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SECTION 2 .
0320-0003 For the operation of the supreme judicial court, including salaries of the chief justice and the 6 associate justices............................................................................................................................................................. $7,588,951
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
0321-1510 For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 11 of said chapter 211D; provided, that not more than $2,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2008 $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
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 $1,000,000 of the sum appropriated in this item may be expended for services rendered before fiscal year 2008........................................................ $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
0321-2000 For the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee and for certain programs for the indigent mentally ill, as provided in section 34E of chapter 221 of the General Laws ....................................................... $753,248
0321-2100 For
the
0321-2205 For
the expenses of the social law library located in
0322-0100 For
the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of
the chief justice, recall judges and the associate justices ........................................................................................................................... $11,037,284
0330-0101 For the salaries of the justices of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of the transfer.................................. $49,330,206
0330-0300 For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial court non-employee services, trial court dental and vision health plan agreement, jury expenses, trial court law libraries, statewide telecommunications, private and municipal court rental and leases, operation of courthouse facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance and repairs, court interpreter program, and insurance and chargeback costs; provided, that funds may be expended for the judicial training institute; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall expend funds for the purposes of acquiring, through a lease agreement, suitable space in the town of Belchertown for the district court of eastern Hampshire by October 1, 2008; provided further, that funds from this item or any other item shall not be expended for the cost associated with the district court of eastern Hampshire, unless said division is located in the town of Belchertown as of said date; provided further, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, that all criminal and civil business within the eastern Hampshire district court jurisdiction shall be conducted in the town of Belchertown as of said date; provided further, that the chief justice shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 2007 detailing the status of said lease agreement; provided further, that 50 per cent of all fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15(d) and 30(c)(8) shall be paid from this item; provided further, that notwithstanding section 9A of chapter 30 of the General Laws, or any other 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 of the General Laws, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or an office or position under section 7 of said 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 of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the implementation of a changing lives through literature program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended from this item for a contract with Massachusetts General Hospital for a research program on abused children; provided further, that the trial court shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board detailing the amount of assessments imposed within each court by a justice or clerk-magistrate during the previous calendar year pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; provided further, that 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, 2008................................................................................................................ $134,412,460
0330-0317 For
the operation and expenses of the
0330-0410 For alternative dispute resolution services for the trial court; provided, that the services shall be made available to the extent possible in connection with child care, protection and custody proceedings in juvenile and probate courts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Housing Services and Mediation Program operated by the Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority in Pittsfield; provided further, that not less than $29,558 shall be expended for Berkshire Mediation Services Inc.; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for North Central Court Services, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the North Shore Community Mediation Program in Salem; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for Metropolitan Mediation Services; provided further, that not less than $62,811 shall be expended for Mediation Works, Inc; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Quabbin Mediation in Athol; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Mediation and Training Collaborative of Franklin County in Greenfield; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for Framingham Court Mediation Services; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the Cape Cod Dispute Resolution Center; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the Community Dispute Settlement Center, Inc., of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Greater Brockton Center for Dispute Resolution; provided further, that not less than $48,031 shall be expended for the Somerville Mediation Program; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the Middlesex Multi-door Court House Program; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Martha’s Vineyard Mediation Program; provided further, that not less than $42,737 shall be expended for Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. in the city of Springfield; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Community Mediation of Worcester .......... $967,326
0330-0441 For permanency mediation services in the probate and juvenile courts......................................... $540,000
0330-3200 For
the court security program, including personnel and expenses; provided, that
the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
0330-3333 The
chief justice for administration and management may expend an amount not to
exceed $20,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 3 of
chapter 90C, chapter 185, section 22 of chapter 218 and sections 2, 4A, 4C, 39
and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws; provided, that the chief justice
shall only expend or allocate funds from this item to the 7 departments of the
trial court for the operation of the departments; provided further, that any
expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules
submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before
the expenditures or allocations are made; provided further, that said schedule
detailing the full allotment of said $20,000,000 shall be submitted to the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
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
further, that said schedule detailing the full allotment of said $20,000,000
shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not
later than
0330-3337 For additional expenses associated with the operation of the trial court; provided, that these funds may be transferred to all line items of the trial court department by the chief justice of administration and management; and 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 $19,007,323
0331-0100 For the administrative office of the superior court department including costs associated with the administrative office of the superior court department and the 15 divisions of the superior court; provided, that should departments, divisions, employees, services or functions of the Bristol superior court need to be relocated for any reason, including but not limited to the temporary relocation for the purposes of new courthouse construction or renovations, the relocation shall be limited to within ¼ mile radius of the city of Taunton................................................ $23,398,071
0332-0100 For the office of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program and the 62 divisions of the district court; provided, that should employees, services or functions of the Taunton district court need to be relocated for any reason, including but not limited to the temporary relocation for the purposes of the new courthouse construction or renovations, that the relocation will be limited to within ¼ mile radius of the city of Taunton $39,147,707
Probate
0333-0002 For the administrative office of the probate and family court department, the 14 divisions of the probate court, the operation of the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire family court clinic to be administratively located in the city of Springfield and to serve the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire divisions of the probate court, the Middlesex probate court family services clinic, the Norfolk probate court family services clinic and the Worcester probate court family services clinic; provided, that the probate and family court shall maintain a full service office in the city of Taunton............................................................................................................................... $21,080,726
0334-0001 For the operation of the land court ................................................................................................... $2,386,331
0335-0001 For
the operation of the
0336-0002 For the operation of the housing court department, including costs associated with the administrative office of the housing court department and the 5 divisions of the housing court....................................... $4,287,589
0337-0002 For
the administrative office of the juvenile court and the personnel and expenses
associated with the expansion of the juvenile court, including Berkshire,
Essex, Hampshire/Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk,
Worcester and Nantucket/Dukes counties; provided, that $100,000 shall be
expended on the
Office of the
Commissioner of Probation.
0339-1001 For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that notwithstanding 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 not less than $2,771,000 shall be expended for costs associated with full implementation of chapters 303 and 418 of the acts of 2006 to ensure effective supervision of probationers who are monitored through global positioning system bracelets; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this line item to cover the costs of building leases; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, probation officer personnel and probation clerical support staff assigned to the courts shall be provided with suitable office space in their current location in and around the various divisions and departments of the trial court, as the case may be, or in suitable office space as appropriate, with the advice and consent of the commissioner; provided further, that there shall be 2 regional program managers funded from this item who shall be responsible for the oversight of the management and daily operation of the probation electronic monitoring program; provided further, that the office shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of revenue to verify income data and to utilize the departments wage reporting and bank match system for the purpose of weekly tape-matching 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........................................................................................................ $131,969,628
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................ $5,984,033
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 the funds shall be expended for the purpose of providing programs
in Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire,
Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester counties in
fiscal year 2008; provided further, that the executive director of the office
of community corrections of the trial court shall enter into interagency
service agreements and memoranda of understanding with the probation offices
and sheriffs’ offices for the provision of the programs, including the
contracting for detention space for probationers arrested for violating
probation and awaiting court action and detention space for probationers who have
been ordered by the trial court to be supervised at a higher level of
restraint; provided further, that the agreements and memoranda shall be entered
into at the direction of the executive director; provided further, that the
executive director shall submit a spending and management plan for the programs
to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
Office
of the Jury Commissioner.
0339-2100 For the office of the jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws $2,610,457
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 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, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that not more than $125,000 shall be expended for a North Dorchester safe neighborhood initiative in Suffolk county; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer............................................................................................................................................. $15,925,834
0340-0101 For
the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that not more than $200,000 shall be expended for a Community Justice Initiative; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following; (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 2007 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, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer........................................................................................................................... $12,605,911
0340-0201 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district attorney’s office $532,558
General Fund....................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund..................................................................................... 88.20%
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program................................................ $8,535,273
0340-0301 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district attorney’s office $497,389
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that $75,000 may be expended for financial criminal investigations; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer......................................................................................................................... $8,460,103
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
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer............................................................... $8,120,817
0340-0501 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district attorney’s office $358,881
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in said fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the salaries and expenses of a children’s advocacy project; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer $5,039,388
0340-0601 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney’s office $251,615
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer .............................................................. $8,255,638
0340-0701 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to
the
General Fund....................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund..................................................................................... 88.20%
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer .............................................................. $6,705,316
0340-0801 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to
the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the 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, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ....................... $6,987,953
0340-0901 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to
the
General Fund....................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund..................................................................................... 88.20%
0340-1000 For the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that $125,000 shall be expended to support the sex offender management unit; provided further, that 2 prosecutors and administrative support shall be provided to the Cape Cod offender management task force; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that not more than $20,000 be expended for Cape & Islands Child Advocacy Center at Children’s Cove in Hyannis; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer ... $3,644,512
0340-1001 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to
the
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
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, 2008, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2007 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that 50 per cent of fees payable pursuant to Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 15 (d) and 30 (c)(8) for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2008, detailing the office’s use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the amount of the funds deposited into the office’s special law enforcement trust fund in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of January 1, 2008; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2008, detailing the total number and use of private attorneys participating in any volunteer prosecutor program; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (2) the name and address of the law firms; (3) the duties performed by the personnel; and (4) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $37,500; and provided further, that at least 30 days before transferring any funds authorized in this item from the AA object class, the district attorney shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of its intention to make that transfer .............................................................. $3,398,856
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 The
Massachusetts district attorneys’ association may expend for its operation an
amount not to exceed $1,785,056 in revenues collected from voluntary
contributions from the 11 district attorneys of the commonwealth; provided,
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
0340-8908 For the costs associated with maintaining the association’s wide area network....................... $1,342,463
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 2008 ...................................................................................... $5,564,771
0411-1001 For the operation of the development coordinating council............................................................ $246,720
0411-1002 For a contract with the Massachusetts Service Alliance to operate the commonwealth corps program $3,000,000
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Office
of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
0511-0000 For
the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that the office shall
submit a report detailing staffing patterns for each program operated by the
office; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to,
actual and functional job titles by program and compensation rates and lengths
of service for each employee; provided further, that the office shall submit
the report not later than
0511-0001 The
state secretary may expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of
merchandise at the
0511-0108 The state secretary, acting on behalf of the commonwealth, may sell, transfer or license the division of corporations’ software and related documents pertaining to its web-based searching and filing applications, including uniform commercial code software, developed by the department of the secretary and copyrighted by it to other states, multi-state or regional associations or other sovereign governments on such terms or conditions as, in his sole discretion, reasonably compensates the commonwealth for its interests; provided, that the secretary may retain and expend revenues collected from the sales, licensure or user agreements in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for technical activities of the corporations division, the remainder to be deposited in the General Fund; provided further, that the secretary may also provide web hosting, and on-going support and maintenance to other states, provinces or territories of Canada relative to their UCC and corporate applications; and provided further, that the department of the state secretary may accept credit and debit cards from individuals and corporations filing documents with the department.............................................................................................................................................. $50,000
0511-0200 For the operation of the state archives division................................................................................. $550,353
0511-0230 For the operation of the records center................................................................................................ $156,738
0511-0250 For the operation of the archives facility............................................................................................. $477,003
0511-0260 For the operation of the commonwealth museum............................................................................... $198,071
0511-0270 The state secretary may contract with the UMass Donahue Institute to provide the commonwealth with technical assistance on US census data and to prepare annual population estimates............................. $800,000
0511-0420 For the operation of the address confidentiality program................................................................. $113,269
0517-0000 For the printing of public documents................................................................................................... $908,733
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 state secretary 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
0521-0001 For
the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that
an annual report detailing voter registration activity shall be submitted to
the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before
0524-0000 For providing information to voters..................................................................................................... $583,744
0526-0100 For
the operation of the
0527-0100 For the operation of the ballot law commission.................................................................................... $12,380
0528-0100 For the operation of the records conservation board.......................................................................... $39,459
0540-0900 For the registry of deeds located in
0540-1000 For the registry of deeds located in
0540-1100 For the registry of deeds in the former
0540-1200 For the registry of deeds in the former
0540-1300 For the registry of deeds in the former
0540-1400 For the registry of deeds located in
0540-1500 For the registry of deeds located in
0540-1600 For the registry of deeds located in
0540-1700 For the registry of deeds located in
0540-1800 For the registry of deeds located in Great Barrington in the
former
0540-1900 For the registry of deeds in the former
0540-2000 For
the registry of deeds located in
0540-2100 For
the registry of deeds located in the city of
TREASURER
Office
of the Treasurer and Receiver General.
0610-0000 For
the office of the treasurer and receiver-general; provided, that the treasurer
shall provide computer services required by the teachers’ retirement board;
provided further, that 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
General Fund...................................................................................... 90.0%
Highway Fund.................................................................................... 10.0%
0610-0050 For
the administration of the alcoholic beverages control commission in its efforts
to regulate and control the conduct and condition of traffic in alcoholic
beverages; provided, that the commission shall maintain at least 1 chief
investigator and other investigators for the purpose of regulating and
controlling the traffic of alcoholic beverages; provided further, that the
commission shall work and cooperate with the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
division of the United States Department of Justice and other relevant federal agencies
to assist in its efforts to regulate and control the traffic of alcoholic
beverages; provided further, that the commission shall seek out matching
federal dollars and apply for federal grants that may be available to assist in
the enforcement of laws pertaining to the traffic of alcoholic beverages;
provided further, that not more than $350,000 may be expended for the costs
associated with the investigation and enforcement division of the alcoholic
beverages control commission’s implementation of the enhanced liquor
enforcement programs, known as Safe Campus, Safe Holidays, Safe Prom and Safe
Summer; provided further, that funds from this appropriation shall not support
other operating costs of this item; and provided further, that the commission shall
submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later
than
0610-0140 For funding administrative, transactional and research expenses associated with maintaining and increasing the interest earnings on the Commonwealth’s General and Stabilization Fund investments......................... $25,000
0610-2000 For
payments made to veterans pursuant to section 16 of chapter 130 of the acts of
2005; provided, that the office of the state treasurer may expend not more than
$150,000 for costs incurred in the administration of these payments; and
provided further, that funds available in fiscal year 2007 shall be available
for expenditure until
0611-1010 For the cost of life insurance premiums for National Guard members pursuant to section 88B of chapter 33 of the General Laws.................................................................................................................................................... $1,700,000
0611-1000 For bonus payments to war veterans..................................................................................................... $50,000
0611-5500 For additional assistance to cities and towns to be distributed according to section 3 and for assistance to certain public entities of the commonwealth which have constructed water pollution abatement facilities; provided, that the distribution to the public entities shall equal $1,249,948; and provided further, that if there is a conflict between the provisions of the distribution set forth in section 3 and any other provisions of this act, the distribution set forth in section 3 shall control.................................................................................................................. $379,767,936
0611-5510 For reimbursements to cities and towns instead of taxes on state-owned land pursuant to sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws..................................................................................................... $28,300,000
0611-5800 For distribution to each city and town within which racing meetings are conducted pursuant to section 18D of chapter 58 of the General Laws.......................................................................................................................... $2,000,000
Pension
Benefits.
0612-0105 For payment of the public safety employee killed in the line of duty benefit authorized by section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws.................................................................................................................................. $500,000
Commission
on Firefighters’ Relief.
0620-0000 For financial assistance to injured firefighters........................................................................................ $9,808
Lottery
Commission.
0640-0000 For
the operation of the state lottery commission and arts lottery; provided, that
no funds shall be expended from this item for any costs associated with the
promotion or advertising of lottery games; provided further, that not later
than
0640-0005 For the costs associated with the continued implementation of the monitoring of games; 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................................................................................................................. $1,293,311
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 the lottery commission 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 2008 contributions to the health
and welfare fund established pursuant to the collective-bargaining agreement
between the lottery commission and the service employees international union,
Local 254,
0640-0300 For the services and operations of the Massachusetts cultural 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; provided further, that a person employed under this item shall be considered an employee within the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall be placed in the appropriate bargaining unit; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be allocated to increase the Local Cultural Council Grant Program to provide for a minimum grant of $4,000 per municipality; and provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended to establish the Cultural Tourism Initiative under the Massachusetts cultural council, which shall provide matching funds for marketing programs created through regional or local partnerships between tourism professional and non-profit cultural organizations through 4 pilot programs to be created in 4 different regions of the state......................................................................................................................... $12,268,059
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, 2008, 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, 2008; 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........................................ $1,762,906,000
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................................................................ $112,596,000
Highway Fund................................................................................... 100.0%
0699-9100 For
the payment of interest and issuance costs on bonds and bond and revenue
anticipation notes and other notes pursuant to sections 47 and 49B of chapter
29 of the General Laws; provided, that the treasurer shall certify to the comptroller
a schedule of the distribution of costs among the various funds of the
commonwealth; provided further, that the comptroller shall charge costs to the
funds in accordance with the schedule; and provided further, that any deficit
in this item at the close of the fiscal year ending
0699-9101 For the purpose of depositing with the trustee under the trust agreement authorized in section 10B of chapter 11 of the acts of 1997 an amount to be used to pay the interest due on notes of the commonwealth issued pursuant to section 9 of said chapter 11 and secured by the Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Note Trust Fund $53,464,000
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 $15,736,766
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 office shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total amount of fraudulently obtained benefits identified by the bureau 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 ............................................................................................................................................................. $1,852,697
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 not later than
Office
of the Attorney General.
0810-0000 For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, the operation of the anti-trust division, all regional offices, a high-tech crime unit and the victim and witness compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness compensation program shall be administered in accordance with chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; provided further, that the attorney general shall submit to the general court and the secretary for administration and finance a report detailing the claims submitted to the state treasurer for payment under item 0810-0004 indicating both the number and costs for each category of claim; provided further, that not more than $320,000 shall be expended for predatory lending and consumer credit units; provided further, that not more than $355,000 shall be expended for a health care division; provided further, that not more than $300,000 shall be expended for a victim witness rights services unit; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the United Teen Equality Center; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended for a grants program for the safe neighborhood initiative-jobs for youth program; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended for a safe neighborhood initiative program in the Grove Hall area of Boston; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended from the funds appropriated in this item for a safe neighborhood initiative pilot program in the Bowdoin/Geneva area of the Dorchester district of the city of Boston and in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that the public proceedings unit shall review the water rate increases; provided further, that not more than $240,000 shall be expended for the operation of a child protection unit; provided further, that funds may be expended for the commission on uniform state laws; provided further, that not more than $200,000 shall be provided for the Dorchester Youth Collaborative; and provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Trauma Intervention Program of Merrimack Valley............................................................................................................................ $26,705,871
0810-0004 For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding chapter 258C of the General Laws, if a claimant is 60 years of age or older at the time of the crime and is not employed or receiving unemployment compensation, such claimant shall be eligible for compensation in accordance with said chapter 258C even if the claimant has suffered no out-of-pocket loss; provided further, that compensation to such claimant shall be limited to a maximum of $50; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, victims of the crime of rape shall be notified of all available services designed to assist rape victims including, but not limited to, the provisions outlined in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws ................................... $2,156,000
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................................................................................... $541,201
Highway Fund ................................................................................... 88.20%
General Fund ..................................................................................... 11.80%
0810-0013 For a false claims program the office of the attorney general may expend an amount not to exceed $450,000 from revenues collected from enforcement of the false claims act; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system………………………………………....................................................................................... $450,000
0810-0014 For the operation of the department of telecommunications and energy proceedings unit, pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that not withstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed under said section 11E of said chapter 12 of the General Laws, shall equal the amount expended from this item; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the expenses of legal and technical personnel and associated administrative and travel expenses relative to participation in regulatory proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on behalf of Massachusetts ratepayers................ $1,611,700
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........................................................................ $2,727,105
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................................................................. $3,558,786
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
0840-0101 For
the salaries and administration of the safeplan
advocacy program, to be administered by the Massachusetts office of victim
assistance; provided, that the office shall submit to the house and senate
committees on ways and means, not later than
0900-0100 For the operation of the state ethics commission............................................................................ $1,617,734
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
0910-0200 For the operation of the office of the inspector general................................................................. $2,766,695
0910-0210 The office of the inspector general may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $300,000 from the fees charged to participants in the Massachusetts public purchasing official certification program and the certified public manager program for the operation of 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...................................................... $300,000
OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN
0920-0300 For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance ................................................ $1,193,985
0940-0100 For
the office of the commission, including the processing and resolution of cases
pending before the commission that were filed on or before
0940-0101 The Massachusetts commission against discrimination may expend not more than $1,920,010 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 2008 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; and provided further, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system.................................................................................................................. $1,920,010
0940-0102 The
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, 2008, 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 and the full-year estimate of revenues and revenues collected; provided further, that notwithstanding 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 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 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 to, 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 considers 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 ................... $8,814,316
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION
Office
of the Secretary.
1100-1100 For the office of the secretary and the administration of the fiscal affairs division; provided, that the secretary shall conduct an ongoing review of affirmative action steps taken by the various agencies, boards, departments, commissions or divisions to determine whether such agencies, boards, departments, commissions or divisions are complying with the commonwealth’s policies of non-discrimination and equal opportunity; provided further, that whenever non-compliance is determined by the secretary, the secretary shall hold a public hearing on the matter and report her 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, 2007; provided further, that agencies within the executive office may, with the prior approval of the secretary, streamline and improve administrative operations pursuant to interdepartmental service agreements; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance in conjunction with the trial court, the executive office of health and human services, the division of capital asset management and maintenance, the bureau of state office buildings and the division of energy resources, shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means concerning the commonwealth's energy costs, which shall include, but not be limited to: (a) energy consumption and costs incurred by commonwealth-owned or operated facilities, including the state house, state office buildings, hospitals, courthouses, correction facilities and related properties, (b) cost saving initiatives relating to energy consumption and procurement, (c) the energy consumption and costs for all vehicles operated by the commonwealth and its subsidiary secretariats and agencies, and (d) the current status of the state’s energy infrastructure and plans for either replacement or conversion of existing systems; provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than January 25, 2008; and provided further, that the budget director shall report on a quarterly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means the status of all cost avoidance projects which are undertaken pursuant to item 1000-0001....................................................................... $3,826,821
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 $7,648,500 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, as reported in the state accounting system $7,648,500
1102-3214 For the state transportation building; provided, that the division may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $7,600,000 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 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 $7,600,000
1102-3231 For the Springfield state office building; provided, that the division may expend not more than $850,000 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 $850,000
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........................ $6,440,277
1102-3302 For the purposes of utility costs and associated contracts for the properties managed by the bureau of state office buildings............................................................................................................................................ $7,323,626
1102-3306 For the maintenance and joint operation of the state house under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of state office buildings and the legislature’s joint committee on rules; provided, that the bureau shall work in coordination with the house of representatives and the senate relative to the maintenance, repair, purchases and payments for materials and services.......................................................................................................................................... $750,000
1102-3307 For state house accessibility coordination, including communications access to public hearings and meetings $239,000
1107-2400 For the office on disability..................................................................................................................... $724,977
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 capable of being recorded, that all persons who call the hotline are immediately informed that all calls are routinely recorded and that each such person is provided with the opportunity to elect that the call not be recorded................................................................................................................... $1,988,247
Civil
Service Commission.
1108-1011 For the civil service commission; provided, that the General Fund shall be reimbursed for the appropriation herein through a fee charged on a per claim basis; provided further, that the commission shall develop and implement regulations to implement reimbursement to the General Fund; and provided further, that the civil service commission shall have the power to assess a fee upon the appointing authority when inappropriate action has occurred $512,366
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 $3,047,718
1108-5200 For the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2008; 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 2008, and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2008; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge the division of unemployment assistance and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions, which have federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose, for that portion of insurance premiums and plan costs as the secretary determines should be borne by such funds, and shall notify the comptroller of the amounts to be transferred, after similar determination, from the several state or other funds and amounts received in payment of all such charges or such transfers shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that prior year costs incurred by self-insured plans shall be funded from this item; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts expended from this item for prior year costs; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall obtain reimbursement for premium and administrative expenses from other agencies and authorities not funded by state appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may charge all agencies for the commonwealth’s share of the health insurance costs incurred on behalf of any employees of those agencies who are on leave of absence for a period of more than 1 year; provided further, that the amounts received in payment for the charges shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding section 26 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the commission may negotiate, purchase and execute contracts before July 1 of each year for policies of group insurance as authorized by chapter 32A of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 150E of the General Laws and as provided in section 8 of chapter 32A and for the purposes of section 14 of chapter 32A, the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for state employees who have retired before July 1, 1994, shall be 90 per cent and the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for state employees who have retired on or after July 1, 1994, shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium for active employees upon retirement shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the premiums for active state employees and their dependents shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the premiums for active state employees hired after June 30, 2003, and their dependents shall be 80 per cent; provided further, that the commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means by March 15 of each year of the cost of the commonwealth’s projected share of group insurance premiums for the next fiscal year; and provided further, that the group insurance commission may pay premium and plan costs for municipal employees and retirees who are enrolled in the group insurance commission’s health plans pursuant to the commission’s regulations............................. $736,866,118
1108-5350 For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments....................................................... $736,327
1108-5400 For the costs of the retired municipal teachers’ premiums and the audit of such premiums.. $83,926,853
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.......................................................................... $6,869,468
Division
of Administrative Law Appeals.
1110-1000 For the operation of the division of administrative law appeals, established by section 4H of chapter 7 of the General Laws; provided, that the division shall maintain, to the fullest extent practicable, a complete physical and technological separation from any agency, department, board, commission or program whose decisions, determinations or actions may be appealed to it; provided further, that every decision issued by a commissioner or other head of agency, or designee, following the issuance of a recommended decision by an administrative law judge of the division, shall be an agency decision subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the processing and adjudication of all pending and newly-filed department of environmental protection appeals.................................................................................................. $1,360,836
George Fingold Library.
1120-4005 For
the administration of the George Fingold library;
provided, that the library shall maintain regular hours of operation from
1120-4006 The
George Fingold library may expend revenues collected,
up to a maximum of $10,000, from the fees charged for copying services;
provided, that the library shall submit a report that details revenue collected
and expenditures made to the house and senate committees on ways and means on
or before
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 the unit; provided further, that the department shall maintain regional offices in the cities of Springfield, Pittsfield, Fall River and Worcester and in the Hyannis section of the town of Barnstable; provided further, that the department shall provide to the general court access to the municipal data bank; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account are positions requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis, beginning no earlier than December 1 and ending no later than November 30; provided further, that seasonal positions funded by this account may not be filled by an incumbent for more than 10 months within a 12 month period; and provided further, that in order to increase participation in the earned income credit program, the department shall: (a) not later than January 1, 2008, provide to every employer, without charge, a notice in conformity with clause (iii) of subsection (d) of section 62A of chapter 151A of the General Laws concerning the availability of the federal and state earned income credits, including the option to receive the credit in paychecks throughout the year, and require every employer to post the notice in conformity with section 16 of chapter 151 of the General Laws; (b) work with the chambers of commerce, municipalities, community-based organizations, taxpayer advocates and labor organizations to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information concerning the availability of the credits; and (c) not later than March 1, 2008, file a report with the joint committee on revenue and the house and senate committees on ways and means concerning its efforts under this proviso to increase earned income credit participation............................................................................................. $122,062,516
General Fund ..................................................................................... 95.0%
Highway Fund ..................................................................................... 5.0%
1201-0130 The department of revenue may expend for the operation of the department an amount not to exceed $16,330,000 from revenues collected by the additional auditors for an enhanced audit program; provided, that the auditors shall: discover and identify persons who are delinquent either in the filing of a tax return or the payment of a tax due and payable to the commonwealth; obtain said delinquent returns; and collect such delinquent taxes for a prior fiscal year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses, and the comptroller may certify for payment, amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that the department shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) the amount of revenue produced from these additional auditors, and (2) the amount of revenue produced by this item in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007............................. $16,330,000
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; 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, 1201-0410 and 1201-0412................................................................................................................ $50,513,466
1201-0164 For the child support enforcement division; provided, that the division may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $6,547,280 from the federal reimbursements awarded for personnel and lower subsidiary related expenditures; 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 this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system.................................................. $6,547,280
1231-1000 For the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund, established in section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways means and the secretary of administration and finance no later than October 1, 2007, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) an analysis of the options for reducing operating costs of the authority; (b) the use of contracts with private entities for the operation and maintenance of facilities owned or operated by the authority; and (c) the cost savings and any legislation necessary to effectuate the proposed recommendations of the report........................................................................................................................................................... $15,000,000
1231-1020 For a program of loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees or interest subsidies to assist homeowners, homeowner associations or condominium associations in complying with revised state environmental code for subsurface disposal of sanitary waste, Title V; provided, that the program shall be in addition to the loan program established pursuant to item 2200-9959 in section 2 of chapter 85 of the acts of 1994; provided further, that the department may contract with third parties, including, but not limited to, commonwealth-based financial institutions to manage the program; provided further, that the department and the third parties shall take all steps necessary to minimize the program’s administrative costs; provided further, that the loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees shall be available on the basis of a sliding scale that relates a homeowner’s income and assets to the cost of Title V compliance; provided further, that interest subsidies shall be means-tested and may be for zero-interest loans pursuant to income standards developed by the department; and provided further, that the department of revenue shall consult with the department of environmental protection in developing rules, regulations and guidelines for said program, prior appropriation continued.
1232-0100 For underground storage tank reimbursements to parties that have remediated spills of petroleum products pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that in the prioritization of claims, consideration shall be given to claimants who own not more than 2 dispensing facilities.......................................................................... $18,200,000
1232-0200 For
the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund administrative review
board, established by section 8 of chapter 21J of the General Laws, and for the
administration of the underground storage tank program associated with the
implementation of said chapter 21J; provided, that notwithstanding section 4 of
said chapter 21J or any other general or special law to the contrary,
appropriations made in this item shall be sufficient to cover the
administrative expenses of the underground storage tank program; provided further,
that the board shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and
means a report on the status of the underground storage program, including, but
not limited to, the number of municipal grants made for the removal and
replacement of underground storage tanks and the reimbursements for remediated petroleum spills; provided further, that the
report shall detail how many tanks are out of compliance with said chapter 21J;
and provided further, that the report shall be submitted not later than
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...................................... $465,406
1233-2000 For the tax abatement program for certain veterans, widows, blind persons and the elderly; provided, that cities and towns shall be reimbursed for the abatements granted 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................................................................................................................................... $17,241,130
1233-2006 For reimbursing cities and towns for additional exemptions from the motor vehicle excise granted pursuant to the seventh paragraph of section 1 of chapter 60A of the General Laws, as amended by sections 13 to 14 of section 1 of chapter 260 of the acts of 2006............................................................................................................................ $1,468,525
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 not later than
1310-1001 The appellate tax board may expend revenues up to a maximum of $300,000 from fees collected; provided, that in order to accommodate discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the board may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system.......................................... $300,000
Department
of Veterans’ Services.
1410-0010 For the operation of the department of veterans’ services; provided, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the purpose of maintaining the Massachusetts Vietnam veterans memorial located in the Green Hill park in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Korean War veterans committee of Massachusetts for the purpose of maintaining the Korean War memorial located in the shipyard park of the Charlestown navy yard; and provided further, that the department may expend funds for the Glory 54th Brigade............................................................................................................................................................. $2,142,102
1410-0012 For
services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach
centers; provided, that the centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated
veterans and to Vietnam era veterans and their families who may have been
exposed to agent orange; provided further, that these centers shall also
provide services to veterans who were discharged after
1410-0015 For the women veterans’ outreach program.......................................................................................... $42,282
1410-0018 The department may expend not more than $300,000 for the maintenance and operation of Agawam and Winchendon veterans’ cemeteries from revenue collected from fees, grants, gifts or other contributions to the cemeteries; prior appropriations continued .................................................................................................................. $300,000
1410-0100 For the revenue maximization project of the executive office of elder affairs to identify individuals eligible for veterans’ pensions who are currently receiving home health care services.................................................. $98,000
1410-0250 For homelessness services; provided, that not less than $652,395 shall be obligated for a contract with the Southeastern Massachusetts Veterans Housing Program, Inc., in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $625,105 shall be obligated for a contract with the central Massachusetts Shelter for Homeless Veterans in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $405,500 shall be obligated for contracts with the Veterans Hospice Homestead in the city of Leominster and the Veterans Hospice in the town of Fitchburg; provided further, that not less than $220,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the United Veterans of America shelter in the town of Leeds; provided further, that not less than $199,405 shall be obligated for a contract with Unity House in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center in the city of Haverhill for homelessness services; provided further, that not less than $42,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Turner House located in the town of Williamstown; provided further, that not less than $37,350 shall be obligated for a contract with the Homestead in the town of Hyannis; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for transitional services at Our Neighbor’s Table in Amesbury. $2,621,930
1410-0251 For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston.................................................................. $2,276,703
1410-0300 For the payment of annuities to certain disabled veterans and the parents and un-remarried spouses of certain deceased veterans; provided, that the payments shall be made pursuant to section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided further, that the department shall take reasonable steps to terminate payments upon the death of a recipient; provided further, that the department shall prorate annuity payments to ensure that the total payments in fiscal year 2008 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............ $18,103,768
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 chapter 118E applications and advise the applicant and the veterans’ agent of the applicant’s eligibility for chapter 118E healthcare; provided further, that the veterans’ agent shall advise the applicant of the right to assistance for medical benefits under 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 ..................................................... $15,165,374
1410-0630 For
the administration of the veterans’ cemeteries in the towns of
Reserves.
1599-0025 To
provide the commonwealth’s customers with the convenience of expanded access to
internet payment options and to improve revenue collections and cash flow, the
secretary of the executive office for administration and finance may expend an
amount not to exceed $1,000,000 collected from payments made electronically to
subsidize the costs associated with processing those payments; provided, that
the secretary, in consultation with the comptroller, may enter into agreements
with state agencies to provide for an electronic transaction fee subsidy, which
shall be structured to expire after 3 years.................................................................................................... $1,000,000
1599-0035 For certain debt service contract assistance to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, in accordance with section 39 of chapter 190 of the acts of 1982; provided, that the assistance shall be expended notwithstanding section 35J of chapter 10 of the General Laws........................................................................................... $2,533,359
1599-0042 For
a reserve to improve the quality of the commonwealth’s early education and care
system; provided, that payments from this reserve shall be distributed by the
department of early education and care to increase reimbursement rates for
subsidized early education and care; provided further, that the increases shall
be directed to expenditures for salaries, benefits and stipends for
professional development of early education and care workers or programmatic
quality improvements; provided further, that the remainder of the funds
appropriated herein shall be used to adjust said rates so as to reduce disparities
between said rates relative to the relevant private market rates, including
such disparities as those between the rates paid for the same type of care from
items 3000-3050, 3000-4050 and 3000-4060 and those paid from item 3000-4000,
those between the rates paid for services for infants and toddlers and those
paid for services for other children, and those between the rates paid for
services provided by family child care providers and those paid for services
provided by other providers; and provided further, that all the adjustments
shall be subject to the approval of the board of early education and care........................................................................................... $7,000,000
1599-0049 For
contract assistance payments to the Foxborough Industrial Development Financing
Authority in accordance with section 8 of chapter 16 of the acts of 1999.................................................................................... $4,935,988
1599-0050 For
Route 3 North contract assistance payments......................................................................... $26,757,093
1599-0093 For
contract assistance to the water pollution abatement trust for debt service
obligations of the trust, pursuant to sections 6, 6A and 18 of chapter 29C of the General Laws..................................................... $64,166,198
1599-1970 For
a reserve for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority for costs incurred in fiscal
year 2007 for the operation and maintenance of the Central Artery/Ted Williams
Tunnel Project pursuant to chapter 235 of the acts of 1998........................................................................................................................................................... $25,000,000
1599-1971 For
the cost of hired and leased equipment, vehicle repair, and sand, salt, and
other control chemicals used for snow and ice control; provided, that the
secretary for administration and finance shall submit to the house and senate
committees on post audit and oversight, the house and senate committees on
transportation and the house and senate committees on ways and means a report
on snow and ice control efforts no later than
1599-3234 For
the commonwealth’s
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................................................................................................................... $2,500,000
1599-3856 For
rent and associated costs at the
1599-3857 For
capital lease payments from the
1599-6901 For
a reserve to adjust the wages, compensation or salary and associated
employee-related costs to personnel earning less than $40,000 in annual
compensation who are employed by private human service providers that deliver
human and social services under contracts with departments within the executive
office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs;
provided, that home care workers shall be eligible for funding from this
appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and
finance may allocate the funds appropriated in this item to the departments in
order to implement this initiative; provided further, that the executive office
of health and human services shall condition the expenditure of the reserve
upon assurances that the funds shall be used solely for the purposes of
adjustments to wages, compensation or salary; provided further, that not later
than February 15, 2008, the executive office shall submit to the house and
senate committees on ways and means a report delineating the number of
employees, by job title and average salary, receiving the adjustment in fiscal
year 2008 and the average percentage adjustment funded by this reserve;
provided further, that the report shall also include, for each contract scheduled
to receive any allocation from this item in each such department, the total
payroll expenditures in each contract for the categories of personnel scheduled
to receive the adjustments; provided further, that no funds from this item
shall be allocated to special education programs under chapter 71B of the
General Laws, contracts for early education and care services or programs for
which payment rates are negotiated and paid as class rates as established by
the division of health care finance and policy; provided further, that no funds
shall be allocated from this item to contracts funded exclusively by federal
grants as delineated in section 2D; provided further, that the total fiscal
year 2008 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 2009 shall not exceed the amount appropriated
herein; and provided further, that the executive office shall submit a plan by
January 1, 2008, to the executive office of administration and finance and the
house and senate committees on ways and means with recommendations for moving
toward a more rational, market-based system for reimbursement rates for social
services purchased under the purchase-of-service system; provided further, that
the plan shall organize current services according to their similarity of
purpose, cost structure and intended outcome; provided further, that the plan
shall outline a strategy and resource requirements to restructure reimbursement
rates for services; and provided further, that the plan shall be based on a
comprehensive cost and market analysis with regard to unit rates, uniform
pricing, efficiency standards, performance outcomes, annual rate of inflation,
cost comparison of current system versus proposed system and other relevant
factors, as determined by the executive office........................................................................................................................................................... $20,000,000
1599-7011 For a
comprehensive review of the state's education accountability system including a
plan for a streamlined, effective system that meets the educational goals of
the entire state and provides schools and districts with the professional
assistance necessary to improve teaching and learning for all students................................... $300,000
1599-7104 For a reserve for the facilities costs associated with the college of visual and performing arts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided, that funds may be expended for Bristol Community College $2,700,000
Division
of Human Resources.
1750-0100 For
the operation of the human resources division and the costs of administration,
training, and customer support related to the commonwealth’s human resources
and compensation management system; provided, that the information technology
division shall continue a chargeback system for its bureau of computer services
including the operation of the commonwealth’s human resources and compensation
management system, which complies with the requirements of section 2B; provided
further, that the division shall be responsible for the administration of
examinations for state and municipal civil service titles, establishment of
eligible lists, certification of eligible candidates to state and municipal
appointing authorities, technical assistance in selection and appointment to
state and municipal appointing authorities; provided further, that
notwithstanding clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or
any other general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of
administration and finance shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be
collected from each applicant for a civil service examination; provided
further, that the division shall administer a program of state employee
unemployment management, including, but not limited to, agency training and
assistance; provided further, that the division shall administer the statewide
classification system, including, but not limited to, maintaining a
classification pay plan for civil service titles within the commonwealth in
accordance with generally accepted compensation standards and reviewing appeals
for reclassification; provided further, that the secretary for administration
and finance shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means
the amounts of any and all economic benefits necessary to fund any incremental
cost items contained in any collective bargaining agreements with the various
classified public employees’ unions; provided further, that the nature and
scope of economic proposals contained in those agreements shall include all
fixed percentage or dollar based salary adjustments, non-base payments or other
forms of compensation and all supplemental fringe benefits resulting in any
incremental costs; and provided further, that any employee of the commonwealth
who chooses to participate in a bone marrow donor program or an organ donor
transplant program shall be granted a leave of absence with pay to undergo the
medical procedure and for associated physical recovery time, but this leave
shall not exceed 5 days $4,044,456
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 as
reported in the state accounting system.................. $1,327,500
1750-0111 For
the planning and implementation of a civil service continuous testing program
and the operation of the bypass appeals process program; provided, that the
division shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on
ways and means detailing the number of tests administered and the amount of
revenue collected through the program................................................................................................................................................. $101,403
1750-0119 For
payment of workers’ compensation benefits to certain former employees of
Middlesex and Worcester counties; provided, that the division shall routinely
recertify the former employees pursuant to current workers’ compensation
procedures.............................................................................................................................................. $76,350
1750-0201 The
human resources division may expend not more than $350,000 from revenues
collected for implementation of the medical and physical fitness standards
program established pursuant to sections 61A and 61B of chapter 31 of the
General Laws and chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the personnel
administrator shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each
applicant who participates in the physical ability test; provided further, that
the human resources division shall submit a semi-annual report to the house and
senate committees on ways and means detailing all expenditures on the program
including, but not limited to, the costs of personnel, consultants,
administration of the wellness program, establishment of standards and any
other related costs of the program; and provided further, that the division
shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means by
1750-0300 For
the commonwealth’s contributions in fiscal year 2008 to health and welfare
funds established pursuant to certain collective bargaining agreements;
provided, that the contributions shall be calculated as provided in the
applicable collective bargaining agreement and shall be paid to the health and
welfare trust funds on a monthly basis or on such other basis as the applicable
collective bargaining agreement provides............................... $25,421,036
Operational
Services Division.
1775-0100 For
the operation of the operational services division; provided, that the division
shall expend funds for the purpose of achieving savings pursuant to this act;
provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the
contrary, the division of purchased services of the operational services
division which, under section 274 of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993, is
responsible for determining prices for programs under chapter 71B of the
General Laws, shall set the prices in fiscal year 2008 by increasing the final
fiscal year 2007 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 2008;
provided further, that programs for which prices in fiscal year 2007 were lower
than the full amount permitted by the division of purchased services shall be
permitted to charge in fiscal year 2008 the full price calculated for fiscal
year 2007 adjusted by the rate of inflation as determined by the division;
provided further, that upon the request of a program, the operational services
division shall authorize a minimum price for the program to charge out-of-state
purchasers; and provided further, that the division shall determine the minimum
price for out-of-state purchasers by identifying the most recent price
calculated for the program and applying the estimated rates of inflation which
are established by December 1 of each year pursuant to section 274 of chapter
110 of the acts of 1993 in a compounded manner for each fiscal year following
the most recent calculated price .................................. $2,052,506
1775-0124 The
operational services division may expend an amount not to exceed $500,000 from
revenue collected in the recovery of cost-reimbursement and non-reimbursable
over billing and recoupment for health and human
service agencies and as a result of administrative reviews, as determined
during the division’s audits and reviews of providers pursuant to section 274
of chapter 110 of the acts of 1993; provided, that the division may only retain
revenues collected in excess of $207,350............................................................................................................................................ $500,000
1775-0600 The
operational services division may expend not more than $100,000 in revenues
from the sale of state surplus personal property, including the payment,
expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and
distribution of surplus property; provided, that for the purpose of
accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and
related expenditures, the operational services division may incur expenses and
the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this
authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state
accounting system, including the costs of personnel.............................. $100,000
1775-0700 The
operational services division may expend not more than $53,000 in revenues
collected in addition to the amount authorized in item 1775-1000 of section 2B,
for printing, photocopying, related graphic art or design work and other
reprographic goods and services provided to the general public, including all
necessary incidental expenses $53,000
1775-0900 The
operational services division may expend not more than $55,000 in revenues
collected pursuant to chapter 449 of the acts of 1984 and section 4L of chapter
7 of the General Laws, including the costs of personnel, from the sale of
federal surplus property, including the payment, expenses and liabilities for
the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of federal surplus
property; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between
the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational
services division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for
payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most
recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system....................................................................... $55,000
1775-1100 The
operational services division may expend not more than $500,000 in revenues
collected from the disposal of surplus motor vehicles, including, but not
limited to, state police vehicles from vehicle accident and damage claims and
from manufacturer warranties, rebates and settlements, for the purchase of
motor vehicles; provided, that the division shall evaluate the use of
technology, the internet, and online
auctions to enhance the sales of surplus vehicles and submit a report of its
findings to the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the house
and senate committees on post audit and oversight on or before
1775-1101 For
the operation of the affirmative marketing program, housed within the
operational services division, for costs associated with the administration of
services for minority and women business owners to develop and maintain
equitable practices and policies in the public marketplace........................................................... $299,588
Information
Technology Division.
1790-0100 For
the operation of the information technology division; provided, that the
division shall continue a chargeback system for its bureau of computer services
including the operation of the commonwealth’s human resources and compensation
management system, which complies with the requirements of section 2B; provided
further, that the division shall develop a formula to determine the cost that
will be charged to each agency for its use of the human resources and
compensation management system; provided further, that the division may
coordinate with any state agency or state authority which administers a grant
program to develop a statewide grant information page on the commonwealth’s
official worldwide web site, that shall include all necessary application forms
and a grant program reference in a format that is retrievable and printable;
provided further, that the division shall continue conducting audits and
surveys to identify and realize savings in the acquisition and maintenance of
communications lines; provided further, that the commissioner shall file an
annual status report with the house and senate committees on ways and means by
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 ENERGY
Office
of the Secretary.
2000-0100 For
the operation of the office of the secretary of energy and environmental
affairs, including the water resources commission, the hazardous waste facility
site safety council, the coastal zone management program, 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 $75,000 shall be expended to the UMass
Lowell’s Center for Family, Work and Community and partnering with the executive
office of energy and environmental affairs to develop an outreach research
project based on the Green Building Initiative; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for
a one to one matching grant to the Cape Cod bay sanctuary program; and provided
further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a coastal shore
water testing program administered by the Coalition for Buzzards Bay............................................................................................................................................................. $6,677,069
2000-9900 For the office of geographic and environmental information established in section 4B of chapter 21A of the General Laws................................................................................................................................................................ $290,874
2001-1001 The
secretary of energy and environmental affairs may expend not more than $125,000
from fees charged to entities other than political subdivisions of the
commonwealth for the distribution of digital cartographic and other data for
the review of environmental notification forms pursuant to sections 61 to 62H,
inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws................................................................................................................................................................ $125,000
2010-0100 For recycling
and related purposes consistent with the recycling plan of the solid waste
master plan which includes municipal equipment, a municipal recycling incentive
program, recycled product procurement, guaranteed annual tonnage assistance,
recycling transfer stations, source reduction and technical assistance,
consumer education and participation campaign, municipal household hazardous
waste program, the recycling loan program, research and development, recycling
market development and recycling business development, and the operation of the
Springfield materials recycling facility; provided, that funds may be expended
for a recycling industry reimbursement program pursuant to section 241 of
chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; and provided further, that funds may be
expended on municipal recycling incentives and equipment grants................................................................ $2,145,456
2010-0200 For
redemption centers; provided, that the department of environmental protection
shall expend the funds appropriated in this item for a program to preserve the
continuing ability of redemption centers to maintain operations in pursuit of
the commonwealth’s recycling goals consistent with section 323 of chapter 94 of
the General Laws; provided further, that for the purposes of this item and said
chapter 94, a redemption center shall be any business registered with the
commonwealth whose primary purpose is the redemption of reusable beverage
containers; provided further, that the program shall take into consideration
the volume of redeemables per redemption center, the
length of time the center has been in operation, the number of returnables redeemed quarterly by the centers, the
submission by the centers of documentation of their redeemed returnables to the department and the costs of
transportation, packing, storage and labor; and provided further, that a
redemption center shall be eligible for the funds if registered with the
commonwealth as of
2020-0100 For
toxics use reduction technical assistance and technology in accordance with
chapter 21I of the General Laws............................................................................................................................................................. $1,534,463
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; and provided
further, that funds from this item shall not be expended for the purposes of
item 2030-1004................................................................ $10,801,950
2030-1004 For environmental police private details; provided, that the office may expend revenues of up to $500,000 collected from the fees charged for private details; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system................................................................................................................................................................ $500,000
Department
of Public Utilities.
2100-0012 For the operations of the department of public utilities; provided, that notwithstanding the second sentence of the first paragraph of section 18 of chapter 25 of the General Laws, the assessments levied for fiscal year 2008 under that paragraph shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce $6,276,014.......................................... $6,276,014
2100-0013 For the operation of the transportation division................................................................................ $584,812
2100-0014 The department of public utilities may expend for the operation of the energy facilities siting board an amount not to exceed $75,000 from application fees collected in fiscal year 2008 and prior fiscal years from utility companies.................................................................................................................................................................. $75,000
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; provided, that
section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws shall not apply to fees
established pursuant to section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided
further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the administration and enforcement
of the mercury management act; provided further, that not less than $35,000
shall be provided to the town of Millville for water contamination remediation
services; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for department
of environmental protection pump testing at the Cole property site for a
municipal water supply for the town of Carver; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
for the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program........................................................................................................................................................... $33,778,004
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; and provided further, that the wetlands fees that will be
directed into the General Fund shall not be lower than the amount deposited at
the end of fiscal year 2004...................................................................................................................... $1,200,000
2210-0100 For
the implementation and administration of chapter 21I of the General Laws;
provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means not later than
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............................................................................................................................................................. $1,048,831
2220-2221 For
the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance
program required under the federal Clean Air Act..................................................................................................................................... $2,049,996
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..................................................................................................................................... $1,593,756
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.......... $16,116,601
2260-8872 For
the brownfields site audit program............................................................................................. $1,847,248
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......................................................................................... $377,680
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; and provided further, that $50,000 in matching funds shall be
provided to the National Marine Life Center for animal care.............................. $545,106
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....................................................................................................................................................... $578,198
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 2007 for such research; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended
to continue to operate fish hatcheries in the towns of Montague and Sandwich;
provided further, that the department shall expend the amount necessary to
restore anadromous fish in the Connecticut and
Merrimack river systems; provided further, that expenditures for such programs
shall be contingent upon prior approval of the proper federal authorities for
reimbursement of at least 75 per cent of the amount so expended; and provided
further, that funds may be expended to supplement the natural heritage and
endangered species program $9,660,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund.................................................... 100.0%
2310-0306 For
the hunter safety training program................................................................................................ $472,459
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund.................................................... 100.0%
2310-0316 For
the purpose of land containing wildlife habitat and for the costs of the
division of fisheries and wildlife directly related to the administration of
the wildlands stamp program pursuant to sections 2A
and 2C of chapter 131 of the General Laws; provided, that funds shall not be
expended from this item in the AA object class for the compensation of state
employees assigned to any item........................................................................................... $1,500,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund .................................................. 100.0%
2310-0317 For
the waterfowl management program pursuant to section 11 of chapter 131 of the
General Laws $85,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ................................................... 100.0%
2320-0100 For
the administration of the public access board, including the maintenance,
operation, and improvements of public access land and water areas; provided,
that positions funded in this item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the
General Law.......................................................................................................................................... $630,419
2330-0100 For
the operation of the division of marine fisheries, including expenses of the Annisquam river marine research laboratory, marine research
programs, a commercial fisheries program, a shellfish management program,
including coastal area classification, mapping and technical assistance, and
for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and shellfish
classification program; provided, that $300,000 shall be expended on a
recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that not less than
$333,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish
purification plant and that plant shall generate not less than $115,000 from
purification fees; provided further,
that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the joint operation of a
shellfish propagation program on Cape Cod between the division and the
Barnstable county department of health and environment; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Family
Fishing Assistance Center in the city of New Bedford; and provided further,
that $50,000 shall be expended for the Family Fishing Assistance Center in the
city of Gloucester..................................................................................................................................... $4,794,365
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 ................................................................................................................................................... $580,439
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, that not less than $45,000 shall
be expended for shellfish propagation on the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and
Nantucket to be administered by the state aquaculture coordinator and Dukes and
Nantucket counties; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for 4H
activities from this item; provided
further, that $50,000 shall be expended on the YouthGROW
program; provided further, that not
less than $10,000 shall be expended to the Plymouth Animal shelter; 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 funding
for agricultural business training and technical assistance......................................................................................................................... $4,692,183
2511-0105 For the purchase of supplemental foods for the Massachusetts emergency food assistance program within the America's second harvest nationally-certified food bank system of Massachusetts; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall reflect the America's second harvest allocation formula, to benefit the four regional food banks in Massachusetts: The Greater Boston Food Bank, Merrimack Valley Good Bank, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and Worcester County Food Bank; and provided further, that the department may assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation herein.................................................................. $10,500,000
2511-2000 For the Agricultural Innovation Center; provided, that the Agricultural Innovation Center shall provide a broad range of technical and business development services to the commonwealth’s agricultural producers that may add value to the producers products and services; provided further, that the Agricultural Innovation Center shall develop an outreach program to identify and foster new, innovative ideas and approaches to adding value to the commonwealth’s agricultural economy; and provided further, that the Agricultural Innovation Center shall solicit requests from the commonwealth’s agricultural industry for funding and technical assistance in training, marketing, distribution, applied research, agri-tourism, aquaculture, forestry, processing, fiber and agricultural resource management $1,500,000
2511-3002 For
the Integrated Pest Management program................................................................................... $300,000
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 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 any general or special law to the contrary,
all offices and positions of the division performing construction activities
for the department of conservation and recreation shall be subject to
classification under sections 45 to 50, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General
Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding section 3B of chapter 7 of the
General Laws, the department shall establish or renegotiate fees, licenses,
permits, rents and leases, and to adjust or develop other revenue sources to
fund the maintenance, operation, and administration of the department; provided
further, that an annual report shall be submitted to the house and senate
committees on ways and means regarding fee adjustments not later than February
14, 2008; provided further, that notwithstanding 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 the department of conservation and recreation shall provide the
house and senate committees on ways and means with a 30 day notice before any intersubsidiary 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
2007; provided further, that the department shall maintain and retain all
operations, programs, real property and employees related to the Connecticut
River Action Program to promote the conservation and protection of the unique
natural resources present in the Connecticut river valley; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law
to the contrary, the department shall continue to fund a maintenance contract
for daily trash removal at Revere beach through proceeds received by the city
of Revere and the department of conservation and recreation pursuant to section
29 of chapter 236 of the acts of 2002 and section 2 of this act; and provided further, that the
department shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means at
least 30 days before closing any
facility owned or operated by the department............................................................................................................ $5,451,481
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 the
General Laws; provided further, that $48,000 shall be expended for the flood
control activities undertaken by the Thames river valley communities of
Massachusetts in conjunction with the state of Connecticut; provided further,
that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the invasive weed control in
the Pepperell pond impoundment of the Nashua river of Groton and Pepperell;
provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for invasive
weed control on the Charles river in Waltham; provided further, that $50,000
shall be expended for the maintenance of invasive aquatic weeds on the Charles river
in Auburndale; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for
aquatic weed control in the Upper Mystic lake in Winchester; and provided
further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for weed control in
Winter pond in Winchester ........................................................................................................... $1,986,548
2800-0401 For
a program to provide stormwater management for all
properties and roadways under the care, custody and control of the department
of conservation and recreation; provided, that the department shall develop and
implement a stormwater management program in
compliance with federal and state stormwater
management requirements; provided further, that the department shall inventory
all existing stormwater infrastructure, assess its
current stormwater practices, analyze long term
capital and operational needs, and develop a stormwater
management plan to comply with federal and state regulatory requirements; and
provided further, that in order to protect public safety and to protect water
resources for water supply, recreational and ecosystem uses, the department
will immediately implement interim stormwater
management practices including but not limited to street sweeping, inspection
and cleaning of catch basins, and emergency repairs to roadway drainage................................................................................... $941,288
2800-0500 For
the freshwater and saltwater beaches under the control of the department of
conservation and recreation; provided, that all beaches shall remain open and
staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day; provided further, that the beaches
shall have their full amount of required maintenance and upkeep; provided
further, that no less than $35,000 shall be expended for the cleanup of Pilayella algae on Nahant Beach Reservation; provided further, that not less than
$100,000 shall be expended for the Jones River Watershed Association of
Kingston for program support; and provided
further, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate
committees on ways and means not later than
2800-0600 For
the pools and spray pools under the control of the department of conservation
and recreation; provided, that all pools and spray pools shall remain open and
staffed from Memorial Day through Labor Day; provided further, that the pools
and spray pools shall have their full amount of required maintenance and
upkeep; and provided further, that the department shall file a report with the
house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
2800-0700 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 ............................................................................................................................. $1,045,000
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 Watson’s Pond state park in Taunton and
Ames Nowell state park in Abington shall remain open
and appropriately staffed to allow public swimming and recreation for the
season; provided further, that
$185,000 shall be expended for the Schooner Ernestina commission; and provided further, that the level
of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year 2008 shall
not be reduced from fiscal year 2007................................................................................................................................ $22,255,308
2810-0200 For
summer employment programs at department of conservation and recreation
facilities; provided, that the programs shall include peer-led youth recreation
and interpretive programs, a youth all-star band, and a park repair and
improvement program by skilled and unskilled laborers; provided further, that
the programs shall provide opportunities for underprivileged populations,
especially in economic development areas........................ $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 2007 shall continue to receive such benefits
in fiscal year 2008 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 $5,570,015
2810-2040 The
division of state parks and recreation may expend not more than $4,454,826 from revenue collected from fees charged by
the division, including revenues collected from campsite reservation
transactions from the automated campground reservation and registration program
for additional expenses, upkeep and improvements to the parks and recreation
system and for the personnel costs of seasonal employees; provided, that no
funds from this item shall be expended for the costs of full-time equivalent
personnel; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing
discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related
expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify
for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most
recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided
further, that no expenditures made in advance of the receipts shall be
permitted to exceed 75 per cent of the amount of revenues projected by the
first quarterly statement required by section 1B; provided further, that the
comptroller shall notify house and senate committees on ways and means at the
time subsequent quarterly statements are published of the variance between
actual and projected receipts in each such quarter and the implications of that
variance for expenditures made; and provided further, that the division may
issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item $4,454,826
2820-0100 For
the administration, operation and maintenance of the division of urban parks
and recreation, including for the maintenance, operation and related costs of
the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the
care, custody and control of the division, flood control activities of the
division, purchase of all necessary supplies and related equipment, and the
civilianization of crossing guards located at division intersections where
state police previously performed such duties; provided, that no less than $45,000
shall be expended for the maintenance of Red Rock park on Lynn Shore drive in
the city of Lynn; provided further, that the parkways, boulevards, roadways,
bridges and related appurtenances under the care and custody of the metropolitan
district commission in fiscal year 2003 shall remain solely under the
jurisdiction, custody and care of the division of urban parks and recreation; provided
further, that not less than $3,900 shall be expended on the Senator Charles E.
Shannon Crossing Guard Corps at the corner of Mystic avenue and Shore drive in
the city of Somerville; provided further, that $297,000 shall be expended for
the James Michael Curley Recreation Center in the city of Boston; provided further, that no funds from
this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees;
provided further, that the rinks under the control of the department shall
remain open and staffed for the full rink season; and provided further, that
the level of funding for the beaches and pools from this item in fiscal year
2008 shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2007 $26,463,582
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.................................................................................................................................................. $1,914,803
2820-0200 For
seasonal hires of the division of urban parks and recreation; provided, that no
funds in this item shall be used for year-round seasonals;
provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General
Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item are positions requiring the
services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis
beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30, or
beginning not earlier than September 1 and ending not later than April 30; and
provided further, that notwithstanding said section 1 of said chapter 31, seasonal positions funded by this
item shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 8 months within a
12-month period ............................................................................................................................... $3,000,000
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 $1,000,000
2820-3001 The
division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,000,000 from
revenue collected from skating rink fees and rentals for the operation and
maintenance, including personnel costs, of 4 rinks between
2820-4420 For
the operation and maintenance of the Ponkapoag golf
course; provided, that the division of urban parks and recreation may expend
not more than $1,100,000 from revenue
collected from fees generated by the golf course; provided further, that for
the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained
revenue and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the
comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this
authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state
accounting system; and provided further, notwithstanding section 1 of chapter
31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this account are positions
requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than a
full-time basis beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than
November 30............................ $1,100,000
2820-4421 For
the operation and maintenance of the Leo J. Martin golf course; provided, that
the division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,100,000 from revenue collected from fees
generated by the golf course; provided further, that for the purposes of
accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related
expenditures, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify
for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most
recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; and
provided further, notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws,
seasonal positions funded by this account shall be positions requiring the
services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than a full-time basis
beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30 ........................... $1,100,000
2820-9005 For the operation of street lighting on the division of urban parks and recreation parkways; provided, that no expenditure shall be made other than in the GG object class; and 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.............................................................................................................................................. $3,157,174
Division
of Energy Resources.
7006-1000 For
the operation of the division of energy resources................................................................... $1,027,121
7006-1001 For
the residential conservation service program under chapter 465 of the acts of
1980, and the commercial and apartment conservation service program pursuant to
section 11A of chapter 25A of the General Laws $201,272
7006-1003 For
the operation of the division of energy resources; provided, that
notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed
under section 11H of chapter 25A of the General Laws shall be equal to the
amount expended from this item...................................................................................................................... $441,404
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 the department shall report monthly to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on children and families, the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the secretary of administration and finance on the unduplicated number of children on waiting lists for state-subsidized early education and care programs and services; and provided further, that notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws, the department of early education and care, the lead agencies of community partnership councils, the child care resource and referral agencies, the department of 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.......................................................................................................................................... $11,567,320
3000-2000 For the regional administration of early education and care programs and services related to early education and care activities; provided, that the activities shall include, but not be limited to, voucher management, regional child care provider training, resource and referral for children with disabilities in child care programs, community-based programs that provide direct services to parents and coordination of waiting lists for state-subsidized early education and care; and provided further, that regional administration offices shall offer walk-in services for homeless families........................................................................................................................................................... $11,508,216
3000-2025 For
grants to community partnership councils to maximize local participation in the
programs and services of the department, and provide an opportunity for local
input into departmental goals and policies; provided, that said grants shall be
used by the councils to fund administrative costs, pay for program coordination
and support, provide outreach to hard to reach populations, encourage
comprehensive planning at the local level through interagency and community
collaboration, support comprehensive services for children and families, and
work to increase and improve the quality of programs; provided further, that
the department shall establish a consolidated application process by which said
councils may apply for any funds available to them through the department, and
a means of reporting expenditures that is consistent with the line item
structure of this act; provided further, that funds may be expended for
administrative costs of local councils; provided further, that recipients of
grants distributed from this item shall not expend more than $5,496,045 for
administrative costs, as defined by the department; and provided further, that
the department shall coordinate with the community partnership councils to
submit a report detailing all projected administrative expenditures by council
under this item, including all salaries and benefits, to the chairpersons of
the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairpersons of the joint
education committee no later than
3000-2050 For the administration of the Children’s Trust Fund; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of early education and care shall collaborate with Children’s Trust Fund on the implementation of section 202 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, but shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to the board ........................................................................................................................ $1,323,194
3000-3050 For supportive early education and care associated with the family stabilization program; provided, that funds from this item shall only be expended for early education and care costs of children with active cases at the department of social services; provided further, that active cases shall not include foster care vouchers or contracts; provided further, that the department of social services and the department of early education and care are directed to design and implement standards for early education and care placements made under this item; provided further, that the department of early education and care, in collaboration with the department of social services, shall maintain a centralized list detailing the number of children eligible for services in this item, the number of supportive slots filled, and the number of supportive slots available; provided further, that no waiting list for the services shall exist; provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive said services; provided further, that if the department determines that available appropriations for this program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and with the secretary of administration and finance, a report detailing the amount of appropriation needed to address such a deficiency; and provided further, that the commissioner of the department of early education and care may transfer funds to this item from items 3000-1000, 3000-4050 and 3000-4060, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before the transfer............................................................................................... $67,298,130
3000-4000 For
preschool programs and direct services provided to children from the age of 2
years and 9 months until they are kindergarten eligible, through a mixed system
of service delivery including cities, towns, regional school districts,
educational collaboratives, head start programs, and
licensed child care providers, under criteria, guidelines and eligibility
established by the board of early education and care; provided, that all families receiving services through this line item
shall be identified and enrolled from the centralized waiting list for
financial aid maintained by the department; provided further, that children
receiving services through this program shall retain priority status for future
services available through the department upon attaining the age of 5,
notwithstanding the receipt of services funded through this item; provided
further, that in allocating the funds and evaluating grant applications, the
board of early education and care shall give priority consideration to 3 and 4-year-old
children in cities and towns where high concentrations of low-income working
families reside; provided further, that not less than one-third of the total
slots funded through this line item shall
be for full-day, full-year care that meets the needs of working parents; provided
further, that for the purpose of this item, appropriated funds may be expended
through
3000-4050 For early education and care programs for families in transition; provided, that the department shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and contracted slots funded from this item and item 3000-3050 by category of eligibility; provided further, that the report shall include the number of recipients subject to subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 funded from this item; provided further, that recipients of benefits under the employment services program or any successor program, participants of any component activity under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children, former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are employed during the year after termination of benefits, former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children participating in education or training programs authorized by department of transitional assistance regulations, parents under the age of 18 currently enrolled in an education or job training program who would qualify for transitional aid for families with dependent children, but for the deeming of grandparents' income, and former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are employed or in an authorized period of job search as of the expiration of the transitional year, and require post-transitional early education and care vouchers, shall be paid for from this item; provided further, that recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children shall not be charged fees for care provided under this item; provided further, that early education and care for the children of teen parents receiving transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits, parents receiving supplemental security income payments and whose dependent children receive the aid, and teen parents at risk of becoming eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits shall be paid from this item; provided further, that all teens eligible for year-round full-time early education and care services shall be participating in school, education, work and training-related activities or a combination thereof for at least the minimum number of hours required by regulations promulgated for the program of transitional aid, whether or not such teens are recipients of benefits from the program; provided further, that early education and care slots funded from this item shall be distributed geographically in a manner that provides fair and adequate access to early education and care for all eligible individuals; provided further, that informal early education and care benefits shall be funded from this item; provided further, that not more than $2 per child per hour shall be paid for the services; provided further, that income-eligible early education and care shall not be funded from this item; provided further, that all early education and care providers that are part of a public school system shall accept vouchers from recipients funded through this appropriation; provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive said services; and provided further, that if the department determines that available appropriations for this program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and with the secretary of administration and finance, a report detailing the amount needed to address the deficiency $164,444,998
3000-4060 For
income-eligible early education and care subsidies; provided, that income
eligible subsidies shall not include the employment services child care
program, transitional child care programs, or post-transitional child care
programs; provided further, that the department of early education and care may
not fund programs from this item unless explicitly authorized; provided
further, that not less than 500 early education and care slots shall be
reserved for children in the foster care program at the department of social
services; provided further, that informal early education and care benefits for
families meeting income-eligibility criteria shall be funded from this item;
provided further, that not more than $2 per child per hour shall be paid for
the services; provided further, that early education and care slots funded from
this item shall be distributed geographically in a manner that provides fair
and adequate access to early education and care for all eligible individuals;
provided further, that all early education and care providers that are part of
a public school system shall be required to accept vouchers from recipients
funded through this appropriation; provided further, that the commissioner of
the department of early education and care may transfer funds to this item from
items 3000-1000 and 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 before the transfer; and provided further,
that the department shall maintain not less than the same number of vouchers
funded in fiscal year 2007....................................................................... $162,064,752
3000-5000 For matching funds to head start programs; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on early head start programs ........................................................................................................................................... $9,000,000
3000-5075 For
the Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program; provided, that funds from
this item shall be expended on grants to provide preschool programs and
services to children from the age of 2 years and 9 months until they are
kindergarten eligible, through a mixed system of service delivery; provided
further, the department shall make available a report on the implementation of
these grants and the department’s projected timeline for making the program
universally accessible over time no later than
3000-6000 For early education and care quality expenditures; provided, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for resource and referral services provided through item 3000-2000; provided further, that funds shall be expended for grants to early education and care providers in the commonwealth for the costs associated with accreditation and professional development; provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include community partnership councils, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed child care providers, and child care resource and referral centers; provided further, that the department shall work with community partnership councils and child care resource and referral centers to identify applicants who are highly talented providers capable of meeting the rigorous accreditation requirements of these agencies; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used to fund capital assets or equipment for for-profit providers or agencies; provided further, that the department may only expend funds appropriated in this item under the CC, MM, PP, or RR object classes; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended, obligated or transferred from this item before 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 2008 $6,111,743
3000-6075 For early childhood mental health consultation services in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that preference shall be given to those services designed to limit the number of expulsions and suspensions from the programs; and provided further, that eligible recipients for the grants shall include community partnership councils, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed child care providers, and child care resource and referral centers............................................ $2,400,000
3000-7000 For statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns to be administered by the Children’s Trust Fund; provided, that the department shall collaborate with the Children’s Trust Fund, whenever feasible and appropriate, to coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through item 3000-7050 and 3000-7070 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department; provided further, that the services shall be made available statewide to parents under the age of 21 years; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, priority for such services shall be given to low-income parents ........................................................................................................................................................... $12,563,844
3000-7050 For grants to programs which improve the parenting skills of participants in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that not less than $5,395,694 shall be expended on the Mass Family Networks program; and 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.............. $8,395,694
3000-7070 For matching grants to fund the Reach Out and Read program, to provide books to at-risk children through book distribution programs established in community health centers, medical practices and hospitals for at-risk children; provided, that the funds distributed through this program shall be contingent upon a match of not less than $1 in private or corporate contributions for every $1 in state funding distributed through the grant program; and provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through items 3000-7000 and 3000-7050 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department $1,000,000
Executive Office of Health
Office
of the Secretary.
4000-0112 For
matching grants to boys’ and girls’ clubs, YMCA and YWCA organizations,
nonprofit community centers, and youth development programs; provided, that the secretary of health and human services
shall award the full amount of each grant to each organization upon commitment
of matching funds from the organization; provided
further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts
Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be
expended for the young parents program of the Newton Community Service
Centers; provided
further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the public
partnership program between the greater Lynn YMCA and YWCA and the public
partnership program between the town of
4000-0265 For
a primary care workforce development and loan forgiveness grant program at
community health centers, for the purpose of enhancing recruitment and
retention of primary care physicians and other clinicians at community health
centers throughout the Commonwealth; provided, that the grant shall be
administered by the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers in
consultation with the secretary of the executive office of health and human
services and relevant member agencies; and provided further, that the funds
shall be matched by other private funds $1,700,000
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 in this item shall be expended for
the administrative, contracted services and non-personnel systems costs related
to the implementation and operation of programs authorized by sections 9A to
9C, inclusive, and sections 16B and 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws;
provided further, that the 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 the expenditures have been made by
the Medicaid management information system; provided further, that no
expenditures shall be made for the purpose of
programs that are not federally reimbursable, except as specifically
authorized herein, or unless made for cost containment efforts; 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
the recoveries shall be considered current fiscal year expenditure refunds;
provided further, that the executive office may collect directly from a liable
third party any amounts paid to contracted providers under chapter 118E of the
General Laws for which the executive office later discovers another third party
is liable if no other course of recoupment is
possible; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for the purpose of
funding interpretive services directly or indirectly related to a settlement or
resolution agreement, with the office of civil rights or any other office,
group or entity; provided further, that interpretive services currently
provided shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights for any party or to an
enforceable entitlement to interpretive services; provided further, that the
federal financial participation received from claims filed for the costs of
outreach and eligibility activities performed at certain hospitals or by
community health centers which are funded in whole or in part by federally
permissible in-kind services or provider donations from the hospitals or health
centers, shall be credited to this item and may be expended without further
appropriation in an amount specified in the agreement with each donating
provider hospital or health center; provided further, that notwithstanding any
general or special law to the contrary, the executive office shall require the
commissioner of mental health to approve any prior authorization or other
restriction on medication used to treat mental illness in accordance with
written policies, procedures and regulations of the department of mental
health; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 118G of the
General Laws or any general or special law to the contrary, for fiscal year 2008
the definition of a “pediatric specialty unit” shall include an acute care hospital with a burn center verified
by the American Burn Center and the
American College of Surgeons and a level 1 trauma center for pediatrics
verified by the American College of Surgeons; provided further,
that a pediatric specialty unit shall be exempt from the inpatient and outpatient
efficiency standards being applied to their rate methodology; provided further, that in calculating
rates of payment for children enrolled in MassHealth
receiving inpatient services at acute care pediatric hospitals and pediatric
subspecialty units as defined in section 1 of chapter 118G of the General Laws,
the executive office shall make a supplemental payment, if necessary,
sufficient to assure that inpatient SPAD and outlier
payments for discharges with a case mix acuity greater than 5.0 shall be
at least equal to 85 per cent of the expenses incurred in providing services to
those children; provided further,
that the executive office, in fiscal year 2008, shall not eliminate payment to
hospital outpatient departments for primary care provided to MassHealth members; provided
further, that the executive office shall not reduce the outpatient rates for
any specialty hospital which limits its admissions to patients under active
diagnosis and treatment of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat, below that which
was granted during hospital fiscal year 2005; provided further, that a new
methodology shall be established for rates reimbursed by the commonwealth
through the division of health care finance and policy and the executive office
of health and human services to cover the cost of care provided by any health
care facility licensed by the department of public health as a non-acute
chronic hospital with no fewer than 500 licensed beds as of June 30, 2007, with
no fewer than 150,000 Medicaid patient days in the state fiscal year ended June
30, 2007, and with an established geriatric teaching program for physicians,
medical students, and other health professionals, as follows: (1) the rate for
any such facility shall be developed collaboratively through an agreement among
the office of Medicaid, the division of health care finance and policy, and any
such health care facility; provided, that the process for development of this
rate shall include a mechanism to adjust the rate to account for costs outside
the reasonable control of the facility that may arise after the rate has been
established; (2) the reimbursement methodology shall incorporate the following
components: (a) utilization of the payment methodology in effect during fiscal
year 2006 together with the most recent 403 cost report filed with the division
of health care finance and policy, (b) a per diem rate shall be established
which reimburses the full cost, including capital, for both acute and
administratively necessary services, (c) a separate per diem rate shall be
established which reimburses the full cost, including capital, for long term
care services, (d) both rates shall include the full cost, not otherwise
reimbursed, of teaching and research activities, and (e) rates shall be
inflated over the base year period by the applicable medicare
market basket inflation factors; (3) until such time as the new reimbursement
methodology is established pursuant to this section, the per diem rates for any
such facility shall be increased by at least 13 dollars per day over the rates
in effect on April 1, 2007 for the year starting July 1, 2007, and by 5 percent
annually for each subsequent year; provided, that notwithstanding this section
or any contractual or other provision of law, such facility shall have the
right to an increase to the rate then in effect to account for costs outside
the reasonable control of such facility that may arise; and (4) notwithstanding
any other provision of law, in no event will the rates of payment be lower than
the highest rate in effect for such facility in the previous state fiscal year;
provided further, that the secretary shall ensure that all Medicaid benefit
restorations, program expansions, and rate increases required pursuant to
chapter 58 of the acts of 2006 are implemented in fiscal year 2008; provided
further, that the executive office shall include smoking and tobacco use
cessation treatment and information within MassHealth
covered services pursuant to section 108 of chapter 58 of the acts of 2006;
provided further, that with respect to section 6036 of the Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005, the executive office shall assist applicants and recipients born
in Massachusetts to obtain a copy of a birth certificate for the purpose of
establishing eligibility for Medicaid at no cost to said individuals, and shall
provide such additional assistance as may be needed by those applicants and
recipients born outside of Massachusetts; provided further, that the executive
office shall not, by amendment to the state plan or amendment to the section
1115 demonstration program, elect any state option to increase premiums and
cost sharing or reduce benefits pursuant to sections 1916A and 1937 of the
Social Security Act as amended by chapter 4 of Title VI of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109171 with respect to any category of
persons eligible for medical benefits under chapter 118E as said chapter was in
effect on January 1, 2006, unless the executive office has given 90 days notice
to the legislature and has received approval of the proposed plan from a
majority of the legislature; provided further, that the executive office shall
develop a process whereby all participating providers who have signed the
Virtual Gateway Services Agreement shall have access to the contents of the
consolidated summary of any individual’s application submitted through the
virtual gateway; provided further, that said information access shall comply
with all HIPPA requirements and state privacy laws; provided further, that not
later than September 1, 2007, the executive office of health and human services
shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means
detailing planned fiscal year 2008 expenditures by the executive office as
funded by chargebacks to the 17 executive office
cluster agencies; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be
expended for a Health Care Reform Outreach and Education unit within the
executive office for the purpose of coordinating statewide activities in
marketing, outreach, and the dissemination of educational materials related to
state law changes contained in Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006; provided
further, that the unit shall collaborate with the office of Medicaid, the
executive office of administration and finance, the division of unemployment assistance,
the department of revenue, the division of insurance, and the Commonwealth
Health Insurance Connector Authority to develop common strategies and
guidelines for providing informational support and assistance to consumers,
employers, and businesses; and provided
further, that any projection of deficiency in item 4000-0320, 4000-0430,
4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0700, 4000-0870, 4000-0875, 4000-0890, 4000-0895,
4000-0990, 4000-1400 or 4000-1405, shall be reported to the house and senate
committees on ways and means not less than 90 days before the projected
exhaustion of funding and that any unexpended balance in these accounts shall
revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2008......................................................................................................................................................... $142,657,808
4000-0301 For the costs of MassHealth provider and member audit and utilization review activities including, but not limited to, eligibility verification, disability evaluations, provider financial and clinical audits and other initiatives intended to enhance program integrity.............................................................................................................. $2,200,000
4000-0320 The
executive office may expend an amount not to exceed $225,000,000 from the
monies received from recoveries of any current or prior year expenditures and
collections from liens, estate recoveries, third party recoveries, drug
rebates, accident and trauma recoveries, case mix recoveries, computer audits,
insurance recoveries, provider overpayment recoveries, bankruptcy settlements, Masspro and Healthpro refunds, Medicaid
fraud returns, data match returns, Medicare appeals, and program and
utilization review audits; provided, that additional categories of recoveries
and collections, including the balance of any personal needs accounts collected
from nursing and other medical institutions upon a recipient’s death and held
by the executive office for more than 3 years, may, notwithstanding any general
or special law to the contrary, be credited to this item; provided further,
that any revenues collected by the division that are not attributable to the
aforementioned categories shall be deposited in the General Fund and shall be
tracked separately; provided further, that additional categories of recoveries
and collections may be credited to this item after providing written notice to
the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that no
funds from this item shall be used for the purposes of item 4000-0300; and 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......................................................................................................................................................... $225,000,000
4000-0352 For MassHealth enrollment outreach grants to public and private
nonprofit groups to be administered by the executive office in consultation
with the Health Care Reform Outreach and Education Unit; provided, that grants
shall be awarded to groups statewide, including areas in which the United
States Census deems there exists a high percentage of uninsured individuals and
areas in which there are limited health care providers; provided further, that
funds shall be awarded as grants to community and consumer-focused public and
private nonprofit groups to provide enrollment assistance, education and
outreach activities directly to consumers who may be eligible for MassHealth, the Commonwealth Care Program, or the
Commonwealth Choice Program, and who may require individualized support due to
geography, ethnicity, race, culture, immigration or disease status and
representative of communities throughout the commonwealth; provided further,
that funds shall be allocated to provide informational support and technical assistance
to recipient organizations and to promote appropriate and effective enrollment
activities through the statewide health access network; provided further, that
the cost of information support and technical assistance shall not exceed 10
per cent of the appropriation and shall not be used to defray current state
obligations to provide this assistance; and provided further, that the
secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on
the exact amounts distributed in fiscal year 2008 by
4000-0430 For
the CommonHealth program to provide primary and supplemental medical care and
assistance to disabled adults and children under sections 9A, 16 and 16A of
chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from
this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal
years; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal
reimbursement for state expenditures made on behalf of such adults and
children; provided further, that children shall be determined eligible for the
medical care and assistance if they meet the disability standards as defined by
the executive office, which standards shall be no more restrictive than the
standards in effect on
4000-0500 For
health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the
executive office’s primary care clinician/mental health and substance abuse
plan or through a health maintenance organization under contract with the
executive office and for MassHealth benefits provided
to children, adolescents and adults under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h) of
subsection (2) of section 9A and section 16C 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 secretary of health and human services and the commissioner of mental
health shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and
means relative to the performance of the managed care organization under
contract with the executive office to administer the mental health and
substance abuse benefit; provided further, that such quarterly reports shall
include, but not be limited to, analyses of utilization trends, quality of care
and costs across all service categories and modalities of care purchased from
providers through the mental health and substance abuse program, including
those services provided to clients of the department of mental health; provided
further, that in conjunction with the new Medicaid management information
system project, said executive office shall continue to study the feasibility
of modifying its claim payment system, in collaboration with the MassHealth behavioral health contractor, to routinely
process for payment valid claims for medically necessary covered medical
services to eligible recipients with psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses
on a timely basis in an effort to avoid delay and expenses incurred by lengthy
appeals processes; provided further, that said secretary shall report to the
house and senate committee on ways and means any proposed modifications to said
payment system, and a timeline of steps to be taken to implement said
modifications; provided further, that not less than $14,000,000 shall be
expended for disproportionate share payments for inpatient services provided at
pediatric specialty hospitals and units, including pediatric chronic and
rehabilitation long-term care hospitals as allowable under federal law;
provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 of said $14,000,000 shall be
expended as a grant to said pediatric chronic and rehabilitation long-term care
hospital for which federal financial participation and federal approval need
not be obtained; provided further, that $11,900,000 shall be expended on
disproportionate share payments to high public payer hospitals; provided
further, that the executive office shall ensure that actuarially sound rates
for a publicly-operated entity pursuant to section 122 of chapter 58 of the
acts of 2006 are implemented in fiscal year 2008; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special
law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services shall not
reassign to a managed care plan under contract with the office of MassHealth the behavioral health benefit of any eligible
person when the benefit is managed by MassHealth’s
specialty behavioral health managed care contactor, after the benefit is
elected by or initially assigned to that person, unless the person provides
written or verbal consent to the reassignment....................................................................................................................................................... $2,953,356,169
Executive Office of Elder Affairs.
4000-0600 For
health care services provided to MassHealth members
who are seniors, and for the operation of the senior care options program under
section 9D of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be
expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients
in prior fiscal years; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the
‘community choices’ initiative; provided further, that benefit for this
demonstration project shall not be reduced below the services provided in
fiscal year 2007; provided further, that the eligibility requirements for this
demonstration project shall not be more restrictive than those established in
fiscal year 2007; 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 2008 delineated by the
federal poverty level; provided further, that the report shall be submitted not
later than February 1, 2008; provided further, that notwithstanding any general
or special law to the contrary, the regulations, criteria and standards for
determining admission to and continued stay in a nursing home in fiscal year 2008
shall not be more restrictive than those regulations, criteria and standards in
effect on January 1, 2004 until the executive office of health and human
services and the executive office of elder affairs submit a multi-year plan to
the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on
health care financing detailing the suggested timeline for phasing in changes
to nursing home clinical criteria, provided that these changes shall not
adversely affect current nursing home residents and shall not jeopardize the
effectiveness of the 2176 home and community based waiver; provided further,
that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for any
nursing home or non-acute chronic disease hospital that provides kosher food to
its residents, the department, in consultation with the division, in
recognition of the unique special innovative program status granted by the
executive office, shall continue to make the standard payment rates established
in fiscal year 2006 to reflect the high dietary costs incurred in providing
kosher food; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the purpose of
a housing with services demonstration project known as the ‘Caring Homes’
initiative designed to delay or prevent nursing home placement by providing
care-giving services to an elder; provided further, that under said
demonstration project, eligible MassHealth enrollees
shall be able to live in the home of an individual or relative, with the
exception of spouses and dependent children, to provide for their long term
supports, pursuant to regulations promulgated by said executive office; provided
further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, not
less than $5,000,000 shall be expended from this item for the purpose of
providing an increase to $72.80 per month in the personal needs allowance for
individuals residing in nursing homes and rest homes who are eligible for MassHealth, Emergency Aid to the Elderly Disabled and
Children program or Supplemental Security Income; provided further, that no
less than $270,000 shall be expended for nursing facility pre-admission
counseling for long-term care services, which shall include an assessment of
community-based options; provided further, that in fiscal year 2008, the
division of health care finance and policy shall adjust rates for providers of
adult day health by no less than $2,000,000 in the aggregate, which shall be
above any previously authorized rate increase; and provided further, that
effective July 1, 2007 for the fiscal year ending
4000-0640 For
nursing facility Medicaid rates; provided, that notwithstanding any general or
special law to the contrary, in fiscal year 2008 the division of health care
finance and policy shall establish nursing facility Medicaid rates that
cumulatively total $288,500,000 more than the annual payment rates established
by the division under the rates in effect as of June 30, 2002; provided
further, that the division shall adjust per diem rates to reflect any
reductions in Medicaid utilization; provided further, that the payments made
pursuant to this line item shall be allocated in the following manner in fiscal
year 2008: (1) effective
Executive Office of Health
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 un