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SECTION 2
Supreme Judicial Court.
0320-0003 For the operation of the supreme judicial court, including salaries of the chief justice and the 6 associate justices............................................................................................................................................................. $6,644,733
0320-0010 For
the operation of the clerk's office of the supreme judicial court for
0321-0001 For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct ................................................................ $538,187
0321-0100 For the services of the board of bar examiners ............................................................................... $1,056,470
Committee for Public Counsel
Services.
0321-1500 For
the operation of the committee for public counsel services as authorized by
chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided,
that the committee shall submit a report to the clerks of the house of
representatives and senate, not later than
0321-1505 For
additional costs of the public defender division; provided, that no funds from
this appropriation shall support existing costs associated with line item
0321-1500; provided further, that the positions shall be assigned to existing
committee for public counsel services offices in Springfield, Lowell,
Worcester, Salem, New Bedford and Brockton; provided further, that the
committee shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than
0321-1510 For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 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 2006; and provided further, that the rates of compensation paid for private counsel services from this item shall be the same as the rates paid in fiscal year 2005................................................................................................... $95,146,675
0321-1518 The chief counsel for the committee for public services may expend an amount not to exceed $750,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for attorney representation of indigent clients; provided however, that the revenues credited to this account shall only be those revenues in excess of the amounts for the fees collected in fiscal year 2004 as calculated on a monthly basis in addition to revenues generated pursuant to the Middlesex Indigency Verification Pilot Program........................................................................................................................................ $750,000
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 2006 ....................................................... $7,460,513
0321-1600 For
the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation
for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth;
provided, that notwithstanding section 9 of chapter 221A
of the General Laws, $1,204,604 shall be expended for the disability benefits
project, $544,286 shall be expended for the Medicare Advocacy Project, and
$2,490,993 shall be expended for the Battered Women's Legal Assistance Project;
provided further, that the corporation shall submit a report to the house and
senate committees on ways and means not later than
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 ..................................................... $585,905
0321-2100 For
the
0321-2205 For
the expenses of the social law library located in
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.............................................................................................................................. $9,433,517
Trial Court.
0330-0101 For the salaries of the justices of the several departments of the trial court; 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 $42,705,285
0330-0300 For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial court non-employee services, trial court dental and vision health plan agreement, jury expenses, trial court law libraries, statewide telecommunications, private and municipal court rental and leases, operation of courthouse facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance and repairs, court interpreter program, and insurance and chargeback costs; provided, that funds may be expended for the judicial training institute; provided further, that 50 per cent of all fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15(d) and 30(c)(8) shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding section 9A of chapter 30, or any general or special law to the contrary, the rights afforded to a veteran, pursuant to said section 9A of said chapter 30, shall also be afforded to any veteran, as so defined, who holds a trial court office or position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under chapter 31, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or an office or position under section 7 of chapter 30, and who (1) has held the office or position for not less than 1 year and (2) has 30 years of total creditable service to the commonwealth, as defined in chapter 32; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the implementation of a changing lives through literature program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended from this item for a contract with Massachusetts General Hospital for a research program on abused children; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management of the trial court shall make a report to the general court relative to the annual cost of maintaining the court system's electronic equipment and systems and identify means to reduce the costs; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to the following: an analysis of current equipment maintenance service contracts, a review of alternative equipment maintenance programs which, if implemented, would result in cost savings, better management of the equipment repair process, and enhanced equipment protection; provided further that in preparing the report the chief justice for administration and management may utilize the services of appropriate third parties knowledgeable in equipment service contracts; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall file the report with the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before October 1, 2005; provided further, that the trial court shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board detailing the amount of assessments imposed within each court by a justice or clerk-magistrate during the previous calendar year pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of cases in which the assessment was reduced or waived by a judge or clerk-magistrate within the courts; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the victim and witness assistance board on or before January 14, 2006; and provided further, that not less than $9,522,318 shall be expended for the rental of county court facilities, in accordance with section 4 of chapter 29A of the General Laws; and provided further, that all county facilities shall be reimbursed at 100 per cent from this item in fiscal year 2006.............................................................................................................................. $114,794,156
0330-0317 For
the operation and expenses of the
0330-0410 For alternative dispute resolution services for the trial court; provided, that the services shall be made available to the extent possible in connection with child care, protection and custody proceedings in juvenile and probate courts; provided further that not less than $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 $62,811 shall be expended for Mediation Works, Inc; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Quabbin Mediation in Athol; provided further, that not less than $25,863 shall be expended for the Mediation and Training Collaborative of Franklin County in Greenfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Framingham Court Mediation Services; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Cape Cod Dispute Resolution Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Community Dispute Settlement Center, Inc., of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Greater Brockton Center for Dispute Resolution; provided further, that not less than $48,031 shall be expended for the Somerville Mediation Program; provided further, that not less than $48,032 shall be expended for the Middlesex Multi-door Court House Program; and provided further that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Martha's Vineyard Mediation Program ........................................................................................... $800,000
0330-0441 For permanency mediation services in the probate and juvenile courts ........................................ $476,598
0330-3200 For
the court security program, including personnel and expenses; provided, that
the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0330-3333 The
chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to exceed
$17,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 3
of chapter 90C,
chapter 185,
section 22
of chapter 218
and sections 2, 4A, 4C, 39 and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws;
provided, that the chief justice shall only expend or allocate funds from this
item to the 7 departments of the trial court for the operation of the
departments; provided further, that any expenditures or allocations shall be
made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees
on ways and means 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made;
provided further, that the only revenue available for expenditure in this item
for fiscal year 2006 shall be revenue collected from the fees in excess of the
amount collected and deposited into the General Fund in fiscal year 2003 from
the fees; provided further, that no
allocation shall occur until the schedules have been approved by the
committees; provided further, that the fees shall continue to be transmitted to
the treasurer for deposit into the General Fund before the expenditure
authorized by this item; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general
or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing
discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the
chief justice may incur expenses and the comptroller shall certify for payments
amounts not to exceed the lower of one half of this authorization or the most
recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the
state accounting system ........... $17,000,000
0330-3334 The chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 87A of chapter 276 of the General Laws; provided, that the chief justice shall expend or allocate funds from this item only to the district court and Boston Municipal Court departments of the trial court for the operation of those departments; provided further, that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made; provided however, that the chief justice shall allocate or expend the funds authorized in this item in a manner that accounts for the individual district court's compliance with section 13 of chapter 300 of the acts of 2002; and provided further, that the fees shall continue to be transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the General Fund before the expenditure authorized by this item ................... $20,000,000
0331-0100 For
the administrative office of the superior court department including costs
associated with the administrative office of the superior court department and
the 15 divisions of the superior court; provided further, that not less than
$59,323 shall be expended for the medical malpractice tribunals established in
accordance with section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws; and provided
further, that not less than $178,902 shall be expended for the Suffolk superior
criminal court education and community outreach program............................................................................. $23,398,071
District
Court Department.
0332-0100 For the office of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program and the 69 divisions of the district court.................................................................................................................................................. $36,132,390
Probate and
0333-0002 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 the backlog each month; provided further, that not less than $79,495 shall be expended for the operation of a child and parents program in the Barnstable probate court; provided further, that the 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 $163,363 shall be expended for the Suffolk county community access program for community outreach and education; provided further, that the program shall be targeted at low income persons who experience educational and language barriers to court access; and provided further, that the program shall be administered by the register of probate of Suffolk county ........................................................................................................................................................... $20,119,876
Land Court Department.
0334-0001 For the operation of the land court ................................................................................................... $2,386,331
0335-0001 For
the operation of the
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....................................... $4,287,589
0337-0002 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 $100,000 shall be
expended on the
Office of the Commissioner
of Probation.
0339-1001 For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that notwithstanding the any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner, subject to appropriation, shall have exclusive authority to appoint, dismiss, assign and discipline probation officers, associate probation officers, probation officers-in-charge, assistant chief probation officers and chief probation officers; provided further, that the associate probation officers shall only perform in-court functions and shall assume the in-court duties of the currently employed probation officers who shall be reassigned within the probation service subject to collective bargaining agreements to perform intensive, community-based supervision of probationers, including the provisions of intensive supervision and community restraint services as described in item 0339-1004; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, probation officer personnel and probation clerical support staff assigned to the courts shall be provided with suitable office space in their current location in and around the various divisions and departments of the trial court, as the case may be, or in suitable office space as appropriate, with the advice and consent of the commissioner; provided further, that the office shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of revenue to verify income data and to utilize the departments wage reporting and bank match system for the purpose of weekly tape-matching, so-called, for the purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for appointment of indigent counsel, as defined in chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided further, that the office shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the progress of eligibility verification with the department; and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of individuals to be found misrepresenting assets, revenue generated through collection of indigent client fees, the average indigent client fee that each court division collects per case since the effective date of this act, recommendations on improvements in verifying eligibility for counsel and other pertinent information to ascertain the effectiveness of verification; and provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the commissioner of probation to implement a global positioning system in collaboration with the Massachusetts parole board utilizing tamper free ankle bracelets to track level 3 sex offenders actively on parole and sex offenders currently being supervised by the office of the commissioner of probation and considered appropriate for tracking by the commissioner......................................................................................................................................................... $116,890,795
0339-1003 For the operation of the trial court office of community corrections, including the costs of personnel $4,280,613
0339-1004 For
the cost of intensive supervision and community corrections programs; provided,
that the programs shall include, but not be limited to, tracking, community
service, educational assistance, drug and alcohol testing and treatment, curfew
enforcement, home confinement, day reporting, means-tested fines, restitution,
and community incapacitation or restraint; provided further, that the number of
placements in the programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000
intensively-supervised probationers; provided further, that funds from this
item shall be expended to cover the costs of the programs that are undertaken
and administered by court probation offices and county sheriffs' offices;
provided further, that these funds shall be expended for the purpose of providing
the programs in Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin,
Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and
Worcester counties in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that the executive
director of the office of community corrections of the trial court shall enter
into interagency service agreements and memoranda of understanding with the
probation offices and sheriffs' offices for the provision of the 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 the agreements and memoranda
shall be entered into at the direction of the executive director; provided
further, that the executive director shall submit a spending and management
plan for the programs to the house and senate committees on ways and means not
later than
Office of the Jury
Commissioner.
0339-2100 For the office of the jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws $1,990,901
0340-0100 For
the Suffolk district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the
domestic violence unit and the children's advocacy center; provided, that the
office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than
0340-0101 For the overtime costs of state police
officers assigned to the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
Middlesex District Attorney.
0340-0200 For
the Middlesex district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-0201 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district attorney’s office $478,682
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
Eastern District Attorney.
0340-0300 For
the Eastern district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-0301 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district attorney’s office $447,132
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
Worcester District Attorney.
0340-0400 For
the Worcester district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-0401 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
0340-0410 For
the analyses of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines
and chemicals at the
Hampden District Attorney.
0340-0500 For
the Hampden district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-0501 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district attorney’s office $322,619
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
Hampshire/Franklin District
Attorney.
0340-0600 For
the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney's office, including the victim and
witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution
program, and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit
a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-0601 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney’s office $226,191
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
Norfolk District Attorney.
0340-0700 For
the Norfolk district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-0701 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
Plymouth District Attorney.
0340-0800 For
the Plymouth district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-0801 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
Bristol District Attorney.
0340-0900 For
the Bristol district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-0901 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
0340-1000 For
the Cape and Islands district attorney's office, including the victim and
witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution
program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that $125,000 shall be
expended to support the sex offender management unit; provided further, that 2
prosecutors and administrative support shall be provided to the Cape Cod
offender management task force; provided further, that the office shall submit
a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-1101 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
Berkshire District Attorney.
0340-1100 For
the Berkshire district attorney's office, including the victim and witness
assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and
the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0340-1101 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
District Attorneys
Association.
0340-2100 For the operation of the Massachusetts District Attorneys' Association, including the implementation and related expenses of the district attorneys' office automation and case management and tracking system; provided, that expenses associated with the system may be charged directly to this item; provided further, that the 11 district attorneys of the commonwealth may contribute a portion of their fiscal year 2006 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 January 30, 2006; 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 2006 and a detailed summary of any policies implemented to contain the costs of the network by either the Massachusetts District Attorneys’ Association or the individual district attorneys' offices; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made, on or after the effective date of this act, which would cause the commonwealth's obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; and provided further, that the association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2006 detailing, by district attorney office, all sources of revenue, including, but not limited to, federal and state grants that were received in fiscal year 2005, and the amount of each source of revenue $1,750,056
0340-8908 For the costs associated with maintaining the association's wide area network........................ $1,344,453
0411-1000 For the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the governor's council; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item may be used at the discretion of the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not otherwise provided for and for transfer to appropriation accounts where the amounts otherwise available may be insufficient......................................................................................................................................... $5,135,418
Secretary Of The Commonwealth.
Office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth.
0511-0000 For
the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that the office shall
submit a report detailing staffing patterns for each program operated by the
office; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to,
actual and functional job titles by program, compensation rates and lengths of
service for each employee; provided further, that the office shall submit the
report not later than
0511-0001 The
state secretary may expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of
merchandise at the
0511-0200 For the operation of the state archives division................................................................................. $539,562
0511-0230 For the operation of the records center................................................................................................ $156,185
0511-0250 For the operation of the archives facility............................................................................................. $421,554
0511-0260 For the operation of the commonwealth museum............................................................................... $192,990
0511-0420 For the operation of the address confidentiality program................................................................. $112,991
0517-0000 For the printing of public documents................................................................................................... $900,222
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 the registration and education activities may
be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations;
and provided further, that the secretary shall submit a report to the house and
senate committees on ways and means not later than
0521-0001 For
the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that
an annual report detailing voter registration activity shall be submitted to
the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before
0524-0000 For providing information to voters..................................................................................................... $583,744
0526-0100 For
the operation of the
0527-0100 For the operation of the ballot law commission.................................................................................... $12,380
0528-0100 For the operation of the records conservation board.......................................................................... $39,307
0540-0900 For
the registry of deeds located in
0540-1000 For
the registry of deeds located in
0540-1100 For
the registry of deeds in the former
0540-1200 For
the registry of deeds in the former
0540-1300 For
the registry of deeds in the former
0540-1400 For
the registry of deeds located in
0540-1500 For
the registry of deeds located in
0540-1600 For
the registry of deeds located in
0540-1700 For
the registry of deeds located in
0540-1800 For
the registry of deeds located in Great Barrington in the former
0540-1900 For
the registry of deeds in the former
0540-2000 For
the registry of deeds located in
0540-2100 For
the registry of deeds located in the city of
TREASURER
Office of the Treasurer and
Receiver General.
0610-0000 For
the office of the treasurer and receiver-general; provided, that the treasurer
shall provide computer services required by the teachers' retirement board;
provided further, that to the extent that bank fees exceed the amount
appropriated in item 0610-0100, the treasurer may, subject to an allocation
plan filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means,
transfer from this item to said item 0610-0100, an amount sufficient to ensure
full payment of the bank fees; provided further, that not less than $37,000
shall be granted to the elder advocacy organization known as the Silver-Haired
Legislature; provided further, that the treasurer's office shall submit a
report to the victim and witness assistance board which details the amount of
assessments transmitted to the treasurer during the previous calendar year on a
monthly basis from the courts, the registrar of motor vehicles and the sheriff
or superintendent of any correctional facility pursuant to section 8
of chapter 258B
of the General laws; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to
the board on or before
General Fund ..................................................................................... 90.0%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 10.0%
0610-0050 For the administration of the alcoholic beverages control commission in its efforts to regulate and control the conduct and condition of traffic in alcoholic beverages; provided, that the commission shall maintain at least 1 chief investigator and other investigators for the purpose of regulating and controlling the traffic of alcoholic beverages; provided further, that the commission shall work and cooperate with the 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 the commission shall seek out matching federal dollars and apply for federal grants that may be available to assist in the enforcement of laws pertaining to the traffic of alcoholic beverages............................................................................................................................................................. $1,868,212
0610-0100 For the payment of bank fees; provided, that the treasurer may transfer funds from this item to item 0610-0000 for one-time, non-recurring expenditures upon certification to the secretary of administration and finance that the remaining balance in this account will be sufficient to make all necessary expenditures........................ $3,600,000
General Fund ..................................................................................... 90.0%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 10.0%
0610-0140 For the purpose of funding administrative, transactional and research expenses associated with maintaining and increasing interest earnings on the Commonwealth’s General and Stabilization Fund investments $75,000
0612-1012 For a one-time transfer to the Pension Fund to pay for the cost of an annuity for the family of firefighter Martin H. McNamara V pursuant to section 72................................................................................................ $650,000
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..................................................................................................... $50,000
0611-5500 For additional assistance to cities and towns to be distributed according to section 3 and for assistance to certain public entities of the commonwealth which have constructed water pollution abatement facilities; provided, that the distribution to the public entities shall equal $1,249,948; and provided further, that if there is a conflict between the provisions of the distribution set forth in section 3 and any other provisions of this act, the distribution set forth in section 3 shall control................................................................................................................. $379,767,936
0611-5510 For reimbursements to cities and towns in lieu of taxes on state-owned land pursuant to sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws.................................................................................................. $16,100,000
0611-5800 For distribution to each city and town within which racing meetings are conducted pursuant to section 18D of chapter 58 of the General Laws .................................................................................................................... $2,500,000
Pension Benefits.
0612-0105 For payment of the public safety employee killed in the line of duty benefit authorized by section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws.................................................................................................................................. $500,000
Commission on Firefighters'
Relief.
0620-0000 For financial assistance to injured firefighters ....................................................................................... $9,808
Lottery Commission.
0640-0000 For the operation of the state lottery commission and arts lottery; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for any costs associated with the promotion or advertising of lottery games; provided further, that positions funded by this item shall not be subject to chapters 30 and 31 of the General Laws; provided further, that the commission shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of incorporating within the lottery formula a factor that integrates ticket sales in a particular community; 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 ..... $68,610,397
0640-0001 For the operation of the state lottery commission; provided, that the commission may seek revenue from corporate advertising for non-lottery products on all lottery products; provided further, that payments from corporate advertising shall be deposited into the General Fund; and provided further, that expenditure in this item is limited to an amount not to exceed revenues collected from corporate advertising payments or the amount appropriated herein, whichever is less............................................................................................................................................................. $3,653,019
0640-0005 For the costs associated with the continued implementation of the game of Keno; provided, that any sums expended on promotional activities shall be limited to point of sale promotions and agent newsletters; 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........................................................................................................................................................... $10,000,000
0640-0013 For costs to establish, develop, implement and promote a lottery anti-litter program; provided, that said lottery may develop regional environmental awareness events to limit the number of discarded instant tickets that become litter; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund..................................................................................................... $100,000
0640-0096 For
the purpose of the commonwealth's fiscal year 2006 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,
0640-0300 For the services and operations of the council, including grants to or contracts with public and non-public entities; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the council may expend the amounts herein appropriated for the purposes of the council as provided in sections 52 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 10 of the General Laws in amounts and at times as the council may determine pursuant to section 54 of chapter 10; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the Arts Lottery Fund to the General Fund; provided further, that any funds expended from this item for the benefit of schoolchildren shall be expended for the benefit of all Massachusetts schoolchildren and on the same terms and conditions; provided further, that the council shall not expend funds from this item for any grant or contract recipient that, in any program or activity for Massachusetts schoolchildren, does not apply the same terms and conditions to all such schoolchildren; provided further, that not more than $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to assist cultural organizations in augmenting or initiating endowments to promote the financial stability of the organizations and the assistance shall be in the form of challenge grants to the organizations; provided further, that in order to receive a grant a cultural organization shall raise an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant for the organization's endowment; provided further, that funds provided by the grants shall, in perpetuity, be used solely to provide free or reduced rate public programs or services to citizens of the commonwealth; provided further, that a grant made under this program shall not exceed $100,000; and provided further, that a person employed under this item shall be considered an employee within the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall be placed in the appropriate bargaining units............................................................................................................................................................. $7,400,000
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; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the Arts Lottery Fund to the General Fund....................................... $743,520
0640-0351 For the John and Abigail Adams Arts Program, to promote innovations in the arts and humanities within the commonwealth through the disbursement of cultural economic development grants including grants for cultural activities that have the capacity to revitalize communities, stimulate income, create or enhance jobs, and attract tourism; provided, that the funds shall be administered by the Massachusetts cultural council; provided further, that the mission of grant applicants may include demonstrated scholarship or creativity in, or distinguished service to, the arts and humanities; provided, that grants may focus on seed funding for early stage planning or implementation, creation of enduring partnerships among cultural and non-cultural organizations, defined community needs or opportunities, and creation of innovative and sustainable development models that can be replicated throughout and beyond the commonwealth; provided further, that eligible applicants shall include, but not be limited to, not-for-profit organizations and public sector entities; provided further, that collaborating partners may also include private, for-profit organizations, educational institutions and state or federal agencies; provided further, that grants shall not exceed $100,000 and shall be leveraged by not less than $1 for each $1 granted; provided further, that preference shall be given to an applicant with multiple funding sources that can demonstrate project viability, community support and potential for long-term sustainability; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund................................... $1,500,000
Debt Service.
0699-0015 For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt and the sale of bonds of the commonwealth, previously charged to the Local Aid Fund, the State Recreation Areas Fund, the Metropolitan Parks District Fund, the Metropolitan Water District Fund, the Metropolitan Sewerage District Fund, the Watershed Management Fund, the Highway Fund, and the Inter-City Bus Fund; provided, that payments of certain serial bonds maturing previously charged to the Local Aid Fund, the State Recreation Areas Fund, the Metropolitan Water District Fund, the Metropolitan Sewerage District Fund, and the Highway Fund shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state treasurer may make payments pursuant to section 38C of chapter 29 of the General Laws from this item and item 0699-9100; provided further, that the payments shall pertain to the bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be paid from each item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may transfer the amounts that would otherwise be unexpended on June 30, 2006, from item 0699-0015 to item 0699-9100 or from item 0699-9100 to item 0699-0015 which would otherwise have insufficient amounts to meet debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006; provided further, that each amount transferred shall be charged to the funds as specified in the item to which the amount is transferred; provided further, that payments on bonds issued pursuant to section 2O of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall be paid from this item and shall be charged to the Infrastructure sub-fund of the Highway fund; provided further, that payments of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt of the commonwealth associated with the Watershed Management Fund for the acquisition of development rights and other interests in land, including fee simple acquisitions of watershed lands of the Quabbin and Wachusett reservoirs and the Ware river watershed above the Ware river intake pipe shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary or other provisions of this item, the comptroller may charge the payments authorized herein to the appropriate budgetary or other fund subject to a plan which the comptroller shall file 10 days in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that the comptroller shall transfer from this item to the government land bank fund an amount equal to the amount by which debt service charged to the fund exceeds revenue deposited to the fund ............................................................ $1,626,196,000
General Fund ..................................................................................... 68.07%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 31.93%
0699-2004 For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness which may be incurred for financing the central artery/third harbor tunnel funding shortfall.................................................................. $65,330,000
Highway Fund ................................................................................. 100.0%
0699-9100 For
the payment of interest and issuance costs on bonds and bond and revenue
anticipation notes and other notes pursuant to sections 47 and 49B of chapter 29 of the General
Laws; provided, that the treasurer shall certify to the comptroller a schedule
of the distribution of costs among the various funds of the commonwealth;
provided further, that the comptroller shall charge costs to the funds in
accordance with the schedule; and provided further, that any deficit in this
item at the close of the fiscal year ending
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 $67,408,000
0699-9200 For certain debt service contract
assistance to the
Office of the State Auditor.
0710-0000 For
the office of the state auditor, including the review and monitoring of
privatization contracts in accordance with sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of
chapter 7
of the General Laws and shared oversight of the central artery/third harbor
tunnel project; provided, that a report shall be submitted to the house and
senate committees on ways and means not later than
0710-0100 For the operation of the division of local mandates .......................................................................... $585,103
0710-0200 For
the operation of the bureau of special investigations; provided, that the
department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on
ways and means detailing the total amount of fraudulently obtained benefits
identified by the bureau of special investigations of the office of the state
auditor, the total value of settlement restitution payments, actual monthly
collections, and any circumstances that produce shortfalls in collections;
provided further that the bureau of special investigations shall coordinate
efforts to combat Medicaid fraud with other responsible agencies, including the
Medicaid fraud control unit in the office of the attorney general and the
executive office of health and human services, and shall submit a report on
those coordination efforts to the house and senate committees on ways and means
on or before
Office of the Attorney
General.
0810-0000 For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, the operation of the anti-trust division, all regional offices, a high-tech crime unit and the victim and witness compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness compensation program shall be administered in accordance with chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; provided further, that the attorney general shall submit to the general court and the secretary for administration and finance a report detailing the claims submitted to the state treasurer for payment under item 0810-0004 indicating both the number and costs for each category of claim; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended for a grants program for the safe neighborhood initiative-jobs for youth program; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended from the funds appropriated in this item for a safe neighborhood initiative pilot program in the Bowdoin/Geneva area of the Dorchester district of the city of Boston and in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that the public proceedings unit shall review the water rate increases; provided further, that not more than $240,000 shall be expended for the operation of a child protection unit; provided further, that funds may be expended for the commission on uniform state laws; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Trauma Intervention Program of Merrimack Valley; and provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Ella J. Baker House and the Tieng Xanh-Voice program..................................................................... $21,738,002
0810-0004 For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding chapter 258C of the General Laws, if a claimant is 60 years of age or older at the time of the crime and is not employed or receiving unemployment compensation, the 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 the claimant shall be limited to a maximum of $50; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, victims of the crime of rape shall be notified of all available services designed to assist rape victims including, but not limited to, services outlined in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws...................................... $2,156,000
0810-0006 For the rental costs and unavoidable space rental lease obligations associated with certain divisions of the office of the attorney general located in the Leverett Saltonstall building.................................................... $2,414,150
0810-0007 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general; provided, that costs associated with those officers shall not be funded from item 8100-0007; and provided further, that expenditures shall not be made on or after the effective date of this act which would cause the commonwealth's obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item .................................................................................. $486,517
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
0810-0014 For the operation of the department of telecommunications and energy proceedings unit, pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed to the unit shall be equal to the amount expended from this item .......................... $1,409,028
0810-0017 For the expenses related to judicial proceedings relevant to the fuel charge pursuant to section 94G of chapter 164 of the General Laws and such other proceedings as may be reasonably related to the section; provided, that the assessment levied for such expense shall be credited to the General Fund...................................................... $73,500
0810-0021 For the operation of the Medicaid fraud control unit; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 75 per cent of the expenditure; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall continue to be used specifically for the investigation and prosecution of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation based on referrals from the department of public health pursuant to section 72H of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further, that the unit shall provide training for all investigators of the department's division of health care quality responsible for the investigations on a periodic basis pursuant to a comprehensive training program to be developed by the division and the unit; and provided further, that training shall include instruction on techniques for improving the efficiency and quality of investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation pursuant to said section 72H of chapter 111.............................................. $2,687,349
0810-0045 For
the labor law enforcement program pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1
of chapter 23
of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law
to the contrary, a non-management position funded by this item shall be
considered a job title in a collective bargaining unit as prescribed by the
labor relations commission and shall be subject to chapter 150E
of the General Laws................................................................ $3,105,528
0810-0201 For the costs incurred in administrative or judicial proceedings on insurance as authorized by section 11F of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that funds made available in this item may be used to supplement the automobile insurance fraud unit and the workers' compensation fraud unit of the office of the attorney general; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for the costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item............................................................................... $1,389,979
0810-0338 For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $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 the unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws....................................................................................................................................................... $280,164
Victim and Witness Assistance Board.
0840-0100 For
the operation of the victim and witness assistance board; provided, that the
board shall submit a comprehensive report compiled from the information
required of and submitted to the office by the trial court, the registry of
motor vehicles and the state treasurer relative to the collection of
assessments for the previous calendar year under section 8 of chapter 258B
of the General Laws; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted
to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before
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 district court; provided further, that funds may be expended by the
victim and witness assistance board to administer the program; provided
further, that the board shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways
and means not later than
0900-0100 For the operation of the state ethics commission............................................................................ $1,384,946
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
0910-0200 For the operation of the office of the inspector general................................................................. $2,600,000
0910-0210 The office of the inspector general may expend not more than $300,000 from the fees charged to participants in the Massachusetts public purchasing official certification program and the certified public manager program for the operation of those 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.......................................................................................... $300,000
OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN
0920-0300 For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance ................................................ $1,078,287
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, 2006 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided, that the office of the comptroller shall charge other items of appropriation for the cost of the audit from allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts; provided further, that the office of the comptroller shall charge not more than a total of $750,000 to other items of appropriation for the cost of the audit; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts shall be retained and expended from a separate item without further appropriation, in addition to state funds appropriated to this item, for the cost of compliance with the mandate of the federal law and the office of management and budget regulations; provided further, that the amount of federal funds and grant receipts so credited and expended from this item shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the comptroller shall maintain a special federal and non-tax revenue unit which shall operate under policies and procedures developed in conjunction with the secretary for administration and finance; provided further, that the comptroller shall provide quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include for each state agency for which the commonwealth is billing, the eligible state services, the full year estimate of revenues and revenues collected; provided further, that notwithstanding 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 that purpose; provided further, that 60 days before entering into any interdepartmental service agreements the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the notification shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the project, the purpose and intent of the interdepartmental service agreement, a projection of the costs avoided in the current fiscal year, a copy of the contract with the private vendor including the proposed rate of compensation and any previous agreements related or similar to the new agreement with the above information; provided further, that payments to private vendors on account of such cost avoidance projects shall be made only from such actual cost savings as have been certified in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means by the comptroller and the budget director as attributable to such cost avoidance projects; provided further, that the comptroller may establish procedures, in consultation with the budget director and the affected departments, as he considers appropriate and necessary to accomplish the purpose of this section; and provided further, that the comptroller shall report on those projects as a part of his annual report pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws..................................................................................................................................... $8,882,487
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION
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, 2005; provided further, that agencies within the executive office may, with the prior approval of the secretary, streamline and improve administrative operations pursuant to interdepartmental service agreements; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, the secretary for administration and finance, in consultation with the state secretary, shall, not later than October 31, 2005 issue a request for purchase through the competitive bidding process for the provision of public records storage, except those records that receive federal reimbursement, for all state agencies within the jurisdiction of the governor in order to achieve cost savings including, but not limited to, those associated with greater efficiencies in the use and payment of records storage, reduction in private office lease costs for administrative personnel, and for more efficient and accessible use of public office space by displacing records with administrative personnel; provided further, that the secretary, in consultation with the state secretary, shall report, not later than March 31, 2006, a plan to improve public records storage and office space efficiencies to the joint committee on state administration and to the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that the budget director shall report on a quarterly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means the status of all cost avoidance projects which are undertaken pursuant to item 1000-0001.................................................................................. $3,433,853
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 more than $5,500,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and any and all other sources pertaining to the operations of the 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; provided, that the commissioner of the division of capital asset
management and maintenance shall convey a certain parcel of land with the
building thereon, located at 291 Summer Street, Lowell and recorded with the
Middlesex county northern district registry of deeds, Book 1491, Page 170, to
the current occupant of the premises; and provided further, that the
commissioner of the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall
complete study number SDE 0301ST1 regarding the site location of the proposed
regional holding facility in Essex county by
1102-3214 For the state transportation building; provided, that the division may expend not more than $6,100,000 in revenues 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 the building; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system ............................ $6,100,000
1102-3231 For the Springfield state office building; provided, that the division may expend not more than $700,000 in revenues from rents charged to agencies occupying the building for the maintenance and operation of the building; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $700,000
1102-3232 For the division of capital asset maintenance and management; provided, that the division may expend not more than $300,000 received from application fees charged in conjunction with the certification of contractors and subcontractors pursuant to section 44D of chapter 149 of the General Laws; and provided further, that only expenses, including staffing, incurred to implement and operate the certification program shall be funded from this item $300,000
Bureau of State Office
Buildings.
1102-3301 For the operation of the bureau and for the maintenance and operation of buildings under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of buildings; provided, that the bureau shall retain jurisdiction over all contracts, purchases and payments for materials and services required in the operation of the bureau........................ $6,519,154
1102-3302 For the purposes of utility costs and associated contracts for the properties managed by the bureau of state office buildings............................................................................................................................................ $5,061,342
Office on Disability.
1107-2400 For the office on disability .................................................................................................................... $605,280
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; 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 the 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........... $1,746,915
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 the commission shall develop and implement regulations to implement that reimbursement to the General Fund; and provided further, the commission shall have the power to assess a fee upon the appointing authority when inappropriate action has occurred $513,149
Group Insurance Commission.
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 $2,291,969
1108-5200 For the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2006; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge the division of unemployment assistance and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions, which have federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose, for that portion of insurance premiums and plan costs as the secretary determines should be borne by such funds, and shall notify the comptroller of the amounts to be transferred, after similar determination, from the several state or other funds and amounts received in payment of all such charges or such transfers shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that prior year costs incurred by self insured plans shall be funded from this item; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts expended from this item for prior year costs; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall obtain reimbursement for premium and administrative expenses from other agencies and authorities not funded by state appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may charge all agencies for the commonwealth's share of the health insurance costs incurred on behalf of any employees of those agencies who are on leave of absence for a period of more than 1 year; provided further, that the amounts received in payment for the charges shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding section 26 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the commission may negotiate, purchase and execute contracts before July 1 of each year for policies of group insurance as authorized by chapter 32A of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 150E of the General Laws and as provided in section 8 of chapter 32A and for the purposes of section 14 of chapter 32A, the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium for state employees who have retired before July 1, 1994 shall be 90 per cent and the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium for state employees who have retired on or after July 1, 1994 shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium for active employees upon retirement shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, the commonwealth's share of the premiums for active state employees and their dependents whose salary, as determined by the commission in consultation with the human resources division and the office of the state comptroller, is between $0 and $34,999 shall be 85 per cent of such premiums and rates; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of such premiums for active state employees and their dependents whose salary, as determined by the commission in consultation with the human resources division and the office of the state comptroller, is $35,000 and greater shall be 80 per cent of such premiums and rates; provided further, that the preceding provisions pursuant to employee contributions shall sunset December 31, 2005 at which time the commonwealth's share of such premiums for active state employees and their dependents shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of such premiums for active state employees and their dependents who are hired after June 30, 2003 shall be 75 per cent of such premiums and rates; provided further, that the preceding provision pursuant to employee contributions shall sunset December 31, 2005 at which time the commonwealth’s share of the premiums for active state employees hired after June 30, 2003 and their dependents shall be 80 per cent; and provided further, that the commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means by March 1 of each year of the cost of the commonwealth's projected share of group insurance premiums for the next fiscal year......................................................................................................................................................... $949,010,107
1108-5350 For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments.................................................... $1,088,542
1108-5400 For the costs of the retired municipal teachers' premiums and the audit of such premiums .. $64,161,035
1108-5500 For the costs, notwithstanding chapter 32A of the General Laws to the contrary, of dental and vision benefits for those active employees of the commonwealth, not including employees of authorities and any other political subdivision, who are not otherwise provided those benefits pursuant to a separate appropriation or the terms of a contract or collective bargaining agreement; provided, that the employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly premium established by the commission for the benefits.......................................................................... $6,638,836
Division of Administrative Law Appeals.
1110-1000 For the operation of the division of administrative law appeals established by section 4H of chapter 7 of the General Laws; provided, that the 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 division, shall be an agency decision subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws; and provided further, that administrative appeals of department of environmental protection decisions shall be filed directly with the division of administrative law appeals.............................................................................................................. $1,102,144
George Fingold
Library.
1120-4005 For
the administration of the library; provided, that the library shall maintain
regular hours of operation from
1150-5100 For
the office of the commission; provided, that on or before
1150-5104 The Massachusetts commission against discrimination may expend not more than $2,467,982 from revenues from federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing type 1 program and the equal opportunity resolution contract program during fiscal year 2006 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs in prior years; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commission may also expend revenues generated through the collection of fees and costs so authorized; provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 or any other general or special law to the contrary, federal reimbursements received in excess of $2,467,982 shall be credited to the General Fund $2,467,982
1150-5116 The
Department of Revenue.
1201-0100 For the operation of the department of revenue, including tax collection administration, audits of certain foreign corporations, and the division of local services; provided, that the department may allocate an amount not to exceed $250,000 to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department may charge the expenses for computer services, including the cost of personnel and other support costs provided to the child support enforcement unit, from this item to item 1201-0160, consistent with the costs attributable to said unit; provided further, that the department shall maintain regional offices in the cities of, Springfield, Pittsfield, Fall River, and Worcester and in the Hyannis section of the town of Barnstable; provided further, that the department shall provide to the general court access to the municipal data bank; 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; and provided further, that seasonal positions funded by this account may not be filled by incumbent for more than 10 months within a 12 month period.............................. $116,943,409
General Fund ..................................................................................... 95.0%
Highway Fund ..................................................................................... 5.0%
1201-0130 The
department of revenue may expend an amount not to exceed $9,640,000 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 a tax return or the payment of a tax due and payable to
the commonwealth, for the costs of obtaining those delinquent returns and
collecting those delinquent taxes for a prior fiscal year; provided, that the
commissioner may expend funds from this item to support the operational costs
of the department funded from item 1201-0100; provided further, that
notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of
accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related
expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify
for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the
most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting
system; provided further, that the commissioner of revenue shall study the
potential impacts of the disclosure by the commissioner of a list of all
taxpayers, including but not limited to individuals, trusts, partnerships,
corporations, 121A corporations and other taxable entities, that are delinquent
in the payment of their tax liabilities in an amount greater than $25,000 for a
period of 6 months from the time the taxes were assessed; provided further,
that the commissioner shall at least
annually publish a list of all taxpayers who are delinquent in the payment of
any tax liability and shall publish said list on the department's website, with
a link to said list clearly situated on the website, and at the same time, may
also publish the list in any print media and electronic media of the
commissioner's choosing; provided however, that the commissioner shall not
publish or post on any list of delinquent taxpayers the name of any taxpayer or person who is
accused of being delinquent in the payment of any tax liability until said
taxpayer or person has exhausted all appellate action including, but not
limited to, appeals before the appellate tax board, any division of the trial
court, the commissioner of revenue, any municipality, any other tax collecting
authority in the commonwealth or any other possible avenue of appeal; provided
further, that said list shall include, at a minimum, information indicating
whether the taxpayer is an individual, the name of the taxpayer, if the
taxpayer is a business entity; provided further, that the list shall include
also the address of the taxpayer, the type of tax for which the taxpayer is
delinquent, the year the tax was assessed, and the amount of total tax
liability outstanding, including penalties and interest; provided further, that
the commissioner shall make the list available for public inspection at the
department upon request during the regular business hours; provided further,
that the commissioner shall provide the registrar of motor vehicles and the
assessors in each city and town subject to the risk of harm confidentiality
provisions of clause (18) of subsection (b) of section 21 of chapter 62C of the
General Laws with a list of the names and addresses of taxpayers who filed
resident income tax returns; provided further, that the purposes of the lists
are to identify residents who may have improperly registered their motor
vehicles and failed to pay motor vehicle registration fees, state sales and use
taxes and local motor vehicle excises; and provided further, that the
commissioner shall direct the assessors to provide to all real property owners
a notice inserted with each tax bill describing section 3 of chapter 90 of the General
Laws............. $9,640,000
1201-0160 For the child support enforcement unit; provided, that the department may allocate funds appropriated herein to the department of state police, the district courts, the probate and family courts, the district attorneys and other state agencies for the performance of certain child support enforcement activities, and that those agencies may expend the funds for the purposes of this item; provided further, that the federal receipts associated with the child support computer network shall be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and deposited into a revolving account to be expended for the network; provided further, that federal receipts associated with child support enforcement grants shall be deposited into a revolving account to be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and to be expended for the grant authority, so-called; provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the balance, year-to-date and projected receipts and year-to-date and projected expenditures, by subsidiary, of the child support trust fund established pursuant to section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws............................ $48,252,766
1201-0164 For the child support enforcement division; provided, that the 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
1231-1000 For the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund established in section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws ........................................................................................................................................................... $15,000,000
1231-1020 For a program of loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees or interest subsidies to assist homeowners, homeowner associations or condominium associations in complying with revised state environmental code for subsurface disposal of sanitary waste, Title V, so called; provided, that the program shall be in addition to the loan program established pursuant to item 2200-9959 in section 2 of chapter 85 of the acts of 1994; provided further, that the department may contract with third parties, including, but not limited to, commonwealth-based financial institutions to manage said program; provided further, that the department and the third parties shall take all steps necessary to minimize the program's administrative costs; provided further, that the loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees shall be available on the basis of a sliding scale that relates a homeowner's income and assets to the cost of Title V compliance; provided further, that interest subsidies shall be means-tested and may be for zero-interest loans pursuant to income standards developed by the department; and provided further, that the department of revenue shall consult with the department of environmental protection in developing rules, regulations and guidelines for said program, prior appropriation continued.
1232-0100 For underground storage tank reimbursements to parties that have remediated spills of petroleum products pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws.................................................................................................. $19,200,000
1232-0200 For
the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board
established by section 8 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and for
the administration of the underground storage tank program associated with the
implementation of 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 the administrative expenses of the underground storage tank
program; provided further, that the board shall submit to the house and senate
committees on ways and means a report on the status of the underground storage
program, including, but not limited to, the number of municipal grants made for
the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks and the reimbursements
for remediated petroleum spills; provided further,
that the report shall detail how many tanks are out of compliance with said
chapter 21J;
and provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than
1232-0300 For underground storage tank municipal grants to remove and replace the tanks pursuant to section 2 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and section 37A of chapter 148 of the General Laws................................... $489,901
1233-2000 For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second E and Thirty-seventh of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws.................................................................................................................................................... $8,400,000
1233-2010 For reimbursing cities and towns for tax abatements granted to certain homeowners over the age of 65 pursuant to clause Fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws......................................................... $9,655
1233-2310 For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to the clauses Forty-first, Forty-first B and Forty-first C of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts said clause Forty-first B or clause Forty-first C for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under those clauses in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted ....... $9,890,345
Appellate Tax Board.
1310-1000 For
the operation of the appellate tax board; provided, that the board shall
schedule hearings in Barnstable, Gardner, Lawrence, Milford, Northampton,
Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester and southeastern Massachusetts; and provided
further, that the board shall report to the house and senate committees on ways
and means no later than
1310-1001 The appellate tax board may expend not more than $300,000 from revenues collected from filing fees; provided, that in order to accommodate discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the board may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system ............................... $300,000
Department of Veterans’
Services.
0610-0093 For the purposes of allowing the department of veterans' services to make bonus payments to Persian Gulf war veterans; provided, that the 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 ..................................................... 100.0%
1410-0010 For the operation of the department of veterans' services; provided, that the department may fund a housing specialist from this item; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the purpose of maintaining the Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial located in the Green Hill park in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Korean War Veterans’ Committee of Massachusetts for the purpose of maintaining the Massachusetts Korean War Memorial located in the shipyard park of the Charlestown Navy Yard; and provided further, that the department may expend funds for the Glory 54th Brigade........... $1,909,209
1410-0012 For
services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach
centers; provided, that the centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated
veterans and to Vietnam era veterans and their families who may have been
exposed to agent orange; provided further, that 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 $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 $100,000 shall be
obligated for a contract with Nam Vets Association of the Cape and Islands in
the Hyannis section of the town of Barnstable; provided further, that not less
than $292,480 shall be obligated for a contract with the Montachusett
Veterans Outreach Center in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not
less than $84,453 shall be obligated for a contract with the Metrowest/Metrosouth Outreach Center in the town of
Framingham; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for
the oral history project at the Morse Institute Library in Natick; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for veteran's services to
be administered by the Falmouth veterans agent through the Falmouth Free Clinic
and Community Center; and provided further, that not less than $134,879 shall
be obligated for a contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of
Massachusetts, Inc., in the city of Springfield ........................................................................... $1,279,420
1410-0015 For the women veterans' outreach program ......................................................................................... $42,281
1410-0018 The department may expend not more than $300,000 for the maintenance and operation of Agawam and Winchendon veterans' cemeteries from revenue collected from fees, grants, gifts or other contributions to the cemeteries; prior appropriations continued ................................................................................................ $300,000
1410-0100 For the revenue maximization project of the executive office of elder affairs to identify individuals eligible for veterans' pensions who are currently receiving home health care services.................................................. $98,000
1410-0250 For
homelessness services; provided, that not less than $453,966 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 $199,405 shall be obligated for a contract
with Unity House located in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not
less than $75,000 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 $28,350 shall be obligated
for a contract with the Homestead located in the town of Hyannis; provided
further, that not less than $200,000 shall be obligated for contracts with the
veterans hospice homestead in the city of Leominster and the veterans hospice
in the town of Fitchburg; provided further, that not less than $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 $200,000 shall be obligated for a contract
with the United Veterans of America shelter located in the town of Leeds; and
provided further, that not less than $190,000 shall be obligated for a contract
with Habitat P.L.U.S. in the city of
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 $2,258,043
1410-0300 For the payment of annuities to certain disabled veterans and the parents and un-remarried spouses of certain deceased veterans under section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall take reasonable steps to terminate payments upon the death of a recipient; provided further, that the department shall prorate annuity payments to ensure that the total payments in fiscal year 2006 shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that the secretary of veterans' services shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing the number of applications received for annuities offered under this program at the end of each fiscal quarter; provided further, that the secretary of veterans' services may transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated herein between this item and item 1410-0400; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the secretary of veterans' services shall file with the secretary for 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........................................................................................................................... $12,339,263
1410-0400 For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid for veterans' benefits and for payments to certain veterans under section 6 of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amounts of veterans' benefits paid by cities and towns to residents of a soldiers' home shall be paid by the commonwealth to the several cities and towns; provided further, that pursuant to section 9 of said chapter 115, the department shall reimburse cities and towns for the cost of United States flags placed on the graves of veterans on Memorial Day; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of veteran services may continue a training program for veterans' agents and directors of veterans' services in cities and towns; provided further, that the purpose of the training program shall be to maximize federal assistance available for veterans and to assure that the agents and directors receive uniform instruction on providing veterans and dependents with advice relative to procurement of state, federal and local benefits to which they are entitled, including employment, education, health care, retirement and other veterans' benefits; provided further, that the subject matter of the training program shall include benefits available under said chapter 115 and alternative resources, including those which are partially or wholly subsidized by the federal government, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability benefits, as well as federal pension and compensation entitlements; provided further, that the secretary shall promulgate regulations for the training program; provided further, that upon successful participation by the veterans' agents or directors of veterans' services in the training program, the costs of the training program incurred by the several cities and towns shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth on or before November 10 following the fiscal year in which the costs were paid; provided further, that any person applying for veterans' benefits to pay for services available under chapter 118E of the General Laws, shall also apply for medical assistance under said chapter 118E to minimize cost of the commonwealth and its municipalities; provided further, that veterans' agents shall complete applications authorized by the division of medical assistance under said chapter 118E for any veteran, widow and dependent applying for medical assistance under said chapter 115; provided further, that the veterans' agent shall file the application for the veteran or dependent for assistance under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall act on all said chapter 118E applications and advise the applicant and the veterans' agent of the applicant's eligibility for said chapter 118E healthcare; provided further, that the veterans' agent shall advise the applicant of the right to assistance for medical benefits under said chapter 115 pending approval of the application for assistance under said chapter 118E by the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the secretary may supplement healthcare pursuant to said chapter 118E with healthcare coverage under said chapter 115 if he determines that supplemental coverage is necessary to afford the veteran or dependent sufficient relief and support; provided further, that payments to or on behalf of a veteran or dependent pursuant to said chapter 115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; provided further, that benefits awarded pursuant to section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income; provided further, that the secretary of veterans' services may transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated herein between this item and item 1410-0300; and provided further, that 30 days before any transfer is made, the secretary of veterans' services shall file with the secretary for 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........................................................................................................................... $13,805,284
1410-0630 For
the administration of the veterans' cemeteries in the towns of
Reserves.
1599-0035 For certain debt service contract assistance to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority in accordance with section 39 of chapter 190 of the acts of 1982; provided, that the assistance shall be expended notwithstanding section 35J of chapter 10 of the General Laws........................................................................................ $14,735,000
1599-0042 For
a reserve to improve the quality of the commonwealth's child care system by
enabling child care providers to better attract and retain quality staff;
provided, that payments from this reserve shall be distributed by the
department of early education and care to increase reimbursement rates for
subsidized child care; provided further, that the increases shall be directed
to expenditures for salaries, benefits, and stipends for professional
development of child care workers; and provided further, that such increases
may be allocated to adjust rates of reimbursement paid to each provider by the
same percentage across the common wealth ............................................................................ $10,000,000
1599-0049 For contract assistance payments to the Foxborough Industrial Development Finance Authority in accordance with section 8 of chapter 16 of the acts of 1999................................................................................. $5,336,488
1599-0050 For Route 3 North contract assistance payments ........................................................................ $26,755,000
1599-0093 For contract assistance to the water pollution abatement trust for debt service obligations of the trust, in accordance with sections 6 and 6A of chapter 29C of the General Laws........................................................... $55,166,537
1599-1970 For a reserve for the Massachusetts turnpike authority for costs incurred in fiscal year 2005 for the operation and maintenance of the central artery/tunnel project pursuant to chapter 235 of the acts of 1998 $25,000,000
1599-1971 For the cost of hired and leased equipment, vehicle repair, and sand, salt, and other control chemicals used for snow and ice control; provided, that the secretary for administration and finance shall submit to the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight, the house and senate committees on transportation and the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on snow and ice control efforts no later than September 1, 2005 which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) a list of amounts paid to each vendor from state appropriations for snow and ice control efforts for fiscal years 2004 and 2005; (b) a detailed account of the administrative oversight exercised by either the secretary for administration and finance, the secretary of transportation or the department of highways for snow and ice control efforts, including an explanation of measures taken to verify services provided, audit vendor payment vouchers, or any other measures taken to ensure accountability relative to the expenditure of the state funds for snow and ice control efforts; (c) information on the transponder program including, but not limited to, the number and cost of transponders leased or purchased, costs associated with maintenance and warranties for the transponders, the useful life of the transponders, the number of incidents when transponders failed or malfunctioned, the number of transponders that were damaged, estimated costs of continuing the program, the compliance rate of vendors using transponders, the number of transponders that were damaged or broken, the number of appeals by contractors for transponders that may have failed or malfunctioned, a list of any contractors that were accused of, charged with or prosecuted for fraudulent snow and ice removal claims; and (d) any other information that the secretary determines is necessary to account for and explain the extraordinary expenditure of state appropriations for the control and removal of snow and ice; provided further, that the report indicates how many salt storage facilities in the commonwealth are in conformance with section 7A of chapter 85 of the General Laws and how many are not; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended or allocated from this item of appropriation until the secretary, the commissioner of highways and any other officer of the commonwealth involved in snow and ice control efforts has submitted all documentation, testimony, data and other information as required by this item and the report has been filed with the committees in the exact manner as stipulated herein............................................................................................... $10,000,000
1599-3234 For
the commonwealth's south
1599-3384 For
a reserve for the payment of certain court judgments, settlements and legal
fees, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the comptroller, which were
ordered to be paid in the current fiscal year or a prior fiscal year; provided,
that the comptroller shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees
on ways and means on the amounts expended from this item; provided further,
that no amount appropriated in this item shall fund attorneys' fees for Boulet, et al v. Cellucci, et al,
civil action No. 99-CV-10617-
1599-3837 For
the payment to the water pollution abatement trust to fund financial assistance
to municipalities and other eligible borrowers to meet debt service obligations
incurred by the municipalities and other eligible borrowers after
1599-3838 For a reserve for payment to the water pollution abatement trust to finance the costs of water treatment projects or portions thereof which have been approved by the department of environmental protection, or otherwise authorized by law, after the promulgation date of the department's regulations related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act ......................................................................................................................... $9,465,260
1599-3856 For
rent and associated costs at the
1599-3857 For
capital lease payments from the
1599-4408 For a reserve for costs incurred to comply with the provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-193), or any successor federal statute, including but not limited to, state work participation requirements, subsequent to the expiration of the commonwealth’s federal welfare waiver on September 30, 2005, or with any additional costs or requirements imposed as a result of any legislation enacted by the general court subsequent to reauthorization of the federal temporary aid for needy families block grant; provided, that not less than $6,000,000 shall be made available to the department of transitional assistance for additional services in item 4401-1000, the employment services program, administered within the department; provided further, that not less than $6,000,000 shall be made available to the department of early education and care for additional child care vouchers and contracts, according to the provisions of item 3000-4050 and for the administration of the vouchers and contracts by child care resource and referral agencies, according to the provisions of item 3000-2000; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance, the commissioner of the department of transitional assistance and the commissioner of the department of early education and care, shall, not later than January 15, 2006, jointly issue a preliminary report, and not later than April 1, 2006, issue a final report on planned expenditures from this item, on any federal actions impacting the state transitional assistance program, and on any legislative proposals the department may recommend in response to the actions; provided further, that, if the reports include legislative or administrative recommendations in response to federal actions, the reports shall include a description of all new requirements proposed to be imposed on recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children as a result of federal actions, an analysis of the individuals proposed to be subject to work requirements as a result of the actions, including an analysis of which individuals may reasonably be expected to obtain employment with proper assistance and which require an alternative plan or strategy for achieving self-sufficiency, and a detailed plan for addressing the needs of any recipient who would be subject to work requirements under such proposal; provided further, that the reports shall be provided to the chairpersons of the house and senate ways and means committees, the house and senate chairpersons of the joint committee on children and families and the house and senate chairpersons of the joint committee on education; and provided further, that nothing in the foregoing authorizes the department of transitional assistance to impose rules or requirements that are not authorized by section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, as previously or hereafter amended.................................................................................................. $12,000,000
1599-6901 For a reserve to adjust the wages, compensation or salary and associated employee-related costs to personnel who are employed by private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contracts with departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs; provided, that home care workers shall be eligible for funding from this appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may allocate the funds appropriated in this item to the departments in order to implement this initiative; provided further, that the operational services division shall condition the expenditure of the reserve upon assurances that the funds shall be used solely for the purposes of adjustments to wages, compensation or salary; provided further, that not later than February 15, 2006, the division shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report delineating the number of employees, by job title and average salary, receiving such adjustment in fiscal year 2006 and the average percentage adjustment funded by this reserve; provided further, that the report shall also include, for each contract scheduled to receive any allocation from this item in each such department, the total payroll expenditures in each contract for the categories of personnel scheduled to receive the adjustments; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be allocated to special education programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, contracts for child care services or programs for which payment rates are negotiated and paid as class rates as established by the division of health care finance and policy; provided further, that no funds shall be allocated from this item to contracts funded exclusively by federal grants as delineated in section 2D; provided further, that the total fiscal year 2006 cost of salary adjustments and any other associated employee costs authorized thereunder shall not exceed $20,000,000; provided further, that $14,000,000 shall be expended in fiscal year 2006 to adjust the wages, compensation or salary and associated employee-related costs to personnel earning less than $25,000 in annual compensation who are employed by private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contracts with departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs; provided further, that $6,000,000 shall be expended in fiscal year 2006 to adjust the wages, compensation or salary and associated employee-related costs to personnel earning more than $25,001 and less than $40,000 in annual compensation who are employed by private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contracts with departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs; provided further, that the annualized cost of the adjustments in fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein; and provided further, that the raises provided through this item shall be in addition to any already agreed to or collectively bargained for pay increases.............................................................. $20,000,000
1599-7061 For a reserve for education aid to cities, towns, regional school districts, counties maintaining agricultural schools, independent vocational schools and independent agricultural and technical schools; provided, that all funds appropriated in this item shall be allocated pursuant to legislation to be enacted by the general court and no funds shall be distributed until such legislation is enacted; provided further, that funds shall be allocated to cities, towns, regional school districts, counties maintaining agricultural schools, independent vocational schools and independent agricultural and technical schools that receive less aid as a percentage of their foundation budget than other districts of similar wealth and income; provided further, that funds shall be allocated to reduce the required local contribution of cities and towns with higher required local contributions than other cities and towns of similar wealth and income; and provided further, that funds shall be provided to improve the educational quality of schools and accountability of districts, especially those schools and districts with high proportions of low-income children, children with limited English proficiency, or children at risk of failing to meet the graduation requirements under sections 1I and 1J of chapter 69 of the General Laws..................................................................................................... $55,000,000
1599-7092 For a reserve for the county correctional programs; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, the sheriffs, in conjunction with the county government finance review board, shall maintain and continue to collaborate with the comptroller's office to collect and report all revenue collection and all spending on the Massachusetts Management Accounting and Reporting System; provided further, that the comptroller shall not transfer the funds from this item to item 8910-0000 unless the plan is in place; provided further, that the county government finance review board shall, by January 1, 2006, have developed a plan for the spending of all funds for fiscal year 2006, and developed a sound fiscal spending plan for fiscal year 2007; provided further, that the board shall build the spending plans with the direct input of the seven sheriffs still functioning under the county government system; provided further, that by January 15, 2006 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, 2006; provided further, that the board shall also provide a projection of all county funds to be collected for fiscal year 2006 and 2007; provided further, that the board shall release all funds from fiscal year 2006 quarterly; provided further, that any sheriff that spends more than the quarterly approved budget shall have the money allocated for the following quarter reduced by the excess amount overspent in the previous quarter; and provided further, that it is the intent of the General Court that funds shall not be spent from this item nor any funds be transferred from this item to another item until all of the aforementioned restrictions and conditions have been satisfied ................................................................................................................................. $39,319,632
1599-7104 For a reserve for the facilities costs associated with the college of visual and performing arts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided, that funds may be expended for Bristol Community College $2,565,093
1599-7780 For
a reserve for the costs of rent and relocation for the eastern district
attorney’s office..... $1,240,000
Human Resources Division.
1750-0100 For the operation of the human resources division and the costs of administration, training, and customer support related to the commonwealth's human resources and compensation management system; provided, that the information technology division shall continue a chargeback system for its bureau of computer services including the operation of the commonwealth's human resources and compensation management system, which complies with the requirements of section 2B; provided further, that the division shall be responsible for the administration of examinations for state and municipal civil service titles, establishment of eligible lists, certification of eligible candidates to state and municipal appointing authorities, technical assistance in selection and appointment to state and municipal appointing authorities; provided further, that notwithstanding clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of administration shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination; provided further, that the division shall administer a program of state employee unemployment management, including, but not limited to, agency training and assistance; provided further, that the division shall administer the statewide classification system, including, but not limited to, maintaining a classification pay plan for civil service titles within the commonwealth in accordance with generally accepted compensation standards and reviewing appeals for reclassification; provided further, that the secretary for administration and finance shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts of any and all economic benefits necessary to fund any incremental cost items contained in any collective bargaining agreements with the various classified public employees' unions; provided further, that the nature and scope of economic proposals contained in 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............... $3,846,396
1750-0102 The human resources division may expend not more than $1,327,500 from revenues collected from fees charged to applicants for civil service and non-civil service examinations and fees charged for the costs of goods and services rendered in administering training programs; provided, that the division shall collect from participating non-state agencies, political subdivisions, and the general public fees sufficient to cover all costs of the programs, including, but not limited to, a fee to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination or non-civil examination, notwithstanding paragraph (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system. $1,327,500
1750-0111 For the planning and implementation of a civil service continuous testing program and the operation of the bypass appeals process program; provided, that the division shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the number of tests administered and the amount of revenue collected through the program................................................................................................................................................. $104,367
1750-0119 For payment of workers' compensation benefits to certain former employees of Middlesex and Worcester counties; provided, that the division shall routinely recertify those former employees pursuant to current workers' compensation procedures ........................................................................................................................................... $223,350
1750-0201 The
human resources division may expend not more than $250,000 from revenues
collected for implementation of the medical and physical fitness standards
program established pursuant to sections 61A and 61B of chapter 31 of the
General Laws and chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the personnel
administrator shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each
applicant who participates in the physical ability test; provided further, that
the human resources division shall submit a semi-annual report to the house and
senate committees on ways and means detailing all expenditures on the program
including, but not limited to, the costs of personnel, consultants,
administration of the wellness program, establishment of standards and any
other related costs of the program; and provided further, that the division
shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means by
1750-0300 For the commonwealth's contributions in fiscal year 2006 to health and welfare funds established pursuant to certain collective bargaining agreements; provided, that the contributions shall be calculated as provided in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and shall be paid to such health and welfare trust funds on a monthly basis or on such other basis as the applicable collective bargaining agreement provides .............................. $21,286,962
Operational Services Division.
1775-0100 For the operation of the operational services division; provided, that the division shall expend funds for the purpose of achieving savings pursuant to provisions included in this act ............................................... $2,033,309
1775-0124 The operational services division may expend not more than $300,000 from revenue collected in the recovery of cost-reimbursement and non-reimbursable over billing and recoupment for health and human service agencies and as a result of administrative reviews, as determined during the division's audits and reviews of providers pursuant to section 274 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993................................................................................. $300,000
1775-0600 The operational services division may expend not more than $100,000 in revenues from the sale of state surplus personal property, including the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of surplus property; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, including the costs of personnel.............................. $100,000
1775-0700 The operational services division may expend not more than $53,000 in revenues collected in addition to the amount authorized in item 1775-1000 of section 2B, for printing, photocopying, related graphic art or design work and other reprographic goods and services provided to the general public, including all necessary incidental expenses $53,000
1775-0900 The operational services division may expend not more than $55,000 in revenues collected pursuant to chapter 449 of the acts of 1984 and section 4L of chapter 7 of the General Laws, including the costs of personnel, from the sale of federal surplus property, including the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of federal surplus property; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system ...................................................................... $55,000
1775-1100 The
operational services division may expend not more than $250,000 in revenues
collected from the disposal of surplus motor vehicles, including, but not
limited to, state police vehicles from vehicle accident and damage claims and
from manufacturer warranties, rebates and settlements, for the purchase of
motor vehicles; provided, that the division shall evaluate the use of
technology, the internet, and online
auctions to enhance the sales of surplus vehicles and submit a report of its
findings to the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the house
and senate committees on post audit and oversight on or before
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 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 the agency may obligate funds for the project or purchase; and provided further, that the chief information officer may establish rules and procedures he considers necessary to implement this item $4,242,721
1790-0300 The information technology division may expend not more than $467,837 from revenues collected from the provision of computer resources and services to the general public for the costs of the bureau of computer services, including the purchase, lease or rental of telecommunications lines, services and equipment....................... $467,837
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Office of the Secretary.
2000-0100 For
the office of the secretary, including the water resources commission, the
hazardous waste facility site safety council, the coastal zone management
program, environmental impact reviews conducted pursuant to chapter 30 of the
General Laws, the mosquito-borne disease vector control chapter program, and a
central data processing center for the secretariat; provided, that the
secretary of environmental affairs may enter into interagency agreements with
any line agency within the secretariat, whereby the line agency may render data
processing services to the 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 the secretary shall file a plan with the house and
senate committees on ways and means 20 days before entering into any
interdepartmental service agreements with any of the departments or divisions
under the secretariat or any department, division or office under the executive
office of administration and finance; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be transferred to the Boston Harbor Islands Alliance for costs
associated with the new visitor contact station known as the Harbor Park Pavilion
on Parcel 14 of the Rose Kennedy Greenway; provided further, that funds may be
expended for volunteer water monitoring grants; provided further, that not less
than $50,000 shall be expended for new flood insurance rate maps for Salisbury
beach; and provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for a coastal water
quality and natural resource monitoring program in Buzzards Bay administered by
the Coalition for Buzzards Bay $6,234,486
2000-9900 For the office of geographic and environmental information established in section 4B of chapter 21A of the General Laws................................................................................................................................................................ $280,944
2001-1001 The secretary of environmental affairs may expend not more than $50,000 from revenue collected 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 sections 61 to 62H, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws, for the purposes of providing those services.... $50,000
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 further, that funds may be expended for a recycling industry reimbursement program pursuant to section 24I of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; and provided further, that funds may be expended on municipal recycling incentives and equipment grants................................................................ $2,168,863
2010-0200 For
redemption centers; provided, that the department of environmental protection
shall expend the funds appropriated in this item for a program to preserve the
continuing ability of redemption centers to maintain operations in pursuit of
the commonwealth's recycling goals consistent with section 323 of chapter 94 of
the General Laws; provided further, that for the purposes of this item and said
chapter 94, a redemption center shall be any business registered with the
commonwealth whose primary purpose is the redemption of reusable beverage
containers; provided further, that 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; and provided further, that the
redemption centers shall be eligible for such funds if they were registered
with the commonwealth as of
2020-0100 For toxics use reduction technical assistance and technology in accordance with chapter 21I of the General Laws............................................................................................................................................................. $1,304,700
2030-1000 For the operation of the office of environmental law enforcement; provided, that officers shall provide monitoring pursuant to the National Shellfish Sanitation Program; and provided further, that funds from this item shall not be expended for the purposes of item 2030-1004.............................................................................. $9,913,746
2030-1004 For environmental police private details; provided, that the office may expend not more than $250,000 from revenue collected from fees charged for private details............................................................................... $250,000
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 section 323F of chapter 94 of the General Laws; provided, that 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; and 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..................................... $29,866,434
2200-0102 The
department of environmental protection may expend not more than $1,200,000 from
revenues collected from fees collected from wetland permits; provided, that
notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of
accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related
expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify
for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the
most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system;
provided further, that the department shall submit a report by
2210-0100 For
the implementation and administration of chapter 21I of the General Laws;
provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means not later than
2220-2220 For the administration and implementation of the federal Clean Air Act, including the operating permit program, the emissions banking program, the auto-related state implementation program, the low emission vehicle program, the non-auto-related state implementation program, and the commonwealth's commitments under the New England Governor's/Eastern Canadian Premier's Action Plans for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions............................................................................................................................................................. $1,001,064
2220-2221 For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance program required under the federal Clean Air Act..................................................................................................................................... $1,882,993
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..................................................................................................................................... $1,520,085
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 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws.......... $14,311,075
2260-8872 For the brownfields site audit program............................................................................................. $1,749,676
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......................................................................................... $341,656
Department of Fish and Game.
2300-0100 For the office of the commissioner; provided, that the commissioner’s office shall assess and receive payments from the division of marine fisheries, the division of fisheries and wildlife, the public access board, the riverways programs, and all other programs under the control of the department of fish and game; provided further, that the purpose of those assessments shall be to cover appropriate administrative costs of the department, including but not limited to payroll, personnel, legal and budgetary costs; and provided further, that the amount and contribution from each division or program shall be determined by the commissioner of fish and game.......................................... $450,001
2300-0101 For a program of riverways protection, restoration and promotion of public access to rivers, including grants to public and nonpublic entities; provided, that the positions funded in this item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws....................................................................................................................................................... $450,829
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 2005 for such research; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended
to continue to operate fish hatcheries in the towns of Montague and Sandwich;
provided further, that the department shall expend the amount necessary to
restore anadromous fish in the Connecticut and
Merrimack river systems; provided further, that expenditures for such programs
shall be contingent upon prior approval of the proper federal authorities for
reimbursement of at least 75 per cent of the amount so expended; provided
further, that the department of fish and game, the division of fisheries and
wildlife and the fisheries and wildlife board shall submit a joint report to
the house and senate committees on way and means by
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund .................................................. 100.0%
2310-0306 For
the hunter safety training program................................................................................................ $444,327
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund .................................................. 100.0%
2310-0316 For
the purpose of land containing wildlife habitat and for the costs of the
division of fisheries and wildlife directly related to the administration of
the wildlands stamp program pursuant to sections 2A
and 2C of chapter 131 of the General Laws; provided, that funds shall not be
expended from this item in the AA object class for the compensation of state
employees assigned to any item........................................................................................... $2,000,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund .................................................. 100.0%
2310-0317 For the waterfowl management program pursuant to section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws $85,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund .................................................. 100.0%
2320-0100 For the administration of the public access board, including the maintenance, operation, and improvements of public access land and water areas as authorized by section 17A of chapter 21 of the General Laws; provided, that positions funded in this item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws............................... $598,758
2330-0100 For the operation of the division of marine fisheries, including expenses of the Annisquam river marine research laboratory, marine research programs, a commercial fisheries program, a shellfish management program, including coastal area classification, mapping and technical assistance, and for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and shellfish classification program; provided, that $300,000 shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that not less than $333,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and that plant shall generate not less than $115,000 from purification fees; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the joint operation of a shellfish propagation program on Cape Cod between the division and the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Family Fishing Assistance Center in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that the sum expended for the School for Marine Science and Technology to help mitigate the negative economic impact to the Massachusetts ports which has resulted from the change in federal fisheries regulations in fiscal year 2006 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2005 except in proportion to adjustments consistent with the department's budget adjustment; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the School for Marine Science and Technology for research to minimize the economic impact of new fisheries management regulations and shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2005 except in proportion to adjustments consistent with the department's budget adjustment; and provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the National Marine Life Center in the town of Bourne................................................................................................................................. $3,910,725
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.................................................................................................................................................... $533,286
2330-0121 For the division of marine fisheries to utilize reimbursable federal sportfish restoration funds to further develop marine recreational fishing and related programs, including the costs of activities that increase public access for marine recreational fishing, support research on artificial reefs, and otherwise provide for the development of marine recreational fishing; provided, that the division of marine fisheries may expend not more than $167,898 from revenue collected from federal sportfish restoration funds and from the sale of materials which promote marine recreational fishing.................................................................................................................................................... $167,898
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, and the division of regulatory services and animal health,
including a program of laboratory services at the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, the expenses of the pesticides board, and the division of
agricultural development and fairs; provided 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; provided further, that $100,000 shall be
expended for 4H activities from this item; provided further, that funds may be
expended for the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership; provided
further, that funds may be expended for agricultural fair prizes and
rehabilitation, including the expenses of the agricultural lands board;
provided further, that the department shall, to the extent possible, encourage
corporate sponsorships for the purposes of providing agricultural fair prizes;
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 $3,777,692
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 in this item 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; and provided further, that the
department may assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the
total appropriation in this item ................................... $6,280,000
2511-3002 For the Integrated Pest Management program................................................................................... $200,000
Department of Conservation
and Recreation.
2800-0100 For
the operation of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that
the department shall enter into an interagency agreement with the department of
state police to provide police coverage on department of conservation and
recreation properties and parkways; provided further, that the department of
state police shall reimburse the department of conservation and recreation 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 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 section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws, the department
shall establish or renegotiate fees,
licenses, permits, rents and leases, and adjust or develop other revenue
sources to fund the maintenance, operation, and administration of the
department; provided further, that an annual report shall be submitted to the
house and senate committees on ways and means regarding fee adjustments not
later than
2800-0101 For the watershed management program to operate and maintain reservoirs, watershed lands and related infrastructure of the department and the office of water resources in the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that $500,000 shall be paid to the town of Clinton, under section 8 of chapter 307 of the acts of 1987, to compensate for the use of certain land; provided further, that the amount of the payment shall be charged to the General Fund and shall not be included in the amount of the annual determination of fiscal year charges to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority assessed to the authority under section 113 of chapter 92 of the General Laws; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for non-native plant management on Field Pond in Harold Parker State Forest in the town of Andover; provided further, that $48,000 shall be expended for the flood control activities undertaken by the Thames River Valley communities of Massachusetts in conjunction with the state of Connecticut; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for aquatic weed control treatments in the Upper Mystic Lake; and provided further, that the department shall develop and implement a written plan to protect and manage the Plymouth-Carver sole source aquifer in consultation with Plymouth, Carver, Wareham, Plympton, Bourne, Middleborough and Kingston $1,443,615
2800-0200 For
the operation of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation pursuant to chapter
92B of the General Laws; provided, that $50,000 shall be expended for the
Buttonwood Park Zoo; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the
Forest Park Zoo; provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall
be expended for the purposes of promoting private fundraising, achieving
self-sufficiency and serving as a catalyst for urban economic development and
job opportunities for local residents; provided further, that the corporation
shall take all steps necessary to increase the amount of private funding
available for the operation of the zoos; provided further, that the corporation
shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later
than
2800-0500 For
the freshwater and saltwater beaches under the control of the department of
conservation and recreation; provided, that all beaches shall remain open and
staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day;
provided further, that the beaches shall have their full amount of
required maintenance and upkeep; and provided further, that the department
shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not
later than
2800-0600 For
the pools and spray pools under the control of the department of conservation
and recreation; provided, that all pools and spray pools shall remain open and
staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day;
provided further, that the pools and spray pools shall have their full
amount of required maintenance and upkeep; and provided further, that the
department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than
2800-9004 For
certain payments for the maintenance and use of the
2810-0100 For the operations of the division of state parks and recreation; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used to operate all of the division's parks, heritage state parks, reservations, campgrounds, beaches and pools and for the oversight of rinks, to protect and manage the division's lands and natural resources including the forest and parks conservation services and the bureau of forestry development; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; provided further, that the department may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the Schooner Ernestina Commission; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for a grant to the Sutton Fire and Rescue department for park user safety equipment at the Purgatory Chasm State Reservation in the town of Sutton; and provided further, that the level of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year 2006 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2005........................................................................................................ $19,007,437
2810-0200 For summer employment programs at department of conservation and recreation facilities; provided, that the programs shall include peer-led youth recreation and interpretive programs, a youth all-star band, and a park repair and improvement program by skilled and unskilled laborers; and provided further, that the programs shall provide opportunities for underprivileged populations, especially in economic development areas.............................. $2,000,000
2810-2000 For the seasonal hires of the division of state parks and recreation, including hires for the forest fire control unit; provided, that no funds from this item shall be expended for year-round seasonal employees; provided further, that seasonal employees who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 2005 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2006 during the period of their seasonal employment; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made from the amount appropriated other than for those purposes identified in this item; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30, or beginning not earlier than September 1 and ending not later than April 30; and provided further, that notwithstanding said section 1 of said chapter 31, seasonal positions funded by this item shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 8 months within a 12-month period $5,567,735
2810-2040 The division of state parks and recreation may expend not more than $4,454,826 from revenue collected from fees charged by the division, including revenues collected from campsite reservation transactions from the automated campground reservation and registration program for additional expenses, upkeep and improvements to the parks and recreation system and for the personnel costs of seasonal employees; provided, that no funds from this item shall be expended for the costs of full-time equivalent personnel; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that no expenditures made in advance of the receipts shall be permitted to exceed 75 per cent of the amount of revenues projected by the first quarterly statement required by section 1B; provided further, that the comptroller shall notify 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 in each such quarter and the implications of that variance for expenditures made; and provided further, that the division may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item ...................................................................................................................... $4,454,826
2820-0100 For the administration, operation and maintenance of the division of urban parks and recreation, including for the maintenance, operation and related costs of the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody and control of the division, flood control activities of the division, purchase of all necessary supplies and related equipment, and the civilianization of crossing guards located at division intersections where state police previously performed such duties; provided, that the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care and custody of the metropolitan district commission in fiscal year 2003 shall remain solely under the jurisdiction, custody and care of the division of urban parks and recreation; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees; provided further, that not less than $3,902 shall be expended on additional school crossing guards for the corner of Mystic avenue and Shore drive in the city of Somerville; provided further, that the school crossing guards for the corner of Mystic avenue and Shore drive in the city of Somerville shall be named the Senator Charles E. Shannon Crossing Guard Corps; provided further, that not less than $380,000 shall be expended for the purposes of installing lighting at the Shannon Stadium at Dilboy field along state highway route 16 in the city of Somerville, pursuant to the construction and renovation project authorized by chapter 352 of the acts of 2004; provided further, that $45,000 shall be expended on the maintenance of Red Rock park on Lynn Shore drive, in the city of Lynn; provided further, that $225,000 shall be expended for maintenance and infrastructure repair of the southwest corridor park; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for flood mitigation at Fellsmere pond; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purposes of trash removal on Revere beach between May 30th and September 5th, which shall match proceeds generated pursuant to section 29 of chapter 236 of the acts of 2002; provided further, that $247,000 shall be expended for the James Michael Curley Recreation Center in the city of Boston; and provided further, that the level of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year 2006 shall be reduced from fiscal year 2005 $22,718,929
2820-0101 For
the costs associated with the department's urban park rangers specific to the
security of the state house; provided, that the commissioner shall collaborate
and coordinate with the legislature's joint committee on rules on the
development of a plan of security for the state house and shall file the report
to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
2820-0200 For seasonal hires of the division of urban parks and recreation; provided, that no funds in this item shall be used for year-round seasonals; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30, or beginning not earlier than September 1 and ending not later than April 30; and provided further, that notwithstanding said section 1 of said chapter 31, seasonal positions funded by this item shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 8 months within a 12-month period................................................................................................................................ $2,991,820
2820-1000 The division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $200,000 from revenue collected pursuant to section 34B of chapter 92 of the General Laws............................................................................... $200,000
2820-1001 The division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $50,000 from revenue collected for the operation and maintenance of the division's telecommunications system from revenues received from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the department of highways central artery/Ted Williams tunnel project, the department of state police and quasi-public and private entities through a system of user fees and other charges established by the commissioner of conservation and recreation; provided, that nothing in this item shall impair or diminish the rights of access and utilization of all current users of the system under agreements previously entered into; and provided further, that this item may be reimbursed by political subdivisions of the commonwealth and private entities for direct and indirect costs expended by the division to maintain the telecommunications system ................................................................................................................ $50,000
2820-2000 For
the expenses of maintaining the parkways within the division of urban parks and
recreation, including the costs of personnel and snow and ice removal expenses;
provided, that the department of conservation and recreation shall take all
measures to ensure that the department's snow and ice control efforts are
efficient and cost effective; provided further, that the secretary of
environmental affairs shall submit to the house and senate committees on post
audit and oversight and the house and senate committees on ways and means a
report detailing a snow emergency plan for roads, bridges and sidewalks under
the care of the department of conservation and recreation by
2820-3001 The
division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,000,000 from revenue collected from
skating rink fees and rentals for the operation and maintenance, including
personnel costs, of 4 rinks between
2820-4420 For the operation and maintenance of the Ponkapoag golf course; provided, that the division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,100,000 from revenue collected from fees generated by the golf course; provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than a full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30............................ $1,100,000
2820-4421 For the operation and maintenance of the Leo J. Martin golf course; provided, that the division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $700,000 from revenue collected from fees generated by the golf course; provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account shall be positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than a full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30 .............................. $700,000
2820-9005 For the operation of street lighting on the division of urban parks and recreation parkways; provided, that no expenditure shall be made other than in the GG object class.......................................................................... $2,606,651
DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION
3000-1000 For the administration of the department and board of early education and care and the costs of field operations and licensing; provided, that funds shall be expended for the department’s administration of grants to the Community Partnership Councils, Mass Family Networks, the Parent-Child Home Program, Head Start and the Reach Out and Read program; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws, the department of early education and care, the department of education, the department of public health, community partnership lead agencies, the department of transitional assistance, the department of social services and child care resource and referral agencies may share with each other personal data regarding the parents and children who receive services provided under early education and care programs administered by the commonwealth for waitlist management, program implementation and evaluation, reporting, and policy development purposes; provided further, that the commissioner of early education and care may transfer funds between items 3000-1000, 3000-2000, 3000-4000, 3000-4050, 3000-5000, 3000-7050, 3000-7060, and 3000-7070, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before any such transfer; and provided further, that not more than 5 per cent of an item may be transferred in fiscal year 2006......................................................................................................... $9,114,743
3000-2000 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 object class payroll expenses................................................................................................ $10,263,252
3000-3050 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 $49,077,019
3000-4000 For preschool programs and services provided to children from the age of 2 years and 9 months until they are kindergarten eligible, through a mixed system of service delivery including cities, towns, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, and licensed day care providers, pursuant to section 54 of chapter 15 of the General Laws; provided, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, or regional school district and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, or regional school district without municipal appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary; provided further, that in any city or town in which there was only 1 lead agency in fiscal year 1995, such lead agency shall serve as lead agency to submit proposals pursuant to section 54 of said chapter 15; provided further, that the amount by which the funds appropriated in this item exceed the amount appropriated in item 7030-1000 of chapter 60 of the acts of 1994 shall be used to provide services to the children of working parents; provided further, that in allocating the funds and evaluating grant applications, the board of early education and care shall give priority consideration to 3 and 4-year-old children in cities and towns where high concentrations of low-income working families reside; provided further, that not less than one-third of the total slots funded by the amount by which the funds appropriated in this item exceed the amounts appropriated in item 7030-1000 of chapter 60 shall be for full-day, full-year care that meets the needs of working parents; provided further, that councils shall give priority in awarding expansion slots to children on the waitlist formerly maintained by the office of child care services; provided further, that these children shall retain priority status for future services available through the department upon attaining the age of 5, notwithstanding the receipt of services funded through this item; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for administrative costs of the department of early education and care; provided further, that funds may be expended for administrative costs of local councils; and provided further, that recipients of grants distributed from this item shall not expend more than 8 per cent of the grants for administrative costs................................................................................................................................................. $68,700,570
3000-4050 For child care vouchers and contracted child care programs for low-income families; provided, that the department shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and contracted child care slots funded from this item and item 3000-3050 by category of eligibility; provided further, that the report shall include the number of recipients subject to subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 funded from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the office shall perform post-audit reviews on a representative sample of the income-eligibility determinations performed by vendors receiving funds from this item; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on children and families, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the error rate, if any, in income-eligibility determinations calculated by the post audit reviews; provided further, that child care shall be provided, under the employment services program or any successor program, to recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children, former recipients of transitional aid who are employed during the year after termination of benefits, former recipients of transitional aid participating in education or training programs authorized by department of transitional assistance regulations, parents under the age of 18 currently enrolled in a job training program who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws, said section 110 of said chapter 5 or any other applicable law or regulation, but for the deeming of grandparents' income, and for former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are employed or in an authorized period of job search as of the expiration of the transitional year, and require post-transitional child care vouchers; provided further, that recipients of transitional aid shall not be charged fees for child care provided under this item; provided further, that not less than 500 child care slots shall be reserved for children in the foster care program at the department of social services; provided further, that income-eligible child care programs shall be funded from this item; provided further, that income eligible programs shall not include the employment services child care program, transitional child care programs, or post-transitional child care programs; provided further, that not less than $138,353,258 shall be expended for income-eligible child care programs in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that the department shall report quarterly to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on children and families, the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the secretary of administration and finance on the unduplicated number of children on waiting lists for state-subsidized early education and care programs and services; 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 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 $292,473,570
3000-5000 For grants to head start programs...................................................................................................... $7,500,000
3000-6000 For child care quality expenditures; provided, that not less than $1,321,145 shall be expended for activities to increase the supply of quality child care for infants and toddlers; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for resource and referral services provided through item 3000-2000; provided further, that not less than $234,248 shall be expended for school-age child care activities; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used to fund capital assets or equipment for for-profit providers or agencies; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for the DD object class expenses of the department, out of state travel, bottled water, chargebacks, office equipment, prior year deficiencies, or the Virtual Gateway system; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended, obligated or transferred from this item prior to the submission of written certification by the commissioner to the house and senate committees on ways and means that all planned expenditures and allocations from this item shall have no fiscal impact beyond fiscal year 2006................................................................................................................... $4,120,403
3000-7050 For the Mass Family Networks program; provided, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through items 3000-7060 and 3000-7070, in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department................................................................................................................... $5,295,694
3000-7060 For grants for home-based parenting and family literacy program known as the Parent-Child Home Program; provided, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through items 3000-7050 and 3000-7070, in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department; provided further, that the department of early education and care shall distribute the funds to expand capacity at existing Parent-Child Home Program sites and to establish replication sites in cities and towns where high concentrations of low-income families reside; provided further, that for grants awarded to establish the replication sites, the department shall consider applications from school districts or social service agencies that demonstrate the capacity to replicate the home visiting program to serve area low-income families; and provided further, that preference for the grants shall be given to applicants who demonstrate a commitment to maximize federal and local funding for the operation of the replication site............................................................................................................................................................. $2,000,000
3000-7070 For matching grants to fund the Reach Out and Read program, to provide books to at-risk children through book distribution programs established in community health centers, medical practices and hospitals for at-risk children; provided, that the funds distributed through this program shall be contingent upon a match of not less than $1 in private or corporate contributions for every $1 in state funding distributed through the grant program; and provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, in order to coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through items 3000-7050 and 3000-7060 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department $500,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH
Office of the Secretary.
4000-0112 For
matching grants to boys' and girls' clubs, YMCA and YWCA organizations,
nonprofit community centers, and youth development programs; provided, that the
secretary of health and human services shall award the full amount of each
grant to each organization upon commitment of matching funds from the
organization; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended
for the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs to provide grants to
boys and girls of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $80,000
shall be expended for the young parents program of the Newton Community Service
Centers; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the
public partnership program between the greater Lynn YMCA and YWCA and the
public partnership program between the town of Saugus and the Saugus YMCA and
YWCA; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be expended for programs
and improvements at the Northeast Family YMCA; provided further, that not less
than $100,000 shall be expended for programs and improvements to the YWCA of
Newburyport; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for
the Project Adventure Youth Leadership Program as administered by Family
Services Incorporated of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $50,000
shall be expended for programs at the Girls Incorporated of Holyoke Drop-In
Center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for
programs at the Fishing Academy, Incorporated; provided further, that not less
than $225,000 shall be expended for Camp Coca Cola New England to provide youth
development services with an emphasis on leadership training and community
service; and provided further, that the secretary shall report to the house and
senate committees on ways and means on the exact amounts distributed in fiscal
year 2006 by
4000-0300 For
the operation of the executive office of health and human services, including
the operation of the managed care oversight board; provided, that the executive
office shall provide technical and administrative assistance to agencies under
the purview of the secretariat receiving federal funds; provided further, that
the executive office and its agencies, when contracting for services on the
islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, shall take into consideration the
increased costs associated with the provision of goods, services, and housing
on the islands; provided further, that the executive office shall monitor the
expenditures and completion timetables for systems development projects and
enhancements undertaken by all agencies under the purview of the secretariat,
and shall ensure that all measures are taken to make such systems compatible
with one another for enhanced interagency interaction; provided further, that
the executive office shall continue to develop and implement the common client
identifier; provided further, that the executive office shall ensure that any
collaborative assessments for children receiving services from multiple agencies
within the secretariat shall be performed within existing resources; provided
further, that funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for the
administrative, contracted services and non-personnel systems costs related to
the implementation and operation of programs authorized by sections 9A to 9C,
inclusive, and sections 16B and 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws;
provided further, that such costs shall include, but not be limited to,
pre-admission screening, utilization review, medical consultants, disability
determination reviews, health benefit managers, interagency service agreements,
the management and operation of the central automated vendor payment system,
including the recipient eligibility verification system, vendor contracts to upgrade
and enhance the central automated vendor payment system, the Medicaid
management information system and the recipient eligibility verification system
MA21, costs related to the information technology chargebacks, contractors
responsible for system maintenance and development, personal computers and
other information technology equipment; provided further, that 50 per cent of
the cost of provider point of service eligibility verification devices
purchased shall be assumed by the providers utilizing the devices; provided
further, that the executive office 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 in consultation with the division of health care finance and policy, no
rate increase shall be provided to existing Medicaid provider rates without
taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to
ensure that rates of payment to providers do not exceed such rates as are
necessary to meet only those costs which must be incurred by efficiently and
economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate
quality; provided further, that expenditures for the purposes of each item
appropriated for the purpose of programs authorized by chapter 118E of the
General Laws shall be accounted for according to such purpose on the
Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system not more than 10 days
after such expenditures have been made by the Medicaid management information
system; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made for the purpose of
such programs that are not federally reimbursable, except as specifically
authorized in this item, 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 collect directly from a liable
third party any amounts paid to contracted providers under said chapter 118E
for which the executive office later discovers another third party is liable if
no other course of recoupment is possible; provided
further, that no funds shall be expended for the purpose of funding
interpretive services directly or indirectly related to a settlement or
resolution agreement, with the office of civil rights or any other office,
group or entity; provided further, that interpretive services currently
provided shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights for any party or to an
enforceable entitlement to interpretive services; provided further, that the
federal financial participation received from claims filed for the costs of
outreach and eligibility activities performed at certain hospitals or by
community health centers which are funded in whole or in part by federally
permissible in-kind services or provider donations from the hospitals or health
centers, shall be credited to this item and may be expended without further
appropriation in an amount specified in the agreement with each donating
provider hospital or health center; provided further, that 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
4000-0320 The executive office may expend an amount not to exceed $291,000,000 from the monies received from recoveries of any current or prior year expenditures and collections from liens, estate recoveries, third party recoveries, drug rebates, accident and trauma recoveries, case mix recoveries, computer audits, insurance recoveries, provider overpayment recoveries, bankruptcy settlements, Masspro and Healthpro refunds, medicaid fraud returns, data match returns, Medicare appeals, and program and utilization review audits; provided further, that additional categories of recoveries and collections, including the balance of any personal needs accounts collected from nursing and other medical institutions upon a recipient's death and held by the executive office for more than 3 years, may, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, be credited to this item; provided, 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; provided further, that the executive office shall file quarterly with the house and senate committees on ways and means, a report delineating the amount of current year rebates from pharmaceutical companies or other current year collections which are being used to supplement current year expenditures....................................................... $291,000,000
4000-0351 For the operations of the office of residential placement and licensure......................................... $737,593
4000-0352 For MassHealth enrollment outreach grants to public and private
nonprofit groups to be administered by the executive office; provided further,
that the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means on the exact amounts distributed in fiscal year 2006 by
4000-0430 For
the commonhealth program to provide primary and
supplemental medical care and assistance to disabled adults and children under
sections 9A, 16 and 16A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that
funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the
recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the executive office
shall maximize federal reimbursement for state expenditures made on behalf of
such adults and children; provided further, that children shall be determined
eligible for the medical care and assistance if they meet the disability
standards as defined by the executive office, which standards shall be no more
restrictive than the standards in effect on
4000-0500 For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office's primary care clinician/mental health and substance abuse plan or through a health maintenance organization under contract with the executive office; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated in this item; provided further, that the secretary shall take all steps necessary to maximize enrollment in managed care organizations in order to utilize federal dollars available under the federal upper payment limit cap; provided further, that the secretary shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include MassHealth enrollment in managed care organization as of July 1, 2005 compared to the enrollment on December 1, 2005; provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than December 15, 2005; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services and the commissioner of mental health shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means relative to the performance of the managed care organization under contract with the executive office to administer the mental health and substance abuse benefit; provided further, that such quarterly reports shall include, but not be limited to, analyses of utilization trends, quality of care and costs across all service categories and modalities of care purchased from providers through the mental health and substance abuse program, including those services provided to clients of the department of mental health; provided further, that in conjunction with the new medicaid management information system project, the executive office shall continue to study the feasibility of modifying its claim payment system, in collaboration with the MassHealth behavioral health contractor, to routinely process for payment valid claims for medically-necessary covered medical services to eligible recipients with psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses on a timely basis in an effort to avoid delay and expenses incurred by lengthy appeals processes; provided further, that the secretary shall report to the house and senate committee on ways and means not later than November 1, 2005 the results of the study, any proposed modifications to the payment system, and a timeline of steps to be taken to implement the modifications; provided further, that not less than $12,000,000 shall be expended for disproportionate share payments for inpatient services provided at pediatric specialty hospitals and units, including pediatric chronic and rehabilitation long-term care hospitals as allowable under federal law; and provided further, that $11,700,000 shall be expended on disproportionate share payments to high public payer hospitals........ $2,123,892,166
Executive Office of Elder
Affairs.
4000-0600 For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the department's senior care plan; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that not less than $9,240,000 shall be expended for a demonstration project known as the "community choices" initiative; provided further, that under the demonstration, eligible MassHealth enrollees in the section 2176 elder care waiver shall be covered for any needed community services, including case management, from among those services available under the waiver or under the commonwealth's Title XIX state plan, for the purpose of delaying or preventing an imminent nursing home admission; provided further, that elders enrolled in the waiver at risk of imminent nursing home admission shall be provided information about the availability of such services; provided further, that for elders who have been determined to be at such imminent risk, have chosen to remain in the community, and for whom community care is medically appropriate, the department shall establish a funding level that, on a monthly average basis, is equal to 50 per cent of the median monthly per capita expenditure made by the department for nursing facility services provided to elders; provided further, that such funding level may include the costs of needed waiver services or other needed community services available to the elders under the state plan; provided further, that the executive office shall enter into an agreement with each aging service access point participating in the demonstration, which shall describe a system to be followed by each aging service access point, in accordance with state law and requirements under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, for coordination of both waiver and non-waiver community services needed by such eligible elders; provided further, that each aging services access point receiving funds under the demonstration project shall submit monthly reports to the executive office of health and human services and to the executive office of elder affairs on the care provided and the service expenditures made under the 2176 elder care waiver and such other information as specified by the department and the executive office; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the projected costs and the number of individuals served by the “community choices” initiative in fiscal year 2006 delineated by federal poverty level; provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than February 1, 2006; provided further, that the department shall expend funds for the purpose of funding base hourly wage increases and related payroll taxes for certified nurses' aides at nursing facilities, in accordance with 114.2 CMR 6.00 et seq; provided further, that effective January 1, 2002, such wage increases shall be over and above any previously collectively bargained for wage increases; provided further, that the division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the increases given at each facility by February, 1, 2006; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for any nursing home or non-acute chronic disease hospital that provides kosher food to its residents, the department, in consultation with the division, in recognition of the unique special innovative program status granted by the executive office, shall for any nursing home or non-acute chronic disease hospital that provides kosher food to its residents, establish the lower of (1) actual increased cost; or (2) up to a $5 per day increase to the standard payment rates to reflect the high dietary costs incurred in providing kosher food and shall apply such increase effective July 1, 2003; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be made available to reimburse providers of dementia-specific adult day care at the rate paid on January 1, 2003; provided further, that the department shall in correlation with the senior care options program explore options for enrolling the senior care population into managed care programs through federal waivers or other necessary means; provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer not more than 3 per cent of funds appropriated in this item to item 4000-0620; and provided further, that the executive office shall provide written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days prior to any transfer........................................................................................... $1,926,669,254
4000-0620 For the senior care options program; provided that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer not more than 15 per cent of the funds appropriated in this item to item 4000-0600; provided, that the executive office shall provide written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days prior to any transfer $67,998,937
Office of the Secretary
4000-0700 For
health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the
executive office's health care indemnity/third party liability plan and medical
assistance recipients not otherwise covered under the executive office's
managed care or senior care plans; provided, that funds may be expended from
this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal
years; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be
made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of
administration and finance; provided further, that expenditures from this item
shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated in this item; provided further, that notwithstanding
the foregoing, funds may be expended from this item for the purchase of third
party insurance including, but not limited to, Medicare for any medical
assistance recipient including, but not limited to, seniors; provided further,
that not more than $10,000,000 may be expended for activities relating to disability determinations or
utilization management and review, including patient screenings and
evaluations, regardless of whether such activities are performed by a state
agency, contractor, agent or provider; and provided further, that the
executive office shall submit a report to the executive office of
administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
means not later than
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) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceeds 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years......................................................................................................................................................... $391,509,801
4000-0870 For health care services provided to adults participating in the medical assistance program pursuant to clause (g) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to such recipients in prior fiscal years.............................. $61,326,314
4000-0875 For the provision of benefits to eligible women who require medical treatment for either breast or cervical cancer in accordance with 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII) of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000, Public Law 106-354, and in accordance with section 10D of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall provide benefits to women whose income, as determined by the executive office, does not exceed 250 per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to continued federal approval; provided further, that eligibility for such benefits shall be extended solely for the duration of such cancerous condition; provided further, that prior to the provision of any benefits covered by this item, the executive office shall require screening for either breast or cervical cancer at the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer early detection program operated by the department of public health, in accordance with item 4570-1503 of section 2D; provided further, that the executive office shall continue to seek federal approval for the implementation of a cost sharing system, including co-payments and sliding scale premiums for women whose annual income is between 133 per cent and 250 per cent of the federal poverty level; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years................................................................................................................................ $5,170,243
4000-0880 For MassHealth benefits under clause (c) of subsection (2) of section 9A and section 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws for children and adolescents whose family incomes as determined by the executive office are above 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the children and adolescents in prior fiscal years..................................................................... $27,509,997
4000-0890 For the cost of health insurance premium subsidies paid to employees of small businesses participating in the insurance reimbursement program pursuant to section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws........ $36,746,765
4000-0891 For the cost of health insurance subsidies paid to employers participating in the insurance reimbursement program under section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall directly market the program to private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contract with departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs for the purpose of mitigating health insurance costs to the employers and their employees; provided further, that the executive office shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance monthly expenditure data for the program, including the total number of employers participating in the program, the percentage of the employers who purchased health insurance for employees prior to participating in the program and total monthly expenditures delineated by payments to small employers and self-employed persons for individual, 2-person family and family subsidies................................................................................................ $7,432,668
4000-0895 For
the healthy start program to provide medical care and assistance to pregnant
women and infants residing in the commonwealth pursuant to section 10E of
chapter 118E; provided, that pursuant to an interagency agreement established
with the executive office, the department of public health shall determine the
presumptive eligibility of low-income pregnant women for services available
under Title XIX and chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that
the executive office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways
and means on the population served by the program delineated by the federal
poverty level; provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later
than
4000-0990 For the children's medical security plan to provide primary and preventive health services for uninsured children from birth through age 18; provided, that the executive office shall prescreen enrollees and applicants for medicaid eligibility; provided further, that no applicant shall be enrolled in the program until the applicant has been denied eligibility for the MassHealth program; provided further, that the MassHealth benefit request shall be used as a joint application to determine the eligibility for both MassHealth and the children's medical security plan; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made on behalf of the children; provided further, that any projection of deficiency in this item shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 90 days before the projected exhaustion of funding; provided further, that the executive office shall expend all necessary funds from this item to ensure the provision of the maximum benefit levels for this program, as authorized by section 10E of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that the maximum benefit levels for this program shall be made available only to those children who have been determined by the division to be ineligible for MassHealth benefits; provided further, that notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 10F of Chapter 118E of the General Laws, or any special or general law to the contrary, premiums for this program shall be collected according to the following eligibility categories: (1) enrollees in households earning less than 200 per cent of the federal poverty level shall not be responsible for contributing to program premium costs; (2) enrollees in households earning between 200 per cent and 300 per cent of the federal poverty level, inclusive, shall contribute not less than 20 per cent and not more than 30 per cent of the monthly premium cost according to a sliding scale established by the executive office; provided, that additional contributions shall not be required for any enrollee after the third enrollee in such a household; (3) enrollees in households earning between 301 per cent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level, inclusive, shall contribute not less than 85 cent and not more than 90 of the monthly premium cost according to a sliding scale established by the executive office; provided, that additional contributions shall not be required for any enrollee after the first enrollee in such a household; and (4) enrollees in households earning more than 400 per cent of the federal poverty level shall pay not more than the full premium cost of the program; provided further, that the secretary of shall certify quarterly in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that premiums established pursuant to the fourth paragraph of section 10E of chapter 118E have been paid by all enrollees for whom premiums are applicable; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years.......................................................................... $21,078,379
4000-1400 For the purposes of providing MassHealth benefits to persons with a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus with incomes up to 200 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years ................................................... $7,589,164
4000-1401 For
the purposes of reinstating inpatient outlier benefits which were in effect on
4000-1405 For the operation of a program of preventive and primary care for chronically unemployed persons who are not receiving unemployment insurance benefits and who are not eligible for medical assistance but who are determined by the executive office of health and human services to be long-term unemployed; provided, that such persons shall meet the eligibility requirements established under the MassHealth program as established in section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that the income of such persons shall not exceed 100 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that the eligibility requirements shall not exclude from eligibility persons who are employed intermittently or on a nonregular basis; provided further, that the provision of care to such persons under this program may, taking into account capacity, continuity of care, and geographic considerations, be restricted to certain providers; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services is hereby authorized to limit or close enrollment if necessary in order to ensure that expenditures from this item do not exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, the executive office of health and human services shall seek federal approval by October 1, 2005 in order to enroll the maximum number of possible enrollees allowable within this appropriation in this program during fiscal year 2006; provided further, that no funds may be expended from this item before October 1, 2005; provided further, that notwithstanding subsection (3) of section 16D of said chapter 118E or any other general or special law to the contrary, a person who is not a citizen of the United States but who is either a qualified alien within the meaning of section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 or is otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law shall be eligible to receive benefits under this item if such individual meets the categorical and financial eligibility requirements pursuant to this item provided that such individual is either age 65 or older or between the ages of 19 to 64, inclusive, and disabled; provided further, that any such individual shall not be subject to sponsor income deeming or related restrictions; and provided further, that funds from this item for health care services for eligible noncitizens may be expended as of the effective date of this act......................................................................................................................................................... $152,154,120
4000-1420 For
the purposes of making payments to the federal centers for Medicare and medicaid services in compliance with 42
Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.
4100-0060 For the operation of the division and the administration of the uncompensated care pool established pursuant to chapter 118G of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the assessment to acute hospitals shall be calculated as provided in section 5 of said chapter 118G; provided further, that the assessed amount shall be not less than 65 per cent of the division's expenses as specified in this item; provided further, that the division shall require all hospitals receiving payments from the uncompensated care pool to report to the division the following utilization information: the number of inpatient admissions and outpatient visits by age category, income category, diagnostic category and average charge per admission; provided further, that the division shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means a summary report compiling the data; provided further, that the division, in consultation with the executive office of health and human services, shall not promulgate any increase in medicaid provider rates without taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any successor federal statute to ensure that rates of payment to providers do not exceed such rates as are necessary to meet only those costs incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that the division shall meet the reporting requirements of section 25 of chapter 203 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that not later than October 24, 2005 the division shall submit to the comptroller and to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report describing the method by which the division shall generate revenues through the sale, licensure, royalty, and usage fees in an amount sufficient to meet 25 per cent of the projected costs of the division in any fiscal year, as required by section 612 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that for hospital fiscal year 2006, the private sector liability of purchasers and third party payers to the Uncompensated Care Trust Fund established pursuant to section 18 of said chapter 118G shall be $320,000,000; provided further, that the division shall publish annual reports on the financial condition of hospitals and other health care providers through the Health Benchmarks project website, in collaboration with the executive office of health and human services, the office of the attorney general, and the University of Massachusetts; provided further, that the division shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 6, 2005 a report detailing utilization of the uncompensated care pool; provided further, that the report shall include: (1) the number of persons in the commonwealth whose medical expenses were billed to the pool in fiscal year 2005; (2) the total dollar amount billed to the pool in fiscal year 2005; (3) the demographics of the population using the pool; and (4) the types of services paid for out of the pool funds in fiscal year 2005; provided further, that the division shall include in the report an analysis on hospitals' responsiveness to enrolling eligible individuals into the MassHealth program upon the date of service rather than charging the individuals to the uncompensated care pool; provided further, that the division shall include in the report possible disincentives the state could provide to hospitals to discourage such behavior; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the division shall not allow any exceptions to the usual and customary charge defining rule as defined in 114.3 CMR 31.02, for the purposes of drug cost reimbursement to eligible pharmacy providers for publicly-aided and industrial accident patients; provided further, that the division may change the pricing standard used by the division when determining the rate of payment to pharmacy providers for prescribed drugs for publicly-aided or industrial accident patients if such a change would financially benefit the commonwealth; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division shall maintain the rate paid for the dispensing fees to retail pharmacies for prescribed drugs to publicly- aided or industrial accident patients at $3 in fiscal year 2006; and provided further, that the division shall not use any funds appropriated from the health care quality improvement trust fund for operating costs, including rent and utilities.............................................................................................................................................. $12,530,216
OFFICE OF DISABILITIES
4110-0001 For the office of the commissioner; provided, that the commissioner may transfer funds between items 4110-0001, 4110-1000, 4110-1010, 4110-1020, 4110-2000, 4110-2001, 4110-3010 and 4110-4000; provided further, that the amount transferred from any of the items stated in this item shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total amount appropriated for that item; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer, the commissioner shall submit an allocation plan detailing the distribution of the funds to be transferred to the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that amounts appropriated to the commission in fiscal year 2006 that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 2005 shall not annualize above those amounts in fiscal year 2007 ............................................................................................................................................................. $1,099,067
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............................................... $3,711,958
4110-1010 For aid to the adult blind; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year........................................................................................................................................... $8,351,643
4110-1020 For eligibility determination for the medical assistance program for the blind; provided, that the commission shall work with the executive office of health and human services, the department of mental retardation and other state agencies to maximize federal reimbursement for clients so determined through this item including, but not limited to, reimbursement for home and community-based waiver clients............................................................................... $315,769
4110-2000 For the turning 22 program of the commission; provided, that nothing stated in this item 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 in this item; 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 ...................................................................................................... $8,648,243
4110-2001 For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2006; provided, that the amount spent from this item shall not annualize to more than $435,000 in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that nothing stated in this item 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 in this item; 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.. $295,000
4110-3010 For a program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grants or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other such indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees $2,661,326
4110-4000 For the administration of the Ferguson Industries for the Blind; provided, that retired workshop employees shall receive grants equal to 3/4 of the salaries of current workshop employees; and provided further, that any funds received for goods and services purchased by private and public sector entities at Ferguson Industries shall be remitted to the General Fund..................................................................................................................................... $1,885,073
4120-1000 For the operation of the commission; provided, that the commissioner may transfer funds between items 4120-1000, 4120-2000, 4120-3000, 4120-4000, 4120-4001, 4120-4010, 4120-5000, and 4120-6000; provided further, that the amount transferred from any of the items stated in this item shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total amount appropriated for that item; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer, the commissioner shall submit an allocation plan to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the distribution of the funds to be transferred; and provided further, that amounts appropriated to the commission that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 2005 shall not annualize above those amounts in fiscal year 2007 $571,395
4120-2000 For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grant or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance and any other such indirect cost of the federally-reimbursed state employees; provided further, that the commissioner, in making referrals to service providers, shall take into account the client's place of residence and the geographic proximity of the nearest provider to the residence; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on special vocational projects in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston for people with disabilities; and provided further, that not less than $155,000 shall be expended for services provided by the Life Focus Center in said Charlestown section of the city of Boston.......................................................................... $7,476,987
4120-3000 For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and employment services for severely disabled adults may, subject to appropriation, be provided; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended on special projects in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston for people with disabilities; and provided further, that not less than $305,000 shall be expended for the Charlestown Navy Yard Special Project for disabled adults $7,960,068
4120-4000 For independent living assistance service; provided, that not more than $858,000 shall be expended for assistive technology devices and training for individuals with severe disabilities; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be used to assist the Living Independently for Equality, Inc. of Brockton; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the SHARE Foundation at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth $8,040,597
4120-4001 For the housing registry for the disabled ............................................................................................. $83,754
4120-4010 For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item shall not annualize to more than $1,412,500 in state fiscal year 2007; and provided further, that nothing stated in this item shall be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to the services funded in this item............................................................................................................... $712,550
4120-5000 For homemaking services.................................................................................................................... $4,417,049
4120-5050 The Massachusetts rehabilitation commission may expend not more than $2,000,000 in revenues for expanded independent living and employment services from federal reimbursements received for services provided by the commission; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate reported in the state accounting system............................................................................................................................................................. $2,000,000
4120-6000 For head injured services; provided, that the commission shall work with the executive office of health and human services to maximize federal reimbursement for clients receiving head injured services; provided further, that the commission shall expend funds on a 24-hour basis for persons with severe head injuries in western Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Cape Cod head injury program; provided further, that of the $100,000, $50,000 shall be expended on a 1-time basis; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended on the Keeping Every Youth Safe program at the Massachusetts Brain Injury Association $8,093,237
4125-0100 For
the operation of and services provided by the
4125-0101 For the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing may expend not more than $175,000 in revenues from charges received on behalf of interpreter services and monies received from private grants, bequests, gifts or contributions; 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
OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH
Children’s Trust Fund.
4130-0002 For
the administration of the Children's Trust Fund.......................................................................... $882,307
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 parents under
the age of 21; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or
special law to the contrary, priority for such services shall be given to
low-income parents................................................................. $12,241,352
OFFICE OF DISABILITIES
Soldiers'
4180-0100 For
the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers'
4180-1100 The
Soldiers'
Soldiers'
4190-0100 For
the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers'
4190-0102 The
Soldiers'
4190-1100 The
Soldiers'
4190-1101 The
Soldiers'
OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH
Department of Youth Services.
4200-0010 For
the administration of the department of youth services; provided, that the
department shall continue to collaborate with the department of education in
order to align curriculum at the department of youth services with the
statewide curriculum frameworks and to ease the reintegration of youth from
facilities at the department of youth services into regular public school
settings; and provided further, that the commissioner of youth services, in
conjunction with the department of education, shall submit a report on progress
made to the house and senate committees on ways and means by
4200-0100 For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to committed youths in nonresidential care programs of the department; provided, that the commissioner may transfer up to 7 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0200 and 4200-0300; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer $21,373,530
4200-0200 For pretrial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs; provided, that the commissioner may transfer up to 7 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0300; 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; and provided further, that not less than $1,250,000 shall be expended for the homeward bound program in the town of Brewster................................... $19,642,022
4200-0300 For secure facilities, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs incidental to the operations of the facilities; provided, that funds shall be expended for programs to address the needs of the female population including, but not limited to, the development of a stabilization unit and an independent living program, the enhancement of clinical services and at least 1 full-time female services coordinator; provided further, that funds shall be expended to address suicide prevention including, but not limited to, increased clinical capacity, increased clinical staff for risk assessment at intake, improved medication administration, enhanced psychiatric coverage at facilities, and the assurance of a 24-hour area-based on-call staff; provided further, that an amount not to exceed $60,000 may be expended for reimbursements to providers for services rendered in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0200; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer.......................................................... $98,864,256
OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH
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 2006 the department shall maintain 2 transitional assistance offices in the city of Springfield; provided further, that all costs associated with verifying disability for all programs of the department shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the department shall submit on a monthly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance a status report on program expenditures, savings and revenues, error rate measurements, and public assistance caseloads and benefits; provided further, that the report shall comprehensively track statewide use of the emergency assistance program by eligibility category including, but not limited to, caseload, average length of use or stay and monthly expenditures; provided further, that the department shall collect all out-of-court settlement restitution payments; provided further, that the restitution payments shall include, but not be limited to, installment and lump sum payments; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise expressly provided, federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the department, including reimbursements for administrative, fringe and overhead costs, for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that under 21 U.S.C. section 862a(d)(1), the department shall exempt individuals from the eligibility restrictions of 21 U.S.C. section 862a, except that individuals incarcerated for a conviction which would otherwise be disqualifying under 21 U.S.C. section 862a(a) shall not be eligible for cash assistance funded through item 4403-2000 during the first 12 months after release from a correctional institution unless the individual qualifies for an exemption under subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 or a domestic violence waiver; provided further, that an application for assistance under chapter 118 of the General Laws shall be deemed an application for assistance under chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that if assistance under said chapter 118 is denied, the application shall be transmitted by the department to the executive office of health and human services for a determination of eligibility under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the department shall continue policies to increase participation in the food stamp program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended on services from the Food Source Hotline; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the food stamp outreach program; provided further, that the department may allocate funds, not to exceed $2,500,000 from this item to item 4400-1100 for the costs of the department's caseworkers; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent feasible within the appropriation provided, provide for extended office hours; provided further, that the department shall accomplish the staffing of these extended office hours to the maximum extent possible through the use of flex-time that will allow workers to modify their working hours to accommodate their specific personal and family needs; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent feasible within the appropriation provided, continue and expand the program of placing workers at community and human service organizations for the purposes of facilitating food stamp applications and redeterminations; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2005 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........................................................................................... $64,700,000
4400-1025 For domestic violence specialists at local area offices ..................................................................... $620,556
4400-1100 For the payroll of the department's caseworkers; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit eight shall be paid from this item............................................................................................................................................ $53,681,903
4401-1000 For a program to provide employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that certain parents who have not yet reached the age of 18, including those who are ineligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents' income, shall be allowed to participate in the employment services program; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of the program for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits due to employment or subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended for the purposes of the young parents program, transportation costs, pre-employment skills training and education programs, and structured subsidized employment services; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance may use funds from this item and shall collaborate with the department of workforce development to access funding through Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act to ensure that sufficient resources are available to provide substantive, pre-employment skills training, including training that integrates basic education and English as a second language instruction, to recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are in need of such services; provided further, that funds from this item may also be expended for re-employment services, job search assistance, vocational training services, job retention services, adult basic education, graduate equivalency degree courses, English as a second language courses and training programs for persons with limited English proficiency, and emergency work-related expenses for recipients, including emergency transportation costs; provided further, that the department shall inform all recipients and applicants of the full range of programs and of skills training programs funded by Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act accessible through the one-stop career centers and adult education programs funded by the department of education available under this program; provided further, that funds may be allocated from this item to other agencies for the purposes of this program; provided further, that within 90 days of a recipient without a high school degree or a graduate equivalency degree or proficiency in English who is subject to said subsection (f) of said section 110 of said chapter 5 becoming eligible for benefits, the department may offer to the recipient a skills assessment to identify barriers to employment; and provided further, that all of this item is subject to appropriation and, in the event of a deficiency, nothing in this item shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise to any enforceable right or entitlement to services in excess of the amounts appropriated by this item........................................................................................................................................................... $21,047,902
4401-1100 The department of transitional assistance may expend not more than $3,000,000 from revenue received from the United States Department of Agriculture for food stamp outreach and employment and training programs and any enhanced funding or bonuses; provided, that the department may expend such revenue for employment and training services provided to recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children ...................... $3,000,000
4403-2000 For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children, including state-funded transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, benefits to certain families with dependent children shall be funded only with state dollars in a separate state program to be known as state-funded transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided further, that families who shall receive state-funded benefits from the separate state program shall include those who are eligible for assistance under state law but would lower the state’s federal work participation rate or otherwise place the state at risk of not meeting federal requirements if they received benefits in a program funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the transitional assistance for needy families block grant, including, but not limited to, such families qualifying as exempt pursuant to subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; provided further, 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 noncitizens for whom federal funds may be used to provide benefits; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law or 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 2005; 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 said subsection (e) of said section 110 of said chapter 5 shall be 2 3/4 per cent below the otherwise applicable payment standard in fiscal year 2006, pursuant to the state plan required under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; provided further, that the department shall notify all teen parents receiving benefits from the program of the requirements found in clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5; 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 cloth