SECTION 44. The Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project oversight commission established pursuant to item 1599-1969 of section 2B of chapter 205 of the acts of 1996, shall be dissolved on December 31, 2007. Under the direction of the attorney general, the attorney general, the inspector general and the state auditor, or their designees, shall continue to meet on a quarterly basis to coordinate oversight activities relative to the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project.
SECTION 79. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in hospital fiscal year 2008, the office of the inspector general may continue to expend funds appropriated pursuant to section 1 of chapter 240 of the acts of 2004 from the Uncompensated Care Trust Fund, or any successor fund, for the costs associated with maintaining a pool audit unit within said office. The unit shall continue to oversee and examine the practices in all Massachusetts' hospitals including, but not limited to, the care of the uninsured and the resulting free care charges. The inspector general shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the results of the audits and any other completed analyses not later than March 1, 2008. For the purposes of said audits, allowable free care services shall be defined pursuant to chapter 118G of the General Laws and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
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.