute care or psychiatric
hospitals.............................................................
$2,382,075,649
4000-0700 For health care services provided to
medical assistance recipients under the division's health care indemnity/third
party liability plan and medical assistance recipients not otherwise covered under
the division'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; and provided further, that expenditures from this
item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated in this item......................................................................................................................................................
$1,269,805,331
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 said clause (c)
of said subsection 2 whose family incomes, as determined by the division, exceed
150 per cent of the federal poverty level; and provided further, that funds may
be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients
in prior fiscal years $370,215,134
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
said recipients in prior fiscal years.............................................................................................................
$91,608,030
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 division shall seek to obtain federal approval to limit the provision of the benefits to women whose income, as determined by the division, does not exceed 250 per cent of the federal poverty level; 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 division 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 4570-1503 of section 2D; provided further, that the division shall seek to obtain federal appr