FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2015
Conference		 FY2015
Vetoes		 FY2015
Overrides		 FY2015
GAA
GLBT Commission 300 0 0 300
Commission on the Status of Asian Americans 50 0 0 50
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance 3,221 0 0 3,221
Commonwealth Performance Accountability and Transparency 494 0 0 494
Administration and Finance IT Costs 34,891 0 0 34,891
Caseload and Economic Forecasting Office 253 0 0 253
Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve 13,240 -2,365 2,365 13,240
Early Ed Reserve 6,574 0 0 6,574
Water Pollution Abatement Trust Contract Assistance 63,143 0 0 63,143
DDS Employment First Reserve 2,000 0 0 2,000
Program Evaluation Reserve 500 0 0 500
Massachusetts Department of Transportation Contract Assistance 125,000 0 0 125,000
Commonwealth Infrastructure Investment Assistance Reserve 5,472 0 0 5,472
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Contract Assistance 160,000 0 0 160,000
Uniform Law Commission 55 0 0 55
Health Care Cost Containment Reserve 2,000 0 0 2,000
Victim Reserve 500 -500 500 500
South Essex Sewerage District Debt Service Assessment 87 0 0 87
Executive Branch Performance Management 400 0 0 400
Massachusetts IT Center Operational Expenses 500 0 0 500
E.J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management 300 0 0 300
State Universities Collective Bargaining Agreement Reserve 5,551 0 0 5,551
Community College Collective Bargaining Agreement Reserve 1,451 0 0 1,451
Collective Bargaining Agreement Costs 45,692 0 0 45,692
FY13 Human Services Salary Reserve 8,000 0 0 8,000
Chapter 257 Reserve 15,014 0 0 15,014
Dartmouth/Bristol Community College Reserve 6,491 0 0 6,491
Bar Dues 350 0 0 350
Fair Hearing Evaluator 200 0 0 200
TOTAL    471,730 -2,865 2,865 471,730

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 499,291,546
Direct Appropriations
0950-0050 GLBT Commission
For the commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth; provided, that funds shall be used to address issues related to the implementation of the state's anti-bullying law as outlined in section 37O of chapter 71 of the General Laws 		300,000
0950-0080 Commission on the Status of Asian Americans
For the commission on the status of citizens of Asian descent established in section 68 of chapter 3 of the General Laws 		50,000
1100-1100 Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
For the office of the secretary; provided, that the secretary shall conduct an ongoing review of affirmative action steps taken by the various agencies, boards, departments, commissions, or divisions to determine whether such agencies, boards, departments, commissions, or divisions are complying with the commonwealth's policies of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity; provided further, that whenever noncompliance is determined by the secretary, the secretary shall hold a public hearing on the matter and report the findings and recommendations to the head of the particular agency, board, department, commission, or division, to the governor and to the Massachusetts commission against discrimination; provided further, that the secretary shall report on the status of each agency, board, department, commission, or division receiving monies under this act, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, as to compliance or noncompliance with affirmative action policies to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public service, and the joint committee on labor and workforce development on or before November 28, 2014; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall provide biannual reports, the first of which shall be submitted not later than August 1, 2014 and the second not later than February 2, 2015 to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that the reports shall summarize existing and proposed collective bargaining agreements in an electronic format which shall include the following information for each agreement: (i) the session law for the previously agreed upon collective bargaining agreement; (ii) the current agreement status; (iii) the collective bargaining unit and unit number; (iv) full-time equivalent employees subject to the agreement by item; (v) a description of the membership of the unit; (vi) the total salary base of the most recent previous agreement; (vii) the start date and expiration date of the most recent agreement; (viii) the estimated total fiscal impact of the agreement compared to the previous agreement; and (ix) the base salary increases required by the agreement by effective time; and provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance and the office of employee relations shall meet with the house and senate committees on ways and means following the submission of each report to discuss the information in the report, including all collective bargaining contracts that are set to expire over the next 12 months and the current status of negotiations 		3,221,202
1100-1201 Commonwealth Performance Accountability and Transparency
For the operation of the office of commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency; provided, that the office shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 16, 2015 detailing the actions of the office over the previous year 		494,256
1100-1700 Administration and Finance IT Costs
For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for administration and finance 		34,891,260
1106-0064 Caseload and Economic Forecasting Office
For the caseload and economic forecasting office within the office of commonwealth performance, accountability, and transparency; provided, that the caseload and economic forecasting office shall forecast: (a) MassHealth enrollment by group; (b) participation in state subsidized childcare provided through items 3000-3050, 3000-4040, 3000-4050, and 3000-4060; (c) participation in emergency assistance and housing programs provided through items 7004-0101, 7004-0103 and 7004-0108; (d) enrollment, both active member and dependent, in the group insurance commission; (e) recipients of direct benefits provided by the department of transitional assistance through items 4403-2000, 4405-2000, and 4408-1000; (f) participation in programs provided by the department of children and families through items 4800-0038 and 4800-0041; and (g) other related economic forecasts; provided further, that the office shall report its forecasts to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 17, 2014; and provided further, that the office shall submit updated forecasts to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than January 16, 2015, and March 16, 2015 		252,820
1599-0026 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve
For a reserve for 1-time grants to support municipal improvements; provided, that not less than $2,800,000 shall be expended to fund the District Local Technical Assistance Fund, established in section 2XXX of chapter 29 of the General Laws, including projects that encourage regionalization, to be administered by the division of local services and distributed through the District Local Technical Assistance Fund; provided further, that $20,000 shall be expended to the Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project to conduct a study to determine a basis for separation from the state reclamation board to an independent agency on Cape Cod; provided further, that not less than $120,000 shall be granted to the town of Canton; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to mitigate student overcrowding in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $240,000 shall be expended for a 1-time grant to the city of Quincy; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for the costs associated with the technological upgrades for the Westford public school district; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for a multi-year competitive grant program to provide financial support for 1-time or transition costs related to regionalization and other efficiency initiatives, with allowable applicants to include municipalities, regional school districts, school districts considering forming a regional school district or regionalizing services, regional planning agencies and councils of governments; provided further, that funds may be expended by the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management at the University of Massachusetts at Boston's John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies to develop and effectuate a program of performance management, accountability and transparency for local governments; provided further, that funds may be expended to expand programs that received funding from this item in prior fiscal years and on programs with proven replicable outcomes for municipalities; provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 13, 2015 on: (i) results to date of grants awarded in fiscal year 2015 and in prior fiscal years; and (ii) replicable outcome measures for projects awarded to date; provided further, that $4,250,000 shall be transferred to the executive office of public safety and security for a competitive grant program for public safety and emergency staffing to be administered by that executive office; provided further, that the grants shall be awarded to communities that: (A) have populations of at least 60,000; and (B) demonstrate that their police departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2010; provided further, that each state entity administering grant funds through this item shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, not later than February 13, 2015, detailing grants awarded through this item and the criteria used for distribution; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for the restoration of the 1-room school house in the town of Petersham; provided further, that not less than $325,000 shall be expended for the restoration of Perry Auditorium at Gardner City Hall; provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended to reimburse the town of Milton for funds expended pursuant to chapter 349 of the acts of 2010; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for the restoration, renovation, improvement and expansion of critical historical, educational and community resources in the historic Easton town center; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Mother Brook Arts and Community Center in the town of Dedham; provided further, that $750,000 shall be expended as a 1-time grant to the city of North Adams to backfill forgone payments in lieu of taxes, sewer, water and other fees not paid by Northern Berkshire Healthcare, Inc. and for other extraordinary costs related to the closure of a certain hospital in the town of North Adams; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended to the police department of the town of Plymouth for the creation of a street crime unit with the mission of disrupting and dismantling street level drug trade, open air drug dealing and distribution and crimes related to the use or trade of illegal drugs in the town of Plymouth and surrounding communities; provided further, that $40,000 shall be expended for the police department of the town of Barnstable to continue a street crime unit with the mission of disrupting and dismantling street level drug trade, open air drug dealing and distribution and crimes related to the use or trade of illegal drugs in the town of Barnstable and surrounding communities; and provided further, that not less than $170,000 shall be expended to the town of Plymouth for revising and updating its Radiological Response and Recovery Plan
 		13,240,000
1599-0042 Early Ed Reserve
For a reserve to the department of early education and care to be distributed to increase reimbursement rates for center-based subsidized early education and care and for salaries, benefits and stipends for professional development of early educators or programmatic quality improvements; provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be used to increase such reimbursement rate by an equal percentage for all such providers 		6,573,571
1599-0093 Water Pollution Abatement Trust Contract Assistance
For contract assistance to the water pollution abatement trust for debt service obligations of the trust under sections 6, 6A and 18 of chapter 29C of the General Laws, prior appropriation continued 		63,143,440
1599-0200 DDS Employment First Reserve
For a reserve for the department of developmental services; provided, that funds shall be used to support the transition from sheltered workshops to community-based employment or day support program services; and provided further, that these funds shall not be expended until 45 days following the submission of a spending plan for this reserve to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means 		2,000,000
1599-1301 Program Evaluation Reserve
For an independent program evaluation reserve; provided, that the funds appropriated in this item shall be used to evaluate the safe and successful youth initiative funded through item 4000-0005 and programs for English language learners in gateway cities funded through item 7009-6400; provided further, that each program shall maintain the same independent evaluator as in fiscal year 2014 or select an evaluator in a manner consistent with section 193 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013; and provided further, that the funds appropriated in this item in fiscal year 2015 shall not revert but shall be made available for these purposes through June 30, 2016 		500,000
1599-1970 Massachusetts Department of Transportation Contract Assistance
For a reserve for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for the purpose of defraying costs of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, or its successor, incurred in fiscal year 2015 under section 138 of chapter 27 of the acts of 2009
                Commonwealth Transportation Fund ............... 100%
125,000,000
1599-1977 Commonwealth Infrastructure Investment Assistance Reserve
For contract assistance and other payments to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency for payment of debt service and related obligations in connection with bonds issued by the agency under chapter 293 of the acts of 2006 and chapter 303 of the acts of 2008 		5,472,375
1599-1978 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Contract Assistance
For a reserve for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for the purpose of defraying costs of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or its successor, incurred in fiscal year 2015
                Commonwealth Transportation Fund ............... 100%
160,000,000
1599-2003 Uniform Law Commission
For the purpose of funding the Uniform Law Commission; provided, that prior fiscal year payments may be payable from this appropriation 		55,000
1599-2012 Health Care Cost Containment Reserve
For a reserve to be administered by the health policy commission to accelerate and support behavioral health integration within patient-centered medical homes, as certified by the commission under section 14 of chapter 6D of the General Laws; provided, that this program shall support efforts to build the partnerships and infrastructure needed to initiate or expand the provision of behavioral health care services within the primary care setting and may take the form of training, education, technical assistance or direct grants; provided further, that the commission shall report to the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committee on ways and means not later than 24 months following implementation of the program on the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the program; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall not revert and shall be available for expenditure through June 30, 2016 		2,000,000
1599-2014 Victim Reserve
For a reserve for victim assistance to be paid to the estate of the plaintiff in the case of Davis v. Rennie, civil action NO. 96-cv-11598MEL
 500,000
1599-3234 South Essex Sewerage District Debt Service Assessment
For the commonwealth's South Essex Sewerage District debt service assessment 		87,486
1599-3553 Executive Branch Performance Management
For a reserve to be administered by the office of commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency in the executive office for administration and finance; provided, that funds shall be used to support the establishment of offices of performance management by each secretary in accordance with section 4A of chapter 6A of the General Laws; provided further, that funds from this item shall be used to support executive offices, excluding the executive office for administration and finance, to develop and implement strategic plans and direct performance management programs for the agencies within those executive offices; and provided further, that within 30 days of any transfer from this fund, the executive office for administration and finance shall file a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means identifying the executive office receiving funding from this item and providing a spending plan for the transfer 		400,000
1599-3856 Massachusetts IT Center Operational Expenses
For rent and associated costs at the Massachusetts information technology center in the city of Chelsea 		500,000
1599-4417 E.J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management
For the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management in the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Boston 		300,000
1599-4440 State Universities Collective Bargaining Agreement Reserve
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2015 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by collective bargaining agreements with the state universities that have not yet been ratified by the general court; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item before ratification of the collective bargaining agreements by the general court 		5,551,224
1599-4441 Community College Collective Bargaining Agreement Reserve
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2015 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreements with the community colleges that have not yet been ratified by the general court; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item before ratification of the collective bargaining agreements by the general court 		1,450,643
1599-4444 Collective Bargaining Agreement Costs
For a reserve to meet the fiscal year 2015 costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by collective bargaining agreements with the executive branch that have not yet been ratified by the general court; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item prior to ratification of the collective bargaining agreements by the general court 		45,692,280
1599-6901 FY13 Human Services Salary Reserve
For a reserve to adjust the wages, compensation or salary and associated employee-related costs to personnel earning less than $40,000 in annual compensation who are employed by private human service providers that deliver human and social services under contracts with departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs; provided, that home care workers shall be eligible for funding from this item; provided further, that workers from shelters and programs that serve homeless individuals and families that were previously contracted through the department of transitional assistance and the department of public health who are currently contracted with the department of housing and community development and direct care workers that serve homeless veterans through the department of veterans' services shall be eligible for funding from this item; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may allocate the funds appropriated in this item to the departments to implement this initiative; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall condition the expenditure of appropriation upon assurances that the funds shall be used solely for the purposes of equal percentage adjustments to wages, compensation or salary; provided further, that not later than January 15, 2015, the executive office of health and human services shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means a report delineating the number of employees, by job title and average salary, receiving the adjustment in fiscal year 2015 and the average percentage adjustment funded in this item; provided further, that the report shall also include, for each contract scheduled to receive any allocation from this item in each such department, the total payroll expenditures in each contract for the categories of personnel scheduled to receive the adjustments; provided further, that no funds from this item shall be allocated to special education programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, contracts for early education and care services or programs for which payment rates are negotiated and paid as class rates as established by the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that no funds shall be allocated from this item to contracts funded exclusively by federal grants as delineated in section 2D; provided further, that the total fiscal year 2015 costs of salary adjustments and any other associated employee costs authorized thereunder shall not exceed $8,000,000; provided further, that funds in this item shall be distributed not later than 160 days after the effective date of this item; provided further, that the executive office health and human services shall submit an allocation schedule to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days after disbursement of funds; and provided further, that the annualized cost of the adjustments in fiscal year 2016 shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item 		8,000,000
1599-6903 Chapter 257 Reserve
For the fiscal year 2015 costs of rate implementations under chapter 257, of the acts of 2008, including, but not limited to, placement and adoption services and supports, youth intermediate term stabilization, substance abuse residential, family stabilization, and ASAP purchased services; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from this item amounts necessary to meet any costs associated with the implementation of service class rates in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on transfers made from this item; and provided further, that the report shall identify, by line item and service class, all transfers made from this item as of the date of the report and all transfers expected to be made prior to the end of the fiscal year 		15,013,791
1599-7104 Dartmouth/Bristol Community College Reserve
For a reserve of not more than $2,700,000 for the facilities costs associated with the college of visual and performing arts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth including funds from this item for Bristol Community College; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended for costs incurred by the University of Massachusetts at Lowell for lease and operations of educational facilities in the city of Haverhill 		6,490,961
1599-7770 Bar Dues
For a reserve for the annual attorney registration fees of assistant district attorneys and attorneys employed by the committee for public counsel services whose salaries are paid for through items 0321-1500 and 0321-1504; provided, that attorneys admitted to the bar for 5 years or less shall receive $220; and provided further, that attorneys admitted to the bar for more than 5 years and less than 50 years shall receive $300 		350,000
1599-7771 Fair Hearing Evaluator
For a department of children and families administrative hearing system process evaluation reserve; provided, that the office of the child advocate shall select an independent evaluator to assess the department's administrative hearing system; provided further, that the evaluation shall report on whether the department's regulations, funding, staffing levels and processes provide for an administrative hearing system that is: (i) timely, including an analysis of the amount of time allocated to or the causes of any delays: (A) between when a hearing request is filed and the first day of the hearing; (B) between the first day of the hearing and the hearing officer's decision; (C) between the hearing officer's decision and the department's final decision; (D) from requests by any party for a continuance; and (E) from appealing the department's final decision; (ii) independent, including an analysis of any possible bias on the part of hearing officers in favor of the department or against certain classes of appellants; and (iii) fair, including an analysis of any disparities in accessing resources, information or legal counsel that may inherently favor the department over appellants; provided further, that the evaluator shall be selected through a competitive procurement process in which the office of the child advocate shall consider researchers with experience in: (1) conducting process evaluations across a wide array of administrative or civil justice systems; (2) child welfare issues, including abuse and neglect; (3) socioeconomic disparities among residents in successfully petitioning court or administrative hearing systems for redress; (4) extracting and analyzing court or hearing data; (5) quantitative and qualitative evaluations; and (6) cost benefit analysis as it relates to funding government operations; provided further, that the office of the child advocate shall select the evaluator not later than October 1, 2014; provided further, that preference shall be given to not-for-profit organizations; provided further, that beginning on November 1, 2014, the evaluator shall provide quarterly progress updates to the house and senate clerks, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities; provided further, that the evaluator shall provide a preliminary report on their findings to the house and senate clerks, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities not later than March 15, 2015; and provided further, that this item shall not revert and shall be made available for these purposes through June 30, 2015 		200,000

account description amount
Intragovernmental Service Spending 27,561,237
1100-1701 Chargeback for Administration and Finance IT Costs
For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office for administration and finance
                Intragovernmental Service Fund ............... 100%
27,561,237

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