Mr. Walsh of Boston, Ms. Flanagan of Leominster, Ms. Allen of Boston, Ms. Balser of Newton, Mr. Brownsberger of Belmont, Mr. Cabral of New Bedford, Mr. Calter of Kingston, Ms. Canavan of Brockton, Mr. Canessa of New Bedford, Mr. Casey of Winchester, Mr. Donato of Medford, Mr. Donelan of Orange,Mr. Driscoll of Braintree, Ms. Ehrlich of Marblehead, Mr. Fagan of Taunton, Mr. Fallon of Malden, Mr. Falzone of Saugus, Ms. Fox of Boston, Mr. Fresolo of Worcester, Mr. Galvin of Canton, Mr. Garballey of Arlington, Ms. Garry of Dracut, Mr. Gobi of Spencer, Mr. Greene of Billerica, Mr. Guyer of Dalton, Ms. Haddad of Somerset, Mr. Hargraves of Groton, Mr. Hill of Ipswich, Mr. Hynes of Marshfield, Mr. James Murphy of Weymouth, Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, Mr. Kane of Holyoke, Mr. Kocot of Florence, Mr. Kujawski of Webster, Mr. Lantigua of Lawrence, Mr. Linsky of Natick, Mr. McCarthy of East Bridgewater, Mr. McMurtry of Dedham, Mr.O’Day of West Boylston, Mr. Patrick of Falmouth, Mr. Pignatelli of Lenox,  Mr. Kaufman of Lexington, Mr. D’Amico of Seekonk, Ms. Walz of Boston, Mr. Hall of Westford, Mr. Koczera of New Bedford, Mr. O’Flaherty of Chelsea, Mr. Koutoujian of Waltham, Mr. DiNatale of Fitchburg, Ms. Callahan of Sutton, Ms. Clark of Melrose, Mr. Fernandes of Milford, Ms. Provost of Somerville, Ms. Dorcena Forry of Boston, Ms. Spiliotis of Peabody, Mr. Alicea of Charlton, Mr. Eldridge of Acton, Ms. Peake of Provincetown, Ms. Peisch of Wellesley, Mr. Puppolo of Springfield, Mr. Quinn of Dartmouth, Mr. Rice of Gardner, Mr. Rush of Boston, Ms. Sandlin of Feeding Hills, Mr. Sannicandro of Ashland, Mr. Scibak of South Hadley, Mr. Sciortino of Medford, Mr. Smizik of Brookline, Mr. Spellane of Worcester, Mr. Speranzo of Pittsfield, Ms. Story of Amherst, Mr. Straus of Mattapoisset, Mr. Sullivan of Fall River, Mr. Timilty of Milton, Mr. Turner of Dennis, Mr. Wallace of Boston, Mr. Walsh of Lynn, Mr. Tobin of Quincy, Ms. Campbell of Methuen, Ms. Malia of Boston, Ms. Wolf of Cambridge, Mr. Kennedy of Brockton, Mr. Nangle of Lowell, Mr. Kocot of Florence, Mr. Moran of Boston, Mr. Natale of Woburn, Mr. Nyman of Hanover, Mr. Naughton of Clinton, Mr. Verga of Gloucester, Mr. Kevin Murphy of Lowell, Mr. Toomey of Cambridge, Mr. Smizik of Brookline, Mr. Ayers of Quincy, Mr. Keenan of Salem, Mr. Welch of West Springfield, Mr. Speliotis of Danvers, Ms. Walz of Boston, Mr. Sanchez of Boston, Mr. Canessa of New Bedford, Mr. Golden of Lowell, Ms. Reinstein of Revere, Ms. Khan of Newton, Mr. Driscoll of Braintree, Mr. Fennell of Lynn, Mr. Coakley-Rivera of Springfield, Mr. Basile of Boston, Mr. Moran of Boston,moves to amend the bill in section 2 in line item 1108-5200 by adding the following, “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 funds may be expended from this item for the commonwealth’s share of group insurance premium and plan costs provided to the employees and retirees in prior fiscal years; 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...................... $833,000,000.”