JUDICIARY.
Supreme Judicial Court.
0320-0003 For the operation of the supreme judicial court, including salaries of the chief justice and the 6 associate justices......................................................................................... $7,538,951
0320-0010 For
the operation of the clerk's office of the supreme judicial court for
0321-0001 For
the operation of the commission on judicial conduct...................................... $565,278
0321-0100 For the services of the board of bar examiners................................................. $1,087,055
Committee for Public Counsel Services.
0321-1500 For the operation of the committee for public counsel services as authorized by chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided, that the committee shall submit a report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, not later than January 31, 2007 that shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) the number of clients assisted by the committee in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population, and cost; (c) the total number of persons who received legal services by the committee, by type of case and geographic location; (d) the costs for services rendered per client, by type of case and geographic location; (e) the amount paid, if any, to the committee by clients for services rendered by type of case and geographic location; (f) the average cost for services rendered by the committee by type of case and (g) the average number of hours spent per attorney or staff per type of case; and provided further, that the committee shall expend not less than $280,000 for salary increases for existing public defenders paid from this line item........................................................ $17,166,477
0321-1505 For additional costs of the public defender division; provided, that no funds from this appropriation shall support existing costs associated with line item 0321-1500; provided further, that the committee shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007 on the efficiencies gained from the additional resources provided in this item; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) the number of assignment of counsel that this appropriation has shifted from private bar advocates to the public defender division since the effective date of this act, (2) the savings the commonwealth has realized from this appropriation since the effective date of this act, and (3) number of public defender positions filled and the location of the Sexually Dangerous Persons office; and provided further, that not less than $26,000 shall be expended by the committee for the purpose of increasing the salaries of existing public defenders within this line item.................................................. $941,049
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 2007..................................................... $119,763,305
0321-1513 For the expansion of the public
defender division pursuant to chapter 54 of the acts of 2005;
provided, that the committee shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007 on the progress of
said expansion; provided further, said report shall include the following: (1)
the number of offices that have been opened, (2) the number of staff hired to
work in the district offices; and (3) the estimated savings the commonwealth
has realized from having said cases assigned to public defenders as opposed to
being assigned to private bar advocates; and provided further, that no funds from this appropriation
shall support existing costs associated with line item 0321-1500…….................................... $7,143,260
0321-1518 The chief counsel for the committee for public services may expend an amount not to exceed $750,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for attorney representation of indigent clients...................................................................................................................... $750,000
0321-1520 For
fees and costs as defined in section 27A
of chapter 261 of the
General Laws, as ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a
department of the trial court of the commonwealth on behalf of indigent
persons, as defined in said section 27A
of said chapter 261;
provided, that not more than $500,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may
be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2007................................................................................... $8,456,513
0321-1600 For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth; provided, that notwithstanding section 9 of chapter 221A of the General Laws, $1,204,604 shall be expended for the disability benefits project, $544,286 shall be expended for the Medicare Advocacy Project, and $2,490,993 shall be expended for the Battered Women's Legal Assistance Project; provided further, that the corporation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 30, 2007 that shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) the number of persons whom the programs funded by the corporation assisted in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population, and cost; and (c) the total number of indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth who received services of the corporation, by type of case and geographic location; and provided further, that the corporation may contract with any organization for the purpose of providing the representation................................................................................................................... $9,470,424
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 $621,413
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........................................................ $10,616,684
Trial Court.
0330-0101 For
the salaries of the justices of the superior court department of the trial
court $10,650,966
0330-0102 For
the salaries of the justices of the district court department of the trial
court. $19,718,851
0330-0103 For
the salaries of the justices of the probate and family court department of the
trial court................................................................................................................... $6,619,801
0330-0104 For
the salaries of the justices of the land court department of the trial court......... $783,592
0330-0105 For
the salaries of the justices of the
0330-0106 For
the salaries of the justices of the housing court department of the trial court. $1,302,366
0330-0107 For
the salaries of the justices of the juvenile court department of the trial
court.. $5,063,478
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, rental of
county court facilities, operation
of courthouse facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment
maintenance and repairs, court interpreter program, and insurance and
chargeback costs; provided, that funds may be expended for the judicial
training institute; provided further, that the chief justice of administration
and management shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways
and means before September 1, 2006 detailing the progress made in moving the
business of eastern Hampshire district court jurisdiction to the Belchertown
location; provided further,
notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all criminal and
civil business within the eastern Hampshire district court jurisdiction shall
be conducted in the town of Belchertown as of November 1, 2006; provided
further, that funds from this item or any other item shall not be expended for
the cost associated with the district court of eastern Hampshire, unless said
division is located in the town of Belchertown as of said date; provided
further, 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 from this item for a contract with
Massachusetts General Hospital for a research program on abused children; provided further, that the trial court
shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board detailing the
amount of assessments imposed within each court by a justice or
clerk-magistrate during the previous calendar year pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws;
provided further, that 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; and provided
further, that the report shall be submitted to the victim and witness
assistance board on or before January 14, 2007................................................................................................................ $129,230,607
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......................................................... $842,737
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 January 31, 2007,
detailing the number of court officers and security personnel located in each
trial court of the commonwealth.............................. $59,614,924
0330-3333 The chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to exceed $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 2007 shall be revenue collected from the fees in excess of the amount collected and deposited into the General Fund in fiscal year 2003 from the fees; provided further, that no allocation shall occur until the schedules have been approved by said 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 therefore 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
0330-3335 For salary adjustments for clerks
and assistant clerks and certain trial court employees pursuant to chapter 106
of the acts of 2005; provided, that any expenditures or allocations shall be
made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees
on ways and means 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made…………........................ $19,007,323
0331-0100 For the administrative office of the superior court department............................. $6,248,393
0331-0300 For medical malpractice tribunals established in accordance with the provisions of section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws........................................................................ $59,323
0331-2100 For the Barnstable superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping...................................................................................................................... $716,338
0331-2200 For the Berkshire superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $201,536
0331-2300 For the Bristol superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $858,760
0331-2400 For the Dukes superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $160,515
0331-2500 For the Essex superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,447,990
0331-2600 For the Franklin superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $299,747
0331-2700 For the Hampden superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,288,286
0331-2800 For the Hampshire superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping...................................................................................................................... $310,264
0331-2900 For the Middlesex superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $3,232,440
0331-3000 For the Nantucket superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $135,265
0331-3100 For the Norfolk superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,186,622
0331-3200 For the Plymouth superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,087,829
0331-3300 For
the
0331-3400 For the Suffolk superior criminal court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping................................................................................................................... $1,940,875
0331-3500 For the Worcester superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping $1,070,743
District Court Department.
0332-0100 For the administrative office of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program...................................................................................................................... $858,068
0332-1100 For the first district court of Barnstable.............................................................. $536,692
0332-1200 For
the second district court of Barnstable at
0332-1203 For
the third district court of Barnstable at
0332-1300 For
the district court of northern Berkshire at
0332-1400 For
the district court of central Berkshire at
0332-1500 For
the district court of southern
0332-1600 For
the first district court of Bristol at
0332-1700 For
the second district court of Bristol at
0332-1800 For
the third district court of Bristol at
0332-1900 For
the fourth district court of Bristol at
0332-2000 For the district court of Edgartown..................................................................... $169,016
0332-2100 For
the first district court of Essex at
0332-2300 For
the third district court of Essex at
0332-2400 For
the central district court of northern Essex at
0332-2500 For
the district court of eastern Essex at
0332-2600 For
the district court of
0332-2700 For
the district court of southern Essex at
0332-2800 For
the district court of
0332-2900 For
the district court of
0332-3000 For
the district court of
0332-3100 For
the district court of
0332-3200 For
the district court of
0332-3300 For
the district court of
0332-3400 For the district court of eastern Hampden at Palmer............................................ $301,552
0332-3500 For
the district court of
0332-3600 For
the district court of western Hampden at
0332-3700 For
the district court of Hampshire at
0332-3800 For the district court of eastern Hampshire at Belchertown.................................. $165,631
0332-3900 For
the district court of
0332-4000 For
the district court of
0332-4100 For
the district court of
0332-4200 For
the district court of
0332-4300 For
the district court of
0332-4400 For
the first district court of eastern Middlesex at
0332-4500 For
the second district court of eastern Middlesex at
0332-4600 For
the third district court of eastern Middlesex at
0332-4700 For
the fourth district court of eastern Middlesex at
0332-4800 For the first district court of northern Middlesex at Ayer....................................... $368,553
0332-4900 For
the first district court of southern Middlesex at
0332-5000 For
the district court of central Middlesex at
0332-5100 For
the district court of
0332-5200 For
the district court of northern
0332-5300 For
the district court of East Norfolk at
0332-5400 For
the district court of western
0332-5500 For
the district court of southern
0332-5600 For the municipal court of Brookline................................................................... $345,274
0332-5700 For
the district court of
0332-5800 For
the second district court of Plymouth at
0332-5900 For
the third district court of Plymouth at
0332-6000 For
the fourth district court of Plymouth at
0332-6300 For the district court of Chelsea; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, said district court shall be the permanent location for the northern trial session to handle six person jury cases; provided further, that all personnel within said district court whose duties relate to said northern trial session shall report to the clerk magistrate of said district court; and provided further, that the clerk magistrate shall utilize whatever space within the facility-at-large he deems necessary to comply with S.J.C. Rule 3:12, Canon 3(A)6......... $804,083
0332-6900 For the central district court of Worcester........................................................ $1,534,374
0332-7000 For
the district court of
0332-7100 For
the district court of
0332-7200 For the district court of Winchendon.................................................................. $137,821
0332-7300 For
the first district court of northern
0332-7400 For
the first district court of eastern
0332-7500 For
the second district court of eastern
0332-7600 For
the district court of southern
0332-7700 For
the second district court of southern
0332-7800 For
the third district court of southern
0332-7900 For
the district court of western
Probate and
0333-0002 For the administrative office of the probate and family court department.............. $1,307,828
0333-0100 For
the
0333-0150 For
the operation of a child and parents program in the
0333-0200 For
the
0333-0300 For
the
0333-0400 For the Dukes probate court............................................................................. $122,327
0333-0500 For
the
0333-0600 For
the
0333-0700 For the Hampden probate court ..................................................................... $2,607,285
0333-0711 For the operation of the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire family court clinic to be administratively located in the city of Springfield and to serve the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire divisions of the probate court.............................................................. $39,748
0333-0800 For the Hampshire probate court....................................................................... $645,228
0333-0900 For the Middlesex probate court..................................................................... $3,377,715
0333-0911 For the Middlesex probate court family services clinic......................................... $193,762
0333-1000 For
the
0333-1100 For
the
0333-1111 For the Norfolk probate court family services clinic.............................................. $139,772
0333-1200 For
the
0333-1300 For
the
0333-1313 For the Suffolk probate community access program of community outreach and education; provided, that said program shall be targeted at low income persons who experience educational and language barriers to court access; and provided further, that said program shall be administered by the register of probate of Suffolk county............................................................. $191,719
0333-1400 For
the
0333-1411 For the Worcester probate court family services clinic......................................... $169,362
Land Court Department.
0334-0001 For the operation of the land court.................................................................. $2,386,331
0335-0001 For
the central division of the
0335-0100 For
the Brighton division of the
0335-0200 For
the
0335-0300 For
the Dorchester division of the
0335-0400 For
the East Boston division of the
0335-0500 For
the Roxbury division of the
0335-0600 For
the South Boston division of the
0335-0700 For
the West Roxbury division of the
0336-0002 For the administrative office of the housing court department................................ $103,132
0336-0100 For
the
0336-0200 For the western division of the housing court...................................................... $691,755
0336-0300 For
the
0336-0400 For the southeastern division of the housing court............................................ $1,214,514
0336-0500 For the northeastern division of the housing court................................................ $650,698
0337-0002 For the administrative office of the juvenile court department................................ $895,237
0337-0100 For
the
0337-0200 For
the
0337-0300 For the Hampden county juvenile courts.......................................................... $1,297,623
0337-0400 For
the
0337-0500 For the Barnstable county juvenile court, including the Barnstable county juvenile court located in the town of Plymouth....................................................................................... $737,608
0337-0600 For
the
0337-0700 For the Hampshire and Franklin counties juvenile courts...................................... $686,132
0337-0800 For
the
0337-0900 For
the
0337-1000 For the Middlesex county juvenile courts......................................................... $1,104,188
0337-1100 For
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 no funds shall be expended from this
line item to cover the costs of building leases; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law,
rule or regulation to the contrary, probation officer personnel and probation
clerical support staff assigned to the courts shall be provided with suitable
office space in their current location in and around the various divisions and
departments of the trial court, as the case may be, or in suitable office space
as appropriate, with the advice and consent of the commissioner; provided
further, that 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............ $124,242,698
0339-1003 For
the operation of the trial court office of community corrections, including the
costs of personnel; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this line
item to cover the costs of building leases................................................................................................................... $5,787,043
0339-1004 For
the cost of intensive supervision and community corrections programs; provided,
that the programs shall include, but not be limited to, tracking, community
service, educational assistance, drug and alcohol testing and treatment, curfew
enforcement, home confinement, day reporting, means-tested fines, restitution,
and community incapacitation or restraint; provided further, that the number of
placements in the programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000
intensively-supervised probationers; provided further, that funds from this
item shall be expended to cover the costs of the programs that are undertaken
and administered by court probation offices and county sheriffs' offices;
provided further, that said funds shall be expended for the purpose of
providing said programs in Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex,
Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk,
and Worcester counties in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that the
executive director of the office of community corrections of the trial court
shall enter into interagency service agreements and memoranda of understanding
with the probation offices and sheriffs' offices for the provision of said
programs, including the contracting for detention space for probationers
arrested for violating probation and awaiting court action and detention space
for probationers who have been ordered by the trial court to be supervised at a
higher level of restraint; provided further, that said agreements and memoranda
shall be entered into at the direction of the executive director; provided
further, that the executive director shall submit a spending and management
plan for the programs to the house and senate committees on ways and means not
later than January 30, 2007; and provided further, that the plan shall include
the projected number of probationers to be served by each program and include a
description of the oversight and services provided to the probationers............................................................. $13,799,621
Office of the Jury Commissioner.
0339-2100 For
the office of the jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws................................................................................................................... $2,098,360
Suffolk District Attorney.
0340-0100 For the Suffolk district attorney's office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the domestic violence unit and the children's advocacy center; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys........................................................................... $14,598,478
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 February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in said program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys................................................................................................................. $11,413,620
0340-0201 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district attorney's office...................................................................................................................... $478,682
General Fund........................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund.......................................................... 88.20%
Eastern District Attorney.
0340-0300 For the Eastern district attorney's office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program................................................................................................................... $8,181,987
0340-0301 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district attorney's office...................................................................................................................... $447,132
General Fund........................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund.......................................................... 88.20%
Worcester District Attorney.
0340-0400 For the Worcester district attorney's office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys................................................................................................................... $7,365,348
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 February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys................................................................................................................... $7,086,499
0340-0501 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district attorney's office...................................................................................................................... $322,619
General Fund........................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund.......................................................... 88.20%
Hampshire/Franklin District Attorney.
0340-0600 For the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney's office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in said fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys........................................................................................... $4,479,695
0340-0601 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney's office.............................................................................................................. $226,191
General Fund........................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund.......................................................... 88.20%
Norfolk District Attorney.
0340-0700 For the Norfolk district attorney's office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys................................................................................................................... $7,578,785
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 February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys................................................................................................................... $6,155,267
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 February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys........................................................................................... $6,327,449
0340-0901 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund.......................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund......................................................... 88.20%
Cape and
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 2 prosecutors and administrative support shall be provided to the Cape Cod offender management task force; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys...................... $3,264,388
0340-1001 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 February 1, 2007 summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2006 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2007 detailing the office's use of drug forfeiture funds, so-called, collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) amount of the funds deposited into the office's special law enforcement trust fund, so-called, in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2007; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program, so-called; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; 2) name and address of the law firms; 3) duties performed by the personnel; and 4) benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $35,000; and provided further, that funds may be expended for increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys................................................................................................................... $3,003,646
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 2007 appropriation to the Massachusetts District Attorneys' Association in order to alleviate the cost of the case management and tracking system as well as the cost of data lines associated with the district attorney's computer network; ;provided further, that the department shall work in conjunction with the disabled persons protection commission and the eleven district attorneys offices to prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the number of abuse cases that are referred to each said district attorney’s office for further investigation; (2) the number of said referrals resulting in the filing of criminal charges, delineated by type of charge; (3) the number of cases referred to each said district attorneys office that remain open as of the date for submission of said report; and (5) the number of cases resulting a criminal prosecution, and the disposition of each such prosecution; provided further, that said report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and mean on or before March 15, 2007; provided further, that each district attorney shall submit a report to the Massachusetts District Attorneys' Association and the house and senate committees on ways and means delineating all funds expended for the purpose of implementing the case management and tracking system not later than January 30, 2007; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the total cost of the district attorneys' computer network, the total cost incurred by each district attorney's office, a detailed list of all hardware and software leased, owned or operated by each district attorney, a plan for any purchases to be made in the remainder of fiscal year 2007 and a detailed summary of any policies implemented to contain the costs of the network by either the Massachusetts District Attorneys' Association or the individual district attorneys' offices; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made, on or after the effective date of this act, which would cause the commonwealth's obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; and provided further, that the association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007 detailing, by district attorney office, all sources of revenue, including, but not limited to, federal and state grants that were received in fiscal year 2006, and the amount of each source of revenue $1,785,056
0340-8908 For the costs associated with maintaining the association's wide area network... $1,344,453
EXECUTIVE.
0411-1000 For the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the governor's council; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item may be used at the discretion of the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not otherwise provided for and for transfer to appropriation accounts where the amounts otherwise available may be insufficient; provided further, that funds may be expended for the governor's commission on mental retardation; and provided further that the advisory council on Alzheimer diseases and related disorders as established in the office of the governor by section 379 of chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, and section 80 of chapter 236 of the acts of 2000, shall continue during fiscal year 2007..................................................................... $5,135,418
Secretary Of The Commonwealth.
0511-0000 For the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that the office shall submit a report detailing staffing patterns for each program operated by the office; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, actual and functional job titles by program, compensation rates and lengths of service for each employee; provided further, that the office shall submit the report not later than January 31, 2007 to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the secretary may transfer funds between items 0540-0900, 0540-1000, 0540-1100, 0540-1200, 0540-1300, 0540-1400, 0540-1500, 0540-1600, 0540-1700, 0540-1800, 0540-1900, 0540-2000, 0540-2100 pursuant to an allocation schedule filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before the transfer; and provided further, that each register of deeds using electronic record books shall ensure that all methods of electronically recording instruments conform to any regulation or standard established by the state secretary or the records conservation board, and those regulations shall be promulgated no later than June 30, 2007... $6,902,837
0511-0001 The
state secretary may expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of
merchandise at the
0511-0108 The state secretary acting on behalf of the commonwealth may sell, transfer or license the Division of Corporations' software and related documents pertaining to its web based searching and filing applications, including uniform commercial code software, developed by the department of the secretary and copyrighted by it to other states, multi-state or regional associations or other sovereign governments on such terms or conditions as in his sole discretion reasonably compensates the commonwealth for its interests; provided, that the secretary may retain and expend revenues collected from such sales, licensure or user agreements in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for technical activities of the corporations division the remainder to be deposited in the General Fund; provided further, that the secretary may also provide web hosting, and on-going support and maintenance to other states, provinces or territories of Canada relative to their UCC and corporate applications; and provided further, that the department of the state secretary may accept credit and debit cards from individuals and corporations filing documents with the department....................................................................................................................... $50,000
0511-0200 For the operation of the state archives division.................................................... $539,562
0511-0230 For the operation of the records center.............................................................. $156,185
0511-0250 For the operation of the archives facility............................................................. $475,775
0511-0260 For the operation of the commonwealth museum................................................ $197,455
0511-0420 For the operation of the address confidentiality program...................................... $112,991
0517-0000 For the printing of public documents.................................................................. $907,957
0521-0000 For the operation of the elections division, including preparation, printing and distribution of ballots and for other miscellaneous expenses for primary and other elections; provided, that the secretary of state may award grants for voter registration and education in the cities of Boston, Springfield, Lawrence and Worcester; provided further, that the registration and education activities may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations; and provided further, that the secretary shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2007 detailing the amount appropriated for the purposes of providing reimbursements for the costs of extended polling hours from this item to each city or town................................................................................................................... $5,337,343
0521-0001 For the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that an annual report detailing voter registration activity shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 31, 2007....................................................... $5,462,603
0524-0000 For providing information to voters................................................................... $1,201,161
0526-0100 For
the operation of the
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 Adams in the former
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
0540-2500 For moving and relocation costs for the Essex Registry of Deeds, Northern District; Essex Registry of Deeds, Southern District; and Worcester Registry of Deeds; provided, that the that the secretary shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than June 30, 2007 detailing the exact cost of each move................................................ $4,832,633
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General.
0610-0000 For the office of the treasurer and receiver-general; provided, that the treasurer shall provide computer services required by the teachers' retirement board; provided further, that to the extent that bank fees exceed the amount appropriated in item 0610-0100, the treasurer may, subject to an allocation plan filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means, transfer from this item to said item 0610-0100, an amount sufficient to ensure full payment of the bank fees; provided further, that not less than $37,000 shall be granted to the elder advocacy organization known as the Silver-Haired Legislature; provided further, that the treasurer's office shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board which details the amount of assessments transmitted to the treasurer during the previous calendar year on a monthly basis from the courts, the registrar of motor vehicles and the sheriff or superintendent of any correctional facility pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the board on or before January 31, 2007; and provided further, that the treasurer's office shall pay half of the administrative costs of the municipal finance oversight board from this item........ $7,385,102
General Fund............................................................ 90.0%
Highway Fund........................................................... 10.0%
0610-0050 For the administration of the alcoholic beverages control commission in its efforts to regulate and control the conduct and condition of traffic in alcoholic beverages; provided, that said commission shall maintain at least one chief investigator and other investigators for the purpose of regulating and controlling the traffic of alcoholic beverages; provided further, that said commission is authorized and directed to work and cooperate with the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms division of the United States Department of Justice and other relevant federal agencies to assist in its efforts to regulate and control the traffic of alcoholic beverages; and provided further, that said commission is directed to seek out matching federal dollars and to apply for federal grants that may be available to assist in the enforcement of laws pertaining to the traffic of alcoholic beverages............... $1,875,098
0610-0100 For the payment of bank fees; provided, that the treasurer may transfer funds from this item to item 0610-0000 for one-time, non-recurring expenditures upon certification to the secretary of administration and finance that the remaining balance in this account will be sufficient to make all necessary expenditures................................................................................ $3,600,000
General Fund............................................................ 90.0%
Highway Fund........................................................... 10.0%
0610-1500 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.
0610-2000 For the bonus payments to veterans pursuant to section 16 of chapter 130 of the acts of 2005................................................................................................................... $3,643,000
0611-1000 For bonus payments to war veterans................................................................... $50,000
0611-1010 For the life insurance premium provision pursuant to section 88B of chapter 33 of the General Laws…………………………………................................................................. $1,170,000
0611-5500 For additional assistance to cities and towns to be distributed according to section 3 and for assistance to certain public entities of the commonwealth which have constructed water pollution abatement facilities; provided, that the distribution to the public entities shall equal $1,249,948; and provided further, that if there is a conflict between the provisions of the distribution set forth in section 3 and any other provisions of this act, the distribution set forth in section 3 shall control............................................................................................................... $379,767,936
0611-5510 For reimbursements to cities and towns in lieu of taxes on state-owned land pursuant to sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws........................................ $20,000,000
0611-5800 For distribution to each city and town within which racing meetings are conducted pursuant to section 18D of chapter 58 of the General Laws............................................... $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 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund; and provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of 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........................................................ $72,735,317
0640-0001 For the operation of the state lottery commission; provided, that the commission may seek revenue from corporate advertising for non-lottery products on all lottery products; provided further, that payments from corporate advertising shall be deposited into the General Fund; and provided further, that expenditure in this item is limited to an amount not to exceed revenues collected from corporate advertising payments or the amount appropriated herein, whichever is less $3,653,019
0640-0005 For the costs associated with the continued implementation of the game of keno; provided, that any sums expended on promotional activities shall be limited to point of sale promotions and agent newsletters; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund................ $1,263,481
0640-0010 For the promotional activities associated with the state lottery program; provided, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund.............................................................................................. $10,000,000
0640-0013 For the costs of the anti-litter program; provided, that said lottery may continue to develop regional environmental awareness events to limit the number of discarded instant tickets that become litter; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund................................... $100,000
0640-0096 For the purpose of the commonwealth's fiscal year 2007 contributions to the health and welfare fund established pursuant to the collective-bargaining agreement between the lottery commission and the service employees international union, Local 254, AFL-CIO; provided, that the contributions shall be paid to the trust fund on such basis as the collective bargaining agreement provides; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund....................................................... $355,945
0640-0300 For the services and operations of the council, including grants to or contracts with public and non-public entities; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the council may expend the amounts herein appropriated for the purposes of the council as provided in sections 52 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 10 of the General Laws in amounts and at times as the council may determine pursuant to section 54 of said chapter 10; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the Arts Lottery Fund to the General Fund; provided further, that any funds expended from this item for the benefit of schoolchildren shall be expended for the benefit of all Massachusetts schoolchildren and on the same terms and conditions; provided further, that the council shall not expend funds from this item for any grant or contract recipient that, in any program or activity for Massachusetts schoolchildren, does not apply the same terms and conditions to all such schoolchildren; provided further, that not more than $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to assist cultural organizations in augmenting or initiating endowments to promote the financial stability of the organizations and the assistance shall be in the form of challenge grants to the organizations; provided further, that in order to receive a grant a cultural organization shall raise an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant for the organization's endowment; provided further, that funds provided by the grants shall, in perpetuity, be used solely to provide free or reduced rate public programs or services to citizens of the commonwealth; provided further, that a grant made under this program shall not exceed $100,000; and provided further, that a person employed under this item shall be considered an employee within the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall be placed in the appropriate bargaining unit.................................................................... $8,000,000
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; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the Arts Lottery Fund to the General Fund.................................................. $743,520
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, 2007, from item 0699-0015 to item 0699-9100 or from item 0699-9100 to item 0699-0015 which would otherwise have insufficient amounts to meet debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007; provided further, that each amount transferred shall be charged to the funds as specified in the item to which the amount is transferred; provided further, that payments on bonds issued pursuant to section 2O of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall be paid from this item and shall be charged to the Infrastructure sub-fund of the Highway fund; provided further, that payments of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt of the commonwealth associated with the Watershed Management Fund for the acquisition of development rights and other interests in land, including fee simple acquisitions of watershed lands of the Quabbin and Wachusett reservoirs and the Ware river watershed above the Ware river intake pipe shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary or other provisions of this item, the comptroller may charge the payments authorized herein to the appropriate budgetary or other fund subject to a plan which the comptroller shall file 10 days in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that the comptroller shall transfer from this item to the government land bank fund an amount equal to the amount by which debt service charged to said fund exceeds revenue deposited to said fund.......... $1,781,299,000
General Fund........................................................... 68.07%
Highway Fund.......................................................... 31.93%
0699-2004 For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness which may be incurred for financing the central artery/third harbor tunnel funding shortfall.................... $78,987,000
Highway Fund.......................................................... 100.0%
0699-9100 For the payment of interest and issuance costs on bonds and bond and revenue anticipation notes and other notes pursuant to sections 47 and 49B of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that the treasurer shall certify to the comptroller a schedule of the distribution of costs among the various funds of the commonwealth; provided further, that the comptroller shall charge costs to the funds in accordance with the schedule; and provided further, that any deficit in this item at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 shall be charged to the various funds or to the General Fund or highway fund debt service reserves............................................................... $20,950,000
0699-9101 For the purpose of depositing with the trustee under the trust agreement authorized in section 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............................................................... $60,995,000
0699-9200 For certain debt service contract assistance to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency in accordance with chapter 23G of the General Laws....................................... $13,281,000
STATE AUDITOR.
Office of the State Auditor.
0710-0000 For the office of the state auditor, including the review and monitoring of privatization contracts in accordance with sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws and shared oversight of the central artery/third harbor tunnel project; provided, that not less than $67,250 shall be expended for the position of executive director of the central artery/third harbor tunnel project oversight coordination commission, as established in section 2B of chapter 205 of the acts of 1996, such that the position may continue to provide administrative and investigative functions to the commission in a manner that is consistent with said section 2B; and provided further, that the auditor's office shall pay half of the administrative costs of the municipal finance oversight board from this item..................................................................................................... $15,428,202
0710-0100 For the operation of the division of local mandates.............................................. $623,699
0710-0200 For the operation of the bureau of special investigations; provided, that the department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total amount of fraudulently obtained benefits identified by the bureau of special investigations of the office of the state auditor, the total value of settlement restitution payments, actual monthly collections, and any circumstances that produce shortfalls in collections........... $1,629,595
0710-0225 For the operation of the Medicaid Audit Unit within the Division of Audit Operations in an effort to prevent and to identify fraud and abuse in the MassHealth system; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this line item shall not be less than 50 per cent; and provided further, that the division shall submit a report no later than December 1, 2006 to the house and senate committee ways and means detailing all findings on activities and payments made through the MassHealth system...................................................................... $ 450,000
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
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 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; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the commission on uniform state laws.................. $22,437,962
0810-0004 For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 258C of the General Laws, if a claimant is 60 years of age or older at the time of the crime and is not employed or receiving unemployment compensation, such claimant shall be eligible for compensation in accordance with said chapter 258C even if the claimant has suffered no out-of-pocket loss; provided further, that compensation to such claimant shall be limited to a maximum of $50; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, victims of the crime of rape shall be notified of all available services designed to assist rape victims including, but not limited to, the provisions outlined in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws............................................................................................... $2,156,000
0810-0006 For the rental costs and unavoidable space rental lease obligations associated with certain divisions of the office of the attorney general located in the Leverett Saltonstall building.... $2,414,150
0810-0007 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general; provided, that costs associated with those officers shall not be funded from item 8100-0007; and provided further, that expenditures shall not be made on or after the effective date of this act which would cause the commonwealth's obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item............................................................................................................... $486,517
Highway Fund.......................................................... 88.20%
General Fund........................................................... 11.80%
0810-0014 For the operation of the department of telecommunications and energy proceedings unit, pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that 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; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the expenses of legal and technical personnel and associated administrative and travel expenses relative to participation in regulatory proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on behalf of Massachusetts ratepayers............................................................................ $1,609,028
0810-0017 For the expenses related to judicial proceedings relevant to the fuel charge pursuant to section 94G of chapter 164 of the General Laws and such other proceedings as may be reasonably related to the section; provided, that the assessment levied for such expense shall be credited to the General Fund................................................................................................................ $73,500
0810-0021 For the operation of the Medicaid fraud control unit; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 75 per cent of the expenditure; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall continue to be used specifically for the investigation and prosecution of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation based on referrals from the department of public health pursuant to section 72H of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further, that the unit shall provide training for all investigators of the department's division of health care quality responsible for the investigations on a periodic basis pursuant to a comprehensive training program to be developed by the division and the unit; and provided further, that training shall include instruction on techniques for improving the efficiency and quality of investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation pursuant to said section 72H of said chapter 111................................................................................................................... $2,687,349
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 $432,026......................................................... $432,026
0810-0399 For the investigation and prosecution of workers' compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $280,164; provided further, that the attorney general shall investigate and prosecute, where appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers' compensation insurance in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth; and provided further, that the unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws...................................................................................................................... $280,164
Victim and Witness Assistance Board
0840-0100 For the operation of the victim and witness assistance board; provided, that the board shall submit a comprehensive report compiled from the information required of and submitted to the office by the trial court, the registry of motor vehicles and the state treasurer relative to the collection of assessments for the previous calendar year under section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 15, 2007................................................ $426,996
0840-0101 For the safeplan advocacy program; provided, that the amount allocated in this item shall be expended on the salaries and employee benefits of safeplan advocates and regional coordinators, including the advocates in the Hampshire probate and family court and the Northampton and Belchertown district courts; provided further, that funds may be expended by the Massachusetts office for victim assistance to administer the program; and provided further, that said office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 3, 2007 a report detailing the effectiveness of contracting for said program including, but not limited to, the number and types of incidents to which such advocates responded, the types of services and service referrals provided by such domestic violence advocates, the cost of providing such services and the extent of coordination with other service providers and state agencies....... $720,116
STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.
0900-0100 For the operation of the state ethics commission............................................. $1,535,370
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
0910-0200 For
the operation of the office of the inspector genera....................................... $2,716,695
0910-0210 The office of the inspector general may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $493,819 from the fees charged to participants in the Massachusetts public purchasing official certification program and the certified public manager program for the operation of such programs; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipts of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office of the inspector general may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system.............................. $493,819
OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE.
0920-0300 For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance......................... $1,109,853
OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
1000-0001 For the office of the state comptroller for the purpose and cost of compliance with the Single Audit Act of 1984, Public Law 89-502, and for the federally required comprehensive, statewide single audit of state operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided, that the office of the comptroller shall charge other items of appropriation for the cost of the audit from allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts; provided further, that the office of the comptroller shall charge not more than a total of $750,000 to other items of appropriation for the cost of the audit; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts shall be retained and expended from a separate item without further appropriation, in addition to state funds appropriated to this item, for the cost of compliance with the mandate of the federal law and the office of management and budget regulations; provided further, that the amount of any such federal funds and grant receipts so credited and expended from this item shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the comptroller shall maintain a special federal and non-tax revenue unit which shall operate under policies and procedures developed in conjunction with the secretary for administration and finance; provided further, that the comptroller shall provide quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include for each state agency for which the commonwealth is billing, the eligible state services, the full year estimate of revenues and revenues collected; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall deduct an amount of $1,000 from any item of appropriation in section 2 of this act in which a reporting requirement is stipulated within said item and which report is not filed within 10 days of the stated due date; provided further, that any and all amounts deducted shall be deposited in the General Fund and the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of any and all amounts so deducted; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may enter into contracts with private vendors to identify and pursue cost avoidance opportunities for programs of the commonwealth and to enter into interdepartmental service agreements with state agencies, as applicable, for said purpose; provided further, that 60 days before entering into any interdepartmental service agreements the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that said notification shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the project, the purpose and intent of the interdepartmental service agreement, a projection of the costs avoided in the current fiscal year, a copy of the contract with the private vendor including the proposed rate of compensation and any previous agreements related or similar to the new agreement with the above information; provided further, that payments to private vendors on account of such cost avoidance projects shall be made only from such actual cost savings as have been certified in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means by the comptroller and the budget director as attributable to such cost avoidance projects provided further that the comptroller may establish such procedures in consultation with the budget director and the affected departments as he deems appropriate and necessary to accomplish the purpose of this section and provided further that the comptroller shall report on said projects as a part of his annual report pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws...................... $9,089,154
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
Office of the Secretary.
1100-1100 For the office of the secretary and the administration of the fiscal affairs division; provided, that the secretary shall conduct an ongoing review of affirmative action steps taken by the various agencies, boards, departments, commissions or divisions to determine whether such agencies, boards, departments, commissions or divisions are complying with the commonwealth's policies of non-discrimination and equal opportunity; provided further, that whenever non-compliance is determined by the secretary, the secretary shall hold a public hearing on the matter and report his resulting recommendations to the head of the particular agency, board, department, commission or division, to the governor and to the Massachusetts commission against discrimination; provided further, that the secretary shall report on the status of each agency, board, department, commission or division receiving monies under this act, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, as to compliance or non-compliance with affirmative action policies to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public service and the joint committee on commerce and labor on or before December 1, 2006; and 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............................................ $3,529,636
Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.
1102-3205 The division may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology center an amount not to exceed $6,810,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and any and all other sources pertaining to the operations of said center; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system....................................................................................... $6,810,000
1102-3206 For the costs associated with the maintenance and security of surplus state properties; provided, that the division shall submit quarterly reports that detail the hire date, salary, and job title of every employee at the division and the amount associated with each bond authorization; and provided further, the division shall submit a report that details every employee at the division including the hire date, salary, and job title for fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 11, 2007........................... $359,208
1102-3214 For the state transportation building; provided, that the division may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $7,290,000 from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and from any and all other sources pertaining to the operation of the state transportation building for the maintenance and operation of said building; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system.... $7,290,000
1102-3231 For the Springfield state office building; provided, that the division may expend not more than $750,000 in revenues from rents charged to agencies occupying the building for the maintenance and operation of the building; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system...................................................................................................................... $750,000
1102-3232 For the division of capital asset maintenance and management; provided, that the division may expend not more than $300,000 received from application fees charged in conjunction with the certification of contractors and subcontractors pursuant to section 44D of chapter 149 of the General Laws; and provided further, that only expenses, including staffing, incurred to implement and operate the certification program shall be funded from this item..................... $300,000
Bureau of State Office Buildings.
1102-3301 For the operation of the bureau and for the maintenance and operation of buildings under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of buildings; provided, that the bureau shall retain jurisdiction over all contracts, purchases and payments for materials and services required in the operation of the bureau.................................................................................................... $6,766,065
1102-3302 For the purposes of utility costs and associated contracts for the properties managed by the bureau of state office buildings.................................................................................. $6,917,582
1102-3306 For the maintenance and joint operation of the state house under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of state office buildings and the legislature's joint committee on rules $750,000
Office on Disability.
1107-2400 For the office on disability................................................................................. $678,456
Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
1107-2501 For the disabled persons protection commission; provided, that the commission shall facilitate compliance by the department of mental health and the department of mental retardation with uniform investigative standards; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than the last day of each quarter on the number of claims of abuse by caretakers made by employees or contracted service employees of the departments of mental retardation and mental health and the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; provided further, that the report shall include: (i) the number of claims found to be substantiated; (ii) the number of claims found to be unsubstantiated; and (iii) the number of claims found to be falsely reported as a result of intentional and malicious action; and provided further, that the commission shall ensure that all calls received by the commission's 24-hour hotline are recorded, that all persons who call said hotline shall be immediately informed that all calls are recorded, and each such person shall be provided with the opportunity to elect that the call not be recorded...................................................................................................... $1,873,986
Civil Service Commission.
1108-1011 For the civil service commission; provided, that the General Fund shall be reimbursed for the appropriation herein through a fee charged on a per claim basis; provided further, that said commission shall develop and implement regulations to implement said reimbursement to the General Fund; and provided further, the civil service commission shall have the power to assess a fee upon the appointing authority when inappropriate action has occurred............. $482,554
Group Insurance Commission.
1108-5100 For the administration of the group insurance commission; provided, that the commission shall generate the maximum amounts allowable under the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as amended, and from reimbursements allowed by sections 8, 10B, 10C and 12 of chapter 32A of the General Laws............................................................... $3,094,521
1108-5200 For
the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred
in fiscal year 2007; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law
to the contrary, funds in this item shall not be available during the
accounts-payable period of fiscal year 2007, and any unexpended balance in this
item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2007; provided further, 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 $39,999, shall be 85 per cent of the premiums and rates;
provided further, that 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 $40,000 or more shall be 80 per cent of the premiums
and rates; 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................................................. $964,537,643
1108-5350 For
elderly governmental retired employee premium payments............................. $895,032
1108-5400 For
the costs of the retired municipal teachers' premiums and the audit of such
premiums................................................................................................................. $79,853,475
1108-5500 For
the costs, notwithstanding chapter 32A of the General Laws to the
contrary, of dental and vision benefits for those active employees of the
commonwealth, not including employees of authorities and any other political
subdivision, who are not otherwise provided those benefits pursuant to a separate
appropriation or the terms of a contract or collective bargaining agreement;
provided, that the employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly premium
established by the commission for the benefits........................................................................................................ $6,727,448
Division of Administrative Law Appeals.
1110-1000 For the operation of the division of administrative law appeals established by section 4H of chapter 7 of the General Laws; provided, that said office shall maintain, to the fullest extent practicable, a complete physical and technological separation from any agency, department, board, commission or program whose decisions, determinations or actions may be appealed to it; and provided further, that every decision issued by a commissioner or other head of agency, or designee, following the issuance of a recommended decision by an administrative law judge of the division, shall be an agency decision subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws $1,189,756
George Fingold Library.
1120-4005 For the administration of the library; provided, that the library shall maintain regular hours of operation from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.............................................................. $1,213,923
1150-5100 For the office of the commission, including the processing and resolution of cases pending before the commission that were filed on or before July 1, 2003; provided, that on or before November 1, 2006 the commission shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the total number of all currently pending cases and the total number of such cases in the investigation, conciliation, post-probable cause and pre-public hearing and post-hearing stages; provided further, that the commission shall file an update of the report with the committees on or before March 1, 2007; provided further, that the commission shall identify in such reports the number of cases in which the commission has determined there is probable cause to believe that a violation of chapter 151B of the General Laws has been committed in a case in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before November 1, 2006 the number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency or state authority is named as a respondent, specifying those cases in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent, and the number of the cases in which there is probable cause to believe that a violation of said chapter 151B has been committed; provided further, that the commission shall include in such report the total number of new cases filed in fiscal year 2006 and the total number of cases closed by the commission in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that funds made available in this item shall be in addition to funds available in item 1150-5104; provided further, that all positions, except clerical, shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the commission shall pursue the highest allowable rate of federal reimbursement................................................................................... $2,274,386
1150-5104 The Massachusetts commission against discrimination may expend not more than $1,901,000 from revenues from federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development fair housing type 1 program and the equal opportunity resolution contract program during fiscal year 2007 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs in prior years; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commission may also expend revenues generated through the collection of fees and costs so authorized; provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 or any other general or special law to the contrary, federal reimbursements received in excess of $1,901,000 shall be credited to the General Fund $1,901,000
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, 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.. $119,846,062
General Fund .......................................................... 95.0%
Highway Fund ........................................................... 5.0%
1201-0130 For the costs of administering an enhanced audit program, for the purpose of 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, and obtaining those delinquent returns and collecting those delinquent taxes for a prior fiscal year; provided, that the department shall only expend funds on personnel and software.................................................................................. $9,640,000
1201-0160 For the child support enforcement unit; provided, that the department may allocate funds appropriated herein to the department of state police, the district courts, the probate and family courts, the district attorneys and other state agencies for the performance of certain child support enforcement activities, and that those agencies may expend the funds for the purposes of this item; provided further, that all such allocations shall be reported quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the allocation of said funds; provided further, that the federal receipts associated with the child support computer network shall be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and deposited into a revolving account to be expended for the network; provided further, that federal receipts associated with child support enforcement grants shall be deposited into a revolving account to be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and to be expended for the grant authority, so-called; provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the balance, year-to-date and projected receipts and year-to-date and projected expenditures, by subsidiary, of the child support trust fund established pursuant to section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of the authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system for federal incentives and said network in accounts 1201-0161 and 1201-0410....................................... $50,248,742
1201-0164 For the child support enforcement division; provided, that said division may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $6,547,280 from the federal reimbursements awarded for personnel and lower subsidiary related expenditures...................................................................... $6,547,280
1231-1000 For the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund established in section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws............................................................................................. $25,000,000
1231-1020 For a program of loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees or interest subsidies to assist homeowners, homeowner associations or condominium associations in complying with revised state environmental code for subsurface disposal of sanitary waste, Title V, so called; provided, that the program shall be in addition to the loan program established pursuant to item 2200-9959 in section 2 of chapter 85 of the acts of 1994; provided further, that the department may contract with third parties, including, but not limited to, commonwealth-based financial institutions to manage 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................................... $18,200,000
1232-0200 For the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board established by section 8 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and for the administration of the underground storage tank program associated with the implementation of 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 February 16, 2007......................................................................................... $1,865,411
1232-0300 For underground storage tank municipal grants to remove and replace the tanks pursuant to section 2 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and section 37A of chapter 148 of the General Laws $489,901
1233-2000 For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second E and Thirty-seventh of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws................................................... $8,400,000
1233-2010 For reimbursing cities and towns for tax abatements granted to certain homeowners over the age of 65 pursuant to clause Fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws.. $9,655
1233-2310 For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to the clauses Forty-first, Forty-first B and Forty-first C of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts said clause Forty-first B or clause Forty-first C for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under those clauses in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted......................................................... $9,890,345
Appellate Tax Board.
1310-1000 For the operation of the appellate tax board; provided, that the board shall schedule hearings in Barnstable, Gardner, Lawrence, Milford, Northampton, Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester and southeastern Massachusetts; and provided further, that the board shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than December 1, 2006 on the number of hearings held at each location..................................................................................... $1,899,686
1310-1001 The appellate tax board may expend revenues up to a maximum of $300,000 from fees collected; provided, that in order to accommodate discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the board may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system............................................................ $300,000
Department of Veterans Services.
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................................. 100.00%
1410-0010 For the operation of the department of veterans' services; provided, that the department may fund a housing specialist from this item; and provided further, that the department may expend funds for the Glory 54th Brigade.................................................................................. $1,992,187
1410-0012 For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach centers; provided, that the centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated veterans and to Vietnam era veterans and their families who may have been exposed to agent orange.............................. $1,176,016
1410-0015 For the women veterans' outreach program.......................................................... $42,282
1410-0018 The department may expend not more than $300,000 for the maintenance and operation of Agawam and Winchendon veterans' cemeteries from revenue collected from fees, grants, gifts or other contributions to the cemeteries......................................................................... $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........................................................................... $2,023,077
1410-0251 For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston......... $2,276,703
1410-0300 For the payment of annuities to certain disabled veterans and the parents and unremarried spouses of certain deceased veterans; provided, that such payments shall be made pursuant to section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided further, that the department shall take reasonable steps to terminate payments upon the death of a recipient; provided further, that the department shall prorate annuity payments to ensure that the total payments in fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein; and provided further, that the secretary of veterans' services shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing the number of applications received for annuities offered under this program at the end of each fiscal quarter................................................................................................................. $16,859,688
1410-0400 For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid for veterans' benefits and for payments to certain veterans under section 6 of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amounts of veterans' benefits paid by cities and towns to residents of a soldiers' home shall be paid by the commonwealth to the several cities and towns; provided further, that pursuant to section 9 of said chapter 115, the department shall reimburse cities and towns for the cost of United States flags placed on the graves of veterans on Memorial Day; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of veteran services may continue a training program for veterans' agents and directors of veterans' services in cities and towns; provided further, that the purpose of the training program shall be to maximize federal assistance available for veterans and to assure that the agents and directors receive uniform instruction on providing veterans and dependents with advice relative to procurement of state, federal and local benefits to which they are entitled, including employment, education, health care, retirement and other veterans' benefits; provided further, that the subject matter of the training program shall include benefits available under said chapter 115 and alternative resources, including those which are partially or wholly subsidized by the federal government, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability benefits, as well as federal pension and compensation entitlements; provided further, that the secretary shall promulgate regulations for the training program; provided further, that upon successful participation by the veterans' agents or directors of veterans' services in the training program, the costs of the training program incurred by the several cities and towns shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth on or before November 10 following the fiscal year in which the costs were paid; provided further, that any person applying for veterans' benefits to pay for services available under chapter 118E of the General Laws, shall also apply for medical assistance under said chapter 118E to minimize cost of the commonwealth and its municipalities; provided further, that veterans' agents shall complete applications authorized by the executive office under said chapter 118E for any veteran, widow and dependent applying for medical assistance under said chapter 115; provided further, that the veterans' agent shall file the application for the veteran or dependent for assistance under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the executive office shall act on all said chapter 118E applications and advise the applicant and the veterans' agent of the applicant's eligibility for said chapter 118E healthcare; provided further, that the veterans' agent shall advise the applicant of the right to assistance for medical benefits under said chapter 115 pending approval of the application for assistance under said chapter 118E by the executive office; provided further, that the secretary may supplement healthcare pursuant to said chapter 118E with healthcare coverage under said chapter 115 if he determines that supplemental coverage is necessary to afford the veteran or dependent sufficient relief and support; provided further, that payments to or on behalf of a veteran or dependent pursuant to said chapter 115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; and provided further, that benefits awarded pursuant to section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income........ $14,412,585
1410-0630 For
the administration of the veterans' cemeteries in the towns of
Reserves.
1599-0035 For certain debt service contract assistance to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority in accordance with section 39 of chapter 190 of the acts of 1982; provided, that the assistance shall be expended notwithstanding section 35J of chapter 10 of the General Laws.... $2,531,761
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 purchased through item 3000-4050; 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 shall be allocated to adjust rates of reimbursement paid to each provider by the same percentage across the commonwealth $5,000,000
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............................ $5,337,628
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 $54,907,283
1599-1500 For
the purposes of health care reform, including rate enhancements, benefit
restorations, subsidized insurance and reimbursements for uncompensated care............... $200,000,000
1599-1970 For a reserve for the Massachusetts turnpike authority for costs incurred in fiscal year 2006 for the operation and maintenance of the central artery/tunnel project pursuant to chapter 235 of the acts of 1998.......................................................................................................... $56,000,000
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; and 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-DPW, United States District Court of Massachusetts................................................................................................................... $4,837,211
1599-3837 For the payment to the water pollution abatement trust to fund financial assistance to municipalities and other eligible borrowers to meet debt service obligations incurred by the municipalities and other eligible borrowers after January 1, 1992, to finance the costs of water treatment projects or portions thereof which have been approved by the department of environmental protection, or otherwise authorized by law, and which have been completed, as determined by the department, on or before the promulgation date of the department's regulations related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act................................................................................ $7,852,853
1599-3838 For a reserve for payment to the water pollution abatement trust to finance the costs of water treatment projects or portions thereof which have been approved by the department of environmental protection, or otherwise authorized by law, after the promulgation date of the department's regulations related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. $9,308,806
1599-3856 For
rent and associated costs at the
1599-3857 For
capital lease payments from the
1599-5100 For a reserve to provide increases in salaries for assistant district attorneys; provided, that assistant district attorney salaries shall be adjusted by the same percentage; and provided further, that the secretary may transfer from the amount appropriated in this item to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2007 amounts necessary to meet these costs where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means...... $1,375,998
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 executive office of health and human services shall condition the expenditure of the reserve upon assurances that the funds shall be used solely for the purposes of adjustments to wages, compensation or salary; provided further, that not later than February 15, 2007, the executive office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report delineating the number of employees, by job title and average salary, receiving such adjustment in fiscal year 2007 and the average percentage adjustment funded by this reserve; provided further, that the report shall also include, for each contract scheduled to receive any allocation from this item in each such department, the total payroll expenditures in each contract for the categories of personnel scheduled to receive the adjustments; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be allocated to special education programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, contracts for 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 2007 cost of salary adjustments and any other associated employee costs authorized thereunder shall not exceed $20,000,000; provided further, that the executive office shall submit an allocation schedule to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days after disbursement of funds; provided further, that the annualized cost of the adjustments in fiscal year 2008 shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein; and provided further, that the raises provided through this item shall be in addition to any already agreed to or collectively bargained for pay increases..... $20,000,000
1599-7092 For a reserve for the county correctional programs; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, the sheriffs, in conjunction with the county government finance review board, shall maintain and continue to collaborate with the comptroller's office to collect and report all revenue collection and all spending on the Massachusetts Management Accounting and Reporting System; provided further, that the comptroller shall not transfer the funds from this item to item 8910-0000 unless the plan is in place; provided further, that the county government finance review board shall, by January 1, 2007, have developed a plan for the spending of all funds for fiscal year 2007, and developed a sound fiscal spending plan for fiscal year 2008; provided further, that the board shall build the spending plans with the direct input of the seven sheriffs still functioning under the county government system; provided further, that by January 15, 2007 the board shall report all spending plans to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the information shall satisfy all fiscal requirements for a maintenance level of funding, including, but not limited to, collective bargaining increases, legal fees, debt services, one time costs, energy costs, equipment leases, medical costs, and workers' compensation issues; provided further, that no other spending information or requests shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means by the individual sheriffs until February 15, 2007; provided further, that the board shall also provide a projection of all county funds to be collected for fiscal years 2007 and 2008; provided further, that the board shall release all funds from fiscal year 2007 quarterly; provided further, that any sheriff that spends more than the quarterly approved budget shall have the money allocated for the following quarter reduced by the excess amount overspent in the previous quarter; and provided further, that it is the intent of the General Court that funds shall not be spent from this item nor any funds be transferred from this item to another item until all of the aforementioned restrictions and conditions have been satisfied...................................................................... $40,106,024
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
Division of Human Resources.
1750-0100 For the operation of the human resources division and the costs of administration, training, and customer support related to the commonwealth's human resources and compensation management system; provided, that the information technology division shall continue a chargeback system for its bureau of computer services including the operation of the commonwealth's human resources and compensation management system, which complies with the requirements of section 2B; provided further, that the division shall be responsible for the administration of examinations for state and municipal civil service titles, establishment of eligible lists, certification of eligible candidates to state and municipal appointing authorities, technical assistance in selection and appointment to state and municipal appointing authorities; provided further, that notwithstanding clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the 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................................................................................................................... $4,084,842
1750-0102 The human resources division may expend not more than $1,327,500 from revenues collected from fees charged to applicants for civil service and non-civil service examinations and fees charged for the costs of goods and services rendered in administering training programs; provided, that the division shall collect from participating non-state agencies, political subdivisions, and the general public fees sufficient to cover all costs of the programs, including, but not limited to, a fee to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination or non-civil examination, notwithstanding paragraph (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system.............. $1,327,500
1750-0111 For the planning and implementation of a civil service continuous testing program and the operation of the bypass appeals process program; provided, that the division shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the number of tests administered and the amount of revenue collected through said program.................................. $104,483
1750-0119 For payment of workers' compensation benefits to certain former employees of Middlesex and Worcester counties; provided, that the division shall routinely recertify said former employees pursuant to current workers' compensation procedures....................................... $233,350
1750-0201 The human resources division may expend not more than $250,000 from revenues collected for implementation of the medical and physical fitness standards program established pursuant to sections 61A and 61B of chapter 31 of the General Laws and chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the personnel administrator shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each applicant who participates in the physical ability test; provided further, that the human resources division shall submit a semi-annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all expenditures on the program including, but not limited to, the costs of personnel, consultants, administration of the wellness program, establishment of standards and any other related costs of the program; and provided further, that the division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means by February 1, 2007 on the projected costs of the program for fiscal year 2007.............................................................................. $250,000
1750-0300 For the commonwealth's contributions in fiscal year 2007 to health and welfare funds established pursuant to certain collective bargaining agreements; provided, that the contributions shall be calculated as provided in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and shall be paid to such health and welfare trust funds on a monthly basis or on such other basis as the applicable collective bargaining agreement provides..................................................................... $22,422,393
Operational Services Division.
1775-0100 For the operation of the operational services division; provided, that the division shall expend funds for the purpose of achieving savings pursuant to provisions included in this act; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division of purchased services of the operational services division which, under section 274 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993, is responsible for determining prices for programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, shall set all such prices in fiscal year 2007 by increasing the final fiscal year 2006 price by the rate of inflation as determined by the division; provided further, that the division shall also adjust prices for Extraordinary Relief, as defined in 808 CMR 1.06(4); provided further, that the department shall accept applications for Program Reconstruction in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that programs for which prices in fiscal year 2006 were lower than the full amount permitted by the division of purchased services shall be permitted to charge in fiscal year 2007 the full price calculated for fiscal year 2006 adjusted by the rate of inflation as determined by the division; provided further, that upon the request of a program, the operational services division shall authorize a minimum price for the program to charge out-of-state purchasers; and provided further, that the division shall determine said minimum price for out-of-state purchasers by identifying the most recent price calculated for the program and applying the estimated rates of inflation which are established by December 1 of each year pursuant to section 274 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993 in a compounded manner for each fiscal year following the most recent calculated price............................... $2,124,565
1775-0124 The operational services division may expend an amount not to exceed $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; provided, that the division may only retain revenues collected in excess of $207,350...................................................................................................................... $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 $500,000 in revenues collected from the disposal of surplus motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, state police vehicles from vehicle accident and damage claims and from manufacturer warranties, rebates and settlements, for the purchase of motor vehicles; provided, that the division shall evaluate the use of technology, the internet, and online auctions to enhance the sales of surplus vehicles and submit a report of its findings to the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight on or before October 1, 2006; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, including the costs of personnel $500,000
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 any planned information technology development project or purchase by any agency under the authority of the governor for which the total projected cost exceeds $200,000 including the cost of any related hardware, software, or consulting fees, and regardless of fiscal year or source of funds, shall be reviewed and approved by the chief information officer before such agency may obligate funds for such project or purchase; and provided further, that the chief information officer may establish such rules and procedures as he deems necessary to implement this item................................................................................................................... $5,076,285
1790-0300 The information technology division may expend not more than $467,837 from revenues collected from the provision of computer resources and services to the general public for the costs of the bureau of computer services, including the purchase, lease or rental of telecommunications lines, services and equipment.................................................................................... $467,837
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Office of the Secretary.
2000-0100 For the office of the secretary, including the water resources commission, the hazardous waste facility site safety council, the coastal zone management program, environmental impact reviews conducted pursuant to chapter 30 of the General Laws, the mosquito-borne disease vector control chapter program, and a central data processing center for the secretariat; provided, that the secretary of environmental affairs may enter into interagency agreements with any line agency within the secretariat, whereby the line agency may render data processing services to said secretary; provided further, that the comptroller may allocate the costs for such data processing services to the several state and other funds to which items of appropriation of such agencies are charged; provided further, that said secretary shall file a plan with the house and senate committees on ways and means 20 days before entering into any interdepartmental service agreements with any of the departments or divisions under said secretariat or any department, division or office under the executive office of administration and finance; provided further, that the secretary shall file a plan with the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture 90 days prior to the initiation of any proposal or plan that would consolidate any function with any of the departments or divisions under said secretariat or any department, division or office under the executive office of administration and finance; provided further, that the plan shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) an identification of the employees that would be affected by consolidation and the item of appropriation that they are paid from, (2) the savings or efficiencies to be realized, (3) the improvements to the services expected, and (4) the source and amount of funding necessary to accomplish the consolidation; and provided further, that the secretary shall provide a 90 day notice prior to the implementation of any memorandum of understanding, interagency service agreements, or other contacts, or agreements that would enable such consolidation of services to take place.......................... $6,009,383
2000-9900 For the office of geographic and environmental information established in section 4B of chapter 21A of the General Laws......................................................................................... $286,415
2001-1001 The secretary of environmental affairs may expend an amount not to exceed $125,000 accrued from fees charged to authorities and units of government within the commonwealth, other than state agencies, for the distribution of digital cartographic and other data, and the review of environmental notification forms pursuant to sections 61 to 62H, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws, for the purposes of providing those services............................................................ $125,000
2010-0100 For recycling and related purposes consistent with the recycling plan of the solid waste master plan which includes municipal equipment, a municipal recycling incentive program, recycled product procurement, guaranteed annual tonnage assistance, recycling transfer stations, source reduction and technical assistance, consumer education and participation campaign, municipal household hazardous waste program, the recycling loan program, research and development, recycling market development and recycling business development, and the operation of the Springfield materials recycling facility; provided 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................................................................................................................... $2,345,267
2010-0200 For redemption centers; provided, that the department of environmental protection shall expend the funds appropriated in this item for a program to preserve the continuing ability of redemption centers to maintain operations in pursuit of the commonwealth's recycling goals consistent with section 323 of chapter 94 of the General Laws; provided further, that for the purposes of this item and said chapter 94, a redemption center shall be any business registered with the commonwealth whose primary purpose is the redemption of reusable beverage containers; provided further, that 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 April 1, 2003.................................................................. $1,375,000
2020-0100 For toxics use reduction technical assistance and technology in accordance with chapter 21I of the General Laws............................................................................................... $1,365,928
2030-1000 For the operation of the office of environmental law enforcement; provided, that officers shall provide monitoring pursuant to the National Shellfish Sanitation Program; provided further, that the department shall maintain and operate the boat registration and titling offices in Hyannis and Fall River; provided further, that funds from this item shall not be expended for the purposes of item 2030-1004; and provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the cost of patrols performed by environmental law enforcement officers within properties controlled by the division of state parks and recreation............................................................................................. $10,494,119
2030-1004 For environmental police private details; provided, that the office may expend revenues of up to $500,000 collected from the fees charged for private details; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system........................................................................................................... $500,000
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 the provisions of section 323F of chapter 94 of the General Laws; provided, that the provisions of section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws shall not apply to fees established pursuant to section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; 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................................................................. $32,072,670
2200-0102 The department of environmental protection may expend an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 from revenues collected from fees collected from wetland permits; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that the department shall submit a report by January 11, 2007 on implementation of the wetlands fee, the amount of the fee increase and the revenue that has been collected; and provided further, that the wetlands fees that were directed into the General Fund shall not be lower than the amount deposited at the end of fiscal year 2004.......................................................... $1,200,000
2210-0100 For the implementation and administration of chapter 21I of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 detailing the status of the department's progress in meeting the statutory and regulatory deadlines associated with chapter 21I and detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to various implementation requirements of chapter 21I............ $961,596
2220-2220 For the administration and implementation of the federal Clean Air Act, including the operating permit program, the emissions banking program, the auto-related state implementation program, the low emission vehicle program, the non-auto-related state implementation program, and the commonwealth's commitments under the New England Governor's/Eastern Canadian Premier's Action Plans for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions............... $1,029,838
2220-2221 For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance program required under the federal Clean Air Act....................................................................... $2,002,949
2250-2000 For the purposes of state implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act under section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws............................................................... $1,591,227
2260-8870 For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank programs, notwithstanding section 323F of chapter 94 of the General Laws and section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws........................................................................................ $15,428,978
2260-8872 For the brownfields site audit program............................................................. $1,821,681
2260-8881 For the operations of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws........................ $370,101
Department of Fish and Game
2300-0100 For the office of the commissioner; provided, that the commissioner's office shall assess and receive payments from the division of marine fisheries, the division of fisheries and wildlife, the public access board, the riverways programs, and all other programs under the control of the department of fish and game; provided further, that the purpose of those assessments shall be to cover appropriate administrative costs of the department, including but not limited to payroll, personnel, legal and budgetary costs; provided further, that the amount and contribution from each division or program shall be determined by the commissioner of fish and game; provided further, that the commissioner shall not increase the level of assessments from the amount assessed for fiscal year 2006 to any agency, or line item within the department; and provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2006 that details the level of assessments to each department under the control of the office of the commissioner in fiscal years 2006 and 2007...................................................... $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......................................................... $498,547
2310-0200 For the administration of the division of fisheries and wildlife, including expenses of the fisheries and wildlife board, the administration of game farms and wildlife restoration projects, for wildlife research and management, the administration of fish hatcheries, the improvement and management of lakes, ponds and rivers, for fish and wildlife restoration projects, the commonwealth's share of certain cooperative fishery and wildlife programs, and for certain programs reimbursable under the federal Aid to Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act; provided, that funds from this item shall be made available to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the purposes of wildlife and fisheries research in an amount not to exceed the amount received in fiscal year 2006 for such research; provided further, that the department shall expend the amount necessary to restore anadromous fish in the Connecticut and Merrimack river systems; provided further, that expenditures for such programs shall be contingent upon prior approval of the proper federal authorities for reimbursement of at least 75 per cent of the amount so expended; and provided further, that funds may be expended to supplement the natural heritage and endangered species program.................... $8,700,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund............................... 100.0%
2310-0306 For the hunter safety training program............................................................... $446,852
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............................................................................................ $620,103
2330-0100 For the operation of the division of marine fisheries, including expenses of the Annisquam river marine research laboratory, marine research programs, a commercial fisheries program, a shellfish management program, including coastal area classification, mapping and technical assistance, and for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and shellfish classification program; provided, that $300,000 shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that the sum expended for the School for Marine Science and Technology to help mitigate the negative economic impact to the Massachusetts ports which has resulted from the change in federal fisheries regulations in fiscal year 2007 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2006 except in proportion to adjustments consistent with the department's budget adjustment; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the School for Marine Science and Technology for research to minimize the economic impact of new fisheries management regulations and shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2006 except in proportion to adjustments consistent with the department's budget adjustment........................................ $4,745,156
2330-0120 For the division of marine fisheries for a program of enhancement and development of marine recreational fishing and related programs and activities, including the cost of equipment maintenance, staff and the maintenance and updating of data.............................. $564,919
2330-0121 For the division of marine fisheries to utilize reimbursable federal sportfish restoration funds to further develop marine recreational fishing and related programs, including the costs of activities that increase public access for marine recreational fishing, support research on artificial reefs, and otherwise provide for the development of marine recreational fishing; provided, that the division of marine fisheries may expend revenues up to $217,989 collected from federal sportfish restoration funds and from the sale of materials which promote marine recreational fishing..... $217,989
Department of Agricultural Resources
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 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................................................................................................... $4,002,820
2511-0105 For the purchase of supplemental foods for the emergency food assistance program within the second harvest nationally-certified food bank system of Massachusetts; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall be expended for food to be distributed by the greater Boston food bank as follows: 73.5 per cent to the greater Boston food bank, including a portion to be distributed to the Merrimack Valley food bank under a contractual agreement between the food bank and the greater Boston food bank, 15.2 per cent to the food bank of western Massachusetts, and 11.3 per cent to the Worcester county food bank; and provided further, that the department is authorized to assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation herein $6,500,000
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 said department shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of state police to provide police coverage on department of conservation and recreation properties and parkways; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended within thirty days of receipt of said funds for the maintenance of the facility and animal upkeep of the mounted unit in the Blue Hills Reservation, which are not subject to said reimbursement to the department; provided further, that the department of state police shall reimburse said department of conservation and recreation for costs incurred by said department including, but not limited to vehicle maintenance and repairs, the operation of department of state police buildings and other related costs; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all offices and positions of the division performing construction activities for the department of conservation and recreation shall be subject to classification under sections 45 to 50, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws, the department is hereby authorized and directed to establish or renegotiate fees, licenses, permits, rents and leases, and to adjust or develop other revenue sources to fund the maintenance, operation, and administration of said department; provided further, that an annual report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means regarding fee adjustments not later than February 14, 2007; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or administrative bulletin to the contrary, the department shall not pay any fees charged for the leasing or maintenance of vehicles to the operational services division; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for personnel overtime costs; provided further, that any employee paid from this item as of August 1, 2004, that was included in the report required from said item in chapter 149 of the acts of 2004, and any employees assigned to that item after August 1, 2004, shall not be paid from any other item of appropriation; provided further, that the department of conservation and recreation shall provide the house and senate committees on ways and means with a 30 day notice before any inter subsidiary transfers or interagency service agreements and the reason for said transfer; provided further, that the amount transferred pursuant to interagency service agreements shall not increase from fiscal year 2006; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for deputy commissioner positions; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for deputy associate commissioners; provided further, that the department of conservation and recreation shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 6, 2006 detailing the merger of the former metropolitan district commission with the former department of environmental management into the department of conservation and recreation; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the names, salaries, designated by fiscal year, and the positions of all full time equivalent, personnel that were scheduled to be paid out of item 2800-0100 as of September 1, 2003, March 1, 2004, August 1, 2004, March 1, 2005, August 1, 2005, March 1, 2006 and August 1, 2006, (2) the job descriptions, employee name, current job title, and the item of appropriation said employees were assigned to in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 and the item of appropriation that they are currently funded from, (3) a list by object class and object code of all expenditures or allocations from items of appropriations under the executive office of environmental affairs in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006 on the commonwealth development coordinating council, (4) a list of all deputy commissioners and deputy associate commissioners, their annual salaries and their duties, (5) the number of full time equivalent positions that have been eliminated due to said merger, including the name, position, annual salary and documentation that said employee is no longer employed by the department because their position had been eliminated by the merger, (6) any efficiencies that have been achieved from said merger, including a list of internal support services such as finance, human resources, planning, engineering, and management, (7) a list of the staff that were reassigned or terminated because of the merger, (8) details of how the management staff have been reassigned and how they have adopted to said merger, (9) a list of all duplicative efforts and inefficient systems that have been eliminated, (10) a list of any resources that have been shared such as vehicles, heavy equipment, and computer systems, (11) a list of any other efficiencies that have been achieved because of the merger; and provided further, that said secretary shall file a report on the number of employees funded through capital authorizations with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 6, 2006, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the number of full time equivalent positions delineated by fiscal year, item of appropriation and position number, job title and job code that have been funded from capital authorizations for fiscal years 2001 to 2007 inclusive, for every item of appropriation under control of said secretary, (2) every program that has been funded from capital authorizations for fiscal years 2001 to 2007 inclusive delineated by fiscal year, program and item of appropriation and, (3) detail every full time equivalent, so-called and program that has been moved to capital authorizations since fiscal year 2001............................................................................................ $5,551,481
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; and 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.............................................................................................. $1,342,275
2800-0401 For a program to provide stormwater management for all properties and roadways under the care, custody and control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that the department shall develop and implement a stormwater management program in compliance with federal and state stormwater management requirements; provided further, that the department shall inventory all existing stormwater infrastructure, assess its current stormwater practices, analyze long term capital and operational needs, and develop a stormwater management plan to comply with federal and state regulatory requirements; and provided further, that in order to protect public safety and to protect water resources for water supply, recreational and ecosystem uses, the department shall immediately implement interim stormwater management practices including but not limited to street sweeping, inspection and cleaning of catch basins, and emergency repairs to roadway drainage...................................................................................................................... $750,000
2800-0500 For the freshwater and saltwater beaches under the control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that all beaches shall remain open and staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day; provided further, that the beaches shall have their full amount of required maintenance and upkeep; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2006 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the amount of funding provided to each beach under the control of the department in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (2) a breakdown of how the funds were spent for each beach and the services that were provided; (3) the items of appropriation used to provide funding; (4) the amount of funding to be provided for each beach in fiscal year 2007 from this item; and (5) a list of the services or materials for each beach that will be provided from this item................................................................................................................... $1,335,000
2800-0600 For the pools and spray pools under the control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that all pools and spray pools shall remain open and staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day; provided further, that the pools and spray pools shall have their full amount of required maintenance and upkeep; and provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2006 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the amount of funding provided to each pool under the control of the department in fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006; (2) a breakdown of how the funds were spent for each pool and the services that were provided; (3) the items of appropriation used to provide funding; (4) the amount of funding to be provided for each pool in fiscal year 2007 from this item; and (5) a list of the services or materials for each pool that will be provided from this item...................................................................................................................... $750,000
2800-0700 For the office of dam safety; provided, that the department shall, in collaboration with the department of environmental protection and the department of fish and game, establish and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all dams in Massachusetts, and develop a coordinated permitting and regulatory approach to dam removal for stream restoration and public safety; and provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 4, 2007 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the number of staff that are assigned from this item and their job title, (2) the number of dam inspections that are scheduled for fiscal year 2007, and (3) the number of dams that are in need of repairs, or need to be replaced......................................................................................... $512,476
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 $650,000 shall be expended for the replacement of outdated motor vehicle equipment; provided further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 20, 2006 on the vehicles that are to be replaced; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a detailed list of every vehicle that was replaced that includes (1) the age of each vehicle that was replaced, (2) the type of each vehicle that was replaced, (3) a list of any vehicles that are scheduled to be replaced; and provided further, that the level of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year 2007 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2005................................................................................................................. $20,392,890
2810-0200 For summer employment programs at department of conservation and recreation facilities; provided, that the programs shall include peer-led youth recreation and interpretive programs, a youth all-star band, and a park repair and improvement program by skilled and unskilled laborers; 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 2006 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2007 during the period of their seasonal employment; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made from the amount appropriated other than for those purposes identified in this item; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30, or beginning not earlier than September 1 and ending not later than April 30; and provided further, that notwithstanding said section 1 of said chapter 31, seasonal positions funded by this item shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 8 months within a 12-month period................................................................................................................... $5,567,735
2810-2040 The division of state parks and recreation may expend not more than $4,454,826 from revenue collected from fees charged by the division, including revenues collected from campsite reservation transactions from the automated campground reservation and registration program for additional expenses, upkeep and improvements to the parks and recreation system and for the personnel costs of seasonal employees; provided, that no funds from this item shall be expended for the costs of full-time equivalent personnel; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate 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 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; and provided further, that the level of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year 2007 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2005............ $22,913,305
2820-0101 For the costs associated with the department's urban park rangers specific to the security of the state house; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall only be expended for the costs of security and urban park rangers at the state house.......................................... $1,778,080
2820-0200 For seasonal hires of the division of urban parks and recreation; provided, that no funds in this item shall be used for year-round seasonals; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30, or beginning not earlier than September 1 and ending not later than April 30; and provided further, that notwithstanding said section 1 of said chapter 31, seasonal positions funded by this item shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 8 months within a 12-month period................................................................................ $2,994,934
2820-0300 For the operation and maintenance of the central artery/tunnel parks and spectacle island................................................................................................................... $1,371,000
2820-1000 The division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $200,000 from revenue collected pursuant to section 34B of chapter 92 of the General Laws.................. $200,000
2820-1001 The division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $50,000 from revenue collected for the operation and maintenance of the division's telecommunications system from revenues received from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the department of highways, central artery/Ted Williams tunnel project, the department of state police and quasi-public and private entities through a system of user fees and other charges established by the commissioner of conservation and recreation; provided, that nothing in this item shall impair or diminish the rights of access and utilization of all current users of the system under agreements previously entered into; and provided further, that this item may be reimbursed by political subdivisions of the commonwealth and private entities for direct and indirect costs expended by the division to maintain the telecommunications system........... $50,000
2820-2000 For the expenses of maintaining the parkways within the division of urban parks and recreation, including the costs of personnel and snow and ice removal expenses; provided, that the department of conservation and recreation shall take all measures to ensure that the department's snow and ice control efforts are efficient and cost effective; provided further, that the secretary of environmental affairs shall submit to the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight and the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing a snow emergency plan for roads, bridges and sidewalks under the care of the department of conservation and recreation by January 14, 2007; and provided further, that the secretary of environmental affairs shall submit to the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight and the house and senate committees on ways and means a report not later than September 1, 2006 which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) a list of amounts paid from state appropriations for snow and ice control efforts for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, and (b) any other information that said secretary determines is necessary to account for and explain the extraordinary expenditure of state appropriations for the control and removal of snow and ice... $1,547,434
2820-3001 The division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,000,000 from revenue collected from skating rink fees and rentals for the operation and maintenance, including personnel costs, of 4 rinks between September 1, 2006 and April 30, 2007 for an expanded and extended rink season; provided, that when assigning time for the use of its rinks, the division shall give priority to those which qualify under applicable state and federal law as nonprofit organizations or as a public school......................................................................................................... $1,000,000
2820-4420 For the operation and maintenance of the Ponkapoag golf course; provided, that the division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,100,000 from revenue collected from fees generated by the golf course; provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than a full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30................................................................................................................... $1,100,000
2820-4421 For the operation and maintenance of the Leo J. Martin golf course; provided, that the division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $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; provided further, that the department of conservation and recreation shall take all measures to further ensure that said department's street lighting efforts are efficient and cost effective; provided further, that said department shall implement a plan to achieve efficiencies and reduce said lighting costs; and provided further, that said department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2006 on measures taken to ensure efficiency and cost effectiveness of their street lighting program that shall include but not be limited to the following (1) all efforts taken by said department to reduce street lighting costs in fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 (2) efforts to reduce the amount paid for electricity through bulk purchasing agreements and (3) a long range plan on energy savings initiatives.................... $3,006,832
Department of Early Education and Care
3000-1000 For the administration of the department of early education and care and the costs of field operations and licensing provided through the department; provided that funds from this item shall be expended on the development and piloting of a kindergarten readiness assessment system that is educationally sound; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended on the development of a comprehensive evaluation system for all early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided further, that not later than December 15, 2006, the department shall issue its annual report to the secretary of administration and finance, the chairpersons of the joint committee on education, and the chairpersons of the house and senate ways and means committees, which shall include an update on the progress made in meeting the information technology needs of the department, and on the development of a comprehensive and scientifically valid longitudinal study of the effectiveness of various early education and care programs and services; provided further, that the department shall report 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 notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws to the contrary, the department of early education and care, the lead agencies of local early education and care councils, the early education and care resource and referral agencies, the department of education, the department of transitional assistance, the department of social services, and the department of public health may share with each other personal data regarding the parents and children who receive services provided under early education and care programs administered by the commonwealth for waitlist management, program implementation and evaluation, reporting, and policy development purposes; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of early education and care may transfer funds between items 3000-1000, 3000-2000, 3000-2025, 3000-3050, 3000-4000, 3000-4050, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days prior to any such transfer; provided further, that no more than 5 percent of any item may be transferred in fiscal year 2007; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to develop an implementation plan for a workforce development system in collaboration with the board and chancellor of higher education, pursuant to section 5 of chapter 15D of the General Laws; provided further, that, as part of the development of said workforce implementation plan, not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the development of core competencies for those working with children in early education programs; provided further, that the department shall consult with the advisory board established by section 3A of chapter 15D, and with early childhood education practitioners, researchers and experts in early childhood education, child development, and children’s mental health, and faculty in degree granting programs in the early childhood education field; provided further, that in developing said core competencies the department shall differentiate by levels of responsibility, delivery settings, and developmental age group of the children; provided further, the department shall consider core competencies defined by other states as well as the Program Standards for Children Ages 3 and 4 promulgated by the department of education; provided further, that the board of early education and care shall adopt core competency requirements for those working with children from birth through entrance into kindergarten on or before February 15, 2007; and provided further, that a copy of the proposed core competencies shall be provided, no later than December 15, 2006, to the secretary of administration and finance, the senate president, the speaker of the house, the chairs of the house and senate ways and means committees and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education $10,952,486
3000-2000 For the regional administration of early education and care programs and services and related to early education and care activities; provided, that the activities shall include, but not be limited to, voucher management, regional child care provider training, resource and referral for children with disabilities in child care programs, community-based programs that provide direct services to parents and coordination of waiting lists for state-subsidized child care; provided further, that the department shall administer the child care resource and referral system through the regional offices funded in this item; and provided further, that the regional offices shall collaborate with the board and commissioner of early education and care to produce the workforce development plan required under section 5 of chapter 15D of the General Laws............................................... $11,564,079
3000-2025 For grants to the local early education and care councils established under section 54 of chapter 15 and chapter 15D to maximize local participation in the programs and services of the department, and provide an opportunity for local input into departmental goals and policies; provided, that said grants shall be used by the local councils to fund administrative costs, pay for program coordination and support, provide outreach to hard to reach populations, encourage comprehensive planning at the local level through interagency and community collaboration, support comprehensive services for children and families, and work to increase and improve the quality of programs; provided further, that up to $500,000 may be expended on planning grants to assist local councils in expanding their mission beyond pre-school aged children to include the provision of comprehensive services, community collaboration, quality, and outreach efforts to all children served by the department regardless of age; and provided further, that the plans resulting from these grants shall be compiled by the department and submitted, along with any legislative recommendations relative to the statutory authority of these councils, later than February 15, 2007, to the secretary of administration and finance, the senate president, the speaker of the house, the chairs of the house and senate ways and means committees and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education................................................................................................................. $14,897,202
3000-2050 For the administration of the Children's Trust Fund; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of early education and care shall collaborate with Children's Trust Fund on the implementation of section 202 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, but shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to the board.................. $930,438
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........................................................................................ $50,873,130
3000-4000 For preschool programs and direct services provided to children from the age of 2 years and 9 months until they are kindergarten eligible, through a mixed system of service delivery including cities, towns, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, and licensed day care providers, pursuant to section 54 of chapter 15 and sections 4B and 13 of chapter 15D of the General Laws; 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 funds appropriated in item 7030-1000 prior to 1994 shall continue to be used for at risk children and special education purposes; 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 maintained by the department for income eligible vouchers and slots provided through item 3000-4050; 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 eligibility standards for said services shall be the same as those used by the department for services provided through this item in fiscal year 2006; and provided further, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, or regional school district and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, or regional school district without municipal appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary.......... $37,641,095
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 notwithstanding any language to the contrary, funding for child care shall be provided as a priority, to recipients of benefits under the employment services program or any successor program, to recipients of benefits under the program 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; 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................................................................ $309,177,459
3000-5000 For grants to head start programs.................................................................. $8,500,000
3000-5075 For the Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program established under chapter 15D of the General Laws; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended on pilot implementation grants to provide preschool programs and services 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; provided further, that the department shall develop, in consultation with the advisory council established in section 3A of chapter 15D and with Strategies for Children/ Early Education for All an estimate of the cost of funding a pre-school classroom that meets the standards and goals set forth in the Early Childhood Program Standards for Three and Four year Olds and the Guidelines for Preschool Learning Experiences approved by the board of education in April of 2003, adjusted for regional variations in wages, and shall use such cost as the maximum grant amount under this program; provided further, that the department shall calculate the cost of a pre-school classroom which provides six hours of service per day and the cost of pre-school classrooms that provide full day, full year care; provided further, that not less than one third of the grants provided shall be for full-day, full-year care that meets the needs of working parents; provided further, that maximum grant amounts under this program shall be adjusted to reflect any other sources of revenue available to the provider; provided further, that for public school pre-school provided free to parents, the department shall collaborate with the department of education to calculate the amount of chapter 70 aid received by the district which is attributable to the district’s pre-school program, and shall reduce the maximum allowable grant by said amount; provided further that for any public school pre-school which charges a fee for participation, or for private early education and care providers, participants in the grant program shall charge fees according to a standard sliding fee scale determined by the department, and the department shall reduce the maximum allowable grant by the total amount of fees so collected; provided further, that preference in the awarding of said grants shall be given to providers recommended by local early education and care councils, or by regional early education and care resource and referral centers; provided further, that in awarding grant funds under this program, preference may be given to establishing pre-school classrooms in towns and cities with schools and districts at risk of or determined to be under-performing in accordance with sections 1J and 1K of chapter 69 and in districts with a high percentage of students scoring in level one and two on the MCAS exams; provided further, that the department shall report on the implementation of these grants, no later than February 15, 2007, along with any legislative recommendations for the improvement of said universal pre-school programs; provided further, that said report shall be provided to the secretary of administration and finance, the senate president, the speaker of the house, the chairs of the house and senate ways and means committees and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education; and provided further, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, or regional school district and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, or regional school district without municipal appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary................................................................................................................. $10,000,000
3000-6000 For early education and care quality expenditures; provided, that, notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, services funded by this item shall be provided by the department of early education and care established pursuant to chapter 15D of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $1,321,145 shall be expended for activities to increase the supply of quality early education and care for infants and toddlers; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for resource and referral services provided through item 3000-2000; provided further, that not less than $234,248 shall be expended for school-age child care activities; provided further, that not less than $1,738,739 shall be expended for grants to early education and care providers in the commonwealth for the costs associated with accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Association for Family Child Care, or such other accreditation agencies as may be approved by the board; provided further, that preference in the awarding of accreditation grants shall be given to applicants identified by the local councils funded by item 3000-2025 or by the regional offices funded by item 3000-2000 as highly talented providers capable of meeting the rigorous accreditation requirements of these agencies; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the development of a quality rating system for early education and care programs participating in the universal pre-kindergarten program under section 13 of chapter 15D of the General Laws; provided further that the Department shall consult with experts in early childhood education and quality measurement and with Massachusetts providers, including those representing family child care, non-profit centers, for-profit centers, Head Start programs, and public school programs; provided further that the development of a quality rating system shall include, but not be limited to, a definition of quality standards under section 11 of chapter 15D of the General Laws, the development of a quality rating scale, and recommendations relative to quality rating system implementation, governance, monitoring, accountability, and for ensuring reciprocity between a quality rating system and existing accountability standards including but not limited to licensing regulations, National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation, PRISM, and public school standards; provided further, that the department shall submit its findings and recommendations to the clerk of the house of representatives who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education on or before December 15, 2006; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended, obligated or transferred from this item prior to the submission of written certification by the commissioner to the house and senate committees on ways and means that all planned expenditures and allocations from this item shall have no fiscal impact beyond fiscal year 2007..................................................................................................... $5,899,142
3000-6050 For grants to provide professional development for early education and care providers; provided, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include local early education and care councils, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed day care providers, and regional early education and care resource and referral centers; provided further, that the department shall only approve professional development courses and offerings with proven, replicable results in improving early education and care, and which shall have demonstrated the use of best practices, as determined by the department; provided further, that the department shall, not later than February 15, 2007, provide a report on the number of early childhood educators and providers who have received such training, the estimated number who have requested such additional training, and a review and analysis of the most effective types of professional development and the most common gaps in the knowledge base of early childhood educators, along with legislative or regulatory recommendations of the department; and provided further, that said report shall be provided to the secretary of administration and finance, the senate president, the speaker of the house, the chairs of the house and senate ways and means committees and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education............................................ $3,023,534
3000-6075 For early childhood mental health consultation services in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that preference shall be given to those services designed to limit the number of expulsions and suspensions from said programs; provided further, that, in identifying programs in need of such services, the department shall consult with the regional early education and care resource and referral centers and the local early education and care councils; provided further, that the department shall issue a report not later than February 15, 2007 estimating the number of pre-school suspensions and expulsions that occur each year in the commonwealth, the relative frequency of each type of mental illness or behavioral issues among children receiving programs and services from the department, and an analysis of the most effective intervention strategies; and provided further, that said report shall be provided, along with recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes, to the secretary of administration and finance, the senate president, the speaker of the house, the chairs of the house and senate ways and means committees and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education $1,400,000
3000-7000 For statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns to be administered by the Children's Trust Fund; provided, that the department shall collaborate with the Children's Trust Fund, whenever feasible and appropriate, to coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through item 3000-7050 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department; provided further, that such services shall be made available statewide to parents under the age of 21 years; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, priority for such services shall be given to low-income parents................................................................................................................. $12,482,286
3000-7050 For grants to programs which improve the parenting skills of participants in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended on the Mass Family Networks program; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for grants for the home-based parenting, family literacy, and school readiness program known as the Parent-Child Home Program; provided further, that, of said $3,000,000, the department shall distribute not less than $2,250,000 to expand capacity at existing Parent-Child Home Program sites not later than August 15, 2006, in order to allow a full year of service for parents involved in said programs; provided further, that, of said $3,000,000, the department shall distribute not less than $750,000 to establish replication sites in cities and towns where high concentrations of low income families reside; provided further, that for grants awarded to establish the replication sites, the department shall consider applications from school districts or social service agencies that demonstrate the capacity to replicate the home visiting program to serve area low income families; provided further, that the grants to establish replication sites shall be awarded not later than October 30, 2006; 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; provided further that not less than $500,000 shall be expended 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 further, 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; provided further, that the department shall set funds from this item aside for the purpose of awarding grants to applications submitted jointly by one or more of the parenting programs operating in the commonwealth and funded through this line item, and which propose creative forms of joint collaboration to provide seamless parenting services to the parents of children receiving early education and care within the catchment area of said parenting programs; and provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through line item 3000-7000 to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department................................................................................. $7,795,694
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
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; and provided further, that the secretary shall report to the
house and senate committees on ways and means on the exact amount distributed
in fiscal year 2007 by March 1, 2007.................................................................................. $2,000,000
4000-0300 For
the operation of the executive office, including the operation of the managed
care oversight board; provided, that the executive office shall provide
technical and administrative assistance to agencies under the purview of the
secretariat receiving federal funds; provided further, that the executive
office and its agencies, when contracting for services on the islands of
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, shall take into consideration the increased
costs associated with the provision of goods, services, and housing on said
islands; provided further, that the executive office shall monitor the expenditures
and completion timetables for systems development projects and enhancements
undertaken by all agencies under the purview of the secretariat, and shall
ensure that all measures are taken to make such systems compatible with one
another for enhanced interagency interaction; provided further, that the
executive office shall continue to develop and implement the common client
identifier; provided further, that the executive office shall ensure that any
collaborative assessments for children receiving services from multiple
agencies within the secretariat shall be performed within existing resources;
provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the
administrative, contracted services and non-personnel systems costs related to
the implementation and operation of programs authorized by sections 9A to 9C,
inclusive, and 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 shall assume the full cost of provider point of service
eligibility verification devices utilized by any and all participating dental
care providers; provided further, that in consultation with the division of
health care finance and policy, no rate increase shall be provided to existing
medicaid provider rates without taking all measures possible under Title XIX of
the Social Security Act to ensure that rates of payment to providers do not
exceed such rates as are necessary to meet only those costs which must be
incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide
services of adequate quality; provided further, that expenditures for the
purposes of each item appropriated for the purpose of programs authorized by
chapter 118E of the
General Laws shall be accounted for according to such purpose on the
Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system not more than 10 days
after such expenditures have been made by the medicaid management information
system; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made for the purpose of
such programs that are not federally reimbursable, except as specifically
authorized herein, or unless made for cost containment efforts the purposes and
amounts of which have been submitted to the house and senate committees on ways
and means 30 days prior to making such expenditures; provided further, that the
executive office may continue to recover provider overpayments made in the
current and prior fiscal years through the medicaid management information
system, and that such recoveries shall be deemed current fiscal year
expenditure refunds; provided further, that the executive office shall report
quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts of
said expenditure refunds credited to each item of appropriation; provided
further, that the executive office shall report quarterly to the house and
senate committees on ways and means the amount of hand generated payments, to
providers by item of appropriation from which said payments were made; provided
further, that the executive office may collect directly from a liable third
party any amounts paid to contracted providers under chapter 118E of the General Laws
for which the executive office later discovers another third party is liable if
no other course of recoupment is possible; provided further, that no funds
shall be expended for the purpose of funding interpretive services directly or
indirectly related to a settlement or resolution agreement, with the office of civil
rights or any other office, group or entity; provided further, that
interpretive services currently provided shall not give rise to enforceable
legal rights for any party or to an enforceable entitlement to interpretive
services; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to
the contrary, for fiscal year 2007 the definition of a rural hospital shall
mean an acute care hospital as defined under section twenty-five B of chapter 111 of the General Laws
and licensed under said chapter 111,
which: (1) has been
designated by the executive office as a rural hospital based on bed size, city
or town population, and population density of the city, town, service area or
county as determined by the executive office through regulation; or (2) is a
hospital currently designated as a Critical Access Hospital by the Federal
Department of Health and Human Services in accordance with federal regulations
and state requirements; provided further, that the federal financial
participation received from claims filed for the costs of outreach and
eligibility activities performed at certain hospitals or by community health
centers which are funded in whole or in part by federally permissible in-kind
services or provider donations from the hospitals or health centers, shall be
credited to this item and may be expended without further appropriation in an
amount specified in the agreement with each donating provider hospital or
health center; provided further, that the federal financial participation
received from claims filed based on in-kind administrative services related to
outreach and eligibility activities performed by certain community
organizations, under the so-called "covering kids initiative" and in
accordance with the federal revenue criteria in 45 CFR 74.23 or any other
federal regulation which provides a basis for federal financial participation,
shall be credited to this item and may be expended, without further
appropriation, on administrative services including those covered under an
agreement with the organizations participating in the initiative; provided
further, that a hospital with a unit designated as a pediatric specialty unit,
shall be exempt from the inpatient and outpatient efficiency standards being
applied to their rate methodology; provided further, that notwithstanding
section 1 of chapter 118G of the General Laws
or any general or special law to the contrary, for fiscal year 2007 the definition of a "pediatric
specialty unit" shall mean a pediatric unit of an acute care hospital in which
the ratio of licensed pediatric beds to total licensed hospital beds as of July
1, 1994, exceeded 0.20; provided further, that in calculating that ratio,
licensed pediatric beds shall include the total of all pediatric service beds,
and the total of all licensed hospital beds shall include the total of all
licensed acute care hospital beds, consistent with Medicare's acute care
hospital reimbursement methodology as put forth in the Provider Reimbursement
Manual Part 1, Section 2405.3G;
provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special
law to the contrary, the executive office shall require the commissioner of
mental health to approve any prior authorization or other restriction on
medication used to treat mental illness in accordance with written policies,
procedures and regulations of the department of mental health; provided
further, that federal reimbursements received for administrative expenditures
made pursuant to this item shall be credited proportionally to the General Fund
and the Children's and Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund, established under
section 2FF of
chapter 29 of the
General Laws, in the same percentages as expenditures are made from this item; provided
further, that in determining inpatient rates for any acute hospitals the
executive office shall utilize the same payment methodology, including all
exemptions, rate adjustments and passthrough payments, as was in effect on July
1, 2003, except as provided in item 4000-1401; provided further, that in
determining outpatient rates for any acute hospitals the executive office shall
utilize the same payment methodology, including all exemptions and rate
adjustments, as was in effect on October 1, 2003; provided further, that said
executive office shall not reduce the supplement to chronic disease and rehab
hospitals administrative day rate below that which was granted during hospital
fiscal year 2005; provided further, that said executive office in fiscal year 2007
shall not eliminate payment to hospital outpatient departments for primary care
provided to MassHealth members; provided further, that not later than September
1, 2006, the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means detailing reasons for increases in chargebacks
between fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for all 17 executive office cluster agencies
including, but not limited to, service rates used in determining each charge
type, number of staff hours per agency per service type, and a subsequent
explanation as to how the increases result in a cost savings for each agency
and the commonwealth, and why there is no subsequent decrease in either the
cluster agency's or the executive office's administrative costs; provided
further, that the report shall provide a detailed explanation and crosswalk of
the transition of both funding and staff members from each agency to the
executive office in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for consolidation of centralized services; provided further, that
the executive office, in consultation with the division of health care finance
and policy, shall submit a report on the implementation of the "virtual
gateway" project; provided further, that the report shall include, but not
be limited to: (i) a
list of providers that used the virtual gateway system in hospital fiscal year 2006;
(ii) a list of providers who are scheduled to receive the virtual gateway
system in hospital fiscal year 2007 (iii) an assessment of the current
capability of the virtual gateway to screen eligibility for multiple health and
human services benefits; (iv) the number of applications for MassHealth filed
through the virtual gateway delineated by provider and MassHealth program; (v)
the approval rate of MassHealth applications filed through the virtual gateway
compared to applications filed through other means and the impact on overall
MassHealth enrollment; (vi) the average time required for approval of
applications filed through the virtual gateway; (vii) an assessment of the
impact of the virtual gateway system on free care costs at participating
providers compared to non-participating providers in hospital fiscal year 2007;
(viii) a survey of participating hospitals measuring the decreased or increased
administrative costs for hospital staff; and (ix) the total state cost of the
virtual gateway project in state fiscal years 2006 and 2007 and the amount
of expected federal participation received for those expenditures; provided further, that the executive
office shall submit its report to the chair of the house and senate committees
on ways and means, and the chair of the joint committee on health care
financing not later than February 1, 2007; and provided further, that
notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive
office shall adopt regulations which restrict eligibility and covered services
only after public notice and hearing............................................................................................................... $127,895,315
General Fund..........................................................
85.84%
Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund............................................. 14.16%
4000-0320 The
executive office may expend an amount not to exceed $225,000,000 from the monies received from
recoveries of any current or prior year expenditures and collections from
liens, estate recoveries, third party recoveries, drug rebates, accident and
trauma recoveries, case mix recoveries, computer audits, insurance recoveries,
provider overpayment recoveries, bankruptcy settlements, Masspro and Healthpro
refunds, medicaid fraud returns, data match returns, Medicare appeals, and
program and utilization review audits; provided 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 further, that any revenues collected by the division that are
not attributable to the aforementioned categories shall be deposited in the
General Fund and shall be tracked separately; provided further, that additional
categories of recoveries and collections may be credited to this item after
providing written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that no funds from
this item shall be used for the purposes of item 4000-0300; provided further,
that expenditures from this item shall be limited solely to payments for the
provision of medical care and assistance rendered in the current fiscal year;
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; and provided further, that the executive office shall provide written
notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means at least 10 days
prior to expending or transferring any monies from this line item............................................................................................................... $225,000,000
4000-0352 For MassHealth enrollment outreach grants to public and private nonprofit groups to be administered by the executive office; provided, that the secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the exact amounts distributed in fiscal year 2007 by March 1, 2007and the extent to which any portion of resulting expenditures are eligible for federal reimbursement $500,000
4000-0430 For
the commonhealth program to provide primary and supplemental medical care and
assistance to disabled adults and children under sections 9A, 16 and 16A of
chapter 118E of the
General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health
care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided
further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursement for
state expenditures made on behalf of such adults and children; provided
further, that children shall be determined eligible for the medical care and
assistance if they meet the disability standards as defined by the executive
office, which standards shall be no more restrictive than the standards in
effect on July 1, 1996; and provided
further, that the executive office shall process commonhealth applications
within 45 days of receipt of a completed application or within 90 days if a
determination of disability is required............................................... $63,732,473
4000-0500 For
health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the
executive office's primary care clinician/mental health and substance abuse
plan or through a health maintenance organization under contract with the
executive office; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for
health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided
further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this
item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and
finance; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be made only
for the purposes expressly stated herein; provided further, that the secretary
and the commissioner of mental health shall report quarterly to the house and
senate committees on ways and means relative to the performance of the managed
care organization under contract with the executive office to administer the
mental health and substance abuse benefit; provided further, that such
quarterly reports shall include, but not be limited to, analyses of utilization
trends, quality of care and costs across all service categories and modalities
of care purchased from providers through the mental health and substance abuse
program, including those services provided to clients of the department of
mental health; provided further, that in conjunction with the new medicaid
management information system project, said executive office shall 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; and provided further, that said secretary shall report to the house
and senate committee on ways and means not later than February 1, 2007 the results of said study, any
proposed modifications to said payment system, and a timeline of steps to be
taken to implement said modifications $2,395,723,239
Executive Office of Elder Affairs Office of the Secretary
4000-0600 For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office of elder affairs’ senior care plan; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that not less than $9,240,000 shall be expended for a demonstration project known as the "community choices" initiative; provided further, that 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 executive office 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 executive office 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 said executive offices; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the projected costs and the number of individuals served by the "community choices" initiative in fiscal year 2007 delineated by federal poverty level; provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than February 1, 2007; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for any nursing home or nonacute chronic disease hospital that provides kosher food to its residents, the executive office of elder affairs, in consultation with the division of health care finance and policy, in recognition of the unique special innovative program status granted by the executive office, shall for any nursing home or nonacute chronic disease hospital that provides kosher food to its residents, continue to make the standard payment rates established in fiscal year 2006 to reflect the high dietary costs incurred in providing kosher food; provided further, that the executive office shall in correlation with the senior care options program explore options for enrolling the senior care population into managed care programs through federal waivers or other necessary means; provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer not more than 3 per cent of funds appropriated in this item to item 4000-0620; provided further, that the executive office shall provide written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days prior to any transfer; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the purpose of a housing with services demonstration project known as the "Caring Homes" initiative designed to delay or prevent nursing home placement by providing caregiving services to an elder; and provided further, that under said demonstration project, eligible MassHealth enrollees shall be able to live in the home of an individual or relative, with the exception of spouses and dependent children, to provide for their long term supports, pursuant to regulations promulgated by said executive office............................................................................................................. $1,699,886,562
4000-0620 For
the senior care options program; provided, that the secretary of elder affairs
may transfer not more than 15 per cent of funds appropriated in this item to
item 4000-0600; and provided further, that the department shall provide written
notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30
days prior to any transfer.......................................... $83,872,908
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 the executive office shall fund inpatient
outlier payments in the amount of $18,750,000 for all MassHealth members in
hospital fiscal year 2007; provided
further, that not less than $10,000,000
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................................................... $1,516,848,442
4000-0860 For
MassHealth benefits provided to children and adults under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h)
of subsection (2) of
section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws;
provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for children and
adolescents under clause (c)
of said subsection (2)
of said section 9A of
said chapter 118E
whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceeds 150 per
cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that funds may be expended
from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior
fiscal years; and provided further, that all federal reimbursements received
for expenditures from this item under Title XIX and Title XXI of the Federal
Social Security Act shall be credited to the Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund....................................................................................... $409,091,466
Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund.............................................. 100.0%
4000-0870 For
health care services provided to adults participating in the medical assistance
program pursuant to clause (g)
of subsection (2) of
section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws;
provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services
provided to such recipients in prior fiscal years................................................................................................. $98,137,505
4000-0875 For
the provision of benefits to eligible women who require medical treatment for
either breast or cervical cancer in accordance with 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII)
of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000, Public
Law 106-354, and in accordance with section 10D
of chapter 118E of
the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall provide benefits to
women whose income, as determined by the executive office, does not exceed 250
per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to continued federal approval; provided further, that eligibility for such
benefits shall be extended solely for the duration of such cancerous condition;
provided further, that prior to the provision of any benefits covered by this
item, the executive office shall require screening for either breast or
cervical cancer at the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer early detection
program operated by the department of public health, in accordance with item
4570-1512 of section 2D;
provided further, that the executive office shall continue to seek federal
approval for the implementation of a cost sharing system, including co-payments
and sliding scale premiums for women whose annual income is between 133 per
cent and 250 per cent of the federal poverty level; and provided further, that
funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these
recipients in prior fiscal years................................................................ $3,951,303
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; and provided further, that
all federal reimbursements received for expenditures from this item under Title
XXI of the Federal Social Security Act shall be credited to the Children's and
Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund..................................... $78,008,969
Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund ............................................ 100.0%
4000-0890 For
the cost of health insurance premium subsidies paid to employees of small
businesses participating in the insurance reimbursement program pursuant to the
provisions of section 9C
of chapter 118E of
the General Laws; provided, that all federal reimbursements received for
expenditures from this item pursuant to the provisions of Title XIX and Title
XXI of the federal Social Security Act shall be credited to the Children's and
Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund; and provided further, that expenditures
made for the purposes of this item shall not exceed the amount appropriated
herein...................................................................................... $35,011,915
Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund.............................................. 100.0%
4000-0891 For
the cost of health insurance subsidies paid to employers participating in the
insurance reimbursement program under section 9C
of chapter 118E of
the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall directly market the
program to private human service providers that deliver human and social
services under contract with departments within the executive office and the executive
office of elder affairs for the
purpose of mitigating health insurance costs to the employers and their
employees; provided further, that the executive office of health and human
services shall report quarterly to
the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of
administration and finance monthly expenditure data for the program, including
the total number of employers participating in the program, the percentage of
the employers who purchased health insurance for employees prior to
participating in the program and total monthly expenditures delineated by
payments to small employers and self-employed persons for individual, 2-person
family and family subsidies; provided further, that the executive office of
health and human services shall seek
federal reimbursement for the payments to employers; and provided further, that
all federal reimbursements received for expenditures from this item, under
Title XIX and Title XXI of the federal Social Security Act, shall be credited to
the Children's and Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund............................................................................................................ $6,956,069
Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund.............................................. 100.0%
4000-0895 For
the healthy start program to provide medical care and assistance to pregnant
women and infants residing in the commonwealth pursuant to section 10E of chapter 118E of the General Laws;
provided, that the executive office shall 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 February 1, 2007;
and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health
care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years................................................................................................. $15,969,177
4000-0990 For the children's medical security plan to provide primary and preventive health services for uninsured children from birth through age 18; provided, that the executive office shall prescreen enrollees and applicants for medicaid eligibility; provided further, that no applicant shall be enrolled in the program until the applicant has been denied eligibility for the MassHealth program; provided further, that the MassHealth benefit request shall be used as a joint application to determine the eligibility for both MassHealth and the children's medical security plan; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made on behalf of the children; provided further, that 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 10F of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that the maximum benefit levels for this program shall be made available only to those children who have been determined by the executive office to be ineligible for MassHealth benefits; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years $18,232,293
General Fund........................................................... 76.62%
Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund.............................................. 23.38%
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................................................................................................. $12,147,887
4000-1405 For
the operation of a program of preventive and primary care for chronically
unemployed persons who are not receiving unemployment insurance benefits and
who are not eligible for medical assistance but who are determined by the
executive office of health and human services to be long-term unemployed;
provided, that such persons shall meet the eligibility requirements established
under the MassHealth program as
established in section 9A
of chapter 118E of
the General Laws; provided further, that the income of such persons shall not
exceed 100 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that said
eligibility requirements shall not exclude from eligibility persons who are employed
intermittently or on a non-regular basis; provided further, that the provision
of care to such persons under this program may, taking into account capacity,
continuity of care, and geographic considerations, be restricted to certain
providers; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for
health care services provided to recipients in prior fiscal years; provided
further, that the secretary is hereby authorized to limit or close enrollment
if necessary in order to ensure that expenditures from this item do not exceed
the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that notwithstanding subsection (3) of section 16D of chapter 118E of the General Laws
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 further, that such individual is either age 65 or older or age 19 to
64 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 said
noncitizens may be expended as of the effective date of this act.................... $227,462,512
4000-1420 For
the purposes of making payments to the federal centers for Medicare and
Medicaid services in compliance with 42 USC 1396u-5............................................................... $239,000,000
Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.
4100-0060 For the operation of the division and the administration of the uncompensated care pool established pursuant to chapter 118G of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the assessment to acute hospitals authorized pursuant to section 5 of said chapter 118G for the estimated expenses of the division shall include in fiscal year 2007, the estimated expenses, including indirect costs, of the division and shall be equal to the amount appropriated in this item less amounts projected to be collected in fiscal year 2007 from: (1) filing fees; (2) fees and charges generated by the division's publication or dissemination of reports and information; and (3) federal financial participation received as reimbursement for the division's administrative costs; provided further, that the assessed amount shall not be less than 65 per cent of the division's expenses as specified in this item; provided further, that the division shall promulgate regulations requiring all hospitals receiving payments from the uncompensated care pool to report to the division the following utilization information: the number of inpatient admissions and outpatient visits by age category, income category, diagnostic category and average charge per admission; provided further, that the division shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means a summary report compiling said data; provided further, that the division, in consultation with the executive office of health and human services, shall not promulgate any increase in medicaid provider rates without taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any successor federal statute to ensure that rates of payment to providers do not exceed such rates as are necessary to meet only those costs incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that the division shall meet the reporting requirements of section 25 of chapter 203 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division, in conjunction with the executive office of elder affairs and the executive office of health and human services shall, by August 1, 2006 for all non-acute chronic and rehabilitation hospitals, adopt and implement, for the rate year effective October 1, 2006 a Medicaid rate reimbursement methodology, that utilizes a hospital base year of either 2002 or 2003; provided further, that in calculating the Medicaid rate of reimbursement for such hospitals, such reimbursement shall exclude any costs associated with any beds licensed by the department of mental health; provided further, that funds may be expended for the purposes of a survey and study of the uninsured and underinsured in the commonwealth, including the health insurance needs of the residents of the commonwealth; provided further, that said study shall examine the overall impact of programs administered by the executive office of health and human services on the uninsured, the underinsured, and the role of employers in assisting their employees in affording health insurance pursuant to section 23 of chapter 118G of the General Laws; provided further, that for hospital fiscal year 2007 the private sector liability of purchasers and third party payers to the Uncompensated Care Trust Fund established pursuant to section 18 of chapter 118G of the General Laws 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, 2006 a report detailing utilization of the uncompensated care pool; provided further, that the report shall include: (1) the number of persons in the commonwealth whose medical expenses were billed to the pool in fiscal year 2006; (2) the total dollar amount billed to the pool in fiscal year 2006; (3) the demographics of the population using the pool and (4) the types of services paid for out of the pool funds in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that the division shall include in the report an analysis on hospitals' responsiveness to enrolling eligible individuals into the MassHealth program upon the date of service rather than charging said individuals to the uncompensated care pool; provided further, that the division shall include in the report possible disincentives the state could provide to hospitals to discourage such behavior; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the division shall not allow any exceptions to the usual and customary charge defining rule as defined in 114.3 CMR 31.02, for the purposes of drug cost reimbursement to eligible pharmacy providers for publicly aided and industrial accident patients; provided further, that the division is hereby authorized to change the pricing standard used by said division when determining the rate of payment to pharmacy providers for prescribed drugs for publicly-aided or industrial accident patients if such a change would financially benefit the commonwealth; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary said division shall maintain the rate paid for the dispensing fees to retail pharmacies for prescribed drugs to publicly aided or industrial accident patients at $3 in fiscal year 2007; and provided further, that said division shall not use any funds appropriated from the Health Care Quality Improvement Trust Fund for operating costs, including rent and utilities.......................................................................................... $12,836,110
OFFICE OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
4110-0001 For the office of the commissioner and the bureau of research; provided, that amounts appropriated to the commission in fiscal year 2007 that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 2006 shall not annualize above those amounts in fiscal year 2008 $1,121,558
4110-1000 For the community services program; provided, that the Massachusetts commission for the blind shall work in collaboration with the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing to provide assistance and services to the deaf-blind community through the deaf-blind community access network............................................................................................ $3,967,118
4110-1010 For aid to the adult blind; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year....................................................................... $8,351,643
4110-1020 For eligibility determination for the medical assistance program for the blind; provided, that the commission shall work with the executive office of health and human services, the department of mental retardation and other state agencies to maximize federal reimbursement for clients so determined through this item including, but not limited to, reimbursement for home and community-based waiver clients......................................................................................... $324,995
4110-2000 For the turning 22 program of the commission; provided, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22 clients; and provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure similar rates for contracted residential services.......................................................... $9,241,803
4110-2001 For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2007; provided, that the amount spent from this item shall not annualize to more than $530,000 in fiscal year 2008; provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22 clients; and provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure similar rates for contracted residential services $330,000
4110-3010 For a program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grants or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other such indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees.......................................................................... $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...... $1,895,410
OFFICE OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
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 item shall not exceed 5 per cent of the total amount appropriated for that item; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer, the commissioner shall submit an allocation plan to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the distribution of the funds to be transferred; provided further, that amounts appropriated to the commission that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 2006 shall not annualize above those amounts in fiscal year 2008; provided further, that the commissioner shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the number of clients served and the amount expended on each type of service; provided further, that upon the written request of the commissioner of revenue, the commission shall provide lists of individual clients to whom or on behalf of whom payments have been made for the purpose of verifying eligibility and detecting and preventing fraud, error and abuse in the programs administered by the commission; and provided further, that the lists shall include client names and social security numbers and payee names and other identification, if different from a client's....................................................... $579,515
4120-2000 For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grant or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance and any other such indirect cost of the federally-reimbursed state employees; and provided further, that the commissioner, in making referrals to service providers, shall take into account the client's place of residence and the geographic proximity of the nearest provider to the residence............................................. $7,526,911
4120-3000 For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and employment services for severely disabled adults may, subject to appropriation, be provided; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for waitlist reduction for the community based employment program....................................................................................................... $8,263,481
4120-4000 For independent living assistance services; provided further, that not less than $4,000,000 shall be expended for the independent living centers contracted with the commission...... $9,422,668
4120-4001 For the housing registry for the disabled.............................................................. $83,754
4120-4010 For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item shall not annualize to more than $1,498,290 in state fiscal year 2008...................................................................................................................... $749,145
4120-5000 For homemaking services.............................................................................. $5,533,661
4120-5050 The Massachusetts rehabilitation commission may expend not more than $330,000 in revenues for expanded independent living and employment services from federal reimbursements received for services provided by the commission; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate reported in the state accounting system...................................................................................................................... $330,000
4120-6000 For head injured services; provided, that the commission shall work with the executive office of health and human services to maximize federal reimbursement for clients receiving head injured services....................................................................................................... $8,971,110
4125-0100 For
the operation of and services provided by the
4125-0101 For the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; provided, that the commission may expend not more than $175,000 in revenues from charges received on behalf of interpreter services and monies received from private grants, bequests, gifts or contributions; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system........................................................ $175,000
4125-0102 For the costs associated with the provision of interpreter services for the deaf and hard of hearing at State House public hearings and events.............................................................. $12,000
OFFICE OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
Soldiers' Home in
4180-0100 For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea, including a specialized unit for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease patients; provided, that graduates from the LPN school of nursing shall work in state-operated facilities for at least 1 year; provided further, that no fee, assessment or other charge shall be imposed upon or required of any person for any outpatient treatment, admission or hospitalization which exceeds the amount of fees charged in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that no new fee, assessment or other charge shall be implemented in fiscal year 2007 except those associated with the use of telephones; provided further, that said Soldiers’ Home may contract with a vendor for the purpose of providing telephone service; provided further, that fees from the use of telephones shall only be expended for the purpose of paying the vendor; provided further, that fees charged for telephone service shall not exceed the amount required to provide said service; and provided further, that the superintendent shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2007 detailing utilization data and the costs of operation of said telephone services.. $24,416,752
4180-1100 The Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts may expend not more than $252,500 in revenues for facility maintenance and patient care, including personnel costs; provided, that 60 per cent of all revenues generated pursuant to section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, upon compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the cost associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers' Home; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers' Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued................. $252,500
Soldiers' Home in
4190-0100 For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, including the adult day care program, the Maguder House and the Chapin Mansion; provided, that no fee, assessment or other charge shall be imposed upon or required of any person for any outpatient treatment, admission or hospitalization which exceeds the amount of fees charged in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that no new fee, assessment or other charge shall be implemented in fiscal year 2007 except those associated with the use of telephones; provided further, that said Soldiers’ Home may contract with a vendor for the purpose of providing telephone service; provided further, that fees from the use of telephones shall only be expended for the purpose of paying the vendor; provided further, that fees charged for telephone service shall not exceed the amount required to provide said service; provided further, that the superintendent shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2007 detailing utilization data and the costs of operation of said telephone services; and provided further, that in the operation of the outpatient pharmacy, the Soldiers' Home shall cover the cost of drugs prescribed at the Soldiers' Home, excluding the required co-payment, only when the veteran has no access to other drug insurance coverage, including coverage through the program authorized by section 39 of chapter 19A of the General Laws.......................................................................................................... $18,346,605
4190-0102 The Soldiers' Home in Holyoke may expend for the outpatient pharmacy program an amount not to exceed $225,000 from co-payments which it may charge to users of the program; provided, that no co-payments shall be imposed or required of any person which exceed the level of co-payments charged in fiscal year 2006; provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended until the superintendent has submitted a report to the secretary and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing projected expenditures for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 and any and all assumptions used to project outpatient pharmacy spending for the outpatient pharmacy program from this item and item 4190-0100 by September 1, 2006; provided further, that said superintendent shall submit a report to said secretary and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to, demographic information on said outpatient pharmacy users, including age and insurance status, utilization information for the outpatient pharmacy, including the number of generic prescriptions filled, the number of brand name prescriptions filled, the number of 30-day supplies of generic drugs dispensed, the number of 30-day supplies of brand name drugs dispensed, and a description of said Soldiers' Home's drug utilization review program for the first two quarters of fiscal year 2007; provided further, that said report shall be submitted not later than January 16, 2007; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers' home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system............ $225,000
4190-1100 The Soldiers' Home in Holyoke may expend not more than $168,603 for facility maintenance and patient care, including personnel costs; provided, that 40 per cent of all revenues generated pursuant to section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, upon compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the cost associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers' Home; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers' Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued................................................................ $168,603
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 December 1, 2006................................................................... $4,906,483
4200-0100 For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to committed youths in nonresidential care programs of the department; provided, that not less than $537,256 shall be expended for the restoration of the Northeast Region; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer up to 7 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0200 and 4200-0300; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer................................................................................................................. $22,388,912
4200-0200 For pretrial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs; provided, that the commissioner may transfer up to 7 per cent of the amount appropriated herein to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0300; and provided further, that 30 days before any transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer................................................................................... $19,946,058
4200-0300 For secure facilities, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs incidental to the operations of the facilities; provided, that funds shall be expended for programs to address the needs of the female population including, but not limited to, the development of a stabilization unit and an independent living program, the enhancement of clinical services and at least 1 full-time female services coordinator; provided further, that funds shall be expended to address suicide prevention including, but not limited to, increased clinical capacity, increased clinical staff for risk assessment at intake, improved medication administration, enhanced psychiatric coverage at facilities, and the assurance of a 24-hour area-based on-call staff; provided further, that not less than $600,000 shall be expended on vocational training in order to reduce recidivism; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0200; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer................................................................................. $105,430,842
OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
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 2007 the department shall maintain 2 transitional assistance offices in the city of Springfield; provided further, that all costs associated with verifying disability for all programs of the department shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the department shall submit on a monthly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance a status report on program expenditures, savings and revenues, error rate measurements, and public assistance caseloads and benefits; provided further, that the report shall comprehensively track statewide use of the emergency assistance program by eligibility category including, but not limited to, caseload, average length of use or stay and monthly expenditures; provided further, that the department shall collect all out-of-court settlement restitution payments; provided further, that the restitution payments shall include, but not be limited to, installment and lump sum payments; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise expressly provided, federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the department, including reimbursements for administrative, fringe and overhead costs, for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that under 21 U.S.C. section 862a(d)(1), the department shall exempt individuals from the eligibility restrictions of 21 U.S.C. section 862a, except that individuals incarcerated for a conviction which would otherwise be disqualifying under 21 U.S.C. section 862a(a) shall not be eligible for cash assistance funded through item 4403-2000 during the first 12 months after release from a correctional institution unless the individual qualifies for an exemption under subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, or a domestic violence waiver; provided further, that an application for assistance under chapter 118 of the General Laws shall be deemed an application for assistance under chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that if assistance under said chapter 118 is denied, the application shall be transmitted by the department to the executive office of health and human services for a determination of eligibility under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the department shall continue policies to increase participation in the food stamp program; provided further, that 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, 2006 on the extended office hours and placement of workers at community and human service organizations that the department has determined is feasible within the appropriation provided and that the department will provide in the current fiscal year.............. $67,039,902
4400-1025 For domestic
violence specialists at local area offices......................................... $666,315
4400-1079 For the operation of the homeless management information system; provided, that during fiscal year 2007 the department shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means a status report detailing the specific implementation of the system, the number of shelters participating by month, the types and descriptions of information reports able to be generated, and any other information that the department determines to be necessary in evaluating the full and complete implementation of the system; and provided further, that the report shall also detail all expenditures by subject classification............................................................. $1,000,000
4400-1100 For the payroll of the department's caseworkers; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit eight shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that the department may allocate funds, not to exceed $1,000,000 from this item to item 4400-1000 for the administrative costs of the department of transitional assistance............................................................ $55,693,172
4401-1000 For a program to provide employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that certain parents who have not yet reached the age of 18, including those who are ineligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents' income, shall be allowed to participate in the employment services program; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of the program for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits due to employment or subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 or any successor statue; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended for the purposes of the young parents program, transportation costs, pre-employment skills training and education programs, and structured subsidized employment services; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance may use funds from this item and shall collaborate with the department of workforce development to access funding through Title I of the federal Workforce Investment Act to ensure that sufficient resources are available to provide substantive, pre-employment skills training, including training that integrates basic education and English as a second language instruction, to recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are in need of such services; provided further, that funds from this item may also be expended for re-employment services, job search assistance, vocational training services, job retention services, adult basic education,