Operating Transfers
SECTION 2E. The sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the trust funds named within each item unless specifically designated otherwise in this section, for the purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this section and subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. Items in this section shall not be subject to allotment under section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws or reduction under section 9C of said chapter 29, without express authorization from the general court. Notwithstanding section 19A of said chapter 29, any transfer under this section shall be made by the comptroller in accordance with a transfer schedule to be developed for each item by the comptroller, after consulting with the appropriate agency secretary, the secretary of administration and finance and the state treasurer. The schedule for each appropriation shall provide for transfers in increments considered appropriate to meet the cash flow needs of each fund and all transfers under the schedule shall be completed not later than June 30, 2019. Not later than 7 days after the schedules receive final approval by the comptroller, they shall be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means.
| GOVERNMENT AREA | FY 2019 Budgetary Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Independents | 130,773 |
| Administration and Finance | 441,180 |
| Energy & Environmental Affairs | 575 |
| Health and Human Services | 639,243 |
| Transportation | 584,848 |
| Labor & Workforce Development | 5,000 |
| Education | 7,000 |
| TOTAL | 1,808,618 |
Independents
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER | 130,772,892 | |
| 1595-5819 | COMMONWEALTH CARE TRUST FUND
For an operating transfer to the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund, established under section 2OOO of chapter 29 of the General Laws |
130,772,892 |
Administration and Finance
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| GROUP INSURANCE COMMISSION | 441,179,578 | |
| 1599-6152 | STATE RETIREE BENEFITS TRUST FUND
For an operating transfer to the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund, established pursuant to section 24 of chapter 32A of the General Laws |
441,179,578 |
Energy & Environmental Affairs
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES | 575,000 | |
| 1595-1100 | UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION TRUST FUND TRANSFER
For an operating transfer to the Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund established pursuant to section 12R of chapter 25 of the General Laws |
500,000 |
| 1595-1105 | ENERGY FACILITIES SITING BOARD TRUST FUND TRANSFER
For an operating transfer to the Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund established pursuant to section 12Q of chapter 25 of the General Laws |
75,000 |
Health and Human Services
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | 639,243,272 | |
| 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 these funds shall be expended for services provided during state or federal fiscal year 2018 or 2019 or for public hospital transformation and incentive initiative payments for state fiscal year 2018 or 2019 or for Medicaid care organization payments under 42 CFR 438.6(c) for rate year 2018 or 2019; provided further, that all payments from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund shall be: (i) subject to the availability of federal financial participation; (ii) made only under federally-approved payment methods; (iii) consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services; and (iv) 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 will utilize funds from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to make payments of up to $443,750,000 to the Cambridge public health commission or to Medicaid care organizations for payment to the Cambridge public health commission if the Cambridge public health commission, in anticipation of receiving such payments, first voluntarily transfers an amount equal to the non-federal share of such payments to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund using a federally-permissible source of funds |
452,450,000 |
| 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 |
19,153,272 |
| 1595-1070 | SAFETY NET PROVIDER TRUST FUND
For an operating transfer to the Safety Net Provider Trust Fund established pursuant to section 29YYYY of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that these funds shall be expended pursuant to the Safety Net Provider eligibility criteria and payment methodology approved in the MassHealth demonstration pursuant to section 1115 of the Social Security Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. section 1315 for state fiscal year 2018; and provided further, that all payments from the fund shall be: (i) subject to the availability of federal financial participation; (ii) made only under federally-approved payment methods; (iii) consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits as determined by the secretary of health and human services; and (iv) subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement with the executive office of health and human services |
167,640,000 |
Transportation
| account | description | amount | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | 584,847,657 | |||||
| 1595-6368 | MASSACHUSETTS TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND
For an operating transfer to the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund, established under section 4 of chapter 6C of the General Laws
|
284,679,448 | ||||
| 1595-6369 | COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION FUND TRANSFER TO THE MBTA
For an operating transfer to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority pursuant to clause (1) of subsection (d) of section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws
Note: In addition to the operating transfer, the administration expects to make $60,000,000 available to the MBTA for pay-go capital in the fiscal year 2019 capital budget. |
127,000,000 | ||||
| 1595-6370 | COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION FUND TRANSFER TO RTAS
For an operating transfer to the regional transit authorities organized pursuant to chapter 161B of the General Laws or predecessor statutes pursuant to clause (2) of subsection (d) of section 2ZZZ of chapter 29 of the General Laws; provided, that each regional transit authority receiving assistance under this item shall deliver, not later than October 1, 2018, a copy of its most recent audited financial statement to the chief financial officer of the department of transportation, the secretary of administration and finance, the state treasurer, the state comptroller, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on transportation
|
80,400,000 | ||||
| 1595-6378 | SNOW AND ICE CONTROL
For snow and ice control and remediation including, but not limited to, the cost of hired and leased equipment, related employee costs, vehicle repair, materials and other chemicals used for snow and ice control and removal
|
83,000,000 | ||||
| 1595-6379 | MERIT RATING BOARD
For the operation of the motor vehicle insurance merit rating board, including the rent, related parking and utility expenses of the board; provided, that the amount appropriated in this item, and the associated fringe benefits, shall be borne by insurance companies doing motor vehicle insurance business within the commonwealth, under section 57A of chapter 6C of the General Laws; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no safe driver insurance plan shall require the payment of an unsafe driver point surcharge for the first offense for non-criminal motor vehicle traffic violations as described in chapter 90C of the General Laws
|
9,768,209 | ||||
Labor & Workforce Development
| account | description | amount | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT | 5,000,000 | |||||
| 1595-1075 | TRANSFER TO WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS TRUST FUND
For an operating transfer to the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund established in section 2WWW of chapter 29 of the General Laws
|
5,000,000 | ||||
Education
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION | 7,000,000 | |
| 1595-0025 | SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, EDUCATION, AND SCREENING TRUST FUND
For the support of the Substance Use Prevention, Education, and Screening Trust Fund, established pursuant to section 35EEE of chapter 10 of the General Laws |
5,000,000 |
| 1595-7066 | STEM PIPELINE FUND
For the support of the Massachusetts Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fund, established pursuant to section 2MMM of chapter 29 of the General Laws |
2,000,000 |
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