HOUSE . . . . . . . No. 5077
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, October 17, 2024.
The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
message from Her Excellency the Governor making appropriations for the
fiscal year 2024 to provide for supplementing certain existing
appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (House, No.
5049), reports, in part, recommending that the accompanying bill ought to
pass (House, No. 5077) [Total Appropriation: $730,469,484.00].
For the committee,
AARON MICHLEWITZ.
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 FILED ON: 10/17/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5077
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 2024 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
to make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 2024, 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, 2024. These sums shall be in addition to any amounts
7 previously appropriated and made available for the purposes of those items. These sums shall be
8 made available through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
9 SECTION 2.
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10 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
11 Department of Revenue
12 1233-2000 Tax Abatements for Veterans, Widows, Blind Persons and the Elderly
13 $11,077,209
14 Reserves
15 1599-0026 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve
16 $12,673,961
17 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
18 Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
19 4000-0300 EOHHS and Medicaid Administration $7,563,044
20 4000-0700 MassHealth Fee for Service Payments $565,417,349
21 Department of Public Health
22 4590-0915 Public Health Hospitals $5,055,887
23 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
24 Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development
25 7003-0101 Labor and Workforce Development Shared Services$1,310,000
26 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
27 Office of the Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities
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28 7004-9316 Residential Assistance for Families in Transition $7,325,156
29 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION
30 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
31 7053-1925 School Breakfast Program $8,700,000
32 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
33 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
34 8000-0105 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner $689,902
35 Military Division
36 8700-0001 Military Division $200,000
37 Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
38 8800-0001 Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency $622,624
39 SECTION 2A. To provide for certain unanticipated obligations of the commonwealth, to
40 provide for an alteration of purpose for current appropriations and to meet certain requirements
41 of law, the sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless
42 specifically designated otherwise in this section, for the several purposes and subject to the
43 conditions specified in this section, and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public
44 funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. Except as otherwise stated, these sums shall be
45 made available through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
46 MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION
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47 0340-9111 For moving costs, expert witness costs and other costs associated with the
48 district attorneys association and individual district attorneys' offices in the commonwealth
49 $1,000,000
50 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
51 Reserves
52 1599-0640 For start-up costs associated with implementation of online lottery; provided,
53 that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer funds from this item to state
54 agencies as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws; and provided further, that
55 funds in this item shall be made available until June 30, 2026 $2,500,000
56 1599-1214 For a reserve for expansion, upgrades or enhancements to staffing, operations
57 or infrastructure for new and existing facilities that treat men with an alcohol or substance use
58 disorder under sections 1 and 35 of chapter 123 of the General Laws; provided, that the secretary
59 of administration and finance may transfer funds from this item to state agencies as defined in
60 section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws $14,000,000
61 1599-6263 For a reserve to support efforts that eradicate and prevent mosquito-borne
62 diseases, including but not limited to eastern equine encephalitis; provided, that the secretary of
63 administration and finance may transfer funds from this item to state agencies as defined in
64 section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws $400,000
65 1599-8910 For a reserve to support costs associated with the 14 county sheriffs’
66 offices; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer funds from this
67 item to state agencies as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws $46,000,000
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68 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION
69 Department of Early Education and Care
70 3000-1142 For a reimbursement rate increase for center-based subsidized early education
71 and care for salaries, benefits and stipends for professional development of early educators;
72 provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used to increase the reimbursement rate by
73 an appropriate percentage for all such providers; provided further, that funds shall be expended
74 for increasing the daily add-on rate for comprehensive early education services for children with
75 active cases at the department of children and families; provided further, that the commissioner
76 of early education and care may transfer funds between items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060 of
77 section 2 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2024 , as necessary, for this purpose, under an allocation
78 plan that shall detail, by object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which
79 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days
80 before any such
81 transfer………………………………………………………………………………….$5,000,000
82 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
83 Office of the Secretary
84 4000-1998 For the distribution of funds for fiscally strained community health
85 centers; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary
86 of health and human services shall direct monthly payments to eligible community health centers
87 in the form of enhanced Medicaid payments, supplemental payments or other appropriate
88 mechanisms; provided further, that each payment made to an eligible community health center
89 shall be allocated in direct proportion to each eligible community health center’s average
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 90 monthly Medicaid payments, as determined by the secretary, for the preceding year or the most
91 recent year for which data is available; provided further, that such enhanced Medicaid payments
92 shall not be used in subsequent years by the secretary to calculate an eligible community health
93 center’s average monthly payment; provided further, that such payments shall not offset existing
94 Medicaid payments for which an eligible community health center may be qualified to receive;
95 provided further, that the secretary may require as a condition of receiving payment any such
96 reasonable condition of payment that the secretary determines necessary to ensure the
97 availability, to the extent possible, of federal financial participation for the payments and the
98 secretary may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify amounts for payment in
99 anticipation of expected receipt of federal financial participation for the payments; provided
100 further, that the executive office of health and human services may promulgate regulations as
101 necessary to carry out this item; and provided further, that for the purposes of this item, “eligible
102 community health center” shall be defined as any entity receiving funding pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
103 section 254b that demonstrates significant financial need based on criteria established by the
104 secretary in consultation with The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Inc.
105 $12,000,000
106 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
107 Office of Travel and Tourism
108 7008-1118 For special projects; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended
109 for First Night in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $6,000,000 shall be
110 expended for capital improvements to the Edward A. LeLacheur park at the University of
111 Massachusetts Lowell; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for Sail
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112 Boston, Inc. for the Tall Ships 2026 celebrations; and provided further, that not less than
113 $250,000 shall be expended to the Duchenne Program at the University of Massachusetts
114 medical school, to advance clinical care, research, and innovation for patients with complex
115 disorders affecting the human nervous system $6,750,000
116 7008-1776 For the costs associated with celebrations of the United States’
117 semiquincentennial; provided, that funds shall be made available as grants to municipalities for
118 public safety, transportation and logistical costs associated with the celebration of the
119 anniversary; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for planning and
120 operating costs associated with the 250th anniversary celebrations in the town of Sudbury;
121 provided further, that not less than $325,000 shall be expended for the towns of Concord,
122 Arlington, Lexington and Lincoln for planning and operating costs associated with the 250th
123 anniversary celebrations; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the
124 Berkshire Historical Society for coordination of 250th anniversary celebrations throughout
125 Berkshire county; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the
126 Revolution 250, Inc. for statewide programming, educational and outreach efforts; and provided
127 further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the city of Quincy for planning and
128 operating costs associated with the 250th celebrations $20,000,000
129 SECTION 2B. To provide for supplementing certain intragovernmental chargeback
130 authorizations in the general appropriation act and other appropriation acts for fiscal year 2024,
131 to provide for certain unanticipated intragovernmental chargeback authorizations, to provide for
132 an alteration of purpose for current intragovernmental chargeback authorizations and to meet
133 certain requirements of law, the sum set forth in this section is hereby authorized from the
134 Intragovernmental Service Fund for the several purposes specified in this section or in the
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135 appropriation acts and subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public
136 funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. This sum shall be in addition to any amounts
137 previously authorized and made available for the purposes of this item.
138 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF VETERANS’ SERVICES
139 Office of the Secretary of Veterans’ Services
140 1410-0110 Central Services Chargeback $1,698,000
141 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION
142 Office of the Secretary of Education
143 7009-1701 Chargeback for Education Information Technology Costs $486,352
144 SECTION 2C.I. For the purpose of making available in fiscal year 2025 balances of
145 appropriations which otherwise would revert on June 30, 2024, the unexpended balances of the
146 appropriations listed below, not to exceed the amount specified below for each item, are hereby
147 re-appropriated for the purposes of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding
148 item in section 2 or 2F of chapter 28 of the acts of 2023. However, for items which do not appear
149 in said section 2 or 2F of the general appropriation act, the amounts in this section are re-
150 appropriated for the purposes of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding item
151 in section 2 or 2A of this act or in prior appropriation acts. Amounts in this section are re-
152 appropriated from the fund or funds designated for the corresponding item in said section 2 or 2F
153 of said chapter 28; provided, however, that for items which do not appear in said section 2 or 2F
154 of said chapter 28, the amounts in this section are re-appropriated from the fund or funds
155 designated for the corresponding item in said section 2 through 2F of this act or in prior
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156 appropriation acts. The unexpended balance of each appropriation in the Massachusetts
157 management accounting and reporting system with a secretariat code of 01 or 17 is hereby re-
158 appropriated for the purposes of and subject to the conditions stated for the corresponding item
159 in said section 2 of said chapter 28. The sums reappropriated in this section shall be in addition
160 to any amounts available for said purposes.
161 JUDICIARY
162 Supreme Judicial Court
163 0320-0003 Supreme Judicial Court $150,000
164 Board of Bar Examiners
165 0321-0100 Board of Bar Examiners $100,000
166 TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL
167 Treasurer and Receiver General
168 0610-2000 Welcome Home Bill Bonus Payments $800,000
169 State Lottery Commission
170 0640-0000 State Lottery Commission $104,000
171 STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
172 0900-0100 State Ethics Commission $66,500
173 CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION
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174 1070-0840 Cannabis Control Commission $200,000
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176 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
177 Health Policy Commission
178 1450-1200 Health Policy Commission $350,000
179 Reserves
180 1599-0054 Hinton Lab Reserve $56,000
181 1599-1971 MBTA Workforce and Safety Reserve $117,582,748
182 1599-4448 Collective Bargaining Reserve $59,000,000
183 Bureau of the State House
184 1102-3331 Office of the State House Superintendent $400,000
185 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND SECURITY
186 1790-1700 Core Technology Services and Security $317,262
187 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
188 Department of Public Utilities
189 2100-0013 Transportation Oversight Division $256,000
190 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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191 Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
192 1599-6903 Chapter 257 and Human Service Reserve $28,465,994
193 Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
194 4110-2000 Turning 22 Program and Services $350,000
195 Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
196 4120-2000 Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities $100,000
197 4120-6000 Head Injury Treatment Services $34,496
198 Department of Youth Services
199 4200-0300 Department of Youth Services Residential Services $8,000,000
200 Department of Public Health
201 4512-0200 Bureau of Substance Addiction Services $7,000,000
202 4512-2020 DPH Public Safety Reform Matching Grants$3,146,536
203 Department of Mental Health
204 5011-0100 Department of Mental Health Administration and Operations
205 $105,000
206 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF VETERANS’ SERVICES
207 Office of the Secretary of Veterans' Services
208 1410-1700 D