FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET SUMMARY ($000)
ACCOUNT FY2019
Conference		 FY2019
Vetoes		 FY2019
Overrides		 FY2019
GAA
Commission on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren 112 0 0 112
GLBT Commission 500 0 0 500
Commission on the Status of Asian Americans 80 0 0 80
Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance 3,137 0 0 3,137
Commonwealth Performance Accountability and Transparency 369 0 0 369
Administration and Finance IT Costs 25,864 0 0 25,864
Caseload and Economic Forecasting Office 129 0 0 129
Social Innovation Financing 9,100 0 0 9,100
Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve 10,935 -1,360 1,360 10,935
Hinton Lab Response Reserve 1,912 0 0 1,912
Clean Water Trust Contract Assistance 63,384 0 0 63,384
Massachusetts Department of Transportation Contract Assistance 125,000 0 0 125,000
Commonwealth Infrastructure Investment Assistance Reserve 13,576 0 0 13,576
Uniform Law Commission 50 0 0 50
MassHealth Reform Reserve 1,775 0 0 1,775
South Essex Sewer District Debt Service 34 0 0 34
Massachusetts IT Center Operational Expenses 500 0 0 500
EJ Collins Jr Center for Public Management 550 -250 250 550
Collective Bargaining Contract Costs 47,217 0 0 47,217
Chapter 257 and Human Service Reserve 38,537 0 0 38,537
UMass Dartmouth Visual and Performing Arts-Bristol CC 2,700 0 0 2,700
DOCS and Sheriff's Funding Commission 100 0 0 100
Sheriffs Reserve 50,000 0 0 50,000
TOTAL    395,560 -1,610 1,610 395,560

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account description amount
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 416,420,455
Direct Appropriations
0950-0030 Commission on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
For the commission on the status of grandparents raising grandchildren 		111,714
0950-0050 GLBT Commission
For the commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth established in section 67 of chapter 3 of the General Laws; provided, that funds shall be used to address issues related to the implementation of the anti-bullying law pursuant to section 37O of chapter 71 of the General Laws 		500,000
0950-0080 Commission on the Status of Asian Americans
For the commission on the status of citizens of Asian and Pacific Islander descent under section 68 of chapter 3 of the General Laws 		80,000
1100-1100 Office of the Secretary of Administration and Finance
For the office of the secretary; provided, that the secretary shall provide biannual reports, the first of which shall be submitted not later than August 1, 2018 and the second of which shall be submitted not later than February 1, 2019 to the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that said reports shall summarize existing and proposed collective bargaining agreements in an electronic format which shall include the following information for each agreement: (a) the session law for the previously agreed upon collective bargaining agreement; (b) the current agreement status; (c) the collective bargaining unit and unit number; (d) the full-time equivalent employees subject to the agreement by item; (e) a description of the membership of the unit; (f) the total salary base of the most recent previous agreement; (g) the start date and expiration date of the most recent agreement; (h) the estimated total fiscal impact of the agreement compared to the previous agreement; (i) the base salary increases required by the agreement by effective time; and (j) the funding status of the agreement; provided further, that the report shall detail by bargaining unit the costs to the commonwealth resulting from the collective bargaining agreements with various public employees' unions, delineated by line item; provided further, that the report shall include the effective date of any new negotiations or renegotiations, the end date of the contract, the number of employees in the bargaining unit by department and the costs associated with any new negotiations or renegotiations, including salary adjustments, step increases, statutory benefits and other non-salary costs for the current and subsequent fiscal years for the life of the contract; and provided further, that the executive office shall provide quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing federal grant applications submitted and federal grants received by executive branch agencies during the applicable reporting period 		3,136,707
1100-1201 Commonwealth Performance Accountability and Transparency
For supporting activities relating to accountability and transparency including, but not limited to, economic forecasting, adoption of uniform procedures across state agencies and departments and maximizing federal revenue opportunities 		369,271
1100-1700 Administration and Finance IT Costs
For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for administration and finance 		25,864,471
1106-0064 Caseload and Economic Forecasting Office
For the caseload and economic forecasting office; provided, that the office shall forecast: (a) MassHealth enrollment by group and coverage type; (b) participation in state-subsidized child care provided through items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060; (c) participation in emergency assistance and housing programs provided through items 7004-0101, 7004-0102, 7004-0108 and 7004-9316; (d) enrollment of both active members and dependents 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 fiscal year 2018 actuals, fiscal year 2019 actuals and forecasts and fiscal year 2020 forecasts to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 15, 2018; 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 15, 2019 and March 15, 2019 		129,023
1595-9168 Social Innovation Financing
For an operating transfer to the Social Innovation Financing Trust Fund established under section 35VV of chapter 10 of the General Laws to hold funds in support of pay for success contracts, under the requirements of said section 35VV of said chapter 10 		9,100,000
1599-0026 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve
For a reserve to support municipal improvements; provided, that not more than $3,950,000 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 said executive office; provided further, that said grants shall be awarded to communities that have populations of at least 60,000 and demonstrate that their police departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2010; provided further, that communities that submitted qualifying applications that were approved by the executive office of public safety and security in fiscal year 2018 shall not receive less in grant funding in fiscal year 2019; 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 15, 2019 detailing grants awarded through this item and the criteria used for distribution; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester for its economic development master plan; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to accommodate the transition to city government in the city of Framingham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purpose of outreach and education for the Taunton Opioid Task Force Community Follow-up Pilot Program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for a feasibility study to assess a conversion of the Mansfield police station into a center for the Council on Aging; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to provide upgrades that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act for the Appleton street park in the city of Everett; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for facility upgrades for the John F. Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc. in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Hingham for structural repairs at Whitney Wharf park; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended to the town of Cohasset for an aquatic weed harvester machine for pond management; provided further, that not less than $500,000 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 not more than $2,000,000 shall be expended for an incentive program for communities and municipalities engaging in the use of best practices determined by the Community Compact Cabinet created by Executive Order 554 issued January 23, 2015; provided further that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the architectural plans to retrofit the West Boylston fire station, which was previously a police station; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Pond Plain Improvement Association in the town of Weymouth; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to support a rehabilitation project at Fore River Clubhouse and Fore River Field in Quincy; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the costs of the restoration and repair of Holyoke City Hall; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for improvements to Millside Park in the City of Easthampton; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Sudbury Public Schools to investigate the financial and enhanced student service opportunities, benefits, and challenges created by the consolidation, regionalization, and/or sharing of critically limited and required educational resources among multiple school districts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the town of Worthington to conduct a comprehensive capital needs study for town-owned buildings; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for tree removal in the town of Belmont; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the continued schematic design work for the renovation of the police department and department of public works buildings in the town of Belmont; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the design and construction of a Building and Campus Security Command Center at the Shawsheen Valley Technical High School; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to upgrade the communications system for various public safety departments in the town of Charlton; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the planning and economic development of the re-zoned parcels of route 140 and route 123 in the town of Norton, to modernize and archive planning and zoning department capabilities for expedited planning analysis and permitting; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the restoration and renovation of the Buck Auditorium in Billerica Town Hall; provided that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the restoration of the David Tilden House in the town of Canton; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for preservation efforts in the town of Hanson; and provided further, that not less than $2,800,000 shall be expended for 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
 10,935,000
1599-0054 Hinton Lab Response Reserve
For a reserve for costs of the investigation and response related to the allegations of misconduct at the former state drug laboratories located in the town of Amherst and the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston, known as the Dr. William A. Hinton Laboratory at the State Laboratory Institute; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer funds from this item to state agencies as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws and to municipalities for this purpose; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means quarterly, beginning October 1, 2018, detailing said transfers by line item; and provided further, that any funds from this item provided to any state laboratories shall be contingent upon the institute maintaining appropriate accreditations and continuing periodic audits 		1,912,177
1599-0093 Clean Water Trust Contract Assistance
For contract assistance to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust including, but not limited to, the debt service obligations of the trust, principal forgiveness, interest rate reduction and other subsidies or financial assistance pursuant to sections 6 and 18 of chapter 29C of the General Laws 		63,383,680
1599-1970 Massachusetts Department of Transportation Contract Assistance
For a reserve for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to defray the costs of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, or its successor, incurred in fiscal year 2019 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; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance shall issue a report on the estimated contract assistance and other payments to be required pursuant to said chapters 293 and 303 for obligations existing on or before July 1, 2018 in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 and an estimate of anticipated contract assistance and other payments arising out of potential agreements reasonably expected to be entered into after July 1, 2018, in fiscal years 2020 and 2021; and provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 31, 2018 		13,575,575
1599-2003 Uniform Law Commission
For the Uniform Law Commission; provided, that prior fiscal year payments may be payable from this item 		50,000
1599-3222 MassHealth Reform Reserve
For a reserve to fund the administrative costs associated with the implementation of an employer contribution including, but not limited to, costs of commonwealth personnel, contracts and the purchase of new information technologies as necessary; provided, that the secretary may transfer from the sum appropriated in this item to other items of appropriation and allocations as are necessary to meet said costs where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with a transfer plan, which shall be filed prior to transferring said funds with the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that the secretary may only transfer such amounts to other items of appropriation and allocations within the executive office for administration and finance, the executive office of health and human services, the executive office of labor and workforce development and the department of revenue and the department of unemployment assistance 		1,775,216
1599-3234 South Essex Sewer District Debt Service
For the South Essex sewerage district debt service assessment 		33,914
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 EJ 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; provided, that not less than $300,000 shall be spent on a study and management review of the operations and organization structure of the state police 		550,000
1599-4448 Collective Bargaining Contract Costs
For a reserve to meet the costs of salary adjustments and other economic benefits authorized by collective bargaining agreements; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may authorize the transfer of funds from this item to other items to meet the projected costs of ratified agreements; provided further, that such transfers shall not occur prior to the ratification of the relevant collective bargaining agreement; and provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 15 days after any such transfer including, but not limited to: (a) the items to which funds were transferred; (b) the amount of funds transferred to each item; (c) the session law for the previously agreed upon collective bargaining agreement that the transfer is intended to meet; (d) the collective bargaining unit and unit number; and (e) the number of full-time equivalent employees subject to the agreement for which the transfer is intended 		47,216,876
1599-6903 Chapter 257 and Human Service Reserve
For the fiscal year 2019 costs of rate implementations under chapter 257 of the acts of 2008 including, but not limited to, costs associated with any court order or settlement between providers and the commonwealth related to the rate implementation process and the 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 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 of this act; provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from this item to other items for fiscal year 2019, amounts that are necessary to meet these costs where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose of rate implementations; 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; 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 before the end of the fiscal year; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report, not later than January 15, 2019 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance on the implementation of rates under said chapter 257, including: (a) state gross and net costs for rates not yet promulgated as of July 3, 2018, by department, line item, service class and start date of implementation; (b) state gross and net costs for rates promulgated not later than June 30, 2018 that have received a biennial rate review or have not received a biennial rate review by department, line item, service class and start date of implementation; (c) state gross and net costs for rates due to be reviewed on July 3, 2018 by department, line item, service class and start date of implementation; (d) state gross and net costs for rates to be reviewed between July 3, 2018 and June 20, 2019, inclusive by department, line item, service class and start date of implementation; and (e) payroll spending in fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2018 aggregated by vendor and by service class; provided further, that contracts between providers and the departments within the executive office of health and human services and the executive office of elder affairs shall require providers to report on the impact of the rate implementations on employee salaries, employee-related costs and operations; and provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall report, not later than March 8, 2019, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance on a comparison of benchmark expenses used in rate model workbooks to actual expenses based on uniform financial reports for rates subject to rate reviews in fiscal year 2019 		38,536,773
1599-7104 UMass Dartmouth Visual and Performing Arts-Bristol CC
For the facilities costs associated with the college of visual and performing arts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided, that funds may be expended for Bristol Community College 		2,700,000
1599-8020 DOCS and Sheriff's Funding Commission
For a reserve to cover the costs associated with a commission to study the funding of the department of correction and county sheriffs' offices 		100,000
1599-8910 Sheriffs Reserve
For a reserve to support costs associated with the 14 county sheriffs' offices; provided, that the executive office for administration and finance shall work collaboratively with each office to identify areas of cost savings, cost sharing, increased program integrity and recidivism reduction; provided further, that each office, in collaboration with the executive office, shall identify reasonable cost saving measures, which may include: (a) the development of innovative personnel initiatives, including reducing overtime costs and the ratio of personnel to supervisors; (b) the consolidation of inmate medical and other vendor services across offices; and (c) the establishment of uniform standards and programming across offices; provided further, that funds shall be administered by the executive office based on each office's demonstrated need after accounting for said cost saving measures; and provided further, that not less than 15 days before the distribution of funds, the Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on identified cost saving measures, incorporated cost saving measures and the anticipated fund distribution delineated by office 		50,000,000

account description amount
Intragovernmental Service Spending 20,860,058
1100-1701 ANF IT Chargeback
For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office for administration and finance
                Intragovernmental Services Fund ............... 100%
20,860,058