For the administration and operation of the department of developmental services; provided, that the department shall not charge user fees for transportation or community day services; provided further, that the department shall not charge fees for eligibility determination for services provided by the department or for applications or requests for transfer of guardianship; provided further, that regional employment collaboratives shall be funded at not less than the amount funded in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that the department shall issue a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than February 19, 2027 detailing: (i) significant expense increases incurred by the department; (ii) measures implemented by the department to reduce costs; and (iii) improved outcomes in programs and services funded by the department; provided further, that the commissioner of developmental services may transfer funds between items
5920-2025,
5920-2000,
5911-2000 and
5920-3000; provided further, that the commissioner shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before any such transfer; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to Operation House Call at Arc Massachusetts, Inc. to maintain and expand training to medical students and other graduate level health care professionals to work with individuals with autism and other developmental and intellectual disabilities; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Massachusetts memorial medical center and the University of Massachusetts medical school based on the patient--centered medical home concept; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Raising Harts Corporation located in the town of Hanover for inclusive programming for individuals with disabilities; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Attleboro Enterprises Incorporated for the creation of a program center to support adults with a broad range of neurodiverse and intellectual and developmental disabilities in the town of Plainville and for the creation of a wheelchair garden in the city known as the town of North Attleborough
