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Executive Office of Health and Human Services
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2016 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2016 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2016 Total Spending |
FY 2016 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services | 12,417,724 | 1,562,121 | 13,979,845 | 7,692,694 |
| Department of Elder Affairs | 3,546,752 | 35,358 | 3,582,110 | 1,646,390 |
| Center for Health Information and Analysis | 32,890 | 1,731 | 34,621 | 36,335 |
| Department of Public Health | 533,334 | 453,491 | 986,825 | 191,547 |
| Department of Mental Health | 727,626 | 22,470 | 750,096 | 95,681 |
| Office for Refugees and Immigrants | 363 | 19,992 | 20,355 | 0 |
| Department of Youth Services | 175,920 | 447 | 176,367 | 7,113 |
| Department of Transitional Assistance | 703,031 | 5,226 | 708,256 | 470,692 |
| Department of Children and Families | 900,518 | 15,898 | 916,416 | 202,659 |
| Massachusetts Commission for the Blind | 21,866 | 12,157 | 34,023 | 3,871 |
| Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission | 46,832 | 118,292 | 165,124 | 3,677 |
| Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | 5,645 | 447 | 6,092 | 208 |
| Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts | 30,139 | 18 | 30,158 | 14,971 |
| Soldiers' Home in Holyoke | 24,480 | 0 | 24,480 | 17,385 |
| Department of Developmental Services | 1,750,857 | 11,419 | 1,762,276 | 632,336 |
| Department of Veterans' Services | 91,988 | 13 | 92,002 | 705 |
| TOTAL | 21,009,966 | 2,259,080 | 23,269,046 | 11,016,263 |
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | 13,979,844,572 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 12,417,723,863 | |||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 1599-0017 | End Family Homelessness Reserve Fund
For a homelessness prevention reserve at the executive office of health and human services; provided, that funds shall be used to provide tailored and flexible short-term assistance to families that are homeless with a goal of rapid housing stabilization; provided further, that the funds may be used for prevention, diversion, or stabilization; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services may, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, transfer from this item amounts necessary to meet any costs associated with the purposes of this item; and provided further, that the department may enter into interagency service agreements as needed |
20,000,000 | ||||||||
| 1599-0321 | Women's Preventive Health Reserve
For a reserve to provide funding for women's preventive health services, as prescribed by section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act; provided, that funding is limited to mitigating costs incurred by individuals affected by health plans sponsored by businesses who choose to opt out of coverage for women's preventive health services |
300,000 | ||||||||
| 1599-6903 | Chapter 257 Reserve
For the fiscal year 2016 costs of chapter 257of the acts of 2008 rate implementations, including, but not limited to, costs associated with any court order or settlement between providers of services and the Commonwealth related to the rate implementation process; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance may transfer from the sum appropriated in this item to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for fiscal year 2016 amounts that are necessary to meet these costs where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose, in accordance with a transfer plan which shall be filed in advance with the house and senate committees on ways and means |
30,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4000-0005 | Safe and Successful Youth Initiative
For youth violence prevention program grants administered by the executive office of health and human services; provided, that the programs shall be targeted at reducing youth violence among young persons at highest risk for being perpetrators or victims of gun and community violence; and provided further, that these funds shall be available to those municipalities with the highest number of youth homicides and serious assaults as determined by the executive office of health and human services |
7,585,036 | ||||||||
| 4000-0050 | Personal Care Attendant Council
For the operation of the PCA quality home care workforce council established under section 71 of chapter 118E of the General Laws |
1,783,088 | ||||||||
| 4000-0051 | Family Resource Centers
For the establishment and operation of family resource centers to provide community-based services to families, including families with children requiring assistance and to provide a mechanism to the juvenile court to refer families to community-based services under section 16U of chapter 6A of the General Laws and section 39E of chapter 119 of the General Laws |
2,500,000 | ||||||||
| 4000-0300 | EOHHS and MassHealth Administration
For the operation of the office of the secretary of health and human services, including the operation of the managed care oversight board; provided, that the executive office shall provide technical and administrative assistance to agencies under the purview of the secretariat receiving federal funds; provided further, that the executive office shall continue to develop and implement the common client identifier; provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for administrative and contracted services related to the implementation and operation of programs authorized by chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that in consultation with the center for health information and analysis, no rate increase shall be provided to existing Medicaid provider rates without taking all measures possible under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that rates of payment to providers do not exceed the rates that are necessary to meet only those costs which must be incurred by efficiently and economically operated providers in order to provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that expenditures for the purposes of each item appropriated for programs authorized by chapter 118E shall be accounted for in the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system not more than 10 days after the expenditures have been made by the Medicaid management information system; provided further, that no expenditures shall be made that are not federally reimbursable, including those related to Titles XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act or the MassHealth demonstration waiver approved under section 1115(a) of the act or the community first section 1115 demonstration waiver, whether made by the executive office or another commonwealth entity, except as required for administration of the executive office, for the equivalent of MassHealth Standard benefits for children under age 21 who are in the care or custody of the department of youth services or the department of children and families, for dental benefits provided to clients of the department of developmental services who are age 21 or over, and otherwise as explicitly authorized, or unless made for the purposes and amounts which have been submitted to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days prior to making these expenditures; provided further, that the executive office may continue to recover provider overpayments made in the current and prior fiscal years through the Medicaid management information system, and that these recoveries shall be considered current fiscal year expenditure refunds; provided further, that the executive office may collect directly from a liable third party any amounts paid to contracted providers under chapter 118E for which the executive office later discovers another third party is liable if no other course of recoupment is possible; provided further, that no funds shall be expended for the purpose of funding interpretive services directly or indirectly related to a settlement or resolution agreement with the office of civil rights or any other office, group or entity; provided further, that interpretive services currently provided shall not give rise to enforceable legal rights for any party or to an enforceable entitlement to interpretive services; provided further, that the federal financial participation received from claims filed based on in-kind administrative services related to outreach and eligibility activities performed by certain community organizations, under the "covering kids initiative," and in accordance with the federal revenue criteria in 45 CFR 74.23 or any other federal regulation which provides a basis for federal financial participation, shall be credited to this item and may be expended, without further appropriation, on administrative services including those covered under an agreement with the organizations participating in the initiative; provided further, the executive office shall require the commissioner of mental health to approve any prior authorization or other restriction on medication used to treat mental illness in accordance with written policies, procedures and regulations of the department of mental health; and provided further, that any unexpended balance in items 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0600, 4000-0640, 4000-0700, 4000-0875, 4000-0880, 4000-0885, 4000-0940, 4000-0950, 4000-0990, 4000-1400, 4000-1420 or 4000-1425 on June 30, 2016 shall revert to the General Fund |
90,898,463 | ||||||||
| 4000-0301 | MassHealth Auditing and Utilization Reviews
For the costs of MassHealth provider and member audit and utilization review activities, including eligibility verification, disability evaluations, provider financial and clinical audits and other initiatives intended to enhance program integrity; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from this item that are not federally reimbursable |
4,487,432 | ||||||||
| 4000-0328 | State Plan Amendment Support
For the executive office of health and human services, which shall use the funding in this item to pursue and submit applications for new state plan amendments, state plan options and state waiver or demonstration requests for federal approval under Public Law 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including but not limited to the following purposes: (i) the health homes state option authorized under 42 U.S.C. 1396w-4; and (ii) the 1915(i) home and community-based services state plan authorized under 42 U.S.C. 1396n(i); provided, that the executive office shall seek to maximize opportunities that expand community-based services and increase federal reimbursement, including enhanced federal medical assistance percentage rates; and provided further, that the executive office shall report not later than September 30, 2015 to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the status of submitted and pending applications and the projected fiscal impact to the commonwealth of federal approval for these applications |
400,000 | ||||||||
| 4000-0430 | MassHealth CommonHealth Plan
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for the CommonHealth program to provide primary and supplemental medical care and assistance to disabled adults and children under sections 9A, 16 and 16A of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursement for state expenditures made on behalf of such adults and children; provided further, that children shall be determined eligible for the medical care and assistance if they meet the disability standards as defined by the executive office, which standards shall be no more restrictive than the standards in effect on July 1, 1996; and provided further, that the executive office shall process CommonHealth applications within 45 days of receipt of a completed application or within 90 days if a determination of disability is required |
119,495,216 | ||||||||
| 4000-0500 | MassHealth Managed Care
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the executive office's primary care clinician/mental health and substance abuse plan or through a health maintenance organization under contract with the executive office and for MassHealth benefits provided to children, adolescents and adults under section 9 of chapter 118E of the General Laws and clauses (a) to (d), inclusive, and clause (h) of subsection (2) of section 9A of said chapter 118E and section 16C of said chapter 118E; provided, that no funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents under said clause (c) of said subsection (2) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceed 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that expenditures from this item shall be made only for the purposes expressly stated; provided further, that up to $30,000,000 shall be expended from this item, or item 4000-0500 if necessary, to achieve maximum federal financial participation, to enhance the ability of hospitals and community health centers to serve populations in need more efficiently and effectively; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made to these providers; and provided further that such expenditures may include up to $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 or fiscal year 2016. |
5,931,539,597 | ||||||||
| 4000-0700 | MassHealth Fee for Service Payments
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under its health care indemnity/third party liability plan and medical assistance recipients not otherwise covered under the executive office's managed care or senior care plans, and for MassHealth benefits provided to children, adolescents and adults under section 9 of chapter 118E of the General Laws and clauses (a) to (d), inclusive and clause (h) of subsection (2) of section 9A of said chapter 118E and section 16C of said chapter 118E; provided, that no payments for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents under said clause (c) of said subsection (2) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose family incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceed 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided further, that children who have aged out of the custody of the department of children and families shall be eligible for benefits through the age limit specified in MassHealth's approved State Plan; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item for members who qualify for early intervention services; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that the executive office shall not, in fiscal year 2016, fund programs relating to case management with the intention of reducing length of stay for neonatal intensive care unit cases; provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, funds may be expended from this item for the purchase of third party insurance including, but not limited to, Medicare for any medical assistance recipient; provided further, that the executive office may reduce MassHealth premiums or copayments or offer other incentives to encourage enrollees to comply with wellness goals; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made to these providers; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for activities relating to disability determinations or utilization management and review, including patient screenings and evaluations, regardless of whether the activities are performed by a state agency, contractor, agent or provider |
2,489,792,092 | ||||||||
| 4000-0875 | MassHealth Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for the provision of benefits to eligible individuals who require medical treatment for either breast or cervical cancer in accordance with section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII) of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000, Public Law 106-354, and under section 10D of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall provide those benefits to individuals whose income, as determined by the executive office, does not exceed 250 per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to continued federal approval; provided further, that eligibility for the benefits shall be extended solely for the duration of the cancerous condition; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years |
6,011,459 | ||||||||
| 4000-0880 | MassHealth Family Assistance Plan
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for MassHealth benefits under clause (c) of subsection (2) of section 9A and section 16C of chapter 118E of the General Laws for children and adolescents whose family incomes as determined by the executive office are above 150 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to children and adolescents in prior fiscal years; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care subsidies provided to eligible individuals under the last paragraph of section 9 of said chapter 118E; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to eligible individuals under section 16D of said chapter 118E |
253,769,135 | ||||||||
| 4000-0885 | Small Business Employee Premium Assistance
For the cost of health insurance subsidies paid to employees of small businesses in the insurance reimbursement program under section 9C of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years; provided further, that funds may be expended only for employees who are ineligible for subsidized insurance through the Health Connector and ineligible for any other MassHealth program; provided further, that enrollment in this program may be capped to ensure that MassHealth expenditures do not exceed the amount appropriated; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to individuals eligible under clause (j) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws |
32,420,971 | ||||||||
| 4000-0940 | ACA Expansion Populations
For the purposes of providing health care services related to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services to individuals ages 19 through 64, inclusive, whose family incomes as determined by the executive office of health and human services do not exceed 133 per cent of the federal poverty level and who are eligible under clauses (b) and (d) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E of the General Laws |
1,712,110,508 | ||||||||
| 4000-0950 | Children's Behavioral Health Initiative
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for the purposes of administrative and program expenses associated with the children's behavioral health initiative, in accordance with the settlement agreement in the case of Rosie D. v. Romney, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts civil action No. 01-30199-MAP, to provide comprehensive, community-based behavioral health services to children suffering from severe emotional disturbances; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years |
221,798,049 | ||||||||
| 4000-0990 | Children's Medical Security Plan
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for the children's medical security plan to provide primary and preventive health services for uninsured children from birth through age 18; provided, that the executive office shall prescreen enrollees and applicants for Medicaid eligibility; provided further, that no applicant shall be enrolled in the program until the applicant has been denied eligibility for the MassHealth program; provided further, that the MassHealth benefit request shall be used as a joint application to determine the eligibility for both MassHealth and the children's medical security plan; provided further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made on behalf of the children; provided further, that the executive office shall expend all necessary funds from this item to ensure the provision of the maximum benefit levels for this program, as authorized by section 10F of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that the maximum benefit levels for this program shall be made available only to those children who have been determined by the executive office to be ineligible for MassHealth benefits; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years |
13,214,180 | ||||||||
| 4000-1400 | MassHealth HIV Plan
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for the purposes of providing MassHealth benefits to individuals with a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus with incomes up to 200 per cent of the federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years |
24,878,351 | ||||||||
| 4000-1420 | Medicare Part D Phased Down Contribution
For payment to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in compliance with 42 USC 1396u-5(c)(1)(a) |
334,396,782 | ||||||||
| 4000-1425 | Hutchinson Settlement
For administrative and program expenses associated with community support services for persons with acquired brain injury who were residing in long-term care facilities, in accordance with the mediated solution to the final settlement agreement in the case of Hutchinson et al. v. Patrick et al., United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts civil action No. 07-30084-MAP; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years |
49,412,000 | ||||||||
| 4000-1602 | MassHealth Operations
For the costs associated with improving MassHealth field operations; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from this item that are not federally reimbursable |
2,261,448 | ||||||||
| 4000-1604 | Health Care System Reform
For MassHealth costs associated with the implementation of payment reform and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Public Law 111-148; provided, that no expenditures shall be made from this item that are not federally reimbursable |
972,161 | ||||||||
| 4000-1700 | Health and Human Services IT Costs
For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of health and human services |
123,478,157 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||||||||||
| 4000-0320 | MassHealth Recoveries from Current and Prior Fiscal Years RR
For the executive office of health and human services to expend for medical care and assistance rendered in the current year an amount not to exceed $225,000,000 from the monies received from recoveries and collections of any current or prior year expenditures; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the balance of any personal needs accounts collected from nursing and other medical institutions upon a medical assistance recipient's death and held by the executive office for more than three years may be credited to this item |
225,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4000-0321 | EOHHS Contingency Contracts Retained Revenue
For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend not more than $50,000,000 for contingency fee contracts related to pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs in its capacity as the single state agency under Title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act and as the principal agency for all of the agencies within the executive office and other federally-assisted programs administered by the executive office; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, such contingency contracts shall not exceed 3 years except with prior review and approval by the executive office for administration and finance; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall submit to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means an annual report detailing the amounts of the agreements, the ongoing and new projects, and the amount of federal reimbursement and cost avoidance derived from the contracts no later than September 15 for the previous fiscal year activities; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenue and payments required under contingency contracts the comptroller shall 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; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services, acting in its capacity as the single state agency under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and as the principal agency for all of the agencies within the executive office and other federally-assisted programs administered by the executive office, may enter into interdepartmental services agreements with the University of Massachusetts medical school to perform activities that the secretary of health and human services, in consultation with the comptroller, determines appropriate and within the scope of the proper administration of said Title XIX and other federal funding provisions to support the programs and activities of the executive office; provided further, the activities may include: (1) providing administrative services including, but not limited to, providing the medical expertise to support or administer utilization management activities, determining eligibility based on disability, supporting case management activities and similar initiatives; (2) providing consulting services related to quality assurance, program evaluation and development, integrity and soundness and project management; and (3) providing activities and services to pursue federal reimbursement or avoid costs, third-party liability and recoup payments to third parties; provided further, that federal reimbursement for any expenditure made by the University of Massachusetts medical school relative to federally-reimbursable services the university provides under these interdepartmental service agreements or other contracts with the executive office shall be distributed to the university and recorded distinctly in the state accounting system; provided further, the secretary may negotiate contingency fees for activities and services related to pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs and the comptroller shall certify these fees and pay them upon the receipt of this revenue, reimbursement or demonstration of costs avoided; provided further, contracts for contingency fees shall not exceed 3 years and shall not be renewed without prior review and approval by the executive office for administration and finance; provided further, the secretary shall not pay contingency fees to the University of Massachusetts medical school in excess of $40,000,000 for state fiscal year 2016; provided, however, that contingency fees paid to the University of Massachusetts medical school under an interagency service agreement for recoveries related to the special disability workload projects shall be excluded from that $40,000,000 limit for state fiscal year 2016; and provided further, the secretary of health and human services shall submit to the secretary of administration and finance and the senate and house committees on ways and means a quarterly report detailing the amounts of the agreements, the ongoing and new projects undertaken by the university, the amounts expended on personnel and the amount of federal reimbursement and recoupment payments that the university collected. |
50,000,000 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section 2E | ||||||||||
| 1595-1067 | Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund
For an operating transfer to the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund under section 35UU of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that these funds shall be expended under the delivery system transformation initiative master plan and hospital-specific plans approved in the MassHealth section 1115 demonstration for state or federal fiscal year 2015; provided further, that all payments from the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund shall be subject to the availability of federal financial participation, shall be made only in accordance with federally approved payment methods, shall be consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement with the executive office of health and human services; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make payments of up to $49,338,667 from the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund to the Cambridge public health commission for federal fiscal year 2015 only after the Cambridge public health commission transfers up to $24,669,334 of its funds to the Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund using a federally permissible source of funds which shall fully satisfy the non-federal share of such payment |
189,141,606 | ||||||||
| 1595-1068 | Medical Assistance Trust Fund
For an operating transfer to the MassHealth provider payment account in the Medical Assistance Trust Fund established in section 2QQQ of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that, except as otherwise provided in this item, these funds shall be expended only for services provided during state or federal fiscal year 2015 or 2016; provided further, that all payments from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund shall be subject to the availability of federal financial participation, shall be made only in accordance with federally-approved payment methods, shall be consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement with the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall notify, in writing, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and the joint committee on healthcare financing for any increases in payments within 15 days; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make a supplemental payment of up to $120,000,000 from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to the Cambridge public health commission for dates of service in state and federal fiscal year 2016 only after the Cambridge public health commission transfers up to $60,000,000 of its funds to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund using a federally permissible source of funds which shall fully satisfy the non-federal share of such payment; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall make a payment of up to $220,000,000 from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to the Cambridge public health commission for qualifying state fiscal year 2016 public hospital transformation and incentive initiative payments only after the Cambridge public health commission transfers up to $110,000,000 of its funds to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund using a federally permissible source of funds which shall fully satisfy the non-federal share of such payment |
465,000,000 | ||||||||
| 1595-1069 | Health Information Technology Trust Fund
For an operating transfer to the Health Information Technology Trust Fund under section 35RR of chapter 10 of the general laws; provided, that these funds shall be expended for operating costs for the health information exchange; and provided further that these funds shall be expended for operating costs for the health insurance exchange and integrated eligibility system |
15,078,132 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intragovernmental Service Spending | 63,037,948 | |||||||||
| 4000-0102 | Chargeback for Human Services Transportation
For the cost of transportation services for health and human services clients and the operation of the health and human services transportation office
|
8,878,161 | ||||||||
| 4000-0103 | Chargeback for Human Services Administration
For the costs of core administrative functions performed within the executive office of health and human services; provided, that the secretary of health and human services may, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, identify administrative activities and functions common to the separate agencies, departments, offices, divisions and commissions within the executive office and designate them "core administrative functions" in order to improve administrative efficiency and preserve fiscal resources; provided further, that common functions that may be designated core administrative functions include, without limitation, human resources, financial management leasing and facility management provided further, that all employees performing functions so designated may be employed by the executive office and the executive office shall charge the agencies, departments, offices, divisions and commissions for these services; provided further, that upon the designation of a function as a core administrative function, the employees of each agency, department, office or commission who perform these core administrative functions may be transferred to the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the reorganization shall not impair the civil service status of any transferred employee who immediately before the effective date of this act either holds a permanent appointment in a position classified under chapter 31 of the General Laws or has tenure in a position by reason of section 9A of chapter 30 of the General Laws; and provided further, that nothing in this section shall be construed to impair or change an employee's status, rights, or benefits under chapter 150E of the General Laws
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22,189,326 | ||||||||
| 4000-1701 | Chargeback for Health and Human Services IT
For the cost of information technology services provided to agencies of the executive office of health and human services
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31,970,461 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 20,022,957 | |||||||||
| 4000-1169 | State Innovation Models Model Design Test Assistance Fund
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Innovation Models Model Design Test Assistance Fund |
6,539,155 | ||||||||
| 4000-1235 | Demonstration to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individual
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Demonstration to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individual |
333,276 | ||||||||
| 4000-1314 | Demonstration Ombudsman Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Demonstration Ombudsman Program |
547,992 | ||||||||
| 4000-1826 | Money Follows the Person Y4
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Money Follows the Person Y4 |
2,879,154 | ||||||||
| 4000-9401 | Community Mental Health Services Block Grants
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community Mental Health Services Block Grants |
9,723,380 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 1,479,059,804 | |
| 4000-0090 | Health Safety Net CHCs and Demos | 81,000,000 |
| 4000-0091 | Health Safety Net Hospital Payments | 404,416,846 |
| 4000-0092 | Health Safety Net Claims Operations | 9,877,350 |
| 4000-0330 | Connector Administration Expendable Trust | 1,489,343 |
| 4000-1067 | Delivery System Transformation Initiatives Trust Fund | 213,810,939 |
| 4000-1068 | Medical Assistance Trust Fund | 632,000,000 |
| 4000-1069 | Health Information Technology Trust Fund | 128,634,921 |
| 4000-4000 | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fund | 7,830,405 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS | 3,582,109,866 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 3,546,752,303 | |||||||||
| 4000-0600 | MassHealth Senior Care
For health care services provided to MassHealth members who are seniors and for the operation of the senior care options (SCO) program under section 9D of chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the "community choices" initiative; provided further, that no payment for special provider costs shall be made from this item without the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that SCO benefits shall not be reduced below the services provided in fiscal year 2015; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds shall be expended from this item for the purpose of maintaining a personal needs allowance of up to $72.80 per month for individuals residing in nursing homes and rest homes who are eligible for MassHealth, the Emergency Aid to Elders, Disabled and Children program or Supplemental Security Income; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item to implement the pre-admission counseling and assessment program under the third paragraph of section 9 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, which shall be implemented on a statewide basis through aging and disability resource consortia; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for any nursing home or non-acute chronic disease hospital that provides kosher food to its residents, the executive office of elder affairs, in consultation with the center for health information and analysis, in recognition of the special innovative program status granted by the executive office of health and human services, shall continue to make the standard payment rates established in fiscal year 2006 to reflect the high dietary costs incurred in providing kosher food; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, nursing facility rates effective October 1, 2015 may be developed using the costs of calendar year 2007
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2,972,950,333 | ||||||||
| 4000-0640 | MassHealth Nursing Home Supplemental Rates
For nursing facility Medicaid rates; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in fiscal year 2016 the center for health information and analysis shall establish nursing facility Medicaid rates that cumulatively total $291,600,000 more than the annual payment rates established under the rates in effect as of June 30, 2002; provided further, that an amount for expenses related to the collection and administration of section 63 of chapter 118E of the General Laws shall be transferred to the executive office of health and human services; and provided further, that the payments made pursuant to this item shall be allocated in an amount sufficient to implement section 622 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996 |
291,600,000 | ||||||||
| 9110-0100 | Department of Elder Affairs Administration
For the operation of the executive office of elder affairs |
2,343,832 | ||||||||
| 9110-1455 | Prescription Advantage
For the costs of the drug insurance program under section 39 of chapter 19A of the General Laws; provided, that amounts received by the executive office of elder affairs' vendor as premium revenue for this program may be retained and expended by the vendor for the purposes of the program; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the operation of the pharmacy outreach program under section 4C of chapter 19A of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, prescription drug coverage or benefits payable by the executive office of elder affairs and the entities with which it has contracted for administration of the subsidized catastrophic drug insurance program under said section 39 of said chapter 19A, shall be the payer of last resort for this program for eligible persons with regard to any other third-party prescription coverage or benefits available to the eligible persons; provided further, that the executive office shall seek to obtain maximum federal funding for discounts on prescription drugs available to the executive office and to prescription advantage enrollees; provided further, that the executive office shall take steps for the coordination of benefits with the Medicare prescription drug benefit created under the federal Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 to ensure that Massachusetts residents take advantage of this benefit; provided further, that a person shall be eligible to enroll in the program at any time within a year after reaching age 65; and provided further, that the executive office shall allow those who meet the program eligibility criteria to enroll in the program at any time during the year |
18,759,240 | ||||||||
| 9110-1500 | Elder Enhanced Home Care Services Program
For the provision of enhanced home care services, including case management to elders who meet the eligibility requirements of the home care program and who need services above the level customarily provided under the program to remain safely at home, including elders previously enrolled in the managed care in housing, enhanced community options and chronic care enhanced services programs; provided, that the secretary of elder affairs shall actively seek to obtain federal financial participation for all services provided to seniors who qualify for Medicaid benefits under the section 1915C waiver
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70,255,327 | ||||||||
| 9110-1604 | Supportive Senior Housing Program
For the operation of the supportive senior housing program at state or federally assisted housing sites |
5,493,672 | ||||||||
| 9110-1630 | Elder Home Care Purchased Services
For the operation of the elder home care program, including contracts with aging service access points or other qualified entities for the home care program, health aides, home health and respite services, geriatric mental health services and other services provided to the elderly; provided, that a sliding fee shall be charged to qualified elders; provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may waive collection of sliding fees in cases of extreme financial hardship; provided further, that not more than $11,500,000 in revenues accrued from sliding fees shall be retained by the individual home care corporations without re-allocation by the executive office of elder affairs, and shall be expended for the purposes of the home care program, consistent with guidelines to be issued by the executive office; and provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer an amount not to exceed 3 per cent of the funds appropriated in this item to item 9110-1633 for case management services and the administration of the home care program
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106,667,534 | ||||||||
| 9110-1633 | Elder Home Care Case Management and Administration
For the operation of the elder home care case management program, including contracts with aging service access points or other qualified entities for home care case management services and the administration of the home care corporations funded through item 9110-1630 and item 9110-1500; provided, that the contracts shall include the costs of administrative personnel, home care case managers, travel, rent and other costs deemed appropriate by the executive office of elder affairs; provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for the enhancement of management information systems; and provided further, that the secretary of elder affairs may transfer an amount not to exceed 3 per cent of the funds appropriated to line item 9110-1630 |
34,680,284 | ||||||||
| 9110-1636 | Elder Protective Services
For the operation of the elder protective services program |
23,173,139 | ||||||||
| 9110-1660 | Elder Congregate Housing Program
For congregate and shared housing services for the elderly |
2,154,626 | ||||||||
| 9110-1700 | Elder Homeless Placement
For residential assessment and placement programs for homeless elders |
186,000 | ||||||||
| 9110-1900 | Elder Nutrition Program
For the elder nutrition program |
7,253,316 | ||||||||
| 9110-9002 | Grants to Councils on Aging
For grants to the councils on aging and for grants to or contracts with non-public entities which are consortia or associations of councils on aging |
11,235,000 | ||||||||
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| Federal Grant Spending | 34,687,221 | |||||||||
| 9110-1074 | Older Americans Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Older Americans Act |
8,992,181 | ||||||||
| 9110-1076 | Title IIIB Supportive Service
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Older Americans Act - Title IIIB |
1,190,451 | ||||||||
| 9110-1077 | National Family Caregiver Support Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Family Caregiver Support Program |
3,700,000 | ||||||||
| 9110-1095 | Health Information Counseling
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Health Information Counseling |
275,755 | ||||||||
| 9110-1173 | Older Americans Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Older Americans Act |
13,383,620 | ||||||||
| 9110-1174 | Nutrition Services Incentive Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nutrition Services Incentive Program |
4,885,300 | ||||||||
| 9110-1178 | Community Service Employment Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community Service Employment Program |
1,881,340 | ||||||||
| 9110-1190 | MA Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Program |
100,714 | ||||||||
| 9110-1191 | Enhanced Alcohol and Drug Recovery Options Counseling Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enhanced Alcohol and Drug Recovery Options Counseling Program |
198,706 | ||||||||
| 9110-1194 | 2013 MIPPA ADRC
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2013 MIPPA ADRC |
79,154 | ||||||||
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| Trust and Other Spending | 670,342 | |
| 9110-0093 | Veterans Independence Plus Initiative Trust Fund | 670,342 |
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| CENTER FOR HEALTH INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS | 34,621,149 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 32,890,444 | |||||||||
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| 4100-0060 | Center for Health Information and Analysis
For the operation of the center for health information and analysis established in chapter 12C of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the estimated expenses of the center shall be assessed in the manner prescribed by section 7 of said chapter 12C |
29,467,892 | ||||||||
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| 4100-0061 | All Payer Claims Database Retained Revenue
For the center for health information and analysis, which may expend for the development, operations and maintenance of an all payer claims database, an amount not to exceed $3,422,552 from amounts paid to the center for any and all fees paid for health data information and from any federal financial participation associated with the collection and administration of health care claims data; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the center 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 |
3,422,552 | ||||||||
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| Trust and Other Spending | 1,730,705 | |
| 4100-1085 | Health Insurance Exchange Risk Adjustment Project | 1,730,705 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 986,824,864 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 533,333,716 | |||||||||
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| 4510-0100 | Public Health Critical Operations and Essential Services
For the administration and operation of the department of public health |
18,938,083 | ||||||||
| 4510-0110 | Community Health Center Services
For community health center services |
794,775 | ||||||||
| 4510-0600 | Environmental Health Assessment and Compliance
For an environmental and community health hazards program, including control of radiation and nuclear hazards, consumer products protection, food and drugs and lead poisoning prevention under chapter 482 of the acts of 1993, lead-based paint inspections in day care facilities, inspection of radiological facilities, licensing of x-ray technologists and the administration of the bureau of environmental health assessment under chapter 111F of the General Laws; provided, that the department may expend from this item to monitor, survey and inspect nuclear power reactors, including those now licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
4,227,791 | ||||||||
| 4510-0710 | Division of Health Care Quality and Improvement
For the operation of the division of health care quality and improvement |
10,683,173 | ||||||||
| 4510-0721 | Board of Registration in Nursing
For the operation and administration of the board of registration in nursing |
1,017,723 | ||||||||
| 4510-0722 | Board of Registration in Pharmacy
For the operation and administration of the board of registration in pharmacy |
1,292,013 | ||||||||
| 4510-0723 | Board of Registration in Medicine and Acupuncture
For the operation and administration of the board of registration in medicine and acupuncture |
1,133,722 | ||||||||
| 4510-0725 | Health Boards of Registration
For the operation and administration of certain health boards of registration, including the boards of registration in dentistry, nursing home administrators, physician assistants, perfusionists, genetic counselors and respiratory care |
385,266 | ||||||||
| 4510-0790 | Regional Emergency Medical Services
For regional emergency medical services; provided, that the regional emergency medical services councils, designated under 105 CMR 170.101, shall remain the designated councils |
731,959 | ||||||||
| 4510-0810 | Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) and PediatricSANE Program
For a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner program and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner program for the care of victims of sexual assault; provided, that funds shall be expended to support children's advocacy centers; and provided further, that the program shall operate under specific statewide protocols and by an on-call system of nurse examiners |
3,869,814 | ||||||||
| 4510-3008 | ALS Registry
For the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry created under section 25A of chapter 111 of the General Laws |
261,230 | ||||||||
| 4512-0103 | HIV/AIDS Prevention Treatment and Services
For human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome services and programs and related services for persons affected by the associated conditions of viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections; provided, that particular attention shall be paid to direct funding proportionately to each of the demographic groups afflicted by HIV/AIDS and associated conditions; and provided further, that no funds from this item shall be expended for disease research in fiscal year 2016 |
29,911,301 | ||||||||
| 4512-0200 | Bureau of Substance Abuse Services
For the operation of the bureau of substance abuse services |
90,424,903 | ||||||||
| 4512-0201 | Substance Abuse Step-Down Recovery Services
For substance abuse step-down recovery services, otherwise known as level B beds and services, and other critical recovery services with severely reduced capacity |
4,800,000 | ||||||||
| 4512-0202 | Secure Treatment Facilities for Opiate Addiction
For jail diversion programs primarily for nonviolent offenders with OxyContin or heroin addiction to be procured by the department of public health; provided, that each program shall provide clinical assessment services to the respective courts, inpatient treatment for up to 90 days and ongoing case management services for up to one year; provided further, that individuals may be diverted to this or other programs by a district attorney in conjunction with the office of the commissioner of probation if: (a) there is reason to believe that the individual being diverted suffers from an addiction to OxyContin or heroin, or other substance use disorder; and (b) the diversion of an individual is clinically appropriate and consistent with established clinical and public safety criteria; provided further, that programs shall be established in separate counties in locations deemed suitable by the department of public health; provided further, that the department of public health shall coordinate operations with the sheriffs, the district attorneys, the office of the commissioner of probation and the department of correction; and provided further, that not more than $500,000 shall be used to support the ongoing treatment needs of clients after 90 days for which there is no other payer |
2,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4512-0203 | Substance Abuse Family Intervention and Care Pilot
For family intervention and care management services programs, a young adult treatment program and early intervention services for individuals who are dependent on or addicted to alcohol, controlled substances or both alcohol and controlled substances |
1,500,000 | ||||||||
| 4512-0204 | Nasal Narcan Pilot Expansion
For the purchase, administration, and training of first-responder and bystander naloxone distribution programs; provided, funds shall be expended to maintain funding for first responder naloxone grants and bystander distribution in communities with high incidence of overdose; provided further, that the commissioner of public health may transfer funds between this item and item 4512-0200, as necessary, under an allocation plan which shall detail the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any such transfer; and provided further, that the department of public health shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 1, 2015 on: (a) the communities receiving first responder grants; (b) the number of naloxone bystander program enrollments for each community; and (c) the amount of naloxone purchased and distributed |
1,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4512-0210 | Substance Abuse Treatment Trust Fund
For the capitalization of the substance abuse services fund created in section 137 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014; provided, that $10,000,000 shall be expended to increase the number of clients receiving substance abuse treatment through the bureau of substance abuse services; provided further, that in meeting the requirements of the preceding proviso, the bureau shall utilize a range of treatment settings including, but not limited to: (i) detoxification services; (ii) clinical stabilization services; (iii) residential treatment services; (iv) outpatient treatment services; (v) counseling; (vi) promoting primary care practitioner's access to available, trained and certified addiction specialists for consultation or referral; and (vii) educating primary care providers, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, about addiction prevention and treatment and to encourage primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants to screen for signs of substance abuse; provided further, that in determining the range of services to expand, the bureau shall select a range of treatment settings that prioritizes: (a) treatment methods that are evidence-based and cost effective; (b) ensuring substance abuse treatment access to historically underserved populations; and (c) availability of a continuum of services and care for clients entering substance abuse treatment at any level; provided further, that the commissioner of public health shall report quarterly to the executive office of administration and finance, the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (1) the way funds were spent in the previous quarter, including, but not limited to, an itemized accounting of the goods and services that were procured; (2) an accounting of substance abuse services provided by the fund, broken down by month and type of service, since 2011 through the current quarter; (3) the number of clients served, by month and type of service, by the goods and services procured in the previous quarter; (4) amounts expended by type of service for each month in the prior quarter; and (5) procurement and service goals for the subsequent quarter; and provided further, that one-half of the revenue received by the commonwealth under section 264 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014 or $5,000,000, whichever is less, shall be used to support this item |
10,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4512-0500 | Dental Health Services
For the provision of dental health services in residential and community settings |
1,736,188 | ||||||||
| 4513-1000 | Family Health Services
For the provision of family health services; provided, that funds shall be provided for comprehensive family planning services, including HIV counseling and testing, community-based health education and outreach services provided by agencies certified as comprehensive family planning agencies; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the Massachusetts birth defects monitoring program |
5,024,931 | ||||||||
| 4513-1002 | Women Infants and Children's Nutritional Services
For Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition services in addition to funds received under the federal nutrition program; provided, that funds from this item shall supplement federal funds to enable federally eligible women, infants and children to be served through the WIC program |
12,536,830 | ||||||||
| 4513-1020 | Early Intervention Services
For the early intervention program; provided, that the department shall make all reasonable efforts to secure third party and Medicaid reimbursements for the services funded in this item; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended to provide respite services to families of children enrolled in early intervention programs who have complex care requirements, multiple disabilities and extensive medical and health needs; provided further, that priority shall be given to low and moderate income families; provided further, that no claim for reimbursement made on behalf of an uninsured person shall be paid from this item until the program receives notice of a denial of eligibility for the MassHealth program from the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that MassHealth shall cover the costs incurred for the transportation of MassHealth members who participate in the early intervention program; provided further, that nothing in this item shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights to any such services or an enforceable entitlement to the early intervention services funded in this item; and provided further, that these funds may be used to pay for current and prior year claims |
27,600,167 | ||||||||
| 4513-1023 | Newborn Hearing Screening Program
For the operation of the newborn hearing screening program |
81,226 | ||||||||
| 4513-1026 | Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program
For the provision of statewide and community-based suicide prevention, intervention, post-intervention and surveillance activities |
3,953,741 | ||||||||
| 4513-1098 | Services to Survivors of Homicide Victims
For the provision of statewide support services for survivors of homicide victims, including outreach services, burial assistance, grief counseling and other support services; provided, that funds shall be expended as grants in the aggregate amount of $150,000 to the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, a community-based support organization dedicated to serving families and communities impacted by violence |
150,000 | ||||||||
| 4513-1111 | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
For the promotion of health and disease prevention |
3,437,386 | ||||||||
| 4513-1130 | Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention and Treatment
For domestic violence and sexual assault treatment and prevention programs |
5,760,068 | ||||||||
| 4516-1000 | State Laboratory and Communicable Disease Control Services
For the administration of state laboratory and communicable disease control services |
12,848,230 | ||||||||
| 4516-1010 | Matching funds for a Federal Emergency Preparedness Grant
For state matching funds required by the federal Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act |
1,955,811 | ||||||||
| 4530-9000 | Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Services
For teenage pregnancy prevention services |
2,561,962 | ||||||||
| 4570-1502 | Infection Prevention Program
For a statewide infection prevention and control program |
286,253 | ||||||||
| 4580-1000 | Universal Immunization Program
For the operation of the universal immunization program; provided, that all costs related to childhood vaccines shall be paid for through the Vaccine Purchase Trust Fund established under section 24N of chapter 111 of the General Laws |
2,220,284 | ||||||||
| 4590-0250 | School-Based Health Programs
For school health services and school-based health centers in schools |
12,285,974 | ||||||||
| 4590-0300 | Smoking Prevention and Cessation Programs
For smoking prevention and cessation programs |
3,868,096 | ||||||||
| 4590-0915 | Public Health Hospitals
For the maintenance and operation of Tewksbury hospital, Massachusetts hospital school, Lemuel Shattuck hospital and the hospital bureau, including the state office of pharmacy services; provided, that reimbursements received for medical services provided at the Lemuel Shattuck hospital to inmates of county correctional facilities not managed by private health care vendors shall be credited to item 4590-0903 of section 2B; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall seek to obtain federal financial participation for care provided to inmates of the department of correction and of county correctional facilities who are treated at the public health hospitals |
154,536,237 | ||||||||
| 4590-1503 | Pediatric Palliative Care
For the pediatric palliative care program established in section 24K of chapter 111 of the General Laws |
1,554,739 | ||||||||
| 4590-1506 | Violence Prevention Grants
For a competitive grant program to be administered by the department of public health to support the establishment of a comprehensive youth violence prevention program |
1,334,449 | ||||||||
| 4590-1507 | Youth At-Risk Matching Grants
For matching grants to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, the Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAs and YWCA organizations, nonprofit community centers and youth development programs |
4,150,000 | ||||||||
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| 4510-0020 | Food Protection Program Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $149,414 in revenues collected from fees charged by the food protection program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system |
149,414 | ||||||||
| 4510-0025 | SEAL Dental Program Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $893,149 from revenues collected from MassHealth and other third party reimbursement for preventive oral health procedures for a school-based sealant program, known as the SEAL Program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
893,149 | ||||||||
| 4510-0040 | Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Marketing Regulation RR
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $273,061 from fees assessed under chapter 111N of the General Laws for the regulation of all pharmaceutical and medical device companies that market their products in the commonwealth; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
273,061 | ||||||||
| 4510-0615 | Nuclear Power Reactor Monitoring Fee Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $180,000 from assessments collected under section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws for services provided to monitor, survey and inspect nuclear power reactors; provided, that the department may expend not more than $1,912,966 from fees collected from licensing and inspecting users of radioactive material within the commonwealth under licenses presently issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; provided further, that the revenues may be used for the costs of both programs, including the compensation of employees; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
1,912,966 | ||||||||
| 4510-0616 | Prescription Drug Registration and Monitoring Fee RR
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,268,266 for a prescription drug registration and monitoring program from revenues collected from fees charged to registered practitioners, including physicians, dentists, veterinarians, podiatrists and optometrists for controlled substance registration; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for the costs of personnel; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
1,268,266 | ||||||||
| 4510-0712 | Division of Health Care Quality Health Facility Licensing Fee
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,547,181 in revenues collected from the licensure of health facilities for program costs of the division of health care quality and improvement; provided further, that the department may expend not more than $893,189 from revenues collected from individuals applying for emergency medical technician licensure and recertification; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system |
2,547,181 | ||||||||
| 4510-0724 | Board of Registration in Medicine RR
For the board of registration in medicine, including the physician profiles program; provided, that the board may expend revenues not to exceed $300,503 from new revenues associated with increased license and renewal fees |
300,503 | ||||||||
| 4512-0106 | HIV/AIDS Drug Program Manufacturer Rebates Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $7,500,000 from revenues received from pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the section 340B rebate program of the Public Health Service Act, administered by the federal health resources and services administration and the office of pharmacy affairs, for activities eligible for the Ryan White Care Act, with priority given to the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome drug assistance program; provided, that any excess rebate revenue collected beyond the ceiling of this appropriation will be deposited in the general fund; provider further, that services in an amount equivalent to the amount deposited in the general fund be funded through the 4512-0103 appropriation; and provided further, that these services must include activities that would be eligible for coverage through the Ryan White Care Act |
7,500,000 | ||||||||
| 4512-0225 | Compulsive Behavior Treatment Program Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,000,000 for a compulsive behavior treatment program from unclaimed prize money held in the State Lottery Fund for more than 1 year from the date of the drawing when the unclaimed prize money was won, and from the proceeds of a multi-jurisdictional lottery game under subsection (e) of section 24A of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that the state comptroller shall transfer the amount to the General Fund; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system |
1,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4513-1012 | WIC Program Manufacturer Rebates Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $27,600,000 from revenues received from the federal cost-containment initiatives including, but not limited to, infant formula rebates; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system |
27,600,000 | ||||||||
| 4516-0263 | Blood Lead Testing Fee Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,034,368 in revenues from various blood lead testing fees collected from insurers and individuals for the purpose of conducting these tests; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system |
1,034,368 | ||||||||
| 4516-1005 | STI Billing Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $545,275 generated by fees collected from providers or insurers for sexually-transmitted infections testing performed at the state laboratory institute; provided, that revenues collected may be used to supplement the costs of the laboratory; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
545,275 | ||||||||
| 4516-1022 | State Laboratory Tuberculosis Testing Fee Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $279,209 generated by fees collected from insurers for tuberculosis tests performed at the state laboratory institute; provided, that revenues collected may be used to supplement the costs of the laboratory; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system |
279,209 | ||||||||
| 4518-0200 | Vital Records Research Cancer and Community Data
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $382,664 generated by fees collected from the following services provided at the registry of vital records and statistics: amendments of vital records, requests for vital records not issued in person at the registry and research requests performed by registry staff at the registry; provided, that revenues so collected may be used for all program costs, including the compensation of employees; provided further, that the registrar of vital records and statistics shall exempt from payment of a fee any person requesting a copy of a birth certificate for the purpose of establishing eligibility for Medicaid; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system |
382,664 | ||||||||
| 4590-0912 | Western Massachusetts Hospital Federal Reimbursement Retained
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $22,287,399 from reimbursements collected for Western Massachusetts hospital services for the operation of the Western Massachusetts hospital; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the hospital shall be eligible to receive and retain full reimbursement from the Medicaid program; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the hospital shall reimburse the General Fund for a portion of employee benefit expenses according to a schedule submitted by the commissioner of public health and approved by the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that this reimbursement shall not exceed 10 per cent of total personnel costs for the hospital; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
22,287,399 | ||||||||
| 4590-0913 | Shattuck Hospital Private Medical Vendor Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $523,229 for payments received for those services provided by the Lemuel Shattuck hospital to inmates of county correctional facilities; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system |
523,229 | ||||||||
| 4590-0917 | Shattuck Hospital Department of Correction Inmate RR
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $4,667,960 from payments received from the vendor managing health services for state correctional facilities for inmate medical services provided by the Lemuel Shattuck hospital; provided, that the payments may include capitation payments, fee for service payments, advance payments and other compensation arrangements established by contract between the vendor and the hospital; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
4,667,960 | ||||||||
| 4590-0918 | SOPS Department of Correction Retained Revenue
For the state office of pharmacy services, which may expend not more than $14,000,000 from revenues collected from vendors providing health care services to the department of correction; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenue and related expenditures, the department 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 |
14,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4590-0924 | Tewksbury Hospital RR
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,808,053 from reimbursements collected by Tewksbury hospital based on a revenue enhancement project to obtain Medicaid coverage for patients whose services are not currently being reimbursed; provided, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
1,808,053 | ||||||||
| 4590-2001 | Tewksbury Hospital DDS Client Retained Revenue
For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $3,506,694 of payments received for those services provided by Tewksbury hospital to clients of the department of developmental services including the provision of behavioral health services and the continuation of short term medical rehabilitation; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lesser of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the state accounting system |
3,506,694 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intragovernmental Service Spending | 51,815,393 | |||||||||
| 4510-0108 | Chargeback for State Office Pharmacy Services
For the costs of pharmaceutical drugs and services provided by the state office for pharmacy services, in this section called SOPS; provided, that SOPS shall notify in writing all agencies listed below of their obligations under this item by July 15, 2015; provided further, that SOPS shall continue to be the sole provider of pharmacy services for the following agencies currently under SOPS: the department of public health, the department of mental health, the department of developmental services, the department of correction, the sheriff's departments of Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Plymouth, Middlesex, Berkshire, Norfolk, and Barnstable and the soldiers' homes in Holyoke and Chelsea; provided further, that SOPS shall become the sole provider of pharmacy services to the following agencies currently not being serviced by SOPS: the sheriff's departments of Worcester and Suffolk; provided further, that SOPS shall be the sole provider of pharmacy services for all said agencies and all costs for pharmacy services shall be charged by this item; provided further, that these agencies shall not charge or contract with any other alternative vendor for pharmacy services other than SOPS; provided further, that SOPS shall develop an implementation plan to transition the following agencies within the current fiscal year: the sheriff's departments of Worcester and Suffolk; provided further, that SOPS shall validate previously-submitted pharmacy expenditures including HIV Drug Assistance Program drug reimbursements during fiscal year 2016; and provided further, that SOPS shall continue to work to reduce medication costs, provide standardized policies and procedures in a clinically responsible manner, provide comprehensive data analysis and improve the quality of clinical services
|
47,865,393 | ||||||||
| 4590-0901 | Chargeback for Consolidated Public Health Hospitals
For the costs of medical services provided at department of public health hospitals and charged to other state agencies
|
150,000 | ||||||||
| 4590-0903 | Chargeback for Medical Services for County Corrections Inmates
For the costs of medical services provided at the department of public health Lemuel Shattuck hospital to inmates of county correctional facilities; provided, that those costs shall be charged to items 8910-0102, 8910-0105, 8910-0107, 8910-0108, 8910-0110, 8910-0145, 8910-8200, 8910-8300, 8910-8400, 8910-8500, 8910-8600, 8910-8700, 8910-8800 and 8910-0619
|
3,800,000 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 287,007,855 | |||||||||
| 4500-1001 | Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Peventive Health and Health Services Block Grant |
4,352,084 | ||||||||
| 4500-1025 | Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Strengthening Public Health Infrastructure |
395,570 | ||||||||
| 4500-1056 | Mass Rape Prevention and Education Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Rape Prevention and Education Program |
566,346 | ||||||||
| 4500-1067 | Proposal Upon the Infrastructure of MA DPH
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Partnership to Improve Minority Health |
155,987 | ||||||||
| 4500-2000 | Maternal and Child Health Services
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Maternal and Child Health Services |
11,207,259 | ||||||||
| 4502-1012 | Cooperative Health Statistics System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Health Statistics System |
990,780 | ||||||||
| 4510-0107 | State Loan Repayment
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Loan Repayment |
166,075 | ||||||||
| 4510-0113 | Office of Rural Health
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Office of Rural Health |
206,134 | ||||||||
| 4510-0114 | State Primary Care Offices
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Primary Care Offices |
247,868 | ||||||||
| 4510-0119 | Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Hospital Flexibility Program |
344,816 | ||||||||
| 4510-0219 | Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant |
79,596 | ||||||||
| 4510-0222 | Grants to States to Support Oral Health
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Grants to States to Support Oral Health |
514,611 | ||||||||
| 4510-0400 | Medicare and Medicaid Survey and Certification Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Medicare and Medicaid Survey and Certification Grant |
9,573,003 | ||||||||
| 4510-0404 | Hospital Prepardness Programs
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hospital Preparedness Programs |
4,331,889 | ||||||||
| 4510-0500 | Clinical Laboratory Improvement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clinical Laboratory Improvement |
371,567 | ||||||||
| 4510-0609 | Nuclear Regulatory Commission Security Inspections
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Security Inspections |
5,000 | ||||||||
| 4510-0617 | Drug Control Program Within MDPH
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Drug Control Program Within DPH |
165,000 | ||||||||
| 4510-0619 | FDA Inspection of Food Establishments
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FDA Inspection of Food Establishments |
603,335 | ||||||||
| 4510-0639 | Food Protection Rapid Response Team
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Food Protection Rapid Response Team |
348,992 | ||||||||
| 4510-0643 | Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program |
124,322 | ||||||||
| 4510-0644 | Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Technology Enhancements
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Technology Enhancements |
190,723 | ||||||||
| 4510-0812 | Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telemedicine Center
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telemedicine Center |
1,590,606 | ||||||||
| 4510-9014 | Mammography Quality Standards Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mammography Quality Standards Act |
258,518 | ||||||||
| 4510-9048 | Indoor Radon Development Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Indoor Radon Development Program |
169,632 | ||||||||
| 4510-9053 | Beach Monitoring
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Beach Monitoring |
292,863 | ||||||||
| 4510-9059 | State and National Environment Maintenance and Enhancement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State and National Environment Maintenance and Enhancement |
1,116,505 | ||||||||
| 4510-9060 | Development and Implementation of Brace in MA
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Building Resilience Against Climate Effects in Mass |
310,188 | ||||||||
| 4510-9064 | Enhanced MFRPS Capacity Env Sampling
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Manufactured Food Regulatory Program |
374,954 | ||||||||
| 4510-9065 | Reduce Environmental Exposure
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Reduce Environmental Exposure |
433,906 | ||||||||
| 4512-0100 | Sexually Transmitted Disease Control
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sexually Transmitted Disease Control |
1,787,573 | ||||||||
| 4512-0104 | Mass App for STD Surveillance Network Parts A and B
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass App for STD Surveillance Network Parts A and B |
752,991 | ||||||||
| 4512-0177 | Enhancing Immunization Systems and Infrastructure Improvements
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Enhancing Immunization Systems and Infrastructure Improvements |
173,079 | ||||||||
| 4512-0179 | Immunization and Vaccines for Children Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Immunization and Vaccines for Children Grant |
6,221,734 | ||||||||
| 4512-0186 | Epidemiology and Laboratory for Infectious Disease
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Epidemiology and Laboratory for Infectious Disease |
1,378,336 | ||||||||
| 4512-0187 | Prevention and Public Health Funds Immunization 2012
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Prevention and Public Health Funds Immunization 2012 |
619,746 | ||||||||
| 4512-0189 | ELC Non PPHF
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Program Non PPHF |
100,969 | ||||||||
| 4512-0190 | PPHF Increasing HPV Vaccination Coverage Rates
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, PPHF Increasing HPV Vaccination Coverage Rates |
441,938 | ||||||||
| 4512-0195 | Build Enhance Epidemiology Lab Health Info Sys Cap Mass
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Build Enhance Epidemiology Lab Health |
1,049,718 | ||||||||
| 4512-9065 | State Outcomes, Measurement, and Management System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Outcomes, Measurement, and Management System |
19,059 | ||||||||
| 4512-9069 | Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant |
47,160,685 | ||||||||
| 4512-9072 | Massachusetts Access to Recovery Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Access to Recovery Program |
865,075 | ||||||||
| 4512-9075 | Drug Court Discretionary Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Drug Court Discretionary Grant |
667,107 | ||||||||
| 4512-9076 | State Prevention Framework Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Prevention Framework Grant |
1,468,695 | ||||||||
| 4512-9078 | State Adolescent Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Adolescent Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination |
1,194,879 | ||||||||
| 4512-9079 | Mission Forward
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mission Forward |
353,872 | ||||||||
| 4512-9080 | Enhance MA Support Services
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cooperative Agreement to Benefit Homeless Individuals |
922,616 | ||||||||
| 4512-9081 | Promoting Safe and Stable Families
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program |
193,362 | ||||||||
| 4512-9082 | Mass Family Recovery Project Southeast
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Family Recovery Project Southeast |
866,004 | ||||||||
| 4512-9083 | MCH Research
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MCH Research |
83,357 | ||||||||
| 4512-9426 | Uniform Alcohol and Drug Abuse Data
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Uniform Alcohol and Drug Abuse Data |
164,226 | ||||||||
| 4513-0111 | Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS Program |
197,288 | ||||||||
| 4513-1225 | Mass Implementation of Essentials for Childhood
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Implementation of Essentials for Childhood |
176,600 | ||||||||
| 4513-9007 | Nutritional Status of Women, Infants and Children
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Nutritional Status of Women, Infants and Children |
87,946,340 | ||||||||
| 4513-9018 | Comprehensive HIV Prevention Project for Health Departments
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Comprehensive HIV Prevention Project for Health Departments |
5,470,202 | ||||||||
| 4513-9021 | Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities |
10,443,691 | ||||||||
| 4513-9023 | Massachusetts HIV and AIDS National Behavioral Surveillance
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts HIV and AIDS National Behavioral Surveillance |
489,308 | ||||||||
| 4513-9027 | Mass Care - Community Aids Resource
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Care - Community Aids Resource |
567,238 | ||||||||
| 4513-9030 | Planning a Comprehensive Primary Care
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Planning a Comprehensive Primary Care |
103,206 | ||||||||
| 4513-9037 | Ryan White Care Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ryan White Care Act |
19,595,838 | ||||||||
| 4513-9038 | Shelter Plus Care - Worcester
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Shelter Plus Care - Worcester |
302,712 | ||||||||
| 4513-9040 | HIV and AIDS Surveillance
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HIV and AIDS Surveillance |
1,169,671 | ||||||||
| 4513-9041 | Hit Capacity Building Initiative - AIDS Drug Assistance
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Hit Capacity Building Initiative - AIDS Drug Assistance |
100,000 | ||||||||
| 4513-9042 | Systems Linkages and Access to Care for Population HIV
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Systems Linkages and Access to Care for Population HIV |
964,167 | ||||||||
| 4513-9043 | Mass IMPACT
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass IMPACT |
773,121 | ||||||||
| 4513-9051 | Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Project |
335,000 | ||||||||
| 4513-9076 | Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems |
170,792 | ||||||||
| 4513-9077 | Emergency Medical Services for Children
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Emergency Medical Services for Children |
134,420 | ||||||||
| 4513-9085 | Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System |
141,194 | ||||||||
| 4513-9092 | Addressing Asthma Health from a Public Health Perspective
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Addressing Asthma Health from a Public Health Perspective |
286,859 | ||||||||
| 4513-9093 | Mass Launch
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Launch |
488,678 | ||||||||
| 4513-9097 | Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control |
71,285 | ||||||||
| 4513-9098 | Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting - ACA
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting - ACA |
9,170,815 | ||||||||
| 4513-9100 | Surveillance On Congenital Defects
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Surveillance On Congenital Defects |
503,906 | ||||||||
| 4513-9101 | Mass Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention |
685,238 | ||||||||
| 4513-9103 | Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program |
1,367,539 | ||||||||
| 4513-9104 | Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Universal Newborn Hearing Screening |
259,000 | ||||||||
| 4513-9105 | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Early Hearing Detection |
172,087 | ||||||||
| 4514-1008 | 2010 Women, Infants and Children Special Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, 2010 Women, Infants and Children Special Project |
42,295 | ||||||||
| 4514-1012 | Women Infants and Children
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, EBT Grant |
1,891,666 | ||||||||
| 4515-0115 | Tuberculosis Control Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Tuberculosis Control Project |
2,228,848 | ||||||||
| 4515-0204 | Strengthening Surveillance for Infectious Disease
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Strengthening Surveillance for Infectious Disease |
83,334 | ||||||||
| 4515-0205 | HIV Training Through Prevention Training
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, HIV Training Through Prevention Training |
23,704 | ||||||||
| 4515-0208 | Sylvie Ratelle PTC STD HIV Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Sylvie Ratelle PTC STD HIV Prevention |
542,148 | ||||||||
| 4515-1124 | Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adult Viral Hepatitis Prevention |
659,352 | ||||||||
| 4516-1021 | Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response |
13,458,412 | ||||||||
| 4516-1034 | Accreditation for State Food Testing Laboratories
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Accreditation for State Food Testing Laboratories |
225,158 | ||||||||
| 4518-0505 | Technology Data and Massachusetts Birth and Infant Death File
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Technology Data and Massachusetts Birth and Infant Death File |
75,595 | ||||||||
| 4518-0514 | National Violent Death Reporting System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Violent Death Reporting System |
237,364 | ||||||||
| 4518-0534 | Public Health Injury Surveillance and Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Public Health Injury Surveillance and Prevention |
839,128 | ||||||||
| 4518-1000 | Procurement of Information for the National Death Index
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Procurement of Information for the National Death Index |
195,000 | ||||||||
| 4518-1002 | Massachusetts Death File - Social Security Administration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Death File - Social Security Administration |
167,200 | ||||||||
| 4518-1003 | Birth Records - MA for Social Security Administration
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Birth Records - MA for Social Security Administration |
315,253 | ||||||||
| 4518-9023 | Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries |
54,105 | ||||||||
| 4518-9034 | Core Violence and Injury Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Core Violence and Injury Prevention |
435,027 | ||||||||
| 4518-9038 | Youth Suicide Prevention Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Youth Suicide Prevention Project |
480,000 | ||||||||
| 4518-9044 | Massachusetts Citizen Verification for Federal Employment
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Citizen Verification for Federal Employment |
8,000 | ||||||||
| 4570-1513 | Colorectal Cancer Screening
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Colorectal Cancer Screening |
586,679 | ||||||||
| 4570-1520 | Massachusetts Integration of Chronic Disease
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Integration of Chronic Disease |
1,634,449 | ||||||||
| 4570-1526 | Demonstrating the Capacity of Comprehensive Cancer Control
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Demonstrating the Capacity of Comprehensive Cancer Control |
173,819 | ||||||||
| 4570-1527 | Personal Responsibility Education Program 2010
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Personal Responsibility Education Program 2010 |
1,404,514 | ||||||||
| 4570-1531 | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
3,378 | ||||||||
| 4570-1534 | Federal Drug Administration - Tobacco - 2011
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Drug Administration - Tobacco - 2011 |
697,435 | ||||||||
| 4570-1535 | Mass Health Impact Assessment to Foster Healthy Community
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Health Impact Assessment to Foster Healthy Community |
93,178 | ||||||||
| 4570-1538 | Massachusetts Community Transformation - Middlesex
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Community Transformation - Middlesex |
456,748 | ||||||||
| 4570-1539 | Childhood Obesity
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Childhood Obesity |
1,730,561 | ||||||||
| 4570-1540 | Category B Implementation - Mass Community Transformation
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Category B Implementation - Mass Community Transformation |
459,258 | ||||||||
| 4570-1541 | Support for Pregnant Parenting Teen
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Support for Pregnant Parenting Teen |
1,511,231 | ||||||||
| 4570-1542 | Improve Health of People With Disabilities-Secondary Condition
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Improve Health of People With Disabilities-Secondary Condition |
11,658 | ||||||||
| 4570-1543 | Massachusetts Cancer Prevention and Control Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Cancer Prevention and Control Program |
264,403 | ||||||||
| 4570-1544 | Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry |
546,826 | ||||||||
| 4570-1545 | Ensuring Quitline Capacity
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Ensuring Quitline Capacity |
313,460 | ||||||||
| 4570-1546 | Behavioral Factor Surveillance System
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Behavioral Factor Surveillance System |
277,744 | ||||||||
| 4570-1547 | Mass State Health Prevention Chronic Disease
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass State Health Prevention Chronic Disease |
322,300 | ||||||||
| 4570-1550 | Improving the Health of People With Disabilities
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Improving Health People W Disabilities |
300,861 | ||||||||
| 4570-1551 | MA Cancer Prevention and Control Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, MA Cancer Prevention and Control Program |
3,820,389 | ||||||||
| 4570-1552 | Mass State Health Prevention Chronic Disease
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Health Prevention Chronic Disease |
473,574 | ||||||||
| 4570-1553 | Mass State Health Prevention Chronic Disease
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Health Prevention Chronic Disease |
1,190,456 | ||||||||
| 4570-1554 | FY14 Family Planning Services FOA
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, FY14 Family Planning Services FOA |
714,000 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 114,667,900 | |
| 4500-0031 | Dockside Testing Trust Fund | 162,527 |
| 4510-0035 | Ortho-McNeil Janssen Expendable Trust | 740,000 |
| 4510-0038 | Medical Marijuana Trust Fund | 3,629,983 |
| 4510-0070 | Safety and Health for Home Care Workers Trust | 24,715 |
| 4510-0410 | Steward and Caritas Christi Impact Study | 124,986 |
| 4510-0622 | Radiation Control Trust | 565,764 |
| 4510-0625 | Low Level Radioactive Waste Rebate Trust | 280,865 |
| 4510-0635 | Lead Paint Education and Training Trust | 2,299,934 |
| 4510-0714 | Civil Monetary Penalties Trust | 217,413 |
| 4510-0727 | Health Boards Professional Licensure Trust | 10,577,259 |
| 4510-0729 | Board of Registration in Medicine Trust | 9,038,910 |
| 4510-1016 | Vaccine Purchase Trust Fund | 61,528,387 |
| 4510-2059 | Mass Hospital School Telecommunications Trust | 45,802 |
| 4510-2062 | Western Mass Hospital Telecommunications Trust | 39,794 |
| 4510-2082 | Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Telecommunications Trust | 20,000 |
| 4510-6837 | Organ Tissue Donor Registration | 315,188 |
| 4510-6921 | Organ Transplant Fund | 100,000 |
| 4512-0105 | Massachusetts AIDS Trust | 75,000 |
| 4513-1110 | Wellness Initiative Expendable Trust | 176,250 |
| 4513-1224 | Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund | 21,173,287 |
| 4513-9095 | PELL Data System and Research Trust | 177,024 |
| 4514-0100 | Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Trust | 2,685,045 |
| 4514-0200 | Spinal Cord Injury Trust | 106,725 |
| 4516-1032 | Bio-Watch Laboratory Support Trust | 194,968 |
| 4516-1033 | Molecular Tests for TB Services Trust | 47,492 |
| 4518-9035 | Newborn Screening Trust | 187,330 |
| 4518-9046 | Enhance Cancer Registry Data Comparative | 67,252 |
| 4518-9048 | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance and DAET Trust | 26,000 |
| 4590-9122 | Western Mass Hospital Trust Fund | 40,000 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH | 750,095,987 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 727,625,989 | |||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 5011-0100 | Department of Mental Health Administration and Operations
For the operation of the department of mental health |
28,720,221 | ||||||||
| 5042-5000 | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
For child and adolescent services, including the costs of psychiatric and related services provided to children and adolescents determined to be medically ready for discharge from acute hospital units or mental health facilities and who are experiencing unnecessary delays in being discharged due to the lack of more appropriate settings; provided, that for the purpose of funding these services, the commissioner of mental health may allocate funds from the amount appropriated in this item to other departments within the executive office of health and human services |
80,420,672 | ||||||||
| 5046-0000 | Adult Mental Health and Support Services
For adult mental health and support services; provided, that the department shall allocate funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from item 5095-0015 to this item, as necessary, for community services for clients formerly receiving care at department facilities
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370,816,250 | ||||||||
| 5046-2000 | Statewide Homelessness Support Services
For homelessness services; provided, that $2,000,000 shall be expended for a special initiative for mentally ill homeless individuals |
22,134,979 | ||||||||
| 5047-0001 | Emergency Services and Mental Health Care
For emergency service programs, community and facility services |
24,258,428 | ||||||||
| 5055-0000 | Forensic Services Program for Mentally Ill Persons
For forensic services provided by the department |
9,183,473 | ||||||||
| 5095-0015 | Inpatient Facilities and Community Based Mental Health
For the operation of hospital facilities and community-based mental health services; provided, that the department may allocate funds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 from item 5095-0015 to item 5046-0000 for community services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at the department facilities |
191,466,966 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||||||||||
| 5046-4000 | CHOICE Program Retained Revenue
For the department of mental health, which may expend not more than $125,000 in revenue collected from occupancy fees charged to the tenants in the creative housing option in community environments, the CHOICE program, authorized by chapter 167 of the acts of 1987; provided, that all fees collected under that program shall be expended for the routine maintenance and repair of facilities in the CHOICE program |
125,000 | ||||||||
| 5095-1016 | Occupancy Fees Retained Revenue
For the department of mental health, which may expend not more than $500,000 in revenue collected from occupancy fees charged to the tenants of the state hospitals; provided, that all fees collected shall be expended to support the costs to sustain operations of the state hospital facilities; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
500,000 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 2,852,525 | |||||||||
| 5012-9122 | Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness |
1,558,000 | ||||||||
| 5012-9162 | Transition Age Youth and Young Adult Care
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Transition Age Youth & Young Adult Care |
994,311 | ||||||||
| 5012-9170 | Mission Integrated Re-Entry and Peer Support
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mission Integrated Re-Entry and Peer Support |
75,000 | ||||||||
| 5046-9102 | Shelter Plus Care Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Shelter Plus Care Program |
225,214 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 19,617,473 | |
| 5011-2001 | Mental Health Information System Trust | 3,943,785 |
| 5095-2690 | MMHC Facility Reserve Fund Trust | 300,000 |
| 5311-9101 | Solomon Mental Health Center Trust | 137,119 |
| 5535-2689 | Cape Cod and Islands Mental Health and Retardation Center | 3,076,756 |
| 5540-2689 | Brockton Multi-Service Center Trust | 2,332,720 |
| 5541-2689 | Dr John C Corrigan, Jr Mental Health Center Trust | 2,957,851 |
| 5542-2689 | Research and Training Trust | 25,161 |
| 5651-2689 | Massachusetts Mental Health Center Trust | 1,991,017 |
| 5652-2689 | Dr Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center Trust | 3,678,093 |
| 5653-2689 | Lindemann Mental Health Center Trust | 572,648 |
| 5851-2689 | Quincy Mental Health Center Trust | 602,323 |
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| OFFICE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS | 20,355,492 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 363,299 | |||||||||
| 4003-0122 | Low-Income Citizenship Program
For a citizenship for new americans program to assist legal permanent residents of the commonwealth who will be eligible for citizenship within 3 years in becoming citizens of the United States; provided, that persons who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws but for their status as legal non-citizens shall be given highest priority for services; provided further, that persons who currently receive state-funded benefits which could be replaced in whole or in part by federally-funded benefits if these persons become citizens, shall be given priority for services; and provided further, that funds may be expended for the programmatic and administrative support of the agency's refugee and immigrant services |
363,299 | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 19,232,521 | |||||||||
| 4003-0814 | Refugee Preventative Health
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Preventative Health |
1,979 | ||||||||
| 4003-0822 | Peer Award
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Peer Award |
99,496 | ||||||||
| 4003-0823 | Cuban Haitian Award
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Cuban Haitian Award |
97,307 | ||||||||
| 4003-0825 | Wilson Fish
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Wilson Fish |
3,904,485 | ||||||||
| 4003-0826 | Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance |
12,630,893 | ||||||||
| 4003-0833 | Refugee School Impact
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee School Impact |
27,515 | ||||||||
| 4003-0844 | Refugee Targeted Assistance Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Targeted Assistance Program |
866,995 | ||||||||
| 4003-0851 | Mass Refugee Enterprise Achievement Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Mass Refugee Enterprise Achievement Program |
11,249 | ||||||||
| 4003-0855 | Refugee Social Services Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Social Services Program |
1,583,896 | ||||||||
| 4003-0858 | Empowering Families Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Empowering Families Program |
8,706 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 759,672 | |
| 4003-0091 | Office of Refugees and Immigrants Trust Fund | 600,000 |
| 4003-0820 | AmeriCorps MA New American Integration Program Expend Trust | 159,672 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES | 176,367,259 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 175,920,085 | |||||||||
| 4200-0010 | Department of Youth Services Administration and Operations
For the administration of the department of youth services; provided, the commissioner of youth services may transfer funds between items 4200-0100 and 4200-0200, 4200-0300 as necessary; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer up to 7 per cent of the amount appropriated in each item; and provided further, that 15 days before any such transfer is made, the commissioner shall file with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a plan showing the amounts to be transferred and the reason for the proposed transfer |
4,434,660 | ||||||||
| 4200-0100 | Non-Residential Services for Committed Population
For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to committed youths in non-residential care programs of the department |
23,286,596 | ||||||||
| 4200-0200 | Residential Services for Detained Population
For pretrial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs |
26,687,833 | ||||||||
| 4200-0300 | Residential Services for Committed Population
For secure facilities, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs incidental to the operations of the facilities |
116,251,547 | ||||||||
| 4200-0500 | Department of Youth Services Teacher Salaries
For enhanced salaries for teachers at the department of youth services |
3,154,187 | ||||||||
| 4200-0600 | Department of Youth Services Alternative Lock Up Program
For the operation of secure facilities to detain arrested youth prior to arraignment under the alternative lock up program |
2,105,262 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 447,174 | |
| 4202-0602 | Annie E. Casey Foundation Grant | 10,463 |
| 4202-2112 | Department of Youth Services - School Lunch Program | 381,711 |
| 4202-8001 | DYS Expendable Trust | 55,000 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE | 708,256,045 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 703,030,531 | |||||||||
| 4400-1000 | Dept. of Transitional Assistance Administration & Operation
For the operation of the department of transitional assistance; provided, that funds shall be expended for a grant to Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger, Inc.; provided further, that after April 1, 2016, the commissioner of the department of transitional assistance may transfer funds for identified deficiencies between items, 4403-2000, 4405-2000 and 4408-1000; provided further, that the distribution of the funds to be transferred shall be included in an allocation plan, which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days prior to a transfer; and provided further, pursuant to approval by the executive office for administration and finance, the commissioner of the department of transitional assistance may transfer funds for identified deficiencies between this item and 4400-1100 |
65,148,736 | ||||||||
| 4400-1001 | Food Stamp Participation Rate Programs
For programs to increase the commonwealth's participation rate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and other federal nutrition programs |
3,190,535 | ||||||||
| 4400-1025 | Domestic Violence Specialists
For domestic violence specialists at local area offices |
1,046,651 | ||||||||
| 4400-1100 | Caseworkers Reserve
For the payroll of the department's caseworkers; provided, that only employees of bargaining unit 8 shall be paid from this item |
70,833,479 | ||||||||
| 4400-1979 | Pathways to Self Sufficiency
For the department of transitional assistance to administer, in consultation with the Commonwealth Corporation, an employment counseling and job training program and the pathways to self-sufficiency program respectively established under section 3B and section 3C of chapter 118 of the General Laws, and for the full employment program established under section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 |
3,250,000 | ||||||||
| 4401-1000 | Employment Services Program
For employment and training services for recipients of benefits provided under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program; provided, that funds from this item may be expended on former recipients of the program for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits; and provided further, that certain parents who have not yet reached the age of 18 years, including those who are ineligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children and who would qualify for benefits under chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the deeming of the grandparents' income, shall be eligible to receive services |
11,806,041 | ||||||||
| 4403-2000 | Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children Grant Pmt
For the operation of a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, benefits under the program shall be paid only to citizens of the United States and to non-citizens for whom federal funds may be used to provide benefits; provided further, that the need standard shall be equal to the standard in effect in fiscal year 2015 unless the department determines that a reduction in the monthly payment standard should be implemented before the end of the fiscal year to keep program expenditures within the amounts appropriated in this item; provided further, that the payment standard shall be equal to the need standard; provided further, that the payment standard for families who do not qualify for an exempt category of assistance under subsection (e) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 shall be 2.75 per cent below the payment standard, under the state plan required under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; provided further, that notwithstanding section 218 of chapter 149 of the acts of 2004, recipients whose youngest child of record is of the age at which full time schooling is mandatory or older shall be required to participate in 30 hours per week of a work-related activity; provided further, that the department of transitional assistance shall notify all teen parents receiving benefits from the programs of the requirements in clause (2) of subsection (i) of said section 110 of said chapter 5; provided further, that a $40 per month rent allowance shall be paid to all households incurring a rent or mortgage expense and not residing in public housing or subsidized housing; provided further, that a non-recurring children's clothing allowance of $150 shall be provided to each child eligible under these programs in September 2015; provided further, that the children's clothing allowance may be included in the standard of need for the month of September 2015; provided further, that benefits under this program shall not be available to those families in which a child has been removed from the household under a court order after a care and protection hearing on child abuse, nor to adult recipients otherwise eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children but for the temporary removal of the dependent child or children from the home by the department of children and families in accordance with that department's procedures; provided further, that notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 118 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the department shall render aid to pregnant women with no other eligible dependent children only if it has been medically verified that the child is expected to be born within the month these payments are to be made or within the 3 month period following the month of payment, and who, if the child had been born and was living with her in the month of payment, would be categorically and financially eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; provided further, that certain families that suffer a reduction in benefits due to a loss of earned income and participation in retrospective budgeting may receive a supplemental benefit to compensate them for this loss; and provided further, that the department may review and revise its disability standards to reflect current medical and vocational criteria |
229,083,946 | ||||||||
| 4403-2007 | Supplemental Nutritional Program
For a nutritional benefit program for low-income workers; provided, that benefits shall be provided only to those for whom receiving these benefits will improve the work participation rate under the federal program of temporary assistance for needy families |
1,200,000 | ||||||||
| 4403-2119 | Teen Structured Settings Program
For the provision of structured settings as provided in subsection (i) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, or any successor statute, for parents under the age of 20 who are receiving benefits under the transitional aid to families with dependent children program |
9,854,932 | ||||||||
| 4405-2000 | State Supplement to Supplemental Security Income
For the state supplement to the supplemental security income program for the aged and disabled, including a program for emergency needs for supplemental security income recipients; provided, that the expenses of special grants to recipients residing in rest homes, as provided in section 7A of chapter 118A of the General Laws, may be paid from this item; provided further, that the department, in collaboration with the executive office of health and human services, may fund an optional supplemental living arrangement category under the supplemental security income program that makes payments to persons living in assisted living residences certified under chapter 19D of the General Laws who meet the income and clinical eligibility criteria established by the department and the office; provided further, that the optional category of payments shall only be administered in conjunction with the Medicaid group adult foster care benefit; and provided further, that reimbursements to providers for services rendered in prior fiscal years may be expended from this item |
228,738,399 | ||||||||
| 4408-1000 | Emergency Aid to the Elderly Disabled and Children
For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of the commonwealth, entitled emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children found by the department to be eligible for the aid under chapter 117A of the General Laws and regulations promulgated by the department and subject to the limitations of appropriation therefore; provided, that benefits under this item shall only be provided to residents who are citizens of the United States or qualified aliens or non-citizens otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law; provided further, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, non-citizen applicants who are lawful permanent residents or who are determined to be permanently residing in the United States under color of law shall not be eligible for benefits until they have resided in the United States for five years; provided further, benefits shall not be provided to illegal or undocumented aliens; provided further, that the individual shall not be a subject to sponsor income deeming or related restrictions; provided further, that the payment standard shall equal the payment standard in effect under the general relief program in fiscal year 1991; provided further, that the department may provide benefits to persons age 65 or older who have applied for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Laws, to persons suffering from a medically-determinable impairment or combination of impairments which is expected to last for a period as determined by department regulations and which substantially reduces or eliminates such individuals' capacity to support themselves and which has been verified by a competent authority, to certain persons caring for a disabled person, to otherwise eligible participants in the vocational rehabilitation program of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission and to dependent children who are ineligible for benefits under both chapter 118 of the General Laws and the separate program created by section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997 and parents or other caretakers of dependent children who are ineligible under said chapter 118 and under said separate program; provided further, that no ex-offender, person over age 45 without a prior work history or person in a residential treatment facility shall be eligible for benefits under this program unless the person otherwise meets the eligibility criteria described in this item and defined by regulations of the department; provided further, that no person incarcerated in a correctional institution shall be eligible for benefits under the program; provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item for the payment of expenses associated with any medical review team, other disability screening process or costs associated with verifying disability for this program; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or rescinding its regulations with respect to eligibility or benefits, including the payment standard, medical benefits and any other benefits under this program, the department shall take into account the amounts available to it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that reimbursements collected from the Social Security Administration on behalf of former clients of the emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children program or unprocessed payments from the program that are returned to the department shall be credited to the General Fund; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the funds made available in this item shall be the only funds available for the program, and the department shall not spend funds for the program in excess of the amount made available in this item |
78,877,812 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
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| Federal Grant Spending | 5,225,514 | |
| 4400-3062 | 13 SNAP Program and Tech Improvement Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SNAP Virtual Gateway Modernization Grant |
221,514 |
| 4400-3063 | Farmers Market Access to Supplemental Nutritional Assistance
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Farmers Market Access to Supplemental Nutritional Assistance |
4,000 |
| 4400-3064 | SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, SNAP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention |
4,000,000 |
| 4400-3067 | Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Employment and Training
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Employment and Training |
1,000,000 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES | 916,416,051 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 900,518,424 | |||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 4800-0015 | Clinical Support Services and Operations
For central, regional and area office clinical support services, operations and administration; provided, that the associated expenses of employees whose AA and DD object class costs are paid from item 4800-1100 shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the commissioner of the department of children and families may transfer funds between items 4800-0030, 4800-0038, 4800-0040 and 4800-0041 as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days prior to any such transfer; provided further, that not more than 5 per cent of any item shall be transferred in fiscal year 2016; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer funds from line item 4800-1100 into line item 4800-0015 for the purpose of maintaining appropriate staffing ratios; provided further, that the commissioner shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days in advance of any such transfer; and provided further, that not more than 2 per cent of funds from line item 4800-1100 shall be transferred in fiscal year 2016 |
80,703,822 | ||||||||
| 4800-0025 | Foster Care Review
For foster care review services |
3,247,347 | ||||||||
| 4800-0030 | DCF Local and Regional Management of Services
For the continuation of local and regional coordination and management of services; provided, that flex services may be funded from this item |
6,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4800-0036 | Sexual Abuse Intervention Network
For a sexual abuse intervention network program to be administered in conjunction with the district attorneys |
698,740 | ||||||||
| 4800-0038 | Services for Children and Families
For services to children and families including but not limited to permanency, stabilization, placement and congregate care; provided, that the department may contract with provider agencies for the coordination and management of services, including flex |
277,494,460 | ||||||||
| 4800-0040 | Family Support and Stabilization
For family preservation and unification services |
44,610,551 | ||||||||
| 4800-0041 | Congregate Care Services
For congregate care services; provided, that funds may be expended from this item to provide intensive community-based services, including intensive in-home support and stabilization services, to children who would otherwise be placed in residential settings |
249,564,682 | ||||||||
| 4800-0151 | Placement Services for Juvenile Offenders
For a program to provide alternative overnight non-secure placements for status offenders and nonviolent delinquent youths up to the age of 18 in order to prevent the inappropriate use of juvenile cells in police stations for such offenders, in compliance with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended; provided, that the programs which provide the alternative non-secure placements shall collaborate with the appropriate county sheriff's office to provide referrals of those offenders and delinquent youths to any programs within the sheriff's office designed to positively influence youths or reduce, if not altogether eliminate, juvenile crime |
504,388 | ||||||||
| 4800-0200 | DCF Family Resource Centers
For the support and maintenance of family resource centers |
7,392,963 | ||||||||
| 4800-1100 | Social Workers for Case Management
For the salaries and benefits of the department's social workers |
201,819,297 | ||||||||
| 4800-1400 | Support Services for People at Risk of Domestic Violence
For shelters and support services, including payroll costs, for people at risk of domestic violence and for the operation of the New Chardon Street homeless shelter |
23,972,020 | ||||||||
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| 4800-0016 | Roca Retained Revenue for Cities and Towns
The department of children and families may expend for the operation of the transitional employment program an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from revenues collected for services provided by the participants; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may enter into a contract with Roca, Inc. to manage the transitional employment program and to provide services to participants from the aging-out population, parolees, probationers, youth service releasees or other community residents considered to have employment needs |
2,000,000 | ||||||||
| 4800-0091 | Child Welfare Training Institute Retained Revenue
The department of children and families may expend for the purpose of administering a child welfare professional development training institute an amount not to exceed $2,510,154 from federal reimbursements received under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act; 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 department 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 |
2,510,154 | ||||||||
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| Federal Grant Spending | 15,803,581 | |||||||||
| 4800-0006 | Children Justice Act
For the purpose of a federal funded grant entitled, Children's Justice Act |
396,157 | ||||||||
| 4800-0007 | Family Violence Prevention and Services
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Family Violence Prevention and Services |
1,891,861 | ||||||||
| 4800-0009 | Independent Living Program - Title IV-E
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living Program - Title IV-E |
2,852,884 | ||||||||
| 4800-0013 | Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Title IV-B Subpart 2
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program Title IV-B Subpart 2 |
4,912,102 | ||||||||
| 4800-0084 | Educational and Training Voucher
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Educational and Training Voucher |
914,417 | ||||||||
| 4800-0089 | Adoption Incentives Payments
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Adoption Incentives Payments |
9,126 | ||||||||
| 4899-0001 | Child Welfare Services - Title IV-B, Subpart 1
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Welfare Services - Title IV-B, Subpart 1 |
3,712,761 | ||||||||
| 4899-0021 | National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect |
474,273 | ||||||||
| 4899-0024 | Massachusetts Child Trauma Project
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Child Trauma Project |
640,000 | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 94,046 | |
| 4800-3110 | Private Scholarship Donations | 20,000 |
| 4899-8102 | New Chardon Street Temporary Home | 24,046 |
| 4899-8104 | Casey Family - Centered Practice Expendable Trust | 50,000 |
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| MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND | 34,023,277 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 21,865,825 | |||||||||
| 4110-0001 | Administration and Program Operations
For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the blind, including the cost of sheltered workforce employee retirement benefits |
1,486,228 | ||||||||
| 4110-1000 | Community Services for the Blind
For the community services program |
4,204,928 | ||||||||
| 4110-2000 | Turning 22 Program and Services
For the turning 22 program of the commission |
13,167,056 | ||||||||
| 4110-3010 | Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind
For a program of vocational rehabilitation for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from federal vocational rehabilitation grants or state appropriations shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other of these indirect costs of federally reimbursed state employees |
3,007,613 | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 11,455,038 | |||||||||
| 4110-3021 | Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program |
10,503,238 | ||||||||
| 4110-3023 | State Independent Living Services - State Grants
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Independent Living Services - State Grants |
54,000 | ||||||||
| 4110-3026 | Independent Living Services for Older Blind Individuals
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living Services for Older Blind Individuals |
856,800 | ||||||||
| 4110-3027 | Rehabilitation Training - Section 4
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rehabilitation Training - Section 4 |
11,000 | ||||||||
| 4110-3028 | Supported Employment for Individuals With Disabilities
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment for Individuals With Disabilities |
30,000 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 702,414 | |
| 4110-3236 | Vocational Rehab Cost Reimbursement Program Trust | 95,508 |
| 4110-6600 | Educational Purposes Trust Fund | 125,500 |
| 4110-6606 | Vending Facility Operators Trust Fund | 481,406 |
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| MASSACHUSETTS REHABILITATION COMMISSION | 165,124,377 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 46,832,075 | |||||||||
| 4120-0200 | Independent Living Centers
For independent living centers |
5,545,568 | ||||||||
| 4120-1000 | Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
For the operation of the commission |
430,981 | ||||||||
| 4120-2000 | Vocational Rehabilitation for the Disabled
For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grant or state appropriation shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance and any other indirect cost of federally reimbursed state employees |
10,219,193 | ||||||||
| 4120-3000 | Employment Assistance
For employment assistance services for severely disabled adults |
2,246,934 | ||||||||
| 4120-4000 | Independent Living Assistance for the Multi Disabled
For independent living assistance services for the multi-disabled |
8,777,574 | ||||||||
| 4120-4010 | Turning 22 Program and Services
For the turning 22 program of the commission |
646,359 | ||||||||
| 4120-5000 | Home Care Services for the Multi Disabled
For home care services |
4,306,174 | ||||||||
| 4120-6000 | Head Injury Treatment Services
For head injury treatment services |
14,659,292 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 108,632,053 | |||||||||
| 4120-0020 | Basic Vocational Rehabilitation Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Basic Vocational Rehabilitation Grant |
60,134,392 | ||||||||
| 4120-0040 | Vocational Rehab and Personnel Development Training
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehab and Personnel Development Training |
74,000 | ||||||||
| 4120-0187 | Supported Employment Services Grant
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment Services Grant |
426,165 | ||||||||
| 4120-0191 | Informed Members Planning and Assessing
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Informed Members Planning and Assessing |
172,776 | ||||||||
| 4120-0511 | Social Security Admin Disability Determination Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Social Security Admin Disability Determination Program |
45,467,363 | ||||||||
| 4120-0760 | Independent Living Federal Funds
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living Federal Funds |
1,850,942 | ||||||||
| 4120-0768 | State Grants for Assistive Technology
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Grants for Assistive Technology |
506,415 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 9,660,249 | |
| 4120-0029 | Vocational Rehabilitation for the Multi-Disabled Trust Fund | 2,888,354 |
| 4120-0030 | Workforce Coordinating Grant Trust Account | 12,409 |
| 4120-0607 | Employment Strategies and Services Trust | 9,486 |
| 4120-6002 | Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund | 6,750,000 |
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| MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING | 6,092,254 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 5,645,031 | |||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 4125-0100 | Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing |
5,645,031 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intragovernmental Service Spending | 250,000 | |||||||||
| 4125-0122 | Chargeback for Interpreter Services
For the costs of interpreter services provided by commission staff; provided, that the costs of personnel may be charged to this item; and provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the commission 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
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250,000 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 197,223 | |
| 4125-0104 | Interpreter Services Revolving Fund | 197,223 |
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| SOLDIERS' HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS | 30,157,587 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 30,139,153 | |||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 4180-0100 | Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts Administration and Operations
For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea |
29,539,153 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||||||||||
| 4180-1100 | License Plate Sales Retained Revenue
The soldiers' home in Massachusetts, located in the city of Chelsea, may expend for facility maintenance and patient care an amount not to exceed $600,000; provided, that 60 per cent of all revenues generated under section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, after compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the costs associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this account; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
600,000 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 18,434 | |
| 4180-1101 | Soldiers Home Telecommunication Lease Expendable Trust | 18,434 |
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| SOLDIERS' HOME IN HOLYOKE | 24,479,580 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 4190-0100 | Soldiers' Home in Holyoke Administration and Operations
For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke |
23,170,537 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 4190-0101 | Holyoke Antenna Retained Revenue
For the soldiers' home in Holyoke which may expend for its operation an amount not to exceed $5,000 from the licensing of the property for placement of aerial antennas |
5,000 |
| 4190-0102 | Pharmacy Co-Payment Fee Retained Revenue
The soldiers' home in Holyoke may expend for the outpatient pharmacy program an amount not to exceed $110,000 from co-payments which it may charge to users of the program; provided, that the rates of the co-payments and the procedures for their administration shall be determined annually by the soldiers' home superintendent; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the soldiers' home 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 |
110,000 |
| 4190-0200 | Holyoke Telephone and Television Retained Revenue
The soldiers' home in Holyoke may expend for the provision of television and telephone services to residents an amount not to exceed $50,000 from fees collected from veterans in its care |
50,000 |
| 4190-0300 | Holyoke 12 Bed Retained Revenue
For the soldiers' home in Holyoke which may expend not more than $744,043 for the operation of 12 long term care beds from revenue generated through the occupancy of these beds; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the soldiers' home 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 |
744,043 |
| 4190-1100 | License Plate Sales Retained Revenue
The soldiers' home in Holyoke may expend for facility maintenance and patient care an amount not to exceed $400,000; provided, that 40 per cent of all revenues generated under section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, after compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the costs associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this account; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department 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 |
400,000 |
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| DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES | 1,762,275,953 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 1,750,857,414 | |||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 5911-1003 | DDS Service Coordination and Administration
For the service coordination and administration of the department of developmental services |
69,918,985 | ||||||||
| 5911-2000 | Transportation Services
For transportation costs associated with community-based day and work programs; provided, that the department shall provide transportation on the basis of priority of need as determined by the department |
18,996,018 | ||||||||
| 5920-2000 | Community Residential Services for Developmentally Disabled
For vendor-operated, community-based, residential adult services, including intensive individual supports; provided, that the commissioner of the department of developmental services shall transfer funds from this item to item 5920-2010, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail, by object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 15 days before the transfer; and provided further, that not more than $5,000,000 shall be transferred from this item in fiscal year 2016
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1,084,666,855 | ||||||||
| 5920-2010 | State Operated Residential Services
For state-operated, community-based, residential services for adults, including community-based health services |
214,737,045 | ||||||||
| 5920-2025 | Community Day and Work Programs
For community-based day and work programs and associated transportation costs for adults; provided, that the department shall provide transportation on the basis of priority of need as determined by the department |
173,509,830 | ||||||||
| 5920-2026 | Community Based Employment
For the support of individuals with disabilities transitioning from employment services offered at sheltered workshops to community-based employment or day support program services |
5,048,666 | ||||||||
| 5920-3000 | Respite Family Supports for the Developmentally Disabled
For respite services and intensive family supports
|
59,802,269 | ||||||||
| 5920-3010 | Autism Division
For support services for families with autistic children through the autism division |
5,585,431 | ||||||||
| 5920-5000 | Turning 22 Program and Services
For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2016 |
6,500,000 | ||||||||
| 5930-1000 | State Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled
For the operation of facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities; provided, that the department may allocate funds from this item to items 5920-2000, 5920-2010 and 5920-2025, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any transfer for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at ICF/MRs |
112,092,315 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intragovernmental Service Spending | 6,500,000 | |||||
| 5948-0012 | Chargeback for Special Education Alternatives
For the operation of a program providing alternatives to residential placements for children with intellectual disabilities, including the costs of intensive home-based supports provided for the purposes of item 7061-0012
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6,500,000 | ||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 4,918,539 | |
| 5911-0001 | Templeton Parents Guardians Friends Expendable Trust | 29,388 |
| 5911-2001 | DDS Commissioner Trust | 4,889,151 |
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| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES | 92,001,676 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 91,988,368 | |
| Direct Appropriations | ||
| 1410-0010 | Veterans' Services Administration and Operations
For the operation of the department of veterans' services; provided, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the operation of peer support services in order to provide crisis intervention and homelessness prevention for veterans of the commonwealth; and provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for the Canines for Combat Veterans program to train assistance dogs for veterans |
3,389,267 |
| 1410-0012 | Veterans' Outreach Centers Including Homeless Shelters
For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach centers, homeless shelters and transitional housing; provided, that the centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated veterans and to Vietnam era veterans and their families who may have been exposed to agent orange; and provided further, that these centers shall also provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11, 2001, and their families |
3,073,641 |
| 1410-0015 | Women Veterans' Outreach
For the women veterans' outreach program |
108,338 |
| 1410-0024 | Veteran Service Officer Training and Certification
For training and certification of veteran benefits and service officers |
350,000 |
| 1410-0075 | Train Vets to Treat Vets
For the purpose of the train vets to treat vets program; provided, that the department shall work in conjunction with the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology to administer a behavioral health career development program for returning veterans |
250,000 |
| 1410-0250 | Assistance to Homeless Veterans
For the operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans; provided, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for support services for a transitional housing program for homeless veterans located in Chelsea, Massachusetts |
3,111,629 |
| 1410-0251 | New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing for veterans at the New England Center for Homeless Veterans located in the city of Boston |
2,592,470 |
| 1410-0400 | Veterans' Benefits
For reimbursements to cities and towns for money paid for veterans' benefits and for payments to certain veterans under section 6 of chapter 115 of the General Laws and for the payment of annuities to certain disabled veterans and the parents and un-remarried spouses of certain deceased veterans; provided, that annuity payments made under this item shall be made under sections 6A, 6B and 6C of chapter 115 of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amounts of veterans' benefits paid by cities and towns to residents of a soldiers' home, homeless shelter or transitional housing facility shall be paid by the commonwealth to the several cities and towns; provided further, that under section 9 of said chapter 115, the department shall reimburse cities and towns for the cost of United States flags placed on the graves of veterans on Memorial Day; provided further, that the secretary of veterans' services shall continue a training program for veterans' agents and directors of veterans' services in cities and towns; provided further, that the department of veterans' services shall provide such training in several locations across the commonwealth; provided further, that training shall be provided annually and on an as needed basis to veterans' service organizations recognized by the department of veterans affairs to provide information and education regarding the benefits available under said chapter 115 and all other benefits to which a veteran or a veteran's dependents may be entitled; provided further, that any person applying for veterans' benefits to pay for services available under chapter 118E of the General Laws shall also apply for medical assistance under said chapter 118E to minimize costs to the commonwealth and its municipalities; provided further, that veterans' agents shall complete applications authorized by the executive office under said chapter 118E for a veteran, surviving spouse or dependent applying for medical assistance under said chapter 115; provided further, that the veterans' agent shall file the application for the veteran, surviving spouse or dependent for assistance under said chapter 118E; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall act on all said chapter 118E applications and advise the applicant and the veterans' agent of the applicant's eligibility for said chapter 118E healthcare; provided further, that the veterans' agent shall advise the applicant of the right to assistance for medical benefits under said chapter 115 pending approval of the application for assistance under said chapter 118E by the executive office; provided further, that the secretary may supplement healthcare under said chapter 118E with healthcare coverage under said chapter 115 if the secretary determines that supplemental coverage is necessary to afford the veteran, surviving spouse or dependent sufficient relief and support; provided further, that payments to, or on behalf of, a veteran, surviving spouse or dependent under said chapter 115 shall not be considered income for the purposes of determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; and provided further, that benefits awarded under section 6B of said chapter 115 shall be considered countable income |
77,151,193 |
| 1410-0630 | Agawam and Winchendon Veterans' Cemeteries
For the administration of the veterans' cemeteries in the towns of Agawam and Winchendon |
1,171,830 |
| 1410-1616 | War Memorials
For war memorials selected by the secretary of veterans' services through a competitive grant process |
100,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 1410-0018 | Agawam and Winchendon Cemeteries Retained Revenue
The department of veterans' services may expend for the maintenance and operation of the Agawam and Winchendon veterans' cemeteries an amount not to exceed $690,000 from revenues collected from federal reimbursements, fees, grants, gifts or other contributions to the cemeteries |
690,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 13,308 | |
| 1410-2526 | Agent Training | 13,308 |
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