70770023 - Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine Program

Account Description FY2010
Spending
FY2011
GAA
7077-0023 Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine Program
For a contract with the Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be expended under the resident veterinary tuition remission plan submitted January 9, 1988, for supportive veterinary services provided to the commonwealth; provided further, that prior year costs may be paid from this item; provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall support bioterrorism prevention research related to diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans, in consultation with Massachusetts emergency authorities; provided further, that funds may be expended for a program in collaboration with a community college to educate and train veterinary technicians; provided further, that the school may work in consultation with the Norfolk County Agricultural School on veterinary programs; and provided further, that upon receipt of a written certification by the secretary of administration and finance, addressed to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the comptroller of the commonwealth, that legislation extending the commonwealth's eligibility for an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, not in effect as of June 1, 2010, has been duly enacted and signed into law by the President of the United States or that the federal government has otherwise obligated itself to release additional funding not available as of June 1, 2010, to the commonwealth during state fiscal year 2011,that the school shall expend $500,000 for a program in collaboration with a community college to educate and train veterinary technicians and that the school shall work in consultation with the Norfolk County Agricultural School on veterinary programs



General Fund 75.000%

FMAP Budget Relief Fund 25.000%

1,686,584 2,250,000

Veto Explanation:   I am vetoing this language and reducing this amount because none of the enhanced FMAP funds have been received from or committed by the federal government.