FY2011 - SWM Section 2

SECTION 2.

JUDICIARY

Supreme Judicial Court

0320-0003 For the operation of the supreme judicial court, including salaries of the chief justice and the 6 associate justices.......................................................................................................................................................... $7,852,391

0320-0010 For the operation of the clerk’s office of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county.... $1,147,536

0321-0001 For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct............................................................. $512,657

0321-0100 For the services of the board of bar examiners............................................................................ $1,075,000

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 20 district court attorneys shall be hired as authorized by section 5 of chapter 54 of the acts of 2005; provided further, that the committee for public counsel services shall hire: 7 superior court attorneys; 1 delinquency attorney and 1 additional auditor to the audit and oversight unit; provided further, that 7 new juvenile defender offices shall be opened in the following areas: Springfield/Holyoke, New Bedford/Fall River, Lowell/Lawrence, Brockton, Quincy, Cambridge/Somerville and Salem/Lynn; provided further, that the committee shall establish a murder trial and appeals unit and establish a mental health civil commitment unit; provided further, that an additional child and family law trial office shall be opened in the New Bedford/Fall River area and a child and family law appeals office shall be opened in the metropolitan Boston area; provided further, that 1 additional attorney shall be hired in both the Worcester and Pittsfield child and family law offices; and provided further, that the committee shall submit a report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than January 31, 2011, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the number of clients assisted by the committee in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population and cost; (c) the total number of persons who received legal services by the committee, by type of case and geographic location; (d) the costs for services rendered per client, by type of case and geographic location; (e) the amount paid, if any, to the committee by clients for services rendered, by type of case and geographic location; (f) the average cost for services rendered by the committee, by type of case; and (g) the average number of hours spent per attorney or staff per type of case...................... $34,229,553

0321-1510 For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under paragraph (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 2011...................................................................................................................................................... $117,506,173

0321-1518 For the chief counsel for the committee for public counsel services which 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 normal fees and costs and extra 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 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 2011 $13,582,325

0321-1600 For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation for indigent or disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth; provided, that the corporation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 28, 2011 that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the number of persons whom the programs funded by the corporation assisted in the prior fiscal year; (b) any proposed expansion of legal services delineated by type of service, target population, and cost; and (c) the total number of indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth who received services of the corporation, by type of case and geographic location; and provided further, that the corporation may contract with any organization for the purpose of providing the representation....................................... $9,500,000

0321-2000 For the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee and for programs for the indigent mentally ill, established pursuant to section 34E of chapter 221 of the General Laws............................. $707,599

0321-2100 For Prisoners’ Legal Services, formerly known as the Massachusetts correctional legal services committee $840,000

0321-2205 For the expenses of the social law library located in Suffolk county...................................... $1,500,000

Appeals Court.

0322-0100 For the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of the chief justice, recall judges and the associate justices......................................................................................................................... $10,730,031

Trial Court.

0330-0101 For the salaries of the justices of the 7 departments of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfer of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of the transfer $49,836,452

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 agreements, jury expenses, trial court law libraries, statewide telecommunications, private and municipal court rentals and leases, operation of courthouse facilities, rental of county court facilities, witness fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance and repairs, the court interpreter program, insurance and chargeback costs, the Massachusetts sentencing commission, permanency mediation services, alternative dispute resolution, court security and judicial training; provided, 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 such veteran who holds a trial court office or position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under chapter 31, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or an office or position under section 7 of 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; 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 10, 2011...................................................................................................................................................... $188,247,375

0330-3333 For the chief justice for administration and management who may expend for the operation of the trial court an amount not to exceed $27,000,000 from fees charged and collected pursuant to section 3 of chapter 90C of the General Laws, section 22 of chapter 218 of the General Laws and sections 2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 39 and 40 of chapter 262 of the General Laws; provided, that a schedule detailing the full allotment of said $27,000,000 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2011; provided further, that the first $53,000,000 of revenue received from the fees shall be deposited in the General Fund and not retained; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the chief justice may incur expenses and the comptroller shall certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of 1/2 of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system............................................ $27,000,000

0330-3334 For the chief justice for administration and management who may expend for the operation of the department an amount not to exceed $26,000,000 from fees charged and collected under section 87A of chapter 276 of the General Laws; provided, that any expenditures or allocations shall be made in accordance with schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 30 days before the expenditures or allocations are made; and provided further, that a schedule detailing the full allotment of said $26,000,000 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2011.... $26,000,000

0330-3337 For additional expenses associated with the operation of the trial court; provided, that a schedule detailing all transfers shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2011..........................................................................................................................................................
$9,300,000

Superior Court Department .

0331-0100 For the operation of the superior court department; provided, that funds shall be expended for the medical malpractice tribunals in accordance with section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping.............................................................................................................................. $20,845,577

District Court Department.

0332-0100 For the operation of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program $34,570,850

Probate and Family Court Department.

0333-0002 For the operation of the probate and family court department............................................. $17,818,433

Land Court Department.

0334-0001 For the operation of the land court department.......................................................................... $2,127,067

Boston Municipal Court Department .

0335-0001 For the operation of the Boston municipal court department ................................................. $6,490,437

Housing Court Department .

0336-0002 For the operation of the housing court department.................................................................... $3,785,326

Juvenile Court Department .

0337-0002 For the operation of the juvenile court department.................................................................. $10,024,667

Office of the Commissioner of Probation.

0339-1001 For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law or 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 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 intensive supervision and community restraint services described in item 0339-1003; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended for the costs associated with full implementation of chapter 303 of the acts of 2006 and chapter 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 item to cover the costs of building leases; provided further, that the office shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of revenue to verify income data and to use the department’s wage reporting and bank match system for the purpose of weekly tape-matching to determine 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 joint committee on the judiciary and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the progress of eligibility verification with the department; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the number of individuals determined to be indigent, (b) the number of individuals determined not to be indigent; (c) the number of individuals to be found misrepresenting assets; (d) the number of individuals found to no longer qualify for appointment of counsel upon any re-assessment of indigency, as defined in section 2 ½ of said chapter 211D; (e) the revenue generated through collection of indigent client fees; (f) the average indigent client fee that each court division collects per case since the effective date of this act; (g) the number of indigency client fees collected and the number waived on a monthly basis by court division and individual court; (h) recommendations on improvements in verifying eligibility for counsel; and (i) other pertinent information to ascertain the effectiveness of verification; provided further, that the information within such report shall be delineated by court division; provided further, that the office shall submit quarterly reports to the joint committee on the judiciary and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include: (a) the office’s definition of supervisory and nonsupervisory cases; (b) a detailed description of what each level of supervision within these classifications entails in terms of responsibilities of the probation officer; (c) the average time commitment for a probation officer for each level of supervision on a monthly basis; (d) the overall number of individuals on probation; (e) the number of individuals added to probation and the number removed from probation for each month within that quarter; (f) the total number of full time employees who administer probationary cases; provided further, that these figures shall be delineated by level of supervisory and nonsupervisory probation and further delineated by court division; provided further, that the overall number of individuals on probation and added to probation each month shall be separately delineated by originating court or referral source; and provided further, that the report shall include the number of probationers served by community correction centers and electronic monitoring including, but not limited to, global positioning systems, and delineated by level of supervisory and nonsupervisory probation....................................................................................................... $121,407,625

0339-1003 For the operation of the office of community corrections, including the costs of personnel; provided, that funds shall be expended for the costs of intensive supervision and community corrections programs; provided further, that the programs shall include, but not be limited to, tracking, community service, educational assistance, drug and alcohol testing and treatment, curfew enforcement, home confinement, day reporting, means-tested fines, restitution, and community incapacitation or restraint; provided further, that the number of placements in the programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000 intensively-supervised probationers; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to cover the costs of the programs that are undertaken and administered by court probation offices and county sheriffs’ offices; provided further, that said funds shall be expended for the purpose of providing such programs in each county in fiscal year 2011; 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 such 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 such agreements and memoranda shall be entered into at the direction of the executive director; provided further, that the executive director shall submit a spending and management plan for the programs to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2011; and provided further, that the plan shall include the projected number of probationers to be served by each program and include a description of the oversight and services provided to the probationers.............................................................................. $22,882,582

0339-1007 For the provision of substance abuse testing services; provided, that the commissioner of the office of probation shall transfer funds from this item to 0339-1001, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail, by object class, the distribution of said funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before any such transfer....................................... $500,000

Commonwealth Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Fund…100%

0339-1009 For the provision of substance abuse testing services; provided, that the executive director of the office of community corrections shall transfer funds from this item to 0339-1003, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail, by object class, the distribution of said funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before any such transfer.... $1,094,825

Commonwealth Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Fund…100%

Office of the Jury Commissioner

0339-2100 For the office of the jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws $2,398,691

Suffolk District Attorney

0340-0100 For the Suffolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the domestic violence unit and the children’s advocacy center; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; 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.......................................................................................................................................... $15,188,357

0340-0101 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Suffolk district attorney’s office $337,431

Middlesex District Attorney

0340-0200 For the Middlesex district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of the start of 2011; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) 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.......................................................................................................................................... $13,038,535

0340-0201 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district attorney’s office $491,890

Eastern District Attorney.

0340-0300 For the Eastern district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; 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 no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program.......................................................................................................................................................... $8,011,057

0340-0301 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district attorney’s office $480,334

Worcester District Attorney.

0340-0400 For the Worcester district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) 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.......................................................................................................................................................... $8,466,451

0340-0401 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Worcester district attorney’s office $393,809

0340-0410 For the analysis of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines and chemicals at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in order to support the law enforcement efforts of the district attorneys, the state police and municipal police departments..................................................................................... $400,000

0340-0420 For the costs associated with moving the Worcester District Attorney’s Office........................ $267,000

Hampden District Attorney.

0340-0500 For the Hampden district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) 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.......................................................................................................................................................... $7,623,079

0340-0501 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district attorney’s office $323,713

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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in said fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) 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.......................................................................................................................................................... $4,746,396

0340-0601 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampshire/Franklin district attorney’s office $280,236

Norfolk District Attorney.

0340-0700 For the Norfolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) 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.......................................................................................................................................................... $7,810,091

0340-0701 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Norfolk district attorney’s office $406,958

Plymouth District Attorney.

0340-0800 For the Plymouth district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) 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.......................................................................................................................................................... $6,774,559

0340-0801 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Plymouth district attorney’s office $409,373

Bristol District Attorney.

0340-0900 For the Bristol district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; 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 $7,048,574

0340-0901 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Bristol district attorney’s office $310,779

Cape and Islands District Attorney.

0340-1000 For the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) the benefits and cost savings associated with the program; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; 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.......................................................................................................................................................... $3,445,389

0340-1001 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office $265,462

Berkshire District Attorney.

0340-1100 For the Berkshire district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the drug task force and the domestic violence unit; provided, that the office shall submit a report to the executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by the office in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof, which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; 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 executive director of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association no later than February 1, 2011, 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 2008, 2009 and 2010; (b) a description of how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund at the start of 2011; provided further, that the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2011, 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: (a) the total number of personnel from private law firms participating in the program; (b) the name and address of the law firms; (c) the duties performed by the personnel; and (d) 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............................................................................................................................................ $3,354,920

0340-1101 For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Berkshire district attorney’s office $204,882

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS’ ASSOCIATION.

0340-2100 For the operation of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, including the implementation and related expenses of the district attorneys’ office automation, case management and tracking system; provided, that expenses associated with the system may be charged directly to this item; provided further, that the 11 district attorneys may contribute a portion of their fiscal year 2011 appropriation to the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association in order to alleviate the cost of the case management and tracking system as well as the cost of data lines associated with the district attorneys’ computer network; provided further, that the department shall work in conjunction with the disabled persons protection commission and the 11 district attorneys’ offices to prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the number of abuse cases that are referred to each district attorneys’ office for further investigation; (b) the number of referrals resulting in the filing of criminal charges, delineated by type of charge; (c) the number of cases referred to each district attorneys’ office that remain open as of the date for submission of said report; and (d) the number of cases resulting in a criminal prosecution, and the disposition of each such prosecution; provided further, that said report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before March 15, 2011; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made, on or after the effective date of this act, which would cause the commonwealth’s obligation under this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that the association shall work in conjunction with the 11 district attorneys’ offices to prepare and submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than March 1, 2011, summarizing the number and types of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by all district attorneys’ offices in calendar year 2010 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate, superior, appeals, and supreme judicial court in which the cases were managed or prosecuted; provided further, that for each jurisdiction of said courts, the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) the type of criminal case; (b) the total number of defendants charged under the type of case; and (c) a summary of dispositions or statuses thereof; provided further, that the association shall work in conjunction with the 11 district attorney offices to prepare and submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than March 1, 2011, detailing all district attorneys’ offices’ use of drug forfeiture funds collected pursuant to chapter 94C of the General Laws; and 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 2008, 2009, and 2010; (b) how the funds were used in those fiscal years; and (c) the balance of the trust fund as of the start of 2011............................................................................................................ $790,489

0340-8908 For the costs associated with maintaining the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association’s wide area network.......................................................................................................................................................... $1,215,837

EXECUTIVE.

0411-1000 For the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the governor’s council; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item may be used at the discretion of the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not otherwise provided for and for transfer to appropriation accounts where the amounts otherwise available may be insufficient; provided further, that funds may be expended for the governor’s commission on mental retardation; and provided further, that the advisory council on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, as established in the office of the governor by section 379 of chapter 194 of the acts of 1998 and continued pursuant to section 80 of chapter 236 of the acts of 2000, shall continue during fiscal year 2011................................................... $4,559,901

0411-1005 For the operation of the office of the child advocate.................................................................... $243,564

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 secretary may transfer funds between items 0540-0900, 0540-1000, 0540-1100, 0540-1200, 0540-1300, 0540-1400, 0540-1500, 0540-1600, 0540-1700, 0540-1800, 0540-1900, 0540-2000 and 0540-2100 pursuant to an allocation schedule filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before the transfer; provided further, that each register of deeds using electronic record books shall ensure that all methods of electronically recording instruments conform to the regulations or standards established by the secretary of state and the records conservation board; and provided further, that those regulations shall be issued not later than June 30, 2011...................... $6,101,118

0511-0001 For the secretary of state who may expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of merchandise at the state house gift shop for the purpose of replenishing and restocking gift shop inventory............... $30,000

0511-0002 For the operation of the corporations division; provided, that the division shall implement a corporate dissolution program which shall have a specific focus on limited liability corporations and limited liability partnerships that have failed in their statutory responsibility to file an annual report; provided, that the division shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total number of annual reports filed as a result of this program and the amount of revenue generated for the commonwealth........ $254,213

0511-0200 For the operation of the archives division........................................................................................ $378,121

0511-0230 For the operation of the records center............................................................................................... $36,217

0511-0250 For the operation of the archives facility......................................................................................... $296,521

0511-0260 For the operation of the commonwealth museum......................................................................... $243,684

0511-0270 For the secretary of state who may contract with the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute to provide the commonwealth with technical assistance on United States census data and to prepare annual population estimates .............................................................................................................................................................. $500,000

0511-0420 For the operation of the address confidentiality program............................................................. $130,858

0517-0000 For the printing of public documents................................................................................................ $600,000

0521-0000 For the operation of the elections division, including preparation, printing and distribution of ballots and for other miscellaneous expenses for primary and other elections; provided, that the secretary of state may award grants for voter registration and education; and provided further, that the registration and education activities may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations............ $7,642,958

0521-0001 For the operation of the central voter registration computer system....................................... $5,684,747

0524-0000 For providing information to voters............................................................................................... $1,257,044

0526-0100 For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission................................................... $700,000

0527-0100 For the operation of the ballot law commission................................................................................ $10,687

0528-0100 For the operation of the records conservation board....................................................................... $34,056

0540-0900 For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lawrence in the former county of Essex.... $1,048,798

0540-1000 For the registry of deeds located in the city of Salem in the former county of Essex........... $2,787,199

0540-1100 For the registry of deeds in the former county of Franklin............................................................ $463,183

0540-1200 For the registry of deeds in the former county of Hampden..................................................... $1,736,591

0540-1300 For the registry of deeds in the former county of Hampshire....................................................... $486,003

0540-1400 For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lowell in the former county of Middlesex.. $1,148,053

0540-1500 For the registry of deeds located in the city of Cambridge in the former county of Middlesex $2,972,085

0540-1600 For the registry of deeds located in the town of Adams in the former county of Berkshire... $264,657

0540-1700 For the registry of deeds located in the city of Pittsfield in the former county of Berkshire... $450,573

0540-1800 For the registry of deeds located in the town of Great Barrington in the former county of Berkshire $222,808

0540-1900 For the registry of deeds in the former county of Suffolk.......................................................... $1,853,282

0540-2000 For the registry of deeds located in the city of Fitchburg in the former county of Worcester. $690,110

0540-2100 For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester in the former county of Worcester $2,228,331

TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.

Office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.

0610-0000 For the office of the treasurer and receiver-general; provided, that the treasurer shall provide computer services required by the teachers’ retirement board; provided further, that the treasurer’s office shall submit a report to the victim and witness assistance board which details the amount of assessments transmitted to the treasurer during the previous calendar year on a monthly basis from the courts, the registrar of motor vehicles and the sheriff or superintendent of any correctional facility pursuant to section 8 of chapter 258B; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the board on or before January 14, 2011; provided further, that funds may be expended for the payment of bank fees; provided further, that financial assistance shall be made available to injured firefighters; and provided further, that the treasurer’s office shall pay half of the administrative costs of the municipal finance oversight board from this item.................................................................................................................................................. $9,220,211

0610-0050 For the administration of the alcoholic beverages control commission in its efforts to regulate and control the conduct and condition of traffic in alcoholic beverages; provided, that said commission shall maintain at least 1 chief investigator and other investigators for the purpose of regulating and controlling the traffic of alcoholic beverages; provided further, that said commission shall work and cooperate with the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms division of the United States Department of Justice and other relevant federal agencies to assist in its efforts to regulate and control the traffic of alcoholic beverages; and provided further, that the commission shall seek out matching federal dollars and apply for federal grants that may be available to assist in the enforcement of laws pertaining to the traffic of alcoholic beverages.................................................................................................................. $1,993,336

0610-0140 For the purpose of funding administrative, transactional and research expenses associated with maintaining and increasing the interest earnings on the General Fund and the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund investments................................................................................................................................................................ $21,582

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 $100,000 for costs incurred in the administration of these payments; and provided further, that the treasurer shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the expenditure of the funds appropriated herein.......................................................................... $3,155,604

0611-1000 For bonus payments to war veterans.................................................................................................. $44,500

0612-0105 For payment of the public safety employees’ line-of-duty death benefits authorized in section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the treasurer’s office shall provide immediate written notification to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the expenditure of the funds appropriated herein............................................................................................................... $100,000

Lottery Commission.

0640-0000 For the operation of the state lottery commission and state arts lottery; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for any costs associated with the promotion or advertising of lottery games; provided further, that positions funded by this item shall not be subject to chapters 30 and 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund .............................................................................................................................................. $74,471,382

0640-0005 For the costs associated with the continued implementation of monitor 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.................................................................................................................................. $2,587,936

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.......................................................................................................................................................... $1,000,000

0640-0096 For the purpose of the commonwealth’s fiscal year 2011 contributions to the health and welfare fund established pursuant to the collective-bargaining agreement between the state lottery commission and the Service Employees International Union, Local 254, AFL-CIO; provided, that the contributions shall be paid to the trust fund on such basis as the collective bargaining agreement provides; and provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the General Fund $355,945

Debt Service.

0699-0015 For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt and the sale of bonds of the commonwealth; provided, 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, items 0699-9100, 0699-2004 and 0699-0016; 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, 2011, from item 0699-0015 to items 0699-9100, 0699-2004 and 0699-0016 or from items 0699-9100, 0699-2004 and 0699-0016 to item 0699-0015 which would otherwise have insufficient amounts to meet debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011; provided further, that each amount transferred shall be charged to the funds as specified in the item to which the amount is transferred; and provided further, that payments on bonds issued pursuant to section 2O of said chapter 29 shall be paid from this item and shall be charged to the Infrastructure sub-fund of the Commonwealth Transportation Fund......................................................... $1,629,810,807

General Fund…52%
Commonwealth Transportation Fund…48%

0699-0016 For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness incurred under chapter 233 of the acts of 2008 for financing the accelerated bridge program.............................................................. $39,979,615

Commonwealth Transportation Fund…100%

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...................................................... $90,085,000

Commonwealth Transportation Fund…100%

0699-9100 For the payment of costs associated with any bonds, notes or other obligations of the commonwealth, including issuance costs, interest on bonds, bond and revenue anticipation notes, commercial paper, and other notes pursuant to sections 47 and 49B of chapter 29 of the General Laws and for the payment to the United States pursuant to section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of any rebate amount or yield reduction payment owed with respect to any bonds or notes or other obligations of the commonwealth; provided, that the treasurer shall certify to the comptroller a schedule of the distribution of costs among the various funds of the commonwealth; provided further, that the comptroller shall charge costs to the funds in accordance with the schedule; and provided further, that any deficit in this item at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 shall be charged to the various funds or to the General Fund or Commonwealth Transportation Fund debt service reserves 66,791,390

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 $35,845,000

Commonwealth Transportation Fund…100%

STATE AUDITOR.

Office of the State Auditor.

0710-0000 For the office of the state auditor, including the review and monitoring of privatization contracts in accordance with sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws........................................... $13,937,881

0710-0100 For the operation of the division of local mandates...................................................................... $379,643

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.......................................................................................................................................................... $1,812,420

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 item shall not be less than 50 per cent; and provided further, that the division shall submit a report no later than December 1, 2010 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all findings on activities and payments made through the MassHealth system.............................................................. $897,829

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Office of the Attorney General.

0810-0000 For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, the operation of the anti-trust division, all regional offices, a high-tech crime unit and the victim and witness compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness assistance program shall be administered in accordance with chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; and provided further, that the attorney general shall submit to the general court and the secretary of administration and finance a report detailing the claims submitted to the state treasurer for payment under item 0810-0004 indicating both the number and costs for each category of claim $22,705,260

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; 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............................................................................................ $2,188,340

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................................................................ $440,676

0810-0013 For the office of the attorney general which may expend for a false claims program an amount not to exceed $595,000 from revenues collected from enforcement of the false claims law; 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............................................................................................................................ $595,000

0810-0014 For the operation of the department of public utilities’ office of ratepayer advocacy within the office of the attorney general, pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed under section 11E of chapter 12 shall equal the amount expended from this item as well as the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item; and provided further, that funds 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.......................................................................................... $2,355,903

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 funds 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 section 72H of chapter 111....................................................................................................................... $3,814,923

0810-0045 For the labor law enforcement program pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1A 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........................................................... $3,121,902

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; provided further, that funds shall be expended for costs associated with health insurance rate hearings; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item as well as the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item.......................................................................................................................................................... $1,540,486

0810-0338 For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount appropriated in this item as well as the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item................. $438,506

0810-0399 For the investigation and prosecution of workers’ compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount appropriated in this item as well as the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item; provided further, that the attorney general shall investigate and prosecute, when appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance as required by law; and provided further, that the unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws.................................................................... $284,456

Victim and Witness Assistance Board.

0840-0100 For the operation of the victim and witness assistance board; provided, that the board shall submit a comprehensive report compiled from the information required of and submitted to the office by the trial court, the registry of motor vehicles and the state treasurer relative to the collection of assessments for the previous calendar year under section 8 of chapter 258B of the General Laws; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 16, 2011.............................. $494,181

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 February 1, 2011, a report detailing the effectiveness of contracting for the program including, but not limited to, the number and type of incidents to which the advocates responded, the type of services and service referrals provided by the domestic violence advocates, the cost of providing such services and the extent of coordination with other service providers and state agencies................................................... $749,327

STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.

0900-0100 For the operation of the state ethics commission........................................................................ $1,731,123

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

0910-0200 For the operation of the office of the inspector general............................................................. $2,307,528

0910-0210 For the office of the inspector general which may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $600,000 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 $600,000

OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE.

0920-0300 For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance.......................................... $1,221,696

MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.

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 January 1, 2006; provided, that on or before November 2, 2010, the commission shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the total number of all currently pending cases and the total number of the cases in the investigation, conciliation, post-probable cause and pre-public hearing and post-hearing stages; provided further, that the commission shall file an update of the report with the committees on or before March 1, 2011; provided further, that the commission shall identify in the reports the number of cases in which the commission has determined there is probable cause to believe that a violation of chapter 151B of the General Laws has been committed in a case in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, on or before November 2, 2010 on the number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency or state authority is named as a respondent, specifying those cases in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent, and the number of the cases in which there is probable cause to believe that a violation of said chapter 151B has been committed; provided further, that the commission shall include in the report the total number of new cases filed in fiscal year 2010 and the total number of cases closed by the commission in fiscal year 2010; provided further, that funds made available in this item shall be in addition to funds available in item 0940-0101; provided further, that all positions, except clerical, shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that the commission shall pursue the highest allowable rate of federal reimbursement............................................................................................................................... $2,543,312

0940-0101 For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination which may expend not more than $1,914,224 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 2011 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................................... $1,914,224

0940-0102 For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination which may expend not more than $70,000 from revenues collected from fees charged for the training and certification of diversity trainers for the operation of the discrimination prevention certification program........................................................................... $70,000

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.

0950-0000 For the commission on the status of women..................................................................................... $70,000

OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER.

1000-0001 For the office of the state comptroller; provided, that the amount of any federal funds and grant receipts credited and expended from this item shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the comptroller shall maintain a special federal and non-tax revenue unit which shall operate under policies and procedures developed in conjunction with the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that the comptroller shall provide quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include for each state agency for which the commonwealth is billing, the eligible state services and the full-year estimate of revenues and revenues collected; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if the comptroller receives notification from any member of the General Court that a reporting requirement stipulated within this act has not been met the comptroller shall give immediate notice to the agency head and require the reporting requirement be met within 10 days; provided further, that the comptroller shall deduct $1,000 from the item of appropriation which includes the late reporting requirement; and provided further, that all amounts deducted shall be deposited into the General Fund and the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of 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 such purpose; provided further, that 60 days before entering into any interdepartmental service agreement the comptroller shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the notification shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the project, the purpose and intent of the interdepartmental service agreement, a projection of the costs avoided in the current fiscal year, a copy of the contract with the private vendor, including the proposed rate of compensation and any previous agreements related or similar to the new agreement with the above information; provided further, that payments to private vendors on account of such cost avoidance projects shall be made only from such actual cost savings as have been certified in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means by the comptroller and the budget director as attributable to such cost avoidance projects; provided further, that the comptroller may establish such procedures, in consultation with the budget director and the affected departments, as he deems appropriate and necessary to accomplish the purposes of this item; and provided further, that the comptroller shall submit a report on such projects as a part of his annual report pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws $7,557,188

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.

Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance.

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 nondiscrimination and equal opportunity; provided further, that whenever noncompliance is determined by the secretary, the secretary shall hold a public hearing on the matter and report the 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 noncompliance 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 labor and workforce development on or before December 1, 2010; and provided further, that agencies within the executive office may, with the prior approval of the secretary, streamline and improve administrative operations pursuant to interdepartmental service agreements.................. $3,067,205

1100-1700 For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for administration and finance........................................................................................................................................................ $25,595,875

Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.

1102-3205 For the division of capital asset management and maintenance which may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology center, the state transportation building and the Springfield state office building an amount not to exceed $16,250,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and any other sources pertaining to the operations of said facilities; 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...................................................................................................................... $16,250,000

1102-3232 For the division; 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; provided further, that only expenses, including staffing, incurred to implement and operate the certification program shall be funded from this item; 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..................... $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 state office 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 $4,370,117

1102-3302 For the purposes of utility costs and associated contracts for the properties managed by the bureau of state office buildings.......................................................................................................................................... $4,614,760

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 ..................................................................................................................... $774,000

1102-3307 For state house accessibility coordination, including communications access to public hearings and meetings; provided, that access shall include interpreter services for the deaf and hard of hearing .................... $138,476

Office on Disability.

1107-2400 For the Massachusetts office on disability....................................................................................... $539,231

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 developmental services with uniform investigative standards; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no 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 department of developmental services, the department of mental health, and the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; provided further, that the report shall include: (a) the number of claims found to be substantiated; (b) the number of claims found to be unsubstantiated; and (c) 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 shall be capable of being recorded, that all persons who call the hotline shall be immediately informed that all calls are routinely recorded and that each such person shall be provided with the opportunity to elect that the call not be recorded..................... $2,174,159

Civil Service Commission.

1108-1011 For the civil service commission; provided, that the General Fund shall be reimbursed for the appropriation herein through a fee charged on a per claim basis; provided further, that said commission shall develop and implement regulations to provide for reimbursement to the General Fund; and provided further, that the civil service commission may assess a fee upon the appointing authority when inappropriate action has occurred $417,043

Group Insurance Commission.

1108-5100 For the administration of the group insurance commission; provided, that the commission shall generate the maximum amounts allowable under the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as amended, and from reimbursements allowed by sections 8, 10B, 10C and 12 of chapter 32A of the General Laws $2,500,000

1108-5200 For the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2011; 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 2011, and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2011; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge the division of unemployment assistance and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions which have federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose, for that portion of insurance premiums and plan costs as the secretary determines should be borne by such funds, and shall notify the comptroller of the amounts to be transferred, after similar determination, from the several state or other funds and amounts received in payment of all such charges or such transfers shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for the commonwealth’s share of group insurance premium and plan costs provided to 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 of the General Laws and for the purposes of section 14 of said chapter 32A, the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premiums for state employees who have retired before July 1, 1994, shall be 90 per cent and the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premiums 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 premiums for active employees upon retirement shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premiums for active state employees hired on or before June 30, 2003, and their dependents shall be 80 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premiums for active state employees hired after June 30, 2003, and their dependents shall be 75 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premiums for active state employees who filed an application for retirement on or after August 7, 2009, and on or before October 1, 2009, for a retirement date not later than January 31, 2010, shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premiums for active state employees who file an application for retirement after October 1, 2009, shall be 80 per cent until a different contribution rate is established under said section 8 of chapter 32A; provided further, that the commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means by April 1 of each year of the cost of the commonwealth’s projected share of group insurance premiums for the next fiscal year; 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; and provided further, that in fiscal year 2011, the group insurance commission may pay for costs for employees of the office of a transferred sheriff remaining in the county health plan and other entities for the period ending not later than November 1, 2010 $1,160,940,774

1108-5201 For the costs incurred by the group insurance commission associated with providing municipal health insurance coverage pursuant to section 19 of chapter 32B of the General Laws; provided, that the commission may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $950,000 from the revenue received from administrative fees associated with providing municipal health insurance coverage pursuant to said section 19 of said chapter 32B; 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 commission 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.................................................. $950,000

1108-5350 For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments ................................................ $496,458

1108-5400 For the costs of the retired municipal teachers’ premiums and the audit of such premiums $75,230,149

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....................................................................... $8,589,598

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; and provided further, that every decision issued by a commissioner or other head of an agency, or his designee, following the issuance of a recommended decision by an administrative law judge of the division, shall be an agency decision subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws.................................................................................................................................. $1,099,304

George Fingold Library

1120-4005 For the administration of the George Fingold Library.................................................................... $786,237

1120-4006 For the George Fingold Library which may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $2,000 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 January 1, 2011 $2,000

Department of Revenue.

1201-0100 For the operation of the department of revenue, including tax collection administration and audits of certain foreign corporations and the division of local services; provided, that the department may allocate funds to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department may charge costs of personnel and other support costs provided to the child support enforcement unit, from this item to item 1201-0160, consistent with the costs attributable to said unit; provided further, that the department shall 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 shall be 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 shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 10 months within a 12-month period; provided further, that the department may conduct a public awareness and education outreach campaign about state and local tax credits, deductions, deferrals and exemptions and other tax information available to persons age 65 and older including, but not limited to, section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws and section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided further, that the department may work in conjunction with the executive office of elder affairs in disseminating information and conducting the campaign; provided further, that the department may conduct the campaign from July 1, 2010, to April 15, 2011, inclusive, and shall report their efforts to the house and senate committee on ways and means and the joint committee on elder affairs not later than May 31, 2011; and provided further, that the department shall also file an interim report to the house and senate committee on ways and means and the joint committee on elder affairs not later than January 1, 2011............................................................................................................................................... $84,676,776

1201-0130 For the department of revenue which may expend for the operation of the department not more than $17,280,000 from revenues collected by the additional auditors for an enhanced audit program; provided, that the auditors shall: (1) 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; (2) obtain such delinquent returns; and (3) 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 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010........................................................................................................................................................ $17,280,000

1201-0131 For municipal and school district regionalization; provided, that the division of local services shall, in conjunction with the department of elementary and secondary education when appropriate, work to promulgate regulations to implement this item not later than September 1, 2010.......................................................... $2,000,000

1201-0160 For child support enforcement; 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 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 the 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 this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system for federal incentives and said network in accounts 1201-0161, 1201-0410, and 1201-0412...................................................................................................... $36,693,379

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

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, payment of approved claims shall be as follows: claimant owns or formerly owned at least one, but no more than two, dispensing facilities; claimant owns 3, but not more than 5 facilities; claimant owns 6, but not more than 9 facilities; claimant owns more than 9 facilities; and provided further that, not more than 50 percent of this appropriation shall be allocated to approved claimants prior to January 1, 2011............................................................................................................. $13,099,454

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............................................................... $1,100,000

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 under clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second D, Twenty-second E, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-seventh A, Forty-first, Forty-first B, Forty-first C, Forty-first C 1/2 and Fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided further, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts said clause Forty-first B or said 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; and provided further, that funds in this item shall be available for reimbursements to 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............................... $25,301,475

1233-2350 For the distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery Fund in accordance with clause (c) of the second paragraph of section 35 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, and additional aid to municipalities, as provided for in section 3........................................................................................................................... $898,980,293

1233-2400 For reimbursements to cities and towns in lieu of taxes on state-owned land pursuant to sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws............................................................................................... $27,270,000

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 December 1, 2010, on the number of hearings held at each location..................................................... $1,736,891

1310-1001 For the appellate tax board which may expend revenues up to a maximum of $400,000 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 $400,000

Reserves.

1599-0016 For a task force to prevent fraud, waste and abuse and to assist in the recovery of funds where fraud, waste or abuse is detected.............................................................................................................................................. $250,000

1599-0025 For the secretary of administration and finance to provide the commonwealth’s customers with the convenience of expanded access to internet payment options and to improve revenue collections and cash flow; provided, that the secretary may expend an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 collected from payments made electronically to subsidize the costs associated with processing those payments; and provided further, 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

1599-0050 Route 3 North contract assistance payments.............................................................................. $9,625,000

Commonwealth Transportation Fund…100%

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................................................ $67,900,000

1599-1027 For a reserve for reimbursement to certain employees of the commonwealth for certain increases in health care cost-sharing expenditures................................................................................................................... $19,806,288

1599-1701 For a reserve for the state share of cost to certain municipalities and municipal light plants as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Emergency Declaration 3296 relating to the December 2008 severe winter storm, for the counties of Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Suffolk and Worcester........................................................................................................................................ $6,300,000

1599-1970 For a reserve for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for the purpose of defraying costs of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, or its successor, incurred in fiscal year 2011 under section 138 of chapter 27 of the acts of 2009........................................................................................................................ $125,000,000

Commonwealth Transportation Fund…100%

1599-1977 For a reserve for contract assistance to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency for payment of debt service and other obligations of the agency in connection with the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency special obligation bonds series 2010A under chapter 293 of the acts of 2006............................... $1,000,000

1599-3234 For the commonwealth’s South Essex sewerage district debt service assessment...................... $89,763

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............................................................................................. $5,000,000

1599-3856 For rent and associated costs at the Massachusetts information technology center in the city of Chelsea $600,000

1599-4281 For certain collective bargaining costs, including the cost of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreements between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the National Association of Government Employees Union, Units 1, 3 and 6 for fiscal year 2011........................... $4,156,899

1599-4282 For certain collective bargaining costs, including the cost of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreements between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Service Employees International Union, Local 509, Units 8 and 10 for fiscal year 2011.................................... 9,562,523

1599-4283 For certain collective bargaining costs, including the cost of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreements between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the American Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees Union, Council 93, Unit 2 for fiscal year 2011.......................................................................................................................................................... $2,933,636

1599-4284 For certain collective bargaining costs, including the cost of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreements between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists, Unit 9 for fiscal year 2011.......................... $744,420

1599-4285 For certain collective bargaining costs, including the cost of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreements between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Service Employees International Union, Local 888 for fiscal year 2011................................................................. $246,837

1599-4286 For certain collective bargaining costs, including the cost of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth and the Berkshire Registries of Deeds – Service Employees International Union, Local 888; Essex North/South Registry of Deeds – American Association of Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 653; Hampden Registry of Deeds – Office of Professional Employees International Union, Local 6; Middlesex South Registry of Deeds – Office of Professional Employees International Union, Local 6; Suffolk Registry of Deeds – Service Employees International Union, Local 888; Worcester North Registry of Deeds – Service Employees International Union, Local 888 for fiscal year 2011................................................................................................................................................................ $76,082

1599-4704 For a reserve for certain payments associated with the costs of chapter 61 of the acts of 2009; provided, that any spending from this account shall be used solely for costs associated with the annual operations of the transferred sheriffs’ departments and not for capital projects; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days prior to the transfer of any funds from this reserve to an appropriation of a transferred sheriff; provided further that this report shall include the requesting department, the amount requested by that department, the amount decided to be transferred to the requesting department, and the planned use of the requested funds, specifying the object classes into which funds will be transferred; and provided further, that any funds transferred under this appropriation shall not be subject to section 29 of chapter 29.......................................................................................... $10,000,000

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 and 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 of administration and finance shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts of any 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 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................................................................................................................ $2,815,447

1750-0102 For the human resources division which may expend not more than $2,031,977 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 service examination, notwithstanding clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary; provided further, that the human resources division may also expend revenues collected for implementation of the health and physical fitness standards program established pursuant to sections 61A and the wellness program established pursuant to section 61B of chapter 31 of the General Laws and those programs in chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided further, 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; 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; and provided further, that the division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means by February 1, 2011, on the projected costs of the program for fiscal year 2011....................................................................................................... $2,031,977

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............................................................................................................................................ $52,057

1750-0300 For the commonwealth’s contributions in fiscal year 2011 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........................... $26,950,000

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 bureau of purchased services of the operational services division which is responsible under section 22N of chapter 7 of the General Laws for determining prices for programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, shall set the prices in fiscal year 2011 by increasing the final fiscal year 2010 price by the rate of inflation as determined by the division for fiscal year 2011; provided further, that the prices determined by the bureau of purchased services, or pursuant to its methods, for programs pursuant to said chapter 71B shall be set for fiscal year 2011 not later than July 15, 2010; provided further, that the division shall also adjust prices for extraordinary relief, as provided in 808 CMR 1.06(4); provided further, that programs for which prices in fiscal year 2010 were lower than the full amount permitted by the division may charge in fiscal year 2011 the full price authorized for fiscal year 2010; provided further, that upon the request of a program, 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 said section 22N of said chapter 7 in a compounded manner for each fiscal year following the most recent calculated price; and provided further, that the division shall accept and process applications for program reconstruction for fiscal year 2011 to be considered for rate adjustment in fiscal year 2012............................................................................................... $814,809

1775-0115 For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend for the purpose of procuring, managing and administering statewide contracts an amount not to exceed $1,400,000 from revenue collected from the statewide contract administrative fee; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, including the costs of personnel.......................................................................................................................................................... $1,400,000

1775-0124 For the operational services division; provided, that the 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; and provided further, that the division may only retain revenues collected in excess of $207,350........................................ $500,000

1775-0200 For the operation and administration of the supplier diversity office; provided, that the office shall provide training and other services to supplier diversity office certified minority- and women-owned businesses, which allows them to better compete for state contracts and also ensures that equitable practices and policies in the public marketplace are maintained; provided further, that the office shall administer an electronic business certification application which shall be accessible to business applicants through use of the internet; provided further, that the office shall ensure the integrity and security of personal and financial information transmitted by electronic application; provided further, that the office shall, using all existing available resources, provide certification services to all supplier diversity office qualified applicants, throughout the commonwealth and beyond; provided further, that the office shall develop and implement measures and procedures to continue to improve the efficiency and the timeliness of the certification process; and provided further, that the operational services division may fund the affirmative market program from this item.............................................................................................................................................. $660,060

1775-0600 For the operational services division; provided, that the division may expend not more than $805,000 in revenues from the sale of state and federal surplus personal property and 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 payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of surplus property and the purchase of motor vehicles; provided further, that the division shall evaluate the use of technology, the internet, and online auctions to enhance the sales of surplus vehicles and submit a report of its findings to the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight on or before October 1, 2010; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, including the costs of personnel.............................................................................................................................................................. $805,000

1775-0700 For the operational services division; provided, that the 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

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 website, 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 a status report with the house and senate committees on ways and means by May 31, 2011, with actual and projected savings and expenditures for the audits in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011; provided further, that the state comptroller shall establish accounts and procedures as he deems appropriate and necessary to assist in accomplishing the purposes of this item; provided further, that any planned information technology development project or purchase by any agency under the authority of the governor for which the total projected cost exceeds $200,000, including the cost of any related hardware, software, or consulting fees, and regardless of fiscal year or source of funds, shall be reviewed and approved by the chief information officer before such agency may obligate funds for the project or purchase; provided further, that the chief information officer may establish rules and procedures necessary to implement this item; and provided further, that the division shall file a report by secretariat with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 15, 2010, that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) financial statements detailing savings realized from the consolidation of information technology services within each executive office; (b) the number of personnel assigned to the information technology services within each executive office; and (c) efficiencies that have been achieved from the sharing of resources...................................................................................................... $3,726,477

1790-0150 For the operation of the geographic information system pursuant to subsection (d) of section 4B of chapter 21A of the General Laws....................................................................................................................................... $70,000

1790-0151 For the division of information technology which may expend an amount not to exceed $55,000 from fees charged to entities other than political subdivisions of the commonwealth for the distribution of digital cartographic and other data........................................................................................................................................................ $55,000

1790-0300 For the information technology division which may expend not more than $554,730 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 $554,730

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF energy and ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.

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 and the mosquito-borne disease vector control chapter program ........................................................................................................................... $5,986,178

2000-1700 For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs.......................................................................................................................................................... $7,953,102

2020-0100 For toxics use reduction technical assistance and technology in accordance with chapter 21I of the General Laws.............................................................................................................................................................. $562,567

2030-1000 For the operation of the office of environmental law enforcement; provided, that officers shall provide monitoring pursuant to the National Shellfish Sanitation Program; and provided further, that funds from this item shall not be expended for the purposes of item 2030-1004........................................................................ $8,875,325

2030-1004 For environmental police private details; provided, that the office may expend revenues of up to $215,000 collected from the fees charged for private details; 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 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................................................................................................................................................. $215,000

Department of Public Utilities.

2100-0012 For the operation 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 2011 under said first paragraph shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce the amount expended from this item as well as the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item....................................... $7,632,539

2100-0013 For the operation of the transportation division............................................................................. $375,051

2100-0014 For the department of public utilities which may expend for the operation of the energy facilities siting board an amount not to exceed $100,000 from application fees collected in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years from utility companies.......................................................................................................................................... $100,000

2100-0015 For the department of public utilities which may expend for the operation of the transportation division an amount not to exceed $2,300,000 from unified carrier registration fees collected in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years from motor carrier companies.............................................................................................................. $2,300,000

2100-0016 For the department of public utilities to regulate steam distribution companies; provided, that notwithstanding section 18A of chapter 25 of the General Laws, the assessments levied for fiscal year 2011 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefits costs for personnel paid from this item...................................................................................................................................................... $300,000

Department of Environmental Protection.

2200-0100 For the operation of the department of environmental protection, including the environmental strike force, the bureau of policy and planning, the bureau of resource protection, the bureau of waste prevention, 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........................................................................................................... $26,446,561

2200-0102 For the department of environmental protection which may expend an amount not to exceed $260,812 from revenues collected from fees collected from wetland permits; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment the amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that the department shall submit a report not later than January 11, 2011 on implementation of the wetlands fee, the amount of the fee increase and the revenue collected pursuant thereto; and provided further, that the wetlands fees directed into the General Fund shall not be lower than the amount deposited at the end of fiscal year 2004........................................................................................................................................... $260,812

2200-0107 For recycling and related purposes consistent with the recycling plan of the solid waste master plan and redemption centers; provided, that the department of environmental protection shall expend a portion of 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 redemption 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; provided further, that a redemption center shall be eligible for the funds if registered with the commonwealth as of April 1, 2003; and provided further, that funds may be expended for a recycling industry reimbursement program pursuant to section 241 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997.......... $550,000

2210-0100 For the implementation and administration of the toxics use reduction act, pursuant to chapter 21I of the General Laws .............................................................................................................................................................. $831,182

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 Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers Action Plans for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury emissions.............................................................................................................................................................. $898,058

2220-2221 For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance program required under the federal Clean Air Act.................................................................................................................................. $1,657,263

2250-2000 For the purpose of state implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act under section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws........................................................................................................................... $1,464,896

2260-8870 For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank programs, notwithstanding section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws.............................................................................................. $13,917,285

2260-8872 For the brownfields site audit program.......................................................................................... $1,030,305

2260-8881 For the operation of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws.................................................................................... $341,719

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 division of ecological restoration and riverways programs and all other programs under the control of the department of fish and game; provided further, that the purpose of those assessments shall be to cover appropriate administrative costs of the department, including but not limited to payroll, personnel, legal and budgetary costs; and provided further, that the amount and contribution from each division or program shall be determined by the commissioner of fish and game .............................................................................................................................................................. $639,070

2300-0101 For a division of ecological restoration and riverways protection program, for the promotion of public access to rivers, wetland restoration, 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............................................................. $390,002

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 fisheries 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 Amherst for the purposes of wildlife and fisheries research in an amount not to exceed the amount received in fiscal year 2010 for such research; provided further, that the department may 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 shall be expended for the natural heritage and endangered species program....... $9,235,455

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund…100%

2310-0306 For the hunter safety training program............................................................................................. $401,130

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund…100%

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.................................................................................. $1,000,000

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund…100%

2310-0317 For the waterfowl management program established pursuant to section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws................................................................................................................................................................ $45,000

Inland Fisheries and Game Fund…100%

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 Laws..................................................................................................................................... $469,678

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 funds shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that the sum expended for the school for marine science and technology for research to minimize the economic impact of new fisheries management regulations shall not be reduced from fiscal year 2010 levels except in proportion to adjustments consistent with the department’s budget adjustments; and provided further, that the division shall continue to develop strategies to improve federal regulations governing the commercial fishing industry so as to promote sustainable fisheries.......................................................................................................................................................... $4,450,133

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............................................................................................................................... $538,956

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

2330-0200. For the administration and operation of the saltwater fishing permit program, in accordance with chapter 161 of the acts of 2009....................................................................................................................................... $101,500

Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund…100%

Department of Agricultural Resources.

2511-0100 For the operation of the department of agricultural resources, including the division of administration, the expenses of the board of agriculture, the division of dairy services, division of regulatory services, the division of animal health, the division of agricultural technical assistance, the division of crop management and inspectional services, including a program of laboratory services at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the pesticides board and the division of agricultural development and fairs ........................................................................................... $4,520,130

2511-0105 For the purchase of supplemental foods for the emergency food assistance program within the feeding America nationally-certified food bank system of Massachusetts; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall reflect the feeding America allocation formula, to benefit the 4 regional food banks in the commonwealth; and provided further, that the department may assess an administrative charge not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation herein............................................................................................................................................. $11,500,000

2511-3002 For the integrated pest management program................................................................................... $47,560

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 adjust or develop other revenue sources to fund the maintenance, operation and administration of the department; provided further, that funds shall be expended for cleanup of Pilayella algae; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for personnel overtime costs .......................................................................................................................................................... $3,613,779

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 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 the department shall continue to make payments pursuant to chapter 616 of the acts of 1957, as amended by section 89 of chapter 801 of the acts of 1963; and provided further, that the department shall continue to make payments pursuant to chapter 307 of the acts of 1987 for the use of certain land................................................................................................................................ $1,000,000

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 implement a stormwater management program in compliance with federal and state stormwater management requirements; provided further, that the department shall inventory all stormwater infrastructure, assess its stormwater practices, analyze long term capital and operational needs and develop a stormwater management plan to comply with federal and state regulatory requirements; and provided further, that in order to protect public safety and to protect water resources for water supply, recreational and ecosystem uses, the department shall immediately implement interim stormwater management practices including, but not limited to, street sweeping, inspection and cleaning of catch basins and emergency repairs to roadway drainage....................................................................................... $391,195

2800-0501 For the operation of the beaches, pools and spray pools under the control of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that the seasonal hires of the department of conservation and recreation’s parks, beaches, pools and spray pools be paid from this item; provided further, that all beaches, pools and spray pools shall remain open and staffed from Memorial Day through the end of August; provided further, that the beaches, pools and spray pools shall be fully maintained; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for year-round seasonal employees; provided further, that seasonal employees who are hired before 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 2010 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2011 during the period of their seasonal employment; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item shall be 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...................................................................................................................... $12,439,952

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, maintain a comprehensive inventory of all dams, and develop a coordinated permitting and regulatory approach to dam removal for stream restoration and public safety ................................................................................................................................................. $288,602

2810-0100 For the operation of the department’s state and urban parks; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used to operate all of the division’s parks, parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody, and control of the division, flood control activities of the division, 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 the crossing guards located at department of conservation and recreation intersections shall continue to perform the duties where state police previously performed such duties; 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 department may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item ............................................... $41,945,776

2810-2041 For the division of state parks and recreation which may expend not more than $5,314,030 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 the house and senate committees on ways and means at the time subsequent quarterly statements are published of the variance between actual and projected receipts in each such quarter and the implications of that variance for expenditures made; and provided further, that the division may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item.................................................................................................................................................. $5,314,030

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...................................................................................................................................... $1,292,000

2820-1000 For the division of urban parks and recreation which 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 For the division of urban parks and recreation which 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, the 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 operation of street lighting and the expenses of maintaining the parkways of the department of conservation and recreation ............................................................................................................................... $3,115,033

Commonwealth Transportation Fund….100%

2820-3001 For the division of urban parks and recreation which may expend not more than $1,000,000 from revenue collected from skating rink fees and rentals for the operation and maintenance, including personnel costs, of 4 rinks between September 1, 2010, and April 30, 2011, for an extended rink season; provided, that when assigning time for the use of its rinks, the division shall give priority to those which qualify under applicable state and federal law as nonprofit organizations or as a public school............................................................................................ $1,000,000

2820-4420 For the operation and maintenance of the Ponkapoag golf course; provided, that the division of urban parks and recreation may expend not more than $1,098,011 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........................ $1,098,011

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 $824,790 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........................... $824,790

Department of Energy Resources.

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, the assessments levied for fiscal year 2011 under that section shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce the amount expended from this item as well as the associated fringe benefit costs for personnel paid from this item $199,326

7006-1003 For the operation of the department 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 as well as the associated fringe benefit costs for personnel paid from this item.......................................................................................................................................................... $2,938,679

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 the department shall report on the first business day of each month to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, 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, including supportive child care 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 elementary and secondary education, the department of transitional assistance, the department of children and families 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......................................................................... $11,622,212

3000-2000 For regional administration and coordination of services provided by child care resource and referral agencies; provided, that funding for activities shall include, but not be limited to, administrative costs of these agencies, program coordination and support, voucher management, outreach to hard-to-reach populations, intake and eligibility services for families seeking financial assistance to enroll in early education and care programs, resource and referral for families including those with disabilities in child care programs, maintenance of the department’s centralized waiting list for state-subsidized early education and care, and walk-in services for homeless families $5,933,862

3000-2050 For the administration of the Children’s Trust Fund; provided, that the department shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to the board................................................................................................ $1,181,850

3000-3050 For supportive early education and care services; 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 children and families; provided further, that the department of early education and care, in collaboration with the department of children and families, 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 those 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 the secretary of administration and finance, a report detailing the amount of appropriation needed to address such deficiency; and provided further, that the commissioner 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 30 days before the transfer................................ $85,713,747

3000-4050 For financial assistance for families currently involved with or transitioning from transitional aid to families with dependent children to enroll in an early education and care program; provided, that early education and care shall be available to former participants who are working for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits; provided further, that post-transitional early education and care benefits shall be provided to participants who are working for up to 1 year after the transitional period; provided further, 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; provided further, that the department may provide early education and care benefits to parents who are under 18 years of age, who are currently enrolled in a job training program, and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents’ income; 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; provided further, that recipients shall not be charged fees for care provided under this item; 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 may 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 the commissioner of early education and care may transfer funds to this item from items 3000-1000 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 at least 30 days before the transfer; and provided further, that not more than 3 per cent of any item may be transferred in fiscal year 2011........................................ $127,358,313

3000-4060 For income-eligible early education and care programs; provided, that teen parents at risk of becoming eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children may be paid from this item; provided further, that informal early education and care benefits for families meeting income-eligibility criteria may 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 the department may expend funds from this item on grants to support inclusive learning environments; provided further, that the commissioner 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 at least 30 days before the transfer; provided further, that not more than 3 per cent of any item may be transferred in fiscal year 2011; provided further, that said plan shall be forwarded to the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education, the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the secretary of administration and finance; and provided further, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, or regional school district and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, or regional school district without municipal appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary.............................................. $228,527,427

3000-5000 For grants to head start programs; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on early head start programs.......................................................................................................................................................... $8,000,000

3000-5075 For the Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended on grants to improve the quality of and expand access to preschool programs and services to children from the age of 2 years and 9 months until they are kindergarten eligible; provided further, that in awarding grant funds under this program, preference shall be given to establishing preschool classrooms in towns and cities with schools and districts at risk of or determined to be under-performing in accordance with sections 1J and 1K of chapter 69 of the General Laws, schools and districts which have been placed in the accountability status of identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring pursuant to departmental regulations, or which have been designated commonwealth priority schools or commonwealth pilot schools pursuant to said regulations, schools or districts with a high percentage of students scoring in levels 1 and 2 on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams, or programs which serve children not less than 50 per cent of whom are from families earning at or below 85 per cent of the state median income; provided further, that funds may also be used to leverage and enhance community-wide capacity building efforts within statewide parameters established by the board; provided further, that any newly-funded programs designated as Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program participants shall have been accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the National Association of Family Child Care or a Child Development Associate credential or higher; provided further, that programs receiving grant funds may use the funds to enhance teacher and staff quality and compensation, enhance program ability to interpret and use assessment data effectively, enhance developmentally-appropriate practice, incorporate ancillary services into the program, facilitate or provide access to wrap-around services for working families, or to increase capacity to expand access to age-eligible children on the centralized waitlist maintained by the department; provided further, that preference shall be given in awarding grants to those programs which demonstrate affordability for middle class and working class parents according to standards to be developed by the department; and provided further, that any payment made under any such grant with a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town, or regional school district and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town, or regional school district without municipal appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary..... $8,000,000

3000-6000 For the establishment of a statewide network of supports for early education and care programs to advance the quality of their services to children; provided, that supports funded through this item shall include, but not be limited to, curriculum development, child assessment systems, activities that encourage providers to obtain associate and bachelor degrees, payment of fees and direct assistance to programs seeking accreditation by agencies approved by the board, and professional development courses; provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include, but not be limited to, 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 supports funded through this item shall be in alignment with the quality requirements of the Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program and the development of the quality rating and improvement system; provided further, that the department shall encourage and support early childhood education and care providers to obtain associate and bachelor degrees through professional development programs, including, but not limited to, the building careers program model; and provided further, that where possible, funds from this line item shall be coordinated with funding from item 3000-7050........................................... $14,032,568

3000-6075 For early childhood mental health consultation services in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that preference shall be given to those services designed to limit the number of expulsions and suspensions from said programs; and 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, child care resource and referral centers and other qualified entities... $750,000

3000-7000 For statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns to be administered by the Children’s Trust Fund; provided, that the department shall collaborate with the Children’s Trust Fund, whenever feasible and appropriate, to coordinate services provided though this item with services provided through item 3000-7050 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department; provided further, that such services shall be made available statewide to parents under the age of 21 years; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, priority for such services shall be given to low-income parents; and provided further, that the Children’s Trust Fund shall issue a report to the joint committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than February 15, 2011, detailing the expenditure of state funds appropriated herein..................................................................................................................... $10,621,986

3000-7050 For grants to programs that improve the parenting skills of participants in early education and care programs in the commonwealth: Mass Family Networks, Parent-Child Home Program, and Reach Out and Read; provided, that the department shall distribute said grants no later than August 31, 2010, in order to allow a full year of service for families involved in these programs; and provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided through this item with services provided through items 3000-6000 and 3000-7000 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department....................................................................................... $5,000,000

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Office of the Secretary.

4000-0050 For the operation of the personal care attendant quality workforce council established under section 29 of chapter 118G of the General Laws.............................................................................................................. $167,708

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 program shall be administered by the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers in consultation with the secretary of health and human services and relevant member agencies; provided further, that the funds shall be matched by other public and private funds; and provided further, that the League shall work with said secretary and said agencies to maximize all sources of public and private funds................................................................................................................................................... $500,000

4000-0300 For the operation of the executive office of health and human services, including the operation of the managed care oversight board; provided, that the executive office shall provide technical and administrative assistance to agencies under the purview of the secretariat receiving federal funds; provided further, that the executive office and its agencies, when contracting for services on the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, shall take into consideration the increased costs associated with the provision of goods, services, and housing on said islands; 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 administrative and contracted services related to the implementation and operation of programs authorized by chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that funds may be expended for the operation of the office of health equity within the executive office of health and human services; 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 the rates that 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 programs authorized by chapter 118E of the General Laws shall be accounted for in 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 that are not federally reimbursable, including those related to Titles XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act or the MassHealth demonstration waiver approved under section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act or the community first section 1115 demonstration waiver, whether made by the executive office or another commonwealth entity, except as specifically authorized herein, or unless made for cost containment efforts, the purposes and amounts of which have been submitted to the executive office of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to making such expenditures; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services may continue to recover provider overpayments made in the current and prior fiscal years through the Medicaid management information system, and that these 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 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 the executive office of health and human services shall pursue opportunities for grants and other federal funding available under the Patient Protection and Affordability Act of 2010, Public Law 111-148 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152; provided further, that not later than September 1, 2010, 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 2011 expenditures by the executive office as funded by chargebacks to the 17 executive office cluster agencies; provided further, that not later than September 1, 2010, the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the methodology used for projecting MassHealth enrollment and utilization in fiscal year 2012 and evaluating the accuracy of the caseload and utilization projection methodologies used to project caseload and utilization in fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011; provided further, that any projection of deficiency in item 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0700, 4000-0870, 4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0890, 4000-0895, 4000-0950, 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 provided further, that any unexpended balance in these accounts shall revert to the General Fund on June 30, 2011................ $91,299,259

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 initiatives intended to enhance program integrity........................................................................................................................... $1,747,904

4000-0320 For the executive office of health and human services which may expend for medical care and assistance rendered in the current year an amount not to exceed $225,000,000 from the monies received from recoveries and collections of any current or prior year expenditures; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the balance of any personal needs accounts collected from nursing and other medical institutions upon a medical assistance member's death and held by the executive office for more than 3 years may be credited to this item; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used for the purposes of item 4000-0300 $225,000,000

4000-0430 For the CommonHealth program to provide primary and supplemental medical care and assistance to disabled adults and children under sections 9A, 16 and 16A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the 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 shall be no more restrictive than the standards in effect on July 1, 1996; and provided further, that the executive office shall process CommonHealth applications within 45 days of receipt of a completed application or within 90 days if a determination of disability is required...................................................................................................................................................... $133,254,517

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) to (d), inclusive, and clause (h) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws and section 16C of said chapter 118E; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents under clause (c) of said subsection (2) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceed 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated herein; provider further, that funds may be expended from this item to enhance the ability of hospitals, community health centers, and primary care clinicians to serve populations in need more efficiently and effectively; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made to these providers; provided further, that in conjunction with the new Medicaid management information system, the executive office shall continue to study the feasibility of modifying its claim payment system, in collaboration with the MassHealth behavioral health contractor, to routinely process for payment valid claims for medically-necessary covered medical services to eligible recipients with psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses on a timely basis in an effort to avoid delay and expenses incurred by lengthy appeals processes; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services shall not, without prior written or verbal consent, reassign the behavioral health benefit of any eligible person to a managed care plan under contract with the office of MassHealth if the benefit is already managed by MassHealth’s specialty behavioral health managed care contractor.................................................................................................................................................. $3,757,055,766

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” program; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that benefits for this demonstration project shall not be reduced below the services provided in fiscal year 2010; provided further, that the eligibility requirements for this demonstration project shall not be more restrictive than those established in fiscal year 2010; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds shall be expended from this item for the purpose of maintaining a personal needs allowance of $72.80 per month 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 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 executive office of elder affairs, in consultation with the division of health care finance and policy, in recognition of the unique special innovative program status granted by the executive office of health and human services, shall continue to make the standard payment rates established in fiscal year 2006 to reflect the high dietary costs incurred in providing kosher food; and provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs and the director of the office of Medicaid shall provide bimonthly reports to the secretary of administration and finance and to the house and senate committees on ways and means showing Medicaid nursing facility utilization in the current fiscal year compared to Medicaid nursing facility utilization in the same period for the prior fiscal year................................................................................................................ $2,488,616,244

4000-0640 For nursing facility Medicaid rates; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in fiscal year 2011 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 funds shall be expended in an amount not less than that appropriated in fiscal year 2010 for purposes of reimbursing nursing facilities for up to 10 bedhold days for patients of the facility on medical and non-medical leaves of absence; provided further, that an amount for expenses related to the collection and administration of section 25 of chapter 118G of the General Laws shall be transferred to the division of health care finance and policy; and provided further, that the payments made pursuant to this item shall be allocated in an amount sufficient to implement section 622 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996 $288,500,000

Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

4000-0700 For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office’s health care indemnity/third party liability plan and medical assistance recipients not otherwise covered under the executive office’s managed care or senior care plans, and for MassHealth benefits provided to children, adolescents and adults under clauses (a) to (d), inclusive and clause (h) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws and section 16C of said chapter 118E; provided, that no payments for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents under clause (c) of said subsection (2) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceed 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that children who have aged out of the custody of the department of children and families shall be eligible for benefits until they reach age 21; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item for members who qualify for early intervention services; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that $20,000,000 shall be expended from this item, or item 4000-0500, if necessary to achieve maximum federal financial participation, to enhance the ability of hospitals, community health centers and primary care clinicians to serve populations in need more efficiently and effectively; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made to these providers; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services may transfer the coverage of pharmacy services for members enrolled in a Medicaid managed care organization to this item, but shall make all reasonable efforts to leave coverage of said services with the Medicaid managed care organizations and collect, in a manner and form authorized by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, pharmacy rebates that manufacturers which participate in the federal drug rebate program are required to provide for individuals enrolled in a Medicaid managed care organization pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Public Law 111-148 and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152; provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, funds may be expended from this item for the purchase of third party insurance including, but not limited to, Medicare for any medical assistance recipient; provided further, that the executive office may reduce MassHealth premiums or copayments or offer other incentives to encourage enrollees to comply with wellness goals; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for activities relating to disability determinations or utilization management and review, including patient screenings and evaluations, regardless of whether such activities are performed by a state agency, contractor, agent or provider...................................................................... $1,711,468,034

4000-0870 For health care services provided to adults participating in the medical assistance program pursuant to clause (g) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years.................. $165,351,318

4000-0875 For the provision of benefits to eligible women who require medical treatment for either breast or cervical cancer in accordance with section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII) of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000, Public Law 106-354, and in accordance with section 10D of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall provide those benefits to women whose income, as determined by the executive office, does not exceed 250 per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to continued federal approval; provided further, that eligibility for benefits shall be extended solely for the duration of the cancerous condition; provided further, that before the provision of any benefits covered by this item, the executive office shall require screening for either breast or cervical cancer through the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer early detection program operated by the department of public health, in accordance with item 4570-1512 of section 2D; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years .......................................................................................................................................................... $4,770,999

4000-0880 For MassHealth benefits under clause (c) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws and section 16C of said chapter 118E for children and adolescents whose family incomes as determined by the executive office are above 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these children and adolescents in prior fiscal years.. $222,090,812

4000-0890 For the cost of health insurance subsidies paid to employees and employers of small businesses in the insurance reimbursement program under section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years $58,181,956

4000-0895 For the healthy start program to provide medical care and assistance to pregnant women and infants residing in the commonwealth pursuant to section 10E of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years $14,409,312

4000-0950 For the purposes of administrative and program expenses associated with the children’s behavioral health initiative, in accordance with the settlement agreement in the case of Rosie D. et al. v. Romney, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts civil action No. 01-30199-MAP, to provide comprehensive, community-based behavioral health services to children suffering from severe emotional disturbances; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means relative to implementation of the initiative; and provided further, that such quarterly reports shall include, but not be limited to, details of the implementation plan, results of the scheduled plan to date, including a schedule detailing commencement of services and associated costs by service type, an analysis of compliance with the terms of the settlement agreement to date, a detailed itemization of services and service utilization by service type, geographical location and the age of the member receiving the service, data detailing the time that elapses between a member’s request for services and commencement of an initial assessment for services, the time to complete the initial assessment and the time that elapses between initial assessment for services and commencement of services and a quarterly update of whether projected expenditures are likely to exceed the amount appropriated herein........................................................................................................................................................ $86,743,865

4000-0990 For the children’s medical security plan to provide primary and preventive health services for uninsured children from birth through age 18; provided, that the executive office shall prescreen enrollees and applicants for Medicaid eligibility; provided further, that no applicant shall be enrolled in the program until the applicant has been denied eligibility for the MassHealth program; provided further, that the MassHealth benefit request shall be used as a joint application to determine the eligibility for both MassHealth and the children’s medical security plan; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made on behalf of the children; provided further, that the executive office shall expend all necessary funds from this item to ensure the provision of the maximum benefit levels for this program, as authorized by section 10F of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that the maximum benefit levels for this program shall be made available only to those children who have been determined by the executive office to be ineligible for MassHealth benefits; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years.......................................................................................................................... $12,089,722

4000-1400 For the purposes of providing MassHealth benefits to persons with a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus with incomes up to 200 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years................................... $18,801,714

4000-1405 For the operation of a program of preventive and primary care for chronically unemployed persons who are not receiving unemployment insurance benefits and who are not eligible for medical assistance but who are determined by the executive office of health and human services to be long-term unemployed; provided, that such persons shall meet the eligibility requirements of the MassHealth program established in section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that persons eligible under subsection (7) of section 16D of said chapter 118E shall also be eligible to receive benefits under this item; provided further, that the income of such persons shall not exceed 100 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that the eligibility requirements shall not exclude from eligibility persons who are employed intermittently or on a non-regular basis; provided further, that the provision of care to such persons under this program may, taking into account capacity, continuity of care, and geographic considerations, be restricted to certain providers; provided further, that the secretary may limit or close enrollment if necessary in order to ensure that expenditures from this item do not exceed the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that no such limitation shall be implemented unless the secretary has given 90 days’ notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to recipients in prior fiscal years...................................................................................................................................................... $344,913,540

4000-1420 For the purposes of making payment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in compliance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act...................................................................................... $198,273,814

4000-1700 For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of health and human services........................................................................................................................................................ $82,110,075

Office for Refugees and Immigrants.

4003-0122 For a citizenship for new Americans program to assist legal permanent residents of the commonwealth in becoming citizens of the United States; provided, that the office for refugees and immigrants shall administer the program; provided further, that the program funded by this item shall provide assistance to persons who are within 3 years of eligibility to become citizens of the United States; provided further, that services shall be designed to include: ESOL/civics classes, citizenship application assistance, interview preparation and support services including, but not limited to, interpretation and referral services; provided further, that persons who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws but for their status as legal non-citizens shall be given highest priority for services; and provided further, that persons who currently receive state-funded benefits which could be replaced, in whole or in part, by federally-funded benefits if these persons become citizens, shall be given priority for services $250,000

Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.

4100-0060 For the operation of the division of health care finance and policy and the administration of the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 36 of chapter 118G of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the assessment to acute hospitals authorized pursuant to section 5 of chapter 118G for the estimated expenses of the division shall include in fiscal year 2011, the estimated expenses, including indirect costs, of the division and shall be equal to the amount appropriated in this item less amounts projected to be collected in fiscal year 2011 from: (a) filing fees; (b) fees and charges generated by the division’s publication or dissemination of reports and information; and (c) federal financial participation received as reimbursement for the division’s administrative costs; provided further, that the assessed amount shall not be less than 55 per cent of the total expenses appropriated for the division and the health safety net office; provided further, for the purposes of supporting the division’s expanded role in developing health care policies that benefit government entities, providers, purchasers, and consumers, the division shall assess surcharge payors as defined in section 34 of chapter 118G, not less than 10 per cent of the total estimated expenses appropriated for the division and the health safety net office, including indirect costs, in fiscal year 2011, less amounts projected to be collected in fiscal year 2011 from: (a) filing fees; (b) fees and charges generated by the division’s publication or dissemination of reports and information; and (c) federal financial participation received as reimbursement for the division’s administrative costs; provided further, that the assessment on surcharge payors shall be calculated in a manner similar to the assessment authorized under section 38 of chapter 118G, and shall be collected in a manner consistent with the provisions of chapter 118G and deposited in the General Fund; provided further, that the division, in consultation with the executive office of health and human services, shall not promulgate any increase in Medicaid provider rates without taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any successor federal statute to ensure that rates of payment to providers do not exceed such rates as are necessary to meet only those costs incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that the division shall meet the reporting requirements of section 25 of chapter 203 of the acts of 1996; provided further, that funds may be expended for the purposes of a survey and study of the uninsured and underinsured in the commonwealth, including the health insurance needs of the residents of the commonwealth; provided further, that said study shall examine the overall impact of programs administered by the executive office of health and human services on the uninsured, the underinsured, and the role of employers in assisting their employees in affording health insurance pursuant to section 23 of chapter 118G of the General Laws; provided further, that the division shall publish annual reports on the financial condition of hospitals and other health care providers through the Health Benchmarks project website, in collaboration with the executive office of health and human services, the office of the attorney general, and the University of Massachusetts; provided further, that the division shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing not later than December 8, 2010 a report detailing utilization of the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; provided further, that the report shall include: (a) the number of persons in the commonwealth whose medical expenses were billed to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund in fiscal year 2010; (b) the total dollar amount billed to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund in fiscal year 2010; (c) the demographics of the population using the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; and (d) the types of services paid for out of the Health Safety Net Trust Fund in fiscal year 2010; provided further, that the division shall include in the report an analysis on hospitals’ responsiveness to enrolling eligible individuals into the MassHealth program upon the date of service rather than charging those individuals to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; provided further, that the division shall include in the report possible disincentives the state could provide to hospitals to discourage such behavior; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the health care quality and cost council established in section 16K of chapter 6A of the General Laws to promote high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered care; provided further, that the council shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means delineating the progress made pursuant to the goals stated in said section 16K of said chapter 6A; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the division shall not allow any exceptions to the usual and customary charge defining rule as defined in 114.3 CMR 31.02, for the purposes of drug cost reimbursement to eligible pharmacy providers for publicly-aided or industrial accident patients; provided further, that the division is hereby authorized to change the pricing standard used by the division when determining the rate of payment to pharmacy providers for prescribed drugs for publicly-aided or industrial accident patients if such a change would financially benefit the commonwealth; provided further, that within 6 months of the publication date of the federal upper limits for multiple source drugs by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the division shall submit a report to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the savings realized by the MassHealth Pharmacy Program for the first 3 months that the federal upper limits for multiple source drugs are in place; provided further, that using this data, the division shall estimate the program savings for the remainder of fiscal year 2011; provided further, that the division, after consultation with the secretary of health and human services and the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means, may adjust pharmacy dispensing fees for multiple source prescription drugs to compensate for any reduction as a result of the upper limits implemented under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; provided further, that the division shall examine the factors that contribute to the cost increases of the health care delivery system and strategies employed by the provider community to reduce cost growth; provided further, that in preparing its report, the division shall conduct a public hearing on the matter; and provided further, that the division shall submit its findings to the joint committees on health care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 16, 2011....................................................................................................................... $20,957,507

4100-0360 For the health care quality and cost council established pursuant to section 16K of chapter 6A of the General Laws; provided, that the council may expend an amount not to exceed $100,000 from the monies received from the sale of data reports........................................................................................................................................ $100,000

OFFICE OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.

4110-0001 For the office of the commissioner.................................................................................................... $963,848

4110-1000 For the community services program; provided, that the Massachusetts commission for the blind shall work in collaboration with the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing to provide assistance and services to the deaf-blind community through the deaf-blind community access network........... $3,847,854

4110-1010 For aid to the adult blind; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year and for sheltered workforce employee retirement benefits................................ $8,351,643

4110-2000 For the turning 22 program of the commission; provided, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of developmental services to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22 clients and to secure similar rates for contracted residential services $10,662,215

4110-3010 For a program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from federal vocational rehabilitation grants or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other such indirect costs of federally reimbursed state employees $3,044,673

Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.

4120-1000 For the operation of the commission; provided, that the commissioner shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the number of clients served and the amount expended on each type of service; provided further, that the comptroller shall act in accordance with item 1000-0001 if each report, with all of its components, is not filed by the end of the following fiscal quarter; provided further, that upon the written request of the commissioner of revenue, the commission shall provide lists of individual clients to whom or on behalf of whom payments have been made for the purpose of verifying eligibility and detecting and preventing fraud, error and abuse in the programs administered by the commission; and provided further, that the lists shall include client names and social security numbers and payee names and other identification, if different from a client’s............................................................................................................... $457,893

4120-2000 For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grant or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance and any other such indirect cost of the federally-reimbursed state employees; and provided further, that the commissioner, in making referrals to service providers, shall take into account the client’s place of residence and the geographic proximity of the nearest provider to the residence............................ $10,013,228

4120-3000 For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and employment services for severely disabled adults may be provided................................................................................................ $2,630,752

4120-4000 For independent living assistance services.................................................................................. $11,897,969

4120-4010 For the turning 22 program of the commission............................................................................... $801,551

4120-5000 For homemaking services................................................................................................................ $4,770,118

4120-6000 For head injured services; provided, that the commission shall work with the executive office of health and human services to maximize federal reimbursement for clients receiving head injured services $11,184,482

Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

4125-0100 For the operation of and services provided by the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing.......................................................................................................................................................... $4,895,345

Department of Veterans’ Services.

1410-0010 For the operation of the department of veterans’ services; provided, that the department may fund a housing specialist from this item; and provided further, that the department may expend funds for the Glory 54th Brigade.......................................................................................................................................................... $2,133,506

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; and provided further, that these centers shall also provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001, and their families....................................................... $1,738,686

1410-0015 For the women veterans’ outreach program...................................................................................... $50,000

1410-0018 For the department which 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................................................ $96,500

1410-0250 For veterans’ homelessness services.............................................................................................. $2,083,073

1410-0251 For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Center for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston................................................ $2,278,543

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 2011 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 $19,862,118

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 veterans’ services shall continue a training program for veterans’ agents and directors of veterans’ services in cities and towns; provided further, that the department of veterans’ services shall provide such training in several locations across the commonwealth; provided further, that training will be provided annually and on an as needed basis to veterans services organizations to make them aware of the provisions of said chapter 115 and all other benefits to which a veteran or the veteran’s dependents may be entitled; provided further, that any person applying for veterans’ benefits to pay for services available under chapter 118E of the General Laws, shall also apply for medical assistance under said chapter 118E to minimize cost of the commonwealth and its municipalities; provided further, that veterans’ agents shall complete applications authorized by the executive office under said chapter 118E for any veteran, widow and dependent applying for medical assistance under said chapter 115; provided further, that the veterans’ agent shall file the application for the veteran or dependent for assistance under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the executive office shall act on all said chapter 118E applications and advise the applicant and the veterans’ agent of the applicant’s eligibility for said chapter 118E healthcare; provided further, that the veterans’ agent shall advise the applicant of the right to assistance for medical benefits under said chapter 115 pending approval of the application for assistance under said chapter 118E by the executive office; provided further, that the secretary may supplement healthcare pursuant to said chapter 118E with healthcare coverage under said chapter 115 if he determines that supplemental coverage is necessary to afford the veteran or dependent sufficient relief and support; provided further, that payments to or on behalf of a veteran or dependent pursuant to said chapter 115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; and provided further, that benefits awarded pursuant to section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income................................................................................................... $36,972,473

1410-0630 For the administration of the veterans’ cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon $899,451

Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts.

4180-0100 For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea, including a specialized unit for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease patients; provided, that graduates from the LPN school of nursing shall work in state-operated facilities for at least 1 year; provided further, that no fee, assessment or other charge shall be imposed upon or required of any person for any outpatient treatment, admission or hospitalization which exceeds the amount of fees charged in fiscal year 2010; provided further, that all pharmacy services shall be paid through the state office of pharmacy services chargeback, item 4510-0108 of section 2B; and provided further, that no charge or contract shall be made with any alternate vendor to provide pharmacy services other than the state office of pharmacy services...................................................................................................... $25,940,788

4180-1100 For the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts which may expend not more than $360,000 in revenues for facility maintenance and patient care, including personnel costs; provided, that 60 per cent of all revenues generated pursuant to section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, upon compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the cost associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers’ Home; provided further, that the Soldiers’ Home may accept gifts, grants, donations and bequests; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued $360,000

Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.

4190-0100 For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, including the adult day care program, the Maguder House and the Chapin Mansion; provided, that no fee, assessment or other charge shall be imposed upon or required of any person for any outpatient treatment, admission or hospitalization which exceeds the amount of fees charged in fiscal year 2010; provided further, that all pharmacy services shall be paid through the state office of pharmacy services chargeback, item 4510-0108 of section 2B; and provided further, that no charge or contract shall be made with any alternate vendor to provide pharmacy services other than the state office of pharmacy services........................................................................................................................................................ $19,438,450

4190-0101 For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke which may expend for its operation an amount not to exceed $5,000 from the licensing of the property for placement of aerial antennas........................................................... $5,000

4190-0102 For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke which may expend for the outpatient pharmacy program an amount not to exceed $110,000 from co-payments which it may charge to users of the program; provided, that no co-payments shall be imposed or required of any person which exceed the level of co-payments charged in fiscal year 2010 $110,000

4190-0200 For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke which may expend not more than $25,000 from fees collected from veterans in its care for the purposes of providing television and telephone services to residents; provided, that fees from the use of telephones and televisions shall only be expended for payments to vendors for said services; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the soldiers’ home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system............................... $25,000

4190-1100 For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke which may expend not more than $240,000 for facility maintenance and patient care, including personnel costs; provided, that 40 per cent of all revenues generated pursuant to section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, upon compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the cost associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers’ Home; provided further, that the Soldiers’ Home may accept gifts, grants, donations, and bequests; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers’ Home may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, prior appropriation continued........................... $240,000

Department of Youth Services.

4200-0010 For the administration of the department of youth services; provided, that the department shall continue to collaborate with the department of elementary and secondary education in order to align curriculum at the department of youth services with the statewide curriculum frameworks and to ease the reintegration of youth from facilities at the department of youth services into regular public school settings; and provided further, that the department shall continue to execute its education funding initiative............................................................... $4,516,910

4200-0100 For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to committed youths in nonresidential care programs of the department; provided, that the commissioner may transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0200 and 4200-0300; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer.......................................................................................................................................... $21,936,465

4200-0200 For pretrial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs; provided, that the commissioner may transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated herein to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0300; and provided further, that 30 days before any transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer...................................................... $18,311,369

4200-0300 For secure facilities, including purchase-of-service and state operated programs incidental to the operations of the facilities; provided, that funds shall be expended to address the needs of the female population; provided further, that funds shall be expended to address suicide prevention; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0200; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer........................................................................................ $97,430,236

4200-0500 For enhanced salaries for teachers at the department of youth services................................ $2,500,000

OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.

Department of Transitional Assistance.

4400-1000 For the central administration of the department of transitional assistance; provided, that all costs associated with verifying disability for all programs of the department shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the department shall submit on a monthly basis to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance a status report on program expenditures, savings and revenues, error rate measurements, and public assistance caseloads and benefits; provided further, that the department shall collect all out-of-court settlement restitution payments; provided further, that the restitution payments shall include, but not be limited to, installment and lump sum payments; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise expressly provided, federal reimbursements received for the purposes of the department, including reimbursements for administrative, fringe and overhead costs, for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that an application for assistance under chapter 118 of the General Laws shall be deemed an application for assistance under chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that if assistance under said chapter 118 is denied, the application shall be transmitted by the department to the executive office of health and human services for a determination of eligibility under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent feasible within the appropriation provided, provide for extended office hours; provided further, that the department shall accomplish the staffing of these extended office hours to the maximum extent possible through the use of flex-time that will allow workers to modify their working hours to accommodate their specific personal and family needs; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent feasible within the appropriation provided, continue and expand the program of placing workers at community and human service organizations for the purposes of facilitating supplemental nutrition assistance program applications and redeterminations; and provided further, that the department shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than December 15, 2010 on the extended office hours and placement of workers at community and human service organizations that the department has determined is feasible within the appropriation provided and that the department will provide in the current fiscal year $53,100,830

4400-1001 For programs to increase the commonwealth’s participation rate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and other federal nutrition programs; provided, that funds may be expended for a grant with Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger, Inc.; provided further, that the work of department employees paid for from this item shall be restricted to processing supplemental nutrition assistance program applications; provided further, that the department shall not require supplemental nutrition assistance program applicants to provide re-verification of eligibility factors previously verified and not subject to change; provided further, that the department shall fund a unit staffed by department employees to respond to supplemental nutrition assistance program inquiries, and arrange for and conduct telephone interviews for initial supplemental nutrition assistance program applications from this item; provided further, that the department shall fund a system to image and catalogue eligibility documents electronically from this item; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach.......................................................................................................................................................... $3,381,632

4400-1025 For domestic violence specialists at local area offices................................................................... $726,455

4400-1100 For the payroll of the department’s caseworkers; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit 8 shall be paid from this item......................................................................................................................................... $54,386,089

4401-1000 For employment and training services, including support services, for recipients of benefits provided under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of the program for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits; provided further, that on or before December 1, 2010, the department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities a proposal and spending plan relative to how equitably and cost efficiently to provide transportation assistance during fiscal year 2012 to recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are working or attending an education or training program and to former recipients who are working during the first year after their benefits terminate, subject to appropriation; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the Young Parents Program; and provided further, that certain parents who have not yet reached the age of 18 years, including those who are ineligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws, but for the deeming of the grandparents' income, shall be eligible to receive services....................................... $15,979,163

4403-2000 For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, benefits under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children shall be paid only to citizens of the United States and to non-citizens for whom federal funds may be used to provide benefits; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law or any provisions of this act to the contrary, no benefits under this item shall be made available to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year 2010 unless the department determines that a reduction in the monthly payment standard should be implemented before the end of the fiscal year to keep program expenditures within the amounts appropriated in this item; provided further, that the payment standard shall be equal to the need standard; provided further, that the payment standard for families who do not qualify for an exempt category of assistance under subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, shall be 2.75 per cent below the otherwise applicable payment standard, in fiscal year 2011, pursuant to the state plan required under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; provided further, that the department shall notify parents under the age of 20 receiving benefits from the program of the requirements found in clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute; provided further, that a $40 per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; provided further, that a nonrecurring children’s clothing allowance in the amount of $150 shall be provided to each child eligible under this program in September 2010; provided further, that the children’s clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the month of September 2010; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families in which a child has been removed from the household pursuant to a court order after a care and protection hearing under chapter 119 of the General Laws, nor to adult recipients otherwise eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children but for the temporary removal of the dependent child or children from the home by the department of children and families in accordance with department procedures; provided further, that notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the department shall render aid to pregnant women with no other eligible dependent children only if it has been medically verified that the child is expected to be born within the month the payments are to be made or within the 3 month period after the month of payment, and who, if the child had been born and was living with such woman in the month of payment would be categorically and financially eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided further, that certain families that suffer a reduction in benefits due to a loss of earned income and participation in retrospective budgeting may receive a supplemental benefit to compensate them for the loss; provided further, that the department shall review its disability standards to determine the extent to which they reflect the current medical and vocational criteria and report on the proposed revisions by December 1, 2010, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities on the results of that review before any changes to the standards are proposed; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended by the department for child care or transportation services for the employment and training program; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended by the department for family reunification benefits or informal child care; provided further, that the department shall provide oral and written notification to all recipients of their child care benefits at the time of application and on a semi-annual basis; provided further, that the notification shall include the full range of child care options available, including center-based child care, family-based child care, and in-home relative child care; provided further, that the notification shall detail available child care benefits for current and former recipients, including employment and training benefits and transitional benefits; provided further, that the notice shall further advise recipients of the availability of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding its regulations with respect to eligibility for, or levels of benefits under the program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the appropriation; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 60 days before promulgating any eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives a detailed and comprehensive report setting forth the text of, basis, and reasons for the proposed changes; and provided further, that the report shall state the department’s most accurate assessment of the probable effects of benefit or eligibility changes upon recipient families...................................................................................................................................................... $316,165,900

4403-2119 For the provision of structured settings as provided in subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, for parents under the age of 20 who are receiving benefits under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program............................................................................................... $6,576,576

4405-2000 For the state supplement to the supplemental security income program for the aged and disabled, including a program for emergency needs for supplemental security income recipients; provided, that the expenses of special grants recipients residing in rest homes, as provided in section 7A of chapter 118A of the General Laws, may be paid from this item; provided further, that the department, in collaboration with the executive office of health and human services, may fund an optional supplemental living arrangement category under the supplemental security income program that makes payments to persons living in assisted living residences certified under chapter 19D of the General Laws who meet the income and clinical eligibility criteria established by the department and the office; provided further, that the optional category of payments shall only be administered in conjunction with the Medicaid group adult foster care benefit; and provided further, that reimbursements to providers for services rendered in prior fiscal years may be expended from this item...................................................................... $224,184,854

4408-1000 For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of the commonwealth, entitled emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children found by the department to be eligible for the aid under chapter 117A of the General Laws and regulations promulgated by the department and subject to the limitations of appropriation therefore; provided, that benefits under this item shall only be provided to residents who are citizens of the United States or qualified aliens or non-citizens otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that the individual shall not be a subject to sponsor income deeming or related restrictions; provided further, that the payment standard shall equal the payment standard in effect under the general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further, that the department may provide benefits to persons age 65 or older who have applied for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws, to persons suffering from a medically-determinable impairment or combination of impairments which is expected to last for a period as determined by department regulations and which substantially reduces or eliminates such individuals’ capacity to support themselves and which has been verified by a competent authority, to certain persons caring for a disabled person, to otherwise eligible participants in the vocational rehabilitation program of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission and to dependent children who are ineligible for benefits under both chapter 118 of the General Laws and the separate program created by section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997 and parents or other caretakers of dependent children who are ineligible under said chapter 118 and under said separate program; provided further, that no ex-offender, person over age 45 without a prior work history or person in a residential treatment facility shall be eligible for benefits under this program unless the person otherwise meets the eligibility criteria described in this item and defined by regulations of the department; provided further, that no person incarcerated in a correctional institution shall be eligible for benefits under the program; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the payment of expenses associated with any medical review team, other disability screening process or costs associated with verifying disability for this program; provided further, that the department shall adopt emergency regulations under chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement the changes to this program required by this item promptly and within the appropriation; provided further, that in initially implementing the program for this fiscal year, the department shall include all eligibility categories permitted in this item at the payment standard in effect for the former general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding its regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits, including the payment standard, medical benefits and any other benefits under this program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that the department may promulgate emergency regulations under chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement these eligibility or benefit changes or both; provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed as creating any right accruing to recipients of the former general relief program; provided further, that reimbursements collected from the Social Security Administration on behalf of former clients of the emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children program or unprocessed payments from the program that are returned to the department shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the funds made available in this item shall be the only funds available for the program, and the department shall not spend funds for the program in excess of the amount made available in this item; and provided further, that, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 60 days before implementing any eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner shall file with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate a determination by the secretary of health and human services that available appropriations for the program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses and a report setting forth the proposed changes.................................................. $88,243,284

OFFICE OF HEALTH SERVICES.

Department of Public Health.

4510-0040 For the department of public health; provided, that the department may expend for the regulation of all pharmaceutical and medical device companies that market their products in Massachusetts an amount not to exceed $500,000 from fees assessed under chapter 111N of the General Laws; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting $500,000

4510-0100 For the administration and operation of the department, including the personnel support of programmatic staff within the department, including the health statistics program, the operation of the registry of vital records and statistics, and the Massachusetts Cancer Registry......................................................................................... $17,981,355

4510-0110 For community health center services.............................................................................................. $915,840

4510-0600 For an environmental and community health hazards program, including control of radiation and nuclear hazards, consumer products protection, food and drugs, lead poisoning prevention in accordance with chapter 482 of the acts of 1993, lead-based paint inspections in day care facilities, inspection of radiological facilities, licensing of x-ray technologists and the administration of the bureau of environmental health assessment pursuant to chapter 111F of the General Laws, the ‘Right-to-Know’ law; provided, that the department shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public health, and the joint committee on health care financing, on the status of local health inspections of food establishments, consistent with the department of public health food safety regulations and a report on the current waiting list for indoor air inspections by October 1, 2010; provided further, that $195,000 shall be expended for the purpose of the continuation of an environmental risk assessment of the health impacts of the General Lawrence Logan Airport in the East Boston section of the city of Boston on any community that is located within a 5 mile radius of the airport and is potentially impacted by the airport; provided further, that the assessment may include, but not be limited to, examining incidences of respiratory diseases and cancers and performing medical and laboratory tests and examinations of residents of these communities; provided further, that the bureau shall report its findings, together with any recommended response actions by the commonwealth, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than June 1, 2011; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item for the environmental risk assessment shall be assessed upon the Massachusetts Port Authority and paid within 30 days after receipt of notice of such assessment from the commissioner of public health.......................................................................................................................................................... $3,176,362

4510-0615 For the department, which may expend not more than $180,000 from assessments collected under section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws for services provided to monitor, survey and inspect nuclear power reactors; provided, that the department may expend not more than an additional $1,497,865 from fees collected from licensing and inspecting users of radioactive material within the commonwealth under licenses presently issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; provided further, that the revenues may be used for the costs of both programs, including the compensation of employees; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization for the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system................................... $1,677,865

4510-0616 For the department which may expend not more than $1,343,703 for a drug registration and monitoring program from revenues collected from fees charged to registered practitioners, including physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists and optometrists for controlled substance registration; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for the costs of personnel; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system............................................... $1,343,703

4510-0710 For the operation of the division of health care quality and the office of patient protection; provided, that the division shall be responsible for assuring the quality of patient care provided by the commonwealth’s health care facilities and services, and for protecting the health and safety of patients who receive care and services in nursing homes, rest homes, clinical laboratories, clinics, institutions for the mentally retarded and the mentally ill, hospitals and infirmaries, including the inspection of ambulance services; provided further, that investigators shall conduct investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation; provided further, that all investigators in the division of health care quality responsible for the investigations shall receive training by the Medicaid fraud control unit in the office of the attorney general; provided further, that the division shall continue a comprehensive training, education and outreach program for nursing home administrators and managers and other supervisory personnel in long-term care to improve the quality of care in long-term care facilities; provided further, that the program shall promote the use of best practices, models of quality care giving and the culture of workforce retention within the facilities and shall focus on systemic ways to reduce deficiencies; and provided further, that services funded through this item shall include, but not be limited to: education, training, intervention, support, surveillance and evaluation.......................................................................................................................................................... $6,773,156

4510-0712 For the department of public health; provided, that the department may expend not more than $538,646 in revenues collected from the licensure of health facilities for program costs of the division of health care quality; provided further, that the department may expend not more than $800,000 from revenues collected from individuals applying for emergency medical technician licensure and recertification; 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 revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system.................................................................................... $1,338,646

4510-0715 For the operation of a center for primary care recruitment and placement to improve access to primary care services; provided, that funds may be expended for primary care workforce development and loan forgiveness grant program.............................................................................................................................................................. $157,000

4510-0716 For the operation of an evidence-based outreach and education program designed to provide information and education on the therapeutic and cost-effective utilization of prescription drugs to physicians, pharmacists and other health care professionals authorized to prescribe and diagnose prescription drugs................ $93,000

4510-0721 For the operation and administration of the board of registration in nursing; provided, that the board shall prepare an annual report detailing the total number of cases referred to and investigated by the board, the resolution of these cases, the approximate number of cases assigned to each investigator and any increases or decreases in cases referred to the board in the previous 6 months; and provided further, that the board shall submit the report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on public health and the commissioner of public health by January 4, 2011..................................... $1,012,726

4510-0722 For the operation and administration of the board of registration in pharmacy; provided, that the board shall prepare an annual report detailing the total number of cases referred to and investigated by the board, the resolution of these cases, the approximate number of cases assigned to each investigator and any increases or decreases in cases referred to the board in the previous 6 months; and provided further, that the board shall submit the report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on public health and the commissioner of the department of public health by January 4, 2011....... $247,908

4510-0723 For the operation and administration of the board of registration in medicine and the committee on acupuncture; provided, that the board of registration in medicine shall prepare an annual report addressing its activities with respect to licensing, enforcement, law and policy, patient safety and other relevant topics including, but not limited to, the total number of cases referred to and reviewed by the board, the resolution of such cases, the approximate number of cases assigned to each investigator, any increases or decreases in cases referred to the board in the previous 6 months, a compilation of cases from its patient care assessment program describing incidents involving preventable medical error that resulted in harm to a patient or a health care provider for the purpose of assisting the providers, hospitals and pharmacies to modify their practices and techniques to avoid error and any other relevant topics; provided further, that the board shall submit the report to the general court, house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing and the joint committee on public health by January 4, 2011, and shall make the compilation widely available, including by electronic means, to the public; and provided further, that the board shall promulgate rules and regulations to coordinate their patient care assessment program with the boards of registration in nursing and pharmacy................................................................................... $1,286,813

4510-0725 For the operation and administration of certain health boards of registration, including the boards of registration in dentistry, nursing home administrators, physician assistants, perfusionists, genetic counselors and respiratory care.............................................................................................................................................................. $347,904

4510-0726 For the board of registration in medicine, including the physician profiles program; provided, that the board may expend revenues not to exceed $300,000 from new revenues associated with increased license and renewal fees.............................................................................................................................................................. $300,000

4510-0790 For regional emergency medical services; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class; and provided further, that the regional emergency medical services councils, designated under 105 CMR 170.101 and the C-MED medical emergency communications centers that were in existence on January 1, 1992, shall remain the designated councils and C-MED communications centers....................................................... $955,855

4510-0810 For a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner program and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner program for the care of victims of sexual assault; provided, that funds shall be expended to support children’s advocacy centers; and provided further, that the program shall operate under specific statewide protocols and by an on-call system of nurse examiners........................................................................................................................................ $3,460,740

4512-0103 For human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome services and programs and related services for persons affected by the associated conditions of viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections; provided, that particular attention shall be paid to direct funding proportionately to each of the demographic groups afflicted by HIV/AIDS and associated conditions; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for disease research in fiscal year 2011................................................................ $34,097,810

4512-0106 For the department of public health which may expend for the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome drug assistance program an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 from revenues received from pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the section 340B rebate program of the Public Health Service Act, administered by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration and Office of Pharmacy Affairs.......................................................................................................................................................... $1,500,000

4512-0200 For the division of substance abuse services, including a program to reimburse driver alcohol education programs for services ......................................................................................................................................... $74,515,802

Commonwealth Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Fund…100%

4512-0201 For substance abuse step-down recovery services, otherwise known as level B beds and services, and other critical recovery services with severely reduced capacity; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class; and provided further, that the department shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the number of individuals served by the step-down recovery services program $4,800,000

Commonwealth Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Fund…100%

4512-0202 For pilot jail diversion programs primarily for nonviolent offenders with OxyContin or heroin addiction to be procured by the department of public health; provided, that each program shall have at least 60 beds and shall provide clinical assessment services to the respective courts, inpatient treatment for up to 90 days and ongoing case management services for up to 1 year; provided further, that individuals may be diverted to this or other programs by a district attorney in conjunction with the office of the commissioner of probation if: (a) there is reason to believe that the individual being diverted suffers from an addiction to OxyContin or heroin, or other substance use disorder; and (b) the diversion of an individual is clinically appropriate and consistent with established clinical and public safety criteria; provided further, that programs shall be established in separate counties in locations deemed suitable by the department of public health; provided further, that the department of public health shall coordinate operations with the sheriffs, the district attorneys, the office of the commissioner of probation and the department of correction; provided further, that not more than $500,000 shall be used to support the ongoing treatment needs of clients after 90 days for which there is no other payer; and provided further, that not later than August 1, 2010, the department of public health shall provide a report to the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means as to the outcomes of the program and the cost of operations.......................................................................................................................................................... $6,000,000

Commonwealth Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Fund…100%

4512-0203 For family intervention and care management services programs, a pilot young adult treatment program, and early intervention services for individuals who are dependent on or addicted to alcohol or controlled substances or both alcohol and controlled substances. ........................................................................................... $1,500,000

Commonwealth Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Fund…100%

4512-0225 For the department of public health which may expend not more than $1,000,000 for a compulsive gamblers’ treatment program from unclaimed prize money held in the State Lottery Fund for more than 1 year from the date of the drawing when the unclaimed prize money was won, and from the proceeds of a multi-jurisdictional lottery game under subsection (e) of section 24A of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that the state comptroller shall transfer the amount to the General Fund; 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 revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system ............................................................................................................................................. $1,000,000

4512-0500 For dental health services; provided, that funds shall be expended to maintain a program of dental services for the developmentally disabled; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the Forsyth Institute’s Center for Children’s Oral Health.................................................................................................................. $1,424,477

4513-1000 For the provision of family health services; provided, that funds shall be provided for comprehensive family planning services, including HIV counseling and testing, community-based health education and outreach services provided by agencies certified as comprehensive family planning agencies............................................ $4,655,623

4513-1002 For women, infants and children’s, WIC, nutrition services in addition to funds received under the federal nutrition program; provided, that all new WIC cases, in excess of fiscal year 1991 caseload levels, shall be served in accordance with priority categories 1 through 7, as defined by the state WIC program $12,465,134

4513-1012 For the department of public health which may expend not more than $23,600,000 from revenues received from the federal cost-containment initiatives including, but not limited to, infant formula rebates; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $23,600,000

4513-1020 For the early intervention program; provided, that the department shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the total number of units of service purchased and the total expenditures for the units of service paid by the department, the executive office of health and human services and third party payers for early intervention services for the following services categories: home visit, center-based individual, child-focused group, parent-focused group and screening and assessment; provided further, that the department shall make all reasonable efforts to secure third party and Medicaid reimbursements for the services funded in this item; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to provide respite services to families of children enrolled in early intervention programs who have complex care requirements, multiple disabilities and extensive medical and health needs; provided further, that priority shall be given to low and moderate income families; provided further, that no claim for reimbursement made on behalf of an uninsured person shall be paid from this item until the program receives notice of a denial of eligibility for the MassHealth program from the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that nothing in this item shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights to any such services or an enforceable entitlement to the early intervention services funded in this item; provided further, that the department shall provide written notification to the senate and house committees on ways and means 90 days prior to any change to its current eligibility criteria or parent fees; and provided further, that these funds may be used to pay for current and prior year claims.............................................. $26,997,264

4513-1023 For the universal newborn hearing screening program; provided, that the funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for the notification of and follow through with affected families, primary care providers and early intervention programs upon the department’s receipt of data indicative of potential hearing disorders in newborns................................................................................................................................................................ $71,497

4513-1026 For the provision of statewide and community-based suicide prevention, intervention, post-intervention and surveillance activities and the implementation of a statewide suicide prevention plan; provided, that funds may be expended for a program to address elder suicide behavior and attempts with the Geriatric Mental Health Services program within the department of elder affairs; provided further, that funds may be expended for a Veterans in Crisis Hotline; provided further, that the hotline shall be for the use of veterans who seek counseling programs operated by the department of veterans affairs and/or concerned family members of those veterans so that they may be directed towards the programs and services offered by their local or regional Veterans Affairs office; and provided further, that the hotline shall be staffed by counselors or outreach programs contracted by the department and trained in issues of mental health counseling and veterans services. .................................................... $3,228,120

4513-1111 For the promotion of health and disease prevention including, but not limited to, the following programs: breast cancer prevention; diabetes screening and outreach; ovarian cancer screening; a statewide STOP stroke program and ongoing stroke prevention and education; hepatitis C prevention and management; colorectal cancer prevention; prostate cancer screening, education and treatment with a particular focus on African American males; osteoporosis education; maintenance of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis registry created pursuant to section 25A of chapter 111 of the General Laws; and maintenance of the statewide lupus database.......................... $6,300,000

4513-1130 For domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and victim services, including batterers’ intervention and services for immigrants and refugees; provided, that funds shall be expended for rape prevention and victim services, including the statewide Spanish language hotline; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the public health model of community engagement and intervention services for crisis housing for sexual violence and intimate partner violence in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community....................... $5,908,264

4516-0263 For the department of public health; provided, that the department may expend not more than $1,442,468 in revenues from blood lead testing fees collected from insurers and individuals for the purpose of conducting such tests; 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 department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor, as reported in the state accounting system......... $1,442,468

4516-1000 For the administration of the center for laboratory and communicable disease control, including the division of communicable venereal diseases, the division of tuberculosis control and the state laboratory institute; provided, that funds shall be expended for an eastern encephalitis testing program and for tuberculosis testing and treatment services; provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for administrative, space or energy expenses of the department not directly related to personnel or programs funded in this item; and provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for the purchase of equipment for the drug laboratory at the state laboratory institute...................................................................................................................... $13,293,542

4516-1010 For state matching funds required by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.... $2,267,426

4516-1022 For the department of public health; provided, that the department may expend not more than $300,000 generated by fees collected from insurers for tuberculosis tests performed at the state laboratory institute; provided further, that revenues collected may be used to supplement the costs of said laboratory; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system $300,000

4518-0200 For the department which may expend not more than $400,000 generated by fees collected from the following services provided at the registry of vital records and statistics: amendments of vital records, requests for vital records not issued in person at the registry, requests for heirloom certificates and research requests performed by registry staff at the registry; provided, that revenues so collected