FILED ON: 3/1/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 58
House bill No. 57, as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. March 1, 2023.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act making appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2023 to provide for supplementing certain
existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purposes, which are
forthwith to make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2023 and to make certain changes
in law, each of which is immediately necessary to carry out those appropriations or to
accomplish 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:
1 SECTION 1. To provide for supplementing certain items in the general appropriation act
2 and other appropriation acts for fiscal year 2023, the sums set forth in section 2 are hereby
3 appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise in this act or in
4 those appropriation acts, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this
5 act or in those appropriation acts, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public
6 funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts
7 previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items. Except as otherwise
8 provided, these sums shall be made available through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
9 SECTION 2.
10 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
11 Cape and Islands District Attorney
12 0340-1000 Cape and Islands District Attorney………………...……………..$200,000
13 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
14 Department of Housing and Community Development
15 7004-0101 Emergency Assistance Family Shelters and Services; provided, that the
16 department of housing and community development shall coordinate with the division of medical
17 assistance and the department of transitional assistance to verify the eligibility of families
18 applying for entry into the emergency shelter system; and provided further, that the department
19 of housing and community development shall report to the house and senate committees on ways
20 and means monthly: (i) the number of migrant families presenting to field offices; (ii) number of
21 individual persons presenting to field offices; (iii) hours at which said persons and families are
22 presenting at field offices; (iv) the number of persons turned away from said field offices; (v) the
23 length and duration of an intake visit before an individual is moved to a placement, temporary or
24 otherwise; and (vi) which agency, if any, including, but not limited to, the department of
25 transitional assistance and the division of medical assistance, assisted in each
26 intake…………………………………………………………………………………..$44,938,224
27 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION
28 Department of Early Education and Care
29 3000-1045 Early Education and Care Workforce Stabilization Grants...…$68,000,000
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30 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
31 7053-1925 School Breakfast Program……………………………...……..$65,000,000
32 SECTION 2A. To provide for certain unanticipated obligations of the commonwealth, to
33 provide for an alteration of purpose for current appropriations and to meet certain requirements
34 of law, the sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless
35 specifically designated otherwise in this section, for the several purposes and subject to the
36 conditions specified in this section, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public
37 funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. Except as otherwise stated, these sums shall be
38 made available through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
39 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
40 Reserves
41 1599-0924 For a reserve to address the needs of homeless families and individuals;
42 provided, that funds may be expended to supplement school district costs associated with
43 additional student enrollments; provided further, that any such funds distributed to a city, town or
44 regional school district to supplement school district costs associated with additional student
45 enrollments shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town or regional school district and
46 held in a separate account and shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town or
47 regional school district without further appropriation, notwithstanding any general or special law
48 to the contrary; provided further, that funds in this item shall be distributed in a manner that
49 promotes geographic equity and fairly distributes school burdens and associated funding to
50 communities in which shelter capacity is increased; provided further, that not less than
51 $1,000,000 shall be expended for a public awareness campaign to educate providers and the
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52 public about so-called crisis pregnancy centers and pregnancy resource centers and their lack of
53 medical services; provided further, that said campaign shall include information on the
54 availability of providers across the commonwealth that provide legitimate medical and family
55 planning services; provided further, that said campaign shall be linguistically diverse and
56 culturally competent; and provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may
57 transfer funds from this item to state agencies as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General
58 Laws………..…………………………………………………………………..…...…$41,061,776
59 1599-3068 For emergency allotments to households participating in the federal
60 supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, Public Law
61 88-525, to address food needs and increased food costs; provided, that the emergency allotments
62 shall be up to 40 per cent of the amount needed to bring the monthly benefit up to the applicable
63 maximum monthly allotment for the household size or up to 40 per cent of $95, whichever is
64 greater………………………………………………………………………………..$130,000,000
65 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
66 Department of Transitional Assistance
67 4400-1030 For reimbursement to clients who have had their federal supplemental
68 nutrition assistance program payments stolen through electronic benefit transfer card skimming,
69 card cloning or other similar fraudulent electronically-based method, during the period of April
70 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022; provided, that claims for such reimbursement shall be
71 verified by the department and shall be reported to the department by June 30, 2023; and
72 provided further, that reimbursements shall not exceed the lesser of the amount of benefits stolen
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73 from the household or the amount equal to 2 months of the monthly allotment of the household
74 immediately prior to the date on which the benefits were stolen……………….……...$2,000,000
75 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
76 Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
77 7008-1117 For local economic development projects; provided, that not less than
78 $2,000,000 shall be expended to the NAACP Boston branch for the preparation and execution of
79 the one hundred and fourteenth National NAACP conference in the
80 commonwealth.................................................................................................................$2,000,000
81 SECTION 3. To provide for a program of housing, community development, economic
82 opportunities, support for local governments, increased innovation and job creation, the sums set
83 forth in sections 3 to 3B, inclusive, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions
84 specified in this act, are hereby made available, subject to the laws regulating the disbursement
85 of public funds; provided, however, that the amounts specified in an item or for a particular
86 project may be adjusted in order to facilitate projects authorized in this act. These sums shall be
87 in addition to any amounts previously authorized and made available for these purposes.
88 7002-8041 For the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation established in section
89 3 of chapter 40J of the General Laws for a matching grant program that enables academic
90 institutions, nonprofits, industry consortiums, federally funded research and development centers
91 and other technology-based economic development organizations to compete for federal grants
92 in technology and innovation fields, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence and
93 machine learning; cybersecurity, data storage and data management; quantum computing and
94 information systems; robotics and advanced automation; high performance computing,
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 95 semiconductors and advanced computer hardware; blockchain; supply chain; energy storage and
96 batteries; food security; and advanced materials; and provided further, that the matching grant
97 program may also enable participation of these entities in associated workforce development
98 federal grant
99 programs...........................................................................................................$50,000,000
100 7002-8042 To provide funds to the Massachusetts Broadband Incentive Fund
101 established in section 6C of chapter 40J of the General Laws for capital repairs and
102 improvements to broadband infrastructure owned by the Massachusetts Technology Park
103 Corporation established by section 3 of said chapter 40J………………………………$9,300,000
104 7002-8043 For the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation established in section
105 3 of chapter 40J of the General Laws for matching grants that support collaboration among
106 manufacturers located in the commonwealth and institutions of higher education, non-profits and
107 other public or quasi-public entities in the commonwealth; provided, that eligible grantees shall
108 include private businesses; provided further, that grants shall be awarded and administered
109 consistent with the strategic goals and priorities of the advanced manufacturing collaborative
110 established in section 10B of chapter 23A of the General Laws; provided further, that grants
111 made for the purchase of equipment to be owned by, leased to or located within the premises of a
112 private businesses shall be made in support of a partnership with an institution of higher
113 education or non-profit corporation with a mission of supporting manufacturing in the
114 commonwealth; provided further, that a private university or business entity shall not be eligible
115 for a grant unless the corporation has made a finding that a grant to such university or entity will
116 result in a significant public benefit and the private benefit is incidental to a legitimate public
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117 purpose; and provided further, that grants shall be awarded in a manner that promotes
118 geographic, social, racial and economic equity.............................................................$14,000,000
119 7002-8047 For matching grants to support advanced manufacturing projects in
120 partnership with institutions of higher education, including state and municipal colleges and
121 universities, non-profits and other public or quasi-public entities; provided, that such projects
122 shall be in alignment with a Manufacturing USA Institute...........................................$15,000,000
123 7002-8048 For the MassWorks infrastructure program established by section 63 of
124 chapter 23A of the General Laws …………………………………………………...$400,000,000
125 7002-8051 For a program to provide assistance to projects that will improve,
126 rehabilitate or redevelop blighted, abandoned, vacant or underutilized properties to achieve the
127 public purposes of eliminating blight, increasing housing production, supporting economic
128 development projects, increasing the number of commercial buildings accessible to persons with
129 disabilities and conserving natural resources through the targeted rehabilitation and reuse of
130 vacant and underutilized property; provided, that such assistance shall take the form of a grant or
131 a loan provided to a municipality or other public entity, a community development corporation,
132 non-profit entity or for-profit entity; provided further, that eligible uses of funding shall include,
133 but not be limited to: (i) improvements and additions to or alterations of structures and other
134 facilities necessary to comply with requirements of building codes; (ii) fire or other life safety
135 codes and regulations pertaining to accessibility for persons with disabilities; (iii) where such
136 code or regulatory compliance is required in connection with a new commercial residential or
137 civic use of such structure or facility; and (iv) the targeted removal of existing underutilized
138 structures or facilities to create or activate publicly-accessible recreational or civic spaces;
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139 provided further, that funding shall be awarded on a competitive basis in accordance with
140 guidelines developed by the agency; provided further, that financial assistance offered pursuant
141 to this line item may be administered by the executive office through a contract with the
142 Massachusetts Development Finance Agency established in section 2 of chapter 23G of the
143 General Laws; provided further, that the executive office or the Massachusetts Development
144 Finance Agency may establish additional program requirements through regulations or policy
145 guidelines; provided further, that financial assistance offered pursuant to this item shall be
146 awarded, to the extent feasible, in a manner that reflects geographic and demographic diversity
147 and social, racial and economic equity within the commonwealth; and provided further, that
148 program funds may be used for the reasonable costs of administering the program not to exceed
149 5 per cent of the total assistance made during the fiscal year……………………...….$34,000,000
150 7002-8052 For grants and technical assistance to be made to municipalities and
151 regional applicants to support planning and locally-driven initiatives related to community
152 development, housing production, workforce training and economic opportunity, child care and
153 early education initiatives and climate resilience initiatives, including, but not limited to, nature-
154 based solutions projects, that incorporate these elements, across the commonwealth within
155 individual communities, regions or a defined subset of communities therein; provided, that funds
156 may be expended for culturally competent and multi-lingual technical assistance and training to
157 small businesses; provided further, that preference for these funds shall be given to businesses
158 located in low- or moderate-income areas and owned by women, veterans, minorities or
159 immigrants; and provided further, that grants shall be awarded in a manner that promotes
160 geographic equity………………………………………………………………….…....$1,000,000
161 SECTION 3A.
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162 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
163 Department of Housing and Community Development
164 7004-8026 For the Smart Growth Housing Trust Fund established in section 35AA of
165 chapter 10 of the General Laws………………………………………………...………$8,000,000
166 SECTION 3B.
167 TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL
168 0640-1006 For the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust established in section 2 of
169 chapter 29C of the General Laws for deposit in the Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund
170 established in section 2L of chapter 29 of the General Laws for application by the trust for the
171 purposes specified in section 5 of said chapter 29C, any portion of which may be used as a
172 matching grant by the commonwealth to federal capitalization grants received under Title VI of
173 the federal Clean Water Act, Public Law 92-500, or for deposit in the Drinking Water Revolving
174 Fund established in section 2QQ of said chapter 29 for application by the trust for the purposes
175 specified in section 18 of said chapter 29C, any portion of which may be used as a matching
176 grant by the commonwealth to federal capitalization grants received under the federal Safe
177 Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523; provided, that funds may be used to assist homeowners
178 in complying with the revised Title 5 of the state environmental code for subsurface disposal of
179 sanitary waste; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the costs of projects and
180 programs included in the Infrastructure and Investment in Jobs