SECTION 5.
Chapter 15A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 22 the following section:-
Section 22A. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:-
"Board", the board of trustees of the Roxbury Community College.
"Center", the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center established in subsection (b).
"College", the Roxbury Community College.
"Use for nonpublic purposes", shall include, but not be limited to, the leasing or renting of the building for commercial entertainment activity.
"Use for public purposes", shall include, but not be limited to, use by public high school track programs, members of the abutting residential community or by members of the community at large and students, faculty, staff and alumni at Roxbury Community College.
(b) There shall be established the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College. The center shall be a building containing a Massachusetts state track facility which shall be maintained at the college for public purposes. In the event the facility is not in use for public purposes, the board may permit use for nonpublic purposes for a rental amount to be determined by said board.
(c) The board shall be responsible for the management and operation of the center including, but not limited to, the following:-
(i) establishing user fees;
(ii) entering into agreements with the Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association, with other public groups and, pursuant to this section, with nonpublic groups for nonpublic purposes;
(iii) establishing rules and regulations for the use of the center by Massachusetts public high school track programs, by members of the abutting residential neighborhoods and members of the community at large, by students, faculty and staff and alumni of Roxbury Community College, and, by nonpublic groups for nonpublic purposes in accordance with this section;
(iv) deciding the priority of uses and schedule for the center, with input from an advisory committee;
and (v) entering into agreements with vendors to provide concession stand services and other agreements as deemed necessary by the board for the maintenance and operation of the center.
(d) The center shall be made available without charge for use by public high school track programs and Roxbury Community College. The center shall be made available on a user fee basis for members of the public. The center shall be made available at market rate, as determined by the board, for use for nonpublic purposes so long as the center is not being used for public purposes.
(e) The annual operating expenses of the center shall be separate and distinct from appropriations within the general appropriations act for the college, shall use a separate item of appropriation and shall be audited biennially by the state auditor.
SECTION 34.
Paragraph (g) of section 146 of chapter 204 of the acts of 1996 is amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "ten" and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 20.
SECTION 62. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, 10 days after the effective date of this act, the comptroller shall transfer $4,000,000 from the General Fund to the Massachusetts Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Grant Fund, established in section 2MMM of chapter 29 of the General Laws.
SECTION 64. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, within 10 days of the effective date of this act, the comptroller shall transfer $3,750,000 from the General Fund to the Commonwealth Covenant Fund established in section 35EE of chapter 10 of the General Laws.
SECTION 68. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services may, pursuant to section 16 of chapter 6A of the General Laws, acting in its capacity as the single state agency pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act and as the principal agency for all of the agencies within the executive office and other federally assisted programs administered by the executive office, enter into interdepartmental services agreements with the University of Massachusetts medical school to perform activities that the secretary, in consultation with the comptroller, determines are appropriate and within the scope of the proper administration of Title XIX and other federal funding provisions to support the programs and activities of the executive office. These activities shall include: (1) providing administrative services, including, but not limited to, activities such as providing the medical expertise to support or administer utilization management activities, determining eligibility based on disability, supporting case management activities and similar initiatives; (2) providing consulting services related to quality assurance, program evaluation and development, integrity and soundness and project management; and (3) providing activities and services for the purpose of pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs, third party liability and recouping payments to third parties. Federal reimbursement for any expenditures made by the University of Massachusetts medical school relative to federally reimbursable services the university provides under these interdepartmental service agreements or other contracts with the executive office of health and human services shall be distributed to the university, and recorded in the state accounting system. The secretary of health and human services may negotiate contingency fees for activities and services related to the purpose of pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs, and the comptroller shall certify these fees and pay them upon the receipt of this revenue, reimbursement or demonstration of costs avoided. Contracts for contingency fees shall not extend longer than 3 years, and shall not be renewed without prior review and approval from the executive office of administration and finance. The secretary shall not pay contingency fees in excess of $40,000,000 for state fiscal year 2008. The secretary of health and human services shall submit to the secretary of administration and finance and the senate and house committees on ways and means a quarterly report detailing the amounts of the agreements, the ongoing and new projects undertaken by the university, the amounts spent on personnel and the amount of federal reimbursement and recoupment payments that the university collected.
SECTION 81. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any agency, board, bureau, department, division, section, or commission of the commonwealth required to submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means pursuant to this act shall submit a copy of said report to the executive office of administration and finance.
SECTION 83.
Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, there shall be a special task force to examine existing policies, procedures and programs and make recommendations to reduce and prevent incidents of campus violence including, but not limited to, assault, sexual assault, weapons possession and homicide on college campuses. The task force shall also study and make recommendations on existing communication plans, staffing and training of security personnel for each campus.
The task force shall be comprised of 13 members, including the house and senate chairs of the joint committee of higher education, who shall serve as co-chairs of the task force, 1 member to be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives, 1 member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, 2 members to be appointed by the governor, the chair of the board of higher education, 1 member to be appointed by the president of the University of Massachusetts, 1 member to be appointed by the state college presidents, 1 member to be appointed by the community college presidents, 1 student of a University of Massachusetts, or a state or community college to be appointed by the board of higher education, the secretary of public safety or his designee and the attorney general or his designee.
The board of higher education shall provide such staff and resources as may be necessary for the task force to perform its functions. The task force shall convene its first meeting on or before October 1, 2007 and shall file a report, with any legislative or regulatory recommendations, with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives on or before March 1, 2008.
SECTION 86.
** Item is being returned for amendment. Text of recommendations can be found in Attachment F.
(a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services shall establish an electronic health records system task force to provide a structure that enables the state to act in a leadership role in the development of state and federal standards for, and in the implementation and use of, an electronic health records system for children in foster care, individuals and dependents enrolled in the MassHealth and SCHIP programs, and individuals and dependents enrolled in commonwealth care or safety net care programs.
(b) The task force shall consist of not more than 9 members, appointed by the secretary of health and human services, who shall represent entities with expertise in developing or implementing electronic health records including, but not limited to, the United States Veterans Administration facilities in the commonwealth, multi-facility hospital systems in the commonwealth, the University of Massachusetts medical school, the e-Rx Collaborative, MA-SHARE, the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, the Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative, and MassPro, the commonwealth's federally designated Quality Improvement Organization. The chief information officer for the executive office of health and human services shall serve as coordinator of the task force. The task force shall also consist of 2 members of the senate to be appointed by the president of the senate and 1 member of the senate to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, 2 members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house and 1 member of the house of representatives to be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives, the commissioner of insurance, the commissioner of medical assistance, the commissioner of social services, the commissioner of health care finance and policy, the executive director of the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety, and the executive director of the commonwealth connector shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the task force.
(c) The task force shall: (1) develop an electronic health records system that provides linkages between multiple settings including, but not limited to, the MassHealth and SCHIP programs, programs administered by the commonwealth connector and programs serving children in foster care, that utilize health records and that is consistent with requirements for community health records and electronic prescribing; (2) evaluate the economic model and the anticipated benefits of electronic health records; and (3) provide quarterly updates to the governor and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on health care financing regarding progress in the development of national standards and the work of the task force.