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Budget Summary FY2015

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Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Data Current as of:  10/17/2014





FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2015
Conference
FY2015
Vetoes
FY2015
Overrides
FY2015
GAA
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 9,075 0 0 9,075
State Police Crime Laboratory 19,159 0 0 19,159
Chief Medical Examiner Fee Retained Revenue 3,000 0 0 3,000
TOTAL    31,235 0 0 31,235

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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER 31,234,744
 
Direct Appropriations
8000-0105 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
For the operation of the office of the chief medical examiner, established in 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 16, 2015; and provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (i) the current caseload of the office and the caseload for fiscal year 2014; (ii) the number of procedures performed in fiscal year 2014; (iii) current turnaround time and backlogs; (iv) current response time to scenes; (v) the number of cases completed in fiscal year 2014; (vi) progress in accreditation with the national association of medical examiners; (vii) progress in identification and completion of reports; and (viii) progress in improving delays in decedent release
9,075,305
8000-0106 State Police Crime Laboratory
For the operation and related costs of the state police crime laboratory, including the analysis of samples used in the prosecution of controlled substance offenses conducted at the former department of public health facilities; 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 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 department of state police shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means starting on October 1, 2014 that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the caseload of each lab; (ii) all relevant information regarding turnaround time and backlogs by type of case; and (iii) the accreditation status of each lab; and provided further, that the department of state police shall maintain a state police crime laboratory in either Hampshire or Hampden County
19,159,439

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Retained Revenues
8000-0122 Chief Medical Examiner Fee Retained Revenue
For the office of the chief medical examiner, which may expend for its operations an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 in revenues collected from fees for services provided by the chief medical examiner; provided, that, notwithstanding any general or special law 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
3,000,000