| ACCOUNT | FY 2008 Conference |
FY 2008 Vetoes |
FY 2008 Overrides |
FY 2008 GAA |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0810-0000 | Office of the Attorney General | 26,586 | 0 | 0 | 26,586 |
| 0810-0004 | Compensation to Victims of Violent Crimes | 2,156 | 0 | 0 | 2,156 |
| 0810-0007 | Overtime for State Police Assigned to the Attorney General | 541 | 0 | 0 | 541 |
| 0810-0014 | Public Utilities Proceedings Unit | 1,612 | 0 | 0 | 1,612 |
| 0810-0021 | Medicaid Fraud Control Unit | 2,877 | 0 | 0 | 2,877 |
| 0810-0045 | Wage Enforcement Program | 3,559 | 0 | 0 | 3,559 |
| 0810-0201 | Insurance Proceedings Unit | 1,394 | 0 | 0 | 1,394 |
| 0810-0338 | Automobile Insurance Fraud Investigation and Prosecution | 432 | 0 | 0 | 432 |
| 0810-0399 | Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigation and Prosecution | 280 | 0 | 0 | 280 |
| 0810-0013 | False Claims Recoveries Retained Revenue | 450 | 0 | 0 | 450 |
| TOTAL | 39,887 | 0 | 0 | 39,887 | |
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | 39,886,885 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 0810-0000 | Office of the Attorney General
For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local consumer aid fund, the operation of the anti-trust division, all regional offices, a high-tech crime unit and the victim and witness compensation program; provided, that the victim and witness compensation program shall be administered in accordance with chapters 258B and 258C of the General Laws; provided further, that the attorney general shall submit to the general court and the secretary for administration and finance a report detailing the claims submitted to the state treasurer for payment under item 0810-0004 indicating both the number and costs for each category of claim; provided further, that not more than $320,000 shall be expended for predatory lending and consumer credit units; provided further, that not more than $355,000 shall be expended for a health care division; provided further, that not more than $300,000 shall be expended for a victim witness rights services unit; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended for a grants program for the safe neighborhood initiative-jobs for youth program; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended for a safe neighborhood initiative program in the Grove Hall area of Boston; provided further, that not more than $250,000 shall be expended from the funds appropriated in this item for a safe neighborhood initiative pilot program in the Bowdoin/Geneva area of the Dorchester section of the city of Boston and in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that the public proceedings unit shall review the water rate increases; provided further, that not more than $240,000 shall be expended for the operation of a child protection unit; provided further, that funds may be expended for the commission on uniform state laws; provided further, that not more than $200,000 shall be provided for the Dorchester Youth Collaborative; and provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Trauma Intervention Program of Merrimack Valley; and provided further, that not less than $180,000 shall be expended to provide culturally competent education and training to law enforcement, labor organizers and workers and community service providers on the issue of human trafficking |
26,585,871 | ||||||||
| 0810-0004 | Compensation to Victims of Violent Crimes
For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding 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 258C 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 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 |
2,156,000 | ||||||||
| 0810-0007 | Overtime for State Police Assigned to the Attorney General
For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the attorney general; provided, that costs associated with those officers shall not be funded from item 8100-0007; and provided further, that expenditures shall not 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 in this item
|
541,201 | ||||||||
| 0810-0014 | Public Utilities Proceedings Unit
For the operation of the department of telecommunications and energy proceedings unit, pursuant to section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that not withstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed under said section 11E of said chapter 12 of the General Laws, shall equal the amount expended from this item; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the expenses of legal and technical personnel and associated administrative and travel expenses relative to participation in regulatory proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on behalf of Massachusetts ratepayers |
1,611,700 | ||||||||
| 0810-0021 | Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
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 the expenditure; provided further, that not less than $225,000 shall continue to be used specifically 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 the department's division of health care quality responsible for the investigations on a periodic basis pursuant to a comprehensive training program to be developed by the division and the unit; and provided further, that 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 of said chapter 111 |
2,877,105 | ||||||||
| 0810-0045 | Wage Enforcement Program
For the labor law enforcement program pursuant to subsection (b) of section 1 of chapter 23 of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a non-management position funded by this item shall be considered a job title in a collective bargaining unit as prescribed by the labor relations commission and shall be subject to chapter 150E of the General Laws |
3,558,786 | ||||||||
| 0810-0201 | Insurance Proceedings Unit
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 in this item may be used to supplement the automobile insurance fraud unit and the workers' compensation fraud unit of the office of the attorney general; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for the costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item |
1,394,032 | ||||||||
| 0810-0338 | Automobile Insurance Fraud Investigation and Prosecution
For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that notwithstanding 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 $432,026 |
432,026 | ||||||||
| 0810-0399 | Workers' Compensation Fraud Investigation and Prosecution
For the investigation and prosecution of workers' compensation fraud; provided, that notwithstanding 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 $280,164; provided further, that the attorney general shall 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 the unit shall investigate and report on all companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws |
280,164 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 0810-0013 | False Claims Recoveries Retained Revenue
For a false claims program the office of the attorney general may expend an amount not to exceed $450,000 from revenues collected from enforcement of the false claims act; provided, that notwithstanding 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 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 |
450,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 3,000,000 | |
| 0810-0026 | Crime Victim Compensation
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Crime Victim Compensation |
3,000,000 |