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Budget Summary FY2009

Division of Insurance
Data Current as of:  6/22/2009





FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2009
Conference
FY2009
Vetoes
FY2009
Overrides
FY2009
GAA
FY2009
Total
Spending
Division of Insurance 11,133 0 0 11,133 10,295  
Health Care Access Bureau Assessment 1,100 0 0 1,100 1,090  
TOTAL    12,233 0 0 12,233 11,385  

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account description amount
DIVISION OF INSURANCE 11,385,281
Budgetary Direct Appropriations  
7006-0020 Division of Insurance
For the operation of the division of insurance, including the expenses of the board of appeal on motor vehicle liability policies and bonds and certain other costs of supervising motor vehicle liability insurance and the expenses of the fraudulent claims board; provided, that the positions of counsel I and counsel II shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws; provided further, that contracts or orders for the purchase of statement blanks for the making of annual reports to the commissioner of insurance shall not be subject to the restrictions prescribed by section 1 of chapter 5 of the General Laws; provided further, that the division shall maintain a phone system in its western Massachusetts office that shall immediately transfer calls made to that office to the consumer assistance office in the city of Boston during any business hours when the western Massachusetts office is closed; provided further, that the division shall have an employee or other person answering all initial incoming telephone calls, excluding all direct in-dial calls, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; provided further, that the division shall designate an employee to handle all incoming calls relative to chapter 218 of the acts of 1995 or regulations promulgated under section 51 of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be assessed upon the institutions which the division currently regulates except for licensed business entity producers under powers granted to the division by general or special law or regulation; and provided further, that such assessment shall be in addition to any assessments that the division currently assesses upon such institutions and shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce $11,132,928 in additional revenue that will pay for this item
10,295,281
7006-0029 Health Care Access Bureau Assessment
For the operation of the health care access bureau of the division of insurance; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be assessed upon the institutions which the division currently regulates except for licensed business entity producers under powers granted to the division by general or special law or regulation; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for costs associated with health insurance rate hearings; and provided further, that such assessment shall be in addition to any assessments that the division currently assesses upon such institutions and shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce $1,100,000 in additional revenue that will pay for this item
1,090,000