Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would
tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately make certain appropriations
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and to make certain changes in law,
each of which is immediately necessary or appropriate to effectuate said
appropriations or for other important public purposes, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:
SECTION 1. To provide for the maintenance
of the several departments, boards, commissions and institutions, other services,
and for certain permanent improvements, and to meet certain requirements of law,
the sums set forth as state appropriations in sections 2, 2B, 2D, and 3 for
the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in sections 2, 2B,
2D and 3 are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically
designated otherwise, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement
of public funds and the approval thereof, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.
The sums set forth as federal appropriations in section 2D for the several
purposes and subject to the conditions specified in said section 2D are hereby
appropriated from the General Federal Grants Fund, subject to the provisions of
law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof.
Federal funds received in excess of the amount appropriated in this se
ction shall be expended only in accordance with the provisions of section 6B
of chapter 29 of the General Laws. The amounts of any unexpended balances
of the federal grant funds received prior to June 30, 1999, and not included
as part of an appropriation item in section 2D, are hereby made available for
expenditure during fiscal year 2000, in addition to any amount appropriated
in section 2D.
| Source |
|
|
Unrestricted |
Restricted |
Total |
|
|
|
Non-Tax |
Non-Tax |
Non-Tax |
| Judiciary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supreme Judicial Court |
|
$1,230,993 |
$0 |
$1,230,993 |
|
Committee for Public Counsel |
|
$190,000 |
$0 |
$190,000 |
|
Appeals Court |
|
$271,139 |
$0 |
$269,000 |
|
Trial Court |
|
$65,179,500 |
$0 |
$65,179,500 |
|
|
Total Judiciary |
$66,871,632 |
$0 |
$66,869,493 |
|
| Sheriffs |
|
Sheriff's Department Franklin |
|
$277,400 |
$0 |
$277,400 |
|
Sheriff's Department Hampden |
|
$563,000 |
$488,554 |
$1,051,554 |
|
Sheriff's Department Middlesex |
|
$16,000 |
$75,000 |
$91,000 |
|
Sheriff's Department Worcester |
|
$170,000 |
$0 |
$170,000 |
|
|
Total Sheriffs |
$1,026,400 |
$563,554 |
$1,589,954 |
|
| Office of the Governor |
|
Office of the Governor |
|
$13,000 |
$0 |
$13,000 |
|
|
Total Office of the Governor |
$13,000 |
$0 |
$13,000 |
|
| Secretary of State |
|
Secretary of State |
|
$80,087,909 |
$155,000 |
$80,242,909 |
|
|
Total Secretary of State |
$80,087,909 |
$155,000 |
$80,242,909 |
|
| Treasure |
|
Treasurer's Office |
|
$240,670,197 |
$0 |
$240,670,197 |
|
State Lottery Commission& |
|
$151,153,383 |
$670,000,000 |
$821,153,383 |
|
Mass Cultural Council |
|
$14,113,796 |
$0 |
$14,113,796 |
|
|
Total Treasurer |
$405,937,376 |
$670,000,000 |
$1,075,937,376 |
|
| State Auditor |
|
State Auditor |
|
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
Total State Auditor |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
|
|
Unrestricted |
Restricted |
Total |
| Source |
|
|
Non-Tax |
Non-Tax |
Non-Tax |
| Attorney General |
|
Attorney General |
|
$6,615,384 |
$0 |
$6,615,384 |
|
Victim Witness Assistance |
|
$154,508 |
$0 |
$154,508 |
|
|
Total Attorney General |
$6,769,892 |
$0 |
$6,769,892 |
|
| Ethics Commission |
|
Ethics Commission |
|
$21,900 |
$0 |
$21,900 |
|
|
Total Ethics Commission |
$21,900 |
$0 |
$21,900 |
|
Inspector General |
|
$0 |
$300,000 |
$300,000 |
|
|
Total Inspector General |
$0 |
$300,000 |
$300,000 |
|
Campaign & Political Finance |
|
$28,250 |
$0 |
$28,250 |
|
|
Total Campaign & Political Finance |
$28,250 |
$0 |
$28,250 |
|
| Comptroller |
|
Office of State Comptroller |
|
$3,299,470 |
$19,609,070 |
$22,908,540 |
|
|
Total Comptroller |
$3,299,470 |
$19,609,070 |
$22,908,540 |
|
| Exec Office: Admin & Finance |
|
Secretary of A&F |
|
$25,766,009 |
$0 |
$25,766,009 |
|
Office of Dispute Resolution |
|
$0 |
$450,000 |
$450,000 |
|
Adjustment for IGS |
|
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Division of Fiscal Affairs |
|
$45,533,177 |
$0 |
$45,533,177 |
|
Dept of Capital Planning & Ops |
|
$13,670,954 |
$14,025,000 |
$27,695,954 |
|
Teachers Retirement Board |
|
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Group Insurance Commission |
|
$120,549,048 |
$0 |
$120,549,048 |
|
Public Employee Retirement Admin |
|
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Administrative Law Appeals Div |
|
$50,000 |
$0 |
50,000 |
|
M.C.A.D. |
|
$2,000 |
$1,840,844 |
$1,842,844 |
|
Dept of Revenue |
|
$84,475,897 |
$0 |
$84,475,897 |
|
Appellate Tax Board |
|
$1,420,707 |
$0 |
$1,420,707 |
|
Veterans' Affairs |
|
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Human Resources Division |
|
$104,100 |
$49,912,042 |
$50,016,142 |
|
Division of Operational Services |
|
$78,338 |
$11,405,709 |
$11,484,047 |
|
BSOB |
|
$44,818 |
$20,000 |
$64,818 |
|
Division of Information |
|
$0 |
$18,726,076 |
$18,726,076 |
|
|
Total Exec Office: Admin & Finance |
$291,695,048 |
$96,379,671 |
$388,074,719 |
| Exec Office: Environmental Affairs |
|
Secretary of Environmental Affairs |
|
207,277 |
$550,000 |
$757,277 |
|
Dept of Environmental Mgmt |
|
$6,398,671 |
$230,000 |
$6,628,671 |
|
Dept of Environ Protection |
|
$28,602,306 |
$0 |
$28,602,306 |
|
DFWELE |
|
$16,709,243 |
$665,000 |
$17,374,243 |
|
Metropolitan District Comm |
|
$22,506,013 |
$1,103,506 |
$23,609,519 |
|
Dept of Food & Agriculture |
|
$6,724,670 |
$0 |
$6,724,670 |
|
|
Total Exec Office: Environmental Aff |
$81,148,179 |
$2,548,506 |
$83,696,685 |
|
|
|
|
Unrestricted |
Restricted |
Total |
| Source |
|
|
Non-Tax |
Non-Tax |
Non-Tax |
| Exec Office: Human Services |
|
Secretary of Human Services |
|
$700 |
$1,200,000 |
$1,200,700 |
|
Division of Medical Assistance |
|
$2,284,379,771 |
$70,000,000 |
$2,354,379,771 |
|
Division of Health Care Financing |
|
$16,786,111 |
$500,000 |
$17,286,111 |
|
Mass Commission for the Blind |
|
$2,873,000 |
$0 |
$2,873,000 |
|
Mass Rehabilitation Commission |
|
$20,000 |
$4,000,000 |
$4,020,000 |
|
Commission for the Deaf |
|
$500 |
$290,000 |
$290,500 |
|
Office of Child Care Services |
|
$177,043,538 |
$0 |
$177,043,538 |
|
Chelsea Soldiers' Home |
|
$6,880,626 |
$132,000 |
$7,012,626 |
|
Holyoke Soldiers' Home |
|
$7,069,800 |
$121,120 |
$7,190,920 |
|
Dept of Youth Services |
|
$200 |
$0 |
$200 |
|
Dept of Transitional Assistance |
|
$403,002,502 |
$30,180,346 |
$433,182,848 |
|
Dept of Public Health |
|
$73,646,012 |
$47,967,710 |
$121,613,722 |
|
Dept of Social Services |
|
$221,309,542 |
$0 |
$221,309,542 |
|
Dept of Mental Health |
|
$65,271,531 |
$6,125,000 |
$71,396,531 |
|
Dept of Mental Retardation |
|
$331,414,472 |
$7,200,000 |
$338,614,472 |
|
|
Total Exec Office: Human Services |
$3,589,698,305 |
$167,716,176 |
$3,757,414,481 |
|
| Exec Office: Transportation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Secretary of Transportation |
|
$1,057,771 |
$27,345 |
$1,085,116 |
|
Mass Aeronautics Commission |
|
$265,000 |
$20,000 |
$285,000 |
|
Dept of Public Works |
|
$8,000,500 |
$300,000 |
$8,300,500 |
|
|
Total Exec Office: Transportation |
$9,323,271 |
$347,345 |
$9,670,616 |
|
| Board of Library Commissioners |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Board of Library Commissioners |
|
$1,200 |
$0 |
$1,200 |
|
|
Total Board of Library Commissioners |
$1,200 |
$0 |
$1,200 |
|
| Labor, Education and Development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Office of Director of Labor |
|
$21,092,085 |
$0 |
$21,092,085 |
|
Dept of Industrial Accidents |
|
$21,369,043 |
$0 |
$21,369,043 |
|
Labor Relations Commission |
|
$150 |
$0 |
$150 |
|
Concilliation & Arbitration Bd |
|
$77,135 |
$0 |
$77,135 |
|
Department of Workforce |
|
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Office of Communities and |
|
$3,302,895 |
$1,000,000 |
$4,302,895 |
|
Director of Consumer Affairs and |
|
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Division of Banks |
|
$10,522,000 |
$0 |
$10,522,000 |
|
Division of Insurance |
|
$23,977,452 |
$0 |
$23,977,452 |
|
Division of Registration |
|
$12,681,302 |
$0 |
$12,681,302 |
|
Division of Standards |
|
$1,291,620 |
$200,000 |
$1,491,620 |
|
Dept of Public Utilities |
|
$12,209,832 |
$0 |
$12,209,832 |
|
Energy Facilities Siting Comm |
|
$0 |
$350,000 |
$350,000 |
|
Alcohol Beverages Control Comm |
|
$1,519,700 |
$0 |
$1,519,700 |
|
State Racing Commission |
|
$98,711,550 |
$0 |
$98,711,550 |
|
Community Antenna Television |
|
$1,450,000 |
$0 |
$1,450,000 |
|
Board of Medicine |
|
$2,498,000 |
$0 |
$2,498,000 |
|
Department of Economic |
|
$1,000 |
$0 |
$1,000 |
|
Div of Energy Resources |
|
$440,000 |
$0 |
$440,000 |
|
Department of Education |
|
$9,081,311 |
$100,000 |
$9,181,311 |
|
Higher Education |
|
$42,417,635 |
$247,100 |
$42,664,735 |
|
University of Massachusetts |
|
$93,551,500 |
$0 |
$93,551,500 |
|
|
Total Labor, Education and Development |
$356,194,209 |
$1,897,100 |
$358,091,309 |
|
| Exec Office of Public Safety |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Secretary of Public Safety |
|
$300,000 |
$17,980 |
$317,980 |
|
Chief Medical Examiner |
|
$900 |
$0 |
$900 |
|
Criminal History Systems Board |
|
$1,060,000 |
$0 |
$1,060,000 |
|
Board of Building Regulations |
|
$231,000 |
$80,000 |
$311,000 |
|
Architectural Access Board |
|
$11,50 |
$0 |
$11,500 |
|
Dept of Police |
|
558,000 |
$17,272,948 |
$17,830,948 |
|
Criminal Justice Training Council |
|
$1,008,500 |
$0 |
$1,008,500 |
|
Dept of Public Safety |
|
$8,195,000 |
$0 |
$8,195,000 |
|
Dept of Fire Services |
|
$5,792,305 |
$0 |
$5,792,305 |
|
Registry of Motor Vehicles |
|
$261,429,000 |
$6,100,000 |
$267,529,000 |
|
Merit Rating Board |
|
$40,000 |
$0 |
$40,000 |
|
Military Division |
|
$2,500 |
$1,340,000 |
$1,342,500 |
|
Emergency Management Agency |
|
$701,082 |
$0 |
$701,082 |
|
Gov's Highway Safety Bureau |
|
$190,000 |
$0 |
$190,000 |
|
Dept of Corrections |
|
$8,678,545 |
$9,917,995 |
$18,596,540 |
|
Parole Board |
|
$10,000 |
$0 |
$10,000 |
|
|
Total Exec Office of Public Safety |
$288,208,332 |
$34,728,923 |
$322,937,255 |
|
| Exec Office: Elder Affairs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Secretary of Elder Affairs |
|
$1,762,995 |
$3,000,000 |
$4,762,995 |
|
|
Total Exec Office: Elder Affairs |
$1,762,995 |
$3,000,000 |
$4,762,995 |
|
| Legislature |
|
|
|
|
|
|
House of Representatives |
|
$18,500 |
$0 |
$18,500 |
|
Joint Legislative |
|
$2,000 |
$0 |
$2,000 |
|
Senate |
|
$1,000 |
$0 |
$1,000 |
|
|
Total Legislature |
$21,500 |
$0 |
$21,500 |
|
|
|
Total Non-Tax Revenue |
$ 5,110,508,869 |
$ 997,243,205 |
$6,107,752,074 |
SECTION 2.
JUDICIARY.
Supreme Judicial Court.
0320-0001
For the office of the chief justice and the six associate
justices $897,209
0320-0003
For the operation of the supreme judicial court $4,364,902
0320-0006
For the expenses of the future lab task force projects;
provided that not later than February 1, 2000, said task
force shall submit to the house and senate committees on
ways and means a report detailing the total number of
people served by each program, types of services rendered
at each location, and the cost per program $100,000
0320-0010
For the operation of the clerk's office of the supreme
judicial court for Suffolk county$873,366
0320-0015
For the costs associated with the completion of the
electronic management imaging project, so-called, of the
clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county in
fiscal year 2000; provided, that said clerk shall submit
not later than January 1, 2000, a report detailing the
status of said project to the house and senate ways and
means committees $285,775
0320-0016
For the cost of upgrading and purchasing computer equipment
for the supreme judicial court and the appeals court of
the commonwealth for fiscal year 2000$204,787
0321-0001
For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct
$417,406
0321-0100
For the services of the board of bar examiners $892,208
0321-1500
For the operation of the committee for public counsel services, as authorized by chapter 211D of the General Laws, including expenses for an audit and oversight unit; provided, that employee compensation levels funded herein shall not exceed the compensation levels in fiscal year 1999 $6,778,140
0321-1502
For compensation to public counsel assigned cases under the provisions of subparagraph (a) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 13 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, including compensation for the chief counsel, deputy chief counsels, and general counsel $7,427,309
0321-1503
For the children and family law programs pursuant to section 6A of chapter 211D of the General Laws $719,114
0321-1504
For the continuation of a youth advocacy program, so-called $426,869
0321-1510
For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal cases under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 211D; provided, that the committee for public counsel services may operate a pilot team leader program in fiscal year 2000 in not more than four counties; provided further, that no funds provided herein or in items 0321-1512 or 0321-1520 shall be used for the expenses of said team leader program; provided further, that the amount appropriated herein shall be expended for services rendered in fiscal year 2000 only; provided further, that the chief counsel may transfer funds to item 0321-1512 as necessary, pursuant to schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to any such transfer; and provided further, that the rates of compensation paid for private counsel services from this item shall be the same as the rates paid in fiscal year
1998 $43,500,000
0321-1512
For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to family law and mental health cases under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws, pursuant to section 12 of said chapter 211D; provided, that the amount appropriated herein shall be expended for services rendered in fiscal year 2000 only; provided further, that the chief counsel may transfer funds to item 0321-1510 as necessary, pursuant to schedules submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to any such transfer; and provided further, that the rates of compensation paid for private counsel services from this item shall be the same as the rates paid in fiscal year 1998 $21,000,000
0321-1520
For fees and costs as defined in section 27A of chapter 261 of the General Laws, as ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a department of the trial court of the commonwealth on behalf of indigent persons, as defined in said section 27A of said chapter 261; provided, that the amount appropriated herein shall only be expended for services rendered in fiscal year 2000 $4,695,694
0321-1522
For a reserve for the full year costs of salary restructuring for the employees of the committee for public counsel services; provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be transferred to items 0321-1500, 0321-1502, 0321-1503, and 0321-1504; provided further, that the annualized costs of said salary restructuring shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein $819,635
0321-1600
For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth; provided, that not less than $2,082,806 shall be expended for the battered women's legal assistance project; provided further, that not less than $850,906 shall be expended for the Medicare advocacy project; provided further, that not less than $1,169,518 shall be expended for the disability benefits project; provided further, that the first paragraph of section 9 of chapter 221A of the General Laws shall not apply to said programs; and provided further, that said corporation may contract with any organization for the purpose of providing such representation $4,103,229
0321-1610
For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation for the purpose of distributing funds for general operating costs of local and statewide civil legal services providers $3,800,000
0321-2000
For the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee and for certain programs for the indigent mentally ill, as provided in section 34E of chapter 221 of the General Laws $448,426
0321-2100
For the Massachusetts correctional legal services committee; provided that not more than $35,000 shall be expended exclusively for the annual salary of a paralegal in fiscal year 2000 $636,917
0321-2205
For the expenses of the social law library located in Suffolk county $1,751,200
0321-2206
For the social law library to operate the electronic law database project $300,000
Appeals Court.
0322-0100
For the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of the chief justice and the 13 associate justices and the expenses of the conference program, so-called $6,592,577
Trial Court.
0330-0101
For the salaries of the justices of the superior court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer $7,988,938
0330-0102
For the salaries of the justices of the district court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer $17,742,288
0330-0103
For the salaries of the justices of the probate and family court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer $4,730,150
0330-0104
For the salaries of the justices of the land court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer $442,552
0330-0105
For the salaries of the justices of the Boston municipal court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer $1,208,395
0330-0106
For the salaries of the justices of the housing court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer $661,536
0330-0107
For the salaries of the justices of the juvenile court department of the trial court; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall provide written notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means of any transfers of funds from this item to any other item of appropriation within 30 days of such transfer $3,581,452
0330-0300
For the administration of the office of the chief justice for administration and management, including the salary of said chief justice for administration and management; provided, that the supreme judicial court shall not charge the trial court for any assessments, services, education, training, or costs of any kind; provided further, that not more than 132 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $6,957,214
0330-0317
For the operation and expenses of the Massachusetts sentencing commission pursuant to chapter 211E of the General Laws; provided, that not more than four employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $297,292
0330-0400
For the non-employee services performed by private individuals and contracted services performed by agencies for the individual court divisions of the trial court to be expended as determined by the chief justice for administration and management; provided, that contracting for non-employee assigned interpretive services and contracting with agencies or providers for assigned interpretive services shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to interpretive services; provided further, that interpretive services shall be provided by interpreters who have a place of business in the county or within 20 miles of the county where the subject court is located and a permanent court interpreter program shall be established within the counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Berkshire and Franklin with the goal of ensuring that interpretive services be provided by interpreters who have a place of business in said counties;
provided further, that nothing in this item shall give rise to enforceable legal rights or an enforceable entitlement to services; provided further, that in contracting for services to provide interpreters to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, the trial court shall maximize the use of interpreter services provided by the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing whenever possible; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall contact and enter into contract with interpreters for the deaf not later than 24 hours prior to all cases where said interpreters may be needed; and provided further, that said contracted interpreters shall be funded at existing rates; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended from this item for a contract with Massachusetts General Hospital for a research program on abused children $18,035,151
0330-0401
For the costs of salaries of three full-time equivalent employees to facilitate the planning and execution of repairs and alterations to existing court facilities and occupancy readiness of new court facilities pursuant to the provisions of chapter 189 of the acts of 1998; provided, that the amount provided herein shall fund not more than nine months of said salaries in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that the amount appropriated herein shall not annualize to more than $138,879 in fiscal year 2001; and provided further, that no expenditures shall be made from any other item for the salaries of said employees $104,160
0330-0410
For alternative dispute resolution services for the trial court; provided, that such services shall be made available to the extent possible in connection with child care, protection and custody proceedings in juvenile and probate courts; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for Framingham Court Mediation Services; provided further, that not less than $57,835 shall be expended for dispute resolution services in Hampden district court; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for North Central Court Services, Inc $142,835
0330-0600
For dental and optical health plan trust agreements $3,509,604
0330-1000
For trial court jury expenses $3,220,757
0330-2000
For the trial court law libraries; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall collaborate with the Massachusetts bar association, the Boston bar association and law schools in the commonwealth in developing a voluntary library assistance program; and provided further, that not more than 46.1 full-time equivalent employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,959,215
0330-2002
For the maintenance, purchase and binding of trial court law library materials $2,532,544
0330-2010
For the costs associated with computerized legal research $273,177
0330-2020
For centralized law book purchases $474,562
0330-2200
For the rental of county court facilities, in accordance with section 4 of chapter 29A of the General Laws; provided, that all payments made hereunder shall be made pursuant to written agreements; provided further, that quarterly payments shall be made to counties equal to an amount which shall be at least 90 per cent of the amount owed each quarter to each such county in the preceding fiscal year, subject to reconciliation based on accurate cost data in the fourth quarter or in the succeeding fiscal year; provided further, that payments made to any county which fails to submit required cost data by the beginning of the third quarter of the fiscal year shall be withheld until such data is submitted to the chief justice for administration and management and approved as accurate; provided further, that said cost data shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that every county receiving such payments shall maintain such funds
in a separate account which shall be used solely for the maintenance of the rented facilities; provided further, that each county advisory board, upon receipt of the proposed budget by the county commissioners, shall have final approval of all expenditures under this item; and provided further, that no funds from this account shall be expended on trial court telecommunications costs or rental of private or municipal court facilities $8,401,707
0330-2201
For the purchase, maintenance and lease of statewide telecommunications for the trial court; provided, that not less than $255,000 shall be expended for data lines for the warrant management system $3,383,132
0330-2202
For the payment of private and municipal court leases $9,886,094
0330-2205
For the costs associated with maintaining and operating courthouse facilities owned by the commonwealth; provided, that not more than 400 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $21,963,029
0330-2207
For the costs associated with maintaining and operating the New Chardon street courthouse in the city of Boston, also known as the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse, and the Fenton Judicial center in the city of Lawrence; provided, that no funds may be expended for the purposes stated herein from any other item of appropriation; and provided further, that not more than 63 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,823,542
0330-2300
For the costs of witness fees $400,000
0330-2410
For the operation of the judicial training institute; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the training of court personnel on domestic violence issues; provided further, that not more than eight employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a substance abuse training program $808,244
0330-2600
For the travel expenses of judicial personnel; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the selection of justices for travel outside of the commonwealth for the purpose of judicial training; and provided further, that said rules and regulations shall give first priority to newly appointed justices for such training $1,364,937
0330-2700
For trial court printing expenses; provided, that the trial court shall maximize to the extent possible the use of recycled paper and soy-based ink products for any document printing and purchasing $1,977,955
0330-2800
For the cost of equipment purchases, rentals, maintenance and repairs; provided, that such purchases and rentals may be allocated by the chief justice for administration and management; provided further, that $108,000 may be expended for equipment for the district court of Springfield; and provided further, that in purchasing such equipment, the chief justice for administration and management shall utilize vendors approved by the state purchasing agent for such equipment whenever the terms offered by such vendors are more favorable than those otherwise available $3,402,908
0330-3200
For the court security program, including personnel and expenses; provided, that security guards and court officers may be available for assignment in accordance with juvenile court expansion funded pursuant to item 0337-0003; provided further, that an assistant chief court officer for the district court in Chelsea shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that all other per diem court officers shall be paid the daily rate in accordance with collective bargaining agreements; provided further, that the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 detailing the number of court officers and security personnel located in each trial court division; provided further, that not more than 1,234 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than $1,125,000 shall be expended from this item for the
full implementation of the fiscal year 2000 trial court security personnel staffing plan, so-called $40,648,035
0330-3300
For the payment of office, administrative and special expenses of the trial court to be allocated by the chief justice for administration and management; provided, that $61,000 shall be expended for carpeting and facility furnishings for the district court of Springfield; and provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for facility furnishings for the district court of Middlesex in Cambridge $797,629
0330-3700
For the court interpreters program; provided, that the chief justice for administration and management shall establish and direct a policy for the scheduling of court sessions in all court departments to cost-effectively utilize court language interpreters; and provided further, that not more than ten employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not less than $37,000 shall be expended to provide for a southeast Asian interpreter for the district court of Lowell $452,122
0330-4100
For a trial court vacancy pool and reserve; provided, that not later than February 15, 2000, the chief justice for administration and management shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all assignments and allocations funded from this item $1,000,000
0330-4303
For the chargeback costs of unemployment compensation, medicare tax, workers' compensation, universal health and group insurance assessed against the employees and justices of the trial court $6,085,774
Superior Court Department.
0331-0100
For the administrative office of the superior court department; provided, that not more than $75,000 shall be expended for judicial education, including the semi-annual conferences, racial and gender bias orientation programs and judicial induction ceremonies; and provided further, that not more than 168 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $7,703,543
0331-0300
For medical malpractice tribunals established in accordance with the provisions of section 60B of chapter 231 of the General Laws $77,800
0331-2100
For the Barnstable superior court; provided, that an additional assistant clerk magistrate shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than 14 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $567,451
0331-2200
For the Berkshire superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than six employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $300,403
0331-2300
For the Bristol superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; provided further, that said clerk shall designate one assistant clerk magistrate as equity proceedings clerk, and one assistant clerk magistrate as civil proceedings clerk; provided further, that said clerks shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 23 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,159,578
0331-2400
For the Dukes superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than three employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $183,056
0331-2500
For the Essex superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than 42 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,777,481
0331-2600
For the Franklin superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than eight employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $348,276
0331-2700
For the Hampden superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than 33 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,474,185
0331-2800
For the Hampshire superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than seven employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $349,095
0331-2900
For the Middlesex superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; provided further, that an additional assistant clerk magistrate shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 94 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $4,126,625
0331-3000
For the Nantucket superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than two employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $136,461
0331-3100
For the Norfolk superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; provided further, that not more than 31 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that one additional clerk magistrate shall be appointed and funded from this line-item in fiscal year 2000 $1,482,257
0331-3200
For the Plymouth superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than 33 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,326,582
0331-3300
For the Suffolk superior civil court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; provided further, that three additional assistant clerk magistrates and ten additional procedures clerk I positions shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 114 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $4,223,845
0331-3400
For the Suffolk superior criminal court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; provided further, that $15,000 shall be expended for additional summer interns in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 49 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,426,681
0331-3404
For an education and community outreach pilot program to be administered in the Suffolk superior criminal court; provided, that not more than six employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $220,000
0331-3500
For the Worcester superior court; provided, that the clerk of the court shall have responsibility for the internal administration of his office, including personnel, staff services and record keeping; and provided further, that not more than 29 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,430,521
District Court Department.
0332-0100
For the administrative office of the district court department, including a civil conciliation program; provided, that not more than 26 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,451,735
0332-1100
For the first district court of Barnstable; provided, that not more than 43 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,873,840
0332-1200
For the second district court of Barnstable at Orleans; provided, that an additional administrative assistant I, shall be funded in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that two probation officers and one procedures clerk I to serve in the probation department shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further that not more than 28 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,165,937
0332-1203
For the third district court of Barnstable at Falmouth; provided, that an additional head procedures clerk and an additional procedures clerk II shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that not more than 25 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,030,197
0332-1300
For the district court of northern Berkshire at Adams, North Adams and Williamstown; provided, that not more than 14 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $687,316
0332-1400
For the district court of central Berkshire at Pittsfield; provided, that not more than 30 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,175,254
0332-1500
For the district court of southern Berkshire at Great Barrington and Lee; provided, that one additional probation officer shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 11 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $518,706
0332-1600
For the first district court of Bristol at Taunton; provided, that not more than 51 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,957,943
0332-1700
For the second district court of Bristol at Fall River; provided, that two additional probation officers shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that not more than 64 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,477,171
0332-1800
For the third district court of Bristol at New Bedford; provided, that not more than 71 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,643,198
0332-1900
For the fourth district court of Bristol at Attleboro; provided, that not more than 29 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,284,280
0332-2000
For the district court of Edgartown; provided, that not more than seven employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $338,008
0332-2100
For the first district court of Essex at Salem; provided, that funds shall be expended for purposes of promoting two administrative assistants to head administrative assistants to serve in the clerk's office in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 44 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,962,228
0332-2300
For the third district court of Essex at Ipswich; provided, that one assistant clerk magistrate, one head procedures clerk and one probation officer shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that funds shall be expended from this line item for the purposes of promoting one probation officer-in-charge to chief probation officer in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 7 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $457,369
0332-2400
For the central district court of northern Essex at Haverhill; provided, that an additional procedures clerk I shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 44 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,874,163
0332-2500
For the district court of eastern Essex at Gloucester; provided, that one additional assistant chief probation officer shall be funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that one probation officer shall be promoted to assistant chief probation officer in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 22 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $879,924
0332-2600
For the district court of Lawrence; provided, that one additional head administrative assistant, three additional probation officers and two additional procedures clerk II be appointed and funded to serve in the probation department in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that two additional procedures clerks II be appointed and funded to serve in the office of the clerk magistrate in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 86 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $3,284,432
0332-2700
For the district court of southern Essex at Lynn; provided, that three additional probation officers and one additional head administrative assistant shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 72 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,790,976
0332-2800
For the district court of Newburyport; provided, that not more than 37 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,632,775
0332-2900
For the district court of Peabody; provided, that not more than 30 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,306,297
0332-3000
For the district court of Greenfield; provided, that one additional probation officer shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 30 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,223,519
0332-3100
For the district court of Orange; provided, that one additional substance abuse coordinator shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 14 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $562,471
0332-3200
For the district court of Chicopee; provided, that not more than 25 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $907,554
0332-3300
For the district court of Holyoke; provided, that two additional probation officers and one additional procedures clerk I shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not less than 29 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,155,658
0332-3400
For the district court of eastern Hampden at Palmer; provided, that not more than 17 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $775,821
0332-3500
For the district court of Springfield; provided, that not more than 103 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $4,121,760
0332-3600
For the district court of western Hampden at Westfield; provided, that not more than 20 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $809,732
0332-3700
For the district court of Hampshire at Northampton; provided, that not more than 41 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,681,165
0332-3800
For the district court of eastern Hampshire at Ware; provided, that not more than 13 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $616,825
0332-3900
For the district court of Lowell; provided, that not more than 83 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $3,209,104
0332-4000
For the district court of Somerville; provided that, an additional sessions clerk, an additional assistant clerk magistrate and two additional procedures clerk I positions shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 66 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,488,801
0332-4100
For the district court of Newton; provided, that not more than 22 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $996,000
0332-4200
For the district court of Marlborough; provided, that not more than 26 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,145,746
0332-4300
For the district court of Natick; provided, that not more than 17 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $801,758
0332-4400
For the first district court of eastern Middlesex at Malden; provided, that not more than 51 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,059,068
0332-4500
For the second district court of eastern Middlesex at Waltham; provided, that not more than 38 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,534,511
0332-4600
For the third district court of eastern Middlesex at Cambridge; provided, that not more than 81 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $3,363,190
0332-4700
For the fourth district court of eastern Middlesex at Woburn; provided, that not more than 53 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,236,474
0332-4800
For the first district court of northern Middlesex at Ayer; provided, that not more than 29 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,199,474
0332-4900
For the first district court of southern Middlesex at Framingham; provided, that not more than 51 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,230,804
0332-5000
For the district court of central Middlesex at Concord; provided, that not more than 30 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,296,457
0332-5100
For the district court of Nantucket; provided, that not more than five employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $232,795
0332-5200
For the district court of northern Norfolk at Dedham; provided, that not more than 50 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,902,993
0332-5300
For the district court of East Norfolk at Quincy; provided, that not more than 113 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $4,453,033
0332-5400
For the district court of western Norfolk at Wrentham; provided, that two additional assistant clerk magistrates shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 36 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,554,785
0332-5500
For the district court of southern Norfolk at Stoughton; provided, that not more than 36 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,460,223
0332-5600
For the municipal court of Brookline; provided, that an additional assistant clerk magistrate shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that not more than 19 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $914,744
0332-5700
For the district court of Brockton; provided, that not more than 79 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $3,241,734
0332-5800
For the second district court of Plymouth at Hingham; provided, that not more than 46 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,834,479
0332-5900
For the third district court of Plymouth at Plymouth; provided, that an additional assistant clerk magistrate, and an additional probation officer shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that the temporary assistant clerk magistrate shall be made the permanent assistant clerk magistrate; and provided further, that not more than 44 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,965,738
0332-6000
For the fourth district court of Plymouth at Wareham; provided, that an additional assistant clerk magistrate, one additional probation officer and one additional procedures clerk I shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 39 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,709,684
0332-6100
For the district court of Brighton; provided, that not more than 28 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,246,463
0332-6200
For the district court of Charlestown; provided, that an additional head administrative assistant position to serve in the office of the clerk magistrate shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 16 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $765,307
0332-6300
For the district court of Chelsea; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, said district court shall be the permanent location for the northern trial session to handle six person jury cases; provided further, that not more than 54 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that all personnel within said district court whose duties relate to said northern trial session shall report to the clerk magistrate of said district court; and provided further, that one additional assistant clerk magistrate, one additional administrative assistant I, one additional administrative assistant II and one additional head procedures clerk shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000 $2,272,746
0332-6400
For the municipal court of the Dorchester district; provided, that an additional four probation officers shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that not more than 110 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $4,317,394
0332-6500
For the district court of East Boston; provided, that not more than 39 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,613,689
0332-6600
For the district court of Roxbury; provided, that an additional assistant clerk magistrate shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided, that not more than 85 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that all funded slots shall be filled during the fiscal year 2000 $3,648,010
0332-6700
For the district court of South Boston; provided, that one additional head procedures clerk shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 22 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,045,953
0332-6800
For the district court of West Roxbury; provided, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended from this item for the purposes of providing video conferencing at said district court; and provided further, that not more than 53 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that all funded slots are filled during fiscal year 2000 $2,232,887
0332-6900
For the central district court of Worcester; provided, that not more than 102 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $3,995,795
0332-7000
For the district court of Fitchburg; provided, that not more than 31 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,320,583
0332-7100
For the district court of Leominster; provided, that an additional head administrative assistant, an additional account clerk I, an additional procedures clerk I and one additional probation officer shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 23 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $994,570
0332-7200
For the district court of Winchendon; provided, that not more than five employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $201,848
0332-7300
For the first district court of northern Worcester at Gardner; provided, that an additional sessions clerk shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further that not more than 27 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,140,112
0332-7400
For the first district court of eastern Worcester at Westborough; provided, that not more than 28 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,116,670
0332-7500
For the second district court of eastern Worcester at Clinton; provided, that additional assistant clerk magistrate and an additional probation officer shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that not more than 15 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $640,353
0332-7600
For the first district court of southern Worcester at Dudley; provided, that not more than 30 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,234,912
0332-7700
For the second district court of southern Worcester at Uxbridge; provided, that an assistant chief probation officer shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided, that not more than 21 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $845,936
0332-7800
For the third district court of southern Worcester at Milford; provided, that not more than 22 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $962,287
0332-7900
For the district court of western Worcester at East Brookfield; provided, that not more than 20 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that one additional probation officer shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that one administrative assistant II shall be promoted to head administrative assistant; and provided further, that one probation officer shall be promoted to assistant chief probation officer in fiscal year 2000 $905,686
0332-8000
For the development of an early intervention project for substance abusers at the Cambridge division of the district court department; provided, that such project shall be administered by a seven member executive board consisting of the first justice of the Cambridge court or his designee, the clerk of the Cambridge court or his designee, the chief probation officer of the Cambridge court or his designee, the Middlesex county district attorney or his designee, the city manager of the city of Cambridge or his designee, the chief administrative justice of the trial court or his designee and one person to be appointed by the governor; and provided further, that the employment conditions of the project director and the allocation of project funds shall be determined by the executive board $90,000
Probate and Family Court Department
0333-0002
For the administrative office of the probate and family court department; provided, that the case manager shall meet monthly with the department of social services and shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the backlog of cases in the probate court and the parties' progress made in such backlog each month; and provided further, that one additional alternative dispute resolution coordinator, one additional pro se coordinator, one additional administrative secretary, and three additional law clerks shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 38 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,725,461
0333-0100
For the Barnstable probate court; provided, that an additional assistant register shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that one additional administrative assistant II shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000 to serve in the domestic relations office; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special laws to the contrary, the first justice of said court shall appoint one additional deputy assistant register to be funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 32 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,411,437
0333-0150
For the operation of a child and parents program in the Barnstable probate court; provided, that this item shall not be subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause (xxiii) of the third paragraph of section 9 of chapter 211B of the General Laws $60,000
0333-0200
For the Berkshire probate court; provided, that one additional head administrative assistant shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 19 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $785,358
0333-0300
For the Bristol probate court; provided, that one additional head administrative assistant and one additional head procedures clerk to serve in the probation office at New Bedford shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 58 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,375,716
0333-0400
For the Dukes probate court; provided, that not more than six employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $276,674
0333-0500
For the Essex probate court; provided, that not more than 60 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that $63,700 be expended for the funding and appointment of one administrative deputy assistant $2,393,658
0333-0600
For the Franklin probate court; provided, that $63,700 be expended for the funding and appointment of one administrative deputy assistant; provided, that one additional assistant register shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided, further; that not more than 18 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $810,424
0333-0700
For the Hampden probate court; provided, that two additional probation officers, two additional procedures clerk I positions, two additional sessions clerks and an additional administrative secretary shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special laws to the contrary, the first justice of said court shall appoint three additional deputy assistant registers to be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 69 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,527,984
0333-0711
For the operation of the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire family court clinic to be administratively located in the city of Springfield and to serve the Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire divisions of the probate court $50,000
0333-0800
For the Hampshire probate court; provided, that not more than 19 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $833,258
0333-0900
For the Middlesex probate court; provided, that not more than 118 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $4,477,825
0333-0911
For the Middlesex probate court family services clinic; provided, that not more than nine employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $261,143
0333-1000
For the Nantucket probate court; provided, that not more than three employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $190,215
0333-1100
For the Norfolk probate court; provided, that not more than 67 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,598,300
0333-1111
For the Norfolk probate court family services clinic; provided, that not more than four employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $142,751
0333-1200
For the Plymouth probate court; provided, that three additional probation officers and one additional level 6 clerical position shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 60 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,271,510
0333-1300
For the Suffolk probate court; provided, that $127,400 shall be expended for the funding and appointment of two administrative deputy assistants; and provided, further, that not more than 88 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $3,359,838
0333-1313
For the Suffolk probate community access program of community outreach and education; provided, that said program shall be targeted at low income persons who experience educational and language barriers to court access; and provided further, that said program shall be administered by the register of probate of Suffolk county; and provided, that not more than nine employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $138,921
0333-1400
For the Worcester probate court; provided, that $63,700 be expended for funding and appointment of one administrative deputy assistant, and provided, further, that not more than 61 employees shall be funded from this item in the fiscal year 2000; provided that, two additional assistant registers, one additional sessions clerk, one additional administrative assistant, two additional probation officers and two additional procedures clerk II shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special laws to the contrary, the first justice of said court shall appoint one additional deputy assistant register to be funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000 $2,788,392
0333-1411
For the Worcester probate court family services clinic $213,046
Land Court Department.
0334-0001
For the operation of the land court; provided, that not more than 60 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,640,133
Boston Municipal Court Department.
0335-0001
For the operation of the Boston municipal court; provided, that an additional assistant clerk magistrate, one systems administrator, so-called, and one computer systems supervisor, so-called, shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 175 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $8,274,431
Housing Court Department.
0336-0002
For the administrative office of the housing court department; provided, that any division of the housing court department, as defined in section 4 of chapter 185C of the General Laws, shall hold its sittings in the facilities of the district court of central Berkshire county in the city of Pittsfield not less than once per month; provided further, that not more than two employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that such sitting shall be held by an associate justice of the trial court appointed to a division of the housing court department $140,025
0336-0100
For the Boston housing court; provided, that not more than 26 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,072,778
0336-0200
For the Hampden housing court; provided, that not more than 13 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $581,509
0336-0300
For the Worcester housing court; provided, that not more than nine employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $478,754
0336-0400
For the southeastern division of the housing court; provided, that pursuant to section 4 of chapter 185C of the General Laws, the department shall, within 30 days of the effective date of this act, hold no less than two sessions each week in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that the Chief Justice for Administration and Management, in consultation with the first justice of the southeastern division of the housing court, shall locate and make available adequate space to hold said sessions within an existing courtroom located in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that two assistant clerk magistrates, two additional housing specialists and one additional procedures clerk I shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 25 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,006,612
0336-0500
For the Northeastern housing court; provided, that not more than 17 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $670,337
Juvenile Court Department.
0337-0002
For the administrative office of the juvenile court department; provided, that eight additional law clerks shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 25 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,131,922
0337-0003
For the personnel and expenses associated with the expansion of the juvenile court, including Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire/Franklin, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester and Nantucket/Dukes counties; provided, that $100,000 shall be expended on the CASA program, so-called, in the Lawrence juvenile court; provided further, that $80,000 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Worcester juvenile court; provided further, that $80,000 shall be expended for the CASA program in the Plymouth county juvenile court; provided further, that $80,000 shall be expended for the Franklin/Hampshire CASA program, including Northampton, Greenfield, Orange and Ware district courts; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for a Berkshire CASA program in the Berkshire county juvenile court; provided further, that an assistant clerk magistrate and two additional probation officers for the Norfolk juvenile session in Quincy shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal
year 2000; provided further, that an additional assistant clerk magistrate for the middlesex juvenile court shall be appointed and funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that one additional assistant clerk magistrate for Essex County, and two additional assistant clerk magistrates for Middlesex County shall be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 313 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $14,210,638
0337-0100
For the Boston juvenile court; provided, that not more than 89 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $3,836,161
0337-0200
For the Bristol juvenile court; provided, that not more than 62 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $2,612,358
0337-0300
For the Springfield juvenile court; provided, that $160,000 shall be expended for the CASA program, so-called, in the Springfield juvenile court; provided, that not more than 60 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,559,490
0337-0400
For the Worcester juvenile court; provided, that an additional probation officer shall be funded from this item for the purposes of providing outreach and coordinating services with executive branch and non-profit agencies and local school districts in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not more than 35 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,562,774
0337-0500
For the Barnstable county juvenile court located in the town of Plymouth; provided, that not more than 45 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $1,936,161
Office of the Commissioner of Probation.
0339-1001
For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that said commissioner, subject to the approval of the chief justice for administration and management, shall appoint any associate probation officer or probation officer-in-charge; and provided further, that said associate probation officers shall perform in-court functions only and shall assume the in-court duties of the currently employed probation officers who shall be reassigned within the probation service subject to collective bargaining agreements to perform intensive, community-based supervision of probationers, including the provisions of intensive supervision and community restraint services as described in item 0339-1004; and provided further, that an additional associate probation officer for the Worcester juvenile court shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $9,616,253
0339-1002
For the superior court probation services; provided, that funds shall be expended for the promotion of one procedures clerk to head procedures clerk and for the promotion of one administrative assistant to head administrative assistant in fiscal year 2000 $9,104,125
0339-1003
For the salary and expenses of the executive director and staff of the trial court office of community corrections; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the implementation of a changing lives through literature program; provided further, that not less than $211,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Suffolk county courts' community service program, so-called, to be supervised by the chief justice for administration and management; provided further, that $90,000 shall be expended for a drug treatment on demand drug offender program, so-called, in the district court of Lawrence; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended on an alternative probation program honor court, so-called, in the district court of Hampshire (Northampton); and provided further, that not more than 65 employees shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000 $3,198,686
0339-1004
For the cost of intensive supervision and community corrections programs; provided, that said 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 said programs shall not exceed a daily average goal of 5,000 intensively-supervised probationers; provided further, that $225,000 shall be expended for the purpose of providing a community services for women program in the district court of Southern Essex; provided further, that funds from this item shall be expended to cover the costs of said programs that are undertaken and administered by court probation offices and county sheriffs' offices; provided further, that said funds shall be expended for the purpose of providing said programs in Barnstable,
Berkshire, Bristol,Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester counties in fiscal year 2000; 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 said probation offices and sheriffs' offices for the provision of said programs, including the contracting for detention space for probationers arrested for violating probation and awaiting court action and detention space for probationers who have been ordered by the trial court to be supervised at a higher level of restraint; provided further, that said agreements and memoranda shall be entered into at the direction of said executive director; provided further, that said executive director shall submit a spending and management plan for said programs to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 15, 2000; provided further,
that said plan shall include the projected number of probationers to be served by each such program and include a description of the oversight and services provided to said probationers; and provided further, that the amount appropriated herein shall fund the annualization of such programs commenced in fiscal year 1999 pursuant to contracts established between said office and sheriffs' offices $10,400,000
Office of the Jury Commissioner.
0339-2100
For the office of jury commissioner in accordance with chapter 234A of the General Laws $2,335,807
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 not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a North Dorchester safe neighborhood initiative, so-called, in Suffolk county; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a safe neighborhood initiative, so-called, in Suffolk county; provided further, that not less than $278,713 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the city of Boston and in Suffolk county for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services,
department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 275; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 $13,687,571
General Fund 93.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 7.0%
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 not less than $341,815 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the former Middlesex county in cities which shall include, but not be limited to, Lowell, Malden, Everett, Somerville, Medford, Cambridge and Woburn for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 275 of this act; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 $10,020,751
General Fund 89.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 11.0%
Essex District Attorney.
0340-0300
For the Essex 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 not less than $156,670 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the cities of Lawrence and Lynn for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 275 of this act; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposi
tion or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of .chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 $6,659,127
General Fund 89.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 11.0%
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 not less than $126,000 shall be used for an anti-gang unit, so-called; provided further, that $210,000 shall be expended for the costs associated with six-person jury sessions; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or
section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 $7,088,495
General Fund 92.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 8.0%
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 not less
than $268,500 shall be used for a specialized homicide trial unit;
provided further, that not less than $156,421 shall be expended for
a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be
administered and operated in the cities of Holyoke and Springfield
for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for
intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law
enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and,
where appropriate, the department of social services, department of
youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 275 of
this act; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended
for the continued implementation and operation of the Hampden county anti-gang project, so-called,
a comprehensive, organized and strategic effort of prosecution and law enforcement
officials to identify, contain and prevent the existence, operation and
mobility of gangs and gang activity and to prosecute the same; provided
further, that the district attorney for Hampden county shall administer and
direct said project in consultation with the chiefs of police of each city
and town within Hampden county, the state police, the sheriff of Hampden county
and all appropriate federal law enforcement authorities; provided further, that
said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways
and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of
criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and
the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction
of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed
or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing
by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or
section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and
fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
February 1, 2000 $6,147,137
General Fund 87.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 13.0%
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 not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the salaries and expenses of a children's advocacy project, so-called; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fisca
l year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 $3,725,397
General Fund 86.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 14.0%
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 said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 $6,301,869
General Fund 89.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 11.0%
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 not less than $90,437 shall be expended for a community based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the city of Brockton for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health pursuant to section 275 of this act; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposition or
status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 $5,607,076
General Fund 88.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 12.0%
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 further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposition or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later
than February 1, 2000 $5,764,986
General Fund 87.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 13.0%
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 not less than $90,245 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in Barnstable county for the priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and for intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 275; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and
fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center; and provided further, that one additional elder abuse prosecutor shall be funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000 $2,699,304
General Fund 83.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 17.0%
Berkshire District Attorney.
0340-1100
For the Berkshire district attorney's office, including the victim and witness assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic violence unit; provided, that not less than $68,386 shall be expended for a community-based juvenile justice prosecution program to be administered and operated in the county of Berkshire for priority prosecution of serious juvenile offenders and intervention through coordination and cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, schools, probation and court representatives and, where appropriate, the department of social services, department of youth services and department of mental health, pursuant to section 275 of this act; provided further, that said office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 summarizing the number and type of criminal cases managed or prosecuted by said office in calendar year 1999 and the disposition
or status thereof which shall be delineated by each jurisdiction of the district, juvenile, probate or superior court in which said cases were managed or prosecuted; and provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing by case, the instances whereupon the provisions of section 70C of chapter 277 or section 2A of chapter 211D of the General Laws were applied in fiscal year 1999 and fiscal year 2000, to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000 $2,564,333
General Fund 80.0%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 20.0%
District Attorneys Association.
0340-2100
For a reserve for the implementation and related expenses of the district attorney's office automation and case management and tracking system; provided, that expenses associated with said system may be charged directly to this item; provided further, that each district attorney shall submit a report to the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association and the house and senate committees on ways and means delineating all funds expended for the purpose of implementing said case management and tracking system not later than January 1, 2000; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the total cost of the district attorneys' computer network, the total cost incurred by each district attorney's office, a detailed list of all hardware and software leased, owned or operated by each district attorney, a plan for any purchases to be made in the remainder of fiscal year 2000 and a detailed summary of any policies implemented to
contain the costs of said network by either the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association or the individual district attorney's offices; and provided further, that no expenditures shall be made, on or after the effective date of this act, which would cause the commonwealth's obligation for the purpose of this item to exceed the amount appropriated herein $1,512,412
General Fund 100.0%
EXECUTIVE.
0411-1000
For the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the governor's council; provided, that the amount appropriated herein maybe used at the discretion of the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not otherwise provided for, and may be transferred to items of appropriation where the amounts otherwise available may be insufficient; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for office supplies for the offices of the governor's council; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for a program for the promotion of preventive medicine through physical fitness and sports activities in the commonwealth to be administered by the governor's committee on physical fitness and sports, prior appropriation continued $5,119,683
0411-1010
For the governor's commission on mental retardation. $208,088
secretary of state.
0511-0000
For the operation of the office of the secretary; provided, that $125,000 shall be expended for the costs of complying with the provisions of chapter 281 of the acts of 1995; provided further, that not less than $16,640 shall be expended for increased staffing of the state house tours desk; provided further, that $175,000 shall be expended for the corporation dissolution project, so-called; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the one stop shopping program, so-called; provided further, that $27,000 shall be expended for the limited liability partnership/corporation program, so-called; provided further, that said office shall submit a report detailing staffing patterns for each program operated by said office; provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, actual and functional job titles by program, compensation rates and lengths of service for each employee; provided further, that said office shall submit said
report not later than March 1, 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that funds shall be expended for an address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence pilot program to be developed in conjunction with the Massachusetts Coalition of Battered Women Service Groups; and provided further, that $202,832 shall be expended for the salaries of one press assistant and one communications director to serve in the executive office, one general clerk, one input clerk, and one clerk for the public room, to serve in the corporations division, one bilingual specialist to serve in the citizen information division, one enforcement attorney to serve in the securities division and one part time administrative assistant to serve in the tours division and for no other purpose $7,073,863
0511-0001
The state secretary may expend revenues not to exceed $30,000 from the sale of merchandise at the Massachusetts state house gift shop for the purpose of replenishing and restocking gift shop inventory $30,000
0511-0200
For the operation of the state archives division $557,605
0511-0220
For the costs associated with the archiving of artifacts recovered during the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project, so-called $126,200
0511-0230
For the operation of the records center $179,116
0511-0250
For the operation of the archives facility $608,188
0511-0260
For the operation of the commonwealth museum $247,764
0517-0000
For the printing of public documents $1,208,087
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 is hereby authorized to award grants for voter registration and education in the cities of Boston, Springfield, and Worcester; provided further, that such activity may be conducted by community-based voter registration and education organizations; and provided further, that the secretary of state shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on February 1, 2000 detailing the amount appropriated for the purposes of providing reimbursements for the costs of extended polling hours from this item to each city or town $3,132,843
0521-0001
For the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that an annual report detailing voter registration activity shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means before 5:00p.m. on February 1, 2000; and provided further, that a report detailing the status, remaining costs and further implementation requirements of the central voter registration system shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 1, 1999 $3,487,362
0524-0000
For providing information to voters $174,839
0526-0100
For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission $1,200,005
0526-0101
For a program of matching grants to units of municipal government and to private, nonprofit organizations for the preservation of historic properties, landscapes and sites; provided, that such funds shall be awarded in accordance with regulations promulgated by the state secretary in his capacity as chairman of the Massachusetts historical commission; provided, that not more than $40,000 shall be expended for a one-time grant to the town of Hopedale for the rehabilitation of the statue of hope on the grounds of the Bancroft Memorial Library; and provided further, that not more than $500,000 shall be expended for the rehabilitation, repairs and improvements to historic Stetson hall in the town of Randolph $540,000
0527-0100
For the operation of the ballot law commission $17,500
0528-0100
For the operation of the records conservation board $35,261
0540-0000
For the purchase and installation of computer hardware and software technology for the registries of deeds; provided, that the state secretary is hereby directed to submit a spending plan on or before January 1, 2000 detailing all planned expenditures to be made from this item to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that said plan shall be developed in collaboration with the registry of deeds whose operations have been transferred to the jurisdiction of said secretary; provided further, that said plan should detail the type and quantity of technology purchased for each registry in fiscal year 2000 and projected for fiscal year 2001 and should include, but not be limited to, a plan to insure state wide compatibility with all other registries and users of said registries; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended or transferred from this item until said spending
plan is submitted $1,260,000
0540-0900
For the Northern Essex registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position,
title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001; and provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be made available for the renovation of the Northern Essex registry of deeds $1,007,640
0540-1000
For the Southern Essex registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position,
title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $2,564,560
0540-1100
For the Franklin county registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position,
title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $500,854
0540-1200
For the Hampden county registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to,
position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $1,778,179
0540-1300
For the Hampshire county registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to,
position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $556,980
0540-1400
For the Northern Middlesex registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to,
position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $1,379,202
0540-1500
For the Southern Middlesex registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to,
position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $3,662,429
0540-1600
For the northern Berkshire registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position,
title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $259,918
0540-1700
For the central Berkshire registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position,
title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $470,298
0540-1800
For the southern Berkshire registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said registry shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that shall spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to,
position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $244,780
0540-1900
For the Suffolk registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position, title,
classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001; and provided further, that one additional assistant register be appointed and funded from this line item in fiscal year 2000 $2,432,103
0540-2000
For the Worcester North registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not
limited to, position, title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $565,436
0540-2100
For the Worcester registry of deeds; provided, that not later than January 1, 2000, the register shall submit a final spending plan for fiscal year 2000 to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the level of resources deemed necessary for the operation of said registry; provided further, that said register shall report all expenditures on the Massachusetts management accounting reporting system, so-called, in accordance with the latest expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the state comptroller pursuant of the provisions of section 27 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided further, that all spending plans shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all personnel employed by said registry including, but not limited to, position,
title, classification, rank, grade, salary and full-time or part-time status; provided further, that said spending plans shall be accompanied by a delineation of all automated equipment owned or operated by said registry; and provided further, that said spending plan shall include the delineation of all sources of deeds excise tax revenue, including, but not limited to, the total projected collection of all deeds excise tax revenue for the end of fiscal year 2000 and the total projected deeds excise tax revenue for fiscal year 2001 $2,447,974
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
0610-0000
For the office of the treasurer and receiver-general; provided, that the treasurer shall provide computer services required by the teachers' retirement board; provided further, that to the extent that bank fees, so-called, exceed the amount appropriated in item 0610-0100, the treasurer is authorized, subject to an allocation plan filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means, to transfer from this item to said item, an amount sufficient to ensure full payment of said bank fees; and provided further, that the state treasurer shall collaborate with the secretary of administration and finance, the secretary of transportation and construction and the executive director of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to take all steps necessary to implement the MBTA forward funding initiative in fiscal year 2000 in order to establish said authority as a self-financing entity not later than July 1, 2000 $6,840,982
General Fund 50.0%
Local Aid Fund 40.0%
Highway Fund 10.0%
0610-0100
For the payment of bank fees; provided that said fees shall not be paid through compensating balances, so-called; provided further, that the treasurer shall make every effort to reduce and eliminate said fees in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that the treasurer shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means, a report detailing a plan to reduce and eliminate said fees, not later than February 1, 2000 $5,300,000
General Fund 50.0%
Local Aid Fund 40.0%
Highway Fund 10.0%
0610-1500
For tuition payments as required by section 12B of chapter 76 of the General Laws notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 29 of the General Laws to the contrary; provided, that the state treasurer may expend in anticipation of revenue such amounts as are necessary to meet such payments; and provided further, that the state treasurer shall deduct the amount expended from this account from items 7061-0008 and 0611-5500 and from the amounts specified in section 3, in accordance with the provisions of said section 12B of said chapter 76.
0611-1000
For bonus payments to war veterans $19,000
0611-5000
For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 258C of the General Laws, if a claimant is 60 years of age or older at the time of the crime and is not employed or receiving unemployment compensation, such claimant shall be eligible for compensation in accordance with said chapter even if the claimant has suffered no out-of-pocket loss; provided further, that compensation to such claimant shall be limited to a maximum of $50; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, victims of the crime of rape shall be notified of all available services designed to assist rape victims including, but not limited to, the provisions outlined in section 5 of chapter 258B of the General Laws $2,200,000
General Fund 78.21%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 21.79%
0611-5500
For additional assistance to cities and towns to be distributed according to the provisions of section 3 and for assistance to certain public entities of the commonwealth which have constructed water pollution abatement facilities; provided, that said distribution to said public entities shall equal $1,249,948 $477,565,226
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
0611-5510
For reimbursements to cities and towns in lieu of taxes on state-owned land pursuant to sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws $15,000,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
0611-5800
For distribution to each city and town within which racing meetings are conducted pursuant to section 18D of chapter 58 of the General Laws $1,605,752
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
Pension Benefits.
0612-0105
For payment of the public safety employee killed in the line of duty benefit authorized by section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws $500,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
0612-1010
For the Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund established under section 22 of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the amount appropriated herein shall constitute the third payment of a 20 year funding schedule for the commonwealth's unfunded pension liability; provided further, that said funding schedule shall be predicated upon an assumed investment rate-of-return of eight and one quarter per cent; provided further, that the actuarial liability assumption underlying said schedule shall be updated from actuarial assumptions underlying the previous schedule to reflect the industry standard gender distinct 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table, so-called; provided further that the actuarial valuation of said schedule shall be further updated to reflect a five year average valuation of assets and shall not be based on the market value of the assets of the Commonwealth Pension Liability Fund; provided further, that said five year average valuation shall be adopted
over a period of years recommended by the public employee retirement administration commission; provided further, that said amount shall meet the commonwealth's obligations under section 22C of said chapter 32, including retirement benefits payable by the state employees' and the state teachers' retirement systems for the costs associated with a 3 per cent cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to the provisions of section 102 of said chapter 32, the reimbursement of local retirement systems for previously authorized cost-of-living adjustments pursuant to section 102 of said chapter 32, and for the costs of increased survivor benefits pursuant to chapter 389 of the acts of 1984; provided further, that subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the treasurer, the state retirement board and each city, town, county and district shall verify the cost thereof and the treasurer shall be authorized to make such payments upon a transfer of funds as hereinafter provided, to reimburse certain cities and towns for
pensions to retired teachers and including any other obligations which the commonwealth has assumed on behalf of any retirement system other than the state employees' or state teachers' retirement systems and including the commonwealth's share of the amounts to be appropriated pursuant to section 22B of said chapter 32 and the amounts to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (a) of the third paragraph of section 21 of chapter 138 of the General Laws; provided further, that all payments for the purposes herein described shall be made only pursuant to distribution of monies from said fund; provided further, that any such distribution and the payments for which distributions are required shall be detailed in a written report filed quarterly by the commissioner of administration with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on public service in advance of such distribution; provided further, that such distributions shall not be made in advance of the date on which any
payment is actually to be made; provided further, that the state retirement board is authorized to expend an amount for the purposes of the higher education coordinating council's optional retirement program pursuant to section 40 of chapter 15A of the General Laws; provided further, that except where authorized herein, no funds shall be expended from this item, other than deposits to the Commonwealth's Pension Liability Fund; and provided further, that to the extent that the amount appropriated herein exceeds the amount necessary to adequately fund this item, said excess amount shall be credited to the pension reserve investment trust fund of the commonwealth for the purpose of reducing the unfunded pension liability of the commonwealth $910,024,000
Local Aid Fund 59.0%
General Fund 33.9%
Highway Fund 7.0%
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund 0.1%
0612-1506
For a reserve to meet the commonwealth's obligation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, pursuant to section 22B of chapter 32 of the General Laws, to reduce the unfunded pension liabilities of public retirement systems, other than the state employee and state teachers systems; provided, that the distribution from this reserve shall be based upon a determination by the secretary of administration and finance of actual payroll costs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999 $7,916,682
0612-2000
For retirement benefits authorized pursuant to chapters 712 and 721 of the acts of 1981, chapter 154 of the acts of 1983, chapter 67 of the acts of 1988 and chapter 621 of the acts of 1989, for the compensation of veterans who may be retired by the state board of retirement, including individuals formerly in the service of the division of employment security whose compensation for such service was paid in full from a grant from the federal government and for the cost of medical examinations in connection therewith, for pensions of retired judges or their widows or widowers, for retirement allowances of certain employees formerly in the service of the administrative division of the metropolitan district commission, for retirement allowances of certain veterans and police officers formerly in the service of the metropolitan district commission, for retirement allowances of certain veterans formerly in the service of the metropolitan sewerage district,
for retirement allowances of certain veterans formerly in the service of the metropolitan water system and for annuities for widows or widowers of certain former members of the uniformed branch of the state police $19,433,757
General Fund 82.2%
Highway Fund 17.8%
Commission on Firefighters' Relief.
0620-0000
For financial assistance to injured firefighters $9,808
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
Emergency Finance Board.
0630-0000
For the operation of the emergency finance board; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no employee of the department of revenue shall receive any reimbursement for services from this item $70,351
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
Lottery Commission.
0640-0000
For the operation of the state lottery commission and arts lottery; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for any costs associated with the promotion or advertising of lottery games; provided further, that positions funded by this item shall not be subject to chapters 30 and 31 of the General Laws; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the general fund; and provided further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in, transferred to, or expended from, the EE subsidiary, so-called, of this item $34,929,191
0640-0005
For the costs associated with the continued implementation of the game of keno, so-called; 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 herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the general fund $1,360,141
0640-0010
For the promotional activities associated with the state lottery program; provided, that such promotional expenses shall be limited to point-of-sale promotions and agent newsletters; 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 $400,000
0640-0045
For the telecommunication lease-to-purchase costs associated with the replacement of the commission's computer system; provided, that 25 per cent of this appropriation shall be transferred quarterly from the State Lottery Fund to the general fund $8,785,636
0640-0096
For the purpose of the commonwealth's fiscal year 2000 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 said contributions shall be paid to said trust fund on such basis as said collective bargaining agreement provides $280,410
0640-0103
For the operation of the state lottery commission and arts lottery; provided, that all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in and expended from the EE subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from any other subsidiary except said EE subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that said commission is hereby directed to use the most cost-effective paper products for producing instant tickets; provided further, that said commission is also directed to use recycled paper products for producing instant tickets and bet slips whenever possible; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for any costs associated with advertising lottery games; 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 $27,032,847
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
0640-0300
For the services and operations of the Massachusetts cultural council; including grants to or contracts with public and non-public entities; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the council may expend the amounts herein appropriated for the purposes of the council as provided in sections 52 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 10 of the General Laws in such amounts and at such times as the council may determine pursuant to section 54 of said chapter 10; provided further that a one-time grant of $65,000 shall be obligated to the Newburyport Choral Society for its sixty-fifth anniversary, celebration; provided further, that no less than $2,500 shall be obligated for support of the West Newbury Volunteer Band; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred quarterly from the State Arts Lottery Fund to the general fund; provided further, that any funds expended from
this item for the benefit of schoolchildren shall be expended for the benefit of all Massachusetts schoolchildren and on the same terms and conditions; provided further, that the council shall not expend funds from this item for any grant or contract recipient that, in any program or activity for Massachusetts schoolchildren, does not apply the same terms and conditions to all such schoolchildren; provided further, that $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to assist cultural organizations in augmenting or initiating endowments to promote the financial stability of such organizations and said assistance shall be in the form of challenge grants to said organizations; provided further, that in order to receive such grants a cultural organization must raise an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant for said organization's endowment; provided further, that funds provided by such grants shall, in perpetuity, be used solely to provide free or reduced rate public
programs or services to citizens of the commonwealth; provided further, that no grant made under this program shall exceed $100,000; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Riverside Theater Works, so-called; provided further, that a one-time grant of $50,000 shall be obligated to the Sydney singers, so-called, Massachusetts' choral representative to the Olympic Games of 2000; and provided further, that persons employed under this item shall be considered employees within the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall be placed in the appropriate bargaining units $14,203,796
0640-0350
For the purposes of cultural resources pursuant to section 36 of chapter 69 of the General Laws including grants to or contracts with public and non-public entities; provided, that the council shall not expend funds from this item for any recipient that, in any program or activity for Massachusetts schoolchildren, does not apply the same terms and conditions to all such schoolchildren $3,329,850
Debt Service.
0699-0015
For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt and the sale of bonds of the commonwealth, previously charged to the Local Aid Fund, the State Recreation Areas Fund, the Metropolitan Parks District Fund, the M.D.C. Water District Fund, the M.D.C. Sewerage District Fund, the Watershed Management Fund, the Highway Fund, and the Inter-City Bus Fund; provided, that payments of certain serial bonds maturing previously charged to the Local Aid Fund, the State Recreation Areas Fund, the M.D.C. Water District Fund, the M.D.C. Sewerage District Fund, and the Highway Fund shall be paid from this item; provided further, that payments on bonds issued pursuant to section 2 O of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall be paid from this item and shall be charged to the Infrastructure sub-fund of the Highway fund; provided further, that payments of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt of the commonwealth
associated with the Watershed Management Fund for the acquisition of development rights and other interests in land, including fee simple acquisitions of watershed lands of the Quabbin and Wachusett reservoirs and the Ware river watershed above the Ware river intake pipe shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary or the provisions of this item, the comptroller is hereby authorized to charge the payments authorized herein to the appropriate budgetary or other fund subject to a plan which the comptroller shall file ten days in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that the comptroller shall transfer from this item to the government land bank fund an amount equal to the amount by which debt service charged to said fund exceeds revenue deposited to said fund $1,199,232,000
General Fund 56.34%
Highway Fund 31.93%
Local Aid Fund 11.39%
Watershed Management Fund 0.34%
0699-9100
For the payment of interest and issuance costs on bonds and bond and revenue anticipation notes and other notes pursuant to sections 47 and 49B of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that the treasurer shall certify to the comptroller a schedule of the distribution of such costs among the various funds of the commonwealth; provided further, that the comptroller shall charge such costs to such funds in accordance with such schedule; and provided further, that any deficit in this item at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000 shall be charged to the various funds or to the General Fund or Highway Fund debt service reserves $5,000,000
0699-9101
For the purpose of depositing with the trustee under the trust agreement authorized in section 10B of chapter 11 of the acts of 1997, as amended, an amount to be used to pay the interest due on notes of the commonwealth issued pursuant to section 9 of said chapter 11, as amended, and secured by the Federal Highway Grant Anticipation Note Trust Fund $80,000,000
0699-9200
For certain debt service contract assistance to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency in accordance with chapter 23G of the General Laws $13,282,178
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 the provisions of sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws, oversight of state agency year 2000 compliance efforts, and shared oversight of the central artery and third harbor tunnel project; provided, that a report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 30, 1999 delineating the privatization contracts reviewed and monitored during fiscal year 1999; and provided further, that such report shall further detail the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned by said office for the review of each of the aforementioned privatization contracts $13,907,928
0710-0100
For the operation of the division of local mandates $737,780
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
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, and the victim and witness compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness compensation program shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; 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 0611-5000 indicating both the number and costs for each category of claim; provided further, that funds may be expended for an amount up to $250,000 for a grants program for the safe neighborhood initiative-jobs for youth program; provided further, that funds shall be expended for rent, expenses, staffing, and training for regional consumer protection and civil wage enforcement offices in Worcester and New Bedford; pr
ovided further, that the attorney general shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 15, 2000 detailing the annualized costs of operating said regional offices; provided further, that the costs of the Worcester and New Bedford regional offices shall not annualize in fiscal year 2001 to an amount higher than the amount appropriated herein for said regional offices; provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall be expended for a high-tech crime unit, so-called; and provided further, that the public proceedings unit shall review the water rate increases $19,169,105
General Fund 92.74%
Local Aid Fund 3.91%
Anti-Trust Law Enforcement Fund 1.98%
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 0.88%
Safe Drinking Water Act Fund 0.49%
0810-0003
For the establishment of a child protection unit, so-called $250,000
0810-0014
For the operation of the department of telecommunications and energy proceedings unit pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws $1,620,156
0810-0017
For the expenses related to judicial proceedings relevant to the fuel charge pursuant to section 94G of chapter 164 of the General Laws and such other proceedings as may be reasonably related to said section; provided, that said assessment shall be credited to the general fund $75,000
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 such expenditure; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall be expended for the exclusive purpose of hiring three additional attorneys and three additional investigators 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 said department's division of health care quality responsible for such investigations on a periodic basis pursuant to a comprehensive training program to be developed by the division and said unit; and provided further, that such training shall include instruction on techniques for improving the efficiency and quality of investigations
of abuse,neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation pursuant to said section 72H $1,758,222
0810-0045
For the labor law enforcement program pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1 of chapter 23 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any non-management position funded by this item shall be deemed a job title in a collective bargaining unit as prescribed by the labor relations commission and shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 150E of the General Laws $3,093,976
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 herein may be used to supplement the automobile insurance fraud unit and the workers' compensation fraud unit of the office of the attorney general $1,449,971
0810-0338
For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $248,276 $248,276
0810-0399
For the investigation and prosecution of workers' compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of chapter 399 of the acts of 1991, the amount assessed pursuant to said section 3 for the cost of this program shall be $480,333; provided further, that the attorney general is hereby authorized and directed to investigate and prosecute, where appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers' compensation insurance in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth; and provided further, that said unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws $480,333
Commission on Uniform State Laws.
0830-0100
For the commission on uniform state laws $34,400
Victim Witness Assistance Board.
0840-0100
For the operation of the Massachusetts office for victim assistance $338,813
Victim and Witness Assistance Fund 100.0%
0840-0101
For the salaries and employee benefits of the safeplan advocacy program, including the advocates in the Hampshire probate and family court and the Northampton and Ware district courts; provided, that $37,000 from said program shall be made available for the salary and expenses of a coordinator or supervisor of said program within the Massachusetts office of victim assistance; provided further, that said office shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 3, 2000 a report detailing the effectiveness of contracting for said program including, but not limited to, the number and types of incidents to which such advocates responded, the types of service and service referrals provided by such domestic violence advocates, the cost of providing such contracted services and the extent of coordination with other service providers and state agencies $445,027
STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.
0900-0100
For the operation of the state ethics commission, including costs associated with attending the council on government ethics laws conference, so-called $1,503,429
General Fund 50.0%
Local Aid Fund 50.0%
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
0910-0200
For the operation of the office of the inspector general $2,260,448
0910-0210
The office of the inspector general is hereby authorized to expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $300,000 from the fees charged to participants in the Massachusetts public purchasing official certification program and the certified public manager program for the operation of said 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 payments amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $300,000
0910-0220
The office of the inspector general is hereby authorized to expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $100,000 from the fees charged to participants in a training and certification program to provide construction professionals with a sound foundation for careers in the commonwealth's construction agencies; provided, that said program may include, but is not limited to, instruction on construction delivery methods such as design/build, construction management techniques such as partnering and relevant procedures such as public contracts, procurement, capital funding, public bidding, estimating, scheduling and cost management; provided further, that the office of inspector general shall consult on said program with the commonwealth construction committee, so-called, representing, but not limited to, the executive office for administration and finance, the department of highways, the division of capital asset management and maintenance, the department of housing and
community development, and the executive office of environmental affairs; and provided further, 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 payments amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $100,000
OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE.
0920-0300
For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance $892,499
General Fund 50.0%
Local Aid Fund 50.0%
0920-0302
For advance funding of the requirements established pursuant to chapter 55A of the General Laws for public financing of elections for constitutional officers, councillors and members of the General Court of the Commonwealth; provided, that the amount appropriated herein shall be transferred to the Massachusetts clean elections fund, established pursuant to section 42 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, and shall not be available for appropriation from said fund until the elections scheduled to be held in the year 2002 $10,000,000
commission on the status of women.
0950-0000
For the commission on the status of women $195,000
Office of the State Comptroller.
1000-0001
For the office of the state comptroller for the purpose and cost of compliance with the Single Audit Act of 1984, Public Law 89-502, and for the federally required comprehensive, statewide single audit of state operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided, that the office of the comptroller shall charge other items of appropriation for the cost of said audit from allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts; provided further, that the office of the comptroller shall charge not more than a total of $525,000 to other items of appropriation for the cost of said audit; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, allocated federal funds transferred from federal reimbursement and grant receipts shall be credited to and expended from this item without further appropriation, in addition to state
funds appropriated to this item, for the cost of compliance with the mandate of the federal law and the office of management and budget regulations; provided further, that the amount of any such federal funds and grant receipts so credited and expended from this item shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the comptroller shall maintain a special federal and nontax revenue unit which shall operate under policies and procedures developed in conjunction with the secretary of administration and finance; and provided further, that the comptroller shall provide quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include for each state agency for which the commonwealth is billing, the eligible state services, the full year estimate of revenues and revenues collected $7,606,831
General Fund 93.81%
Revenue Maximization Fund 6.19%
1000-0004
The office of the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to expend an amount not to exceed $10,000 from fees collected from vendors who participate in training on statewide financial systems including, but not limited to, the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system; provided, that said office is hereby further authorized and directed to provide such training, to offer sessions to vendors who do business with the commonwealth and to establish and charge a reasonable fee for such training $10,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
Office of the Secretary.
1100-1100
For the office of the secretary; provided, that the secretary shall collaborate with the secretary of transportation and construction, the state treasurer and the executive director of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to take all steps necessary to implement the MBTA forward funding initiative in fiscal year 2000 in order to establish said authority as a self-financing entity not later than July 1, 2000 $1,363,971
1100-1101
For the implementation of the Massachusetts performance enhancement program pursuant to section 143 $50,000
Office of Dispute Resolution.
1100-1103
For the operation of the office of dispute resolution $451,192
1100-1104
The office of dispute resolution may expend an amount not to exceed $150,000 in revenues collected from fees charged to cities, towns or public instrumentalities and other political subdivisions of the commonwealth or to corporations and individuals for the costs of mediation and related services; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the office of dispute resolution 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 cost of personnel $150,000
Central Business Office.
1100-1140
For the operation of the central business office; provided, that said office shall quantify office expenditures which can and shall be reduced through shared contracts, bulk purchasing and other centralized procurement savings programs for the agencies served by said office; and provided further, that documentation of said expenditures and any resulting savings shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than December 1, 1999 $1,989,761
Massachusetts Corporation For Educational Telecommunications.
1100-1400
For a payment to the Massachusetts corporation for educational telecommunications; provided, that $385,000 shall be expended for JFY.net, so-called, a Jobs for Youth initiative for high technology literacy and job skill instruction to youth and adults through advanced software and existing infrastructure capacity in schools and community agencies; provided further, that said corporation shall submit a spending plan which details the total actual and projected expenditures and revenues for fiscal years 1999 through 2001, inclusive; provided further, that said spending plan shall be detailed by subsidiary and object code in accordance with any and all expenditure classification requirements promulgated by the comptroller; and provided further, that said report and said spending plan shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than December 1, 1999 $4,062,000
State House Physician.
1100-2600
For the emergency services and expenses of a physician, and for medical supplies in the state house, including the purchase of equipment in connection therewith; provided, that section 21 of chapter 30 of the General Laws shall not apply to the payments made under this item, prior appropriation continued $26,170
Fiscal Affairs Division.
1101-2100
For the administration of the fiscal affairs division including costs associated with a capital budgeting program; provided, that charges for the cost of computer resources and services provided by the information technology division for the design, development and production of reports and information required to be included in budgets submitted by the governor to the legislature shall not be charged to this item $2,158,062
Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.
1102-3204
For a reserve to meet the costs of scheduled and deferred maintenance and repairs to capital assets owned by the commonwealth; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall be allocated in fiscal year 2000 for scheduled and deferred maintenance repairs contingent upon the commissioner's submission of a plan detailing the cost and nature of such maintenance and repair projects; provided further, that said plan shall be submitted to the secretary of administration and finance, the state budget director and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 1, 1999; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the purpose of a feasibility study to examine the relocation of the Norfolk probate court; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the fiscal affairs division not later than March 1, 2000; provided further, that the
total square footage of assets under the control and custody of any agency shall not serve as the primary criterion for prioritizing projects to be funded pursuant to said plan; provided further, that said plan may select agencies to participate in a pilot program of comprehensive asset maintenance; provided further, that participation in said pilot program shall be based on a determination that an agency has the statutory capacity to charge user fees or raise other recurring revenues to support the ongoing costs of scheduled maintenance for assets under its control and custody; provided further, that any such agency so selected shall be required to propose the schedule of fees and recurring revenues that shall sustain such a program of ongoing maintenance; provided further, that said plan shall further detail how projects funded by this item alleviate or otherwise impact the costs and schedules of maintenance and repairs otherwise funded or required to be funded by bonded indebtedness;
provided further, that the commissioner may transfer funds from this item to other items of appropriation and allocations in accordance with said plan; provided further, that the commissioner shall ensure that funds previously budgeted for the purposes of capital asset maintenance and repairs in the operating budget of an agency shall continue to be used for such purposes and shall not be replaced or supplanted by the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be expended for routine upkeep including, but not limited to, janitorial services, groundskeeping and trash collection; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 40B of chapter 7 of the General Laws, the commissioner may, upon the request of a state agency delegate project control and supervision to said agency for projects funded from this item with an estimated cost of not more than $500,000 upon determination that said agency has the ability to control and supervise such project;
provided further, that projects not exceeding said $500,000 in costs shall not be subject to the provisions of 39B to 40N, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws; and provided further, that amounts allocated to projects in excess of $500,000 shall remain available for expenditure until June 30, 2001 $14,000,000
1102-3205
The division of capital asset management and maintenance may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology center an amount not to exceed $6,500,000 in revenues collected from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and any and all other sources pertaining to the operations of said center; provided, that the building manager selected by the division shall make such expenditures on behalf of the division pursuant to the provisions of section 2AA of chapter 29 of the General Laws; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditure, the division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting
system $6,500,000
State Building Management Fund 100.0%
1102-3206
For the costs associated with the maintenance and security of surplus state properties, so-called; provided, that not more than $500,000 shall be expended for basic maintenance and security needs of the state buildings at Medfield State Hospital $1,672,185
1102-3210
For the operation of the division of capital asset management and maintenance including directing, controlling, supervising, planning and overseeing the scheduled maintenance and repair needs of capital assets owned by the commonwealth; provided, that said division shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all amounts expended on bond-funded capital projects under the jurisdiction of said division, and for all administrative and personnel expenses of said division charged to said bonds; provided further, that all such amounts so reported shall be detailed by object code; provided further, that the costs of personnel associated with the comprehensive capital assets maintenance system to be known as CCAMS, established pursuant to section 317, shall not annualize to an amount greater than $300,000 as appropriated in item 1102-1992 of section 2A of chapter 55 of the acts of 1999; and provided further, that said reports
shall be filed not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter $5,502,791
1102-3214
For the state transportation building; provided, that the division of capital asset management and maintenance may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $6,700,000 from rentals, commissions, fees, parking fees and from any and all other sources pertaining to the operation of the state transportation building for the maintenance and operation of said building; provided further, that the building manager selected by said division shall make such expenditures on behalf of said division pursuant to the provisions of section 2AA of chapter 29 of the General Laws; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division of capital asset management and maintenance may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting
system $6,700,000
State Building Management Fund 100.0%
1102-3221
The division of capital asset management and maintenance may expend for consultant personnel, and associated costs up to a maximum of $75,000 from revenues received for project management services provided to, but not limited to, the Massachusetts information technology center and the several community colleges pursuant to the provisions of section 42J of chapter 7 of the General Laws, including the costs of personnel; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division of capital asset management and maintenance 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 said division shall file a quarterly report with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all expenditures for each
project by MMARS subsidiary and object codes $75,000
1102-3231
For the Springfield state office building; provided, that the division of capital asset management and maintenance may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $750,000 from rents charged to agencies occupying said building for the maintenance and operation of said building pursuant to the provisions of section 2AA of chapter 29 of the General Laws; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division of capital asset management and maintenance may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $750,000
State Building Management Fund 100.0%
1102-9999
For the costs associated with the removal of asbestos; provided, that an amount shall be expended for asbestos removal at Boston state hospital, Greenfield Community College and the Fore River shipyard based on the priority needs and estimated costs of asbestos removal at said sites consistent with the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for costs associated with the removal of asbestos at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; and provided further, that any additional revenues deposited to the asbestos cost recovery fund may be expended, for the purpose of this item, without further appropriation, prior appropriation continued $925,000
Asbestos Cost Recovery Fund 100.0%
Bureau of State Office Buildings.
1102-3301
For the operation of the bureau of state office buildings and for the maintenance and operation of buildings under the jurisdiction of the state superintendent of buildings; provided, that said bureau shall retain full jurisdiction over all contracts, purchases and payments for any and all materials and services required in the operation of said bureau; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be made available for cleaning and maintenance services of the Lindemann Mental Health Center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be made available for the restoration and preservation of the historic flags displayed in the state house hall of flags; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be made available for the Massachusetts art commission; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 19 of chapter 6 of the General Laws, the chairman of said commission shall serve as executive director of
said project and shall be compensated therefor from said $90,000 $9,210,834
1102-3302
For the purposes of utility costs and associated contracts for the properties managed by the bureau of state office buildings $7,349,125
Office on Disability.
1107-2400
For the office on disability; provided, that not less than $50,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be expended for arts programs for people with disabilities, including, but not limited to, festivals, training and education through the arts $665,876
Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
1107-2501
For the disabled persons protection commission; provided, that the commission shall facilitate compliance by the department of mental health and the department of mental retardation with uniform investigative standards, so-called; provided further, that the commission shall keep an account of and report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than the last day of each quarter on the number of claims of abuse by caretakers made by employees or contracted service employees of the departments of mental retardation and mental health and the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; and provided further, that said report shall include the following: (i) number of claims that are found to be substantiated; (ii) number of claims that are unsubstantiated; and (iii) number of claims that are found to be falsely reported as a result of intentional and malicious action $1,602,647
Civil Service Commission.
1108-1011
For the civil service commission $508,882
Local Aid Fund 65.0%
General Fund 35.0%
Group Insurance Commission.
1108-5100
For the administration of the group insurance commission; provided, that said 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 $2,177,507
1108-5200
For the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium and plan costs incurred in fiscal year 2000; provided, that not more than $300,000 shall be obligated for the evaluation and audit of said premium and plan costs; provided further, that not more than $300,000 shall be obligated for the evaluation and negotiation of premium rates which may include rates for health benefit plans, prescription drug plans and long-term disability plans; provided further, that not more than $150,000 shall be obligated for claims utilization analysis; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall charge the division of employment and training and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions, which have federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose, for that portion of insurance premiums and plan costs as the secretary determines should be borne by such funds and shall notify the comptroller of the amounts to be transferred, after similar
determination, from the several state or other funds and amounts received in payment of all such charges or such transfers shall be credited to the general fund; provided further, that prior year costs incurred by the state indemnity health insurance plan and the preferred provider organization shall be funded from this item; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts expended from this item for said 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 is authorized and directed to 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 one year;
provided further, that the amounts received in payment for said charges shall be credited to the general fund; provided further, that, notwithstanding the provisions of section 26 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, the commission is hereby authorized to negotiate, purchase and execute contracts prior to July 1 of each year for policies of group insurance as authorized by chapter 32A of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 150E of the General Laws and as provided in section 8 of said chapter 32A and for the purposes of section 14 of said chapter 32A, the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium for state employees who have retired prior to July 1, 1994 shall be 90 per cent and the commonwealth's share of the group insurance premium for state employees who have retired on or after July 1, 1994 shall be 85 per cent; provided further, that the commission shall provide the number of retirees for whom the
commonwealth pays said 85 per cent to the house and senate committees on ways and means by February 1 of each year; provided further, that the commonwealth's share of such premiums for active state employees shall be 85 per cent of said premiums and rates; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 150E of the General Laws, employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and of regional transit authorities shall continue to pay the same percentage, if any, of the health insurance premium that they paid on June 1, 1994; provided further, that active employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and of regional transit authorities shall pay 15 per cent of such premiums and rates; and provided further, that the commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means by March 15 of each year of the cost of the commonwealth's projected share of group insurance premiums for the next fiscal year $569,877,508
1108-5350
For elderly governmental retired employee premium payments $1,501,900
1108-5400
For the costs of the retired municipal teachers' premiums and the audit of said premiums $27,331,179
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
1108-5500
For the costs, notwithstanding the provisions of 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 such benefits pursuant to a separate appropriation or the provisions of a contract or collective bargaining agreement; provided, that said employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly premium established by the commission for such benefits; and provided further, that beginning January 1, 2000, the commission shall expend all necessary funds from this item to ensure that all dental and vision benefits shall be at least at the level in effect on June 30, 1998 $4,788,411
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 $760,222
George Fingold Library.
1120-4005
For the administration of the library; provided, that said library shall maintain regular hours of operation from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; provided further, that said library shall develop an internship program with any Massachusetts public or private college or university that offers, as of the date of passage of this act, advanced studies in library and information science; and provided further, that said library shall continue the implementation program necessary in order to secure access to the wide area network $1,328,976
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
1150-5100
For the office of the commission, including the processing and resolution of cases pending before the commission that were filed on or before July 1, 1993 and cases pending before said commission in which the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is named as a respondent; provided, that no less than $750,000 shall be expended in fiscal year 2000 for additional investigators, attorneys, conciliators and hearing officers for the exclusive purpose of reducing the backlog of cases pending before said commission; provided, further, that said commission shall comply with the requirements of section 325 of this act; provided further, that on or before December 1, 1999 and May 1, 2000 said commission shall submit to the senate and house committees on ways and means an update report on the total number of such currently pending cases and the total number of such cases in the investigation, conciliation, post-probable cause and pre-public hearing and post-hearing stages; pr
ovided further, that said commission shall identify in such reports the number of cases in which the commission has determined there is probable cause to believe that a violation of the provisions of chapter 151B of the General Laws has been committed in a case in which said authority is named as a respondent; provided further, that said commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 4, 2000 the number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency or state authority is named as a respondent and the number of such cases where probable cause to believe that a violation of the provisions of said chapter 151B has been committed; provided further, that an amount not to exceed $15,000 may be expended to fund Edward Brooke scholarships whereby the recipients of said scholarships assist said commission in resolving said cases filed on or before July 1, 1993; provided further, that the commission may expend $100,000 for the sole
purpose of supporting the civil rights enforcement efforts of cities and towns through their local human rights commissions; provided further, that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, the following cities and towns: Amherst, Barnstable, Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Lawrence, Malden, Melrose, New Bedford, Northampton, Pittsfield, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester; provided further, that funds made available herein shall be in addition to funds available in item 1150-5104; provided further, that all positions except clerical, shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws; and provided further, that said commission shall pursue the highest allowable rate of federal reimbursement $2,897,941
1150-5104
The Massachusetts commission against discrimination may expend revenues collected through 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 2000 and federal reimbursements received for these and other programs in prior years; provided, that for the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, said 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; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 or any other general or special law to the contrary, federal reimbursements received in excess of $1,813,344 shall be credited to the general fund; provided further, that
notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, funds may be expended from this item for the purposes of case investigations, conciliation and resolution efforts of local agencies as provided by contract through the commission; provided further, that such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, the following cities and towns: Worcester, New Bedford, Somerville, Chelsea, Cambridge and Barnstable; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the commission shall deposit into the general fund any federal reimbursements received for these purposes in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than the last day of each quarter, the following: federal reimbursements received in each such quarter, anticipated reimbursements to be received in the remaining quarters of the fiscal year and reimbursements projected to be
collected in the subsequent fiscal year for such purposes; provided further, that such report shall detail actual and anticipated reimbursements by date of receipt, case type, reimbursement per case and cases resolved; and provided further, that the costs of personnel may be charged to this item $1,813,344
1150-5116
The Massachusetts commission against discrimination may expend an amount not to exceed $27,500 from revenues collected from fees charged for the training and certification of diversity trainers for the operation of the discrimination prevention certification program $27,500
Department of Revenue.
1201-0100
For the operation of the department of revenue, including tax collection administration, audit of certain foreign corporations and the division of local services; provided, that the department may allocate an amount not to exceed $250,000 to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department may charge the expenses for computer services, including the cost of personnel and other support costs provided to the child support enforcement unit, from this item to item 1201-0160, consistent with the costs attributable to said unit; provided further, that the department shall maintain regional offices in the cities of Springfield, Pittsfield, and Worcester; and provided further, that the department shall provide to the general court access to the municipal data bank $121,751,975
General Fund 60.0%
Local Aid Fund 35.0%
Highway Fund 5.0%
1201-0160
For the child support enforcement unit; provided, that the department may allocate funds appropriated herein to the department of state police, the district courts, the probate and family courts, the district attorneys and other state agencies for the performance of certain child support enforcement activities, and that such agencies are hereby authorized to expend said funds for the purposes of this item; provided further, that all such allocations shall be reported quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means upon the allocation of said funds; provided further, that the federal receipts associated with the child support computer network shall be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and deposited into a revolving account to be expended for said network; provided further, that federal receipts associated with child support enforcement grants shall be deposited into a revolving account to be drawn down at the highest possible rate
of reimbursement and to be expended for the grant authority, so-called; provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means, detailing the balance, year-to-date and projected receipts and year-to-date and projected expenditures, by subsidiary, of the child support trust fund established pursuant to section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws; and provided further, that the department shall file a performance report with the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 15, 2000 detailing current staffing levels by function and performance indicators, including, but not limited to, TAFDC and non-TAFDC caseloads, collection levels, court cases, paternities established, court orders established, average employee workload, federal reimbursements, projections of said indicators for the remainder of the fiscal year and any deviations of current performance from previous projections $47,022,479
1201-0300
For the operation of the bureau of special investigations; provided, that the director of said bureau shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than December 15, 1999 on the monthly investigator caseload, without disclosing names or other personal identifiers, for fiscal years 1994 through 1999; provided further, that said report shall include the monthly average of the amounts recovered by the commonwealth through successful prosecution, settlement or other disposition of such cases investigated for fiscal years 1994 through 1999; provided further, that said report shall separately delineate said caseload data for the front-end detection program so-called; and provided further, that said report shall state the most recent activity date for each open case assigned to each investigator as of the first business day of each fiscal quarter of fiscal years 1999 and 2000 for which such information is available $5,266,201
1231-1000
For the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund established by section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws $53,914,000
Local Aid Fund 93.34%
Commonwealth Cost Relief Fund 6.66%
1231-1020
For a program of loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees or interest subsidies to assist homeowners, homeowner associations or condominium associations in complying with revised state environmental code for subsurface disposal of sanitary waste, Title V, so called; provided, that said program shall be in addition to the loan program established pursuant to item 2200-9959 in section 2 of chapter 85 of the acts of 1994; provided further, that the department may contract with third parties including, but not limited to, commonwealth-based financial institutions to manage said program; provided further, that the department and said third parties shall take all steps necessary to minimize said program's administrative costs; provided further, that said loans, loan purchases or loan guarantees shall be available on the basis of a sliding scale that relates a homeowner's income and assets to the cost of Title V compliance; provided further, that
interest subsidies shall be means-tested and may be for zero-interest loans pursuant to income standards developed by the department; and provided further, that the department of revenue shall consult with the department of environmental protection in developing rules, regulations and guidelines for said programs, prior appropriation continued.
1232-0100
For underground storage tank reimbursements to parties that have remediated spills of petroleum products pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws $19,200,000
Underground Storage Tank
Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund 100.0%
1232-0200
For the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board pursuant to chapter 21J of the General Laws and for the administration of the underground storage tank program associated with the implementation of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of said chapter 21J or any other general or special law to the contrary, appropriations made herein shall be sufficient to cover said administrative expenses of the underground storage tank program; provided further, that said board shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report on the status of the underground storage program, including, but not limited to, the number of municipal grants made for the removal and replacement of underground storage tanks and the reimbursements for remediated petroleum spills; provided further, that said report shall detail how many tanks are out of compliance with
the provisions of said chapter 21J; and provided further, that said report shall be submitted not later than March 16, 2000 $1,602,151
Underground Storage Tank
Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund 100.0%
1232-0300
For underground storage tank municipal grants to remove and replace said tanks pursuant to section 2 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and section 37A of chapter 148 of the General Laws $2,000,000
Underground Storage Tank
Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund 100.0%
1233-2000
For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second E and Thirty-seventh of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws $8,250,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
1233-2010
For reimbursing cities and towns for tax abatements granted to certain home owners over the age of 65 pursuant to clause fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided, that funds shall be expended from this item for a low income sewer and water assistance program pursuant to the provisions of section 24B of chapter 23B of the General Laws, prior appropriation continued.
1233-2310
For reimbursing cities and towns for taxes abated pursuant to the forty-first, forty-first B and forty-first C clauses of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws; provided, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that accepts the provisions of said clause forty-first B or forty-first C for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under said clauses in an amount not to exceed $2 per exemption granted $12,400,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
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, and Worcester $1,889,585
Department of Veterans' Services.
0610-0093
For the purposes of allowing the department of veterans' services to make bonus payments to Persian Gulf war veterans; provided that all such payments shall be consistent with the purposes of the trust instrument for "A Hero's Welcome Trust Fund" $18,000
A Hero's Welcome Trust Fund 100.0%
1410-0010
For the administration and support of the office of veterans' services, including the administration of the veteran's cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon; provided, that not less than $147,320 shall be obligated for maintenance, operations and administration of the State Veteran's Cemeteries in Agawam and Winchendon; provided, that not less than $10,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Korean war veterans committee of Massachusetts for the purpose of maintaining the Massachusetts Korean war memorial located in the shipyard park of the Charlestown navy yard; provided further, that $40,000 shall be obligated for the Glory 54th Brigade; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be obligated to the Korean War Veterans Association Cape and Islands Chapter for the Korean war memorial; provided further, that said office shall fund a housing specialist from this item; and provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to
assist the town of Holliston in hosting the Moving Wall Vietnam Memorial during the summer of 1999 $2,253,088
1410-0012
For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach centers; provided, that said centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated veterans and to Vietnam era veterans and their families who may have been exposed to agent orange; provided further, that $269,500 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse in the Roxbury section of the city of Boston; provided further, that $82,500 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that $104,610 shall be obligated for a contract with the North Shore Veterans Counseling Center in the city of Beverly; provided further, that $77,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Association of Bristol county in the city of Fall River; provided further, that $110,000 shall be obligated for a contract with NamVets of the Cape and Islands in the town of Hyannis; provided further,
that $60,500 shall be obligated for a contract with the Outreach Center, Inc., in the city of Pittsfield; provided further, that $100,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center in the city of Gardner; provided further, that $95,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Metrowest/Metrosouth Outreach Center in the town of Framingham; and provided further, that $66,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Puerto Rican Veterans Association of Massachusetts, Inc., in the city of Springfield $998,752
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
1410-0015
For the women veterans' outreach program $30,000
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 care and home health services $126,183
1410-0250
For homelessness services, including the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans; provided, that not less than $267,750 shall be obligated for a contract with the Central Massachusetts Shelter for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $351,550 shall be obligated for a contract with the Southeastern Massachusetts Veterans Housing Program, Inc. located in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $207,900 shall be obligated for a contract with the United Veterans of America shelter located in the town of Leeds; provided further, that $31,500 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse located in Dorchester; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be obligated for a contract with Unity House located in the city of Gardner; provided further, that not less than $31,500 shall be obligated for a contract with
the Transition House located in the city of Springfield; provided further, that no less than $57,750 shall be expended for a contract with the Springfield Bilingual Veterans Outreach Center for the operation and maintenance of a Transitional Housing Unit at the YMCA of Springfield; provided further, that not less than $49,875 shall be obligated for a contract with the Mansion located in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $31,500 shall be obligated for a contract with the Homestead located in the town of Hyannis; provided further, that not less than $120,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Hospice Homestead in the city of Leominster; provided further that no less than $25,000 shall be obligated for a contract with the Turner House located in the town of Williamstown; provided further, that $81,500 shall be obligated for a contract with the Veterans Benefit Clearinghouse located in Roxbury; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
obligated for a contract with Habitat P. L. U. S. in the city of Lynn $1,405,825
1410-0251
For homelessness services, including the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston $2,250,000
1410-0300
For the payment of annuities to certain disabled veterans and the parents and un-remarried spouses of certain deceased veterans; provided, that such payments shall be made pursuant to section 6B of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided further, that the department shall take reasonable steps to terminate payments upon the death of a recipient; provided further, that the commissioner of veteran's 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 $7,973,500
1410-0400
For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid for veterans' benefits and for payments to certain veterans; provided, that said reimbursements shall be made pursuant to section 6 of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided further, 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; and provided further, that the commissioner shall establish a training program for veterans' agents pursuant to section 315 of this act $7,706,310
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
1410-8998
For the construction of a statewide Vietnam Veterans memorial at Green Hill park in the city of Worcester $900,000
Reserves.
1599-0002
For contributions toward the maintenance of the old provincial state house $75,000
1599-0013
For a reserve for the cities' and towns' unemployment health insurance contributions due under section 14G of chapter 151A of the General Laws; provided, that the deputy director of the division of employment and training shall provide to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means quarterly estimates of the contributions due; and provided further, that upon approval of the secretary of administration and finance, the treasurer shall transfer funds from this account to the Medical Security Trust Fund established by subsection (k) of said section 14G of said chapter 151A $3,000,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
1599-0019
For a reserve for the costs of audits performed by the department of education pursuant to item 7061-0019 and section 259 of this act; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall transfer funds appropriated herein to item 7061-0019 for the costs of said audits in excess of amounts appropriated in said item; and provided further, that not less than 30 days prior to the transfer of funds from this item, the secretary of administration and finance shall certify in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that all guidelines, rules and regulations necessary for the full implementation of said audits program have been promulgated $503,865
1599-0033
For a reserve to promote departmental revenue optimization projects authorized by and subject to the provisions of section 230 of this act $3,000,000
Revenue Maximization Fund 100.0%
1599-0035
For certain debt service contract assistance to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority in accordance with the provisions of section 39I of chapter 190 of the acts of 1982; provided, that said assistance shall be expended notwithstanding the provisions of section 35J of chapter 10 of the General Laws $24,655,792
General Fund 95.94%
Massachusetts Tourism Fund 4.06%
1599-0036
For the expenses of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority $13,098,000
Massachusetts Tourism Fund 100.0%
1599-0093
For contract assistance to the water pollution abatement trust for debt service obligations of the trust, in accordance with the provisions of sections 6 and 6A of chapter 29C of the General Laws $38,917,367
Local Aid Fund 81.85%
Commonwealth Cost Relief Fund 18.15%
1599-1976
For a reserve to adjust early care and education rates of reimbursement paid by the office of child care services in regions I and V to the next highest regional rate of reimbursement as set by said office; provided, that the comptroller may allocate funds herein to items 4130-3200, 4130-3300 and 4130-3600 of section 2; provided further, that not more than 30 days after said transfer, said office shall file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing amounts allocated to said items; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall not annualize to more than the amount appropriated herein in fiscal year 2001; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for any purpose not specifically referenced herein $5,200,000
Child Care Fund 100.0%
1599-2501
For a reserve for the sex offender registry to fund expanded obligations of said registry which are directly related to legislative or judicial mandates; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer funds appropriated herein to item 8000-0125; provided further, that not less than 60 days prior to any such transfer, said secretary shall file a spending plan with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the nature and reasons for the expenditures of the funds so transferred; provided further, that said expenditures shall be scheduled by subsidiary; and provided further, that said spending plan shall project the total cost of said registry for fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001 $3,000,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
1599-3234
For the commonwealth's south Essex sewerage district debt service assessment $213,326
1599-3384
For a reserve for the payment of certain court judgements, settlements and legal fees, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the comptroller, which were ordered to be paid in fiscal year 2000 or a prior fiscal year; provided, that the comptroller shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the amounts expended from this item; and provided further, that the comptroller may transfer up to $2,000,000 from this item to the liability management and reduction fund pursuant to section 2TT of chapter 29 of the General Laws $6,500,000
1599-3837
For the payment to the water pollution abatement trust to fund financial assistance to municipalities and other eligible borrowers to meet debt service obligations incurred by said municipalities and other eligible borrowers after January 1, 1992, to finance the costs of water treatment projects or portions thereof which have been approved by the department of environmental protection, or otherwise authorized by law, and which have been completed, as determined by said department, on or prior to the promulgation date of said department's regulations related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, so-called $8,000,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
1599-3838
For a reserve for payment to the water pollution abatement trust to finance the costs of water treatment projects or portions thereof which have been approved by the department of environmental protection, or otherwise authorized by law, after the promulgation date of said department's regulations related to the implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, so-called $1,863,045
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
1599-3856
For rent and associated costs at the Massachusetts information technology center in Chelsea $7,115,000
State Building Management Fund 100.0%
1599-6060
For a reserve for costs associated with the establishment and operation of long-term care units, so-called, at the Massachusetts soldiers' home in Chelsea and the Holyoke soldiers' home; provided, that one 15 bed unit may be established at each soldiers' home; provided further, that no funds shall be allocated to a soldiers' home until such soldiers' home verifies, in writing, to the secretary of health and human services, that all long term care beds in the units currently operated by each such soldiers' home are adequately staffed and achieving an average daily occupancy rate of 90 per cent; provided further, that the costs associated with the operation of such units, including the costs of overnight and on-call shifts, shall not annualize to more than $1,205,000 in fiscal year 2001; and provided further, that to promote the delivery of high quality patient care, senior supervisory and clinical staff in said currently operated units as of the effective date of
this act may be used to staff newly established long-term care units $1,497,316
1599-6898
For a reserve to adjust the wages, compensation or salary and associated employee-related costs to personnel earning less than $30,000 in annual compensation who are employed by private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contract with departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs; provided, the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to allocate the funds appropriated herein to said departments in order to implement said initiative; provided further, that the operational services division shall condition the expenditure of such reserve upon assurances that such funds shall be used solely for the purposes of such adjustments to wages, compensation or salary; provided further, that said division shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report delineating the number of employees, by job title and average salary, receiving such
adjustment in fiscal year 2000 and the average percentage adjustment funded by this reserve; provided further, that said report shall also include, for each contract scheduled to receive any allocation from this item in each such department, the total payroll expenditures in each contract for the categories of personnel scheduled to receive such adjustments; provided further, that such adjustments shall be not less than a full 3 per cent for those workers earning less than $20,000 in annual compensation and shall not be reduced by the expenses of such associated employee-related costs and withholding; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be allocated to special education programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, contracts for child care services or programs for which payment rates are negotiated and paid as class rates, so-called, as established by the division of health care finance and policy; provided further, that no funds shall be allocated from this item to contracts
funded exclusively by federal grants as delineated in section 2D of this act; provided further, that the total fiscal year 2000 cost of the salary adjustments and any other associated employee costs authorized thereunder shall not exceed $28,000,000; and provided further, that the annualized cost of said adjustments in fiscal year 2001 shall not exceed the amount appropriated herein; $28,000,000
1599-7015
For a reserve to meet the costs in fiscal year 2000 of salary increases, benefit adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized for those employees of the supreme judicial court, the appeals court and the trial court that are covered by the collective bargaining agreements between the trial court of the commonwealth and the Service Employees International Union, Local 254; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2000 such amounts as may be necessary to meet the costs of such adjustments and benefits where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that not more than ten probation officers-in-charge, to be located at the community correction
day reporting centers, shall be funded from this item in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that notwithstanding any provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall charge the Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund expenditures from the accounts which receive transfers from this item in amounts equal to the amounts of such transfers $13,500,000
Collective Bargaining Reserve Fund 100.0%
1599-9150
For a reserve to implement the MBTA forward funding initiative, so-called; provided, that said reserve shall be available for the initial debt service payment on bonds issued to defease outstanding notes of the Massachusetts bay transportation authority and of the commonwealth incurred on behalf of said authority, for the amortization of other debt or deficiencies incurred by or on behalf of said authority, and for planning and preliminary implementation costs necessary to establish said authority as a self-financing entity not later than July 1, 2000; provided further, that the treasurer and receiver general of the commonwealth is hereby authorized and directed to defease such notes in fiscal year 2000 pursuant to the terms and conditions established in section 290 of this act or any subsequent statutory authority established for such purposes; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall prepare an analysis of said authority's finances not lat
er than March 1, 2000 that identifies all assets and liabilities of said authority; provided further, that said analysis shall include an evaluation of all outstanding debt backed by the full faith and credit of the commonwealth that require ongoing appropriations, if any; provided further, that said analysis shall identify any funding requirements of said authority requiring an appropriation or expenditure prior to said July 1 to assure the ability of said authority to operate as a self-financing authority; and provided further, that the secretary of transportation and construction and the executive director of said authority shall assist in the preparation of said analysis $14,000,000
Highway Fund 100.0%
1599-9952
For the purpose of contracting independent technical advisors to assist communities in evaluating and contributing to the central artery/third harbor tunnel project, including the Charles river crossing; provided, that the executive office for administration and finance may issue a request for proposals for such technical advisor, said contract to be drafted in conjunction with designated representatives from the impacted neighborhoods; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended from this item for a technical advisor to the North End/Waterfront area of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for a technical advisor for the East Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that after such a contract for a technical advisor has been awarded, such advisor shall have access to data relative to design and mitigation; and provided further, that such independent technical advisor shall be accountable
to and work directly with residents, designated community representatives and organizations of the aforementioned communities in assessing impacts and recommending alternative design modifications to the central artery/third harbor tunnel, prior appropriation continued $140,000
Highway Fund 100.0%
Division of Human Resources.
1750-0100
For the operation of the human resources division; provided, that the division shall be responsible for the administration of examinations for state and municipal civil service titles, establishment of eligible lists, certification of eligible candidates to state and municipal appointing authorities, technical assistance in selection and appointment to state and municipal appointing authorities; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of administration shall charge a fee of $35 to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination; provided further, that no funds shall be obligated for purposes of executive search programs except any executive search program which may be conducted pursuant to Executive Order 227 adopted on February 25, 1983; 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 upon certification of any open competitive list for a public safety position in a city or town, the personnel administrator shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in a city or town, public notice that such eligible list has been certified along with the notice of the last date to respond to the notice of circulation; 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 and all economic benefits necessary to fund any incremental cost items
contained in any and all collective bargaining agreements with the various classified public employees' unions; and provided further, that the nature and scope of economic proposals contained in said 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 $4,940,539
1750-0102
The human resources division may expend revenues up to a maximum of $1,900,000 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 said division shall collect from participating non-state agencies, political subdivisions, and the general public fees sufficient to cover all costs of said programs, including, but not limited, a fee of $35 to be collected from each applicant for a civil service examination or non-civil examination, notwithstanding the provisions of clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the division may incur expenses
and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefore as reported in the state accounting system $1,900,000
1750-0111
For the planning and implementation of a civil service continuous testing program; provided, that the division shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the number of tests administered and the amount of revenue collected, through said program $369,919
Local Aid Fund 65.0%
General Fund 35.0%
1750-0115
For the operation of the bypass appeals process program, so-called; provided, that said division shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means, including but not limited to, the number of appeals requested through said program, the number of appeals granted through said program and the number of appeals resulting in the hiring of the appellant $195,602
1750-0116
The human resources division is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $165,750 for the operation of the continuous testing program, from revenue collected from fees charged to participants in said program $165,750
1750-0200
For implementation of the medical and physical fitness standards program established pursuant to sections 61A and 61B of chapter 31 and chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the personnel administrator shall charge a fee of not less than $50 to be collected from each applicant who participates in the physical ability test; provided further, that the human resources division shall submit a semi-annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing all expenditures on said 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 said program; and provided further, that said division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means by February 1, 2000 on the projected costs of said program for fiscal year 2000 $1,337,195
1750-0300
For the commonwealth's contributions in fiscal year 2000 to health and welfare funds established pursuant to certain collective bargaining agreements; provided, that such contributions shall be calculated as provided in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and shall be paid to such health and welfare trust funds on a monthly basis or on such other basis as the applicable collective bargaining agreement provides $16,421,031
1750-3898
For the purposes of a statewide training and career ladder program pursuant to subsection A of section 8 of article XIX of the collective bargaining agreement between the commonwealth and the Massachusetts corrective officers federated union (unit 4) $151,000
Division of Operational Services.
1775-0100
For the operation of the operational services division; provided, that the commissioner of administration shall ensure that adequate resources are provided from this item for the maintenance of the government center medical unit at the same level as in fiscal year 1999 $3,366,233
1775-0110
The operational services division is hereby authorized to expend for the costs associated with the Comm-PASS computer system, so-called, an amount not to exceed $250,001 from revenues collected from the use of Comm-PASS by government entities other than state agencies and the sale of advertising space on Comm-PASS $250,001
1775-0600
The operational services division is hereby authorized to expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $130,000 from the sale of state surplus personal property, including the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of surplus property; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system, including the costs of personnel $130,000
1775-0700
The operational services division may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $130,000 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 $130,000
1775-0900
The operational services division may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $100,000, collected pursuant to chapter 449 of the acts of 1984 and section 4L of chapter 7 of the General Laws, including the costs of personnel, from the sale of federal surplus property, including the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition, warehousing, allocation and distribution of federal surplus property; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the operational services division may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $100,000
1775-1100
The operational services division may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $1,194,866 collected from the disposal of surplus motor vehicles including, but not limited to, state police vehicles from vehicle accident and damage claims and from manufacturer warranties, rebates and settlements, for the purchase of motor vehicles; provided, that 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 $1,194,866
Information Technology Division.
1790-0100
For the operation of the information technology division; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, said division shall approve any schedule of expenditures proposed by any agency under the control of the governor for any software development project or system purchase for which the total budgeted cost, including the costs of hardware purchased in conjunction with said project or system, exceeds $200,000; provided further, that the director of said division shall adopt guidelines enforcing said prior approval requirement not later than September 1, 1999; provided further, that said division shall continue a chargeback system for its bureau of computer services which complies with the requirements of section 2B of this act; provided further, that said division shall continue conducting audits and surveys to identify and realize savings in the acquisition and maintenance of communications lines; provided further,
that the commissioner shall file an annual status report with the house and senate committees on ways and means by May 15, 2000 with actual and projected savings and expenditures for said audits in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000; and 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 $9,609,943
1790-0107
For the operation of the commonwealth's human relations and compensation management system, so-called $6,986,554
1790-0300
The information technology division may expend up to a maximum of $595,767 in 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 $595,767
1790-0600
For the operation of the commonwealth's data warehouse $955,818
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
2000-0100
For the office of the secretary, including the water resources commission, the hazardous waste facility site safety council, the coastal zone management program, environmental impact reviews conducted pursuant to chapter 30 of the General Laws, the mosquito-borne disease vector control program, and a central data processing center for the secretariat; provided, that not less than $180,000 shall be expended for conservation districts; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for volunteer monitoring grants; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended on a program of coastal resources monitoring and restoration focusing on all coastal regions of the commonwealth; provided further, that said program shall include technical assistance through the Massachusetts bays program, so-called; provided further, that the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs is hereby authorized to enter into interagency
agreements with any line agency within said secretariat whereby the line agency may render data processing services to said secretary; provided further, that the comptroller is hereby authorized to allocate the costs for such data processing services to the several state and other funds to which items of appropriation of such agencies are charged; provided further, that the executive office of environmental affairs is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a study of the establishment of a grant program providing to municipalities monies for the design, permitting, construction, and renovation of park and recreation facilities. Said study shall include an analysis of the environmental impact of preserving open space, the unmet need for the construction and renovation of park facilities within the commonwealth, and the cost of establishing and maintaining such a grant program. The executive office of environmental affairs shall file the results of said study, along with any recommendations for
legislation, with the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, the house and senate committees on state administration, and the governor not later than December 31, 1999; provided further, that not less than $50,000 be expended for the formation of a technical advisory group to conduct a coastal monitoring study in Salem Sound to investigate declining fish and lobster populations in Salem Sound; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a coastal shore water testing program administered by the coalition for Buzzards Bay; provided further, that $125,000 shall be expended on the implementation of the second phase of Vision 2020; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 nor more than $1,945,000 shall be expended for the implementation of the Watershed initiative; and provided further, that not more than $50,000 shall be expended on a study of the closure of the Northeast Solid Waste Committee facility due to environmental concerns $4,592,093
General Fund 60.0%
Local Aid Fund 40.0%
2000-9900
For the office of geographic and environmental information established pursuant to section 4B of chapter 21A of the General Laws $525,388
2001-1001
The secretary of environmental affairs may expend an amount not to exceed $200,000 accrued from the fees charged to authorities and units of government within the commonwealth, other than state agencies for the distribution of digital cartographic and other data, and the review of environmental notification forms pursuant to the Massachusetts environmental policy act, for the purposes of providing said services $200,000
2010-0100
For recycling and related purposes consistent with the recycling plan of the solid waste master plan which includes municipal equipment grants, a municipal recycling incentive program, recycled product procurement, guaranteed annual tonnage assistance, recycling transfer stations, source reduction and technical assistance, consumer education and participation campaign, municipal household hazardous waste program, the recycling loan program, research and development, recycling market development and recycling business development and the operation of the Springfield materials recycling facility; provided, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended on municipal recycling incentive programs; provided further, that a grant of not less than $125,000 shall be made to the city of Boston for the purpose of awarding grants to one or more existing innovative recycling programs to increase recycling rates by enhancing the collection and processing of plastic wastes generated by
commercial, industrial and institutional entities; provided that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a public education campaign to encourage participation in existing curbside pick-up recycling programs for the city of Boston; provided further, that the department of environmental protection may expend an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for a program to preserve the continuing ability of redemption centers to maintain operations in pursuit of the commonwealth's recycling goals consistent with the provisions of section 323 of chapter 94 of the General Laws; provided further, that such program shall take into consideration the volume of redeemables per redemption center, the length of time such center has been in operation, the number of returnables redeemed quarterly by such centers, the submission by such centers of documentation of their redeemed returnables to said department and the costs of transportation, packaging, storage and labor; provided further, that said department shall make
recommendations to the general court concerning the foregoing costs by January 3, 1999; provided further, that not less than $500,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be expended for a recycling industry reimbursement program pursuant to section 241A of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; provided further, that $58,000 shall be expended for the universal waste recycling project, so-called; provided further, that not less than $877,000 shall be expended for business assistance and research and development, including the strategic envirotechnology partnership, so-called, at public, private and quasi-public educational and research institutions; provided further, that the secretary of environmental affairs shall enter into all interagency service agreements necessary to effectuate the provisions of this item not later than August 31, 1999; provided further, that a grant of $40,000 shall be made to the town of Plainville for the purposes of defraying the costs of recycling;
provided further, that a grant shall be made to the South Shore Recycling Cooperative, so-called; provided further, that the amounts appropriated herein shall be dedicated to the "Goal 2000 Program", so-called, which shall include, but not be limited to, achieving the commonwealth's goal of recycling 46 per cent of municipal solid waste by January 1, 2000; provided further, that the executive office of environmental affairs shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the commonwealth's progress towards said 46 per cent recycling goal by said date; and provided further, that said report shall be due not later than December 19, 1999; provided further, that $250,000 shall be appropriated to WasteCap of Massachusetts, a non-profit organization, for the operation of recycling cooperatives, including grants to public and non-public entities; provided, however, that the sum of $250,000 shall be appropriated to E-Call, Inc., a non-profit organization, to assist in
the implementation and improvement of recycle-related programs and to improve access to recycling information to citizens in the commonwealth with limited or non-existent recycling programs $9,500,000
Clean Environment Fund 100.0%
2020-0100
For toxics use reduction technical assistance and technology, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 21I of the General Laws $1,888,046
Toxics Use Reduction Fund 100.0%
2060-0100
For the purpose of implementing the management plan adopted pursuant to section 12 of chapter 111H of the General Laws and for carrying out the powers and duties conferred to the program by said chapter 111H; provided, that a report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before February 1, 2000 detailing expenditures from the prior year; and provided further, that no money shall be expended from this item after February 1, 2000 unless such report has been filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means $200,000
Low Level Radioactive
Waste Management Fund 100.0%
Department of Environmental Management.
2100-0005
For the department of environmental management pursuant to the purposes of section 10A1/2 of chapter 91 of the General Laws; provided, however, not less than $109,000 shall be expended for the repair or replacement of municipal piers in the town of Cohasset; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended to the town of Milbury for repairs to the Dorothy pond dam in said town; provided further, that not more than $200,000 shall be expended for the restoration of Milford pond, also known as Cedar Swamp pond in the town of Milford; provided further, that not more than $30,000 shall be expended to dredge Pine Tree brook in the town of Milton; provided further, that not more $100,000 shall be expended for improvements to Sunset lake in the town of Braintree; and provided further, that said department may issue grants to public and non-public entities from this item $3,515,626
Harbors and Inland Waters Maintenance
Fund 88.48%
General Fund 11.52%
2100-1000
For the operation of the department of environmental management; provided, that the department of environmental management shall conduct a review of, and prepare a report on, the citizen advisory committees established in connection with facilities and or programs under the purview of the department; provided further, that said report shall include recommendations for standards and uniform procedures for the establishment, operation, administration, and duration of said committees, with a particular focus on outreach efforts that will increase diversity representation within said committees and among the citizens of the commonwealth who visit the facilities and use the programs of said department; and provided further, that said report shall be filed with the secretary of environmental affairs, and the chairmen of the joint committee on natural resources in preliminary form, no later than December 31, 1999 and, in final form, no later than
February 28, 2000 $2,327,077
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
2100-2002
The department is hereby authorized to expend $80,000 from revenues received from interstate fire fighting services authorized under section 44 of chapter 138 of the acts of 1991; provided, that the department may expend from this item an amount equal to out of pocket expenses, so-called, and the costs of overtime and shift hours worked by employees of the department and the metropolitan district commission from reimbursements collected from the federal government for the costs of interstate fire fighting; provided further, that the department shall allocate such amounts to the metropolitan district commission for such purposes; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, said department and 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 $80,000
2100-2030
For the recreational and resource conservation operations of the department; provided, that funds appropriated herein shall be used to operate all of the department's parks, heritage state parks, reservations, campgrounds, beaches and pools and for the oversight of rinks; provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall be used to protect and manage the department's lands and natural resources, including the forest and parks conservation services and the bureau of forestry developments; provided further, that funding shall be available for an internship program for students at the University of Massachusetts Stockbridge school of forestry or other academic institutions providing similar training and education programs in forestry, recreation, natural resources, watershed management or fire science; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the promotion of tourism in the city of Fall River, including the Fall River Heritage State park;
provided further, that such funds shall be administered by the city of Fall River; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be made available for payment to true seasonal employees, so-called; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall be obligated for the Schooner Ernestina commission; provided further, that $5,000 shall be expended on community tree planting in the town of Wayland; and provided further, that the department of environmental management may issue grants to public and non-public entities from this line items $22,159,867
2100-2040
For additional expenses, upkeep and improvements to the department of environmental management's parks and recreation system; provided, that no funds from this item shall be expended for the costs of personnel, including seasonal employees; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to replace the wading pool at Warren Manning state park; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended to repair and upgrade the so-called Rocky Pond cranberry bogs at the Miles Standish forest; provided further, that not more than $50,000 shall expended for the repair and restoration of the Matthew J. Kuss fishing facility located at Cook pond in the city of Fall River; and provided further, that not more than $35,000 shall be expended for the rehabilitation of the state pier in the town of Pembroke $3,060,000
Second Century Fund 81.7%
General Fund 18.3%
2100-2050
The department of environmental management may expend revenues collected up to a maximum of $150,000 from campsite reservation transactions from the automated campground reservation and registration program, so-called; provided, that said funds shall be expended for the operation of said program; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $150,000
2100-3010
For the summer seasonal hires of the department, including hires for the fire control unit; provided, that at least the same number of lifeguards shall be assigned to Salisbury beach in fiscal year 2000 as were assigned to said beach in fiscal year 1999; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for year-round seasonal employees, so-called; provided further, that seasonal employees of the department who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 1999 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2000 during the period of their seasonal employment; and provided further that no funds shall be expended from this item after September 30, 1999 $3,468,127
Local Aid Fund 90.0%
Highway Fund 10.0%
2100-3011
For the fall seasonal hires of the department, including hires for the fire control unit; provided, that at least the same number of lifeguards shall be assigned to Salisbury beach in fiscal year 2000 as were assigned to said beach in fiscal year 1999; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for year-round seasonal employees, so-called; provided further, that seasonal employees of the department who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 1999 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2000 during the period of their seasonal employment; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item prior to October 1, 1999 or after December 31,1999 $338,944
Local Aid Fund 90.0%
Highway Fund 10.0%
2100-3022
For the winter seasonal hires of the department, including hires for the fire control unit; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for year-round seasonal employees, so-called; provided further, that seasonal employees who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 1999 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2000 during the period of their seasonal employment; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item prior to January 1, 2000 or after March 31, 2000 $36,315
Local Aid Fund 90.0%
Highway Fund 10.0%
2100-3023
For the spring seasonal hires of the department, including hires for the fire control unit; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for year-round seasonal employees, so-called; provided further, that seasonal employees who are hired prior to the second Sunday before Memorial Day and whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 1999 shall continue to receive such benefits in fiscal year 2000 during the period of their seasonal employment; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item prior to April 1, 2000 $2,209,191
Local Aid Fund 90.0%
Highway Fund 10.0%
Department of Environmental Protection.
2200-0100
For the operation of the department of environmental protection, including the environmental strike force, the office of environmental results and strategic planning, the bureau of resource protection, the bureau of waste prevention, the Senator William X. Wall experimental station and a contract with the University of Massachusetts for environmental research, notwithstanding the provisions of section 323F of chapter 94 of the General Laws; provided, that the provisions of section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws shall not apply to fees established pursuant to section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided further, that enactment of the appropriations made available by this act to the department shall be deemed a determination, pursuant to subsection (m) of section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided further, that said appropriations for ordinary maintenance of said department from state funds other
than the Environmental Challenge Fund and the Environmental Permitting and Compliance Assurance Fund shall be comparable to the baseline figure, as defined in said subsection, based on inflation, the department's demonstrated program improvements and efficiencies in areas other than those supported by fees and added or reduced programmatic responsibilities of the department; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the upgrade of equipment at William X. Wall experimental station; provided further, that not more than $542,000 shall be allocated to the town of Norton for the completed sewer/interceptor project, #WPC-MASS-S145; provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein, not more than $91,000 shall be expended in conjunction with phase II of the environmental results program, so-called, including one full-time equivalent position, and training; provided further, that not more than $535,000 shall be expended for technical assistance to communities to comply with provisions of
Title V; provided further, that $50,000 shall be transferred from this item to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst soil and science department for the purpose of collecting data from, and evaluating innovative greywater recycling systems; provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein the department shall expend $250,000 to develop a comprehensive wastewater management plan, in accordance with all requirements of the department, for communities connected to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Braintree/Weymouth interceptor, so-called; provided further, that the department shall conduct a study to determine the adequate staffing level for the wetlands protection program; provided further, that the study shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means by December 1, 1999; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be allocated to the Massachusetts Military Reservation Environmental Technology Center, pursuant to section 252 of chapter 38 of
the acts of 1995; and provided further, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 3, 2000 detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to environmental permitting functions and the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to compliance inspections and environmental enforcement activities; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a growth management plan for the town of Plymouth; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be paid to the town of Clinton for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Burditt Hill water tank in the town of Clinton $30,906,082
General Fund 41.05%
Environmental Permitting and
Compliance Fund 36.95%
Clean Environment Fund 22.0%
2200-0106
For the payment of charges assessed to the department of environmental protection for the payment of workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, health security plan, and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, prior to April 15, 2000 all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the DD subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that after said date, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, may transfer from said DD subsidiary to the KK subsidiary, so-called, or the NN subsidiary, so-called, of this account, an amount not to exceed 15 per cent of the funds appropriated herein, if the secretary of administration and finance certifies in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that the following
conditions have been met: (1) that the charges owed by the department for workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, health security plan, and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback are less than the amount appropriated herein; (2) that the department does not require any supplemental appropriation in any of its other items of appropriation; (3) that the department is expected to meet the revenue targets established in sections 1A and 1B; and (4) that the department has not expended any funds for the payment of workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, health security plan and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called, in any of its other items of appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of all transfers of funds between subsidiaries as authorized herein; and provided further, that no funds shall be
scheduled to any subsidiary in this account which is not explicitly referenced herein $693,812
General Fund 90.66%
Clean Air Act Compliance Fund 6.13%
Toxics Use Reduction Fund 3.21%
2200-0150
For temporary assistance for the implementation of the Massachusetts rivers protection act, so-called, pursuant to chapter 258 of the acts of 1996; provided, that said assistance shall include, but not be limited to, funding of consultant contracts for the circuit rider program, so-called, the development and distribution of maps, and technical guidance materials $500,000
2210-0100
For the implementation and administration of chapter 21I of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 3, 2000 detailing the status of the department's progress in meeting the statutory and regulatory deadlines associated with said chapter 21I and detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to various implementation requirements of said chapter 21I $941,724
Toxics Use Reduction Fund 100.0%
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 and the non-auto related state implementation program, so-called; provided, that not less than $1,456,366 shall be expended for the operating permit program, so-called; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the purpose of researching the long-range transport of ground level ozone and its precursors, implementation activities for the proposed revised national ambient air quality standards, so-called, and the assessment and mitigation of the environmental impacts of utility deregulation $2,183,129
Clean Air Act Compliance Fund 100.0%
2250-2000
For the purposes of state implementation of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act pursuant to section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws $1,724,520
Safe Drinking Water Act Fund 100.0%
2260-8870
For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank programs, notwithstanding the provisions of section 323F of chapter 94 of the General Laws and section 2K of chapter 29 of the General Laws and section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the sea change project, so-called, in the evaluation and development of innovative technologies for hazardous waste remediation, brownfields development and ecosystem recovery; and provided further, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before January 3, 2000 detailing the number of full-time equivalent positions assigned to tier IA, tier IB, tier IC and tier II projects $15,237,029
Clean Environment Fund 50.0%
Environmental Challenge Fund 40.33%
General Fund 5.14%
Underground Storage Tank
Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund 4.20%
Local Aid Fund 0.33%
2260-8881
For the operations of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals, notwithstanding the provisions of section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws $295,302
Environmental Challenge Fund 100.0%
Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement.
2300-0100
For the office of the commissioner of the department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement $651,188
General Fund 62.5%
Environmental Law Enforcement Fund 12.5%
Marine Fisheries Fund 12.5%
Public Access Fund 12.5%
2300-0101
For a program of riverways protection, restoration, and promotion of public access to rivers, including grants to public and non-public entities; provided, that the positions funded in this item shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws $517,867
Public Access Fund 47.79%
General Fund 52.21%
2300-0104
For a conservation engineering program to promote alternative species fisheries through the development, testing and monitoring of new fishing gear and fishing techniques; provided, that the department shall conduct research on gear modifications that reduce the risk of entanglement of northern right whales and other protected species; and provided further, that the department shall fund emergency research and management measures in coastal waters of the commonwealth necessitated by the presence of northern right whales $86,440
2300-0106
For the operation of the statewide point-of-sale outdoor recreation transaction system, so-called; provided, that the department may expend funds from this item to acquire information technology necessary to enable retail sales establishments to participate in said system and act as licensing agents of the commonwealth; provided further, that said establishments shall reimburse the commonwealth for the cost of said equipment; and provided further, that said reimbursements shall be credited proportionately to the several funds from which this item is appropriated $929,173
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund 50.0%
Marine Fisheries Fund 25.0%
Environmental Law Enforcement Fund 25.0%
Any federal funds received as reimbursements for expenditures from any of the following items shall be credited to the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund.
2310-0200
For the administration of the division of fisheries and wildlife, including expenses of the fisheries and wildlife board, the administration of game farms and wildlife restoration projects, for wildlife research and management, the administration of fish hatcheries, the improvement and management of lakes, ponds and rivers, for fish and wildlife restoration projects, the commonwealth's share of certain cooperative fishery and wildlife programs, and for certain programs reimbursable under the federal aid to fish and wildlife restoration act; provided, that funds from this item shall be made available to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the purposes of wildlife and fisheries research in an amount not to exceed the amount received in fiscal year 1999 for such research; and provided further, that expenditures for such programs shall be contingent upon prior approval of proper federal authorities for reimbursement of at least 75 per cent of the amount so expended
$6,732,323
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund 100.0%
2310-0316
For the purchase 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 2 and 2A of chapter 131 of the General Laws $2,000,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund 100.0%
2310-0317
For the waterfowl management program pursuant to section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws $85,000
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund 100.0%
2310-0500
For the expenses of a state funded program for natural heritage and environmental assessment $362,667
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund 50.0%
Natural Heritage and Endangered
Species Fund 50.0%
2315-0100
For the administration of a program of non-game management and research $426,958
General Fund 75.0%
Natural Heritage and Endangered
Species Fund 25.0%
2320-0100
For the administration of the public access board; provided, that positions funded herein shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 31 of the General Laws $270,644
Public Access Fund 100.0%
2320-0200
For the maintenance, operation, acquisition and improvement of public access land and water areas, as authorized by section 17A of chapter 21 of the General Laws; provided, that the amount necessary to construct a boat ramp in the town of Mattapoisett shall be expended from this item; provided further, that not more than $62,000 shall be expended for the float-landing systems, so-called, at the Barton Cove and Oxbow boat launching facilities, so-called; and provided further, that not more than $580,000 shall expended for the plans, engineering, design, permitting and construction of a multiple lane voting access ramp in appurtenant facilities on the Merrimack River in the city of Lowell $1,541,135
Public Access Fund 62.37%
General Fund 37.63%
2330-0100
For the operation of the division of marine fisheries, including expenses of the Annisquam river marine research laboratory, marine research programs, a commercial fisheries program, a shellfish management program including coastal area classification, mapping and technical assistance, and for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and shellfish classification program; provided, that $300,000 shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further, that the Newburyport shellfish purification plant shall generate not less than $115,000 from purification fees; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for shellfish propagation on the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket to be administered by the state aquaculture coordinator and Dukes and Nantucket counties; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended on research on the fishing conservation efforts in
Georges Bank to be administered by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth- CMAST; and provided further, than not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the joint operation of shellfish propagation program on Cape Cod between the division and Barnstable county $3,945,469
Marine Fisheries Fund 100.0%
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 $736,072
Marine Fisheries Fund 100.0%
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 not less than $60,000 shall be expended for said research on artificial reefs; provided further, that the division of marine fisheries is hereby authorized to expend revenues up to $380,000 collected from federal sportfish restoration funds and from the sale of materials which promote marine recreational fishing; and provided further, that this expenditure shall generate an additional $285,000 reimbursement from the federal sportfish restoration program to the marine fisheries fund $380,000
Marine Fisheries Fund 100.0%
2350-0100
For the operation of the division of environmental law enforcement; provided, that each county in the commonwealth shall be assigned at least one full-time environmental officer; provided further, that officers shall be assigned to vacant patrol districts; provided further, that officers shall provide monitoring pursuant to the national shellfish sanitation program; and provided further, that not more than $20,000 shall be expended on the continued expansion of the communications network to join a statewide communications system with the executive office of public safety $8,893,430
Environmental Law Enforcement Fund 50.66%
General Fund 34.20%
Highway Fund 15.14%
2350-0101
For the hunter safety training program $294,277
Inland Fisheries and Game Fund 100.0%
2350-0104
For environmental police private details, so-called; provided, that the division is hereby authorized to expend revenues of up to $125,000 collected from fees charged for private details $125,000
Environmental Law Enforcement Fund 100.0%
Metropolitan District Commission.
2410-1000
For the administration of the metropolitan district commission; provided, that said commission shall enter into an interagency agreement with the department of state police to provide police coverage on commission properties and parkways; provided further, that said department shall reimburse the commission for costs incurred by the commission including, but not limited to, vehicle maintenance and repairs, the operation of department buildings and other related costs; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws the commission is hereby authorized and directed to establish or renegotiate fees, licenses, permits, rents and leases, and to adjust or develop other revenue sources to fund the maintenance, operation, and administration of the commission; provided further, that an annual report shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means regarding fee adjustments not later than
February 14, 2000; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any administrative bulletin, general or special law to the contrary, the department shall not pay any fees charged for the leasing or maintenance of vehicles to the operational services division; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for personnel overtime costs $1,412,848
Local Aid Fund 75.0%
Highway Fund 25.0%
2410-1001
The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized to expend $100,000 for the operation and maintenance of the commission's telecommunications system from revenues received from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the department of highways central artery/third harbor tunnel project, so-called, the department of state police, and quasi-public and private entities through a system of user fees and other charges established by the commissioner; provided, that this item shall not impair or diminish the rights of access and utilization of all current users of the system pursuant to agreements previously entered into with the commission; 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 commission to maintain said telecommunications system $100,000
2420-1400
For the watershed management program to operate and maintain reservoirs, watershed lands and related infrastructure of the commission; provided, that expenses incurred in other commission programs to assist the watershed management program may be charged to this item; provided further, that no water shall be diverted from the Connecticut river by the metropolitan district commission or the Massachusetts water resources authority; provided further, that $500,000 shall be paid to the town of Clinton, pursuant to section 8 of chapter 307 of the acts of 1987, to compensate for the use of certain land; provided further, that the amount of said payment shall be charged to the local aid fund and not be included in the amount of the annual determination of fiscal year charges to the Massachusetts water resources authority assessed to said authority under section 113 of chapter 92 of the General Laws; provided further, that a work crew shall be made
available at the Sudbury reservoir for maintenance of said reservoir; provided further, that not less than 13 rangers shall be assigned to patrol watershed areas; and provided further, that the metropolitan district commission shall provide the Massachusetts water resources authority advisory board with an annual presentation of the expenses of watershed management operations funded by this item for which said authority is charged $11,666,975
Watershed Management Fund 95.71%
Local Aid Fund 4.29%
2440-0010
For the administration, operation and maintenance of the metropolitan district commission parks and recreation division, for the maintenance, operation and related costs of the parkways, boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody and control of the commission, for the flood control activities of said commission, and for the purchase of all necessary supplies and related equipment; provided, that no funding shall be made available from this item for true seasonal employees, so-called; provided further, that of the amount appropriated herein, not less than $1,300,000 shall be expended on general upkeep, deferred maintenance and improvements to the commission's parks and recreational facilities; provided further, that not less than $37,482 shall be expended for additional personnel in the Fells reservation; provided further, that not less than $51,000 shall be expended to assess flood damage to Pine Banks park and Forestdale cemetery;
provided further, that not less than $842,994 shall be expended for expenses of the state house park rangers, including the cost of personnel; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for improvements to the land and the facilities of the Charles River Esplanade in the city of Boston; provided further, that the commission shall expend $150,000 above the amount expended for maintenance of the southwest corridor park in the city of Boston in fiscal year 1998 and shall enter into contracts for personnel and other resources necessary for such maintenance, including the costs of two horticulturists and a supervisor; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all offices and positions shall be subject to classification under sections 45 to 50, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for improvements to Bellevue reservation in the West Roxbury section of
the city of Boston including, but not limited to, ranger patrols of said reservation, lighting and irrigation; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for algae and weed treatment of the upper mystic lakes; provided further, that $10,000 shall be expended for payments to the Charles River Watershed Association for testing of fecal coliform levels in the Charles river and the posting of warning flags to indicate unsafe levels of contamination; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended for the beautification and maintenance of the two hillsides maintained by the commission, adjacent to the McGrath - O'Brien highway and Linwood street in the city of Somerville; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the costs associated with the management of aquatic non-native plants in the Charles river lakes district, including treatment and monitoring; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for the survey and re-design of children's play areas
in the southwest corridor park to be in compliance with state and federal disability requirements; provided further, that $100,000 shall expended for improvements to the Nike Site, so-called, in the Blue Hills Reservation in the town of Randolph; provided further, that the commission shall assign a minimum of one park ranger to patrol the MDC park on Recreation road in the town of Weston from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. each day between May 1 and September 30; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for improvements to the Revere Beach parkway in the city of Everett; provided further, that not less than $37,000 shall be expended for the general upkeep and maintenance of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library park in the city Cambridge; provided further, that two additional Forest & Park Supervisor III positions, one Laborer II, and one Laborer I position shall be assigned to the Breakheart Reservation for nine months of the year; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be
expended for renovations and improvements to the buildings and property known as Connors memorial pool in the city of Waltham; provided further, that a sum of $100,000 be made available for a program of tree planting and replacement with not less 50 per cent of the trees under this program allocated to city and towns for use by them in city and town parks and streets; provided further, that $40,000 shall be expended on the maintenance of Red Rock Park on Lynn Shore drive in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended from this item for the maintenance, operation and administration of the Harry McDonough sailing program, operated in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; and provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for replacing fencing and backstop at Santoro field in the city of Medford $27,945,327
Highway Fund 60.0%
Local Aid Fund 40.0%
2440-0045
For payment to the city of Boston for maintenance and operation of the James Michael Curley recreation center $293,116
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
2440-0501
For deferred maintenance repairs to rinks, pools and other properties under the jurisdiction of the metropolitan district commission; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, with respect to all activities, including procurement and contract management, required for the purposes of this item and funded by the amount appropriated herein, all authorities and responsibilities normally belonging to the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall belong solely to the commission; provided further, that the commission shall conduct all such activities in a manner consistent with the best interests of the commonwealth and according to sound business practices; provided further, that the commission shall file bimonthly reports detailing all encumbrances and expenditures of funds appropriated herein and the status of all such repairs to be funded from this item, with the secretary of environmental
affairs, the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be expended for any personnel or administrative costs of the commission; provided further, that not more than $25,000 shall be expended for sidewalk repairs and the installation of permanent markers that indicate the distance of walking mileage elapsed along Wollaston beach on Quincy Shore drive in the city of Quincy; provided further, that not more than $350,000 shall be expended to rehabilitate the pool building at the McCrehan pool on Rindge avenue in the city of Cambridge; provided further, that not more than $180,000 shall be expended for improvement to the structures and water fountain at the Fellsway Reservoir in the city of Malden; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for improvements to and maintenance of the land surrounding Spot Pond in the town of Stoneham; provided further,
that not more than $150,000 shall be expended for the study and preliminary design of a plan to reconstruct the Mystic Lakes dam in the towns of Winchester and the city of Medford; provided further, that not more than $50,000 shall be expended for Lynn Fells parkway improvements in the town of Saugus; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended for the repair of the tidal gates at the mouth of Furnace Brook and Black's Creek in the city of Quincy in accordance with the project specifications and scope of work prepared by the department of highways relative to implementation and construction of the Cunningham Brook/Furnace Brook flood control project, so-called; provided further, that not more than $25,000 shall be expended for the beautification and clean-up of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars parkway and the West Roxbury parkway in the West Roxbury section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not more than $650,000 shall be expended for the costs repairs of the Kasabuski Memorial
rink in the town of Saugus; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for the construction of a multipurpose recreational field on land under the care and control of said commission in the town of Southborough; provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for improvement to and maintenance of Connell memorial rink; and provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the design and repair of the historic one room schoolhouse at Moore State Park in the town of Paxton $2,783,687
2440-1000
The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $100,000 from revenue generated pursuant to section 34B of chapter 92 of the General Laws $100,000
2440-1202
For the civilianization of crossing guards located at metropolitan district commission intersections where state police personnel previously performed such duties; provided, that not less than $3,902 shall be expended on additional school crossing guards on the corner of Mystic avenue and Shore drive in the city of Somerville $223,902
2440-2000
For the expenses of snow and ice control on the metropolitan district commission parkways, including the costs of personnel $569,796
Highway Fund 100.0%
2440-3000
For the extended rink season, including the costs of personnel; provided that the metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized and directed to allocate skating rink rental time so as to promote the expansion of all youth hockey programs without discrimination by gender $517,283
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
2440-3001
The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $403,506 from skating rink fees and rentals for the operation and maintenance, including personnel costs, of four rinks between September 1, 1999 and April 30, 2000 for an expanded and extended rink season $403,506
2440-4000
For the operation of the Ponkapoag Golf Course including maintenance, equipment and capital improvements pursuant to section 2U of chapter 29 of the General Laws $717,669
Ponkapoag Recreational Fund 100.0%
2440-4500
For the operation of the Leo J. Martin Golf Course, including the costs of year round and true seasonal employees, so-called, pursuant to section 2II of chapter 29 of the General Laws $465,075
Leo J. Martin Recreational Fund 100.0%
2440-5000
For the summer and fall seasonal hires of the commission; provided, that no funds appropriated herein shall be used for year-round seasonals, so-called $2,500,480
Highway Fund 60.0%
Local Aid Fund 40.0%
2440-6000
For the winter and spring seasonal hires of the commission; provided, that no funds appropriated herein shall be used for year-round seasonals, so-called $562,436
Highway Fund 60.0%
Local Aid Fund 40.0%
2443-2000
For the operation of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation, pursuant to chapter 92B of the General Laws; provided, that $3,000,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be used toward the improvement of the Franklin Park and Stone zoos and for the purposes of promoting private fund-raising, achieving self-sufficiency and serving as a catalyst for urban economic development and job opportunities for local residents; provided further, that said corporation shall take all steps necessary to increase the amount of private funding available for the operation of said zoos; provided further, that said corporation shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2000 on the status of, and amounts collected from, the private fund-raising and enhanced revenue efforts identified in the draft Massachusetts zoos business and operations plan dated December, 1996; and provided further, that said corporation shall continue to
provide free services and supplies, including, but not limited to, routine animal check-ups, diagnosis and care, emergency veterinary needs, medications and medical supplies, vitamins and diet supplements and Zoo Prem feline diet, to the trailside museum and the Chickatawbut hill center in the town of Milton $6,000,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
2443-2002
For improvements to municipal zoos; provided, that $250,000 shall be provided to the Forest Park Children's Zoo in the city of Springfield; provided further, that $250,000 shall be provided to the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society, Inc. to establish educational programs, exhibits, and other enhancements; and provided further, that 30 days prior to any said expenditure the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society, Inc. shall submit to the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs a detailed plan of all such expenditures $500,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
2444-9001
For the construction, reconstruction and improvement of boulevards, parkways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody and control of the commission $877,432
Highway Fund 100.0%
2444-9004
For certain payments for the maintenance and use of the trailside museum and the Chickatawbut hill center $412,500
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
2444-9005
For street lighting on metropolitan district commission parkways $2,400,000
Highway Fund 100.0%
2460-1000
For the construction division; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all offices and positions of the division shall be subject to classification under sections 45 to 50, inclusive, of chapter 30 of the General Laws $2,915,678
Highway Fund 80.0%
Local Aid Fund 20.0%
Department of Food and Agriculture.
2511-0100
For the operation of the department of food and agriculture, including the office of the commissioner, the expenses of the board of food and agriculture, the division of dairy services, the division of regulatory services and animal health, including a program of laboratory services at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the expenses of the pesticides board, the division of agricultural development and fairs, including the expenses of the agricultural lands board; provided, that allotment funds for 4-H activities may be expended from this item; provided further, that not less than $287,245 shall be expended for the farmer's market coupon program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for agricultural fair prizes; provided further, that funds shall be made available from this item for the cranberry trade initiative, so-called; provided further, that not less than $49,976 shall be expended on the rabies control program;
provided further,that $300,000 shall be expended for implementation of the agricultural marketing strategic plan including, but not limited to, a "Buy Local" campaign, so-called, and funding for agricultural business training and technical assistance; and provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended on a shellfish propagation program in the town of Westport $4,995,013
2511-0105
For the purchase of supplemental foods for the emergency food assistance program within the second harvest nationally-certified food bank system of Massachusetts; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall be expended for food to be distributed by the greater Boston food bank as follows: 73.5 per cent to the greater Boston food bank, including a portion to be distributed to the Merrimack valley food bank pursuant to a contractual agreement between said food bank and the greater Boston food bank, 15.2 per cent to the food bank of western Massachusetts, and 11.3 per cent to the Worcester county food bank; and provided further, that not more than $150,000 shall be made available for a statewide nutrition education program $6,430,000
2511-3002
For the integrated pest management program; provided, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the purpose of a research grant at the University of Massachusetts; provided further, that the university shall not assess any overhead costs or charges to funds allocated to the university from this line item $299,500
2511-4010
For the development of the aquaculture program, including promotion, marketing, industry unification and a grant program that is responsive to the needs of the Massachusetts aquaculture industry $142,772
2520-0100
For the operation of the state reclamation board $59,204
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
For the expenses of the following mosquito control projects. Persons employed in the following projects shall be exempt from the provisions of section 29A of chapter 29 of the General Laws:
2520-0300
For the Cape Cod mosquito control program, prior appropriation continued $1,078,532
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
2520-0900
For the Suffolk county mosquito control program $179,497
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
2520-1000
For the Central Massachusetts mosquito control program $844,039
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
2520-1100
For the Berkshire county mosquito control program $107,870
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
2520-1200
For the Norfolk county mosquito control program, prior appropriation continued $794,576
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
2520-1300
For the Bristol county mosquito control program $633,192
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
2520-1400
For the Plymouth county mosquito control program $841,584
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
2520-1500
For the Essex county mosquito control program, including not less than $75,000 for an aerial spray mosquito control program $575,807
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly
Control Fund 100.0%
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
4000-0100
For the operation of the executive office; provided, that said office shall provide technical and administrative assistance to agencies under the purview of the secretariat receiving federal funds; provided further, that said executive office shall monitor the expenditures and completion timetables for systems development projects and enhancements undertaken by the department of social services, the division of medical assistance, and the department of transitional assistance, and shall ensure that all measures are taken to make said systems compatible with one another for enhanced interagency interaction; provided further, that said office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and finance on the progress of such projects and enhancements and the measures taken to ensure interagency cooperation not later than January 15, 2000; provided further, that said executive office is hereby authorized and directed
to conduct a study of early intervention and prevention services for children at highest risk for sexually aggressive behavior as identified in evaluations conducted pursuant to section 33B of chapter 119 of the General Laws; provided further, that areas of study shall include, but not be limited to, staff-secure residential programs, specialized treatment groups to ameliorate the effects of sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, and domestic violence, and a full evaluation of the public safety benefits of early intervention and prevention services delineated herein; provided further, that said executive office shall report its findings, including recommendations for funding and further legislation, to the joint committee on human services and elderly affairs and the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than March 1, 2000; provided further, that said executive office shall continue to develop and implement the common client identifier, so-called; provided further, that said 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 not more than $55,000 shall be expended for the annualized cost of a domestic violence coordinator; and provided further, that the executive office of health and human services 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 $2,176,831
4000-0105
The executive office of health and human services is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions of this item relating to sections 1A and 1B, to expend revenues from federal reimbursements and other sources in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 for multi-systemic therapy services, so-called, for those children and adolescents identified as being at risk of an out-of-home placement by a court of competent jurisdiction, the department of social services, the department of youth services, the department of mental health, or the school where said child is enrolled as a student; provided, that the secretary of health and human services shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report detailing the number of children served, the specific types of services provided, and the specific results achieved by the provision of such services on or before January 1, 2000; provided further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be allocated to any other
item of appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall award a contract funded from this item to a vendor meeting the terms of performance standards established by the secretary of health and human services, which shall include, but not be limited to, the specific types of services and costs of such services to be funded by said contract and a delineation of all planned expenditures consistent with the expenditure classification system established by the comptroller; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used to purchase capital assets or equipment; provided further, that any funds awarded from this item shall be in addition to and not supplant existing state funds; provided further, that any mental health services provided pursuant to said contract shall be delivered by licensed professionals in the mental health field; provided further, that expenditures made pursuant to said contract shall not annualize in fiscal year 2001; provided further,
that no revenues shall be credited to this item until the secretary of administration and finance certifies that the secretariat of health and human services has met or exceeded the revenue estimates delineated in said sections 1A and 1B and the comptroller has certified that expenditure of said revenues shall not have a negative impact on the revenue optimization program, so-called; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the comptroller shall establish monthly benchmarks for the collection of said revenues consistent with meeting or exceeding said revenue estimates in said sections 1A and 1B; provided further, that before depositing any revenue in this account, the comptroller shall certify that the secretariat's revenue collections are meeting or exceeding said benchmarks; provided further, that the comptroller shall submit a report on the calculation of said benchmarks to the house and senate committees on
ways and means on or before December 15, 1999; provided further, that no reimbursements attributable to any department of social services expenditures shall be counted in said estimate or credited to this item; provided further, that said secretary may designate agencies within the secretariat to receive and expend said revenues; and provided further, that an agency designated by said secretary may incur expenses and the comptroller shall certify for payments amounts not to exceed the authorization allowed by said secretary $1,200,000
4000-0110
For matching grants to municipalities, boys and girls' clubs, YMCA and YWCA organizations and non-profit community centers for a pilot program to prevent high rates of juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, and high school dropout rates for youths-at-risk, so-called; provided, that said program shall be structured to require collaboration in each such neighborhood between agencies of said executive office of health and human services and the department of education, county sheriffs' offices, public safety departments, boys and girls' clubs, YMCA and YWCA organizations and non-profit community centers of each participating municipality; provided further, that youths-at-risk shall include, but need not be limited to, those teenagers and preteenagers identified with histories of court involvement, significant or continuous exposure to criminal behavior in their household, truancy, homelessness, children in need-of-services status, so-called, or involvement with the
departments of social services or youth services; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended to provide after-school programs that include parental accountability and training, court-based assessments, mentoring, substance abuse prevention and recreational programs; provided further, that the executive office shall work in conjunction with public and private organizations for the purposes of securing new matching funds for expenditures made from this item; provided further, that any funds distributed pursuant to this item shall be subject to the following provisions: (a) no funds appropriated herein shall be allocated or disbursed prior to the commitment of new, equal matching funds from such municipalities or organizations the amount of which shall exceed amounts committed by such municipalities or organizations for the same or similar purposes in fiscal year 1999; (b) any contract awarded to any such municipality or organization shall be awarded on a one-year basis and shall not annualize
in any future fiscal year, (c) any contract shall be performance-based, and (d) any contract shall be subject to reporting requirements which shall provide for a study of the longitudinal effects of said program; provided further, that said secretary shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the types of services provided in each targeted municipality, the cost of each such service, the exact amounts matched by each program, the names of vendors contracted by each such program, the number of children to be served by each such program, the goals of each such program, expected outcomes for fiscal year 2000 and actual outcomes for fiscal year 2000; provided further, that said community-based organizations may qualify for grants from amounts awarded to said state-municipal collaborative pilot programs; provided further, that $3,000,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be expended for matching grants to municipalities, boys and girls' clubs, YMCA and YWCA organizations and
non-profit community centers in neighborhoods identified by the secretary of health and human services as benefiting from intensive proactive intervention, including $15,000 for the Lynn afterschool at-risk program, so-called, $20,000 for the public partnership program between the Greater Lynn YMCA and YWCA and the town of Saugus, $50,000 for a partnership program between the united front child development center and the Boys and Girls Club of New Bedford and $166,500 for the southwest community health center of Springfield for the youth development program, so-called; and provided further, that $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be expended for competitively procured matching grants to non-profit organizations, including, but not limited to, said boys and girls' clubs and YMCA and YWCA organizations, in neighborhoods other than those identified by said secretary of health and human services, for delinquency prevention, leadership and character development, technology training,
job training, drug, alcohol and teenage pregnancy prevention, and educational enhancement, including $25,000 for the Haverhill summer nights program, so-called, $50,000 for the Billerica Boys and Girls Club and $50,000 for the Russian Teens-at-Risk Program, so-called, operated by the Jewish Family and Children's Service in the city of Boston, town of Brookline, city of Malden and city of Newton $4,000,000
4000-0115
For a contract with Massachusetts Families for Kids; provided, that said organization shall develop a plan to become self-sufficient within two years $648,000
4000-0122
For the final year of a citizenship assistance program to assist legal non-citizens in becoming citizens of the United States; provided, that the executive office of health and human services is authorized and directed to enter into an interagency service agreement with the office for refugees and immigrants for the administration of said program; provided further, that said program shall be administered in consultation with said executive office, the department of transitional assistance and the division of medical assistance; provided further, that said program shall be provided through community-based organizations to the maximum extent determined appropriate by the office for refugees and immigrants; provided further, that the program funded by this item: (1) shall provide assistance to persons who are eligible to become citizens of the United States within three years; and (2) may be funded not only through state appropriations but also through matching financial
or in-kind contributions by private organizations or local government agencies; provided further, that persons who would qualify for benefits provided pursuant to chapter 118A of the General Laws, but for their status as legal non-citizens shall be accorded the highest priority for provision of services; provided further, that said program shall not be an entitlement and shall be subject to state appropriation; provided further, that the office for refugees and immigrants shall issue quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the executive office of administration and finance on the number of persons participating in said program and the number of persons attaining citizenship in each quarter; provided further, that said report shall also detail the number of participants in said program receiving state-funded benefits by category of benefits and the federal benefits each participant would have been eligible for, but for his status as a legal non-citizen; provided
further, that said office for refugees and immigrants shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance on the amounts of matching or in-kind contributions by private organizations or local government agencies; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item to replace expiring federal funds; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for AA subsidiary payroll costs, so-called; and provided further, that it is declared to be the intention of the general court that this program shall not continue beyond fiscal year 2000 and that not more than an aggregate amount of $6,000,000 shall be expended for the purposes of said program during the period from fiscal year 1998 to fiscal year 2000, inclusive $2,000,000
4000-0125
For improvements to the health, safety and well-being of patients and residents of the Massachusetts soldiers' home and the Holyoke soldiers' home by installing central air conditioning at said facilities; provided, that the soldiers' homes shall submit, subject to the approval of the secretary of health and human services, an allocation and implementation plan for the amount appropriated herein to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 5, 2000; provided further, that said soldiers' homes shall pursue the highest level of federal reimbursement for the expenditure of said funds; provided further, that amounts allocated to said installation shall be one-time, non-recurring expenditures, which shall remain available for expenditure until June 30, 2001; and provided further, that no expenditure shall be made from this item until the comptroller has certified receipt of the first payment to the commonwealth pursuant to the master settlement
agreement in the tobacco action in accordance with section 3 of chapter 29D of the general laws, as inserted by section 43 of this act $6,000,000
Tobacco Settlement Fund 100.0%
Division of Medical Assistance.
4000-0300
For the operation of the division, including the administrative costs related to the implementation and operation of programs authorized by sections 9A to 9C, inclusive, and sections 16B and 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the same standards and regulations for personal care attendants in effect on February 1, 1999 shall be retained in fiscal year 2000 unless an agreement to any changes is reached between the division of medical assistance, designees of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Disability Policy, the Massachusetts office on disability and the Statewide Independent Living Council; provided further, that the same standards and regulations in place for score III, so called, in fiscal year 1998 shall be retained in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that in consultation with the division of health care finance and policy, the division of medical assistance shall not approve any increase in existing medicaid provider rates without
taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that rates of payment to providers do not exceed such rates as are necessary to meet only those costs which must be incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that expenditures for the purposes of each item appropriated to the division by this act shall be accounted for according to such purpose on the Massachusetts management, accounting and reporting system not more than ten days after such expenditures have been made by the medicaid management information system; provided further, that the division shall not make expenditures that are not federally reimbursable, except as specifically authorized herein, or unless made for cost containment efforts the purposes and amounts of which have been submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to making such expenditures; provided further, that the division may continue
to recover provider overpayments made in the current and prior fiscal years through the medicaid management information system, and that such recoveries shall be deemed current fiscal year expenditure refunds, so-called; provided further, that the division shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amounts of said expenditure refunds credited to each item of appropriation; provided further, that unless otherwise expressly authorized by law, the division shall deposit all federal funds received in the general fund; provided further, that the division shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amount of hand generated payments, so-called, to providers by item of appropriation from which said payments were made; provided further, that the division shall authorize durable medical equipment that is prescribed for preventative services; provided further, that the federal financial participation received from claims filed by the
division for the costs of outreach and eligibility activities performed at certain hospitals and funded in part or in whole by federally permissible provider donations and from hospitals, shall be credited to this item and may be expended without further appropriation and an amount specified in an agreement between the division and each donating provider hospital shall be paid from this item to each hospital, which amount shall be in proportion to each hospital's donated amount; provided further, that the federal financial participation received from claims filed by the division for the costs of outreach and eligibility activities performed at certain hospitals and federally-qualified community health centers and funded in part or in whole by federally permissible provider donations from said hospitals and health centers, shall be credited to this item and may be expended without further appropriation, and an amount specified in an agreement between the division and each donating provider hospital and
health center shall be paid from this item to each hospital and health center, which amount shall be in proportion to each hospital's and health center's donated amount; and provided further, that the costs of outreach and eligibility activities performed by covering kids initiative, so-called, and funded in part or in whole by federally permissible donations from said organizations, shall be credited to this item and may be expended without further appropriation $40,965,210
General Fund 85.84%
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 14.16%
4000-0308
For a reserve for the operation of the division; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from this item prior to the submission by the division to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance data for fiscal year 1999 and the first two quarters of fiscal year 2000 consisting of: (1) monthly expenditure data for items 4000-0430, 4000-0460, 4000-0500, 4000-0600 and 4000-0700, including monthly member-month caseload, date-of-service and date-of-payment expenditure data by provider type and health benefit plan; (2) monthly expenditure and enrollment data for items 4000-0860, 4000-0870, 4000-0880, 4000-0890 and 4000-0891 which, pursuant to the budget neutrality analysis dated March 31, 1999, shall identify, by item of appropriation, total caseload and member-months for participants in the standard, basic, family assistance and employer partnership plans, delineated by age, disability status and direct
coverage or premium assistance type of coverage and respective per member per month rates for each such category of eligibility; (3) monthly expenditure data for item 4000-0450, including monthly member-month caseload and expenditure data required pursuant to the provisions of section 16B of chapter 118E of the General Laws; and (4) enrollments and per member per month costs projected through the remainder of fiscal year 2000 and 2001 for items 4000-0430, 4000-0450, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0700, 4000-0860, 4000-0870, 4000-0880, 4000-0890 and 4000-0891 not later than February 15, 2000; and provided further, that all expenditures from this item shall be made for the purposes of item 4000-0300 $1,000,000
General Fund 85.84%
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 14.16%
4000-0309
For administrative expenses of the division made pursuant to the EE subsidiary, so-called, as classified by the comptroller; provided, that all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the EE subsidiary, so-called; and provided further, that no funds from any other item of state appropriation available to the division shall be used for said expenses except as specifically authorized in any such item $3,766,188
General Fund 85.84%
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 14.16%
4000-0310
For administrative support and related services purchased contractually by the division, including contracted services necessary for the implementation and operation of programs authorized by sections 9A to 9C, inclusive, and sections 16B and 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that said services shall include but shall not be limited to, pre-admission screening, utilization review, medical consultants, disability determination reviews, health benefit managers and interagency service agreements; provided further, that not less than $1,641,150 shall be provided for an interagency service agreement with the executive office of elder affairs that provides for the transfer of funds from this item for the costs of administering enrollment in the pharmacy assistance program established pursuant to the provisions of said section 16B; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be distributed to home care corporations for the purposes of
said interagency service agreement; provided further, that a summary description of interagency service agreements for which funds are allocated by the division to other agencies shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not more than ten days after making such allocations; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the contracted services funded in item 4000-0325; provided further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled or expended from the AA subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that no funds shall be expended by the division for the purpose of funding interpretive services directly or indirectly related to a settlement or resolution agreement, so-called, with the office of civil rights or any other office, group or entity; provided further, that interpretive services currently provided by the division shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights for any party or to an enforceable entitlement to interpretive
services; provided further, that $1,000,000 shall be made available for the funding of the state mini-grant program, so called; provided further, that the division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance, not later than January 4, 2000, the quarterly expenditure of said mini-grants; and provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, a detail of recipients and amounts received, uses of said funds and a cost-based analysis of effectiveness and impact of said mini-grants on increasing enrollments and promoting awareness of MassHealth programs and eligibility for said programs $37,642,393
General Fund 85.84%
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 14.16%
4000-0320
The division of medical assistance may expend an amount not to exceed $70,000,000 from the monies received from recoveries of any prior year expenditures and collections from liens, estate recoveries, third party recoveries, drug rebates, accident and trauma recoveries, case mix recoveries, computer audits, insurance recoveries, provider overpayment recoveries, bankruptcy settlements, masspro and healthpro refunds, Medicaid fraud returns, data match returns, Medicare appeals and program and utilization review audits; provided, that any revenues collected by the division that are not attributable to the aforementioned categories shall be deposited in the general fund and shall be tracked separately therein; provided further, that additional categories of recoveries and collections may be credited to this item after providing written notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used for the purposes
of items 4000-0300, 4000-0308, 4000-0309, 4000-0310 or 4000-0325; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be limited solely to payments for the provision of medical care and assistance rendered in the current fiscal year; and provided further, that the division shall file quarterly with the house and senate committees on ways and means, a report delineating the amount of current year rebates from pharmaceutical companies or other current year collections which are being used to supplement current year expenditures $70,000,000
4000-0325
For the non-personnel systems costs of the division, including such costs incurred to implement and operate programs authorized by sections 9A to 9C, inclusive, and sections 16B and 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that such systems costs may include contracts for the management and operation of the central automated vendor payment system, including the recipient eligibility verification system, vendor contracts to upgrade and enhance the division's central automated vendor payment system, the medicaid management information system, so-called, and the recipient eligibility verification system, MA21, so-called, the EE subsidiary costs, so-called, related to information technology division chargebacks, contractors responsible for systems maintenance and development, personal computers and other information technology equipment used by the division; provided further, that 50 per cent of the cost of provider point of service eligibility verification devices
purchased by the division shall be assumed by the providers utilizing said devices; provided further, that not later than January 27, 2000, the division shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means delineating all projected expenses for said chargeback, including all actions taken to improve the efficiency of using information technology division services; provided further, that said report shall delineate any changes in the costs, timeliness and error rate of claims processed on commonwealth systems; and provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, a comprehensive inventory of the division's recipient eligibility verification system's operational expenses, operational status, and vendors under contract to operate said system $32,513,000
General Fund 85.84%
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 14.16%
4000-0430
For the commonhealth program to provide primary and supplemental medical care and assistance to disabled adults and children pursuant to sections 9A, 16 and 16A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that not more than $3,666,500 shall be expended for expenses incurred in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the division shall maximize federal reimbursement for state expenditures made on behalf of said adults and children; provided further, that the division shall close enrollments or promulgate regulations that adjust eligibility, benefits and other requirements to limit expenditures to the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that the division shall adhere to the same time standards for processing of a commonhealth application as govern applications under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, namely within 45 days of receipt of a completed application or within 90 days if a determination of disability is required; and provided further,
that children shall be determined eligible for said medical care and assistance if said children meet the disability standards as defined by the division of medical assistance and that said disability standards shall be no more restrictive than the standards in effect on July 1, 1996 $25,859,658
4000-0450
For a pharmacy assistance program for eligible residents of the commonwealth, pursuant to the provisions of section 16B of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as amended by sections 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, and 127 of this act; provided, that in addition to the amount appropriated for the interagency service agreement with the executive office of elder affairs in item 4000-0310, an amount not less than $700,000 shall be provided for an interagency service agreement with said office that provides for the transfer of funds from this item for the costs of promulgating and administering enrollment in the senior pharmacy assistance program, established pursuant to the provisions of said section 16B of said chapter 118E $51,700,000
General Fund 41.97%
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 58.03%
4000-0460
For an interagency service agreement with the executive office of elder affairs to provide home care services to eligible recipients through the enhanced community options program, so-called, the home health substitution initiative, so-called, and the nursing home light care initiative, so-called; provided, that the executive office of elder affairs shall ensure that the aging services access points, so-called, or other entities that receive funds from this item shall comply with any performance measures, outcome goals and cost-effectiveness standards established by the division and the executive office of elder affairs pursuant to the terms of said interagency service agreement $7,793,000
4000-0500
For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the division's primary care clinician/mental health and substance abuse plan or through a health maintenance organization under contract with the division; provided, that not more than $148,620,000 shall be expended from this item for health care services provided to said recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated herein; provided further, that the commissioners of the division of medical assistance and the department of mental health shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means relative to the performance of the managed care organization under contract with the division to administer the mental
health and substance abuse benefit; and provided further, that such quarterly reports shall include, but shall not be limited to, analyses of utilization trends, quality of care and costs across all service categories and modalities of care purchased from providers through the mental health and substance abuse program, including those services provided to clients of the department of mental health $1,405,687,366
4000-0600
For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the division's senior care plan; provided, that not more than $235,520,000 shall be expended from this item for health care services provided to said recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of item 4000-0310 to the contrary, not less than $8,600,000 shall be made available from this item to pay for the cost of home and community-based health waiver services provided to elderly medicaid recipients enrolled in the section 2176 waiver, so-called; provided further, that the division is hereby authorized to seek any federal approvals necessary to establish a managed care program for dually-eligible seniors, so-called; provided further, that said program shall coordinate services
covered by medicare and medicaid, including home and community-based support services, for the purpose of providing said seniors with high quality, accessible, cost-effective care which shall enable said seniors to maintain the highest feasible functional level; provided further, that said managed care program shall not take effect unless specifically authorized by law; provided further, that not less than $6,000,000 shall be made available to increase the per diem rate paid to providers of home health services; provided further, that in addition to the current expenditures for dementia-specific adult day care services, not less than $1,014,170 shall be made available from this line item to increase the per diem rate paid to providers of said services; and provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated
herein $1,567,747,492
4000-0700
For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the division's health care indemnity/third party liability plan and medical assistance recipients not otherwise covered under the division's managed care or senior care plans; provided, that not more than $102,380,000 shall be expended from this item for health care services provided to said recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that not less than $900,000 shall be made available from this item to pay for the cost of a program of outreach and follow-up services conducted by agencies certified as comprehensive family planning agencies to increase the utilization of comprehensive family planning services known as the Keep Teens Healthy Project, so-called; and provided further, that expenditures from this item
shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated herein $613,978,363
4000-0860
For MassHealth benefits provided to children and adults pursuant to the provisions of clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents pursuant to the provisions of said clause (c) of said subsection (2) whose family incomes, as determined by the division, exceed 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that not more than $21,070,000 shall be expended from this item for health care services provided to said children and adults in prior fiscal years; and provided further, that all federal reimbursements received for expenditures from this item pursuant the provisions of Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act shall be credited to the Children's and Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund $188,700,000
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 100.0%
4000-0870
For health care services provided to adults participating in the medical assistance program pursuant to clause (g) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that not more than $8,460,000 shall be expended from this item for health care services provided to said recipients in prior fiscal years; and provided further, that all revenues received as a result of expenditures authorized herein shall be credited to the Children's and Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund $152,680,000
Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund 100.0%
4000-0880
For MassHealth benefits pursuant to the provisions of clause (c) of subsection (2) of section 9A and section 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws for children and adolescents whose family incomes as determined by the division 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 said children and adolescents in prior fiscal years; and provided further, that all federal reimbursements received for expenditures from this item pursuant the provisions of Title XXI of the Social Security Act shall be credited to the Children's and Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund $33,640,000
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 100.0%
4000-0890
For the cost of health insurance premium subsidies paid to employees of small businesses participating in the insurance reimbursement program pursuant to the provisions of section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that all federal reimbursements received for expenditures from this item pursuant the provisions of Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act shall be credited to the Children's and Seniors' Health Care Assistance Fund $30,000,000
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 100.0%
4000-0891
For the cost of health insurance subsidies paid to employers participating in the insurance reimbursement program pursuant to the provisions of section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the division shall directly market said program to private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contract with departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs for the purpose of mitigating health insurance costs to said employers and their employees; provided further, that on or before May 1, 2000 the division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance on the specific measures taken to promote said participation, the number of said employers and their employees electing to participate in said program and the monthly costs of subsidies paid by the division on their behalf;
provided further, that the division shall report monthly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance monthly expenditure data for said program, including the total number of employers participating in said program, the percentage of said employers who purchased health insurance for employees prior to participating in said program and total monthly expenditures delineated by payments to small employers and self-employed persons for individual, two-person and family subsidies; and provided further, that the division shall seek federal reimbursement for said payments to employers $18,000,000
Children's and Seniors' Health Care
Assistance Fund 100.0%
4000-1400
For the purposes of expanding MassHealth benefits to persons with a diagnosis of human immuno-deficiency virus, so called, and whose incomes are up to 200 per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to federal approval of an amendment to the Medicaid state plan and Section 1115 waiver; provided, that said amendment shall be consistent with the provisions of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as amended by section 121 of this act; and provided further, that no expenditure shall be made from this item until the comptroller has certified receipt of the first payment to the commonwealth pursuant to the master settlement agreement in the tobacco action in accordance with section 3 of chapter 29D of the general laws, as inserted by section 43 of this act $10,000,000
Tobacco Settlement Fund 100.0%
4000-1450
For an interim catastrophic pharmacy assistance program for eligible residents of the commonwealth who are 65 years of age or older, or who are disabled, pursuant to the provisions of section 313 of this act and subject to appropriation; provided, that not more than $10,000,000 from this item shall be expended from this item until the comptroller has certified receipt of the first payment to the commonwealth pursuant to the master settlement agreement in the tobacco action in accordance with section 3 of chapter 29D of the General Laws, as inserted by section 43 of this act $20,000,000
Tobacco Settlement Fund 50.0%
Children's and Seniors' Health
Care Assistance Fund 50.0%
4000-1500
For expanded pharmacy services for all children to age 18 who are receiving family assistance coverage-premium assistance, so-called, pursuant to section 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws, section 128 of this act and under the Masshealth demonstration project established pursuant to sections 9A and 9B of chapter 118E of the General Laws, to the extent that the policies of health insurance with respect to which premium assistance payments are being made for the benefit of such children do not cover such services; provided, that the division of medical assistance shall make such expenditures without regard to the availability of federal reimbursement; provided further, that the division shall seek to obtain federal reimbursement for such expenditures through an amendment to the MassHealth demonstration project waiver, so-called; provided further, that said amendment shall be consistent with the provisions of said section 16C of said
chapter 118E of the General Laws and section 128 of this act; provided further, that the division shall pursue the highest level of federal reimbursement for the expenditures authorized herein; provided further, that the commissioner of said division shall report to the joint committee on health care every 60 days following the enactment of this act on the steps taken to obtain necessary federal approvals; and provided further, that no expenditure shall be made from this item until the comptroller has certified to the receipt of the first payment to the commonwealth pursuant to the master settlement agreement in the tobacco action in accordance with section 3 of chapter 29D of the general laws, as inserted by section 43 of this act $1,500,000
Tobacco Settlement Fund 100.0%
Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.
4100-0060
For the operation of the division and the administration of the uncompensated care pool established pursuant to chapter 118G of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the assessment to acute hospitals authorized pursuant to section 5 of said chapter 118G of the General Laws for the estimated expenses of the division shall be made pursuant to the provisions of section 242 of this act; provided further, that the division shall promulgate regulations requiring all hospitals receiving payments from the uncompensated care pool to report to the division the following utilization information: the number of inpatient admissions and outpatient visits by age category, income category, diagnostic category and average charge per admission; provided further, that the division shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means a summary report compiling said data; provided further,
that the division, in consultation with the division of medical assistance, 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 the division shall share financial data and expertise about the Massachusetts health care industry with the Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research for the purpose of enhancing, developing and marketing data products for the public; provided further, that the division and the institute shall share any revenue generated through sale, licensure, royalty, and usage fees charged for said
data products; and provided further, that, not later than February 24, 2000, the division shall submit to the comptroller and to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report describing the method by which the division shall generate revenues through said sale, licensure, royalty, and usage fees in an amount sufficient to meet 25 per cent of the projected costs of the division in any fiscal year, as required by section 612 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996 $8,483,405
4100-0061
The division of health care finance and policy may expend an amount not to exceed $500,000 from federal financial participation generated by administrative expenditures of the division for the Medicaid program pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act; provided, that said division may make expenditures from this item upon certification by the office of the comptroller that the collection of not less than $3,700,000 from said federal financial participation has been achieved for two quarters in fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that not less than $3,700,000 from said federal financial participation shall be deposited in the general fund $500,000
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
4110-0001
For the office of the commissioner and bureau of research; provided, that amounts appropriated to the department in fiscal year 2000 that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 1999 shall not annualize above said amounts in fiscal year 2001; and provided further, that $410,000 shall be held in reserve for rental increases and available for expenditure only in the GG subsidiary, so-called, and shall not be transferred to any other subsidiary $1,024,492
4110-1000
For the community services program; provided, that the commission shall extend services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 1998, including, $100,000 for after-school programming for children deemed to be clients of said commission, $112,500 for respite services for such children and $225,000 for assistive technology devices for clients of the commission; provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the talking information center; and provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Audible Local Ledger of Falmouth $3,611,086
4110-1010
For aid to the adult blind; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year $8,369,809
4110-1020
For eligibility determination for the medical assistance program for the blind; provided, that the commission is hereby authorized and directed to work with the division of medical assistance, the department of mental retardation and other state agencies to maximize federal reimbursement for clients so determined through this item, including, but not limited to, reimbursement for home and community-based waiver clients $418,387
4110-2000
For the turning 22 program of the commission, including $320,000 for increased services to multi-disabled clients of the commission; provided, that nothing stated in this item shall be construed to give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to the services funded herein; provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22 clients; and provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure similar rates for contracted residential services $7,055,037
4110-2001
For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2000; provided, that the amount appropriated herein shall not annualize to more than $646,443 in fiscal year 2001; provided further, that nothing stated in this item shall be construed to give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to the services funded herein; provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure the maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22 clients; and provided further, that the commission shall work in conjunction with the department of mental retardation to secure similar rates for contracted residential services $430,000
4110-3010
For a program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grants or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance or any other such indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees; provided further, that $163,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be obligated for the purpose of mitigating inequitable reimbursement rates for the Carroll Center for the Blind; provided further, that not less than $950,000 shall be expended for technological adaptations to increase vocational opportunities for the blind; and provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for additional technological adaptations to increase vocational opportunities for the blind $2,779,108
4110-4000
For the administration of the Ferguson Industries for the blind; provided, that retired workshop employees shall receive grants equal to three-fourths of the salaries of current workshop employees; provided further, that any funds received for goods and services purchased by private and public sector entities at Ferguson Industries shall be remitted to the general fund; and provided further, that $35,000 shall be expended on a 5 per cent cost of living adjustment to the blind workers in the workshop $1,698,152
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 upon the written request of the commissioner of the department of revenue, said commissioner 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; provided further, that said lists shall include client names and social security numbers and payee names and other identification, if different from a client's; and provided further, that amounts appropriated in items of this department that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 1999 shall not annualize above
said amounts in fiscal year 2001 $366,692
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 not less than $155,000 shall be expended on special vocational projects in Charlestown $7,408,666
4120-3000
For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and employment services for severely physically disabled adults may, subject to appropriation, be provided; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 be expended for the Charlestown navy yard special project for physically disabled adults $8,841,270
4120-4000
For independent living assistance services; provided, that the commission shall extend services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 1998, including, $900,000 for additional services provided through independent living centers, so-called; provided further, that not more than $618,000 shall be expended for assistive technology devices and training for individuals with severe disabilities; provided further, that $100,000 shall be obligated for the SHARE foundation at the University of Massachusetts; and provided further, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the Turning 22 program of the commission $6,716,950
4120-4001
For the housing registry for the disabled $100,000
4120-5000
For homemaking services $4,588,569
4120-5050
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission may expend an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for expanded services from federal reimbursements received for home care assistance services provided by the commission; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate reported in the state accounting system; and provided further, that the commission shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 3, 2000, detailing the use of any funds encumbered or expended from this item, including, but not limited to, the number of clients served, the types of services purchased and the annualized impact of said expenditures in the subsequent
fiscal year $2,000,000
4120-6000
For head injured services; provided, that the commission is hereby authorized and directed to work with the division of medical assistance to maximize federal reimbursement for clients receiving head injured services; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Cape Cod head injury program $6,785,820
4120-6001
For the additional expenses of providing head injured services; provided, that the commission shall expend not more than $250,000 to provide recurring residential services on a 24-hour basis to persons with severe head injuries in western Massachusetts; provided further, that the remaining funds not obligated to said western Massachusetts services shall be expended solely for the cost of non-recurring services to the head injured; provided further, that said remaining funds shall not be used to supplant existing services provided under item 4120-6000; provided further, that all unexpended funds from this item shall revert to the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund; provided further, that the commission shall perform outreach and provide information to the courts of the commonwealth regarding services provided through this item and the various revenue sources which fund the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund; and provided further, that the commission
shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary on administration and finance on the balance of the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund and on the balance of said fund from the corresponding quarter of the prior fiscal year $750,000
Head Injury Treatment Services Trust
Fund 100.0%
4120-6002
The commission is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from fees collected pursuant to section 20 of chapter 90 of the General Laws for rehabilitation services for head injured persons; provided, that the commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 31, 2000, detailing the use of any funds encumbered or expended from this item, including, but not limited to, the number of clients served, the types of services purchased, and the annualized impact of said expenditures in the subsequent fiscal years; provided further, that all unexpended funds from this item shall revert to the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund; and provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall not be used to supplant existing services provided under item 4120-6000 $2,000,000
Head Injury Treatment Services Trust
Fund 100.0%
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; provided, that the commission shall expand services beyond the level of such services provided in fiscal year 1998, including, $100,336 for the case management of children deemed eligible for such services from said commission, $50,000 for assistive technology devices, $525,000 for independent living services, so-called, and $1,050,000 for interpreter and CART services, so-called; provided further, that a systems analyst and a personnel director be funded from this item; and provided further, that amounts appropriated in items of this department that extend or expand services beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 1999 shall not annualize above said amounts in fiscal year 2001 $5,501,325
4125-0101
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the commission for the deaf and hard of hearing may expend revenues in an amount not to exceed $105,000 from charges received on behalf of interpreter services and monies received from private grants, bequests, gifts or contributions; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payments amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system $105,000
Office of Child Care Services.
4130-0001
For the administration of the office of child care services pursuant to section 239 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; provided, that said office shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and contracted child care slots funded from items 4130-3200, 4130-3300, 4130-3400, 4130-3500, 4130-3600 and 4130-3700 by category of eligibility in accordance with the provisions of section 322 of this act; provided further, that said report shall include the number of recipients subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 funded under items 4130-3200 and 4130-3700 that qualify for federal funding through the transitional aid to needy families fund; provided further, that the office shall administer the child care resource and referral system; provided further, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the office's authority to issue variances or grant licenses or certificates
on a probationary basis as provided in 102 CMR 8.00 as in effect on May 28, 1993; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, said office is hereby authorized and directed to perform post-audit reviews on a representative sample of the income-eligibility determinations performed by vendors receiving funds from items 4130-3200 and 4130-3300; provided further, that said office shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and secretary of administration and finance on the error rate, if any, in income-eligibility determinations calculated by said post audit reviews and on the unduplicated number of children on waiting lists for state subsidized child care; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for the DD subsidiary costs, so-called, of the children's trust fund $2,394,261
4130-0002
For the administration of the Children's Trust Fund $962,933
4130-0005
For field operations licensing; provided, that no funds from this item may be expended for family support services; and provided further, that said office generate not less than $763,000 to be deposited in the general fund from licensing fees and the sale of child care lists $6,657,660
4130-1000
For statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns to be administered by the children's trust fund; provided, that such services shall be made available statewide to all parents under the age of 20 years within the amount appropriated herein $11,151,720
Transitional Aid To Needy Families
Fund 100.0%
4130-1001
For expansion of the statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns established in item 4130-1000 of section 2; provided, that such services shall be made available statewide to all parents under the age of 21 years but ineligible for services under item 4130-1000 of section 2, within the amount appropriated herein; provided further, that the annualized cost of said expansion shall not exceed $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 nor $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2002; and provided further, that no expenditure shall be made from this item until the comptroller has certified to receipt of the first payment to the commonwealth pursuant to the master settlement agreement in the tobacco action in accordance with section 3 of chapter 29D of the general laws, as inserted by section 43 of this act $5,000,000
Tobacco Settlement Fund 100.0%
4130-2998
For one-time child care quality expenditures; provided, that not less than $1,224,977 shall be expended for activities to increase the supply of quality child care for infants and toddlers; provided further, that not less than $459,015 shall be expended for resource and referral and school-age child care activities; provided further, that not more than $250,000 may be expended for a market rate survey, so-called; provided further, that funds may be used for one time information technology costs; provided further, that the office of child care services shall submit a report detailing plans for and the operating costs associated with said one-time expenditures not later than December 1, 1999; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be used to fund capital assets or equipment for for-profit providers or agencies; provided further, that the commissioner of the office of child care services shall submit written certification to the secretary of administration
and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means that all planned expenditures and allocations from this item shall have no fiscal impact beyond fiscal year 2000; and provided further, that no funds may be expended, obligated or transferred from this item prior to the submission of said certification $3,498,067
Child Care Fund 100.0%
4130-3100
For the regional administration of child care programs and related child care activities; provided, that said activities shall include, but not be limited to, voucher management, child care provider training, resource and referral for children with disabilities in child care programs, community-based programs that provide direct services to parents, and coordination of waiting lists for state-subsidized child care; provided further, that not less than $650,000 shall be expended through child care resource and referral programs for child care provider training; provided further, that not less than $190,000 shall be expended to provide child care services for children with disabilities in child care programs; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for AA subsidiary payroll expenses, so-called $12,071,940
Child Care Fund 100.0%
4130-3200
For the employment services voucher and contracted child care program; provided, that the employment services child care program shall be available for recipients of benefits provided under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children and the absent parents of said recipients; provided further, that child care funded from this item shall be available to former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are working for up to one year after termination of their transitional aid to families benefits due to their employment; provided further, that child care slots shall be distributed geographically in a manner which provides fair and adequate access to child care for all eligible individuals; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for eligible participants in the full employment program established by subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; provided further,
that the office is hereby authorized to provide child care benefits to certain other former transitional aid to families with dependent children recipients who are participating in education or training in compliance with regulations promulgated by the department of transitional assistance; provided further, that all child care providers that are part of a public school system shall be required to accept from recipients child care vouchers provided through this appropriation; provided further, that $495,000 shall be expended by the department of transitional assistance for the provision of 100 child care slots for children in the transitional aid to families with dependent children program who are in the custody and care of grandparents due to the incapacity or absence of the parents; and provided further, that the department is hereby authorized to provide child care benefits to parents currently enrolled in a job training program who are under the age of 18 and who would qualify for benefits under
the provisions of chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents' income $99,243,124
Transitional Aid to Needy Families
Fund 37.37%
General Fund 36.93%
Child Care Fund 25.70%
4130-3300
For the provision of income eligible child care contract and voucher slots; provided, that the amount expended for contracted child care slots in fiscal year 2000 shall not be less than the amount expended for said slots in fiscal year 1999; provided further, that up to $64,000 shall be expended for feasibility and design activities to assess the probability of opening and operating a child care center at the Gallagher intermodal transportation center, so-called; provided further, that prior to January 14, 2000, the commissioners of the office of child care services and the department of transitional assistance shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance the amount of any projected surplus in items 4403-2000, 4403-2002 and 4403-2013 and shall issue a joint recommendation to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance regarding
the transfer of any portion of such surplus to this item; provided further, that said recommendation shall include an estimate of the number of child care slots funded by any proposed transfer, the annualized impact of any such transfer, the impact on the commonwealth's ability to meet federal financial requirements and the effects, if any, of cost containment efforts implemented in the administration of income eligible child care programs; provided further, that nothing herein shall authorize said transfer; provided further, that prior to January 3, 2000, the commissioner of office of child care services shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office of administration and finance on the amount of funding from this item deemed to be non post-transitional expansion, so-called; provided further, that the annualized cost of said expansion in fiscal year 2001 shall not exceed 150 per cent of the value of said expansion in fiscal year 2000; and provided further,
that not less than one-half of the expansion slots identified by said report shall be made available prior to January 1, 2000 $158,898,769
Child Care Fund 54.50%
Transitional Aid to Needy Families
Fund 45.14%
General Fund 0.36%
4130-3400
For the provision of child care services to the children of: (a) teen parents attending high school and receiving transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits pursuant to subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; (b) teen parents receiving supplemental security income payments who participate in school, education, work and training-related activities or a combination thereof and whose dependent children receive said aid; and (c) teen parents who participate in school, education, work and training related activities or a combination thereof and who are at risk of becoming eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided, that the office of child care services, in consultation with the department of transitional assistance and the department of social services, shall allocate from this item funds sufficient to ensure the priority of provision of child care services first to children of teen
parents in clause (a), then clause (b), and lastly, clause (c); provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed to give rise to enforceable legal rights or an enforceable entitlement to services other than to the extent that such rights or entitlements exist pursuant to regulations promulgated for the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; and provided further, that all teens eligible for year-round full-time child care services shall be participating in school, education, work and training-related activities or a combination thereof for at least the minimum number of hours required by regulations promulgated for said program of transitional aid, whether or not such teens are recipients of benefits under said program of transitional aid $10,938,008
4130-3500
For the provision of trial court child care services; provided, that $127,065 shall be expended for child care services in the Roxbury trial court; provided further, that $152,340 shall be expended for child care services in the Springfield trial court; provided further, that $97,301 shall be expended for child care services in the West Roxbury trial court; provided further, that $254,960 shall be expended for child care services in the Middlesex trial court; provided further, that $175,000 shall be expended for child care at Dorchester district court; provided further, that $175,000 shall be expended for trial court child care in Lawerence; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for child care at the Suffolk county court complex; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for child care services in the Fall River trial court; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for child care services in the Chelsea trial court;
and provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for child care services in the Brockton trial court $1,906,666
4130-3600
For supportive child care associated with the family stabilization program; provided, that funds from this item shall only be expended for child care costs of children with active cases at the department of social services; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended for "extended vouchers", so-called $45,469,536
Child Care Fund 95.46%
Social Services Program Fund 2.34%
General Fund 2.20%
4130-3700
For the provision and management of the informal child care program; provided, that not more than $2.00 per child per hour shall be paid for such services $19,071,402
Massachusetts Soldiers' Home.
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 not less than $31,000 shall be expended for the purposes of providing psychiatric services to the residents and patients at said Soldiers' Home $19,991,419
4180-1100
The Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea may expend revenues up to a maximum of $132,000 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 said license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of said Soldiers' Home; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary and for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers' Home in the city of Chelsea 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 $132,000
Holyoke Soldiers' Home.
4190-0100
For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers' Home, located in Holyoke, including the adult day care program; provided, that not less than $111,280 shall be expended to expand dental clinic hours to 40 hours per week $14,819,744
4190-0102
The Soldiers' Home in Holyoke may expend for the outpatient pharmacy program an amount not to exceed $33,120 from co-payments charged to users of said program; provided, that the rates of said co-payments and the procedures for the administration thereof shall annually be determined by the superintendent of said Soldiers' Home and approved by the secretary of health and human services; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary and for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, said 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 $33,120
4190-1100
The Soldiers' Home in Holyoke may expend revenues up to a maximum of $88,000 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 said license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this retained revenue account of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary and for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke 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 $88,000
Department of Youth Services.
4200-0010
For the administration of the department of youth services; provided, that the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 1, 2000, detailing the caseload for all department programs funded in items 4200-0100, 4200-0200 and 4200-0300; provided further, that said report shall delineate said caseload by area, gender and program; provided further, that said report shall include capacity by area, gender and program; provided further, that said report shall also include a recidivism rate analysis of youths remanded to the custody of the department by area, gender, and program; and provided further, that said report shall include data from fiscal year 1990 to fiscal year 1999, inclusive $4,131,389
4200-0100
For supervision, counseling, and other community-based services provided to committed youths in non-residential care programs of the department; provided, that the commissioner is hereby authorized to transfer up to 5 per cent of the amount appropriated herein to items 4200-0200 and 4200-0300 of section 2; and provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, said 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 $20,045,347
4200-0200
For pre-trial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs; provided, that the commissioner is hereby authorized to transfer up to 5 per cent of the funds appropriated herein to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0300 of section 2; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, said 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 $11,650,692
4200-0300
For secure facilities, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs incidental to the operations of said facilities; provided, that the commissioner is hereby authorized to transfer up to 3 per cent of the amount appropriated herein to items 4200-0100 and 4200-0200; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, said commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer; and provided further, that when the department places a committed youth in a non-contracted program or facility, the department shall give priority to making such placements with providers of such services located and organized to do business in the commonwealth over out-of-state providers $75,055,742
4200-5150
For a subsidy for the Boston University residential charter school located in Granby; provided, that the funds appropriated herein shall be expended solely as tuition for youths in the custody of the department of youth services, department of social services and the department of mental health; provided further, that if the costs incurred in fiscal year 2000 by said school for the provision of services to such youths are less than the amount appropriated herein, said school shall refund the difference to the commonwealth; provided further, that the annualized cost of this item shall not exceed $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2001; provided further, that said school shall submit a report to the house and senate ways and means committees documenting the total number of youths attending said school and the number of youths placed by each of said departments; and provided further, that said report shall be submitted no later than March 1, 2000 $1,000,000
4200-9999
For the payment of charges assessed to the department of youth services for the payment of workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, health security plan and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, prior to April 15, 2000, all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the DD subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that after said date, the commissioner of youth services, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, may transfer from said DD subsidiary to the KK subsidiary, so-called, or the NN subsidiary, so-called, of this account, an amount not to exceed 15 per cent of the funds appropriated herein, if the secretary of administration and finance certifies in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that the following conditions have been met:
(1) that the charges owed by the department for workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, Medicare taxes, health security plan and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback are less than the amount appropriated herein; (2) that the department does not require any supplemental appropriation in any of its other items of appropriation; (3) that the department is expected to meet the revenue targets established in sections 1A and 1B; and (4) that the department has not expended any funds for the payment of workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, Medicare taxes, health security plan and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called, in any of its other items of appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of all transfers of funds between subsidiaries as authorized herein; and provided further, that no funds shall be scheduled
to any subsidiary in this account which is not explicitly referenced herein $840,624
Department of Transitional Assistance.
4400-1000
For the central administration of the department, including the development and maintenance of automated data processing systems and services in support of department operations and for the administration of department programs in local transitional assistance offices including the expenses of operating a food stamp program; provided, that $500,000 shall be expended on a food stamp outreach program; provided further, that during fiscal year 2000 the department shall maintain two transitional assistance offices in the city of Springfield; provided further, that all costs associated with verifying disability for all programs of the department shall be paid from this item; provided further, that associated expenses of employees whose AA subsidiary payroll costs, so-called, are paid from item 4400-1100 of section 2 shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the DD subsidiary costs, so-called, shall be paid from item 4400-9999; provided
further, that the AA subsidiary payroll costs, so-called, for such employees shall not be paid from this item; provided further, that the department shall collect all out-of-court settlement restitution payments, so-called; provided further, that said restitution payments shall include, but not be limited to, installment and lump sum payments; provided further, that the department shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total amount of fraudulently obtained benefits identified by the bureau of special investigations of the department of revenue, the total value of said settlement restitution payments, actual monthly collections and any circumstances that produce shortfalls in said collections; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise expressly provided, federal reimbursements, other than transitional aid to needy families funds, received for the purposes of the
department, including reimbursements for administrative, fringe and overhead costs, for fiscal year 2000 and prior fiscal years, shall be credited to the general fund; 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, public assistance caseloads and benefits; provided further, that said report shall comprehensively track statewide use of the emergency assistance program by eligibility category including, but not limited to, caseload, average length of use or stay and monthly expenditures; and provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the compensation of unit eight employees, so-called $76,588,182
General Fund 66.0%
Transitional Aid To Needy Families Fund 34.0%
4400-1025
For domestic violence specialists at local area offices $200,000
4400-1100
For AA subsidiary payroll, so-called, of the department's caseworkers, so-called; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit eight, so-called, shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that any other expenses associated with said employees shall be paid from items 4400-1000 and 4400-9999 $57,639,218
General Fund 66.0%
Transitional Aid To Needy Families Fund 34.0%
4400-9999
For the payment of charges assessed to the department of transitional assistance for the payment of workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, Medicare taxes, health security plan, and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, prior to April 15, 2000, all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the DD subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that after said date, the commissioner of transitional assistance, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, may transfer from said DD subsidiary to the KK subsidiary, so-called, or the NN subsidiary, so-called, of this account, an amount not to exceed 15 per cent of the funds appropriated herein, if the secretary of administration and finance certifies in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that the following conditions
have been met: (1) that the charges owed by the department for workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, Medicare taxes, health security plan and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback are less than the amount appropriated herein; (2) that the department does not require any supplemental appropriation in any of its other items of appropriation; (3) that the department is expected to meet the revenue targets established in sections 1A and 1B; and (4) that the department has not expended any funds for the payment of workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, Medicare taxes, health security plan, and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called, in any of its other items of appropriation; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of all transfers of funds between subsidiaries as authorized herein; and provided further, that no funds
shall be scheduled to any subsidiary in this account which is not explicitly referenced herein $1,302,375
General Fund 66.0%
Transitional Aid To Needy Families Fund 34.0%
4401-1000
For a program to provide employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children and the absent parents of said recipients; provided, 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 the provisions of chapter 118 of the General Laws, but for the deeming of the grandparents' income, shall be allowed to participate in the employment services program; provided further, that the department may allocate funds from this item to other agencies, including community colleges in the commonwealth, for the purposes of the employment services program; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for child care or informal child care; provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for the Parent's Fair Share program operated
by Spectra Management Services Corporation, Inc., of Springfield; provided further, that $3,944,690 shall be expended for young parent programs; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for job training and job placement services for homeless individuals statewide through the MASS CAN program; provided further, that the payments for the costs of transportation to an approved activity by means other than public transportation or private automobile shall be permitted only when transportation by public means or private automobile is not reasonably available and affordable, and shall be subject to reasonable maximums determined by the department; provided further, that the annualized value of the programs funded in this item shall not exceed in fiscal year 2001 the amount appropriated herein; and provided further, that the department shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of all allocations made from this item $24,704,739
Transitional Aid To Needy Families
Fund 56.50%
General Fund 43.50%
4401-1001
For a reserve to fund additional services for recipients of the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended on former recipients of said program for up to one year after termination of their benefits due to employment or the provisions of subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; provided further, that the department may use funds from this item to fund intensive case management efforts for said recipients that may include, but need not be limited to, ongoing family support, community-based referrals, domestic violence referrals, substance abuse referrals, emergency assistance, job search assistance, technical assistance and other social service referrals; provided further, that up to $2,000,000 may be obligated for mentoring programs, including up to $250,000 for a mentoring program in Hampshire county; provided further, that up to $4,000,000 may be spent on community
college scholarships for degree programs and for other certified post-secondary educational programs; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended for employment and training courses, re-employment services, job retention services, structured subsidized employment services, adult basic education, graduate equivalency degree courses or English as a second language courses; provided further, that funds from this item may be spent on emergency work-related expenses for said recipients, including emergency transportation costs; provided further, that up to $5,000,000 may be expended for additional transportation services, including public transportation services; provided further, that said department may expend up to $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the development of a system of skills assessments; provided further, that said assessments shall be conducted for non-exempt recipients without a high school degree or a graduate equivalency degree or proficiency in English within
90 days of being approved to receive cash assistance and again, not later than 90 days prior to the termination of benefits at the end of the 24 month period of eligibility; provided further, that said assessments may determine reading levels, math levels, English proficiency, and work history; provided further, that said assessment may determine if recipients face other significant barriers to employment including, but not limited to, disabilities, child behavioral problems, substance abuse, domestic violence, or housing instability; provided further, that said assessments may recommend resources available to such recipients that remediate said barriers and afford the opportunity to obtain further education or linguistic proficiency; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for cash assistance; provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed to give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to services; provided further, that said
department shall provide a status report on fiscal year 2000 expenditures to date and anticipated remaining fiscal year 2000 expenditures from this item to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than February 1, 2000; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to transfer any unexpended balance remaining in this item at the close of the fiscal year to the Caseload Increase Mitigation Fund, established by section 2NN of chapter 29 of the General Laws $15,000,000
4403-2000
For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, benefits from this item shall be paid only to citizens of the United States and to noncitizens for whom federal funds may be used to provide benefits; provided further, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year 1989; 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 the provisions of subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 shall be 2 3/4 per cent below the payment standard in effect in fiscal year 1995, pursuant to the provisions of the state plan required under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; provided further, that the department
shall notify all teen parents receiving benefits from said program of the requirements found in clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5; provided further, that a $40 per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; provided further, that a nonrecurring children's clothing allowance in the amount of $150 shall be provided to each child eligible under this program as of September, 1999; provided further, that said children's clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the month of September, 1999; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families whose child has been removed from the household pursuant to a court order after a care and protection hearing on child abuse, 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 social services in accordance with department procedures; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of 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 such payments are to be made or within the three-month period following such month of payment, and who, if such child had been born and was living with her in the month of payment would be categorically and financially eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided further, that not less than $308,074 shall be expended for the purposes of the operation of the transportation assistance program operated by the travelers aid society of Boston; 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 such loss; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance shall study the policy and fiscal impacts of providing homeless families, whose benefits are reduced because they reside in shelters, a relocation benefit for expenses related to securing permanent housing equal to the amount by which benefits were reduced while they were in shelter or the amount provided by department regulations as of April 29, 1999 for said purposes, whichever is greater; provided further, that the study shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2000; 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 child support payments collected pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, not to exceed an amount of $30,180,346, shall be credited to this account and may be expended without further appropriation for the purposes of this program; provided further, that in promulgating, amending, or rescinding its regulations with respect to eligibility for, or levels of, benefits under said program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the appropriation; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller shall transfer any unexpended balance remaining in this item at the close of the fiscal year to the Caseload Increase Mitigation Fund, established by section 2NN of chapter 29 of the General Laws $267,769,142
General Fund 51.0%
Transitional Aid To Needy Families Fund 49.0%
4403-2002
For a program of supplemental transitional aid to families with dependent children pursuant to the provisions of section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; provided, that benefits under this item shall be provided only to persons who are not citizens of the United States, and for whom, pursuant to section 401, 402 or 403 of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 8 U.S.C. section 1611, 1612 or 1613, federal funds may not be used to provide benefits pursuant to chapter 118 of the General Laws, but who are qualified aliens within the meaning of section 431 of said Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 8 U.S.C. section 1641 or are otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law; provided further, that the number of assistance units receiving benefits funded from this item at any one time shall not
exceed the number of assistance units comprised of qualified aliens or persons permanently residing under color of law which were receiving benefits provided under item 4403-2000 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996 on June 1, 1997, plus 640 assistance units; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or 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 1989; 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 the provisions of subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 shall be 2 3/4 per cent below the payment standard in effect in fiscal year 1995; provided further, that the department shall
notify all teenage parents receiving benefits from said program of the requirements found in clause 2 of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5; provided further, that a $40 per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; provided further, that a nonrecurring children's clothing allowance in the amount of $150 shall be provided to each child eligible under this program as of September, 1999; provided further, that said children's clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the month of September, 1999; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families whose child has been removed from the household pursuant to a court order after a care and protection hearing on child abuse, nor to adult recipients otherwise eligible for supplemental 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 social services in accordance with department procedures; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of 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 months such payments are to be made or within the three-month period following such month of payment, and who, if such child had been born and was living with her in the month of payment, would be categorically and financially eligible for supplemental 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 such loss; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance shall study the policy and fiscal impacts of providing homeless families whose benefits are reduced because they reside in shelters a relocation benefit for expenses related to securing permanent housing equal to the amount by which benefits were reduced while they were in shelter or the amount provided by department regulations as of April 29, 1999 for said purposes, whichever is greater; provided further, that the study shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2000; 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; and provided further, that in promulgating, amending, or rescinding its regulations with respect to
eligibility for, or levels of, benefits under said program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the appropriation $5,541,897
4403-2013
The department may expend an amount not to exceed $30,180,346, in accordance with the provisions of items 4403-2000 of section 2, accrued from the child support payments collected pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, for the purposes of the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children $30,180,346
4403-2110
For expenses of the emergency assistance program directly attributable to rent liability; provided, that no funds shall be expended for heat or utility arrearages, so-called; provided further, that the department may provide limited related services in the event of a disaster as defined by regulations promulgated by the department; provided further, that said services shall be defined as payments for advance rent, security deposits, sheltering, housing search, food, clothing and housing supplies; provided further, that in promulgating, amending, or rescinding regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits under said 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 the provisions of any general or special law or of this item to the contrary, 30 days before promulgating any such eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner
shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and 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 said program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses and a report setting forth such proposed changes; provided further, that the department shall prepare and promulgate rules and regulations to prevent abuse in the emergency assistance program in items 4403-2110 and 4403-2120 of section 2; provided further, that said rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, a year to year cross check of recipients to determine if a person has received similar benefits in the previous 36 months; provided further, that if a person has utilized emergency assistance benefits more than once within 36 months, the department is hereby authorized and directed to place said person on a protective payment schedule for the entire period during which said person is receiving said
benefits; provided further, that no advance payments shall be paid in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that benefits under this item shall be provided only to residents who are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under color of law in the United States and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed to give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to services other than to the extent that such rights or entitlements exist pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the department or section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; provided further, that nothing in the preceding proviso shall authorize the department to alter eligibility criteria or benefit levels, except to the extent that such changes are needed to avoid a deficiency in this item; and provided further, that no emergency assistance expenditures
shall be paid from this item unless explicitly authorized herein $12,195,850
Transitional Aid To Needy Families Fund 80.0%
General Fund 20.0%
4403-2119
For the provision of structured settings as provided in subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 for parents under the age of 20 who are receiving benefits under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program $5,344,136
4403-2120
For certain expenses of the emergency assistance program as herein delineated: (i) contracted family shelters; (ii) transitional housing program; (iii) program to reduce homelessness in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties; (iv) residential education center for single mothers with children; (v) intake centers, so-called; (vi) hotel and motel payments on behalf of homeless families; and (vii) voucher shelters, so-called; provided, that families with income under 130 per cent of the federal poverty level, that would otherwise be eligible for family shelter emergency assistance but for their income, shall be eligible for family shelter benefits; provided further, that no funds may be expended for heat or utility arrearages, so-called; provided further, that in promulgating, amending, or rescinding regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits under said 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 the department may enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of housing and community development for a program to prevent homelessness; provided further, that not more than $4,679,784 shall be expended for said program; provided further, that not less than $26,959,160 shall be expended on contracted family shelters; provided further, that of the amount authorized for said contracted family shelters, not less than $901,879 shall be expended for the Hyannis Safe Harbor shelter, so-called; provided further, that of the amount authorized for said contracted family shelters, not less than $391,540 shall be expended for the operation of the emergency family shelter operated by Emmaus Inc. of Haverhill; provided further, that $546,880 shall be expended by the Louison foundation of Brockton to operate a six-family homeless shelter; provided further, that the department shall enter into
four contracts to provide transitional housing for homeless families; provided further, that not more than $1,586,719 shall be expended on said transitional housing program; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the purpose of a program to reduce homelessness for needy families in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties as provided in section 253 of chapter 60 of the acts of 1994; provided further, that at least as many shelter spaces as were provided for homeless families during fiscal year 1999 be made available in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that the winter shelters, so-called, be operated year-round; provided further, that $104,148 shall be expended for a furniture donation pickup van; provided further, that $49,999 shall be expended for self esteem Boston, so-called; provided further, that the department shall promulgate regulations to prevent abuse in the emergency assistance program in items 4403-2110 and 4403-2120 of
section 2; provided further, that said rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to a year to year cross check of recipients to determine if a person has received similar benefits in the previous 36 months; provided further, that if a person has utilized emergency assistance benefits more than once within 36 months, the department shall place said person on a protective payment schedule for the entire period during which said person is receiving said benefits; provided further, that no advance payments shall be paid in fiscal year 2000; provided further, that an otherwise eligible household shall be authorized for temporary emergency shelter even if that household has been authorized to receive a rental arrearage payment within the past 12 months; provided further, that an eligible household shall be sheltered within 20 miles of their home community, unless such household requests otherwise; provided further, that if no such shelter placement is available within 20 miles
because of lack of vacancies, the household size or composition of such a homeless family, or the concerns of the department regarding the performance and administration of a particular shelter, said household shall be placed in the closest possible appropriate shelter beyond said 20 miles; provided further, that said household shall be transferred to an appropriate shelter within 20 miles of their community at the earliest possible date, unless the household requests otherwise; provided further, that placements made beyond the 20 mile limit shall be reported on a quarterly basis to the secretary of administration and finance, the joint committee on human services and elderly affairs, and the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that no emergency assistance expenditures shall be paid from this item unless explicitly authorized by this item; provided further, that benefits under this item shall be provided only to residents who are citizens of the United States or
aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise permanently residing under color of law in the United States and shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or this item to the contrary, 30 days before promulgating any such eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and with the clerks of the house of representative and the senate a determination by the secretary of health and human services that available appropriations for said program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses and a report setting forth such proposed changes; provided further, that nothing in this item shall give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to services other than to the extent that such rights or entitlements exist pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the department or section 210 of chapter
43 of the acts of 1997; and provided further, that nothing in the two preceding provisos shall authorize the department to alter eligibility criteria or benefit levels, except to the extent that such changes are needed to avoid a deficiency in this item $45,416,591
Transitional Aid to Needy FamiliesFund 57.0%
General Fund 43.0%
4404-1000
For a program of nutritional assistance in fiscal year 2000 to residents of the commonwealth who are qualified aliens within the meaning of section 431 of the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996 and non-citizens otherwise permanently residing under color of law in the United States; provided, that such a resident shall be eligible for such benefits only if such resident (1) is ineligible for federal food stamp benefits pursuant to the provisions of sections 401, 402 or 403 of said act, (2) would be eligible for federally funded food stamps, but for his citizenship status, and (3) has resided in the commonwealth for at least 60 days; provided further, that priority in the distribution of such benefits shall be given to persons who were receiving federally funded food stamps in fiscal year 1997 but were rendered ineligible for such benefits by operation of said sections 401, 402 or 403; provided further, that the benefit
levels established for such program shall, to the extent feasible, replicate the equivalent levels in effect for the federal food stamp program as of June 30, 1997, but shall be reduced by a consistent percentage across all benefit levels to the extent necessary not to exceed the amounts appropriated herein; provided further, that such benefits may be distributed by electronic benefit transfer to the extent such distribution does not jeopardize otherwise available federal funding or impede the effective distribution of such benefits; and provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed to give rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to services, other than to the extent that such rights or entitlements exist pursuant to the regulations promulgated by said department consistent with this item $8,460,369
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 division of medical assistance, is hereby authorized to fund an optional supplemental living arrangement category under the supplemental security income program that makes payments to persons living in assisted living residences certified pursuant to chapter 19D of the General Laws who meet the income and clinical eligibility criteria established by the department and said division; provided further, that said optional category of payments shall only be administered in conjunction with the Medicaid group adult foster care benefit; and provided further,
that the expenses of a program to assist recipients of the program of emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children in becoming eligible for said supplemental security income program may be paid from this item $199,711,039
4406-3000
For the homelessness program to assist individuals who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless, including assistance to organizations which provide food, shelter, housing search, and limited related services to the homeless and indigent; provided, that the department may allocate funds to other agencies for the purposes of this program; provided further, that the department shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means of all such allocations; provided further, that $1,044,662 shall be expended for the health care for the homeless programs in Boston, Worcester and Springfield, including not less than $592,325 for the Boston health care for the homeless program; provided further, that not less than $50,820 shall be expended for the provision of health services to the homeless and uninsured by primary care and mental health, Inc., located in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $266,062 shall be expended for our fathers house
in Fitchburg; provided further, that not less than $2,255,792 shall be expended for the Massachusetts housing and shelter alliance; provided further, that not less than $716,984 shall be expended for the Middlesex shelter in Lowell; provided further, that not less than $493,887 shall be expended for the Middlesex human service agency in the city of Waltham; provided further, that not less than $90,707 shall be expended for the Boston rescue mission; provided further, that not less than $302,018 shall be expended for the market ministries shelter in New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $12,915,466 shall be expended for a contract with the pine street Inn located in the city of Boston; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for a contract with the pine street Inn in the city of Boston for the purposes of a second nighttime van and the associated personnel costs; provided further, that not less than $1,277,947 shall be expended for a contract with st. francis house for a comprehensive
multi-service day treatment program for the homeless in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than a total of $5,918,018 shall be expended for the PIP shelter in Worcester, the daybreak shelter in Lawrence, the long island shelter in Boston, and the long island annex in Boston; provided further, that not less than $270,816 shall be expended for the friends of the homeless shelter in Springfield; provided further, that $544,233 shall be expended for the Cambridge salvation army; provided further, that not less than $381,350 from this item shall be expended for a contract with servicenet, inc. to operate homeless shelters in Hampshire and Franklin counties; provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, $180,996 shall be obligated for a contract with the SHADOWS project in Natick, for the provision of shelter services to homeless women; provided further, that not less than $676,634 shall be expended for the Quincy interfaith sheltering
coalition; provided further, that not less than $42,000 shall be expended for the samaritan inn homeless shelter in Westfield; provided further, that not less than $229,713 shall be expended for a shelter operated by emmaus, inc. of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $127,009 shall be expended for the Marlborough shelter program, so-called; provided further, that $149,401 shall be expended for the meadows program, so-called; provided further, that $296,936 shall be expended for the turning point program, so-called; provided further, that not less than $204,022 shall be expended for a contract with the Berkshire county chapter of the american red cross; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for a contract with the Mary E. Sargent house to provide transitional housing services to women and children; provided further, that not less than $214,787 shall be expended for a contract with the Somerville homeless coalition; provided further, that not less than $506,018
shall be expended for a contract with the housing assistance corporation in Hyannis; provided further, that not less than $140,991 shall be expended for the project place day services program in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $42,000 shall be expended for a contract with the Hyannis salvation army; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for a contract with the st. francis samaritan house in Taunton; provided further, that not less than $75,176 shall be expended for a contract with mainspring house in Brockton; provided further, that an additional $138,000 shall be expended for open pantry community services, Inc. in Springfield; provided further, that not less than $206,586 shall be expended for shelter, inc.; provided further, that $1,400,000 shall be expended to create programs with YMCA and YWCA organizations for not less than 200 transitional units; provided further, that the department shall develop, but not implement without further legislative
authorization, a uniform class rate system for the cost effective delivery and reimbursements of said services pursuant to the provisions of section 284 of this act; and provided further, that at least as many shelter spaces as were provided for homeless families and individuals during fiscal year 1999 shall be made available in fiscal year 2000 $33,563,270
4406-7000
For a homeless tracking system to be implemented pursuant to the provisions of section 307 $200,000
4408-1000
For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of the commonwealth pursuant to chapter 117A of the General Laws, entitled emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children found by the department to be eligible for such aid, pursuant to regulations promulgated by said 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, so-called, 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 payment standard shall equal the payment standard in effect under the general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further, that a $35 rent allowance, to the extent possible within the amount of this appropriation, shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense
and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; 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 the individual's capacity to support him or herself and which have 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, to otherwise eligible students under age 21 who are regularly attending a full time grade, high school, technical or vocational school not beyond the secondary level 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 said person otherwise meets the eligibility criteria described herein and defined by regulations of the department; provided further, that any person incarcerated in a correctional institution shall not be eligible for benefits under said 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 promulgate emergency regulations pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement
the changes to this program required by this act 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 herein 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 herein; provided further, that the department may promulgate emergency regulations pursuant to chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement these eligibility or benefit changes or both; provided further, that nothing herein shall be construed as creating any right accruing to recipients of the former general
relief program; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall report monthly to the house and senate committees on ways and means for the preceding month on the number of persons applying for benefits under this program, by category, age, and disability, if any, and the number of persons receiving and denied benefits under this program by category, age and disability, if any; 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 said program that are returned to the department, not to exceed an amount of $13,000,000 shall be credited to this account and may be expended without further appropriation for the purposes of this program; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the funds made available herein shall be the only funds available for said programs, and the
department shall not spend funds for said program in excess of the amount made available herein $48,991,026
Department of Public Health.
4510-0100
For the operation of the department of public health; provided, that the position of assistant commissioner shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws; provided further, that $25,000 shall be expended to provide publications on health care issues in alternative formats for the print disabled, including, but not limited to, braille or large print; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the weapons related injury surveillance system; and provided further that $100,000 shall be expended for the purposes of section 366 of this act $8,377,082
4510-0103
For the payment of charges assessed to the department for the payment of workers compensation, unemployment insurance, medicare taxes, health security plan, and the group insurance commission extended leave chargeback, so-called, as classified by the comptroller; provided, that all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled and expended in the DD subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that no funds from any other item of state appropriation available to the department except item 4590-0912 shall be used for said payments; provided further, that the department is hereby authorized to transfer up to 3 per cent of the funds appropriated herein to items 4510-0104 and 4510-0105 in section 2; provided further, that no such transfer shall occur before May 1, 2000; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, said department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means a schedule of the amounts to be transferred and the reasons therefor
; and provided further, that any such transfers shall not cause a deficiency in this item $3,572,604
4510-0104
For the administrative expenses and chargebacks of the department made pursuant to the EE subsidiary, so-called, as classified by the comptroller; provided, that all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the EE subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that no funds from any other item of state appropriation available to the department shall be used for said expenses and chargebacks; provided further, that the public health hospitals funded in items 4590-0908, 4590-0909, 4590-0910, 4590-0911 and 4590-0912, the center for laboratory and communicable disease control and the state laboratory funded in item 4516-1000, the nuclear safety assessment program funded in item 4510-0615, the drug registration and monitoring program funded in item 4510-0616, and the universal immunization program funded in item 4580-1000 shall not be subject to the provisions stated herein; provided further, that the department may transfer up to 3 per cent of the funds appropriated
herein to items 4510-0103 and 4510-0105 in section 2; provided further, that no such transfer shall occur before May 1, 2000; provided further, that 30 days before any such transfer is made, said department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means a schedule of the amounts to be transferred and the reasons therefor; and provided further, that any such transfers shall not cause a deficiency in this item $1,377,584
4510-0105
For the space and energy payments made by the department pursuant to the GG subsidiary, so-called, as classified by the comptroller; provided, that all funds appropriated herein shall be scheduled in the GG subsidiary, so-called; provided further, that no funds from any other item of state appropriation available to the department shall be used for said payments; provided further, that the public health hospitals funded in items 4590-0908, 4590-0909, 4590-0910, 4590-0911 and 4590-0912, the center for laboratory and communicable disease control and the state laboratory funded in item 4516-1000, and the radiation control program funded in item 4510-0615 shall not be subject to the provisions stated herein; provided further, that the department is hereby authorized to transfer up to 3 per cent of the funds appropriated herein to items 4510-0103 and 4510-0104 in section 2; provided further, that no such transfer shall occur before May 1, 2000; provided further,
that 30 days before any such transfer is made, said department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means a schedule of the amounts to be transferred and the reasons therefor; and provided further, that any such transfer shall not cause a deficiency in this item $3,247,293
4510-0110
For community health center services, including smoking cessation programs; provided, that $225,000 shall be expended for the purpose of a provider loan repayment program at community health centers; and provided further, that the Codman Square health center shall receive in fiscal year 2000 no less than the amount obligated for said center in fiscal year 1999 $1,237,238
General Fund. 50.12%
Health Protection Fund 49.88%
4510-0150
For the managed care program at community health centers known as CenterCare established pursuant to section 24F of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further, that the department shall assist professional and nonprofit agencies dedicated to the advancement of the scope and nature of services delivered in communities and community health centers and to pursue available federal technical assistance funding; and provided further, that $225,000 shall be expended on a statewide program of technical assistance to community health centers to be provided by a state primary care association qualified under section 330(f)(1) of the United States Public Health Service Act at 42 USC 254c $4,022,654
4510-0160
For expansion of community health center services partially funded in item 4510-0150 for the purpose of funding operating and information systems, public health services in minority communities, access to oral health services and to conduct research regarding populations and health needs served by community health centers; provided, that no expenditure shall be made from this item until the comptroller has certified to receipt of the first payment to the commonwealth pursuant to the master settlement agreement in the tobacco action in accordance with section 3 of chapter 29D of the general laws, as inserted by section 43 of this act $5,000,000
Tobacco Settlement Fund 100.0%
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 division of environmental epidemiology and toxicology for the purpose of implementing certain provisions of chapter 470 of the acts of 1983, the "Right-to-Know" law, so-called; provided, that the expenditures from this item for the fair packaging and labeling survey program shall be contingent upon the prior approval of the proper federal authorities for reimbursement of 100 per cent of the amounts so expended; provided further, that $50,000 shall be obligated for a contract to provide an environmental risk assessment of the incidence of cancer in the town of Natick,
including the costs of a public health nurse or epidemiologists; provided further, that the department may expend not more than $150,000 to conduct a study on brain tumor/cancer, leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, lung and bronchus, liver and inflammatory bowel disease and Hodgkin disease in the towns of Rockland, Hingham, Weymouth and Abington; provided further, that not more than $50,000 shall be expended for educational outreach programs in Essex county targeting individuals at risk of infection by Lyme disease; provided further, that not less than $114,000 shall be expended on the implementation of a program to manage the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in accordance with sections 7, 8, 11, 13 and 16 of chapter 111H of the General Laws; provided further, that no funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the purpose of siting or locating a low-level radioactive waste facility in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the purposes
of research and prevention activities associated with lyme disease, so-called, to be conducted by the Barnstable county department of health and environment; provided further, that up to $100,000 shall be expended for an environmental risk assessment at the Nyanza superfund site, so-called; provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for a contract to provide environmental risk assessment of the prevalence lupus and scleroderma in the South Boston section of the city of Boston, including the costs of performing medical and laboratory tests and examinations; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the purpose of the director of the bureau of environmental health assessment of the department of public health to conduct 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 five mile radius of said airport and is potentially impacted by said airport; provided
further, that said 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 said 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 and the joint committee on transportation not later than December 1, 1999; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a study in 22 southeastern Massachusetts communities with the purpose of determining the extent to which health risks are associated with exposure to radiation from the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in the town of Plymouth; provided further, that $140,000 shall be made available for an inter-departmental service agreement between the department of public health and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell to support research activities which investigate the association
between ethnic diversity and childhood asthma incidence; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the department of public health to collaborate with the department of education to jointly review the delivery of the school breakfast program, so-called, and the women, infants and children program, so-called; provided further, that said review shall include, but not be limited to, evaluating the effectiveness of said programs, evaluating the nutritional value of the breakfast served, incidences of children suffering negative health effects due to lactose intolerance and any other negative health effects; and provided further, that following said review, said agencies shall summarize their findings and make recommendations on improving the effectiveness, including addressing any negative health effects of said programs in a report to be submitted to the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate and to the chairmen of the joint committees on health care and education and
arts not later than November 30, 1999 $4,138,065
4510-0615
The department may expend an amount not to exceed $150,000 from assessments collected in accordance with 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 revenues not to exceed $1,137,027 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 said revenues may be used for the costs of both programs, including the compensation of employees; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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 report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means the total amount of revenue collected, a ratio of revenue collected per employee, the total number of inspections and a ratio of inspections per employee $1,287,027
4510-0616
For a drug registration and monitoring program; provided, that the department may expend an amount not to exceed $557,347 from revenues collected from a fee charged to registered practitioners, including physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists, and optometrists for controlled substance registration; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for the costs of personnel; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating 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 $557,347
4510-0617
For environmental monitoring of the nuclear power plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire including a continuous real-time radiological monitoring system for Massachusetts cities and towns located within the emergency planning zone of said nuclear power plant; provided, that the cost of said item, including any applicable fringe benefits and indirect costs, shall be assessed on electric companies in Massachusetts which own, in whole or in part, or purchase power from the Seabrook nuclear power plant; provided further, that for the purposes of said item, electric companies shall be defined as all persons, firms, associations and private corporations which own or operate works or distribute electricity in the commonwealth; and provided further, that the term electric companies shall not include municipalities or municipal light plants $91,500
4510-0710
For the operation of the division of health care quality; provided, that said 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 not less than $1,452,548 shall be expended for the hire of an additional 25 full time equivalent investigators to conduct investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation pursuant to section 51 and section 72H of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further, that said amount shall not be used for any purpose other than for the salaries of such additional investigators; provided further, that said division shall
assign such additional investigators to perform their duties on staggered shifts which shall be established by said division to provide adequate coverage and shall include regular evening and weekend hours; provided further, that the division shall minimize the need for payment of overtime to investigators in both emergent and non-emergent situations and shall not authorize the assignment of overtime hours for any investigator when said duties can be performed on a non-overtime basis by another investigator; provided further, that all investigators in the division of health care quality responsible for such investigations shall receive training by the medicaid fraud control unit of the office of the attorney general pursuant to a comprehensive training program to be developed by said division and said unit; provided further, that said division shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the number of incident reports and, for those reports requiring investigations
pursuant to said section 72H of said chapter 111, indicating for each such report, the time in which: (1) the division completed its investigation; (2) the division made an evaluation and determination of the validity of the report; and (3) made a referral of such report to the appropriate agency or agencies; and provided further, that if in any quarter said division maintains a backlog of cases requiring investigation that have not been investigated, evaluated and determined within the time frames established in said section 72H of said chapter 111, said division shall include in said report an explanation as to the reasons therefor provided further, that said division shall include in such report a list of all instances of the payment of overtime for investigators and the justification therefor and in each quarter shall compare the overtime expenditures from this item with the overtime expenditures made in the corresponding quarter of fiscal year 1999 $7,164,576
4510-0712
The department is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $497,942 in revenues collected from the licensure of health facilities for program costs of the division of health care quality; provided, that the department is hereby further authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $800,000 from revenues collected from individuals applying for emergency medical technician licensure and recertification; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of 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 lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system $1,297,942
4510-0750
For the determination of need program established pursuant to section 25C of chapter 111 of the General Laws $145,699
4510-0790
For regional emergency medical services; provided, that the regional emergency medical services councils, designated as such in accordance with 105 CMR 170.101 and the C-MED communications as of January 1, 1992, shall remain the designated councils and C-MEDs; and provided further, that not less than $68,000 shall be made available for region I, not less than $88,000 shall be made available for region II, not less than $88,000 shall be made available for region III, not less than $88,000 shall be made available for region IV, and not less than $68,000 shall be made available for region V $400,000
Local Aid Fund 100.0%
4510-0791
For the project to expand the coordination and provision of emergency medical services in the commonwealth known as EMS 2000, so-called; provided, that $500,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be made available as grants to the regional emergency medical services councils for the coordination of emergency response services; provided further, that each such grant shall be $100,000; provided further, that no funds from the remaining $500,000 shall be allocated, transferred, or expended by the department until the plan required by this item has been submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that said plan shall detail a comprehensive projection (1) for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 of all state, municipal and private funds necessary the meet the capital costs of upgrading existing emergency medical communication systems, (2) of the annualized costs to the commonwealth for additional resources to the five regional
councils, and (3) of operating costs expected to be incurred by the commonwealth and municipalities for each stage of implementing said project; provided further, that said plan shall be filed not later than February 1, 2000; and provided further, that no expenditure shall be made from this item until the comptroller has certified to receipt of the first payment to the commonwealth pursuant to the master settlement agreement in the tobacco action in accordance with section 3 of chapter 29D of the general laws, as inserted by section 43 of this act $1,000,000
Tobacco Settlement Fund 100.0%
4510-0810
For a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner program, SANE, for the care of victims of sexual assault; provided, that the program shall operate statewide under specific protocols and by an on-call system of said nurse examiners established by the department $900,000
4512-0103
For acquired immune deficiency syndrome prevention and treatment; provided, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the operation of a pilot program to be administered by the Springfield department of health for a comprehensive drug treatment for the prevention of AIDS; and provided further, that funding for AIDS prevention education in fiscal year 2000, shall not be less than the amount expended on said program in fiscal year 1999 $51,776,175
General Fund 93.27%
Health Protection Fund 6.73%
4512-0104
For a reserve for unanticipated costs associated with the HIV/AIDS drug assistance program administered by the department of public health; provided, that no funds shall be allocated or transferred to any other item, or expended from this item until the commissioner of public health, the secretary of health and human services, the state budget director, and the secretary of administration and finance certify in writing to the house and senate committees on ways and means that the amounts appropriated in item 4512-0103 are insufficient to meet the costs of said HIV/AIDS drug assistance program; provided further, that no funds shall be allocated, transferred, or expended from this item until the department submits to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a detailed caseload and cost-per-case estimate for said program; and provided further, that pilot programs established in fiscal year 1998 in support of
HIV/AIDS drug assistance efforts shall not be funded from this item $750,000
General Fund 98.0%
Health Protection Fund 2.0%
4512-0106
The department of public health may expend an amount not to exceed $800,000 from revenues received from pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the section 340B rebate program, so-called, administered by the federal health resources and services administration and office of drug pricing $800,000
4512-0110
For rental housing subsidies for the purposes of preventing admissions to acute hospitals, chronic hospitals, and nursing homes for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome; provided, that the department may contract for the administration of said program; provided further, that the costs of said administrative contract shall not be expended from this item; provided further, that rents payable by tenants shall be not less than 30 per cent of total household income if heat and cooking fuel are provided by the landlord and shall be not less than 25 per cent of total household income if heat and cooking fuel are not provided; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for subsidies for housing units in excess of the number of units funded on June 30, 1991; and provided further, that the department shall not enter into any new housing contracts or expend funds for such new contracts in fiscal year 2000 that would fund units in excess of the number of
units funded on June 30, 1999 $118,800
4512-0200
For the administration of the division of substance abuse services, including a program to reimburse driver alcohol education programs for services provided for court adjudicated indigent clients; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the New Beginnings Program, so-called, a wellness program for middle school students addressing student substance abuse issues; provided, that not less than $9,843,259 shall be expended for detoxification services, including not less than $2,000,000 for detoxification beds targeted to homeless individuals; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for AIDS education for clients served by said program; provided further, that not less than $615,000 shall be expended for the Celeste House; provided further, that not less than $66,000 shall be expended for the "CASPAR" emergency service center, so-called, in the city of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $650,350 shall
be expended for a contract with Sobriety Treatment, Education and Prevention, Inc., doing business as STEP, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be allocated to provide three pilot child care programs, one family day care system model and two on-site traveling models for the children of parents in ambulatory drug and alcohol treatment; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the treatment and detoxification of intravenous drug users who test positive for HIV, so-called; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for a residential program to provide alcohol and drug treatment services to Hispanic women in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a system of case management and central intake for substance abuse treatment services in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended for substance abuse consultant services for the department of social services;
provided further, that the commissioner of public health shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the department of social services to provide said consulting services; provided further, that $240,000 shall be expended for additional detoxification services; provided further that $400,000 shall be expended for an acute treatment program for detoxification and stabilization services for civilly committed women; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the establishment of a new five bed treatment program for detoxification and stabilization services for civilly committed women in central or western Massachusetts; provided further, that the amount appropriated herein for said treatment program shall represent funding for start-up costs and ten months of operational services; provided further, that any revenue generated from federal reimbursement for this program shall be deposited in the general fund; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be
allocated for Bay Colony Health Services, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be allocated to expand the purchase of long-term residential treatment beds operated by agencies contracting with the department of public health as of January 1, 1996; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the purchase of outpatient treatment services to high risk populations in agencies contracted with the department of public health as of January 1, 1996; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for a contract with Gavin Foundation to provide a total immersion program in conjunction with the probation department of the Quincy division of the district court department of the trial court; provided further, that not less than $81,000 of said allocation shall be expended for the Tynan Community Center Adolescent Wellness program in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $120,000 shall be expended for a contract with
Gavin Foundation to provide a total immersion program in conjunction with the probation department of the South Boston division of the district court department of the trial court and other district courts; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the Hingham district court for a pilot total immersion program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the establishment of a training program for a statewide total immersion program; provided further, that Gavin Foundation shall be contracted to provide immersion programs stated herein; provided further, that the department shall add through the competitive process two additional so-called half-way houses to the residential programs funded in order to expand the supply of available beds; provided further, that not less than $88,000 shall be expended for a department of public health certified New Bedford batterer intervention program; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the
McLaughlin House in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be allocated from this item to Beacon Substance Abuse Programs for programs including, but not limited to, alcohol, drug and tobacco prevention; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for drug treatment and associated services to Children in Need of Services or CHINS, so-called; provided further, that the department shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than September 1, 1999 a list of substance abuse treatment facilities providing services for CHINS cases, so-called; provided further, that $412,000 shall be expended for an adolescent residential facility for substance abuse and rehabilitation services in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that no additional methadone clinic or facility dispensing methadone shall be located in any city or town in which there is an existing such clinic or facility,
without first receiving the approval of the city council and mayor in a city, the city council in a Plan E city or the board of selectmen or town council in a town; provided further, that the department shall study and file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means on the impact of all specified expenditures within the substance abuse account not later than January 3, 2000; and provided further, that services funded f