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Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Data Current as of: 10/29/2007

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FISCAL YEAR 2008 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT		FY 2008 Conference	FY 2008 Vetoes	FY 2008 Overrides	FY 2008 GAA
8000-0105	Office of the Chief Medical Examiner	7,720	0	0	7,720
8000-0106	State Police Crime Laboratory	15,230	0	0	15,230
8000-0122	Chief Medical Examiner Fee Retained Revenue	1,300	0	0	1,300
TOTAL		24,250	0	0	24,250

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account	description	amount
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER		24,249,524
Budgetary Direct Appropriations
Direct Appropriations
8000-0105	Office of the Chief Medical Examiner For the operation of the office of the chief medical examiner established pursuant to chapter 38 of the General Laws; provided, that the agency shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 15, 2008 detailing the caseload of said office; and provided further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of toxicology tests, the reduction of turnaround time of toxicology tests and the reduction of the case backlog, the number of autopsies performed, the number of cases under the office's jurisdiction, the number of external exams performed, the number of cases determined to be homicides, and the number of cremations performed under the office's jurisdiction in 2006 and 2007	7,719,907
8000-0106	State Police Crime Laboratory For the operation and related costs of the state police crime laboratory; provided, that the analysis of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines, and chemicals shall be funded in this item in order to support the law enforcement efforts of the district attorneys, the state police and municipal police departments; provided further, that the agency shall contract with a public institution to conduct testing for criminal cases; provided further, that the agency shall enter into agreements with the various district attorneys to provide forensic services for criminal cases brought forth by the commonwealth; provided further, that the practices and procedures of the state police crime laboratory shall be informed by the recommendations of the Forensic Sciences Advisory Board; provided further, that the agency shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, not later than December 31, 2007, concerning, but not limited to, the detailing of the number of cases introduced to the CODIS database, the number of confirmations attained from the CODIS database, and the number of cases referred to district attorney delineated by county	15,229,617

account	description	amount
Retained Revenues
8000-0122	Chief Medical Examiner Fee Retained Revenue The office of the chief medical examiner may expend for its operations an amount not to exceed $1,300,000 in revenues collected from fees for services provided by the chief medical examiner; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special laws to the contrary, for the purposes of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the agency may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system	1,300,000