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S 2525

Massachusetts Senate•Introduced

Summary

S 2525, “Site Information & Links”, was introduced in the Senate on May 22, 2025. It last saw action on May 22, 2025: See H4001.

Record

Text

S 2525 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

s2525/introduced.txt
SENATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2525
       Senate, May 22, 2025 – Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for
       the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and
       certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and
       for certain permanent improvements (House, No. 4001) (being the text of Senate, No. 3, printed as
       amended).
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  _______________
  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
  _______________
SECTION 1. To provide for the operations of the several departments, boards, commissions and institutions of
the commonwealth and other services of the commonwealth and for certain permanent improvements and to meet
certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions
specified, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise, subject to the
laws regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
All sums appropriated under this act, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, shall be expended in a
manner reflecting and encouraging a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for members of minority
groups, women and persons with a disability. All officials and employees of an agency, board, department,
commission or division receiving funds under this act shall take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity
in the internal affairs of state government and in their relations with the public, including those persons and
organizations doing business with the commonwealth. Each agency, board, department, commission and division
of the commonwealth, in spending appropriated sums and discharging its statutory responsibilities, shall adopt
measures to ensure equal opportunity in the areas of hiring, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment, layoff
or termination, rates of compensation, in-service or apprenticeship training programs and all other terms and
conditions of employment.
SECTION 1A. In accordance with Articles LXIII and CVII of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth and section 6D of chapter 29 of the General Laws, it is hereby declared that the amounts of
revenue set forth in this section, by source, for the respective funds of the commonwealth for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2026 are necessary and sufficient to provide the means to defray the appropriations and expenditures
from such funds for fiscal year 2026 as set forth and authorized in this act. The comptroller shall keep a distinct
account of actual receipts from each such source by each such fund to furnish the executive office for
administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements
comparing those receipts with the projected receipts set forth in this section and shall include a full statement
comparing the actual and projected receipts in the annual report for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 12 of
chapter 7A of the General Laws. The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any
other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.
  All  Commonwealth     Other
  General  Other
  Revenue Source  Budgeted  Transportation   Major
  Fund  Funds
  Funds  Fund  Funds
 Alcoholic Beverages  $98.1       $98.1  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Banks  $18.7       $18.7  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Cigarettes  $262.3      $262.3  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Corporations  $4,078.2    $4,078.2  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Deeds  $376.8      $376.8  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Fair Share Income Surtax  $2,400.0    $1,800.0  $600.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Income  $24,240.0   $24,240.0  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Inheritance and Estate  $517.0      $517.0  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Insurance  $784.3      $757.3  $0.0        $0.0      $27.0
 Marijuana Excise  $185.9        $0.0  $0.0    $185.9  $0.0
 Motor Fuel  $742.2        $0.0  $741.2        $0.0       $1.0
 Public Utilities  $0.0        $0.0  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Room Occupancy  $265.0      $265.0  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Sales - Regular  $6,727.0    $4,438.3  $0.0        $0.0   $2,288.7
 Sales - Meals  $1,725.0    $1,725.0  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Sales - Motor Vehicles  $1,181.0        $0.0  $779.2        $0.0     $401.8
 Miscellaneous  $12.6       $12.6  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
     Fiscal Year 2026 Base Tax Revenue Estimate    $43,614.0   $38,589.2  $2,120.4    $185.9     $2,718.5
  Statutory Tax Transfers
 Annual Contribution to the State Pension System   -$4,334.2    -$4,334.2  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Excess Capital Gains to State Pension System        -$599.0     -$599.0  $0.0        $0.0       $0.0
 Sales Tax Transfer to the MBTA  -$1,425.3        $0.0  $0.0        $0.0   -$1,425.3
 Sales Tax Transfer to the MSBA  -$1,265.3        $0.0  $0.0        $0.0   -$1,265.3
 UI Surcharge to the Workforce Training Trust Fund       -$27.0        $0.0  $0.0       $0.0     -$27.0
 Fair Share Surtax to Education and Transportation
  -$1,185.0   -$1,185.0  $0.0       $0.0       $0.0
 Fund
 Fair Share Surtax to Education and Transportation
  -$615.0     -$615.0  $0.0       $0.0       $0.0
 Reserves
 Excess Capital Gains to the Stabilization Fund  -$33.3      -$33.3  $0.0       $0.0       $0.0
 Excess Capital Gains to the State Retiree Benefits
  -$33.3      -$33.3  $0.0       $0.0       $0.0
 Trust Fund
  Total Statutory Tax Transfers    -$9,517.3   -$6,799.7  $0.0       $0.0   -$2,717.6
  Total Fiscal Year 2026 Consensus Tax Revenue
  $34,096.7   $31,789.4      $2,120.4     $185.9       $1.0
  Available for Budget
      Tax Initiatives and Other Tax Revenue
 Tax-Related Settlements & Judgments  $50.0       $50.0  $0.0       $0.0       $0.0
     Total Tax Initiatives and Other Tax Revenue  $50.0       $50.0  $0.0       $0.0       $0.0
  Total Taxes for Budget    $34,146.7   $31,839.4      $2,120.4     $185.9       $1.0
  Non-Tax Revenue
 Federal Reimbursements  $15,759.3   $15,750.8  $0.0       $0.0       $8.4
 Departmental Revenues  $6,517.0    $5,759.8        $695.5      $49.8      $11.9
 Consolidated Transfers  $4,830.6    $3,183.8  $85.4     $319.8   $1,241.7
  Total Non-Tax Revenue      $27,106.8   $24,694.4        $780.8     $369.5   $1,262.0
  Fiscal Year 2026 Grand Total     $61,253.5   $56,533.8      $2,901.2     $555.5   $1,263.0
SECTION 1B. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts of non-tax revenues by each
department, board, commission or institution to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and
the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing those receipts with
projected receipts set forth in this section and to include a full statement comparing those receipts with projected
receipts in the annual report for the fiscal year pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws. The
   quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted
   funds in addition to those sources specified in this section.
Non-Tax Revenue: Department  Departmental       Budgeted  Total  Total
  Federal Revenues
Summary  Revenues  Transfers        Unrestricted     Restricted
Judiciary
Supreme Judicial Court  $0      $2,183,220  $0      $2,183,220  $0
Committee for Public Counsel  $0      $3,275,000  $0      $3,275,000  $0
Appeals Court  $0       $315,317  $0        $315,317  $0
Trial Court  $0     $61,634,000  $0     $61,634,000  $0
  Total  $0     $67,407,537  $0     $67,407,537  $0
District Attorneys
Middlesex District Attorney's Office  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Worcester District Attorney's Office  $0  $5,000  $0  $5,000  $0
Plymouth District Attorney's Office  $0  $1,000  $0  $1,000  $0
  Total  $0  $6,000  $0  $6,000  $0
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth  $0    $296,118,673  $0    $295,603,673       $515,000
  Total  $0    $296,118,673  $0    $295,603,673       $515,000
Treasurer and Receiver General
Office of the Treasurer  $0    $549,245,500     $604,814,937      $1,123,710,437   $30,350,000
Massachusetts Cultural Council  $0  $16,000  $0  $16,000  $0
State Lottery Commission  $0    $115,707,006    $1,238,645,216     $1,354,352,222  $0
  Total  $0    $664,968,506    $1,843,460,153     $2,478,078,659   $30,350,000
Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General  $4,426,908     $51,942,184  $0     $48,960,797     $7,408,295
  Total  $4,426,908     $51,942,184  $0     $48,960,797     $7,408,295
State Ethics Commission
State Ethics Commission  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
  Total  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Inspector General
Office of the Inspector General  $0       $1,680,000  $0  $0     $1,680,000
  Total  $0       $1,680,000  $0  $0     $1,680,000
Office of Campaign and Political
Finance
Office of Campaign and Political
Finance  $0  $54,500  $0  $54,500  $0
  Total  $0  $54,500  $0  $54,500  $0
Massachusetts Commission
Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination  $2,500,000        $440,000  $0  $30,000     $2,910,000
  Total    $2,500,000        $440,000  $0  $30,000     $2,910,000
Office of the State Comptroller
Office of the State Comptroller  $0       $6,366,806    $1,920,615,333   $1,926,862,139     $120,000
  Total  $0       $6,366,806    $1,920,615,333   $1,926,862,139     $120,000
Massachusetts Gaming
Commission
Massachusetts Gaming Commission  $0  $0     $393,481,438     $393,481,438  $0
  Total  $0  $0     $393,481,438     $393,481,438  $0
Cannabis Control Commission
Cannabis Control Commission  $0      $19,781,406  $0      $19,781,406  $0
  Total  $0      $19,781,406  $0      $19,781,406  $0
Executive Office for
Administration and Finance
Secretary of Administration and
Finance  $0     $201,150,000     $721,129,000     $922,279,000  $0
Division of Capital Asset
Management & Maintenance  $0       $4,567,573      $11,296,867       $4,567,573    $11,296,867
Civil Service Commission  $0  $12,500  $0  $12,500  $0
Group Insurance Commission  $0    $1,135,914,348    $409,862,157    $1,543,579,759    $2,196,746
Division of Administrative Law
Appeals  $0  $70,000  $0  $0       $70,000
Department of Revenue  $63,125,570    $180,908,168  $0     $237,266,487     $6,767,251
Appellate Tax Board  $0       $2,985,306  $0        $2,585,306       $400,000
Human Resources Division  $0       $2,160,000  $0        $2,160,000  $0
Operational Services Division  $0      $30,421,408  $0       $12,271,701     $18,149,707
  Total      $63,125,570    $1,558,189,303   $1,142,288,024    $2,724,722,326    $38,880,571
Executive Office of Technology
Services and Security
Executive Office of Technology
Services and Security  $0       $2,733,931  $0  $0      $2,733,931
  Total  $0       $2,733,931  $0  $0      $2,733,931
Executive Office of Energy and
Environmental Affairs
Executive Office of Energy &
Environmental Affairs  $25,000       $5,050,000  $0        $4,385,000       $690,000
Department of Public Utilities  $0      $53,426,437  $0       $53,426,437  $0
Department of Environmental
Protection  $0      $34,723,982  $0       $28,638,164      $6,085,818
Department of Fish and Game  $8,420,000     $13,181,789       $1,945,000       $23,078,800       $467,989
Department of Agricultural
Resources  $0       $6,846,325  $0        $6,846,325  $0
Department of Conservation and
Recreation  $0      $27,892,691  $0       $27,892,691  $0
Department of Energy Resources  $0       $9,031,633  $0        $9,031,633  $0
  Total        $8,445,000    $150,152,857       $1,945,000      $153,299,050      $7,243,807
Executive Office of Health and
Human Services
Department of Veterans' Services  $0  $760,000  $0  $0       $760,000
Secretary of Health and Human
Services  $12,542,481,426   $2,206,468,318     $16,000,000    $14,449,949,744   $315,000,000
Mass Commission for the Blind  $5,037,612  $7,500  $0        $5,045,112  $0
Massachusetts Rehabilitation
Commission  $9,207,866  $40,000  $0        $9,247,866  $0
Mass Commission for the Deaf  $246,064  $3,500  $0  $249,564  $0
Chelsea Soldiers' Home  $16,424,436       $2,078,384  $0       $18,502,820  $0
Holyoke Soldiers' Home  $7,871,365      $1,518,702  $0        $7,200,424      $2,189,643
Department of Youth Services  $5,706,738        $130,000  $0        $5,836,738  $0
Department of Transitional
Assistance  $499,856,389  $925,000    $17,600,000     $518,381,389  $0
Department of Public Health  $172,730,525     $120,265,042     $1,500,000     $146,100,364    $148,395,203
Department of Children and
Families  $349,397,551       $2,658,000      $700,000      $345,720,124      $7,035,427
Department of Mental Health  $140,513,535      $26,644,612    $20,000,000     $187,033,147       $125,000
Department of Developmental
Services  $1,189,415,397      $3,875,621  $0     $1,193,291,018  $0
Department of Elder Affairs  $227,733,737       $1,434,850  $0      $229,168,587  $0
  Total   $15,166,622,641   $2,366,809,529   $55,800,000   $17,115,726,897   $473,505,273
Health Policy Commission
Health Policy Commission  $0      $11,948,856  $0       $11,948,856  $0
  Total  $0      $11,948,856  $0       $11,948,856  $0
Center for Health Information
and Analysis
Center for Health Information and
Analysis  $0      $48,918,094  $0       $48,918,094  $0
  Total  $0      $48,918,094  $0       $48,918,094  $0
Board of Library Commissioners
Board of Library Commissioners  $0  $3,200  $0  $3,200  $0
  Total  $0  $3,200  $0  $3,200  $0
Executive Office of Economic
Development
Office of Consumer Affairs and
Business Regulation  $0       $1,856,490  $0  $861,038       $995,452
Division of Banks  $0      $45,629,760  $0       $44,129,760      $1,500,000
Division of Insurance  $0     $159,768,412  $0      $159,768,412  $0
Division of Professional Licensure  $0      $42,520,330  $0       $22,603,769     $19,916,561
Division of Standards  $0       $3,293,008  $0        $2,417,577       $875,431
Department of Telecommunications
and Cable  $0       $5,198,884  $0        $5,198,884  $0
Massachusetts Office of Travel and
Tourism  $0  $0     $2,492,000     $2,492,000  $0
  Total  $0    $258,266,884    $2,492,000   $237,471,440   $23,287,444
Executive Office of Housing and
Livable Communities
Housing and Livable Communities  $0      $6,897,012  $0      $3,325,500    $3,571,512
  Total  $0      $6,897,012  $0      $3,325,500    $3,571,512
Executive Office of Labor and
Workforce Development
Labor and Workforce Development  $0      $2,300,150   $23,238,419    $25,077,493     $461,076
  Total  $0      $2,300,150   $23,238,419    $25,077,493     $461,076
Executive Office of Education
Department of Early Education and
Care  $306,415,325     $2,226,146  $0    $308,121,471     $520,000
Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education  $0      $7,750,792  $0      $5,026,250    $2,724,542
Department of Higher Education  $0      $8,000,000  $0      $8,000,000  $0
University of Massachusetts  $0    $110,000,000  $0    $110,000,000  $0
Bridgewater State College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Fitchburg State College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Framingham State College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Massachusetts College of Art and
Design  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Massachusetts College of Liberal
Arts  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Salem State College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Westfield State College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Worcester State College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Berkshire Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Bristol Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Cape Cod Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Greenfield Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Holyoke Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Mass Bay Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Massasoit Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Middlesex Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Mount Wachusett Community
College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Northern Essex Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
North Shore Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Quinsigamond Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Springfield Technical Community
College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Roxbury Community College  $0      $2,500,000  $0  $0      $2,500,000
Bunker Hill Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
  Total   $306,415,325   $130,476,938  $0    $431,147,721     $5,744,542
Executive Office of Public Safety
and Security
Executive Office of Public Safety
and Security  $0      $2,100,000  $0      $2,100,000  $0
Office of the Chief Medical
Examiner  $0     $10,164,450  $0      $1,517,565     $8,646,885
Criminal History Systems Board  $0     $34,916,711  $0     $28,593,036     $6,323,675
Department of State Police  $1,935,922   $111,433,000  $0      $2,663,000   $110,705,922
Municipal Police Training Council  $0      $2,800,000  $0  $0      $2,800,000
Department of Fire Services  $0     $61,648,536  $0     $59,314,976     $2,333,560
Military Division  $0      $1,900,000  $0  $0      $1,900,000
Emergency Management Agency  $175,000,000  $0  $0    $175,000,000  $0
Department of Corrections  $3,500,000     $6,013,000   $4,687,000  $0     $14,200,000
  Total   $180,435,922   $230,975,697   $4,687,000   $269,188,577   $146,910,042
Sheriffs
Hampden Sheriff's Office  $825,000      $3,687,251  $0       $881,000      $3,631,251
Worcester Sheriff's Office  $25,000  $750  $0        $25,750  $0
Middlesex Sheriff's Office  $12,000       $238,996  $0        $75,996       $175,000
Hampshire Sheriff's Office  $7,600  $2,525  $0        $10,125  $0
Berkshire Sheriff's Office  $6,000       $1,605,000  $0  $11,000      $1,600,000
Franklin Sheriff's Office  $86,200  $7,000  $0  $93,200  $0
Essex Sheriff's Office  $41,000       $1,858,115  $0  $49,115      $1,850,000
Barnstable Sheriff's Office  $0       $1,552,970  $0  $2,970      $1,550,000
Bristol Sheriff's Office  $82,712  $20,000  $0  $102,712  $0
Dukes Sheriff's Office  $0  $330,656  $0  $30,656       $300,000
Norfolk Sheriff's Office  $576,000  $215,430  $0  $576,000       $215,430
Plymouth Sheriff's Office  $25,620,000  $300,000  $0       $25,620,000       $300,000
Suffolk Sheriff's Office  $0       $2,000,000  $0  $200,000      $1,800,000
  Total      $27,281,512      $11,818,693  $0       $27,678,524     $11,421,681
Massachusetts Department of
Transportation
Massachusetts Department of
Transportation  $0     $628,727,105      $57,565,200      $686,292,305  $0
  Total  $0     $628,727,105      $57,565,200      $686,292,305  $0
  Total Non-Tax Revenue     $15,759,252,878   $6,516,983,861   $5,445,572,567   $26,965,066,132   $756,743,174
  SECTION 2.
  JUDICIARY.
Supreme Judicial Court.
0320-0003    For the operation of the supreme judicial court, including the salaries of the chief
  justice and the 6 associate justices .........................................................$12,314,981
0320-0010    For the operation of the clerk’s office of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk
  county.......................................................................................................$2,428,095
0321-0001    For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct ........................$1,187,392
0321-0100    For the services of the board of bar examiners ........................................$2,349,408
Committee for Public Counsel Services.
0321-1500    For the operation of the committee for public counsel services under chapter 211D
  of the General Laws; provided, that the committee shall maintain a system in which
  not less than 20 per cent of indigent clients shall be represented by public defenders;
  provided further, that to the extent feasible, the committee shall assign public
  defenders to district and superior courts; provided further, that not later than
  December 2, 2025, the committee shall submit a report to the executive office for
  administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means that shall include, but not be limited to, the expected surplus or deficiency
  of items 0321-1500, 0321-1510 and 0321-1520 for fiscal year 2026; provided
  further, that not later than March 3, 2026, the committee shall submit an annual
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall be
  compared with data from the current period to the previous 2 fiscal years; and
  provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number
  of cases handled by the committee in each reporting period, delineated by public
  defender and private bar advocate; (ii) the average number of hours spent per case
  by public defenders; (iii) the number of public defenders currently employed by the
  committee and the total number employed by the committee at the end of each fiscal
  year, delineated by division; (iv) the number of public defender vacancies to be
  filled; (v) the average cost for public defender services rendered per case in the
  prior fiscal year; (vi) the number of cases assigned to private bar advocates; (vii)
  the average number of hours billed by private bar advocates; (viii) the average cost
  for private bar advocate services rendered per case in the prior fiscal year; (ix) the
  billable hours of private counsel, delineated by travel time and time spent in court,
  including wait time and trial preparation time, including interview time,
  investigating time and research time; (x) any changes to the private bar billing
  system and any billing improvements that have been made; (xi) the total number of
  support staff, investigators, attorneys in charge and management personnel
  currently employed by the committee and the total number employed by the
  committee at the end of each fiscal year for the previous 2 fiscal years; and (xii) a
  summary of all spending for psychologists, psychiatrists and investigators,
  including the total number of hours billed, the number of unique vendors and the
  average number of hours billed..............................................................$91,000,000
0321-1510     For compensation paid to private counsel assigned to criminal and civil cases under
  subsection (b) of section 6 of chapter 211D of the General Laws and under section
  11 of said chapter 211D; provided, that not more than $2,000,000 from this item
  shall be expended for services rendered prior to fiscal year 2026 .......$213,827,979
0321-1520     For fees and costs as defined in section 27A of chapter 261 of the General Laws, as
  ordered by a justice of the appeals court or a justice of a department of the trial
  court on behalf of persons who are indigent as defined in said section 27A of said
  chapter 261; provided, that not more than $1,500,000 from this item shall be
  expended for services rendered prior to fiscal year 2026 ......................$25,172,236
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.
0321-1600     For the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to provide legal representation
  for indigent or otherwise disadvantaged residents of the commonwealth; provided,
  that not later than February 2, 2026, the corporation shall submit a report to the
  house and senate committees on ways and means using the most recent United
  States Census Bureau population data available that shall include, but not be limited
  to: (i) the number of persons assisted by the programs funded by the corporation in
  the prior fiscal year; (ii) any proposed expansion of legal services, delineated by
  type of service, target population and cost; and (iii) the total number of indigent or
  otherwise disadvantaged residents who received services from the corporation,
  delineated by type of case and geographic location; provided further, that the
  corporation may contract with any organization to provide representation; and
  provided further, that notwithstanding the first paragraph of section 9 of chapter
  221A of the General Laws, funds shall be expended for the Disability Benefits
  Project, the Medicare Advocacy Project and the Domestic Violence Legal
  Assistance Project ..................................................................................$51,000,000
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee.
0321-2000     For the operation of the mental health legal advisors committee and for certain
  programs for the indigent mentally ill established in section 34E of chapter 221 of
  the General Laws; provided, that funds shall be expended for the operations of a
  satellite office in the western region of the commonwealth ....................$3,315,604
Prisoners’ Legal Services.
0321-2100     For the expenses of Prisoners’ Legal Services ........................................$3,272,105
New England Innocence Project.
0321-2200     For the expenses of the New England Innocence Project, Inc. to support exonerees$350,000
Social Law Library.
0321-2205      For the expenses of the social law library located in Suffolk county ......$2,960,287
Appeals Court.
0322-0100      For the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of
  the chief justice, recall justices and associate justices ...........................$15,794,381
Trial Court.
0330-0101      For the salaries of the justices of the 7 departments of the trial court ...$90,824,455
0330-0300      For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial
  court nonemployee services, dental and vision health plan agreements for
  employees who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement, jury expenses, law
  libraries, statewide telecommunications, private and municipal court rentals and
  leases, operation of courthouse facilities, rental of county court facilities, witness
  fees, printing expenses, equipment maintenance and repairs, the court interpreter
  program, insurance and chargeback costs, the Massachusetts sentencing
  commission, court security and judicial training; provided, that 50 per cent of all
  fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
  Procedure shall be paid from this item; provided further, that funds may be
  expended for training on domestic violence issues, the maintenance of a domestic
  violence registry, evaluations of batterers’ intervention programs and the risk
  assessment tool for domestic violence offenders under chapter 260 of the acts of
  2014; provided further, that not less than $378,000 shall be expended for the race
  and bias initiative to expand the trial court’s office of diversity, equity, inclusion
  and experience and to provide additional diversity training for all court employees;
  provided further, that in planning and implementing the policies of the race and
  bias initiative, the trial court’s office of diversity, equity, inclusion & experience
  shall solicit feedback from community stakeholders in order to identify any
  structural, organizational or cultural barriers to ensure equity in the justice system
  for people of racial, linguistic, cultural or sexual minorities and shall recommend
  methods to remove those barriers to guarantee the provision of competent
  representation and inclusive practices in each courtroom; provided further, that
  funds shall be expended for juvenile court investigators rates at an amount that at
  least maintains the rates established in fiscal year 2025; provided further, that not
  less than $300,000 shall be expended to ensure the maintenance of an interactive
  text response system to remind litigants, including all criminal defendants in the
  district, Boston municipal and superior courts, of their court dates; provided further,
  that not less than $1,130,000 shall be expended to hire mental health clinicians;
  provided further, that mental health clinicians shall be distributed to court facilities
  in a geographically equitable manner; provided further, that funds may be expended
  to provide information and assistance to self-represented litigants; provided further,
  that the trial court shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees
  on ways and means on revenues collected by the trial court; provided further, that
  each report shall provide for the previous quarter for each court division and
  courthouse: (i) the total amount ordered in fees and fines; (ii) the total amount
  dismissed in fees and fines; (iii) the total amount paid in fees and fines; and (iv) the
  total amount outstanding in fees and fines; provided further, that notwithstanding
  section 9A of chapter 30 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to
  the contrary, the rights afforded to a veteran under said section 9A of said chapter
  30, shall also be afforded to any such veteran who holds a trial court office or
  position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under chapter 31 of the
  General Laws, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or
  an office or position under section 7 of said chapter 30 and who has: (a) held the
  office or position for not less than 1 year; and (b) completed 30 years of total
  creditable service to the commonwealth as defined in chapter 32 of the General
  Laws; and provided further, that not less than 15 days before the transfer of funds
  between items within the trial court, the court administrator shall submit a report to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be
  limited to: (1) the amount of funds transferred from any item of appropriation; (2)
  the item number of the appropriation making the transfer; (3) the item number of
  the appropriation receiving the transfer; and (4) the reason for the transfer$365,833,714
0330-0344   For the administration and transportation costs associated with a veterans court
  program .......................................................................................................$254,222
0330-0410   For the implementation of alternative dispute resolution programming; provided,
  that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for online dispute resolution$1,372,241
0330-0441   For permanency mediation services in the probate and juvenile courts .....$515,000
0330-0500   For the use of video teleconferencing for court appearances by persons in the
  custody of the houses of correction ............................................................$254,925
0330-0599   For a probation program that administers high-intensity supervision to promote
  successful probation outcomes and reduce recidivism; provided, that the office of
  the commissioner of probation may partner with the same external research
  organization in fiscal year 2026 as selected in fiscal year 2025 to: (i) monitor
  program fidelity and design; (ii) implement the model; and (iii) collect and analyze
  the outcome evaluation; and provided further, that not later than March 16, 2026,
  the commissioner of probation shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to, any relevant
  data on participants and outcomes ...........................................................$1,373,164
0330-0601   For the operation of the specialty courts; provided, that no funds shall be transferred
  from this item to any other item in the trial court; and provided further, that not later
  than April 1, 2026, the trial court shall, in coordination with partner departments
  and agencies, submit reports on interdepartmental service agreements made with
  the partner departments and agencies to the court administrator and the house and
  senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i)
  the amount of funds transferred to each specific agency or department for use in the
  specialty courts; (ii) the specific intent of the transfer in relation to specialty court
  operations; (iii) any additional services implemented by way of the transfer; and
  (iv) the amount of unspent funds from the transfer at the time of reporting$7,970,454
0330-0612   For the administration of the Massachusetts Community Justice Project to serve
  individuals with mental health and substance use disorders who are involved in the
  criminal justice system; provided, that the trial court shall continue to fund a project
  coordinator to oversee coordination and administration and to provide financial
  oversight of the sequential intercept model; and provided further, that not later than
  March 2, 2026, the project coordinator shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i)
  design of the sequential intercept model mappings; (ii) locations of workshops held
  to advocate for the model; (iii) number of cases in which the model has been
  utilized; (iv) impact of the model on rehabilitation and recidivism; and (v) cost
  savings associated with the model ..............................................................$228,116
0330-0613   For the implementation of the recommendations set forth by the Council of State
  Governments Justice Center - Massachusetts Criminal Justice Review including,
  but not limited to, the establishment of new programs and expansion of existing
  programs targeted at recidivism reduction; provided, that the trial court shall
  transfer funds to other state agencies and as outlined in this item; provided further,
  that not less than 15 days before any such transfer, the trial court administrator shall
  notify the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that
  if no state agency or department is specifically designated to receive funds from
  this item, the trial court administrator shall distribute funding based on the
  recommendations of the Council of State Governments Justice Center -
  Massachusetts Criminal Justice Review; provided further, that not later than March
  2, 2026, each state agency or department receiving funds from this item shall submit
  a report to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and
  senate committees on ways and means detailing, as applicable, participation,
  completion and recidivism rates, delineated by gender; provided further, that the
  department of correction shall expend not less than $637,500 to expand recidivism
  reduction programming; provided further, that not later than March 2, 2026, the
  department of correction shall submit a report to the executive office of public
  safety and security, the executive office for administration and finance, the house
  and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on the judiciary
  on the types of recidivism reduction programs provided, participation, completion
  and recidivism rates for any recidivism reduction programming; provided further,
  that the report shall be delineated by gender and include descriptions of new
  programs offered to women as a result of these funds; provided further, that not less
  than $345,000 shall be expended on grants administered by the executive office of
  public safety and security to support the expansion of evidence-based cognitive
  behavioral programs in county houses of correction and jails; provided further, that
  the secretary of public safety and security shall award grants on a competitive basis
  and applicants shall provide a plan for ensuring that proposed programs shall be
  implemented with fidelity to a research-based, evidence-based or evidence-
  informed program design; provided further, that if there is no existing research or
  evidence supporting the proposed program, applicants shall describe in detail how
  the program will be evaluated with sufficient rigor to add to existing research;
  provided further, that the sheriffs’ offices that receive grant funds shall report
  participation, completion and recidivism rates annually to the executive office of
  public safety and security; provided further, that the report shall be delineated by
  gender and include descriptions of new programs offered to women as a result of
  these funds; provided further, that not later than March 2, 2026, copies of the report
  shall be provided to the executive office for administration and finance, the house
  and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on the judiciary;
  provided further, that funds shall be expended to improve collaboration between
  the department of correction and the parole board to reduce delays in the release of
  incarcerated persons approved for parole; provided further, that not later than
  March 2, 2026, the department of correction and the parole board shall submit a
  joint report to the executive office for administration and finance, the house and
  senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on the judiciary
  detailing the: (i) implementation process; (ii) number of incarcerated persons who
  experienced delayed release in fiscal year 2025 compared to prior fiscal years; and
  (iii) average length of delays in fiscal year 2025 compared to prior fiscal years;
  provided further, that not less than $130,000 shall be expended to: (a) evaluate the
  caseload of parole and probation officers; (b) hire new officers accordingly; and (c)
  expand programs and services at community corrections centers; provided further,
  that not less than $2,300,000 shall be expended for a transitional youth early
  intervention probation pilot program to be administered by the office of the
  commissioner of probation; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be
  expended to improve case management and data-tracking capacity in the office of
  the commissioner of probation; and provided further, that not less than $5,075,000
  shall be expended in conjunction with the executive office of health and human
  services to develop and implement a behavioral health strategy, including statewide
  capacity to track the utilization of behavioral health care services and behavioral
  health outcomes for persons in the criminal justice system within the Medicaid
  management information system .............................................................$8,662,500
Superior Court Department.
0331-0100    For the operation of the superior court department; provided, that funds shall be
  expended for medical malpractice tribunals under section 60B of chapter 231 of the
  General Laws; and provided further, that the clerk of the court shall be responsible
  for the internal administration of the clerk’s office, including personnel, staff
  services and record keeping ...................................................................$40,924,734
District Court Department.
0332-0100    For the operation of the district court department, including a civil conciliation
  program ..................................................................................................$91,656,230
Probate and Family Court Department.
0333-0002    For the operation of the probate and family court department; provided, that not
  less than $848,014 shall be expended to continue the case management triage plan$48,053,606
Land Court Department.
0334-0001    For the operation of the land court department ........................................$6,103,614
Boston Municipal Court Department.
0335-0001    For the operation of the Boston municipal court department ................$17,013,331
Housing Court Department.
0336-0002    For the operation of the housing court department; provided, that funds shall be
  expended on court interpreter services ..................................................$14,717,104
Juvenile Court Department.
0337-0002    For the operation of the juvenile court department; provided, that not less than
  $50,000 shall be expended for One Can Help, Inc. for providing assistance and
  resources for families in juvenile courts statewide ................................$27,729,013
Office of the Commissioner of Probation.
0339-1001    For the office of the commissioner of probation; provided, that the office shall enter
  into an interagency service agreement with the department of revenue to verify
  income data and to utilize the department’s wage reporting and bank match system
  for weekly tape-matching to determine an individual’s eligibility for appointment
  of indigent counsel under chapter 211D of the General Laws; provided further, that
  not less than $479,167 shall be expended for DNA testing; provided further, that
  not less than $450,000 shall be expended for expanded drug testing capacity;
  provided further, that not less than $222,000 shall be expended for increased sealing
  and expungement capacity; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be
  expended for a caseload management software system for the juvenile and probate
  and family courts; provided further, that not less than $641,000 shall be expended
  for a pretrial services unit; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be
  expended for increased electronic monitoring capacity; provided further, that not
  less than $374,667 shall be expended for a probate and family court workload
  reduction project; provided further, that not less than $160,000 shall be expended
  for the purchase of bulletproof vests for probation officers; provided further, that
  funds may be expended for increased lab-based testing, oral toxicology tests and
  new urine tests to detect additional substances; provided further, that funds shall be
  used for the ongoing development and implementation of the validated risk
  assessment tool to inform pre-adjudication decision making with regard to
  detention, release on personal recognizance or release under conditions of criminal
  defendants before the adult trial court; and provided further, that not later than
  November 3, 2025, the office shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the status
  of the validated risk assessment tool; (ii) efforts to implement the risk assessment
  tool; (iii) further goals to expand the use of the risk assessment tool; and (iv) the
  outcomes associated with utilization of the risk assessment tool ........$197,302,225
0339-1003   For the office of community corrections and performance-based contracts for the
  operation of community corrections centers; provided, that not later than March 2,
  2026, the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways
  and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the performance standards
  used to evaluate community corrections centers; (ii) a description of how each
  community corrections center compares based on performance and utilization data;
  (iii) the amount of each contract awarded to community corrections centers on a
  per-client-day basis; (iv) the standards for terminating contracts with
  underperforming community corrections centers; and (v) plans for increasing the
  use of community corrections centers by the courts, the department of correction
  and the sheriffs’ offices; provided further, that the executive director of the office
  of community corrections may make funds available from this item for
  rehabilitative pilot programs that incorporate evidence-based corrections practices;
  provided further, that the office may provide re-entry services programs, which
  shall not operate as intermediate sanctions programs as defined in section 1 of
  chapter 211F of the General Laws, to any person released from incarceration
  including, but not limited to, any probationer or parolee; and provided further, that
  not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the Ralph Gants Reentry Services
  Program for the purpose of supporting reentry, including providing reentry services
  programs ................................................................................................$33,668,302
0339-1005   For a competitive grant program to be administered by the office of the
  commissioner of probation for cities and towns, acting either individually or in
  concert, to pilot or expand multidisciplinary approaches to divert juveniles and
  young adults from the juvenile and criminal justice systems prior to arrest or
  arraignment through coordinated programs for prevention and intervention that
  serve youths and their families including, but not limited to: (i) connecting youths
  to mental health services; (ii) providing youth development activities and
  mentoring; (iii) promoting school safety, family home visits, juvenile diversion
  programs and restorative justice and mediation programs; and (iv) providing
  assistance for families and schools to navigate the legal system; provided, that
  eligible applicants may partner with nonprofit organizations to provide programs
  and services; provided further, that the office shall give preference to applications
  that: (a) clearly outline a comprehensive plan for municipalities to collaborate with
  law enforcement agencies, schools, community-based organizations and
  government agencies to address juvenile delinquency and young adult crime; (b)
  include written commitments of municipalities, law enforcement agencies, schools,
  community-based organizations and government agencies to collaborate; (c) make
  a written commitment to match grant funds with not less than a 25 per cent
  matching grant provided by either municipal or private contributions; and (d)
  identify a local governmental unit to serve as the fiscal agent for the proposed
  programs and services; provided further, that administrative costs for approved
  grant applications shall not exceed 5 per cent of the value of the grant; and provided
  further, that not later than March 16, 2026, the office shall submit a report to the
  house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be
  limited to: (1) the number of grant applications received; (2) the number of grants
  approved; (3) the amount of funds issued to each grantee; and (4) details regarding
  each grantee, including geographic location, services offered, organizations with
  which the grantee collaborated, matching funds provided and the number of
  juveniles and young adults served ..............................................................$515,000
0339-1011     For a grant program to be administered by the office of the commissioner of
  probation for community-based residential re-entry programs to reduce recidivism
  by providing transitional housing, workforce development and case management
  to individuals returning to the community from county correction facilities and state
  prisons, including incarcerated persons under the supervision of state prisons and
  county correction facilities approved under sections 49 and 86F of chapter 127 of
  the General Laws and individuals on parole or on probation; provided, that no funds
  shall be transferred from this item to any other item in the trial court; provided
  further, that the programs shall provide supervision and accountability as needed;
  provided further, that the funds shall be awarded through a competitive process to
  qualified nonprofit organizations with a documented history of providing
  comprehensive, evidence-based or evidence-informed community residential re-
  entry services; provided further, that applicants shall provide a plan for ensuring
  that proposed programs shall be implemented with fidelity to a research-based,
  evidence-based or evidence-informed program design; provided further, that not
  less than $1,000,000 shall be spent on women and elderly persons returning from
  incarceration; provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be awarded to
  the parole board for sober and transitional housing for parolees; and provided
  further, that not later than March 2, 2026, the office shall submit a report to the
  house and senate committees on ways and means on the outcomes and recidivism
  rates of the participants ..........................................................................$16,079,410
Office of the Jury Commissioner.
0339-2100     For the office of jury commissioner under chapter 234A of the General Laws$3,998,640
  DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
Suffolk District Attorney.
0340-0100     For the Suffolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the
  domestic violence unit and the children’s advocacy center; provided, that 50 per
  cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of
  Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; and
  provided further, that no assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of
  less than $68,000....................................................................................$29,078,956
0340-0198     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Suffolk district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$488,843
Middlesex District Attorney.
0340-0200     For the Middlesex district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the
  domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d)
  and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken
  by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant
  district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .....$24,748,204
0340-0298     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$724,350
Eastern District Attorney.
0340-0300     For the Eastern district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the
  domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d)
  and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken
  by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant
  district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .....$15,002,530
0340-0398     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$695,868
Worcester District Attorney.
0340-0400     For the Worcester district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the
  domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d)
  and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken
  by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant
  district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .....$16,246,281
0340-0498     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Worcester district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$588,201
Hampden District Attorney.
0340-0500     For the Hampden district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the
  domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d)
  and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken
  by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant
  district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .....$16,892,176
0340-0598     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$595,785
Northwestern District Attorney.
0340-0600     For the Northwestern district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the
  domestic violence unit and the anti-crime task force; provided, that 50 per cent of
  fees payable under rules 15(d) and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal
  Procedure for appeals taken by the office shall be paid from this item; provided
  further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for NoFIRES, Inc. for a
  juvenile firesetter intervention and prevention program; provided further, that no
  assistant district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000; and
  provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Opioid Task
  Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region ....................$10,250,676
0340-0698     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Northwestern district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$418,560
Norfolk District Attorney.
0340-0700     For the Norfolk district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the
  domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d)
  and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken
  by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant
  district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .....$14,643,846
0340-0798     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Norfolk district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$576,944
Plymouth District Attorney.
0340-0800     For the Plymouth district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the
  domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d)
  and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken
  by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant
  district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .....$12,934,832
0340-0898     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Plymouth district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$602,558
Bristol District Attorney.
0340-0900     For the Bristol district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness assistance
  program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the domestic
  violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d) and
  30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken by the
  office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant district
  attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .................$14,863,264
0340-0998    For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Bristol district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$720,188
Cape and Islands District Attorney.
0340-1000    For the Cape and Islands district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program and the
  domestic violence unit; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d)
  and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken
  by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant
  district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .......$6,715,417
0340-1098    For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Cape and Islands
  district attorney’s office ..............................................................................$398,503
Berkshire District Attorney.
0340-1100    For the Berkshire district attorney’s office, including the victim and witness
  assistance program, the child abuse and sexual assault prosecution program, the
  drug task force, the domestic violence unit and the Berkshire county law
  enforcement task force; provided, that 50 per cent of fees payable under rules 15(d)
  and 30(c)(8) of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure for appeals taken
  by the office shall be paid from this item; and provided further, that no assistant
  district attorney shall be paid an annual salary of less than $68,000 .......$6,137,391
0340-1198    For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Berkshire district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$324,857
  MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION.
0340-0203    For the implementation and administration of drug diversion programs for
  nonviolent young adult drug offenders; provided, that individuals using heroin or
  other opiate derivatives who are arrested for nonviolent crimes shall be eligible for
  such programs; provided further, that individuals charged with violent crimes shall
  not be eligible for participation in a drug diversion program; provided further, that
  a district attorney’s office may contract with any organization to administer a drug
  diversion program or an education program; provided further, that any such
  programs shall be designed in consultation with the department of public health;
  provided further, that diversion program candidates without insurance coverage for
  the services under the programs shall not be denied access to the program based on
  the inability to pay; provided further, that not less than 60 days before the
  distribution of funds, the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association shall submit
  a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the
  amount to be given to each district attorney’s office; (ii) the methodology for the
  distribution; and (iii) the administration and cost of the program; and provided
  further, that no funds from this item shall be expended on the administrative costs
  of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association..................................$499,950
0340-2100   For the operation of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, including
  the implementation and related expenses of the district attorneys’ offices
  automation, case management and tracking system; provided, that expenses
  associated with the system may be charged directly to this item; provided further,
  that the association shall work in conjunction with the disabled persons protection
  commission and the 11 district attorneys' offices to prepare a report that shall
  include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of abuse cases that are referred to each
  district attorney’s office for further investigation; (ii) the number of those referrals
  resulting in the filing of criminal charges, delineated by type of charge; (iii) the
  number of cases referred to each district attorney's office that remain open as of the
  date for submission of the report; and (iv) the number of cases that resulted in a
  criminal prosecution and the disposition of each such prosecution; provided further,
  that not later than March 16, 2026, the report shall be submitted to the house and
  senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the senate and house of
  representatives; provided further, that not later than January 30, 2026, the
  association shall work in conjunction with the 11 district attorneys’ offices to
  prepare and submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means
  and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives; provided further, that the
  association shall provide the offices with an agreed-upon template for the report to
  be filled out; provided further, that the offices shall submit the report in a standard
  electronic format; and provided further, that the template shall include, delineated
  by charge type: (a) the number of criminal cases initiated by arraignment in each
  department of the trial court; (b) the number of criminal cases disposed of in each
  department of the trial court; (c) the number of cases appealed to the appeals courts,
  the supreme judicial court, a single justice of the appeals court or of the supreme
  judicial court or any other appeals; (d) the number of cases reviewed but not
  charged; and (e) the number of cases under active management where the case
  includes charges for drug offenses under chapter 94C of the General Laws, motor
  vehicle offenses under chapter 90 of the General Laws or firearm offenses under
  chapter 140 of the General Laws .............................................................$2,938,927
0340-2117   For the retention of assistant district attorneys and nonattorney staff with not less
  than 3 years of experience; provided, that the Massachusetts District Attorneys
  Association shall transfer funds to the AA object class in each of the 11 district
  attorneys’ offices; provided further, that the association shall develop a formula for
  the distribution of these funds; provided further, that funds distributed from this
  item to the district attorneys’ offices shall be used for retention purposes and shall
  not be transferred out of the AA object class; provided further, that not more than
  $125,000 shall be distributed to any 1 district attorney’s office for such purpose;
  provided further, that not less than 60 days before the distribution of funds, the
  Massachusetts District Attorneys Association shall submit a report to the house and
  senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the methodology used to
  determine the amount to be disbursed; (ii) the amount to be given to each district
  attorney’s office; (iii) the methodology for the distribution; and (iv) the number of
  assistant district attorneys and nonattorney staff from each office who would
  receive funds from this item; and provided further, that no funds from this item
  shall be expended for the administrative costs of the Massachusetts District
  Attorneys Association ..............................................................................$1,000,000
0340-8908   For the costs associated with maintaining the Massachusetts District Attorneys
  Association’s wide area network .............................................................$3,364,704
  EXECUTIVE.
0411-1000   For the offices of the governor, the lieutenant governor and the governor’s council;
  provided, that the amount appropriated in this item may be used at the discretion of
  the governor for the payment of extraordinary expenses not otherwise provided for
  and for transfers to appropriation items where the amounts otherwise available may
  be insufficient...........................................................................................$6,173,602
0411-1020   For the operation of the office of climate innovation and resilience ..........$500,000
  SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
0511-0000   For the operation of the office of the secretary of the commonwealth; provided, that
  the secretary may transfer funds between items 0540-0900, 0540-1000, 0540-1100,
  0540-1200, 0540-1300, 0540-1400, 0540-1500, 0540-1600, 0540-1700, 0540-
  1800, 0540-1900, 0540-2000 and 0540-2100 under an allocation schedule which
  shall be submitted to the executive office for administration and finance and the
  house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before the
  transfer; and provided further, that each register of deeds using electronic record
  books shall ensure that all methods of electronically recording instruments conform
  to the regulations or standards established by the secretary and the records
  conservation board ...................................................................................$8,639,411
0511-0001   For the secretary of the commonwealth, who may expend not more than $15,000 in
  revenues collected from the sale of merchandise at the state house gift shop to
  restock gift shop inventory............................................................................$15,000
0511-0002   For the operation of the corporations division; provided, that the division shall
  implement a corporate dissolution program; and provided further, that not later than
  April 1, 2026, the secretary of the commonwealth shall submit a report to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means detailing the total number of reports
  filed as a result of this program and the amount of revenue generated for the
  commonwealth ............................................................................................$606,206
0511-0200   For the operation of the archives division; provided, that the secretary of the
  commonwealth shall expend not less than the amounts expended in fiscal year 2025
  for preservation matching grants for municipalities and nonprofit organizations to
  preserve veterans monuments, memorials and other significant sites and historic
  documents; and provided further, that the program shall be administered by the
  state historic records advisory board...........................................................$879,130
0511-0230   For the operation of the records center .........................................................$36,259
0511-0250   For the operation of the archives facility ....................................................$847,715
0511-0260   For the operation of the commonwealth museum.......................................$430,673
0511-0270   For the secretary of the commonwealth, who shall contract with the University of
  Massachusetts Donahue Institute to provide the commonwealth with technical
  assistance on United States census data and to prepare annual population estimates
  ..................................................................................................................$1,030,663
0511-0280   For the secretary of the commonwealth, who may expend not more than $500,000
  in revenues collected from fees assessed upon communication technology service
  providers for administration and monitoring of the remote online notarization
  program under clause (i) of subsection (a) of section 28 of chapter 222 of the
  General Laws; 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 secretary 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
0511-0420   For the operation of the address confidentiality program ...........................$327,582
0517-0000   For the printing of public documents ..........................................................$577,146
0521-0000   For the operation of the elections division, including preparation, printing and
  distribution of ballots and for other miscellaneous expenses for primary and other
  elections; provided, that the secretary of the commonwealth may award grants for
  voter registration and education; and provided further, that the registration and
  education activities may be conducted by community-based voter registration and
  education organizations .........................................................................$14,085,226
0521-0001   For the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that
  not later than January 30, 2026, the secretary of the commonwealth shall submit a
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing voter
  registration activity and a breakdown, by region, of active voters in the
  commonwealth .......................................................................................$11,448,118
0521-0002   For implementation of early voting in the commonwealth as required by section
  25B of chapter 54 of the General Laws, prior appropriation continued ..$3,000,000
0524-0000   For providing information to voters............................................................$455,738
0526-0100   For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission ...............$1,153,624
0527-0100   For the operation of the ballot law commission............................................$10,384
0528-0100   For the operation of the records conservation board ....................................$36,396
0540-0900   For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lawrence ........................$1,431,071
0540-1000    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Salem..............................$3,246,205
0540-1100    For the registry of deeds located in the county of Franklin ........................$711,431
0540-1200    For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampden ...................$2,230,765
0540-1300    For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampshire ....................$890,512
0540-1400    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lowell ............................$1,358,057
0540-1500    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Cambridge ......................$4,587,131
0540-1600    For the registry of deeds located in the town of Adams .............................$475,103
0540-1700    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Pittsfield ............................$642,533
0540-1800    For the registry of deeds located in the town of Great Barrington .............$381,268
0540-1900    For the registry of deeds located in the county of Suffolk .......................$2,685,808
0540-2000    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Fitchburg ...........................$826,636
0540-2100    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester .......................$2,658,397
  TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL.
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General.
0610-0000    For the office of the treasurer and receiver general ...............................$12,695,256
0610-0010    For the office of economic empowerment to promote and improve financial
  literacy; provided, that funds from this item may be transferred to the Economic
  Empowerment Trust Fund established in section 35QQ of chapter 10 of the General
  Laws; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the MIDAS
  Collaborative, Inc. as a fiscal intermediary for matched-savings programs, which
  help close critical racial and other wealth gaps of low-to-moderate-income
  households, in partnership with financial institutions, community development
  corporations, community foundations and other community-based organizations$1,726,700
0610-0050    For the administration of the alcoholic beverages control commission in its efforts
  to regulate and control the conduct and condition of trafficking in alcoholic
  beverages; provided, that the commission shall maintain at least 1 chief investigator
  and may maintain such other investigators as may be necessary for the regulation
  and control of the trafficking of alcoholic beverages; provided further, that the
  commission shall work and cooperate with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
  Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice and other
  relevant federal agencies to assist in its efforts to regulate and control the trafficking
  of alcoholic beverages; and provided further, that the commission shall seek out
  matching federal funds and apply for federal grants that may be available to assist
  in the enforcement of laws pertaining to the trafficking of alcoholic beverages$6,255,309
0610-0051   For the operation of the alcoholic beverages control commission relative to the
  prevention of underage drinking and related programs including, but not limited to,
  applying for and obtaining funds, grants and other federal appropriations from the
  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the United States
  Department of Justice; provided, that the commission may expend not more than
  $350,000 in revenues collected from fees generated by the commission; 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 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 .......................................................................................$350,000
0610-0060   For the costs associated with the investigation and enforcement division of the
  alcoholic beverages control commission’s implementation of the enhanced liquor
  enforcement programs known as the safe campus, safe holidays, safe prom and safe
  summer programs; provided, that funds from this item shall not support other
  operating costs of item 0610-0050 ..............................................................$348,780
0610-2000   For payments made to veterans under section 1 of chapter 646 of the acts of 1968,
  section 16 of chapter 130 of the acts of 2005 and section 11 of chapter 132 of the
  acts of 2009; provided, that the state treasurer may expend not more than $500,000
  for costs incurred in the administration of these payments; and provided further,
  that not later than September 2, 2025, the state treasurer shall submit a report to the
  house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the number of
  veterans applying for the payments, delineated by in-person and online
  applications; and (ii) how many payments were approved in the prior fiscal year$2,803,626
0611-1000   For bonus payments to war veterans .............................................................$44,500
0612-0105   For payment of the public safety employee killed in the line of duty benefit
  established in section 100A of chapter 32 of the General Laws; provided, that the
  state treasurer shall provide immediate written notification to the secretary of
  administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means upon of any expenditure of funds from this item; and provided further, that
  at the written request of the state treasurer, the comptroller shall transfer
  uncommitted and unobligated funds from item 1599-3384 to this item .....$600,000
Lottery Commission.
0640-0000   For the operation of the state lottery commission and arts lottery; provided, that no
  funds shall be expended from this item for costs associated with the promotion or
  advertising of lottery games; provided further, that positions funded from this item
  shall not be subject to chapters 30 and 31 of the General Laws; provided further,
  that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly
  from the State Lottery and Gaming Fund, established in section 35 of chapter 10 of
  the General Laws, to the General Fund; and provided further, that notwithstanding
  any general or special law to the contrary, funds may be expended for the
  establishment and operation of the online lottery established in section 24 of chapter
  10 of the General Laws ........................................................................$115,754,135
0640-0005    For the costs associated with monitor games; provided, that 25 per cent of the
  amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State
  Lottery and Gaming Fund, established in section 35 of chapter 10 of the General
  Laws, to the General Fund .......................................................................$4,321,359
0640-0010    For the promotional activities associated with the state lottery program; provided,
  that not later than June 30, 2026, the state lottery commission shall submit a report
  to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing additional
  revenues generated as a result of promotional activities funded from this item; and
  provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be
  transferred quarterly from the State Lottery and Gaming Fund, established in
  section 35 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, to the General Fund ........$6,000,000
0640-0096    For the commonwealth’s fiscal year 2026 contributions to the health and welfare
  fund established under the collective bargaining agreement between the state lottery
  commission and the Service Employees International Union, Local 888, AFL-CIO;
  provided, that the contributions shall be paid to the fund on such basis as the
  collective bargaining agreement provides; and provided further, that 25 per cent of
  the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State
  Lottery and Gaming Fund, established in section 35 of chapter 10 of the General
  Laws, to the General Fund ..........................................................................$618,509
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
0640-0300    For the services and operations of the Massachusetts cultural council, including
  grants to or contracts with public and nonpublic entities; provided, that the council
  may expend the amounts appropriated in this item for the council as provided in
  sections 52 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided further,
  that 25 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly
  from the State Lottery and Gaming Fund, established in section 35 of said chapter
  10, to the General Fund; provided further, that a person employed under this item
  shall be considered an employee within the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E
  of the General Laws and shall be placed in the appropriate bargaining unit; provided
  further, that the council shall expend from any source an amount equal to not less
  than 75 per cent of the amount in this item on grants and subsidies to further the
  achievement of the goals of the council’s 3-year strategic plan, including: (i)
  stewarding programmatic practices that advance equity, diversity and inclusion; (ii)
  advancing the creative and cultural sector through building partnerships,
  identifying recommendations and storytelling; and (iii) ensuring internal systems,
  structures and ways of working reflect the council’s values of creativity, public
  service and inclusion and advance the sector’s needs; provided further, that not later
  than October 31, 2025, the council shall submit its board-approved fiscal year 2026
  spending plan to the office of the state treasurer, the executive office for
  administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means
  and the joint committee on tourism, arts and cultural development including, but
  not limited to, the amounts to be expended on: (a) grants and subsidies; (b)
  personnel; (c) leases and utilities; and (d) travel, delineated by in-state and board-
  approved out-of-state travel; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
  expended as an honorarium to the official Poet Laureate of Massachusetts pursuant
  to executive order number 640; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
  expended for Hope for Youth and Families, Inc. to expand arts opportunities for
  youth and increase the capacity of existing arts organizations in the city of
  Springfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to
  Debbie's Treasure Chest, Inc. in the city of Lawrence to provide aid and support to
  disadvantaged and at-risk families in the Merrimack Valley; provided further, that
  not less than $75,000 shall be expended to Elevated Thought, Inc. to support the
  creation of murals in the city of Lawrence ............................................$26,245,152
Debt Service.
0699-0005       For the state treasurer, who may retain and expend not more than $30,000,000 in
  fiscal year 2026 from premiums paid on the sales of revenue anticipation notes and
  expend those premium payments to pay the principal and interest on account of the
  revenue anticipation notes......................................................................$30,000,000
0699-0014       For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness incurred
  under chapter 233 of the acts of 2008 for financing the accelerated bridge program
  ..............................................................................................................$270,606,457
  Commonwealth Transportation Fund ...............100%
0699-0015       For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain bonded debt and the
  sale of bonds of the commonwealth; provided, that notwithstanding any general or
  special law to the contrary, the state treasurer may make payments under section
  38C of chapter 29 of the General Laws from this item and items 0699-9100, 0699-
  2005 and 0699-0014; provided further, that the payments shall pertain to the bonds,
  notes or other obligations authorized to be paid from each item; provided further,
  that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may
  transfer the amounts that would otherwise be unexpended on June 30, 2026 from
  this item to items 0699-9100, 0699-2005 and 0699-0014 or from said items 0699-
  9100, 0699-2005 and 0699-0014 to this item which would otherwise have
  insufficient amounts to meet debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending June
  30, 2026; provided further, that each amount transferred shall be charged to the
  funds as specified in the item to which the amount is transferred; provided further,
  that payments on bonds issued under section 2O of said chapter 29 shall be paid
  from this item and shall be charged to the infrastructure subfund of the
  Commonwealth Transportation Fund; provided further, that notwithstanding this
  item or any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may charge the
  payments authorized in the item to the appropriate budgetary or other fund subject
  to a plan which the comptroller shall submit to the executive office for
  administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means not less than 10 days in advance of charging such payments; and provided
  further, that the state treasurer may expend from the Technology Education Fund
  under items 7070-6606 and 7070-6607 in the state accounting system, payments to
  the University of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for
  interest accrued in fiscal year 2026 and prior fiscal years on bonds held pursuant to
  section 4 of the Morrill Act, 7 U.S.C. 304 ........................................$2,250,387,453
  General Fund .................................................49.59%
  Commonwealth Transportation Fund ............50.41%
0699-2005   For the payment of interest, discount and principal on certain indebtedness that may
  be incurred for financing the central artery/third harbor tunnel funding shortfall$82,370,751
  Commonwealth Transportation Fund ...............100%
0699-9100   For the payment of costs associated with any bonds, notes or other obligations of
  the commonwealth, including issuance costs, interest on bonds, bond and revenue
  anticipation notes, commercial paper and other notes under sections 47 and 49B of
  chapter 29 of the General Laws and for the payment to the United States under
  Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 148, of any rebate amount or yield reduction
  payment owed with respect to any bonds or notes or other obligations of the
  commonwealth; provided, that the state treasurer shall certify to the comptroller a
  schedule of the distribution of costs among the various funds of the commonwealth;
  provided further, that not more than $400,000 shall be expended from this item for
  the costs of personnel in the debt management department in the office of the state
  treasurer; provided further, that the comptroller shall charge costs to the funds in
  accordance with the schedule; and provided further, that any deficit in this item at
  the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 shall be charged to the various
  funds or to the General Fund or to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund debt
  service reserves ......................................................................................$28,681,484
  OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR.
0710-0000   For the office of the state auditor, including the review and monitoring of
  privatization contracts under sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General
  Laws .......................................................................................................$20,200,234
0710-0100   For the operation of the division of local mandates ....................................$443,932
0710-0200   For the operation of the bureau of special investigations; provided, that the office
  of the state auditor shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing the total amount of fraudulently obtained
  benefits identified by the bureau, the total value of settlement restitution payments,
  actual monthly collections and any circumstances that produce shortfalls in
  collections ................................................................................................$2,599,086
0710-0225   For the operation of the Medicaid audit unit within the division of audit operations
  to prevent and identify fraud and abuse in the MassHealth system; provided, that
  the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than
  50 per cent; provided further, that not later than March 2, 2026, the division shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing
  all findings on activities and payments made through the MassHealth system;
  provided further, that the report shall include, to the extent available, a review of
  all post-audit efforts undertaken by MassHealth to recoup payments owed to the
  commonwealth due to identified fraud and abuse; provided further, that the report
  shall include the responses of MassHealth to the most recent post-audit review
  survey, including the status of recoupment efforts; and provided further, that the
  report shall include the unit’s recommendations to enhance recoupment efforts$1,483,719
0710-0300   For costs related to the use of data analytic techniques to identify fraud by the
  bureau of special investigations ..................................................................$557,724
0710-0400   For the operation of an information technology audit unit within the office of the
  state auditor to conduct audits of high risk information technology related activities
  including, cybersecurity, data access, systems operations, data integrity and
  regulatory compliance .................................................................................$865,519
  POLICE REFORM COMMISSION.
0800-0000   For the operation of the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training
  Commission; provided, that not later than March 16, 2026, the commission shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall
  include, but not be limited to: (i) the commission’s current caseload for fiscal year
  2026; (ii) the number of complaints concerning police officer conduct received by
  the commission; (iii) patterns of unprofessional police conduct identified by the
  commission; and (iv) the number of police officers suspended by the commission
  and the reason for the suspension ............................................................$8,922,427
0800-0001   For the operation of the commission on the status of African Americans..$150,000
0800-0002   For the operation of the commission on the status of Latinos and Latinas.$150,000
0800-0003   For the operation of the commission on the status of persons with disabilities$150,000
0800-0004   For the operation of the commission on the social status of Black men and boys$150,000
  OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
0810-0000   For the office of the attorney general, including the administration of the local
  consumer aid fund established in section 11G of chapter 12 of the General Laws,
  the operation of the anti-trust division, all regional offices, a high-tech crime unit
  and the victim and witness assistance program; provided, that funds shall be
  expended to support the services of the student loan ombudsman within the office
  who will serve as an independent mediator for student loan borrowers in the
  commonwealth .......................................................................................$48,072,168
0810-0013   For the office of the attorney general, which may expend for a false claims program
  not more than $4,542,326 in revenues collected from enforcement of sections 5A
  to 5O, inclusive, of chapter 12 of the General Laws; 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
  office 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 ...................................................$4,542,326
0810-0014   For the operation of the office of ratepayer advocacy within the office of the
  attorney general under section 11E of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided,
  that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed
  under said section 11E of said chapter 12 shall equal the amount expended from
  this item and the associated fringe benefit costs for personnel paid from this item;
  and provided further, that funds shall be expended for the expenses of legal and
  technical personnel and associated administrative and travel expenses relative to
  participation in regulatory proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory
  Commission on behalf of ratepayers in the commonwealth ....................$3,233,255
0810-0016   For the office of the attorney general, which may expend not more than $618,201
  in revenues collected from costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney and
  expert witness fees as awarded to the attorney general by the court or as agreed
  upon by the parties in settlement of any claims brought pursuant to the acts enforced
  in this item, for the development and prosecution of claims for enforcement by the
  commonwealth of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act,
  42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq., the
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42
  U.S.C. 9601 et seq., the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act,
  42 U.S.C 11001 et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
  6901 et seq. and the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. including, but
  not limited to, the investigation of such claims, personnel and litigation costs, the
  engagement of experts, the administration of studies or related activities and the
  enforcement of settlements; provided, that penalties payable to the commonwealth
  under the General Laws that are recovered by the commonwealth in the course of
  prosecuting claims for enforcement of federal law shall be deposited into 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 revenues and related expenditures, the office 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...............................................................................$618,201
0810-0021   For the operation of the Medicaid fraud control unit; provided, that the federal
  reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 75 per cent
  of the expenditure; and provided further, that funds shall continue to be used
  specifically for the investigation and prosecution of abuse, neglect, mistreatment
  and misappropriation based on referrals from the department of public health under
  section 72H of chapter 111 of the General Laws .....................................$5,726,249
0810-0045   For the wage enforcement program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or
  special law to the contrary, a nonmanagement position funded by this item shall be
  considered a job title in a collective bargaining unit as prescribed by the labor
  relations commission and shall be subject to chapter 150E of the General Laws;
  provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the operation
  and administration of a specialized prevailing wage and construction investigatory
  and enforcement unit within the wage enforcement program; provided further, that
  the unit shall consist of not less than 2 investigators assigned to eastern
  Massachusetts, 2 investigators assigned to central Massachusetts and 2
  investigators assigned to western Massachusetts; provided further, that the
  specialized unit shall be supervised by at least 1 supervising investigator and 1
  assistant attorney general in the wage enforcement program’s Boston office who
  shall have significant experience investigating violations of the commonwealth’s
  prevailing wage and construction laws; and provided further, that not later than
  February 27, 2026, the specialized unit shall submit a report on its annual
  enforcement actions and violation trends within the construction industry to the
  clerks of the senate and the house of representatives ..............................$7,367,276
0810-0061   For the funding of existing and future litigation committed to obtaining significant
  recoveries for the commonwealth ............................................................$3,856,817
0810-0098   For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the office of the attorney
  general; provided, that other costs associated with the officers shall not be funded
  from this item; and provided further, that no expenditures shall be made on or after
  the effective date of this item that would cause the commonwealth’s obligation
  under this item to exceed the amount appropriated in this item .................$857,588
0810-0201   For the costs incurred in administrative or judicial proceedings on insurance under
  section 11F of chapter 12 of the General Laws; provided, that funds made available
  in this item may be used to supplement the automobile insurance fraud unit and the
  workers’ compensation fraud unit in the office of the attorney general; provided
  further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount
  assessed for these costs shall be equal to the amount expended from this item and
  the associated fringe benefit costs for personnel paid from this item; and provided
  further, that funds may be expended for costs associated with health insurance rate
  hearings ....................................................................................................$2,033,032
0810-0338   For the investigation and prosecution of automobile insurance fraud; provided, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed for
  these costs shall be equal to the amount appropriated in this item and the associated
  fringe benefit costs for personnel paid from this item ................................$581,532
0810-0399   For the investigation and prosecution of workers’ compensation fraud; provided,
  that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed
  for these costs shall be equal to the amount appropriated in this item and the
  associated fringe benefit costs for personnel paid from this item; provided further,
  that the office of the attorney general shall investigate and prosecute, when
  appropriate, employers who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance as
  required by law and any other employers or employees who may seek to defraud
  the system; and provided further, that the unit shall investigate and report on all
  companies not in compliance with chapter 152 of the General Laws ........$408,338
0810-1204    For the costs of the division of gaming enforcement under section 11M of chapter
  12 of the General Laws; provided, that the gaming commission shall reimburse the
  General Fund for the total amount of this appropriation and associated fringe
  benefit costs under said section 11M of said chapter 12 ............................$596,773
0810-1205    For programs established to combatting opioid addiction including, but not limited
  to, the investigation and enforcement of opioid dispensing practices and fraudulent
  prescribing practices; provided, that not later than January 29, 2026, the office of
  the attorney general shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on
  ways and means on the results of the program including, but not limited to, the
  effectiveness of investigations, opioid and trafficking settlements pursued and long-
  term plans for the program .......................................................................$2,738,897
0810-1206    For the office of the attorney general, which may expend for a civil penalties
  revolving fund an amount not to exceed $2,247,769 from revenues collected from
  enforcement of civil laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special
  law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies
  between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the office 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............................................................................$2,247,769
Victim and Witness Assistance Board.
0840-0004    For compensation to victims of violent crimes; provided, that notwithstanding
  chapter 258C of the General Laws, if a claimant is 60 years of age or older at the
  time of the crime and is not employed or receiving unemployment compensation,
  such claimant shall be eligible for compensation under said chapter 258C even if
  the claimant has suffered no out-of-pocket loss; provided further, that
  compensation to such claimant shall be limited to a maximum of $50; and provided
  further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, victims of
  the crime of rape shall be notified of all available services designed to assist rape
  victims including, but not limited to, the services provided under section 5 of
  chapter 258B of the General Laws...........................................................$3,426,323
0840-0100    For the operation of the victim and witness assistance board; provided, that funds
  shall be expended for the operation and administration of trainings and educational
  programming that advances the goals of the Massachusetts office for victim
  assistance..................................................................................................$2,213,707
0840-0101   For the salaries and administration of the SAFEPLAN advocacy program to be
  administered by the Massachusetts office for victim assistance; provided, that not
  later than January 29 2026, the office shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing the effectiveness of contracting for the
  program including, but not limited to, the: (i) expansion of the program’s services
  to new courthouses throughout the commonwealth; (ii) number and types of
  incidents to which the advocates responded; (iii) types of services and service
  referrals provided by domestic violence advocates; (iv) cost of providing such
  services; and (v) extent of coordination with other service providers and state
  agencies; and provided further, that SAFEPLAN services shall be maintained at not
  less than the levels provided in fiscal year 2025......................................$2,453,510
  STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.
0900-0100   For the operation of the state ethics commission .....................................$3,788,198
  OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
0910-0200   For the operation of the office of the inspector general ...........................$5,856,039
0910-0210   For the office of the inspector general, which may expend not more than $1,680,000
  from revenues collected the fees charged to participants in the OIG Academy,
  including the Massachusetts public purchasing official certification program for the
  operation of OIG Academy programs; 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
  office 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; provided further, that notwithstanding any
  general or special law to the contrary, funds may be collected in the prior fiscal year
  for service programs or activities delivered during the next fiscal year; and provided
  further, that any unspent balance at the close of the current fiscal year up to the
  ceiling shall remain in the account and may be expended for this item in the next
  fiscal year .................................................................................................$1,680,000
0910-0220   For the operation of the bureau of program integrity established in section 16V of
  chapter 6A of the General Laws .................................................................$813,324
0910-0230   For the operation of the data analytics unit within the office of the inspector general
  .....................................................................................................................$626,933
0910-0300   For the operation of the internal special audit unit established in section 9 of chapter
  6C of the General Laws ...........................................................................$1,272,054
0910-0330   For the operation of the division of state police oversight established pursuant to
  section 72 of chapter 22C of the General Laws ..........................................$467,913
  OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE.
0920-0300   For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance ...........$2,207,235
  OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE.
0930-0100   For the operation of the office of the child advocate; provided, that not less than
  $300,000 shall be expended on efforts to ensure that transition-age youth who are
  aging out of the care or custody of the department of children and families or the
  department of youth services are well-prepared for and supported in their transition
  into adulthood; provided further, that such services shall include, but not be limited
  to, staff support through case management and the provision of direct housing
  services; and provided further, that not less than $1,250,000 shall be expended for
  Roca. Inc.'s young mothers experiencing acute trauma pilot program ....$5,191,014
0930-0101   For the operation of the state center on child wellbeing and trauma .......$3,750,000
  MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
0940-0100   For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination; provided, that the
  commission shall pursue the highest allowable rate of federal reimbursement;
  provided further, that not later than March 5, 2026, the commission shall submit a
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the: (i) number
  of currently pending cases and the number of cases under investigation and in post-
  probable cause, with the number of post-probable cause cases delineated by the
  number of cases in the conciliation, pre-public hearing and post-public hearing
  stages; (ii) number of cases pending before the commission in which a state agency
  or authority is named as a respondent, delineating those cases by agency or
  authority; (iii) number of new cases filed in fiscal year 2025; (iv) number of cases
  closed by the commission in fiscal year 2025; and (v) average duration of cases
  closed by the commission in fiscal year 2025, delineated by cases that reached the
  conciliation, pre-public hearing and post-public hearing stages; provided further,
  that funds made available in this item shall be in addition to funds available in items
  0940-0101 and 0940-0103; and provided further, that all nonclerical positions shall
  be exempt from chapter 31 of the General Laws .....................................$8,811,293
0940-0101   For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not
  more than $1,100,000 in revenues collected from fees and federal reimbursements
  received for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s
  fair housing programs during fiscal year 2026 and for federal reimbursements
  received for the fair housing program and other programs in prior fiscal years;
  provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the
  commission may also expend revenues generated through the collection of
  authorized fees and; 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 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 ...................................................$1,100,000
0940-0102   For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not
  more than $409,999 in revenues collected from fees charged for training and
  monitoring programs; provided, that the commission shall work with the office of
  access and opportunity and the office of diversity and equal opportunity to design
  and deliver training to executive branch staff; provided further, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commission may
  also expend revenues generated through the collection of fees and costs so
  authorized; 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 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...............................................................................$409,999
0940-0103   For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not
  more than $1,400,000 in revenues from fees and federal reimbursements received
  in fiscal year 2026 and prior fiscal years for the United States Equal Employment
  Opportunity Commission’s fair employment programs; provided, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commission may
  also expend revenues generated through the collection of authorized fees and costs;
  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 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............................................................................$1,400,000
  COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.
0950-0000   For the commission on the status of women established in section 66 of chapter 3
  of the General Laws ....................................................................................$972,297
     COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN.
0950-0030   For the commission on the status of grandparents raising grandchildren established
  in section 69 of chapter 3 of the General Laws ..........................................$359,272
  MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION ON LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER
  AND QUESTIONING YOUTH.
0950-0050   For the commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning
  youth established in section 67 of chapter 3 of the General Laws...........$1,600,000
      COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS.
0950-0080     For the commission on the status of citizens of Asian American and Pacific Islander
  descent established in section 68 of chapter 3 of the General Laws ...........$586,188
  OFFICE OF THE VETERAN ADVOCATE.
0960-1000     For the operation of the office of the veteran advocate ...........................$1,000,000
  OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER.
1000-0001     For the office of the comptroller for the management of the accounting, payroll,
  related financial systems and annual financial reports, including prescribing the
  books and manner of accounting and internal control guidance for all agencies of
  the commonwealth to promote accountability, integrity and clarity in the
  commonwealth’s business, fiscal and administrative enterprises and to mitigate the
  risk of fraud, waste and abuse of the commonwealth’s resources; provided, that the
  comptroller shall submit quarterly reports to the executive office for administration
  and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall
  include, for each state agency for which the commonwealth is billing, the eligible
  state services and the full-year estimate of revenues and collected revenues;
  provided further, that the comptroller shall make expenditures for an enhanced
  intercept collections of delinquent debt program; and provided further, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may
  take any necessary actions to secure financial and payroll data including, but not
  limited to, restricting certain data released under section 20 of chapter 66 of the
  General Laws .........................................................................................$11,419,113
  CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION.
1070-0840     For the operation of the cannabis control commission ..........................$16,424,371
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ..............................100%
1070-0842     For the cannabis control commission’s oversight of the medical marijuana industry
  ..................................................................................................................$3,457,320
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ..............................100%
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
Office of the Secretary.
1100-1100     For the office of the secretary of administration and finance; provided, that the
  secretary shall provide biannual reports, the first of which shall be submitted not
  later than January 29, 2026 and the second of which shall be submitted not later
  than May 28, 2026, to the house and senate committees on ways and means
  summarizing existing and proposed collective bargaining agreements in an
  electronic format; provided further, that, for each agreement, the reports shall
  include, but not be limited to: (i) the session law for the previously agreed upon
  collective bargaining agreement; (ii) the current agreement status; (iii) the
  collective bargaining unit and unit number; (iv) the number of full-time equivalent
  employees subject to the agreement, by item; (v) a description of the membership
  of the unit; (vi) the total salary base of the most recent previous agreement; (vii)
  the start date and expiration date of the most recent agreement; (viii) the estimated
  total fiscal impact of the agreement compared to the previous agreement; (ix) the
  base salary increases required by the agreement, by effective time; and (x) the
  funding status of the agreement; provided further, that the reports shall detail, by
  bargaining unit, the costs to the commonwealth resulting from the collective
  bargaining agreements with various public employees’ unions, delineated by item;
  provided further, that the reports shall include, but not be limited to, the: (a)
  effective date of any new negotiations or renegotiations; (b) end date of the
  contract; (c) number of employees in the bargaining unit, by department; and (d)
  costs associated with any new negotiations or renegotiations, including salary
  adjustments, step increases, statutory benefits and other nonsalary costs for the
  current and subsequent fiscal years for the life of the contract; provided further, that
  the executive office for administration and finance shall submit quarterly reports to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing federal grant
  applications submitted and federal grants received by executive branch agencies
  during the applicable reporting period; and provided further, that not later than
  December 2, 2025, the executive office for administration and finance shall submit
  a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means evaluating the
  stress impacts of varying economic scenarios for the next 2 fiscal years including,
  but not limited to, the: (1) potential effects of economic changes on tax revenue
  collections; and (2) sufficiency of the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund
  established in section 2H of chapter 29 of the General Laws and other reserve
  balances in offsetting potential revenue declines.................................... $4,911,475
1100-1201   For supporting activities relating to accountability and transparency including, but
  not limited to, economic forecasting, adoption of uniform procedures across state
  agencies and departments and maximizing federal revenue opportunities $588,524
1100-1700   For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for
  administration and finance .................................................................... $38,877,981
1100-2200   For the state infrastructure implementation coordinator and the operation of the
  federal funds and infrastructure development office; provided, that the office shall
  submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means on
  its activities including, but not limited to: (i) federal competitive funds awarded to
  the commonwealth; (ii) federal competitive funds being pursued; and (iii) the status
  of pending applications submitted for federal competitive funds ........... $1,977,064
1106-0064   For the caseload and economic forecasting office; provided, that the office shall
  forecast: (i) MassHealth enrollment by group and coverage type; (ii) participation
  in state-subsidized child care provided through items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060;
  (iii) participation in emergency assistance and housing programs provided through
  items 7004-0101, 7004-0102, 7004-0108 and 7004-9316; (iv) enrollment of both
  active members and dependents in the group insurance commission; (v) recipients
  of direct benefits provided by the department of transitional assistance through
  items 4400-1004, 4403-2000, 4405-2000 and 4408-1000; (vi) participation in
  programs provided by the department of children and families through items 4800-
  0038 and 4800-0041; and (vii) other related economic forecasts; provided further,
  that not later than October 31, 2025, the office shall report its fiscal year 2025
  actuals, fiscal year 2026 year-to-date actuals and forecasts and fiscal year 2027
  forecasts to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and
  senate committees on ways and means; and provided further, that not later than
  March 13, 2026, the office shall submit updated forecasts to the executive office
  and to the house and senate committees on ways and means .................... $248,097
Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance.
1102-3199    For the operation of the office of facilities management and maintenance, including
  the cost of utilities and associated contracts for properties managed by the division
  of capital asset management and maintenance ..................................... $26,589,990
1102-3205    For the division of capital asset management and maintenance, which may expend
  for the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts information technology
  center and other state buildings not more than $11,296,868 in revenues collected
  from rentals, commissions, fees and any other sources pertaining to the operations
  of such 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 division 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......................................................................... $11,296,868
1102-3233    For the division of capital asset management and maintenance for the certification
  of contractors and subcontractors ...............................................................$996,529
Bureau of the State House.
1102-1128    For state house accessibility coordination, including communications access to
  public hearings and meetings; provided, that access shall include interpreter
  services for the deaf and hard of hearing ....................................................$161,088
1102-3331    For the operation of the bureau of the state house; provided, that the superintendent,
  director of operations and other employees of the bureau shall work in conjunction
  with the business manager of the house of representatives and the chief financial
  officer of the senate on the maintenance, repair, purchases and payments for
  materials and services; and provided further, that funds shall be expended for full-
  time maintenance coverage of elevators at the state house......................$4,556,426
1102-3400     For security operations at the bureau of the state house, including security personnel
  necessary to adequately staff the security operations center and manage
  communications for the bureau of the state house security and emergency
  preparedness team with public safety agencies ..........................................$750,000
Massachusetts Office on Disability.
1107-2400     For the Massachusetts office on disability .............................................. $1,377,471
  DISABLED PERSONS PROTECTION COMMISSION.
1107-2501     For the disabled persons protection commission including, but not limited to, the
  costs of maintaining a computerized registry system of persons who have been
  substantiated for registrable abuse of a person with an intellectual or developmental
  disability; provided, that the commission shall facilitate compliance by the
  department of mental health and the department of developmental services with
  uniform investigative standards; provided further, that the commission shall submit
  quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the
  number of claims of abuse by caretakers made by employees or contracted service
  employees of the department of developmental services, the department of mental
  health and MassAbility; provided further, that the report shall include the number
  of: (i) substantiated claims; (ii) unsubstantiated claims; and (iii) false claims
  reported as a result of intentional and malicious action; and provided further, that
  all persons who call the commission’s 24-hour hotline shall be provided with the
  opportunity to elect that the call not be recorded ...................................$12,792,996
Civil Service Commission.
1108-1011     For the civil service commission; provided, that the General Fund shall be
  reimbursed for the appropriation in this item through a fee charged on a per-claim
  basis; provided further, that the commission shall develop and implement
  regulations to provide for reimbursement to the General Fund; and provided further,
  that the commission may assess a fee upon the appointing authority when
  inappropriate action has occurred ........................................................... $1,317,029
Group Insurance Commission.
1108-5100     For the operation of the group insurance commission; provided, that the
  commission shall provide all materials presented at any public meetings hosted by
  the commission to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later
  than 15 days after the public meeting; provided further, that on a monthly basis, the
  commission shall provide the caseload forecasting office with enrollment data and
  any other information pertinent to caseload forecasting; and provided further, that
  the commission shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees
  on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) any proposed plan
  changes accompanied by a detailed rationale for such changes; (ii) a detailed
  delineation of any estimated deficiencies or reversions in the current fiscal year,
  detailed by item; and (iii) a projection of any funding changes for the following
  fiscal year, detailed by item .....................................................................$5,742,723
1108-5200   For the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium and plan costs
  incurred in fiscal year 2026; provided, that funds may be expended from this item
  for the commonwealth’s share of group insurance premium and plan costs provided
  to employees and retirees in prior fiscal years; provided further, that funds may be
  expended from this item for elderly retired governmental employees and retired
  municipal teachers; provided further, that the commission may pay premium and
  plan costs for municipal employees and retirees who are enrolled in the
  commission’s health plans under the commission’s regulations; provided further,
  that the rules for determining the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance
  premiums for retired state employees shall be the same as the standards in effect on
  July 1, 2012; provided further, that notwithstanding section 26 of chapter 29 of the
  General Laws, the commission may negotiate, purchase and execute contracts
  before July 1 of each year for policies of group insurance under chapter 32A of the
  General Laws; provided further, that the group insurance commission shall obtain
  reimbursement for premium and administrative expenses from other agencies and
  authorities not funded by state appropriations; provided further, that the secretary
  of administration and finance shall charge the department of unemployment
  assistance and other departments, authorities, agencies and divisions which have
  federal or other funds allocated to them for this purpose for that portion of insurance
  premium and plan costs as the secretary determines shall be borne by such funds
  and shall notify the comptroller of the amounts to be transferred, after similar
  determination, from the several state or other funds and amounts received in
  payment of all such charges or transfers shall be credited to the General Fund;
  provided further, that the secretary of administration and finance may charge all
  agencies for the commonwealth’s share of the health insurance costs incurred on
  behalf of any employees of those agencies who are on leave of absence for a period
  of more than 1 year; provided further, that the amounts received in payment for the
  charges shall be credited to the General Fund; provided further, that not less than
  90 days before any changes in coverage, benefits or the schedule of copayments
  and deductibles for plans offered by the group insurance commission, the
  commission shall notify the house and senate committees on ways and means;
  provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
  funds in this item shall not be available during the accounts payable period of fiscal
  year 2026 and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund
  on June 30, 2026; and provided further, that not later than March 6, 2026, the
  commission shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means
  on: (i) the average full cost premium equivalent per enrollee; (ii) the average actual
  cost per enrollee for enrollees from participating municipalities; (iii) the
  contribution ratios for each participating municipality for fiscal year 2026; (iv) the
  number of members in high deductible health plans; (v) the premium
  reimbursement paid by each municipality per active enrollee by plan; (vi) the
  average employee premium contribution by plan for each municipality; (vii)
  estimates for the total premium per active enrollee by plan for each municipality;
  (viii) the average employee out-of-pocket expenditure and premium contribution
  by salary level of employees; (ix) a comparison of the total premium estimate with
  the sum total of municipality reimbursement and average employee premium
  contribution; (x) the total amount spent on pharmaceutical drugs; and (xi) the cost
  of the commonwealth’s projected share of premiums for the next fiscal year$2,399,561,737
1108-5201    For the costs incurred by the group insurance commission associated with
  providing municipal health insurance coverage under section 19 of chapter 32B of
  the General Laws; provided, that the commission may expend not more than
  $2,196,746 from revenue received from administrative fees associated with
  providing municipal health insurance coverage under said section 19 of said chapter
  32B; 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 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............................................................................$2,196,746
1108-5500    For the costs, notwithstanding chapter 32A of the General Laws, of dental and
  vision benefits for active state employees, not including employees of authorities
  or any other political subdivision, who are not otherwise provided those benefits
  under a separate item or by the terms of a contract or collective bargaining
  agreement; provided, that such employees shall pay 15 per cent of the monthly
  premiums established by the group insurance commission for the benefits$12,634,259
Division of Administrative Law Appeals.
1110-1000    For the operation of the division of administrative law appeals; provided, that the
  division shall maintain, to the fullest extent practicable, a complete physical and
  technological separation from any agency, department, board, commission or
  program the decisions, determinations or actions of which may be appealed to it;
  and provided further, that a decision issued by a commissioner or other head of an
  agency or by such person’s designee following the issuance of a recommended
  decision by an administrative law judge shall be an agency decision subject to
  judicial review under chapter 30A of the General Laws .........................$1,951,037
1110-1002    For the division of administrative law appeals, which may expend not more than
  $70,000 in revenues from fees charged to appellants upon the filing of claims, for
  the operation of the services provided ..........................................................$70,000
George Fingold Library.
1120-4005    For the administration of the George Fingold Library.............................$1,641,331
Department of Revenue.
1201-0100    For the operation of the department of revenue, including tax collection
  administration, audits of certain foreign corporations and the division of local
  services; provided, that the department may allocate funds to the office of the
  attorney general for the tax prosecution unit; provided further, that the department
  may charge the expenses for computer services, including the costs of personnel
  and other support costs provided to the child support services unit, from this item
  to item 1201-0160 consistent with the costs attributable to that unit; provided
  further, that the department shall provide the general court with access to the
  municipal data bank; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31
  of the General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item shall be positions
  requiring the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time
  basis, beginning not earlier than December 1 and ending not later than November
  30; provided further, that seasonal positions funded by this item shall not be filled
  by an incumbent for more than 10 months within a 12-month period; provided
  further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the department’s tax
  expenditure commission established in section 14 of chapter 14 of the General
  Laws; and provided further, that funds shall be expended to organizations providing
  tax assistance services to individuals and families qualifying for the volunteer
  income tax assistance program, in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service,
  for the provision of such services ....................................................... $103,964,518
1201-0122   For grants to qualified low-income taxpayer clinics established in section 13 of
  chapter 14 of the General Laws; provided, that not later than March 5, 2026, the
  department of revenue shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means on the: (i) number of grant applications; (ii) number of rejected applications;
  (iii) reasons for those rejections; (iv) estimated number of taxpayers served by each
  approved grant; (v) geographic location of the approved grant recipient clinic; and
  (vi) average size of approved grants ...........................................................$500,000
1201-0130   For the department of revenue, which may expend for the operation of the
  department not more than $27,938,953 from revenues collected by the additional
  auditors for an enhanced audit program; provided, that the auditors shall: (i) locate
  and identify persons who are delinquent either in the filing of a tax return or the
  payment of a tax due and payable to the commonwealth; (ii) obtain the delinquent
  returns; and (iii) collect the delinquent taxes; 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 $27,938,953
1201-0160   For the child support services division; provided, that the department of revenue
  may allocate funds appropriated in this item to other state agencies for the
  performance of certain child support services activities and those agencies may
  expend funds for the purposes of this item; provided further, that not later than
  March 3, 2026, all such allocations shall be reported to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means upon the allocation of the funds; provided further,
  that federal receipts associated with the child support computer network shall be
  drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement and deposited into a
  revolving account to be expended for the network; provided further, that federal
  receipts associated with child support services grants shall be deposited into a
  revolving account to be drawn down at the highest possible rate of reimbursement
  and shall be expended for the grant authority; provided further, that not later than
  March 3, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing the balance, year-to-date and projected
  receipts and year-to-date and projected expenditures, by subsidiary, of the child
  support trust fund established in section 9 of chapter 119A of the General Laws;
  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 for federal incentives and the network in items 1201-0165,
  1201-0410 and 1201-0412 .................................................................... $48,226,548
1201-0164   For the child support services division, which may expend not more than
  $6,767,251 from the federal reimbursements awarded for personnel and lower
  subsidiary-related expenditures; 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 division 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 ......................................................................$6,767,251
1201-0400   For the operation of the multi-agency illegal tobacco task force established in
  section 40 of chapter 64C of the General Laws ...................................... $1,188,443
1201-0911   For the costs associated with expert witnesses retained by the department of
  revenue to resolve tax disputes; provided, that expenditures from this item shall be
  the lesser of $175,000 or the amount certified by the secretary of administration
  and finance under section 156 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 ............. $175,000
1232-0100   For underground storage tank reimbursements to parties that have remediated spills
  of petroleum products under chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that
  priority for payment of approved claims shall be given to claimants who own or
  formerly owned not more than 4 dispensing facilities ............................ $5,920,100
  Underground Storage Tank Petroleum
  Product Cleanup Fund ......................................100%
1232-0200   For the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative
  Review Board established in section 8 of chapter 21J of the General Laws and for
  the administration of the underground storage tank program associated with the
  implementation of said chapter 21J; provided, that notwithstanding section 4 of said
  chapter 21J or any other general or special law to the contrary, appropriations made
  from this item shall be sufficient to cover the administrative expenses of the
  underground storage tank program; and provided further, that not later than March
  3, 2026, the board shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways
  and means on the status of the underground storage tank program including, but not
  limited to, the: (i) number of municipal grants made for the removal and
  replacement of underground storage tanks; (ii) reimbursements for remediated
  petroleum spills; (iii) number of backlog claims; (iv) average waiting period for
  claims granted in the past year; and (v) number of tanks not in compliance with said
  chapter 21J .............................................................................................. $1,818,477
  Underground Storage Tank Petroleum
  Product Cleanup Fund ......................................100%
1233-2000    For the tax abatement program for certain veterans, widows, blind persons and the
  elderly; provided, that cities and towns shall be reimbursed for the abatements
  granted under clauses Seventeenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-second A, Twenty-
  second B, Twenty-second C, Twenty-second D, Twenty-second E, Twenty-second
  F, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-seventh A, Forty-first, Forty-first B, Forty-first C, Forty-
  first C 1/2 and Fifty-second of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws;
  provided further, that the commonwealth shall reimburse each city or town that
  accepts said clause Forty-first B or Forty-first C of said section 5 of said chapter 59
  for additional costs incurred in determining eligibility of applicants under said
  clause Forty-first B or Forty-first C of said section 5 of said chapter 59 not more
  than $2 per exemption granted; and provided further, that funds in this item shall
  be available for reimbursements to cities and towns for additional exemptions
  granted from the motor vehicle excise under the seventh paragraph of section 1 of
  chapter 60A of the General Laws ......................................................... $38,972,625
1233-2350    For the distribution to cities and towns of the balance of the State Lottery and
  Gaming Fund under clause (c) of the second paragraph of section 35 of chapter 10
  of the General Laws and additional aid to municipalities as provided for in section
  3.........................................................................................................$1,337,505,369
  General Fund .................................................83.32%
  Gaming Local Aid Fund ................................16.68%
1233-2400    For reimbursements to cities and towns in lieu of taxes on state-owned land under
  sections 13 to 17, inclusive, of chapter 58 of the General Laws; provided, that not
  less than $1,520,000 shall be expended for one-time, additional reimbursements to
  cities and towns so that no city or town shall receive an amount from this item in
  fiscal year 2026 that is less than the amount said city or town received in fiscal year
  2025........................................................................................................$54,520,000
1233-2401    For reimbursements to qualifying cities and towns for additional educational costs
  under chapter 40S of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general
  or special law to the contrary, a city or town which received funding under this item
  in fiscal year 2025 and which remains eligible in fiscal year 2026 shall receive not
  less than the amount of funding that such city or town received under this item in
  fiscal year 2025 ........................................................................................$1,200,000
Appellate Tax Board.
1310-1000    For the operation of the appellate tax board ........................................... $2,663,396
1310-1001    For the appellate tax board, which may expend not more than $400,000 in revenues
  collected from fees; 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 board 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
Health Policy Commission.
1450-1200    For the operation of the health policy commission; provided, that the commission
  shall provide all materials presented at any public meetings hosted by the
  commission to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than
  15 days after the public meeting ............................................................$13,610,954
Reserves.
1599-0026    For a reserve to support municipal improvements; provided, that not less than
  $4,000,000 shall be expended for the District Local Technical Assistance Fund
  established in section 2XXX of chapter 29 of the General Laws, for initiatives,
  including projects that encourage regionalization, to be administered by the
  division of local services within the department of revenue and distributed through
  the District Local Technical Assistance Fund; provided further, that not less than
  $6,000,000 shall be transferred to the executive office of public safety and security
  for a competitive grant program for public safety and emergency staffing to be
  administered by the executive office; provided further, that the grants shall be
  awarded to communities using the same methodology and criteria used in fiscal
  year 2025; provided further, that grants under this item shall only be provided to
  communities that submitted qualifying applications that were approved by the
  executive office in fiscal year 2025; provided further, that not more than 4 per cent
  of funds appropriated for the grant program shall be expended for the administrative
  costs of the program; provided further, that not later than February 16, 2026, each
  state entity administering grant funds through this item shall submit a report to the
  house and senate committees on ways and means detailing grants awarded through
  this item and the criteria used for distribution; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Spencer for the repair and repaving of
  East Charlton road; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended
  to the town of Boxborough for the purchase and installation of an emergency
  generator at the Boxborough public library; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Harvard for improvements to the Old
  Library building; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to
  Morrill memorial library in the town of Norwood for the installation of a study pod
  to support individual and group learning spaces; provided further, that not less than
  $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Westwood for capital improvements to
  town facilities to help bring the town into compliance with the Americans with
  Disabilities Act; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to
  the city of Amesbury for costs associated with the digitization and preservation of
  municipal documents; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be
  expended for accessibility improvements at North Andover town hall; provided
  further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for emergency access poles
  with automatic external defibrillators at athletic field complexes in the town of
  Norfolk; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for senior
  center parking lot improvements in the town of Norfolk; provided further, that not
  less than $65,000 shall be expended for senior center parking lot improvements in
  the town of Bellingham; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be
  expended for the acquisition of an autonomous robotic lawnmower in the town of
  Topsfield; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the
  town of Essex for a study of Chebacco lake and its watershed in the town of Essex;
  provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the planning,
  design and construction of wastewater treatment plant upgrades in the city of
  Gloucester; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended for
  Americans with Disabilities Act compliance upgrades at the Manchester-by-the-
  Sea public library; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended
  for the purchase of a van for the council on aging in the city of Newburyport;
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a heating,
  ventilation and air conditioning system at the Rockport public library; provided
  further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for a storage unit at the Rowley
  public library; and provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended
  for town hall security improvements in the town of Hampden .............$10,885,000
1599-0093   For contract assistance to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust including, but not
  limited to, the debt service obligations of the trust, principal forgiveness, interest
  rate reduction and other subsidies or financial assistance under sections 6 and 18 of
  chapter 29C of the General Laws...........................................................$63,383,680
1599-0105   For a reserve for costs associated with the delivery of medication-assisted treatment
  for opioid use disorder at county correctional facilities under section 98 of chapter
  208 of the acts of 2018; provided, that the secretary of administration and finance,
  in consultation with the commissioner of public health, may transfer funds from
  this item to state agencies as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws;
  and provided further, that not less than 30 days before any such transfer, the
  secretary shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means detailing the amount to be given to each state agency, delineated by item$18,500,000
1599-1970   For a reserve for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to defray the
  costs of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, or its successor, incurred in fiscal
  year 2026 under section 138 of chapter 27 of the acts of 2009 ...........$125,000,000
  Commonwealth Transportation Fund ...............100%
1599-1977   For contract assistance and other payments to the Massachusetts Development
  Finance Agency for payment of debt service and related obligations in connection
  with bonds issued by the agency under chapter 293 of the acts of 2006; provided,
  that not later than January 30, 2026, the secretary of administration and finance
  shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the
  estimated contract assistance and other payments to be required under said chapter
  293 for obligations existing not later than July 1, 2025, in fiscal years 2026 and
  2027 and an estimate of anticipated contract assistance and other payments arising
  out of potential agreements reasonably expected to be entered into after July 1,
  2025, in fiscal years 2027 and 2028.......................................................$13,000,000
1599-2003   For the Uniform Law Commission; provided, that prior fiscal year payments may
  be payable from this item ..............................................................................$75,000
1599-3234   For the South Essex Sewerage District debt service assessment ..................$33,914
1599-3384   For a reserve for the payment on behalf of a state agency as defined in section 1 of
  chapter 29 of the General Laws under regulations promulgated by the comptroller,
  of certain court judgments, settlements and legal fees that were ordered to be paid
  in the current fiscal year or a prior fiscal year; provided, that the office of the
  comptroller shall not pay attorneys’ fees to outside counsel representing a state
  agency, including a state official or employee who is sued for actions undertaken
  within that individual’s scope of employment for the commonwealth, in litigation
  before a court until the office of the attorney general has reviewed and provided
  written approval for the outside counsel's bills, which may be reviewed in redacted
  form if warranted because of a conflict of interest; provided further, that the office
  of the comptroller shall not pay attorneys’ fees for outside counsel representing a
  state agency in such litigation that exceeds a cumulative amount of $250,000 until
  the secretary of administration and finance or a designee has reviewed and provided
  written approval for such attorneys’ fees for outside counsel; provided further, that
  before a state official or employee who is sued for actions undertaken within that
  individual’s scope of employment for the commonwealth may seek reimbursement
  from this item, that individual shall obtain written approval from the office of the
  attorney general in a form to be approved by the office of the comptroller; provided
  further, that the office of the comptroller shall not pay a settlement of litigation
  before a court on behalf of a state agency that is not within an executive office
  identified in section 2 of chapter 6A of the General Laws, including a state official
  or employee who is sued for actions undertaken within that individual’s scope of
  employment for the commonwealth, until the office of the attorney general has
  reviewed and provided written approval for such a settlement; provided further, that
  the office of the comptroller shall not pay a settlement of litigation before a court
  that exceeds $250,000 on behalf of a state agency that is not within an executive
  office identified under said section 2 of said chapter 6A, including a state official
  or employee who is sued for actions undertaken within that individual’s scope of
  employment for the commonwealth, until the secretary of administration and
  finance or a designee has reviewed and provided written approval for such a
  settlement; provided further, that the office of the comptroller may certify for
  payment amounts not to exceed the 5-year historical expenditure average as
  certified by the secretary of administration and finance or the current appropriation,
  whichever is greater; provided further, that the comptroller shall submit quarterly
  reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the amounts
  expended from this item, delineated by item; and provided further, that upon written
  notification to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and
  senate committees on ways and means, uncommitted and unobligated funds from
  this item may be transferred to item 0612-0105 upon the request of the state
  treasurer....................................................................................................$1,000,000
1599-4417   For the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management in the John W.
  McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of
  Massachusetts at Boston .............................................................................$275,000
1599-6903   For the fiscal year 2026 costs of rate implementations under chapter 257 of the acts
  of 2008; provided, that rate implementations under said chapter 257 may include,
  but shall not be limited to, costs associated with any court order or settlement
  between providers of services and the commonwealth related to the rate
  implementation process; provided further, that home care workers shall be eligible
  for funding from this item; provided further, that workers from shelters and
  programs that serve homeless individuals and families that were previously
  contracted through the department of transitional assistance and the department of
  public health who are currently contracted with the executive office of housing and
  livable communities and direct care workers that serve homeless veterans through
  the executive office of veterans' services shall be eligible for funding from this item;
  provided further, that no funds from this item shall be allocated to special education
  programs under chapter 71B of the General Laws, contracts for early education and
  care services or programs for which payment rates are negotiated and paid as class
  rates as established by the executive office of health and human services; provided
  further, that no funds shall be allocated from this item to contracts funded
  exclusively by federal grants under section 2D; provided further, 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 2026, amounts
  that are necessary to meet these costs where the amounts otherwise available are
  insufficient for the purpose; provided further, that the executive office for
  administration and finance shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means on transfers made from this item; provided further,
  that the report shall identify, by item and service class, all transfers made from this
  item as of the date of the report and all transfers expected to be made before the end
  of the fiscal year; provided further, that not later than February 2, 2026, the
  executive office of health and human services shall submit a report to the executive
  office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways
  and means on the implementation of rates under said chapter 257, including, the:
  (i) state costs for rates promulgated as of July 1, 2025, delineated by regulation,
  department and program; (ii) state costs for rates promulgated as of January 1, 2026,
  deliniated by regulation, department and program; (iii) per cent of increase in state
  funding for rates to be reviewed between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, delineated
  by regulation, department and program; and (iv) fiscal impact for increases in state
  funding versus prior fiscal year actual costs for rates to be reviewed between July
  1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, delineated by regulation, department and program;
  provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the executive office of health and
  human services shall submit a report to the executive office for administration and
  finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the
  implementation of ongoing and proposed initiatives to promote equitable salaries
  for human services workers, direct care workers, nurses, clinicians or other
  comparable employees employed by state-operated human services providers and
  equitable rates paid to human service provider employees in community-based
  human services organizations funded by the executive office of health and human
  services, the executive office of aging and independence or the executive office of
  housing and livable communities; provided further, that the report shall include, but
  not be limited to: (a) average uniform financial report provider data on employee
  tax and fringe benefit information of the preceding 2 state fiscal years, as validated
  with information from the uniform financial report or a method determined by the
  executive office; (b) median salary and compensation information of the preceding
  2 state fiscal years classified by direct care and front-line staff, medical and clinical
  staff and management staff, as validated with information from the uniform
  financial report or a method determined by the executive office; (c) a comparison
  of the median salary for each classification of staff position with the seventy-fifth
  percentile wage estimate for that position as determined by the United States
  Bureau of Labor Statistics for the commonwealth using the available data for that
  rate review; and provided further, that any human service provider receiving
  revenue under said chapter 257 shall use not less than 75 per cent of the funds
  received for compensation for their direct care, front-line and medical and clinical
  staff, which may include, but shall not be limited to, hourly rate increases,
  wraparound benefits, shift differentials, overtime, hiring and retention bonuses or
  recruitment, as defined by the executive office ...................................$207,000,000
Human Resources Division.
1750-0100   For the operation of the human resources division and the costs of administration,
  training and customer support related to the commonwealth’s human resources and
  compensation management system and the human resource modernization
  initiative; provided, that any employee of the commonwealth who chooses to
  participate in a bone marrow donor program shall be granted a leave of absence
  without loss or reduction in pay to undergo the medical procedure and for
  associated physical recovery time, but such leave shall not exceed 5 days ................$12,988,535
1750-0103   For the operation of the Training and Career Ladder Program ..................$833,075
1750-0104   For the human resources division, which may expend for the administration of the
  civil service examination program, examinations for non-civil service positions and
  implementation of the medical and physical fitness standards programs ...................$5,939,489
1750-0119   For payment of workers’ compensation benefits to certain former employees of
  Middlesex and Worcester counties; provided, that the human resources division
  shall routinely recertify the former employees under current workers’
  compensation procedures ..............................................................................$54,119
1750-0300   For the commonwealth’s contributions in fiscal year 2026 to health and welfare
  funds established under certain collective bargaining agreements; provided, that the
  contributions shall be calculated as provided under the applicable collective
  bargaining agreements and shall be paid to the health and welfare trust funds on a
  monthly basis or on such other basis as the applicable collective bargaining
  agreement shall provide ........................................................................ $39,910,331
1750-0928    For the cost to lease or rent space to administer the civil service physical abilities
  tests and to revalidate civil service exams, including police and fire medical
  standards .....................................................................................................$767,078
1750-1800    For the operation of the office of leave policy administration................ $4,000,000
Operational Services Division.
1775-0115    For the operational services division, which may expend not more than $16,532,284
  in revenues collected from the statewide contract administrative fee to procure,
  manage and administer statewide contracts; 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
  division 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 ................................................ $16,532,284
1775-0124    For the operational services division, which may expend not more than $127,386
  from revenues collected in the recovery of cost reimbursement and
  nonreimbursable overbilling and recoupment for health and human service
  agencies and as a result of administrative reviews as determined during the
  division’s audits and reviews of providers under section 22N of chapter 7 of the
  General Laws; provided, that the division may only retain revenues collected in
  excess of $100,000; 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 division 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 ........................................................................ $127,386
1775-0600    For the operational services division, which may expend not more than $468,036
  in revenues collected from the sale of state surplus personal property and the
  disposal of surplus motor vehicles including, but not limited to, state police vehicles
  from vehicle accident and damage claims and from manufacturer warranties,
  rebates and settlements for the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition,
  warehousing, allocation and distribution of surplus property and the purchase of
  motor vehicles; 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 division 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, including the costs of personnel ......................... $468,036
1775-0700    For the operational services division, which may expend not more than $1,000,000
  in revenues collected in addition to the amount authorized in item 1775-1000 of
  section 2B for printing, photocopying, mailing, related graphic art or design work
  and other reprographic goods and services provided to the general public, including
  all necessary or incidental expenses; 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 division 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 ......................................................................$1,000,000
1775-0900     For the operational services division, which may expend not more than $22,000 in
  revenues collected under chapter 449 of the acts of 1984 and section 4L of chapter
  7 of the General Laws, including the costs of personnel, from the sale of federal
  surplus property, including the payment, expenses and liabilities for the acquisition,
  warehousing, allocation and distribution of federal surplus property; 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 division 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 ....$22,000
Supplier Diversity Office.
1780-0100     For the operation and administration of the supplier diversity office; provided, that
  the office shall provide training and other services to diverse businesses as defined
  in section 58 of chapter 7 of the General Laws and certified by the office that allow
  those businesses to better compete for state contracts and ensure that equitable
  practices and policies in the public marketplace are maintained; provided further,
  that the office shall administer an electronic business certification application
  which shall be accessible to business applicants through the internet; provided
  further, that the office shall ensure the integrity and security of personal and
  financial information transmitted by electronic application; and provided further,
  that the office shall use all existing available resources to provide certification
  services to all applicants, within or outside of the commonwealth, qualified to apply
  with the supplier diversity office, as applicable.......................................$4,621,306
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF VETERANS’ SERVICES.
1410-0010     For the operation of the executive office of veterans’ services; provided, that the
  secretary of veterans' services may transfer funds between this item and items 1410-
  0012, 1410-0015, 1410-0018, 1410-0024, 1410-0075, 1410-0251, 1410-0400,
  1410-0630, 1410-1616 and 1410-1700; provided further, that funds may be
  transferred from said items to items 4180-0100 and 4190-0100; provided further,
  that not less than 30 days in advance of any such transfer, the secretary shall notify
  the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that not less
  than $330,000 shall be expended for Community Servings, Inc. to develop and
  implement a statewide pilot program to provide medically-tailored meals to
  veterans; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the
  Ludlow department of veterans’ services for services including, but not limited to,
  monthly veterans’ lunches, food pantry supports and outreach programming…$12,815,036
1410-0012   For services to veterans, including the maintenance and operation of outreach
  centers; provided, that the outreach centers shall provide counseling to incarcerated
  veterans and to Vietnam war era veterans who may have been exposed to agent
  orange and the families of those veterans; provided further, that said outreach
  centers shall provide services to veterans who were discharged after September 11,
  2001 and the families of those veterans; provided further, that the executive office
  of veterans’ services shall make a payment of not less than the amount appropriated
  for each outreach center funded by this item in fiscal year 2025; provided further,
  that not later than April 1, 2026, the executive office shall submit a comprehensive
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing for each
  outreach center receiving funds under this item: (i) the number of veterans served
  annually; and (ii) the cost and types of programs, including evidence-based or
  evidence-informed programs, offered to veterans; provided further, that not less
  than $2,500,000 shall be expended for clinical care, education and training in
  veterans’ mental and behavioral health issues, including post-traumatic stress,
  traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder and suicide prevention administered
  by the Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program; provided further, that
  not less than $150,000 shall be expended as a grant to the Veterans' Association of
  Bristol County, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended
  for Vietnam Veterans of Massachusetts, Inc. to aid veterans filing claims for
  medical and financial benefits; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall
  be expended for the operations of Veterans Inc. for services to veterans including,
  but not limited to, employment training and substance use treatment; and provided
  further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Avon VFW Post 8892
  for necessary infrastructure repairs to improve Americans with Disabilities Act
  accessibility for veterans and the general public. ..................................$10,278,473
1410-0015   For the women veterans’ outreach program ...............................................$728,882
1410-0018   For the executive office of veterans’ services, which may expend not more than
  $760,000 for the maintenance and operation of veterans’ cemeteries in the town of
  Winchendon and in the city known as the town of Agawam from revenue collected
  from fees, grants, gifts and other contributions to the cemeteries ..............$760,000
1410-0024   For the training and certification of veterans' benefits and services officers….$388,739
1410-0075   For the Train Vets to Treat Vets program; provided, that the executive office of
  veterans’ services shall work in conjunction with William James College, Inc. to
  administer a behavioral health career development program for returning veterans..
  .....................................................................................................................$275,000
1410-0250   For veterans’ homelessness services; provided, that the executive office of
  veterans’ services shall expend not less than the amount appropriated for each
  veterans’ homelessness service funded by this item in fiscal year 2025; provided
  further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the executive office shall submit a
  comprehensive report to the joint committee on veterans and federal affairs and the
  house and senate committees on ways and means, which shall include, but not be
  limited to, the: (i) list of veterans’ homelessness services receiving funds through
  this account in the current fiscal year; (ii) amount of funding received by each
  veterans’ homelessness service; (iii) number of veterans served annually by each
  veterans’ homelessness service; and (iv) estimated percentage of homeless veterans
  receiving veterans’ homelessness services per county in the current year; and
  provided further, that not less than $914,000 shall be expended to the Disabled
  American Veterans Department of Massachusetts Service Fund, Inc. to combat
  veteran homelessness by maintaining and operating 3 veterans homes and to
  provide counseling and benefits, including wrap-around assistance, to disabled
  veterans and their families .......................................................................$4,406,315
1410-0251   For the maintenance and operation of homeless shelters and transitional housing
  for veterans at the New England Center and Home for Veterans located in the city
  of Boston ..................................................................................................$3,843,750
1410-0400   For reimbursements to cities and towns for money expended 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 to the
  parents and un-remarried spouses of certain deceased veterans, including deceased
  veterans who were residents of the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts, located in the
  city of Chelsea, and the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke whose death occurred due to
  the 2019 novel coronavirus; provided, that annuity payments made under this item
  shall be made under sections 6A, 6B and 6C of said chapter 115; 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 those cities and towns; provided further, that pursuant to section
  9 of said chapter 115, the executive office of veterans’ services shall reimburse
  cities and towns for the cost of United States flags placed on the graves of veterans
  on Memorial Day; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law
  to the contrary, the executive office of veterans’ services shall continue a training
  program for veterans’ agents and directors of veterans’ services in cities and towns;
  provided further, that the executive office of veterans’ services shall provide such
  training in several locations across the commonwealth; provided further, that such
  training shall be provided annually and on an as-needed basis to veterans’ service
  organizations 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 of veterans’ services 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 chapter 118E applications and advise the applicant
  and the veterans’ agent of the applicant’s eligibility for said chapter 118E health
  care; 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 of the General Laws by the
  executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the secretary
  of veterans’ services may supplement health care under said chapter 118E with
  health care coverage under said chapter 115 if the secretary determines that
  supplemental coverage is necessary to provide the veteran, surviving spouse or
  dependent with 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 determining eligibility under said chapter 118E; and
  provided further, that benefits awarded under said section 6B of said chapter 115
  shall be considered countable income....................................................$81,806,000
1410-0630    For the administration of the veterans’ cemeteries in the town of Winchendon and
  in the city known as the town of Agawam ...............................................$1,516,912
1410-1616    For war memorials; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the
  U.S.S. Massachusetts Memorial Committee, Incorporated for the maintenance and
  care of historic naval vessels; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be
  expended for the Agawam Veterans Council in the city known as the town of
  Agawam for assistance with veterans memorials; provided further, that not less
  than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of North Andover for the creation of a
  September 11 memorial at Patriots memorial park; provided further, that not less
  than $20,000 shall be expended to the Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center,
  Inc., for the purchase of a new software-based ride scheduling system and for a
  contract for services with the Cape Cod & Islands regional group of the Blinded
  Veterans Association; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be
  expended to the Global War on Terrorism Monument Committee in the city of
  Attleboro to assist with the creation of a historical tribute of remembrance, respect
  and gratitude for all those who have served in the Global War on Terrorism$340,000
1410-1700    For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of
  veterans' services......................................................................................$4,004,168
Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts.
4180-0100    For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts in the
  city of Chelsea, including a specialized unit for the treatment of patients with
  Alzheimer’s disease ...............................................................................$46,525,514
Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.
4190-0100    For the maintenance and operation of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke; provided,
  that funds shall be expended for the operation of an ombudsman’s office at the
  Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke to act as an independent, impartial and confidential
  resource for the community ...................................................................$31,105,778
4190-0103    For the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, which may expend not more than $50,000 for
  its operation from the sale of goods to residents and visitors of the home ...$50,000
4190-0300   For the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, which may expend not more than $2,139,643
  for the operation of 12 long-term care beds from revenue generated through the
  occupancy of those 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, prior appropriation continued.....................$2,139,643
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND SECURITY.
1790-0100   For the operation of the executive office of technology services and security;
  provided, that the executive office shall continue a chargeback system for its
  information technology services; provided further, that the comptroller shall
  establish accounts and procedures as the comptroller deems necessary and
  appropriate to assist in accomplishing the purposes of this item; provided further,
  that the executive office may establish rules and procedures necessary to implement
  this item; provided further, that the chief information officer shall review and
  approve any planned information technology development project or purchase by
  any agency under the authority of the governor for which the total projected cost
  exceeds $200,000, including the cost of any related hardware, software or
  consulting fees and regardless of fiscal year or source of funds, before the agency
  may obligate funds for the project or purchase; provided further, that not later than
  June 23, 2026, the secretary of technology services and security shall submit to the
  office of the state auditor, the house and senate committees on ways and means and
  the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight a complete
  accounting of and justification for all project-related expenditures totaling
  $250,000 or more over the previous 12-month period regardless of source of funds
  or authorization for such expenditure; and provided further, that not later than
  February 17, 2026, the executive office shall submit a report to the executive office
  for administration and finance, the office of the state auditor and the house and
  senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i)
  financial statements detailing savings and, where applicable, additional expenses
  realized from the consolidation of information technology services within each
  executive office and other initiatives; (ii) the number of personnel assigned to
  information technology services within each executive office; (iii) efficiencies that
  have been achieved from the sharing of resources; (iv) the status of the
  centralization of the commonwealth's information technology staffing,
  infrastructure and network and cloud hosting; (v) the status of the commonwealth's
  cybersecurity; and (vi) strategies and initiatives to further improve the: (a)
  efficiency and security of the commonwealth's information technology; and (b)
  transparency of the executive office of technology services and security with the
  general court, other executive branch agencies and the general public .. $3,675,818
1790-0300   For the executive office of technology services and security, which may expend not
  more than $2,733,931 in revenues collected from the provision of computer
  resources and services to the general public for the costs of the bureau of computer
  services, including the purchase, lease or rental of telecommunications lines,
  services and equipment; 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 executive office 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 ......................................................................$2,733,931
1790-1700     For core technology services and security, including those previously funded
  through item 1790-0200 in prior fiscal years .........................................$55,798,206
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
Office of the Secretary.
2000-0100     For the operation of the office of the secretary of energy and environmental affairs,
  including the water resources commission, the hazardous waste facility site safety
  council, the coastal zone management program and environmental impact reviews
  conducted under chapter 30 of the General Laws; provided, that not less than
  $30,000 shall be expended to enter into an agreement with OARS, Inc. to operate a
  water quality monitoring program in the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord rivers;
  provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a coastal water
  quality and natural resource monitoring program in Buzzards bay and Vineyard
  sound administered by the Buzzards Bay Coalition, Inc.; and provided further, that
  not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Massachusetts Housing Climate
  Innovation Center, Inc. for costs associated with the deployment and testing of
  climate resilience and clean energy technology.....................................$19,077,510
2000-0101     For the executive office of energy and environmental affairs to coordinate and
  implement strategies for climate change adaptation and preparedness including, but
  not limited to: (i) the resiliency of the commonwealth's transportation, energy and
  public health infrastructures; (ii) built environments; (iii) municipal assistance; (iv)
  improved data collection and analysis; (v) enhanced planning; and (vi) improved
  resiliency through the strengthening and revitalization of natural resources,
  including marshes and other wetlands; provided, that the executive office may enter
  into interagency service agreements to facilitate and accomplish these efforts $5,127,889
2000-0102     For the executive office of energy and environmental affairs to implement an
  environmental justice strategy and promote and secure environmental justice;
  provided, that funds shall be expended on language translation services to ensure
  adequate access during public comment periods; provided further, that not later
  than March 3, 2026, the executive office shall submit a report to the house and
  senate committees on ways and means, which shall include, but not be limited to:
  (i) the number of personnel hired to support environmental justice initiatives; (ii)
  efforts to expand language access through verbal and written materials, including
  the languages in which environmental justice policy and materials have been
  translated; and (iii) the impact of language access initiatives on participation in
  public hearings and public comment periods; and provided further, that funds shall
  be expended on mapping technology to overlay environmental and public health
  data .......................................................................................................... $6,292,156
2000-0120     For obligations of the commonwealth to neighboring states incurred pursuant to
  interstate compacts for flood control ..........................................................$506,140
2000-0125     For the purposes of a dam safety technical assistance program for public and private
  dam owners; provided, that the program shall support compliance with existing
  dam safety requirements ..........................................................................$1,000,000
2000-1011     For the office of environmental law enforcement, which may expend not more than
  $40,000 from the administrative handling charge revenues received from electronic
  transactions processed through its online licensing and registration systems;
  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 office 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 ...........................................................................................................$40,000
2000-1700     For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of
  energy and environmental affairs.......................................................... $23,608,139
2030-1000     For the operation of the office of environmental law enforcement; provided, that
  environmental police officers shall provide monitoring under the National Shellfish
  Sanitation Program; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended
  for the protection of right whales by increasing the patrols of the office and its
  officers’ ability to identify and remove abandoned fishing gear and to enhance their
  ability to enforce speed restrictions through use of drone technologies to minimize
  potentially harmful interactions between vessels and right whales .......$17,075,354
2030-1004     For environmental police private details; provided, that the office of environmental
  law enforcement may expend not more than $650,000 in revenues collected from
  the fees charged for private details; 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
  office 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 ......................................................$650,000
Department of Public Utilities.
2100-0012     For the operation of the department of public utilities; provided, that
  notwithstanding the second sentence of the first paragraph of section 18 of chapter
  25 of the General Laws, the assessments levied for fiscal year 2026 under said first
  paragraph of said section 18 of said chapter 25 shall be made at a rate sufficient to
  produce the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefit costs
  for personnel paid from this item; and provided further, that notwithstanding the
  second sentence of the fourth paragraph of section 18 of said chapter 25, the
  assessments levied for fiscal year 2026 under said fourth paragraph of said section
  18 of said chapter 25 shall be made at a rate sufficient to support the amount
  expended from item 2100-5964 .............................................................$19,317,626
2100-0013    For the operation of the transportation oversight division ...................... $1,052,617
2100-0016    For the department of public utilities to regulate steam distribution companies;
  provided, that, notwithstanding section 18A of chapter 25 of the General Laws, the
  assessments levied for fiscal year 2026 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce
  the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefit costs for
  personnel paid from this item .................................................................... $462,184
2100-0017    For the operation of the division of transportation network services established in
  section 23 of chapter 25 of the General Laws; provided, that the amount assessed
  under said section 23 of said chapter 25 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce
  the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefit costs for
  personnel paid from this item ................................................................. $4,282,870
2100-5694    For the operation of the energy facilities siting division; provided, that the division
  may expend funds from this item for implementation of section 12N of chapter 25
  of the General Laws, including the maintenance of a real-time, online, clean energy
  infrastructure dashboard, and the creation thereof; and provided further, that
  notwithstanding the second sentence of the fourth paragraph of section 18 of said
  chapter 25, the assessments levied for fiscal year 2026 under said fourth paragraph
  of said section 18 of said chapter 25 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce
  the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe benefit costs for
  personnel paid from this item .................................................................$4,000,000
Department of Environmental Protection.
2200-0100    For the operation of the department of environmental protection, including the
  environmental strike force, the bureau of planning and evaluation, the bureau of
  resource protection, the bureau of waste prevention, the Senator William X. Wall
  Experiment Station and a contract with the University of Massachusetts for
  environmental research; provided, that section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws
  shall not apply to fees established in section 18 of chapter 21A of the General Laws;
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Merrimack
  River Watershed Council, Inc. for a regional approach to reducing combined sewer
  overflows in the Merrimack river; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall
  be expended for the Cape Ann Climate Coalition Inc for preemptive strategic
  planning for post-disaster recovery; and provided further, than not less than $25,000
  shall be expended for TownGreen, Inc. for a regional climate resilience convening
  program ................................................................................................. $54,270,855
2200-0102   For the department of environmental protection, which may expend not more than
  $650,148 in revenues collected from fees for wetland permits; 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 ..$650,148
2200-0107   For technical assistance, grants and support of efforts consistent with the
  Massachusetts Recycling and Solid Waste Master Plan and the Massachusetts
  Climate Protection Plan; provided, that funds may be expended for a recycling
  industries reimbursement grant program under section 241 of chapter 43 of the acts
  of 1997; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the
  department of environmental protection to develop an employment social
  enterprise impact pilot program to provide funding for at least 1 nonprofit entity to
  provide recycling services with the overall goal of fostering job security for
  individuals facing barriers to employment through the provision of mattress
  recycling work opportunities; provided further, that eligible applicants to the
  program shall have a demonstrated history of providing mattress recycling services
  in the commonwealth as an approved vendor to the department for not less than 5
  years; provided further, that contracts through the program may be awarded for
  periods not less than 5 years, with options for renewal, with a minimum annual
  funding amount of $500,000; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be
  expended to the department of environmental protection to develop and administer
  a grant program for small businesses located in the commonwealth to implement
  composting; provided further, that grants may be used by grantees to obtain
  compost collection containers, procure educational or technical assistance,
  establish regular collection of food waste and other compostable matter or other
  similar composting efforts or activities; provided further, that agricultural
  businesses and food service establishments shall be prioritized in the grant
  application review process; and provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026,
  the department of environmental protection, in coordination with the department of
  agricultural resources, shall submit a report to the senate and house committees on
  ways and means and the joint committee on environment and natural resources on
  the implementation of the grant program, including, but not limited to, the names
  and locations of the grantees, the number of pounds of food waste and other
  compostable matter collected and information about where the waste was
  diverted ............................................................................................……$1,138,748
2200-0109   For the department of environmental protection to ensure sufficient staff for timely
  permit decisions and compliance assurance ............................................$2,485,550
2200-0112   For the department of environmental protection, which may expend not more than
  $2,500,000 in revenues collected from permit and compliance fees to ensure
  sufficient staff for timely permit decisions and compliance assurance; provided,
  that if this item is eliminated or the amount herein is reduced in fiscal year 2026 or
  operational funding for the department falls below the level authorized in the
  general appropriations act for fiscal year 2015, excluding appropriations for
  earmarks and nonrecurring operating costs, the fee increase supporting this item
  shall terminate; 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 ...................................................$2,500,000
2210-0106   For the department of environmental protection, which may expend for the
  administration and implementation of chapter 21I of the General Laws, not more
  than $2,935,667 in revenues collected from fees, penalties, grants and tuition under
  said chapter 21I; provided, that not later than February 3, 2026, the department shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing
  the status of the department’s progress in meeting the statutory and regulatory
  deadlines associated with said chapter 21I and detailing the number of full-time
  equivalent positions assigned to various implementation requirements of said
  chapter 21I; provided further, that not less than $1,629,860 from this item shall be
  made available for the operation of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute program at
  the University of Massachusetts at Lowell; provided further, that the department
  shall enter into an interagency service agreement with the University of
  Massachusetts to make such funding available for this purpose; provided further,
  that not less than $644,096 from this item shall be made available for toxics use
  reduction technical assistance and technology under said chapter 21I; provided
  further, that the department shall enter into an interagency service agreement with
  the executive office of energy and environmental affairs to make such funding
  available for this purpose; 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................................ $2,935,667
2220-2220   For the administration and implementation of the Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C. 7401 et
  seq., including the operating permit program, the emissions banking program, the
  auto-related state implementation program, the low emission vehicle program, the
  non-auto-related state implementation program and the commonwealth’s
  commitments under the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers
  Climate Change Action Plan for reducing acid rain deposition and mercury
  emissions .................................................................................................... $827,446
2220-2221   For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance
  program required under the Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ........ $1,493,314
2250-2000   For the administration and implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act under
  section 18A of chapter 21A of the General Laws; provided, that the department of
  environmental protection may expend funds for the study and remediation of lead
  in public school drinking water; and provided further, that not less than $60,000
  shall be expended for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances remediation and
  upgrades to residential filtration systems in the town of Rehoboth .........$2,519,359
2260-8870   For the expenses of the hazardous waste cleanup and underground storage tank
  programs including, but not limited to, monitoring unlined landfills,
  notwithstanding section 4 of chapter 21J of the General Laws; provided, that the
  department of environmental protection shall provide the department of revenue
  with information necessary for the completion of the report required in item 1232-
  0200 including, but not limited to, the number of tanks out of compliance with said
  chapter 21J ............................................................................................ $15,615,845
2260-8872   For the brownfields site audit program ................................................... $1,309,188
2260-8881   For the operation of the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup
  professionals, notwithstanding section 19A of chapter 21A of the General Laws….
  .................................................................................................................... $394,154
Department of Fish and Game.
2300-0100   For the office of the commissioner of fish and game; provided, that the
  commissioner’s office shall assess and receive payments from the division of
  marine fisheries, the division of fisheries and wildlife, the office of fishing and
  boating access, the division of ecological restoration, the riverways program and
  all other programs under the control of the department of fish and game; provided
  further, that those assessments shall be used to cover appropriate administrative
  costs of the department including, but not limited to, payroll, personnel, legal and
  budgetary costs; provided further, that the amount and contribution from each
  division or program shall be determined by the commissioner; provided further,
  that the amount and contribution from each division or program shall be determined
  by the commissioner; and provided further, that the George L. Darey Inland
  Fisheries and Game Fund shall be reimbursed annually from the General Fund for
  all lost revenue attributed to the issuance of discounted and free hunting and fishing
  licenses .................................................................................................... $2,143,914
2300-0101   For the division of ecological restoration and the riverways program and for the
  promotion of public access to rivers and wetland restoration, including grants to
  public and nonpublic entities; provided, that not less than $200,000 shall be
  expended as a grant to the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic
  Development District to support the management of the Assawompset pond
  complex and contributing and interconnected watersheds within the region
  including, but not limited to, sedimentation, mitigation, design, permitting, water
  supply preservation and flood management efforts; provided further, that not less
  than $60,000 shall be expended as a grant to the Long Pond Association, Inc. in the
  town of Lakeville for the management and eradication of invasive weeds in Long
  Pond; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Friends
  of Belle Isle Marsh, Inc. for the implementation of environmental preservation
  programs ..................................................................................................$5,343,523
2300-0102   For a culverts and small bridges technical assistance program; provided, that the
  program shall support improvements to culverts and small bridges for the purpose
  of public safety, climate change resilience, and ecosystem restoration…..$2,772,000
2310-0200   For the administration of the division of fisheries and wildlife, including expenses
  of the fisheries and wildlife board, the administration of game farms and wildlife
  restoration projects, wildlife research and management, the administration of fish
  hatcheries, the improvement and management of lakes, ponds and rivers, fish and
  wildlife restoration projects, the commonwealth’s share of certain cooperative
  fisheries and wildlife programs and for certain programs reimbursable under the
  federal Aid to Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act; provided, that the division may
  expend the amount necessary to restore anadromous fish in the Connecticut and
  Merrimack river systems; and provided further, that no funds shall be spent on the
  restoration of catadromous fish in the Connecticut and Merrimack river systems
  unless considered necessary by the division ......................................... $18,338,495
  Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ......................100%
2310-0300   For the operation of the natural heritage and endangered species program$1,585,987
2310-0306   For the hunter safety training program .......................................................$571,463
  Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ......................100%
2310-0316   For the purchase of land containing wildlife habitats and for the costs of the division
  of fisheries and wildlife directly related to the administration of the wildland
  conservation stamp program under sections 2A and 2C of chapter 131 of the
  General Laws ...........................................................................................$1,500,000
  Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ......................100%
2310-0317   For the waterfowl management program established in section 11 of chapter 131 of
  the General Laws ..........................................................................................$65,000
  Inland Fisheries and Game Fund ......................100%
2320-0100   For the administration of the office of fishing and boating access, including the
  maintenance, operation and improvement of public access land and water areas;
  provided, that positions funded by this item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the
  General Laws ............................................................................................. $973,975
2330-0100   For the operation of the division of marine fisheries; provided, that the division may
  expend funds for the Annisquam river marine research laboratory, marine research
  programs, a commercial fisheries program, a shellfish management program,
  including coastal area classification, mapping and technical assistance, the
  operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant and a shellfish
  classification program; provided further, that funds shall be expended on a
  recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; provided further,
  that the division shall continue to develop strategies to improve federal regulations
  governing the commercial fishing industry and to promote sustainable fisheries;
  provided further, that the division shall expend not less than the amount expended
  in the prior fiscal year for the operation of the Newburyport shellfish purification
  plant; provided further, that the division shall offer wet storage and desanding
  services at the Newburyport shellfish purification plant as laid out in the report
  dated March 1, 2012; provided further, that for functions not being performed by
  the plant prior to July 1, 2012, the division may solicit competitive proposals for
  the utilization of excess processing capacity at the Newburyport shellfish
  purification plant, which may include proposals to offer wet storage and desanding
  services at the plant as described in the shellfish purification plant management
  plan dated March 1, 2012; provided further, that the division shall not be required
  to consider or implement any proposal that the division determines would displace,
  impede or otherwise hinder the existing functions of the plant; provided further,
  that the division may enter into contracts based on proposals received; provided
  further, that not less than 60 days before entering into contracts, the division shall
  notify the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that
  not less than $550,000 shall be expended for a program of collaborative research
  by the division of marine fisheries through the Marine Fisheries Institute, in
  collaboration with the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University
  of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, that applies innovative technology to assess the
  biomass of fish in the region managed by the New England Fishery Management
  Council; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the Cape
  Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance for a study to assess opportunities to expand
  the kelp industry; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended
  for shellfish propagation in the counties of Barnstable, Dukes County and
  Nantucket to be administered jointly by the director of the division of marine
  fisheries and the aforementioned counties; provided further, that not less than
  $175,000 shall be expended for marsh restoration and revitalization including, but
  not limited to: (i) a green crab trapping program for applied research and product
  development; (ii) high-resolution drone mapping of deterioration of the Great
  marsh; (iii) the continuation of microplastic and macroplastic sampling; and (iv)
  academic study and processing for water column, beach environment, marsh peat
  and eel grass; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to
  establish a program to collect and remove derelict gear; provided further, that not
  less than $60,000 shall be expended for the operation of the commercial fisheries
  commission established under section 79 of chapter 179 of the acts of 2022; and
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a boat for the
  harbormaster in the town of Saugus.......................................................$10,154,804
2330-0120   For the division of marine fisheries for a program to enhance and develop marine
  recreational fishing and related programs and activities, including the cost of
  equipment, maintenance and staff and the maintenance and updating of data………
  ................................................................................................................. $1,039,977
2330-0121   For the division of marine fisheries to utilize reimbursable federal sportfish
  restoration funds to further develop marine recreational fishing and related
  programs, including the costs of activities that increase public access for marine
  recreational fishing, support research on artificial reefs and provide for the
  development of marine recreational fishing; provided, that the division may expend
  not more than $217,989 in revenues collected from the United States Fish and
  Wildlife Service’s Sport Fish Restoration program funds and from the sale of
  materials which promote marine recreational fishing; 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 division 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…$217,989
2330-0199    For conducting surveys to monitor and forecast an abundance of commercially-
  important invertebrate species in the commonwealth’s waters, including a ventless
  lobster trap employing the services of contracted commercial lobster fishing vessels
  in the commonwealth; provided, that the division of marine fisheries may expend
  not more than $250,000 in revenues collected from fees generated by the sale of
  lobster permits; 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 division 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 .........................................................................$250,000
2330-0300    For the administration and operation of the recreational saltwater fishing permit
  program under section 17C of chapter 130 of the General Laws ........... $2,266,149
  Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund………... 100%
Department of Agricultural Resources.
2511-0100    For the operation of the department of agricultural resources, including the division
  of administration, the integrated pest management program, the board of
  agriculture, the division of agricultural markets, the division of animal health, the
  division of agricultural conservation and technical assistance, the division of crop
  and pest services, including a program of laboratory services at the University of
  Massachusetts at Amherst, the expenses of the pesticide board and agency costs
  associated with the administration of other boards, commissions and committees
  chaired by the department; provided, that not less than $120,000 shall be expended
  for the Massachusetts Farm to School Project, LLC; provided further, that not less
  than $300,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Food Trust Program
  established in section 65 of chapter 23A of the General Laws; provided further, that
  not less than $175,000 shall be expended for the apiary inspection program;
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the invasive
  insects program; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for
  a grant program to be administered by the department in consultation with the
  Massachusetts food policy council to support local food policy councils; provided
  further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to support the department’s
  agricultural marketing division; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall
  be expended to enhance the Buy Local effort in western, central, northeastern and
  southeastern Massachusetts; and provided further, that any buy local effort included
  in this item shall include locally-harvested seafood including, but not limited to,
  fish and shellfish ....................................................................................$11,677,101
2511-0103   For the costs associated with agricultural oversight of hemp and cannabis$1,000,000
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ..............................100%
2511-0105   For the purchase of supplemental foods for the emergency food assistance program
  within the Feeding America nationally-certified food bank system; provided, that
  funds appropriated in this item shall reflect the Feeding America allocation formula
  in order to benefit the commonwealth’s 4 regional food banks; provided further,
  that the department of agricultural resources may assess an administrative charge
  not to exceed 2 per cent of the total appropriation in this item; provided further, that
  not less than $1,250,000 shall be expended to the commonwealth’s 4 regional food
  banks for operating funds to distribute food for the Massachusetts emergency food
  assistance program; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended
  to the Women's Lunch Place, Inc. to provide nutritious food and individualized
  services for women who are experiencing homelessness or poverty; and provided
  further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Project Just Because, Inc..
  ................................................................................................................$42,100,000
2511-0107   For the advancement of community food security and the protection of public
  access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food; provided, that $25,000 shall be
  expended to the Edward L. Cooper Community Gardening & Education Center for
  the emergency food pantry to operate and provide eligible community members
  with access to food; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended
  for food services at the Veterans Food Bank in the city known as the town of
  Winthrop; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for food
  services at the Grace Church Federated in the East Boston section of the city of
  Boston; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for food
  services at Friday Night Supper Program, Inc. in the Back Bay section of the city
  of Boston; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the
  food pantry at the First Congregational Church of Revere in the city of Revere;
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Wellesley Food
  Pantry, Inc. for programming and supports for food insecure families and
  individuals in the town of Wellesley; provided further, that not less than $150,000
  shall be expended to the Charles River Regional Chamber, Inc. to provide grants,
  in coordination with Brookline Chamber of Commerce, Inc., to independent
  restaurants located in the city of Newton and the towns of Brookline and Wellesley
  to supply prepared meals and other food products to food banks serving those
  communities, senior programs and other programs addressing food insecurity needs
  of individuals in those communities; provided further, that not less than $65,000 of
  such funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the city of
  Newton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 of such funds shall be allocated
  for grants to independent restaurants in the town of Brookline; provided further,
  that not less than $35,000 of such funds shall be allocated for grants to independent
restaurants in the town of Wellesley; provided further, that not less than $120,000
shall be expended to Boston Area Gleaners, Incorporated for improvements to
Stonefield farm located on Martin street in the town of Acton to continue its work
to help families facing food insecurity; provided further, that not less than $25,000
shall be expended for Harvest on Vine food pantry in the Charlestown section of
the city of Boston to provide food resources and services; provided further, that not
less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Regional Environmental Council, Inc.
to support its operations and programs to fight for food justice in the city of
Worcester and the central region of the commonwealth; provided further, that not
less than $25,000 shall be expended for Arlington Eats, Inc. to increase food access
in the town of Arlington; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be
expended for FoodLink, Inc. to address food insecurity in the city of Woburn and
the towns of Arlington, Billerica, Burlington and Lexington; provided further, that
not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Weymouth Food Pantry in the city
known as the town of Weymouth for food security programs; provided further, that
not less than $5,000 shall be expended for Meghan’s Light, Inc. in the town of
Hadley for food assistance to individuals struggling with cystic fibrosis; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Somebody Cares New
England, Inc. in the city of Haverhill for the operation of its food pantry and to
combat food insecurity in the community; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended to Neighbors in Need, Inc. to support the operation of a
food and diaper pantry serving the cities of Haverhill, Lawrence and Methuen and
the towns of Andover and North Andover; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended for The Charity Guild, Inc. to continue to supply the
food pantry at Brockton high school and serve the senior citizens and homebound
individuals through home delivery in the city of Brockton; provided further, that
not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, Inc. for
transportation vehicles to combat food insecurity in the community; provided
further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for the food pantry run by the
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul located behind Saint Joseph church in the town of
Lincoln; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the
Quabbin Food Connector, Inc. in the town of Orange; provided further, that not less
than $500,000 shall be expended to Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Inc. for the
operation of its food distribution programs and to combat food insecurity in Essex
county; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to facilitate
capacity expansion for The Open Door/Cape Ann Food Pantry, Inc. serving the
cities of Gloucester and Lynn and the towns of Rockport, Essex, Manchester-by-
the-Sea, Ipswich, Rowley, Topsfield, Boxford, Hamilton and Wenham; provided
further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for capacity expansion and
innovative food storage and delivery programs for Our Neighbors' Table, Inc.
serving the cities of Amesbury and Newburyport, the town of Salisbury and other
communities in northeastern Essex county; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended to Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts, Inc. to
continue with anti-hunger initiatives; provided further, that not less than $25,000
shall be expended for West Bridgewater Food Pantry, Inc. to combat food
insecurity; and provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended in a
grant for the Joshua Kaye Foundation, Inc. for combating food insecurity in the
commonwealth .........................................................................................$1,740,000
2511-3002    For the integrated pest management program ...............................................$84,413
Department of Conservation and Recreation.
2800-0100    For the operation of the department of conservation and recreation; provided, that
  notwithstanding section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws, the department shall
  establish or renegotiate fees, licenses, permits, rents and leases and adjust or
  develop other revenue sources to fund the maintenance, operation and
  administration of the department .............................................................$7,071,194
2800-0101    For the watershed management program to operate and maintain reservoirs,
  watershed lands and related infrastructure of the department of conservation and
  recreation and its office of water resources; provided, that the amount of the
  payment shall be charged to the General Fund and shall not be included in the
  amount of the annual determination of fiscal year charges to the Massachusetts
  Water Resources Authority assessed to the authority under the General Laws;
  provided further, that the department shall continue to make payments under
  chapter 616 of the acts of 1957; and provided further, that the department shall
  continue to make payments under chapter 307 of the acts of 1987 for the use of
  certain land ...............................................................................................$1,677,751
2800-0401    For a program to provide stormwater management for all properties and roadways
  under the care, custody and control of the department of conservation and recreation
  ................................................................................................................. $1,587,063
2800-0500    For the existing maintenance, operational and infrastructure needs of the
  metropolitan beaches under section 70 of chapter 3 of the General Laws, provided
  further, that not less than $900,000 shall be expended for the metropolitan beaches
  in the cities of Lynn, Revere and Quincy, the towns of Nahant and Hull, the city
  known as the town of Winthrop and the East Boston, South Boston and Dorchester
  sections of the city of Boston to be fully maintained and seasonally staffed as
  recommended by the metropolitan beaches commission in coordination with the
  department of conservation and recreation; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended for Save the Harbor, Save the Bay, Inc.’s staff time,
  consultants and direct expenses to support the ongoing work of the commission on
  the future of metropolitan beaches; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall
  be expended for the cleanup of Pilayella algae; provided further, that not less than
  $290,000 shall be expended for matching grants to public and nonpublic entities to
  support free public events and programs on the metropolitan beaches as part of Save
  the Harbor, Save the Bay, Inc.’s Better Beaches Grants Program as recommended
  by the metropolitan beaches commission; and provided further, that not less than
  $55,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of Red Rock park on Lynn Shore
  drive in the city of Lynn...........................................................................$1,460,231
2800-0501    For the operation of the beaches, pools and spray pools under the control of the
  department of conservation and recreation; provided, that the seasonal hires of the
  department’s parks, beaches, pools and spray pools shall be paid from this item;
  provided further, that the beaches, pools and spray pools shall remain open and
  staffed from Memorial Day to Labor Day, inclusive; provided further, that the
  beaches, pools and spray pools shall be fully maintained; provided further, that
  seasonal employees who are hired before the second Sunday preceding Memorial
  Day, whose employment continues beyond the Saturday following Labor Day and
  who received health insurance benefits in fiscal year 2025, shall continue to receive
  such benefits in fiscal year 2026 during the period of such employees’ seasonal
  employment; provided further, that notwithstanding section 1 of chapter 31 of the
  General Laws, seasonal positions funded by this item shall be positions requiring
  the services of an incumbent, on either a full-time or less than full-time basis,
  beginning not earlier than April 1 and ending not later than November 30 or
  beginning not earlier than September 1 and ending not later than April 30; and
  provided further, that notwithstanding said section 1 of said chapter 31, seasonal
  positions funded by this item shall not be filled by an incumbent for more than 8
  months within a 12-month period ......................................................... $29,286,761
2800-0700   For the office of dam safety; provided, that the office shall, in collaboration with
  the department of environmental protection and the department of fish and game,
  establish and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all dams and develop a
  coordinated permitting and regulatory approach to dam removal for stream
  restoration and public safety ...................................................................... $752,377
2810-0100   For the operation of the division of state parks and recreation; provided, that funds
  in this item shall be used to: (i) operate all of the division’s parks, parkways,
  boulevards, roadways, bridges and related appurtenances under the care, custody
  and control of the division, flood control activities of the division, reservations,
  campgrounds, beaches and pools; (ii) oversee skating rinks; and (iii) protect and
  manage the division’s lands and natural resources, including the forest and parks
  conservation services and the bureau of forestry development; provided further,
  that all properties that were open in fiscal year 2025 shall be open in fiscal year
  2026; provided further, that the crossing guards located at department of
  conservation and recreation intersections shall continue to perform the duties where
  state police previously performed such duties; provided further, that the division
  may issue grants to public and nonpublic entities from this item; provided further,
  that not more than $3,300,000 may be used to support the costs of snow and ice
  removal; provided further, that the department shall take steps to address personnel
  needs in a manner that is geographically equitable; provided further, that not later
  than January 29, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing the hires made for division personnel in
  fiscal year 2026; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law,
  rule, regulation, or administrative directive to the contrary, the commissioner of
  conservation and recreation may fill not more than 1,300 full-time positions;
  provided further, that not less than $506,908 shall be expended to erect fencing
  along the Birmingham parkway in the Brighton section of the city of Boston;
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the town of
  Kingston to support the required update to the town’s Hazardous Mitigation Plan;
  and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Blue
  Hills Trailside Museum in the town of Milton ................................... $113,795,049
2810-0122   For special projects relating to the commonwealth’s state parks and recreational
  areas; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Friends of the
  Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, Inc. to provide equipment for the benefit of area rail
  trails, including, but not limited to, the Assabet river rail trail, the Bruce Freeman
  rail trail and the Mass Central rail trail; provided further, that not less than $40,000
  shall be expended to Hardwick Pond Preservation Association, Inc. for invasive
  species control on Hardwick pond in the town of Hardwick; provided further, that
  not less than $175,000 shall be expended to the department of conservation and
  recreation for the design, planning and construction of Havey beach in the West
  Roxbury section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $70,000
  shall be expended to the town of Grafton for the removal of invasive plants;
  provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for maintenance and
  improvements to a pocket park in the city of Amesbury; provided further, that not
  less than $55,000 shall be expended for the purchase and installation of backstop
  fencing at the Puglielli softball field at Riverside park in the city of Haverhill;
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the city of
  Haverhill for the replacement of a pedestrian bridge in the Clement Farm
  Conservation Area; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
  for the town of Russell for the replacement of playground equipment; provided
  further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for the testing and treatment
  of cyanobacteria and related contaminants in Monponsett pond in the town of
  Halifax; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the
  Central Plymouth County Water District commission annual budget for the
  improvement and management of lakes and ponds in the district; provided further,
  that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Greater Lawrence Community
  Boating Program, Inc. to support youth boating, rowing and water safety
  programming at the Abe Bashara Boathouse in the city of Lawrence, including
  training, certifications, seasonal employment opportunities for low-income youth
  and after-school and summer enrichment activities that promote leadership,
  environmental stewardship and access to the Merrimack river; provided further,
  that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the city of Salem for improvements
  to the main entrance, perimeter safety enhancements and the replacement of historic
  lighting on the Salem common in consultation with the Friends of Salem Common,
  Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Friends
  of Bass River, Inc. for the purchase and installation of passive filtration culvert
  inserts and to address the removal of Chesapeake Bay boring sponge in the Bass
  river in the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth ................................................$825,000
2820-0101   For the costs associated with the department of conservation and recreation’s park
  rangers specific to the security of the state house; provided, that funds appropriated
  in this item shall only be expended for the costs of security and park rangers at the
  state house ............................................................................................... $3,022,820
2820-2000   For the operation of street lighting and the expenses of maintaining the parkways
  of the department of conservation and recreation ................................... $4,624,670
Department of Energy Resources.
7006-1001    For the Massachusetts residential conservation service program established in
  chapter 465 of the acts of 1980 and the Massachusetts commercial and apartment
  conservation service program established in section 11A of chapter 25A of the
  General Laws; provided, that the assessments levied for fiscal year 2026 under said
  chapter 465 shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce the amount expended from
  this item and the associated fringe benefit costs for personnel paid from this item ....$268,958
7006-1003    For the operation of the department of energy resources; provided, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount assessed
  under section 11H of chapter 25A of the General Laws shall be made at a rate
  sufficient to produce the amount expended from this item and the associated fringe
  benefit costs for personnel paid from this item ....................................... $7,919,402
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
Department of Early Education and Care.
3000-1000    For the administration of the department of early education and care; provided, that
  the department shall report on the first business day of each month to the joint
  committee on education, the joint committee on children, families and persons with
  disabilities, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive
  office for administration and finance on the unduplicated number of children on
  waiting lists for state-subsidized early education and care programs and services,
  including supportive child care services; provided further, that notwithstanding
  chapter 66A of the General Laws, the department of early education and care, the
  child care resource and referral agencies, the department of elementary and
  secondary education, the department of transitional assistance, the department of
  children and families, the executive office of housing and livable communities, the
  Children’s Trust Fund established in section 50 of chapter 10 of the General Laws,
  the disabled persons protection commission, the district attorneys’ offices and the
  early intervention program within the department of public health may share with
  each other personal data regarding the parents and children who receive services
  provided under early education and care programs administered by the
  commonwealth for waitlist management, program implementation and evaluation,
  reporting and policy development purposes; provided further, that the department
  shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and
  contracted slots funded by the department for items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060
  delineated by age category; provided further, that such reports shall reflect current
  caseload and detailed assumptions on caseload cost in future months; provided
  further, that the reports shall include the number of recipients subject to subsection
  (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995; provided further, that the
  department of early education and care shall provide the caseload forecasting office
  and the house and senate committees on ways and means with enrollment data and
  any other information pertinent to caseload forecasting that is requested on a
  monthly basis; provided further, that the information shall be provided in a manner
  that meets all applicable federal and state privacy and security requirements;
  provided further, that the commissioner of early education and care may transfer
  funds between items 3000-3060 and 3000-4060, as necessary, for this purpose,
  under an allocation plan that shall detail, by object class, the distribution of the
  funds to be transferred and which shall be submitted to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before any such transfer; and
  provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to Jumpstart for
  Young Children, Inc. to provide evidence-based early childhood education
  programs to enhance language, literacy and early relational health for preschool
  children from communities with untapped potential ...............................$8,293,365
3000-1020   For early education and care quality supports to improve and sustain educational
  quality among providers of early education and care and to assist early educators
  and providers in attaining higher levels of proficiency, skill and quality; provided,
  that supports funded through this item shall include, but not be limited to, program
  quality improvements related to meeting the Massachusetts Quality Rating and
  Improvement System standards; provided further, that costs related to department
  of early education and care personnel who support quality improvement may be
  funded from this item, including the department's licensing staff and other
  personnel who ensure compliance with state and federal requirements for
  inspections, monitoring and training; provided further, that funds from this item
  may support the Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program and early
  childhood mental health consultation services; provided further, that supports
  funded through this item may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) the
  development and purchase of curricula; (ii) the development and implementation
  of early childhood assessment systems; (iii) incentives for programs to recruit,
  develop and retain highly qualified educators; (iv) activities that encourage
  providers to obtain associate and bachelor’s degrees; (v) payment of fees; (vi) direct
  assistance to programs seeking accreditation by agencies approved by the board of
  early education and care; and (vii) professional development courses; and provided
  further, that any payment made under any such grant to a school district shall be
  deposited with the treasurer of the city, town or regional school district and held as
  a separate account and, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
  shall be expended by the school committee of such city, town or regional school
  district without municipal appropriation ................................................$44,903,765
3000-1045   For operational grants to child care providers; provided, that for fiscal year 2026
  funds shall be distributed in accordance with the formula established in section 20
  of chapter 15D of the General Law; provided further, that funds from this item shall
  be expended in coordination with funds from item 1596-2410; provided further,
  that the department shall collect data from participating programs, including, but
  not limited to: (i) the number of enrolled children; (ii) the number of educators
  employed; (iii) efforts to recruit and retain employees; (iv) any available
  demographic data of the families served by participating providers; (v) to the extent
  feasible, the income level of the families served by participating providers; (vi) the
  amount awarded to each provider; and (vii) the amount of operational grants spent
  by provider, delineated by category of spending including, but not limited to: (a)
  salaries; (b) other compensation; (c) workforce training; and (d) facilities
  improvements; provided further, that programs shall respond to all data collection
  requests and surveys from the department to be eligible for such grants; provided
  further, that funds may be expended for departmental technical assistance related
  to the administration and distribution of the grants; and provided further, that funds
  may be expended to support data collection technology, personnel and supports
  related to this item................................................................................$150,000,000
  Early Education and Care
  Operational Grant Fund ................................76.67%
  General Fund .................................................23.33%
3000-1049   For the department of early education and care, in consultation with the executive
  office of economic development, to establish a competitive matching grant pilot
  program to increase access to high quality and affordable child care by
  incentivizing employer investments; provided, that the program shall be open to
  applications from an employer or a group of employers in the commonwealth or an
  early education and care provider partnering with an employer or group of
  employers in the commonwealth; provided further, that said program shall fund
  investments in infrastructure, startup, employment, and other related costs to
  establish new early education and care slots or increase the number of children that
  can be served by at least 1 provider; provided further, that an applicant shall: (i)
  commit to investing not less than 50 per cent of the expected cost of infrastructure,
  startup, employment, or other costs related to creating new early education and care
  slots; (ii) certify that early educators who serve hildren in slots funded by this
  program are paid pursuant to salary and compensation guidelines established by the
  department; and (iii) ensure that early education and care providers funded through
  this program enroll or commit to enrolling children receiving child care financial
  assistance; provided further, that the department shall seek to maximize equity
  when reviewing and selecting grant applicants, including prioritizing applications
  that: (1) support higher numbers of children from low-income families; (2) present
  a plan for maintaining affordable tuition prices for families; (3) are from applicants
  located in rural areas or in areas with a shortage of early education and care slots;
  (4) support historically underserved populations, infants, toddlers, families with
  nontraditional work hours, and families with children with high needs; (5) promote
  equity in other ways as deemed appropriate by the department; and (6) support
  high-demand and low wage industries; provided further, that an early education and
  care provider shall not be eligible to participate in the pilot program unless the
  provider is a non-profit organization, an organization in which a non-profit
  organization has a controlling financial or managerial interest or a licensed family
  home-based early education and care provider; provided further, that, not later than
  December 2, 2025, the department of early education and care shall file a report on
  the pilot program with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the
  senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on
  education; and provided further, the report shall include, but not be limited to: (a)
  the number of program partcipants; (b) the number of early education and care slots
  support by this item; (c) the percentage of slots filled by children receiving child
  care financial assistance; and (d) guidelines for a potential permanent program…$2,500,000
3000-2000   For the regional administration and coordination of services provided by child care
  resource and referral agencies ................................................................$20,000,000
3000-2050   For the administration of the Children’s Trust Fund established in section 50 of
  chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that the department of early education
  and care shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to the board of
  the trust fund; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for a
  Stop Abuse For Every (SAFE) Child community pilot program to provide,
  coordinate and expand core services for families; provided further, that core
  services shall include, but not be limited to, home visiting, social and behavioral
  health services, substance use treatment and parental resiliency programs; provided
  further, that the pilot program shall support the coordination of services and
  referrals using existing resources; and provided further, that not later than
  December 16, 2025, the Children’s Trust Fund shall submit a report to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children,
  families and persons with disabilities on the progress of the pilot program and the
  mobilization of services at the family centers..........................................$2,432,536
3000-2060   For evidence-informed, adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention initiatives that
  provide technical assistance to communities, youth-serving organizations and
  schools to: (i) organize local coalitions dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse;
  (ii) recruit, train and certify local volunteers to provide free prevention education
  for parents, students and professionals; and (iii) strengthen the core standards
  around the screening of prospective employees, the development of codes of
  conduct, the assessment and modification of physical spaces to reduce
  opportunities for sexual abuse, the responding to and reporting of boundary-
  violating behaviors and suspected acts of sexual abuse and the training of staff and
  volunteers on ways to prevent adult perpetration and child-on-child sexual abuse;
  provided further, that initiatives supported through this item shall be administered
  by the Children’s Trust Fund established in section 50 of chapter 10 of the General
  Laws and the office of the child advocate; and provided further, that not less than
  $150,000 shall be expended for Enough Abuse, Inc. to provide technical assistance
  to and training for schools and communities ...........................................$2,364,334
3000-3060   For early education and care services for children with active cases at the
  department of children and families, for families currently involved with, or
  transitioning from, transitional aid to families with dependent children and for
  families participating in education and training services funded by the supplemental
  nutrition assistance program; provided, that providers shall be reimbursed for
  subsidized child care services funded in this item based on enrollment; provided
  further, that the department of early education and care, in collaboration with the
  department of children and families, shall maintain a centralized list detailing the
  number of children eligible for services under this item, the number of supportive
  slots filled and the number of supportive slots available; provided further, that for
  children with active cases at the department of children and families, funds may be
  used to provide services during a transition period of not less than 12 months upon
  the closure of the family’s case with the department of children and families;
  provided further, that in the case of families involved with transitional aid to
  families with dependent children, early education and care shall be available to: (i)
  recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits; (ii)
  former participants who are working or are engaged in an approved service need
  activity for up to 1 year after termination of their benefits; (iii) participants who are
  working or are engaged in an approved service need activity for up to 1 year after
  the transitional period; and (iv) parents who are under 18 years of age who are
  currently enrolled in a job training program and who would qualify for benefits
  under chapter 118 of the General Laws but for the consideration of the
  grandparents’ income; provided further, that all teens eligible for year-round, full-
  time early education and care services shall be participating in school, education,
  work and training-related activities or a combination thereof for at least the
  minimum number of hours required by applicable regulations; provided further,
  that recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children shall not be
  charged fees for care provided under this item; provided further, that early
  education and care services for families involved with transitional aid to families
  with dependent children funded from this item shall be distributed geographically
  in a manner that provides fair and adequate access to early education and care for
  all eligible individuals; provided further, that informal early education and care
  benefits for families involved with transitional aid to families with dependent
  children may be funded from this item; provided further, that the commissioner of
  early education and care may transfer funds to this item from item 3000-4060, as
  necessary, under an allocation plan, which shall detail, by object class, the
  distribution of the funds to be transferred; provided further, that the commissioner
  shall provide notice to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less
  than 30 days prior to any such transfer; provided further, that not later than April
  16, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a preliminary report to the house and
  senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration
  and finance on the projected expenses for the program that shall include, but not be
  limited to, the expected surplus or deficiency for the program; provided further, that
  not later than June 30, 2026, if the department determines that the available
  appropriation for this program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses, the
  commissioner shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways
  and means and the executive office for administration and finance detailing the
  amount of appropriation needed to address the deficiency; provided further, that
  reimbursements for services rendered in prior fiscal years may be expended from
  this item; provided further, that the department of early education and care shall
  recoup funds owed related to payments made by the department in prior fiscal years
  by reducing payments for services related to this item in fiscal year 2026; and
  provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive
  such services ........................................................................................$448,211,115
3000-4060   For income-eligible early education and care programs; provided, that providers
  shall be reimbursed for subsidized child care services funded under this item based
  on enrollment; provided further, that teen parents and homeless families identified
  as likely to become eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children
  may be paid from this item; provided further, that informal early education and care
  benefits for families meeting income-eligibility criteria may be funded from this
  item; provided further, that early education and care services funded under this item
  shall be distributed geographically in a manner that provides fair and adequate
  access to early education and care for all eligible individuals; provided further, that
  the commissioner of early education and care may transfer funds to this item from
  item 3000-3060, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail, by
  object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred; provided further, the
  commissioner shall provide notice to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means and the executive office for administration and finance not less than 30 days
  prior to any such transfer; provided further, that not more than 3 per cent of the
  funds appropriated in this item may be transferred in fiscal year 2026 as set forth in
  a plan submitted by the department of early education and care; provided further,
  that said plan shall be submitted to the joint committee on education, the house and
  senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration
  and finance; provided further, that not later than April 16, 2026, the commissioner
  shall submit a preliminary report to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means and the executive office for administration and finance on the projected
  expenses for the program that shall include, but not be limited to, the expected
  surplus or deficiency for the program; provided further, that not later than June 30,
  2026, if the department determines that the available appropriation for this program
  will be insufficient to meet projected expenses, the commissioner shall submit a
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive
  office for administration and finance detailing the amount of appropriation needed
  to address such deficiency; provided further, that reimbursements for services
  rendered in prior fiscal years may be expended from this item; provided further,
  that the department shall recoup funds owed related to payments made by the
  department in prior fiscal years by reducing payments for services related to this
  item rendered in fiscal year 2026; and provided further, that notwithstanding any
  general or special law to the contrary, any payment made under any such grant with
  a school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city, town or regional
  school district and held as a separate account and shall be expended by the school
  committee of such city, town or regional school district without municipal
  appropriation ........................................................................................$517,637,865
3000-5000   For grants to head start programs; provided, that funds from this item may be
  expended on early head start programs ..................................................$20,000,000
  High Quality Early Education
  and Care Affordability Fund .........................50.00%
  General Fund .................................................50.00%
3000-6025   For grants in fiscal year 2026 to support planning and implementation activities in
  cities, towns, regional school districts or educational collaboratives to expand pre-
  kindergarten or preschool opportunities on a voluntary basis to children who will
  be eligible for kindergarten by September 2027; provided, that planning and
  implementation grants may be awarded through a competitive process established
  by the department of early education and care utilizing the Massachusetts Preschool
  Expansion Grant public-private partnership model; provided further, that
  preference in awarding grants shall be given to districts serving high percentages
  of high-needs students; provided further, that additional preference in awarding
  planning grants may be given to districts to update strategic expansion plans
  completed in prior fiscal years; provided further, that additional preference in
  awarding implementation grants shall be given to districts that have completed
  strategic planning efforts that support expanding access to high-quality preschool
  through the Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative; provided further, that
  not later than March 16, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the joint
  committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means
  on the status of planning and implementation activities supported through this item
  and item 1596-2412, which shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i) districts that
  submitted applications for grant funding; (ii) recipients of grant funding; (iii)
  anticipated number of children served by recipients; (iv) size of awarded grants by
  recipient; and (v) recipients’ workforce development efforts; provided further, that
  funds from this item may be used to provide administrative support to grantees,
  including technical assistance and program evaluation; provided further, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, funds distributed from
  this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city, town, regional school
  district or educational collaborative and held in a separate account and shall be
  expended by the school committee of such city, town, regional school district or
  educational collaborative without further appropriation; and provided further, that
  funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months…$17,673,127
3000-6075   For early childhood mental health consultation services in early education and care
  programs in the commonwealth; provided, that preference shall be given to those
  services designed to limit the number of expulsions and suspensions from the
  programs and to early education and care programs serving high percentages of
  high-needs students; provided further, that funding may be used to support
  programming and services to address mental health concerns including, but not
  limited to, outreach, training for educators to respond to mental health challenges,
  support for educators, including peer group support, and an expansion of current
  services; and provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include
  municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives,
  head start programs, licensed child care providers, child care resource and referral
  centers and other qualified entities ..........................................................$5,000,000
  Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support
  Trust Fund.........................................................100%
3000-7000   For statewide neonatal and postnatal home parenting education and home visiting
  programs for at-risk newborns to be administered by the Children’s Trust Fund,
  established in section 50 of chapter 10 of the General Laws; provided, that such
  services shall be made available statewide to parents who are under 24 years of age;
  provided further, that the department of early education and care shall collaborate
  with the Children's Trust Fund, when appropriate, to coordinate services provided
  through this item with services provided through item 3000-7050 to ensure that
  parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available
  to them and their children through the department; provided further, that the
  Children’s Trust Fund shall oversee the maintenance of a participant data system;
  and provided further, that priority for such services shall be given to low-income
  parents ....................................................................................................$17,855,920
3000-7040   For the department of early education and care, which may expend not more than
  $520,000 for contingency contracts related to pursuing federal reimbursement or
  avoidng costs in its capacity as the single state agency under Title IV, Part E, of the
  Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, subchapter IV, part E; provided, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, these contingency
  contracts shall not exceed 3 years except with prior review and approval by the
  executive office for administration and finance; 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 .........................................................................................................$520,000
3000-7050   For the coordinated family and community engagement grant program, which shall
  establish a statewide network of supports for early education; provided, that the
  department of early education and care shall distribute grants not later than August
  31, 2025 in order to allow a full year of service for families involved in these
  programs; provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent
  feasible, coordinate services provided through this item with services provided
  through item 3000-7000 to ensure that parents receiving services through this item
  are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the
  department; provided further, that eligible recipients for such grants shall include,
  but not be limited to: (i) the Massachusetts Family Networks program; (ii)
  municipal school districts; (iii) regional school districts; (iv) educational
  collaboratives; (v) the parent-child plus program; (vi) head start programs; (vii)
  other school readiness and family support programs; (viii) licensed child care
  providers; and (ix) child care resource and referral centers; provided further, that
  supports funded through this item shall be in alignment with the quality
  requirements of the Massachusetts universal pre-kindergarten program and the
  Massachusetts Quality Rating and Improvement System; and provided further, that
  the department may expend funds from this item on grants for supplemental
  services for children with individualized education plans .....................$11,740,598
3000-7052   For the parent-child plus program, also known as the parent-child home program$4,250,000
3000-7055   For the Neighborhood Villages Inc. pilot program to provide high-quality,
  economically-integrated infant and toddler classrooms that demonstrate best
  practices for supporting children, families and the early childhood workforce and
  establish infrastructure to facilitate wraparound health and wellness programming
  for children and families; provided, that funds shall be used to support high-quality
  early education and care classroom instruction and workforce development
  training; provided further, that funds shall be used to allow for the enhancement,
  coordination and alignment of early learning programs with community-based
  health providers and those resources that impact outcomes across health and early
  learning; and provided further, that the pilot program shall serve to identify
  resources and promising practices that inform efforts to support school-readiness
  and ensure the healthy development and well-being of children and families$1,000,000
3000-7070     For Reach Out and Read, Inc.; provided, that the funds distributed through Reach
  Out and Read, Inc. shall be contingent upon a match of at least $1 in private or
  corporate contributions for every $1 in state grant funding .....................$1,000,000
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Office of the Secretary.
4000-0005     For youth violence prevention program grants administered by the executive office
  of health and human services; provided, that the grants shall be targeted at reducing
  youth violence among young persons at the highest annual risk of being
  perpetrators or victims of gun and community violence; provided further, that these
  funds shall be available to those municipalities with the highest number of annual
  youth homicides and serious assaults as determined by the executive office;
  provided further, that funds may be set aside for the administration of these
  programs; provided further, that not later than February 6, 2026, the executive
  office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means
  detailing: (i) successful grant applications; (ii) the criteria used in selecting grant
  recipients; (iii) a set of clearly-defined goals and benchmarks on which grant
  recipients shall be evaluated; and (iv) outcomes and findings that demonstrate
  program success from the grant awards for fiscal year 2025; provided further, that
  not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun
  Violence, Inc. for the operation of comprehensive educational programming on gun
  violence and gun violence prevention; and provided further, that not less than
  $500,000 shall be expended to BAGLY, Inc. to provide innovative job training and
  wraparound support to LGBTQ+ homeless youth .................................$13,150,000
4000-0007     For housing and supportive services for unaccompanied youth under section 16X
  of chapter 6A of the General Laws; provided, that not later than February 13, 2026,
  the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) the number of youths served
  through this item receiving either prevention or rehousing services, including total
  statewide numbers and numbers by region; (ii) the types of services received by
  participating youths; (iii) the number of youths who transition into stabilized
  housing after experiencing homelessness; (iv) the number of youths who do not
  enter homelessness after receiving prevention support; (v) the number of youths
  who do not return to homelessness after being housed; (vi) other quantifiable data
  related to client outcomes as determined by the executive office; and (vii) the
  amount of funding awarded to vendors for the delivery of services and the names
  of each vendor ........................................................................................$10,545,850
4000-0014     For the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, Inc. to train community
  health workers to serve as the patient link to medical and social services for the
  disenfranchised population throughout the Worcester and MetroWest regions…
  $200,000
4000-0020   For the nursing and allied health workforce development initiative, to develop and
  support strategies that increase the number of public higher education faculty
  members and students who participate in programs that support careers in fields
  related to the nursing and allied health workforce; provided, that funds in this item
  shall be transferred to the Massachusetts Nursing and Allied Health Workforce
  Development Trust Fund established in section 33 of chapter 305 of the acts of
  2008; provided further, that funds shall be transferred to the fund according to an
  allotment schedule adopted by the executive office for administration and finance;
  provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
  not less than $500,000 shall be expended to establish a partnership incentive grant
  program between public higher educational institutions and health care providers
  to expand the nursing and allied health workforce; provided further, that the grant
  program shall support financial incentives to health care providers that partner with
  public higher educational institutions by offering clinical partnerships, the use of
  health care staff to teach courses and other innovative supports to increase the
  nursing and allied health workforce pipeline; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the
  University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth to partner with the Southcoast Hospitals
  Group, Inc. to develop and implement innovative strategies to increase the nursing
  and allied health workforce pipeline; provided further, that not later than March 6,
  2026, the executive office of health and human services shall submit a report to the
  joint committee on public health, the joint committee on health care financing, the
  joint committee on higher education and the house and senate committees on ways
  and means detailing the expenditures from the Massachusetts Nursing and Allied
  Health Workforce Development Trust Fund and short-term and long-term
  strategies to increase the number of public and private higher education faculty and
  students who participate in programs that support careers in fields related to nursing
  and allied health; provided further, that the report shall include details on the grant
  program including, but not limited to: (i) established grant criteria; (ii) a list of grant
  recipients, including grant amounts; and (iii) summaries of the successful grant
  proposals; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to Labouré
  College of Healthcare in the town of Milton for an advanced Vocational Nursing
  English for Speakers of Other Languages program to increase the nursing
  workforce recruitment pipeline in the commonwealth through increased access to
  nursing careers; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
  to Curry College School of Nursing and Health Sciences to promote increased
  access to quality, equitable healthcare services in the commonwealth through its
  healthcare workforce development and nursing simulation programs in partnership
  with hospitals and medical facilities across the commonwealth .............$1,125,000
4000-0050   For the operation of the PCA quality home care workforce council established in
  section 71 of chapter 118E of the General Laws .....................................$3,359,766
4000-0051   For the operation and support of the network of child and family service programs
  throughout the commonwealth, including family resource centers supported
  through this item and item 4800-0200; provided, that centers within this item shall:
  (i) be consistent with the requirements under section 16U of chapter 6A of the
  General Laws; (ii) demonstrate adherence to an evidence-based model of service;
  and (iii) use measurable outcomes to assess quality; provided further, that the
  executive office of health and human services shall maintain the fiscal year 2025
  contract with a third-party administration service organization to oversee the
  execution of, and the agency’s compliance with, subsection (b) of said section 16U
  of said chapter 6A; provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the executive
  office of health and human services shall submit a report to the executive office for
  administration and finance, the joint committee on children, families and persons
  with disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means, which
  shall include but not be limited to: (a) the number of children and families served
  at each center; (b) the types of programs; (c) program outcomes; (d) client feedback;
  and (e) progress on data sharing between centers; and provided further, that the
  network of child and family service programs shall coordinate with the executive
  office, the department of early education and care and municipal police departments
  to provide emergency assistance to missing or absent children at times when the
  juvenile court is not open, consistent with the requirements of section 39H of
  chapter 119 of the General Laws ................................................................$500,000
4000-0250   For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend not more
  than $15,000,000 from monies received from the commonwealth health insurance
  connector authority for the costs of the operation and maintenance of the health
  insurance exchange; 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 executive office 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..........................................................................$15,000,000
4000-0300   For the operation of the office of the executive office of health and human services;
  provided, that funds appropriated in this item shall be expended for administrative
  and contracted services related to the implementation and operation of programs
  under chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided further, that no expenditures,
  whether made by the executive office or another commonwealth entity, shall be
  made that are not federally reimbursable, including those related to Titles XIX or
  XXI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, subchapters XIX or XXI, the
  MassHealth demonstration waiver approved under subsection (a) of section 1115
  of Title XI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1315(a), or the community first
  section 1115 demonstration waiver under said section 1115 of said Title XI of the
  Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C 1315, except as required for: (i) the administration
  of the executive office; (ii) the equivalent of MassHealth Standard benefits for
  children under 21 years of age who are in the care or custody of the department of
  youth services or the department of children and families; (iii) dental benefits
  provided to clients of the department of developmental services who are 21 years
  of age or older; (iv) the payments related to services delivered in institutions for
  mental disease for which federal financial participation is not otherwise available;
  (v) cost-containment efforts, the purposes and amounts of which shall be submitted
  to the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before making these
  expenditures; or (vi) otherwise as explicitly authorized with the prior written
  approval of the secretary of administration and finance; provided further, that funds
  may be expended for the operation of the office of health equity under the
  department of public health and the executive office; provided further, that the
  office of Medicaid shall coordinate with the health policy commission in the
  development of care delivery and payment models in the MassHealth program,
  including patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations, to
ensure alignment of such models with the commission’s certification programs
under sections 14 and 15 of chapter 6D 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, 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, subchapter
XIX, to ensure that rates of payment to providers shall not exceed the rates that are
necessary to meet the cost of efficiently and economically operated providers to
provide services of adequate quality; provided further, that notwithstanding any
general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of mental health shall
approve any prior authorization or other restriction on medication used to treat
mental illness under written policies, procedures and regulations of the department
of mental health; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended
for Health Care For All, Inc. to work with community-based organizations in high
need areas to conduct health coverage enrollment assistance and to coordinate and
support health outreach and education efforts; 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 any such
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 said 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 the executive office shall submit
monthly MassHealth caseload reports in a searchable electronic format to the
executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate
committees on ways and means; provided further, that the executive office shall
submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means
and the joint committee on health care financing summarizing the projected total
costs for the next fiscal year of pharmaceutical pipeline drugs identified by the
executive office and expected to be made available for utilization within a 12-
month period from the submission date of the report; provided further, that the
report shall not identify the specific drugs, manufacturer identities or wholesale
acquisition costs of individual drugs identified by the department; provided further,
that not later than December 19, 2025, the executive office shall submit a report to
the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on
health care financing detailing utilization in fiscal year 2025 of the Health Safety
Net Trust Fund, established in section 66 of said chapter 118E, including the: (a)
number of persons whose medical expenses were billed to the Health Safety Net
Trust Fund; (b) total dollar amount billed to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund; (c)
age, income level and insurance status of recipients using the Health Safety Net
Trust Fund; (d) types of services paid for out of the Health Safety Net Trust Fund;
and (e) amount disbursed from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to each hospital
and community health center; provided further, that not later than March 6, 2026,
the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on
ways and means and the joint committee on health care financing on: (1) total
spending related to pharmaceutical utilization for fiscal year 2025; (2) estimated
spending related to pharmaceutical utilization for fiscal year 2026; (3) the actual
and estimated revenue amounts, both in the form of supplemental rebates and
federal financial participation, received in fiscal year 2025 and in fiscal year 2026
as a result of total pharmaceutical spending; (4) total or projected savings amounts
delivered from supplemental rebate negotiations in fiscal year 2026; and (5) the
relative impact of price and utilization of pharmaceutical drugs added to the
MassHealth drug list within fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026; provided further,
that not later than March 6, 2026, the executive office, in consultation with office
of Medicaid, shall submit a report to the executive office for administration and
finance, the joint committee on health care financing and the house and senate
committees on ways and means on the review of wage payment rates for the
provision of continuous skilled nursing care established in 101 CMR 350.04, 101
CMR 361 and 101 CMR 453, including: (A) an aggregated overview of the wage
payment rates paid by home health agencies to staff or contracted nurses providing
continuous skilled nursing care, including any increases in those wage rates
resulting from increases in Medicaid rates paid to home health agencies for
continuous skilled nursing care; (B) an aggregated overview of the proportion of
the Medicaid reimbursement rate paid directly as wages and benefits to nurses
providing continuous skilled nursing care through a home health agency that
contracts with MassHealth; (C) an aggregated breakdown of the wage rates as
applied to the acuity level of patients receiving continuous skilled nursing care; (D)
an aggregated breakdown of the wage rates as applied to the licensure level of the
providers of continuous skilled nursing care; (E) state costs for wage rates
promulgated in state fiscal years 2021 to 2025, inclusive, by regulation, department
and program; (F) the fiscal impact of increases in state funding versus prior fiscal
year actual costs for wage rates promulgated for state fiscal years 2021 to 2025,
inclusive, delineated by regulation, department and program; and (G)
recommendations on information to be included in any future reporting by home
health agencies receiving an increase of continuous skilled nursing care rates
provided by the office of Medicaid; provided further, that home health agencies
providing continuous skilled nursing care shall provide all information and
documentation requested by the executive office to compile the required report;
provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the Criminal
Justice and Community Support Trust Fund established in section 2QQQQQ of
chapter 29 of the General Laws for the continuation of a pilot program to establish
a county restoration center and program overseen by the restoration center
commission in the former Middlesex county established in section 225 of chapter
69 of the acts of 2018 to divert persons suffering from mental illness or substance
use disorder who interact with law enforcement or the court system during a pre-
arrest investigation or the pre-adjudication process from lock-up facilities and
hospital emergency departments to appropriate treatment; provided further, that not
less than $650,000 shall be expended for the Massachusetts Consultation Service
for Treatment of Addiction and Pain, which shall be administered by the
Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, to provide case management and
care navigation support to assist health care facilities, individual practitioners and
other health care providers including, but not limited to, nurse case managers, social
workers and recovery coaches, in providing care and identifying community-based
providers for referral for pain management and treatment of substance use disorder;
provided further, that a total of $40,000,000 may be expended from items 4000-
0700 and 4000-1426 during the fiscal year 2026 accounts payable period to pay for
services delivered during fiscal year 2026; provided further, that the secretary of
health and human services, with the written approval of the secretary of
administration and finance, may authorize transfers of surplus among items 4000-
0320, 4000-0430, 4000-0500, 4000-0601, 4000-0641, 4000-0700, 4000-0875,
4000-0880, 4000-0885, 4000-0940, 4000-0950, 4000-0990, 4000-1400, 4000-1420
and 4000-1426 for the purpose of reducing any deficiency in these items; provided
further, that any such transfer shall be made not later than September 30, 2026;
provided further, that any projected aggregate deficiency among these items shall
be reported to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than
90 days before the projected exhaustion of funding; provided further, that any
unexpended balance in these accounts shall revert to the General Fund on June 30,
2026; provided further, that funds shall be expended to the Nantucket Cottage
Hospital and Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Inc. for off-island medical
transportation, including the transportation of patients with behavioral health
conditions; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the
Brookline Community Mental Health Center, Inc. to expand the healthy lives
program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town
of Plymouth to support health and human services; provided further, that not less
than $100,000 shall be expended to Housing Families, Inc. in the city of Malden
for technological infrastructure improvements to support community based health
services; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Marie’s
Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts to support the free
diaper program for the children and families in the greater Worcester area; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to The Boston Home, Inc. for
its wheelchair enhancement center to support the costs of on-site repairs,
modifications and programming for power wheelchairs; provided further, that there
shall be a special commission which shall consist of: the secretary of health and
human services, or a designee from the office of the secretary, who shall serve as
chair; the assistant secretary of MassHealth or a designee; the commissioner of
mental health or a designee; the commissioner of children and families or a
designee; the commissioner of insurance or a designee; the commissioner of early
education and care or a designee; the commissioner of elementary and secondary
education or a designee; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on
mental health, substance use and recovery or their designees; a representative of
Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.; a representative of Children’s League
of Massachusetts, Inc.; a representative of Massachusetts Association for Mental
Health, Inc.’s Children’s Mental Health Campaign; a representative of
Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems, Inc.; a representative of
Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Inc.; a representative of
Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Inc.; and a representative of the
Parent/Professional Advocacy League, Inc.; provided further, that not later than
June 30, 2026, the commission shall submit a special report to the joint committee
on mental health, substance use and recovery, the joint committee on children,
families and persons with disabilities, the joint committee on health care financing
and the senate and house committees on ways and means detailing
recommendations for improving access to behavioral health services for children
and families; provided further, that the special report shall include, but not be
limited to: (aa) a list of the behavioral health services, including services and
treatment for substance use disorder and for autism spectrum disorder, available to
children and adolescents under 22 years of age; (bb) a list of common challenges
that children, adolescents and families face in seeking behavioral health services
including, but not limited to, challenges associated with program eligibility criteria,
affordability and cost-sharing, insurance or state program denials, application
processes and service authorization processes, staffing, wait times and geography;
(cc) recommended policies to address challenges identified under clause (bb) and
for streamlining access to behavioral health services for children, adolescents and
families including, but not limited to, adolescent continuing care inpatient and
residential treatment services; (dd) a review of state funding dedicated to behavioral
health services for children across state agencies and MassHealth and an
examination of the impact of how such funding is used to maximize the delivery of
services and available federal resources; (ee) analysis of the feasibility and effects
  of creating a single integrated children’s behavioral health agency; (ff) a 3-year
  strategic plan for the delivery of behavioral health services for children and families
  that considers all providers and payers; and (gg) any matters deemed relevant by
  the commission; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services
  shall make the report publicly available online; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended to Worcester Community Midwifery, Inc. to provide
  midwifery care and birth center services to families across the commonwealth; and
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Baystate Wing
  Hospital Corporation in the town of Palmer to ensure health equity by creating open
  access hours for emergency department mental health patient follow-up services in
  the hospital and to establish an open walk-in clinic for patients with mental health
  issues ....................................................................................................$158,690,882
4000-0320   For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend not more
  than $225,000,000 for medical care and assistance rendered in the current year 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 the death of a medical assistance recipient and held
  by the executive office for more than 3 years may be credited to this item$225,000,000
4000-0321   For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend not more
  than $65,000,000 for contingency fee contracts related to pursuing federal
  reimbursement or avoiding costs in its capacity as the single state agency under
  Titles 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 such contingency contracts
  shall not exceed 3 years unless such contracts received prior review and approval
  by the executive office for administration and finance; provided further, that after
  providing payments due under the terms of the contingency contracts, the executive
  office may use available funds to support special MassHealth projects that will
  receive enhanced federal revenue opportunities, including MassHealth eligibility
  operations and systems enhancements that support reforms and improvements to
  MassHealth programs; provided further, that any enhanced federal financial
  participation received for such special projects, including the Implementation
  Advanced Planning Documents or other eligibility operations and systems
  enhancements that support reforms and improvements to MassHealth shall be
  deposited into this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or
  special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies
  between the receipt of revenues 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 further, that the executive office 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 the revenue, reimbursement or demonstration of costs
  avoided; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the
  contrary, the executive office may enter into interdepartmental service agreements
  with the University of Massachusetts medical school to perform activities that the
  executive office, in consultation with the comptroller, determines to be within the
  scope of the proper administration of said Title XIX of the Social Security Act and
  other federal funding provisions to support the programs and activities of the
  executive office; provided further, that such activities may include providing: (i)
  administrative services including, but not limited to, utilization management
  activities and eligibility determinations based on disability and supporting case
  management activities and similar initiatives; (ii) consulting services related to
  quality assurance, program evaluation and development, integrity and soundness
  and project management; and (iii) activities and services to pursue federal
  reimbursement, avoid costs or identify third-party liability and recoup payments
  made to third parties; provided further, that federal reimbursement for any
  expenditure made by the University of Massachusetts medical school for 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,
  that contingency fees paid to the University of Massachusetts medical school shall
  not exceed $40,000,000 for state fiscal year 2026 except for contingency fees paid
  under interdepartmental service agreements for recoveries related to special
  disability workload projects; and provided further, that not later than December 19,
  2025, the executive office shall submit a report to the executive office for
  administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means detailing: (a) the amounts of the agreements; (b) a delineation of all ongoing
  and new projects; and (c) the amount of federal reimbursement and cost avoidance
  derived from the contracts for the previous fiscal year’s activities .......$65,000,000
4000-0322   For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend not more
  than $10,000,000 for contingency fee contracts related to revenue maximization
  projects pursuing additional federal reimbursement or avoiding state costs;
  provided, that 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 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 required under contingency contracts,
  the executive office of health and human services shall incur expenses and 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; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services 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 ...................................................................................................$10,000,000
4000-0430   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 children shall be determined
  eligible for medical care and assistance if they meet the disability standards as
  defined by the executive office of health and human services; provided further, that
  such standards shall be no more restrictive than those in effect on July 1, 1996;
  provided further, that the executive office shall process a CommonHealth
  application within 45 days of receipt of a completed application or within 90 days
  if a determination of disability is required; provided further, that the executive
  office of health and human services shall maximize federal reimbursement for state
  expenditures made on behalf of those adults and children; and provided further, that
  funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided to the
  recipients in prior fiscal years ..............................................................$340,074,133
4000-0500   For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients through the
  executive office of health and human services’ managed care delivery systems,
  including a behavioral health contractor, the primary care clinician plan, primary
  care accountable care organizations, MassHealth managed care organizations and
  accountable care partnership 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
  funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents under clause
  (c) of said subsection (2) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose household
  incomes, as determined by the executive office, exceed 150 per cent of the federal
  poverty level; provided further, that in fiscal year 2026, the executive office shall
  expend not less than $13,750,000 more for primary than in fiscal year 2025;
  provided further, that in fiscal year 2026, the executive office shall expend not less
  than $5,273,500 more for outpatient behavioral health and addiction services rates
  than in fiscal year 2025; provided further, that the executive office shall require that
  any contract or other arrangement entered into by a managed care provider under
  the managed care delivery system for the provision and administration of pharmacy
  benefit management services on behalf of individuals enrolled in programs of
  medical assistance under this item, including a managed care provider participating
  in an accountable care partnership plan, shall include, but not be limited to, the
  requirement that pharmacy benefit managers: (i) identify all sources and amounts
  of income, payments and financial benefits related to the provision and
  administration of pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of the managed
  care provider including, but not limited to, pricing discounts, rebates, inflationary
  payments, credits, clawbacks, fees, grants, chargebacks, reimbursements or other
  benefits; and (ii) disclose to MassHealth the sources and amounts of all income,
  payments and financial benefits received by the pharmacy benefit manager;
  provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services
  provided to recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, that not later than
  February 6, 2026, the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing: (a) the total number of members
  participating in the accountable care organization program; (b) disenrollment trends
  from the partnership plan, primary care accountable care organization and managed
  care organization-administered accountable care organizations within the
  designated plan selection; (c) the outcomes achieved by accountable care
  organizations and community partners including, but not limited to, financial
  performance, patient safety, patient satisfaction, quality and aggregate and per-
  member reductions in spending compared to prior cost trends; (d) the results of
  benchmarks on accountable care organizations’ and community partners’ progress
  toward an integrated care delivery system; and (e) a summary of spending and
  activities related to traditionally non-reimbursed services to address health-related
  social needs including, but not limited to, home and community-based services,
  housing stabilization and support, utility assistance, non-medical transportation,
  physical activity, nutrition, sexual assault and domestic violence supports; provided
  further, that the summary shall include, to the maximum extent practicable,
  aggregated data on the results of preventative health care services, including health-
  related social needs screening, the number of referrals to human service providers
  to address such screening, the result of such referrals and changes in health status;
  provided further, that such data shall be stratified by demographic factors to support
  an analysis of the impact on health disparities; provided further, that where data is
  not available, a report on progress toward establishing necessary data systems shall
  be provided; provided further, that the summary shall include outcome measures
  for at-risk populations with chronic health conditions; and provided further, that
  not later than March 6, 2026, the executive office shall conduct and submit a
  comparative analysis to the house and senate committees on ways and means and
  the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery of the rate
  differential for inpatient psychiatric and substance use hospital per diem payments
  between MassHealth and its contracted health insurers, health plans, health
  maintenance organizations, behavioral health management firms and third-party
  administrators under contract to a Medicaid managed care organization or primary
  care clinician plan .............................................................................$6,013,317,263
4000-0601   For health care services provided to MassHealth members who are seniors,
  including those provided through the Medicare savings program, and for the
  operation of the MassHealth senior care options program under section 9D of
  chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that notwithstanding any general or
  special law to the contrary, for the purposes of determining an individual’s
  eligibility for the senior care options program, an individual shall be deemed to
  reach 65 years of age on the first day of the month in which their sixty-fifth birthday
  occurs; provided further, that nursing facility rates effective October 1, 2025 under
  section 13D of said chapter 118E shall be developed using the costs of calendar
  year 2019; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item to maintain
  a per month individual personal needs allowance at a level that shall be not less
  than the level established in fiscal year 2025 for individuals residing in nursing and
  rest homes who are eligible for MassHealth, emergency aid to the elderly, disabled
  and children program or supplemental security income; provided further, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, for any nursing home
  facility or non-acute chronic disease hospital that provides kosher food to its
  residents, the executive office of health and human services, in consultation with
  the center for health information and analysis, and in recognition of the special
  innovative program status granted by the executive office, shall continue to make
  the standard payment rates established in fiscal year 2006 to reflect the high dietary
  costs incurred in providing kosher food; provided further, that MassHealth shall
  reimburse nursing home facilities for up to 20 medical leave-of-absence days and
  shall reimburse the facilities for up to 10 non-medical leave-of-absence days;
  provided further, that medical leave-of-absence days shall include an observation
  stay in a hospital in excess of 24 hours; provided further, that no nursing home shall
  reassign a patient’s bed during a leave of absence that is eligible for reimbursement
  under this item; provided further, that not later than January 16, 2026, MassHealth
  shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means
  detailing, for fiscal year 2025, the: (i) number of nursing facility clients on a leave
  of absence, delineated by the nursing facility, medical leave-of-absence days and
  medical leave-of-absence days that exceeded 10 days per hospital stay, nonmedical
  leave-of-absence days and the total number of days on leave of absence
  unduplicated member count; (ii) monthly licensed bed capacity level per nursing
  home and the monthly total number of empty beds per nursing facility, total number
  of all nursing home residents and total MassHealth nursing home residents; (iii) 6
  separate MassHealth payment rates and the average payment amount rate per
  nursing facility client resident; (iv) actual number of nursing home residents for
  each of the 6 payment rates in clause (iii); and (v) aggregate payment amount per
  nursing facility, by month; provided further, that the information in the report shall
  be delineated by nursing facility, including grand totals where appropriate;
  provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services
  provided to recipients in prior fiscal years; 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 not
  later than February 6, 2026, the executive office shall submit a report to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means on the implementation of the Medicare
  Savings Program expanded program eligibility for seniors pursuant to section 25A
  of said chapter 118E; and provided further, that said report shall include, but not be
  limited to: (a) the number of members who are seniors whose household incomes,
  as determined by the executive office, exceed 135 per cent of the federal poverty
  level that are enrolled in Medicare Savings Programs during each month of the
  fiscal year; (b) total enrollment in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary program,
  Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary Program and Qualifying Individual
  Program; (c) total annual spending on Medicare premiums and cost-sharing for
  such members; and (d) total annual transfers from the prescription advantage
  program in item 9110-1455 and the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to fund the
  Medicare Savings Program expansion ..............................................$5,109,838,566
4000-0641   For nursing facility Medicaid rates; provided, that in fiscal year 2026, the executive
  office of health and human services, in consultation with the center for health
  information and analysis, shall establish rates that cumulatively total not less than
  $342,100,000 more than the annual payment rates established under the rates in
  effect as of June 30, 2002; provided further, that the executive office shall expend
  not less than $102,000,000 more for nursing facility rates than in fiscal year 2025;
  provided further, that an amount for expenses related to the collection and
  administration of assessments under section 63 of chapter 118E of the General
  Laws shall be transferred to the executive office; and provided further, that the
  payments made under this item shall be allocated in an amount sufficient to
  implement section 622 of chapter 151 of the acts of 1996 ..................$625,073,456
4000-0700   For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the
  executive office of health and human services’ health care indemnity or third-party
  liability plan to 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 funds shall be expended from this item for children and adolescents under
  clause (c) of said subsection (2) of said section 9A of said chapter 118E whose
  household 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 the executive office may reduce MassHealth premiums or copayments
  or offer other incentives to encourage enrollees to comply with wellness goals;
  provided further, that funds shall be expended to eliminate pharmacy copayments
  for all MassHealth members; provided further, that notwithstanding this item, 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 funds may be expended from this item for activities relating to customer
  service; 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 such activities
  are performed by a state agency, contractor, agent or provider; provided further,
  that MassHealth shall expend $13,000,000 in the aggregate for acute care hospitals
  that have greater than 63 per cent of their gross patient service revenue from
  governmental payers and free care as determined by the executive office; provided
  further, that in fiscal year 2026, MassHealth shall maintain the same level of
  federally-optional chiropractic services that were in effect in fiscal year 2016 and
  that were included in its state plan or demonstration program in effect on January
  1, 2002 for members enrolled in the primary care clinician program; provided
  further, that MassHealth shall continue to expend funds for expanded oral health
  benefits, including endodontic and prosthodontic services, for adult members,
  consistent with the benefits provided beginning on January 1, 2021; provided
  further, that dental services for adults shall be covered at least to the extent they
  were covered as of June 30, 2025; provided further, that in fiscal year 2026, the
  executive office shall not fund programs relating to case management with the
  intention of reducing length of stay for neonatal intensive care unit cases; provided
  further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided
  to recipients in prior fiscal years; provided further, 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 not later than
  December 5, 2025, $1,000,000 shall be equally distributed to the teaching
  community health centers with family medicine residency programs in the cities of
  Worcester and Lawrence and in the South Boston section of the city of Boston and
  to the family medicine residency program operated at Baystate Franklin Medical
  Center in the city of Greenfield; and provided further, that the executive office shall
  designate the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Inc. to
  administer the funds and shall retain 5 per cent of the total funds; and provided
  further, that the executive office shall: (i) report to the house and senate committees
  on ways and means on the use of the funds by teaching community health centers;
  and (ii) audit the centers in order to confirm the use of the funds by each center for
  training purposes ...............................................................................$4,247,184,088
4000-0875   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 under section 2 of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and
  Treatment Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII) and section 10D of
  chapter 118E of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office shall provide
  these benefits to individuals whose incomes, as determined by the executive office,
  do not exceed 250 per cent of the federal poverty level, subject to continued federal
  approval; and provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for
  health care services provided to these recipients in prior fiscal years…$18,500,000
4000-0880   For MassHealth benefits under clause (c) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter
  118E of the General Laws and section 16C of said chapter 118E for children and
  adolescents whose household incomes, as determined by the executive office of
  health and human services, exceed 150 per cent of the federal poverty level;
  provided, 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 section 16D of said chapter 118E; and provided further, that funds may
  be expended from this item for health care services provided to those children and
  adolescents in prior fiscal years ...........................................................$576,309,407
4000-0885   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 only for employees who are
  ineligible for subsidized insurance through the commonwealth health insurance
  connector authority and ineligible for any MassHealth program; provided further,
  that enrollment in this program may be capped to ensure that MassHealth
  expenditures shall not exceed the amount appropriated; 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 said chapter 118E; and
  provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services
  provided to those persons in prior fiscal years.......................................$34,042,020
4000-0940   For providing health care services related to the Patient Protection and Affordable
  Care Act, Public Law 111-148; provided, that funds may be expended from this
  item for health care services provided to individuals ages 19 to 64, inclusive, whose
  household incomes, as determined by the executive office of health and human
  services, do not exceed 133 per cent of the federal poverty level and those who are
  eligible under clauses (b) and (d) of subsection (2) of section 9A of chapter 118E
  of the General Laws; and provided further, that in fiscal year 2026, MassHealth
  shall maintain the same level of vision services that were in effect in fiscal year
  2025 for members enrolled in the CarePlus program .......................$3,587,499,744
4000-0950   For administrative and program expenses associated with the children’s behavioral
  health initiative to provide comprehensive, community-based behavioral health
  services to children suffering from severe emotional disturbances; provided, that
  the executive office of health and human services shall submit biannual reports to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means on the implementation of the
  initiative; provided further, that the reports shall include, but not be limited to: (i)
  up-to-date results of the scheduled plan, including a schedule detailing
  commencement of services and associated costs by service type; (ii) an up-to-date
  analysis of compliance with the terms of the settlement agreement to date; (iii) a
  detailed itemization of services and service utilization by service type, geographical
  location and the age of the member receiving the service; (iv) data detailing the
  time that elapsed between a member’s request for services and commencement of
  an initial assessment for services; (v) the time to complete the initial assessment
  and the time that elapsed between initial assessment for services and
  commencement of services; and (vi) a quarterly update of whether projected
  expenditures are likely to exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided
  further, that the executive office shall notify the house and senate committees on
  ways and means not less than 30 days before any transfer of funds shall be made
  from this item; provided further, that funds may be expended from this item for
  health care services provided to these persons in prior fiscal years; and provided
  further, that any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the General Fund
  on June 30, 2026 ..................................................................................$331,019,154
4000-0990   For the executive office of health and human services to expend for the children’s
  medical security plan to provide health services for uninsured children from birth
  to 18 years of age, inclusive; provided, that the executive office shall expend all
  necessary funds from this item to ensure the provision of this program under section
  10F of chapter 118E of the General Laws; 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 prescreen enrollees and applicants for Medicaid
  eligibility; 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; provided further, that no
  applicant shall be enrolled in the program until the applicant has been denied
  eligibility for the MassHealth program other than MassHealth Limited; provided
  further, that the executive office shall maximize federal reimbursements for state
  expenditures made on behalf of the children; and provided further, that funds may
  be expended from this item for health care services provided to those persons in
  prior fiscal years .....................................................................................$42,600,000
4000-1400    For the provision of MassHealth benefits to persons diagnosed with human
  immunodeficiency virus who have incomes that do not exceed 200 per cent of the
  federal poverty level; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for
  health care services provided to those persons in prior fiscal years ......$16,555,080
4000-1420    For payment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in compliance with
  Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, subchapter XIX……..$704,207,262
4000-1426    For health care services provided to MassHealth members through the following
  MassHealth waivers approved under section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act: (i)
  the Acquired Brain Injury Residential Habilitation waiver; (ii) the Acquired Brain
  Injury Non-Residential Habilitation waiver; (iii) the Moving Forward Plan
  Residential Supports waiver; and (iv) the Moving Forward Plan Community Living
  waiver; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for administrative and
  program expenses associated with the operation of those waivers; and provided
  further, that funds may be expended from this item for health care services provided
  to members participating in the waivers in prior fiscal years ..............$540,321,946
4000-1700    For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of
  health and human services ...................................................................$180,854,361
Office for Refugees and Immigrants.
4003-0111    For the operation of the office for refugees and immigrants ..................$1,014,573
4003-0122    For a citizenship for new Americans program to assist legal permanent residents of
  the commonwealth in becoming citizens of the United States; provided, that the
  office for refugees and immigrants shall administer the program; provided further,
  that the program funded under this item shall provide assistance to persons who are
  within 3 years of eligibility to become citizens of the United States; provided
  further, that services shall include: (i) English for Speakers of Other Languages or
  civics classes; (ii) citizenship application assistance; (iii) interview preparation; and
  (iv) support services including, but not limited to, interpretation and referral
  services; provided further, 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 the highest priority for services; provided further, that persons who currently
  receive state-funded benefits that could be replaced in whole or in part by federally-
  funded benefits if those persons become citizens shall be given priority for services;
  provided further, that funds may be expended for the programmatic and
  administrative support of the office’s refugee and immigrant services; and provided
  further, that not less than $140,000 shall be expended to Friendly House, Inc. for
  the operation of the Office for New Americans in the city of Worcester $1,445,256
Center for Health Information and Analysis.
4100-0060    For the operation of the center for health information and analysis established in
  section 2 of chapter 12C of the General Laws; provided, that the estimated costs of
  the center shall be assessed in the manner prescribed by section 7 of said chapter
  12C .........................................................................................................$35,004,437
4100-0063    For the operation of the Betsy Lehman center for patient safety and medical error
  reduction established in section 15 of chapter 12C of the General Laws; provided,
  that the estimated costs of the center shall be assessed in the manner prescribed by
  section 7 of said chapter 12C; and provided further, that not less than $500,000
  shall be expended to implement the roadmap to health care safety for the
  commonwealth, including a pilot program of automated adverse event monitoring
  in hospitals in the commonwealth............................................................$3,674,027
  OFFICE OF DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
4110-0001    For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the blind, including the cost
  of sheltered workforce employee retirement benefits ..............................$1,862,462
4110-1000    For the community services program; provided, that the Massachusetts commission
  for the blind shall work in collaboration with the Massachusetts commission for the
  deaf and hard of hearing to provide assistance and services to the deaf-blind
  community through the deaf-blind community access network; provided further,
  that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for social workers, rehabilitation
  teachers and orientation and mobility instructors at the Massachusetts commission
  for the blind; provided further, that not less than $1,100,000 shall be expended by
  the Massachusetts commission for the blind to maximize the independent living
  skills of legally blind residents of the commonwealth through rehabilitation
  programs, housing assistance services, adjustment counseling services and the
  provision of accessible devices, assistive software and equipment and supportive
  technology training provided by qualified nonprofit providers in community,
  residential, virtual and facility-based settings; provided further, that not less than
  $500,000 of said $1,100,000 shall be made available for the Carroll Center for the
  Blind, Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $300,000 of said $1,100,000
  shall be made available for the MAB Community Services, Inc. ............$9,164,721
4110-1010    For radio reading services for the blind and print disabled; provided, that not less
  than $150,000 shall be expended to each of the following service providers: (i)
  Audible Local Ledger, Inc.; (ii) Audio Journal, Incorporated; (iii) Berkshire
  Talking Chronicle; (iv) Lowell Association for the Blind, Inc.; and (v) Valley Eye
  Radio, Inc.; and provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for
  the Talking Information Center, Incorporated to provide human voiced broadcasts
  of local news, articles and items of interest to visually-impaired and otherwise
  disabled listeners ......................................................................................$1,100,000
4110-2000      For the turning 22 program of the Massachusetts commission for the blind,
  including deaf-blind extended supports; provided, that the commission shall work
  in conjunction with the department of developmental services to secure the
  maximum amount of federal reimbursements available for the care of turning 22
  program clients.......................................................................................$18,287,034
4110-3010      For vocational rehabilitation services for the blind operated 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 or life
  insurance or any other such indirect costs of federally-reimbursed state employees$2,547,485
MassAbility.
4120-0200      For independent living centers; provided, that not later than April 1, 2026,
  MassAbility shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on
  the services provided by independent living centers; and provided further, that the
  report shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i) total number of consumers that
  request and receive services; (ii) types of services requested and received by
  consumers; (iii) total number of consumers moved from nursing homes; and (iv)
  total number of independent living plans and goals set and achieved by consumers
  ..................................................................................................................$8,500,000
4120-1000      For the operation of MassAbility; provided, that not less than 90 days prior to any
  changes to the current eligibility criteria, the commission shall provide written
  notification to the house and senate committees on ways and means ........$468,687
4120-2000      For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal
  government; provided, that funds from federal vocational rehabilitation grants or
  state appropriations shall not be deducted for pensions, group health or life
  insurance or any other indirect costs of federally-reimbursed state employees; and
  provided further, that the commissioner of MassAbility, in making referrals to
  service providers, shall take into account a client’s place of residence and the
  proximity of the nearest provider to the client’s residence ....................$28,804,358
4120-3000      For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and
  employment services shall be provided for severely disabled adults ......$2,553,259
4120-4000      For community-based services, which shall include, but not be limited to, protective
  services, adult support services, assistive technology services and the annualization
  of funding for turning 22 program clients who began receiving services in fiscal
  year 2025 under item 4120-4010 of section 2 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2024;
  provided, that not less than $1,920,000 shall be expended for assistive technology
  services; and provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to
  REquipment Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Assistive Technology (AT)
  Reuse Program, Inc. to improve the independence of individuals with disabilities
  through the refurbishment and repair of home medical equipment and assistive
  technology ..............................................................................................$14,827,398
4120-4001    For the accessible housing registry for persons with disabilities ................$150,000
4120-4010    For the turning 22 program of MassAbility ................................................$306,915
4120-5000    For homemaking services ........................................................................$5,921,788
4120-6000    For services for individuals with head injuries ......................................$33,127,243
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
4125-0100    For the operation of and services provided by the Massachusetts commission for
  the deaf and hard of hearing...................................................................$10,616,666
  OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
Department of Youth Services.
4200-0010    For the administration of the department of youth services; provided, that the
  department shall continue to collaborate with the department of elementary and
  secondary education in order to align curriculum at the department of youth
  services with the statewide curriculum frameworks and to support the reintegration
  of youth from facilities at the department of youth services into traditional public
  school settings; provided further, that the commissioner of youth services may
  transfer funds between items 4200-0100, 4200-0200, 4200-0300 and 4200-0600, as
  necessary, under an allocation plan which shall detail, by object class, the
  distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall submit
  to the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 15 days before
  any such transfer; and provided further, that not more than 7 per cent of any such
  item shall be transferred in fiscal year 2026 ............................................$4,879,364
4200-0100    For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to
  committed youths in nonresidential care programs of the department of youth
  services; provided, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the New North
  Citizens Council, Inc. for the Connecticut River Valley YouthBuild program$22,189,732
4200-0200    For pre-trial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated
  programs; provided, that the department of youth services shall expend not less than
  $600,000 for Robert F. Kennedy Community Alliance, Inc. for the detention
  diversion advocacy program to prevent high-risk juveniles presenting before the
  court from penetrating further into the juvenile justice system .............$31,541,775
4200-0300    For secure facilities, including purchase-of-service and state-operated programs
  incidental to the operations of the facilities; provided, that funds shall be expended
  to address the needs of the female population; and provided further, that funds shall
  be expended for suicide prevention services .......................................$112,805,693
4200-0500    For enhanced salaries for teachers at the department of youth services ..$3,059,187
4200-0600    For the operation of secure facilities to detain arrested youth before arraignment
  under the overnight arrest program ..........................................................$2,676,388
4200-0700    For evidence-based delinquency prevention through diversion programming that
  serves as an alternative to arresting or prosecuting youth through the juvenile court
  ..................................................................................................................$1,873,906
Department of Transitional Assistance.
4400-1000    For the central administration of the department of transitional assistance; provided,
  that all costs associated with verifying disability for all programs of the department
  shall be paid from this item; provided further, that the department shall submit
  monthly status reports to the executive office for administration and finance and
  the house and senate committees on ways and means on program expenditures,
  savings and revenues, error rate measurements and public assistance caseloads and
  benefits; provided further, that the department shall collect all out-of-court
  settlement restitution payments; provided further, that the restitution payments shall
  include, but not be limited to, installment and lump sum payments; provided
  further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary and unless
  otherwise expressly provided, federal reimbursements received for the department,
  including reimbursements for administrative, fringe and overhead costs for the
  current fiscal year and prior fiscal years, shall be credited to the General Fund;
  provided further, that an application for assistance under chapter 118 of the General
  Laws shall also be an application for assistance under chapter 118E of the General
  Laws; provided further, that if the department denies assistance under said chapter
  118, the department shall transmit the application to the executive office of health
  and human services for a determination of eligibility under said chapter 118E;
  provided further, that the department shall provide the caseload forecasting office
  with enrollment data and any other information pertinent to caseload forecasting
  that is requested by the office on a monthly basis; provided further, that the
  information shall be provided in a manner that meets all applicable federal and state
  privacy and security requirements; provided further, that after April 1, 2026, the
  commissioner 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 submit to the executive office for
  administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means 15 days before any such transfer; provided further, that upon approval by
  the executive office for administration and finance, the commissioner may transfer
  funds for identified deficiencies between this item and item 4400-1100; and
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Springfield
  WORKS for its 3-year pilot program to mitigate cliff effects for low-income
  families in the commonwealth .............................................................$107,562,031
4400-1001   For programs to increase the commonwealth’s participation rate in the
  supplemental nutrition assistance program and other federal nutrition programs;
  provided, that not less than $900,000 shall be expended for a grant to Project Bread
  – The Walk for Hunger, Inc.; provided further, that the work of employees of the
  department of transitional assistance paid for from this item shall be restricted to
  processing supplemental nutrition assistance program applications; provided
  further, that the department shall not require supplemental nutrition assistance
  program applicants to provide reverification of eligibility factors previously
  verified and not subject to change; provided further, that notwithstanding any
  general or special law to the contrary, the department shall require only 1 signature
  from supplemental nutrition assistance program applicants; provided further, that
  the department shall fund a unit staffed by department employees to respond to
  supplemental nutrition assistance program inquiries and arrange and conduct
  telephone interviews for initial supplemental nutrition assistance program
  applications from this item; provided further, that the department shall provide
  funds from this item for a system to image and catalog eligibility documents
  electronically; provided further, that funds may be expended for supplemental
  nutrition assistance program outreach; and provided further, that not later than
  January 29, 2026, the department shall report to the house and senate committees
  on ways and means on the status of these programs ................................$5,294,419
4400-1004   For the project costs of the Massachusetts healthy incentives program; provided,
  that when expanding the number of participating vendors, the department shall
  prioritize improving access in areas with limited access to fresh, local produce and
  that are historically underserved by the program; provided further, that the
  department shall collaborate with local food coalitions and nonprofit organizations
  to develop community outreach strategies that ensure equitable access to, and
  knowledge of, the program; and provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026,
  the department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways
  and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of households
  utilizing the program, including household size, age and racial demographic
  information; (ii) the number of program transactions; (iii) the number of vendors
  processing program transactions; (iv) a breakdown of the total number of program
  clients and vendors, delineated by their municipality; and (v) the department’s
  efforts, plans and timeline for identifying geographic areas that are underserved by
  the program and increasing program activity in those areas, including metrics and
  factors to be used to make determinations for the addition and siting of vendors,
  prior appropriation continued ................................................................$25,400,000
4400-1020   For the operation of the secure jobs connect program for employment support, job
  training and job search services for homeless or previously homeless families
  receiving assistance from the executive office of housing and livable communities
  under items 7004-0101, 7004-0108, 7004-9024 or 7004-9316; provided, that
  participants receiving assistance under said items 7004-0101 and 7004-0108 shall
  receive not less than 12 months of housing stabilization services under said items
  7004-0101 and 7004-0108; provided further, that services shall be delivered by
  community-based organizations that have demonstrated experience working in
  partnership with regional administering agencies, including, but not limited to,
  Community Teamwork Inc., Father Bill's & MainSpring, Inc., Way Finders, Inc.,
  Jewish Vocational Service, Inc., SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc., South Middlesex
  Opportunity Council, Inc. and Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.;
  provided further, that the executive office of housing and livable communities shall
  make rental assistance under said item 7004-9024 available to ensure effective
  participation in this program; provided further, that service delivery agencies shall
  seek additional federal, state or private funds to ensure the effective continuation
  of regional partnerships; and provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the
  department of transitional assistance shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means, which shall include, by type of service or program
  provided, the: (i) housing situation, including the stability of housing, for program
  participants; (ii) employment status, including employment history, of program
  participants; (iii) total number of program participants; and (iv) number of program
  participants who are no longer receiving assistance under said items 7004-0101,
  7004-0108, 7004-9024 or 7004-9316 ......................................................$5,000,000
4400-1025   For domestic violence specialists at local area offices ............................$2,329,398
4400-1100   For the payroll of the department of transitional assistance’s caseworkers; provided,
  that only employees of bargaining unit 8 shall be paid from this item…$142,913,665
4400-1979   For the department of transitional assistance to administer, in consultation with the
  Commonwealth Corporation, an employment counseling and job training program
  established in section 3B of chapter 118 of the General Laws, the pathways to self-
  sufficiency program established in section 3C of said chapter 118 and the full
  employment program established in section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 ......$990,072
4401-1000   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; provided further, that the department of
  transitional assistance may expend funds on such services for the noncustodial
  parents of dependent children receiving transitional aid to families with dependent
  children; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than the
  amounts expended in fiscal year 2025 for the young parents program and the
  competitive integrated employment services program; provided further, that not
  less than $170,000 shall be provided for learning disability assessments through the
  University of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be
  expended for the DTA Works internship program; provided further, that not less
  than $3,000,000 shall be expended for the service providers with whom the office
  for refugees and immigrants entered into service agreements in fiscal year 2025
  under this item; provided further, that certain parents who have not yet reached 18
  years of age, 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 consideration of the grandparents’ income, shall be
  eligible to receive services; provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the
  department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means, which shall include, but not limited to: (i) the number of clients served by
  these programs; (ii) the number of clients who transition into employment, when
  applicable; (iii) the number of clients who remain in employment after 90 days,
  when applicable; (iv) the number of clients who remain in employment after 1 year,
  when applicable; and (v) other quantifiable data related to client outcomes as
  designed by these programs; provided further, that the department shall examine
  the outcomes of these programs to determine which programs are effective in
  transitioning clients to employment and increasing self-sufficiency; and provided
  further, that the department shall consider other programs to meet transitional
  employment needs of clients ..................................................................$20,557,862
4403-2000   For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that
  the payment standard and need standard in fiscal year 2026 shall be not less than
  the standards in effect in fiscal year 2025; provided further, that the need standard
  shall be equal to the payment standard established under this item; provided further,
  that the payment standard and need standard for fiscal year 2027 shall be not less
  than the standards set forth in this item; provided further, that the department of
  transitional assistance shall notify parents under 20 years of age who are receiving
  benefits from the program of the requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection (i) of
  section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 or any successor law; provided further,
  that a $40-per-month rental allowance shall be paid to households incurring a rent
  or mortgage expense and not residing in public or subsidized housing; provided
  further, that a nonrecurring children’s clothing allowance of $500 shall be provided
  to each child eligible under this program in September 2025; provided further, that
  the children’s clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the
  month of September 2025; 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 held pursuant to
  chapter 119 of the General Laws or to adult recipients otherwise eligible for
  transitional aid to families with dependent children but for the temporary removal
  of any dependent children from the home by the department of children and families
  under departmental procedures; provided further, that not less than $779,058 shall
  be expended for transportation benefits for recipients of transitional aid to families
  with dependent children; provided further, that any person experiencing
  homelessness, who: (i) has no established place of abode or lives in a temporary
  emergency shelter; and (ii) is otherwise eligible under this item and chapter 118 of
  the General Laws, shall receive the same payment rate as recipients who incur
  shelter costs including, but not limited to, rent or a mortgage; provided further, that
  the department of transitional assistance shall promulgate or revise rules and
  regulations necessary to implement the preceding provision; provided further, that
  notwithstanding section 2 of said chapter 118 or any other general or special law to
  the contrary, the department of transitional assistance shall render aid to pregnant
  women with no other eligible dependent children only if the pregnancy has been
  medically verified and who, if the child had been born and was living with that
  parent 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 the loss; provided further, that the department of transitional
  assistance shall, to the extent feasible within the existing appropriation and any
  funding from other sources, review its disability standards to determine the extent
  to which such standards reflect the current medical and vocational criteria; provided
  further, that not less than 75 days before any changes to the disability standards are
  publicly proposed, the department of transitional assistance shall notify the house
  and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on children,
  families and persons with disabilities; provided further, that at the time of
  application and on a semi-annual basis, the department of transitional assistance
  shall provide oral and written notification to all recipients of their child care
  benefits; provided further, that the notification shall include the full range of child
  care options available, including center-based child care, family-based child care
  and in-home, relative child care; provided further, that the notification shall detail
  available child care benefits for current and former recipients, including
  employment and training benefits and transitional benefits; provided further, that
  the notice shall also advise recipients of the availability of supplemental nutrition
  assistance program benefits; provided further, that in promulgating, amending or
  rescinding its regulations relative to eligibility for, or levels of, benefits under the
  program, the department of transitional assistance shall take into account the
  amounts available to it for expenditure from this item so as not to exceed this
  appropriation; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for
  cash and transportation benefits for newly-employed transitional aid to families
  with dependent children clients for a period not to exceed 12 months to assist such
  clients with short-term self-sufficiency; provided further, that notwithstanding any
  general or special law to the contrary, the department of transitional assistance shall
  calculate benefits provided under this item in the same manner as it calculated those
  benefits in the previous fiscal year; provided further, that the department of
  transitional assistance’s calculation of benefits shall not preclude the department of
  transitional assistance from making eligibility or benefit changes that lead to an
  increase in eligibility or benefits; provided further, that not less than 75 days before
  adopting eligibility or benefit changes, the department of transitional assistance
  shall submit a report detailing such changes to the house and senate committees on
  ways and means, the joint committee on children, families and persons with
  disabilities and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives; and provided
  further, that the report shall include the text of the proposed changes and the basis
  and reasons for the proposed changes, prior appropriation continued…$466,729,423
4403-2007   For a nutritional benefit program for low-income workers; provided, that benefits
  shall be provided only to those for whom receiving such benefits will improve the
  work participation rate under the federal program of temporary assistance for needy
  families.....................................................................................................$8,359,783
4403-2008   For participant support payments to pay for or reimburse supplemental nutrition
  assistance program applicants and recipients for expenses that are reasonably
  necessary and directly related to participation in the SNAP path to work program…
  .....................................................................................................................$356,537
4403-2119   For the provision of structured settings pursuant to subsection (i) of section 110 of
  chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 or any successor law for parents under 22 years of age
  who are receiving benefits under the transitional aid to families with dependent
  children program ....................................................................................$13,862,439
4405-2000   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 grant 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 rates for residential care facilities and
  rest homes effective July 1, 2025, established in section 13D of chapter 118E of the
  General Laws, shall cumulatively total not less than rates effective January 1, 2025;
  provided further, that the department of transitional assistance, 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 executive 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.......................................................................$195,347,995
4408-1000   For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of commonwealth, entitled
  emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children to certain who are found by the
  department of transitional assistance 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 for such purpose; provided, that a recipient shall
  not be subject to sponsor income-deeming or related restrictions; provided further,
  that in implementing the program for fiscal year 2026, the department shall include
  all eligibility categories authorized in this item and the need standard and payment
  standard shall be not less than the standard that was in effect in fiscal year 2025;
  provided further, that any person experiencing homelessness, who: (i) has no
  established place of abode or lives in a temporary emergency shelter; and (ii) is
  otherwise eligible under this item and said chapter 117A shall receive the same
  payment rate as recipients who incur shelter costs including, but not limited to, rent
  or a mortgage; provided further, that the department shall promulgate, amend, or
  revise any rules and regulations necessary to implement this provision; provided
  further, that rates for residential care facilities and rest homes effective July 1, 2025,
  established in section 13D of chapter 118E of the General Laws, shall cumulatively
  total not less than rates effective January 1, 2025; provided further, that the
  department may provide benefits to persons 65 years of age 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 that is
  expected to last for a certain period of time as determined by department regulations
  and that substantially reduces or eliminates such individuals’ capacity to support
  themselves and that has been verified by an appropriate authority, to certain persons
  caring for a disabled person, to otherwise eligible participants in the vocational
  rehabilitation program of MassAbility, to dependent children who are ineligible for
  benefits under both chapter 118 of the General Laws and the separate program
  under section 210 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997 and to parents or other caretakers
  of dependent children who are ineligible under said chapter 118 and under the
  separate program under said section 210 of said chapter 43; 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 a medical review team, other disability
  screening process or costs associated with verifying disability for this program;
  provided further, that the department shall adopt emergency regulations under
  chapter 30A of the General Laws to implement the changes to the program required
  by this item promptly and within the appropriation; 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 amount available to
  it for expenditure by this item so as not to exceed the amount appropriated in this
  item; provided further, that the department may promulgate emergency regulations
  under said chapter 30A to implement these eligibility changes, benefit changes or
  both; provided further, that nothing in this item shall be construed to create any
  right accruing to recipients of the former general relief program; provided further,
  that reimbursements collected from the United States 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; provided further,
  that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, not less than 75
  days before adopting any eligibility or benefit changes, the commissioner of
  transitional assistance shall submit to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and
  the clerks of the senate and house of representatives a detailed and comprehensive
  report setting forth the text of the proposed changes and the basis and reasons for
  the proposed changes; provided further, that the report shall state exactly which
  components of the current benefit package will be altered by the changes and the
  department’s most accurate assessment of the effects of benefit or eligibility
  changes upon recipient families; and provided further, that the payment standard
  and need standard for fiscal year 2027 shall be not less than the standards set forth
  in this item, prior appropriation continued ..........................................$208,990,924
  OFFICE OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Department of Public Health.
4510-0020    For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $162,229 in
  retained revenues collected from fees charged by the food protection program for
  costs of the 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...............................................................................$162,229
4510-0040   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $73,734 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.................................................................................$73,734
4510-0100   For the administration and operation of the department of public health, including
  the personnel support of programmatic staff within the department, including the
  health statistics program, the operation of the registry of vital records and statistics
  and the cancer registry established in section 111B of chapter 111 of the General
  Laws; provided, that the department of public health shall prepare written
  recommendations for the continuity of abortion and abortion-related care in the
  commonwealth in the event of a loss of federal funding for any health care facility
  in which abortion services are provided; provided further, that the commissioner of
  the department or a designee shall form a task force to inform the recommendations
  and create a strategic plan; provided further, that the task force shall include: a
  physician who provides abortion care later in pregnancy; aprovider of abortion care
  who serves rural communities; a nurse who provides abortion care; the chief
  executive officer of a hospital that provides abortion care later in pregnancy or a
  designee; the executive director of a licensed clinic that provides abortion care or a
  designee; the executive director of Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, Inc. or a
  designee; and any other individuals at the discretion of the commissioner; provided
  further, that the task force’s written recommendations shall include any
  recommended legislative changes to ensure continuity of abortion care and services
  in the commonwealth including, but not limited to, previously filed legislation;
  provided further, that the written recommendations shall be submitted to the joint
  committee on health care financing, the joint committee on public health, the joint
  committee on judiciary, the house and senate committees on ways and means and
  the clerks of the house of representatives and senate not later than December 31,
  2025; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the
  Baystate Brightwood Health Center in the city of Springfield for outreach to the
  neighborhoods served by the center, including in the North End section of the city
  of Springfield, to increase access to quality healthcare .........................$38,263,168
4510-0110   For community health center services; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall
  be expended for a statewide program of technical assistance to community health
  centers to be provided by a state primary care association qualified under section
  42 U.S.C. 254b(l); provided further, that funds shall be expended for the
  Massachusetts State Loan Repayment Program in an amount not less than the
  amount expended in fiscal year 2025 contingent on the receipt of matching federal
  funds; provided further, that not less than $600,000 shall be expended for the Ellie
  Fund, Inc. to partner with community health centers to educate providers, patients
  and families on the availability of breast cancer support services during the
  screening and diagnosis processes in culturally competent manners; provided
  further, that not less than $165,000 shall be expended for Manet Community Health
  Center, Incorporated for purposes including, but not limited to, behavioral health
  treatment support; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
  provided for a nurse practitioner education and training program at the South
  Boston Community Health Center, Inc. as part of their status as a federally
  approved teaching health center...............................................................$5,650,599
4510-0112   For the department of public health to fund postpartum depression programs at
  community health centers in the cities of Holyoke, Lynn, Worcester, Fall River and
  Salem and in the Jamaica Plain section of the city of Boston; provided, that should
  a community health center decline funding, any unexpended funds shall be made
  available to participating centers or to expand the program to additional centers......$860,000
4510-0600   For an environmental and community health hazards program, including control of
  radiation and nuclear hazards, consumer products protection, food and drugs, 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, evaluation of exposure to environmental contaminants and
  possible links with diseases, including cancer, potential health impacts of exposure
  to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, indoor air quality inspections in public
  buildings, enforcement of the state sanitary code in multiple settings and the
  administration of the bureau of climate and environmental health under chapter
  111F of the General Laws; provided, that the department may expend funds from
  this item to monitor, survey and inspect nuclear power reactors, including those
  now licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and provided
  further, that funds shall be expended for the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic
  Lateral Sclerosis Registry established in section 25A of chapter 111 of the General
  Laws .........................................................................................................$8,748,880
4510-0615   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,259,189
  from fees collected from licensing and inspecting users of radioactive material
  under licenses presently issued by the United States Nuclear Regulatory
  Commission; 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; and provided further, that not less than $125,000 may be
  expended for C-10 Research and Education Foundation, Inc. to provide radiological
  monitoring in the 6 communities of the commonwealth that are within the plume
  exposure emergency planning zone of the Seabrook nuclear power plant$2,259,189
4510-0616   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,436,264
  for a drug registration and monitoring program from retained 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 ......................................................................................................$1,436,264
4510-0710   For the operation of the bureau of health care safety and quality and the office of
  patient protection; provided, that services funded through this item shall include,
  but not be limited to, education, training, intervention, support, surveillance and
  evaluation; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the advancement of
  the prescription monitoring program and the maintenance and enhancement of
  prescription drug monitoring information exchange architecture to support
  interstate prescription drug monitoring data sharing; provided further, that the
  department shall expend not less than $500,000 for the development and
  implementation of the mobile integrated health care program; and provided further,
  that funds shall be expended for the full registration of practitioners, physician
  assistants and registered nurses authorized by the board of registration in nursing
  to practice in advanced practice nursing roles under section 7A of chapter 94C of
  the General Laws ...................................................................................$17,000,545
4510-0712   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $5,900,000
  in retained revenues collected from the licensure of health facilities and individuals
  applying for emergency medical technician licensure and recertification for
  program costs of the bureau of health care quality and improvement; 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$5,900,000
4510-0721   For the operation and administration of the boards of registration for health
  professions licensure; provided, that funds shall be expended for the operation and
  administration of the boards of registration in nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing
  home administrators, physician assistants, naturopathy, perfusionists, genetic
  counselors, community health workers and respiratory care ...................$3,822,993
4510-0723   For the operation and administration of the board of registration in medicine and
  the committee on acupuncture ....................................................................$170,743
4510-0724   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
4510-0790   For regional emergency medical services; provided, that the regional emergency
  medical services councils designated under 105 CMR 170.101 and the central
  medical emergency direction centers that were in existence on January 1, 1992 shall
  remain the designated councils and central medical emergency direction centers .....$1,000,000
4510-0811   For grants to children’s advocacy centers, including those previously funded
  through item 4800-0038 in prior fiscal years, and for services for child victims of
  sexual abuse and assault; provided, that not less than the amount allocated by the
  department of public health for each children’s advocacy center in fiscal year 2025
  shall be expended in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that the department shall
  allocate available funding above the amounts required to maintain not less than the
  prior fiscal year’s funding levels for each center among the 12 accredited centers in
  a manner to promote equity in the services available to child victims of sexual
  abuse, assault and trafficking; provided further, that not less than $1,050,000 shall
  be expended for the support of the statewide delivery system of children’s advocacy
  centers with funding administered by the Massachusetts Children’s Alliance, Inc.;
  and provided further, that not later than January 29, 2026, the department shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall
  include, but not be limited to: (i) the grants awarded to each center; (ii) the number
  of individuals served by each center receiving funding; and (iii) recommendations
  on how to improve the availability and delivery of services through these centers ...$5,500,000
4510-3010   For a grant to the Down Syndrome program at the Children’s Medical Center at the
  University of Massachusetts medical center based on the patient-centered medical
  home concept ..............................................................................................$150,000
4512-0103   For human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or
  HIV/AIDS, services, programs and related services for persons affected by the
  associated conditions of viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis
  and other infections of public health importance; provided, that funding shall be
  provided proportionately to serve each of the demographic groups afflicted by
  HIV/AIDS and associated conditions; provided further, that in compliance with the
  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, the department
  of public health shall ensure that vendors delivering HIV/AIDS community testing
  and screening shall seek third-party reimbursement for such services; provided
  further, that the department shall ensure that at least the same level of services shall
  be made available as was available in the previous fiscal year; and provided further,
  that no funds from this item shall be expended for disease research in fiscal year
  2026........................................................................................................$31,848,485
4512-0106   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $15,162,386
  for the HIV Drug Assistance Program, or HDAP, from revenues received from
  pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the section 340B rebate program of
  the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 256b, administered by the Health
  Resources and Services Administration and the Office of Pharmacy Affairs;
  provided, that such services shall include activities that would be eligible for
  coverage through the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency
  Act, Public Law 101-381, with priority given to the human immunodeficiency virus
  and acquired immune deficiency syndrome drug assistance program; provided
  further, that any excess rebate revenue collected beyond the amount of this
  appropriation shall be deposited in the General Fund; provided further, that services
  in an amount equivalent to the amount deposited in the General Fund shall be
  funded through item 4512-0103; and provided further, that the department may
  make expenditures from the start of each fiscal year from this item in anticipation
  of receipt of rebate revenues from pharmaceutical manufacturers ........$15,162,386
4512-0200   For the bureau of substance addiction services, including a program to reimburse
  driver alcohol education programs for services provided for court-adjudicated,
  indigent clients; provided, that the department of public health shall ensure that
  vendors providing methadone treatment shall seek third-party reimbursement for
  such services; provided further, that support and strengthen public access to
  substance use disorder services, funds shall be expended to maintain programming
  including, but not limited to: (i) centralized intake capacity service under section
  18 of chapter 17 of the General Laws; (ii) the number and type of facilities that
  provide treatment; and (iii) detoxification and clinical stabilization service beds in
  the public system; provided further, that funds shall be expended to preserve and
  expand the programs currently funded by the Massachusetts Access to Recovery
  program; provided further, that funds shall be expended for opening new recovery
  centers that are not currently funded by the department; provided further, that in
  selecting such centers, the department shall, to the maximum extent possible,
  ensure that not less than half of the new centers serve gateway municipalities as
  defined under section 3A of chapter 23A of the General Laws; provided further,
  that funds shall be expended for a statewide program to improve training for the
  care of newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome at hospital-based facilities
  that care for mothers and newborns, including the 10 level III neonatal intensive
  care units; provided further, that under section 236 of chapter 111 of the General
  Laws, the department shall enhance data-sharing capabilities and collaborate across
  agencies to ensure coordination of services for newborns with neonatal abstinence
  syndrome; provided further, that funds shall be expended for supportive case
  management services; provided further, that not less than funds shall be expended
  to increase the number of residential rehabilitation services, with priority given to
  families, youth, transitional age youth and young adults; provided further, that
  funds shall be expended for the bureau to provide technical assistance and training
  to increase the number of providers and to support existing providers delivering
  culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse services in communities of color;
  provided further, that funds shall be expended for a program to support
  multidisciplinary, team-based substance use services for adults with severe and
  persistent substance use disorder; provided further, that the program shall: (a)
  include a team-based approach to service delivery that tailors services to the
  specific needs and acuity of each individual; (b) provide substance use and social
  services through a person-centered approach; and (c) not limit program services to
  a specific physical location; provided further, that funds shall be expended to
  procure additional family supportive housing programs across the commonwealth;
  provided further, that funds shall be expended to address the addiction treatment
  workforce crisis through outreach and recruitment efforts and support to complete
  trainings and continuing education curriculum; provided further, that not less than
  $1,500,000 shall be expended to expand and develop the state’s licensed alcohol
  and drug counselor and recovery coach workforce; provided further, that not less
  than $50,000 shall be expended for The Serenity House, Inc.; and provided further,
  that not less than $300,000 shall be expended to increase and expand transportation
  programs for individuals accessing substance use treatment services, prior
  appropriation continued .......................................................................$179,942,798
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ...........................68.74%
  General Fund .................................................31.26%
4512-0204   For the purchase, administration and training of first-responder and bystander
  naloxone distribution programs; provided, that 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; provided further, that not less than 30 days prior to any such
  transfer, the commissioner shall submit the allocation plan to the executive office
  for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means; and provided further, that not later than October 1, 2025, the department of
  public health shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means on the: (i) communities included in the program expansion; (ii) number of
  participants for each community; and (iii) amount of naloxone purchased and
  distributed, delineated by community ......................................................$1,298,718
4512-0205   For grants and contracts with substance use programs to provide comprehensive
  prevention, intervention and recovery services; provided, that not less than $15,000
  shall be expended to Abington C.O.P.E.S. Inc. for substance use prevention and
  programming; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to
  Holbrook Cares, Corp. for substance use prevention and recovery outreach
  programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to
  Rockland Cares Incorporated for recovery support and awareness programming;
  provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to Walker, Inc. for
  continuation of behavioral health and positive parenting and caregiving services
  and resources to service and support incarcerated and post-release individuals with
  children, in conjunction with the sheriffs’ offices in the counties of Suffolk and
  Norfolk, to appropriately promote necessary family bonding and child development
  that correlates with successful community reintegration and reduced recidivism;
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended and divided equally
  to Grit & Grace Sober Living For Women in the city of Attleboro, Jeffrey’s House
  in the town of Fitchburg, Evergreen House, Inc. in the town of East Wareham and
  Gilly’s House Inc. in the town of Wrentham for sober housing facility
  improvements and operational costs; provided further, that not less than $30,000
  shall be expended to Community Against Substance Abuse, Inc. (CASA) in the city
  known as the town of Winthrop to support substance abuse programs; provided
  further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to A Healthy Lynnfield for
  substance use programming including, but not limited to, prevention education;
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Baystate Noble
  Hospital Corporation in the city of Westfield for a grant program to prevent and
  treat addiction to opioids and related substances; provided further, that not less than
  $50,000 shall be expended to Power Forward, Inc. in the town of Marshfield for
  substance use recovery services; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall
  be expended for Office-Based Addiction/Opioid Treatment, a program of the
  Greater New Bedford Community Health Center, Inc. to include treatment of
  patients with co-occurring mental health disorders by a nurse practitioner; provided
  further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended as a grant to the Southcoast
  Health New Beginnings Moms Do Care Program in the city of New Bedford to
  support mothers and infants impacted by perinatal substance exposure; provided
  further, that not less than $475,000 shall be expended for the RecoveryWorks
  program at Massachusetts General Hospital for building a community of people in
  addiction recovery, including those who are court involved or returning citizens,
  families, organizations and local resources, to enhance participants’ long-term
  recovery and achieve meaningful employment by: (i) providing participants
  mentorship, career coaching, recovery and career oriented skills training groups and
  assistance with removing barriers to reenter the workforce throughout the 5-year
  duration of the program; and (ii) partnering with employers and organizations on
  education and anti-stigma efforts; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall
  be expended to the city of Lynn for mental health and substance use disorder
  services; and provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended in equal
  amounts to the Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse in the town of Canton,
  the Sharon Substance Prevention and Resource Coalition in the town of Sharon and
  the Norton Opioid Prevention and Education Collaborative in the town of
  Norton ..............................................................................................……$1,505,000
4512-0206   For the department of public health to coordinate a comprehensive statewide
  strategy, in partnership with municipalities, public health harm reduction
  organizations and other stakeholders, to promote existing harm reduction efforts,
  to foster a culture of harm reduction and to promote community-based harm
  reduction services as recommended by the harm reduction commission established
  in section 100 of chapter 208 of the acts of 2018 and to prioritize the health, safety
  and dignity of individuals who use substances as recommended by the commission
  on methamphetamine and other stimulant use in the commonwealth established in
  section 131 of chapter 24 of the acts of 2021; provided, that not less $1,500,000
  shall be made available to increase the availability of sterile and safe consumption
  equipment and syringe disposal services; provided further, that not less than
  $150,000 shall be expended for a pilot program to provide access to fentanyl testing
  strips or other drug checking equipment; provided further, that funds shall be
  expended to promote pilot programming to advance the creation of new supportive
  places for treatment and related observation that offer medical monitoring, nasal
  naloxone rescue kit distribution, counseling and connection to primary care,
  behavioral health and addiction treatment services; and provided further, that not
  later than March 2, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the house and
  senate committees on ways and means detailing the status of implementing each
  program funded in this item .....................................................................$6,478,000
4512-0225   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,000,000
  for a compulsive gamblers’ treatment program from unclaimed prize money held
  in the State Lottery and Gaming Fund established in section 35 of chapter 10 of the
  General Laws 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 said chapter 10; provided, that
  the 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 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 ..............................................................................………………$1,000,000
4512-2020   For a matching grant program to be administered by the department of public health
  to support municipal public safety reform; provided that funds shall be made
  available to municipalities pursuing public safety reforms and alternative
  investments to promote equitable public safety and public health outcomes;
  provided further, that eligible reforms and investments shall include, but not be
  limited to (i) utilizing jail diversion programs, including restoration centers; (ii)
  hiring de-escalation specialists or implementing de-escalation training; (iii) hiring
  behavioral health specialists or utilizing other behavioral health supports; (iv)
  training in evidence-based or evidence-informed mental health and substance use
  crisis response or alternative emergency response; and (v) hiring or contracting
  alternative emergency response professionals; provided further, that preference in
  awarding matching grants shall be given to municipalities posing alternative
  emergency responses conducted by unarmed community-based human service or
  behavioral or mental health providers who shall be unaccompanied by law
  enforcement but who may call on law enforcement as needed; provided further, that
  municipalities receiving matching grants shall demonstrate a measurable benefit to
  the public health for the residents of the municipality, based on criteria established
  by the department, and that the municipality is pursuing new practices or reforms,
  or expansion of prior successful practices, that support criteria established by the
  department; provided further, that prior to receiving matching grants,
  municipalities shall provide a comprehensive implementation plan to the
  department of proposed public safety reforms and investments; provided further,
  that the department shall give priority to applications that propose to invest a
  majority of grant funds with community-based human service, substance use
  disorder treatment, behavioral health or mental health providers; provided further,
  that not later than March 2, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to:
  (a) a list of all municipalities that received matching funds; (b) the amount of
  matching funds awarded to each municipality; and (c) a description of the reforms
  and investments implemented in each municipality awarded matching funds, prior
  appropriation continued; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be
  expended for a competitive grant program for the development of specialized
  trauma trainings, each tailored to a specific form of hate or bias, to be provided to
  mental health clinicians and counselors and others to treat victims of hate and
  bias ...................................................................................................……$1,250,000
4512-2022   For grants to local and regional boards of health; provided, that funds shall be
  expended to support the state action for public health excellence program
  established in section 27D of chapter 111 of the General Laws; provided further,
  that the department of public health shall prioritize a geographically equitable
  distribution; provided further, that funds shall be expended for a statewide data
  collection and reporting system, implementation of intermunicipal shared service
  agreements and capacity building for local and regional boards of health; and
  provided further, that not later than February 2, 2026, the department shall submit
  a report to the joint committee on public health and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing the: (i) grant recipients, their locations
  and amount per recipient; and (ii) dates that funds were released to such
  recipients ..........................................................................................……$9,232,014
4513-0999   For a public information campaign to educate and promote awareness to
  pharmacies and the public about individual’s eligibility to receive a 12-month
  prescription for contraceptives; provided, that information shall include availability
  of a 12-month supply of contraceptives; and provided further, that the
  commissioner of public health shall partner with insurers, pharmacies, relevant
  advocacy organizations and employers to ensure the campaign reaches pharmacists,
  clinicians and individuals eligible to receive a 12-month prescription for
  contraceptives .............................................................................................$500,000
4513-1001   For grants to support improvements in reproductive health access, infrastructure
  and security, including grants to: (i) Tides for Reproductive Freedom, Incorporated;
  (ii) Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts, Incorporated; and (iii) Eastern
  Massachusetts Abortion Fund, Incorporated; provided, that not later than March 2,
  2026, the department of public health shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing: (a) the grant distribution methodology;
  (b) a list of grant applicants; and (c) a list of successful grants applicants, including
  the amounts awarded and the projects being supported by the grants .....$1,980,000
4513-1002   For women, infants and children, or WIC, nutrition services in addition to funds
  received under the federal nutrition program administered by the United States
  Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service; 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 .............................$15,495,096
4513-1005   For the provision of family and adolescent health services, including, but not
  limited to, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, the birth defects
  monitoring program and adolescent sexuality education; provided, that not less than
  $13,812,418 shall be expended for family health services; provided further, that not
  less than $11,207,164 of said funds shall be expended for comprehensive family
  planning services, including HIV counseling and testing, community-based health
  education and outreach services provided by comprehensive family planning
  agencies; provided further, that not less than $6,700,000 shall be expended for
  enhancing comprehensive family planning services currently funded or previously
  funded by Title X Family Planning funding; provided further, that funds shall be
  expended for teenage pregnancy prevention services; and provided further, that not
  less than $150,000 shall be expended to Reproductive Equity Now Foundation, Inc.
  to operate a free and confidential abortion legal hotline for health care providers
  and helpers based in the commonwealth, as well as patients obtaining care in the
  commonwealth .......................................................................................$26,469,065
4513-1012   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $28,600,000
  from retained revenues received from federal cost-containment initiatives,
  including, but not limited to, infant formula rebates; 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...............................$28,600,000
4513-1020   For the early intervention program; provided, that the department of public health
  shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means on the total number of units of service purchased and the total expenditures
  for the units of service paid by the department, the executive office of health and
  human services and third-party payers for early intervention services for the
  following service categories: (i) home visit; (ii) center-based individual; (iii) child-
  focused group; (iv) parent-focused group; and (v) screening and assessment;
  provided further, 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 shall 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-income and moderate-
  income families; provided further, that not later than February 2, 2026, the
  department shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means on the number of families served by the program and the amount of funds
  appropriated in this item granted to qualified 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;
  provided further, that not less than 180 days prior to any change to current eligibility
  criteria, the department shall provide written notification to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means; provided further, that no eligibility changes shall
  be made before April 1, 2026; provided further, that funds in this item may be used
  to pay for current and prior year claims; and provided further, that the department
  shall provide services to eligible children through 1 service delivery model and
  shall not determine eligibility for services based on family insurance status…$39,250,384
4513-1026   For the provision of statewide and community-based suicide prevention,
  intervention, post-intervention and surveillance activities and the implementation
  of a statewide suicide prevention plan; provided, that funds shall be expended for a
  program to address elder suicide behavior and attempts with the geriatric mental
  health services program within the executive office of aging and independence; and
  provided further, that funds shall be expended for a veterans-in-crisis hotline to be
  used by veterans or concerned family members seeking counseling programs
  operated by the executive office of veterans’ services so that they may be directed
  towards the programs and services offered by their local or regional veterans’
  services office to be staffed by counselors or outreach program personnel
  contracted by the department and trained in issues of mental health counseling and
  veterans’ services ...................................................................................$14,304,687
4513-1027   For The Samaritans, Inc.; provided, that funds shall be used for suicide prevention
  services including, but not limited to, the operation and expansion of Hey Sam, the
  text-based mental health support line tailored specifically to youth and young
  adults, and for youth mental health community education, outreach and
  communications .......................................................................................$1,800,000
4513-1098   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 not less than $200,000 to the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Corporation, a
  community-based support organization dedicated to serving families and
  communities impacted by violence; and provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended to Survivors Say, Inc. for direct support services to
  survivors and victims of high-profile tragedies and other traumas and crimes .....….$300,000
4513-1112   For the prevention and management of chronic diseases and their associated risk
  factors, including, but not limited to, the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and
  Prevention Program and oral health services and programs; provided, that not less
  than $1,595,525 shall be expended for the comprehensive dental program for adults
  with developmental disabilities; provided further, that not less than $6,734,753
  shall be expended for smoking prevention and cessation programs, including youth
  tobacco use prevention and cessation programs; provided further, that funds shall
  be expended for Mass in Motion community grants in an amount that shall not be
  less than the amount expended in fiscal year 2025, contingent upon receipt of
  matching federal prevention block grant funds; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Cranberry Health Research
  Center at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, that not
  less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Duchenne Program at the University
  of Massachusetts medical school to advance clinical care, research and innovation
  for patients with complex disorders affecting the human nervous system; provided
  further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Massachusetts Dental
  Society for the operation of a Mission of Mercy Free Dental Clinic; and provided
  further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for Amyotrophic Lateral
  Sclerosis Association, Massachusetts Chapter, Inc. to provide care services for
  individuals suffering with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .......................$13,564,310
4513-1121   For a statewide STOP stroke program; provided, that funds shall be expended for
  stroke treatment and ongoing prevention services; provided further, that the funds
  shall be expended to provide educational programming as part of the Act F.A.S.T.
  campaign on the signs and symptoms of stroke and stroke warning signs with a
  focus on communities that have the highest incidence of stroke; provided further,
  that no funds awarded to the Act F.A.S.T campaign shall not used for personnel
  costs; provided further, that the department shall provide quality improvement
  measures that align with the stroke consensus metrics by utilizing a nationally-
  recognized data set platform and expand the statewide registry that compiles
  information and statistics on stroke care using confidentiality standards that shall
  be not less secure than a nationally-recognized data set platform, including the
  stroke registry data platform; provided further, funds shall be expended to require
  all primary stroke service hospitals and emergency medical services agencies to
  report data consistent with nationally-recognized guidelines on the treatment of
  individuals with confirmed stroke; provided further, funds shall be expended to
  oversee the operation and administration of designated primary stroke service
  hospital programs as defined in 105 CMR 130.1401; provided further, that funds
  shall be used to collect and analyze data from designated primary stroke service
  hospitals in the commonwealth and for the salary of a full-time surveyor who shall
  be primarily responsible for ensuring compliance with primary stroke service
  designation criteria; provided further, that not later than March 2, 2026, the
  department shall submit a report to the senate committee on post audit and oversight
  and the senate and house committees on ways and means detailing: (i) expenditures
  from this item; (ii) the number of persons reached by the campaign under this item;
  (iii) the methods and strategies implemented to reach said persons; and (iv)
  activities carried out by the department pursuant to this item; provided further, that
  not later than September 1, 2025, the department shall update the Statewide Stroke
  Point-of-Entry Plan pursuant to section 90 of chapter 28 of the acts of 2023; and
  provided further, that not later than October 1, 2025, the department shall
  implement regulations under 105 CMR 130 as promulgated on February 28, 2025,
  prior appropriation continued .....................................................................$500,000
4513-1136   For sexual assault and domestic violence services; provided, that not less than
  $8,287,997 shall be expended for a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner
  program and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner program for the care of victims
  of sexual assault; provided further, that the program shall operate under specific
  statewide protocols and by an on-call system of nurse examiners; provided further,
  that funds shall be expended for domestic violence and sexual assault prevention
  and survivor services including, but not limited to: (i) intimate partner abuse
  education, formerly known as the batterers intervention services; (ii) services for
  immigrants and refugees; (iii) rape crisis center survivor services and prevention
  information; and (iv) intervention services and crisis housing for sexual violence
  and intimate partner violence in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and
  questioning communities; provided further, that funds shall be expended for rape
  prevention and victim services, including the statewide Spanish language hotline,
  community-based domestic violence response, emergency and transitional
  residential services for sexual assault and domestic violence victims and their
  children, supervised visitation and trauma services for children who witness
  violence and targeted services for department of children and families-involved
  families; provided further, that the department of public health shall ensure that
  there shall not be a disruption in survivor services and violence prevention activities
  or a negative impact on program functioning during fiscal year 2026; provided
  further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for a domestic violence and
  sexual assault prevention program focused on teens in high-risk communities;
  provided further, that the programming shall be aimed at promoting healthy
  relationships and addressing teen dating violence for teens of all sexualities and
  genders; provided further, that the department shall partner with domestic violence
  and sexual assault service providers and other community-based or school-based
  organizations to develop evidence-based and outcome-focused prevention
  strategies; provided further, that the program shall prioritize funding for schools
  and communities in which the majority of students are eligible for free or reduced
  lunch; provided further, that at least 1 program shall operate in a municipality with
  a population of not more than 25,000; provided further, that funds shall be expended
  for a public awareness campaign to be administered by the department of public
  health, in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security, to
  educate and promote awareness about extreme risk protection orders including, but
  not limited to, information regarding: (a) chapter 140 of the General Laws and other
  laws and regulations relative to extreme risk protection orders; (b) who may file a
  petition for an extreme risk protection order; and (c) the process to apply for an
  extreme risk protection order; provided further, that the public awareness campaign
  shall be updated to reflect any prospective changes to laws or regulations relative
  to extreme risk protection orders; and provided further, that not less than $75,000
  shall be expended to RIA, Inc. for support to survivors of commercial sex
  trafficking and exploitation to promote emotional and economic empowerment…$79,861,840
4513-2020   For funding to increase behavioral health outreach, access and support; provided,
  that the department of public health, in consultation with the department of mental
  health and the department of elementary and secondary education, shall expend not
  less than $3,532,000 for a pilot program to increase student access to behavioral
  telehealth services in schools; provided further, that not later than June 30, 2026,
  the department of public health shall report to the joint committee on mental health,
  substance use and recovery and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means detailing the: (i) number of students participating in the program; (ii)
  frequency with which students use the program; (iii) cost of the services provided,
  including the use of support staff; and (iv) manner in which costs have been
  supported by third-party reimbursement; provided further, that not less than
  $1,000,000 shall be expended by the department for a public awareness campaign
  to promote the awareness and use of available behavioral health services; provided
  further, that the public awareness campaign shall partner with relevant advocacy
  organizations, employers, institutions of higher education and community-based
  organizations to ensure that the campaign reaches the populations that are most at
  risk of encountering existing barriers to behavioral health services; provided
  further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for a pilot pipeline program
  to establish a culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse mental health worker
  pipeline between acute care hospitals and freestanding psychiatric facilities and
  local colleges; provided further that the department shall designate the
  Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Inc. to administer the program;
  provided further, that the department shall report to the clerks of the house of
  representatives and the senate, the joint committee on higher education, the joint
  committee on mental health, substance use and recovery and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing: (a) the partners in the pilot program; (b)
  a demographic and geographic profile of the students served in the program; (c) a
  summary of post-program employment or continuing education of participating
  students; and (d) any budgetary recommendations on ways to further expand the
  pilot program; provided further, that not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended to
  community health centers to support the allied health workforce; provided further,
  that for the purpose of this item, a community health center shall be defined as any
  entity receiving funding pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 254(b); provided further, that
  funds shall be used for workforce supports including, but not limited to, loan
  repayment, workforce development programs, pipeline initiatives and retention
  payments; provided further, that the workforce supports shall prioritize the
  recruitment and retention of a culturally and linguistically diverse workforce; and
  provided further, that payments shall be allocated to community health centers
  based on financial need ..........................................................................$10,034,773
  General Fund .................................................36.70%
  Behavioral Health Outreach, Access
  and Support Trust Fund .................................63.30%
4516-0263   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,296,253
  in retained revenues from blood lead testing fees collected from insurers and
  individuals for the purpose of conducting such 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 lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue
  estimate as reported in the state accounting system.................................$1,296,253
4516-1000   For the operation of the bureau of infectious disease and laboratory sciences,
  including infectious disease surveillance and the state public health laboratory;
  provided, that funds shall be expended for an eastern equine encephalitis testing
  program and for tuberculosis testing and treatment services; provided further, that
  the department of public health shall ensure that vendors delivering tuberculosis
  clinical services and treatment shall seek third-party reimbursement for such
  services; provided further, that no funds appropriated in this item shall be expended
  for administrative, space or energy expenses of the department that are not directly
  related to personnel or programs funded by this item; provided further, that funds
  shall be expended for the operation of the universal immunization program;
  provided further, that all costs related to childhood vaccines shall be paid for
  through the Vaccine Purchase Trust Fund established in section 24N of chapter 111
  of the General Laws; provided further, that the department of public health shall
  implement an infectious disease elevated risk community outreach pilot project;
  provided further, that a school or early education program that has not achieved
  herd immunity against at least 1 vaccine-preventable infectious disease, as
  determined by the department of public health, or has failed to provide the
  department of public health with vaccination and exemption rate data for the 2023-
  2024 academic year shall be designated as an elevated risk program; provided
  further, that the department shall create a notice to parents and caregivers of
  children in an elevated risk program stating that the program’s community members
  are at an elevated risk for the spread of at least 1 vaccine-preventable infectious
  disease; provided further, that an elevated risk program shall issue the notice to
  parents and caregivers in the community not later than 10 days after receipt of the
  notice from the department; provided further, that the department may require an
  elevated risk program to organize and invite all parents and caregivers in the
  community to a presentation to be delivered by the department about immunization
  safety, immunization efficacy and herd immunity; provided further, that the
  department shall develop and make available online an informational pamphlet
  containing medically accurate information about immunization safety and
  immunization efficacy and information about vaccination cost coverage through
  the Vaccine Purchase Trust Fund established in section 24N of chapter 111 of the
  General Laws; and provided further, that each elevated risk program shall distribute
  the informational pamphlet, either electronically or in hard copy, to all parents and
  caregivers of children in the elevated risk program ...............................$29,278,694
4516-1005   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,086,835
  from the fees collected from providers or insurers for sexually-transmitted
  infections testing performed at the state public health laboratory; provided, that
  collected retained revenues 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
  lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the
  state accounting system............................................................................$1,086,835
4516-1010   For state matching funds required by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness
  Act, Public Law 109-417 .........................................................................$1,534,190
4516-1022   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $364,592
  from the fees collected from insurers and providers for tuberculosis tests performed
  at the state public health laboratory; provided, that collected retained revenues 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 lower of this authorization or the
  most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system ..$364,592
4516-1037   For the department of public health, which may expend for the implementation of
  chapter 111O of the General Laws not more than $49,569 in retained revenues
  collected from application fees for approval of mobile integrated health care
  programs and renewals thereof and from fines and penalties imposed by the
  department on mobile integrated health care programs; 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 ....$49,569
4516-1039   For the department of public health, which may expend, to support the operations
  of the Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality and the Bureau of Health
  Professions Licensure within the department of public health, not more than
  $5,500,000 in retained revenues collected from application fees under section 25C
  of chapter 111 of the General Laws to support the operations of the determination
  of need program and health care facility plan review within the department;
  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 ......................................................................................................$5,500,000
4518-0200   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,362,876
  from fees collected from services provided at the registry of vital records and
  statistics, including: (i) amendments of vital records and requests for vital records
  not issued in person at the registry; (ii) requests for heirloom certificates; and (iii)
  research requests performed by registry staff at the registry; provided, that collected
  retained revenues may be used for all program costs, including the compensation
  of employees; provided further, that the registrar of vital records and statistics shall
  exempt any person requesting a verification of birth to establish eligibility for
  Medicaid from the payment of a fee; 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.................................$2,362,876
4590-0250   For school health services and school-based health centers in public and nonpublic
  schools; provided, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended for mental health
  services in public and nonpublic schools; provided further, that funds shall be
  distributed to public and nonpublic schools based on the percentage of students in
  the commonwealth enrolled in each school; provided further, that funds shall be
  expended for school nurses and school-based health center programs; provided
  further, that funds may be expended to pay for nurse salaries for more than 3 school
  years; provided further, that funds may be expended to address the
  recommendations of the commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer
  and questioning youth established in section 67 of chapter 3 of the General Laws
  for the reduction of health disparities for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
  and questioning youth; and provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be
  expended to enhance the commonwealth's capacity to support the development of
  school-based bridge programs for youth who have had prolonged absence due to
  hospitalization for physical or mental health care .................................$22,623,088
4590-0912   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $29,555,584
  from reimbursements collected for Western Massachusetts hospital services,
  subject to the approval of the commissioner of public health; provided, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Western
  Massachusetts hospital shall be eligible to receive and retain full payment under the
  medical assistance program administered by the executive office of health and
  human services under chapter 118E of the General Laws for all goods and services
  provided by the hospital under federal requirements; 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 ..................$29,555,584
4590-0913   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,548,538
  for payments received for services provided by the Lemuel Shattuck hospital to
  incarcerated persons from 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 lower of this authorization or the
  most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system….$1,548,538
4590-0915   For the maintenance and operation of Tewksbury hospital, Pappas Rehabilitation
  Hospital for Children, 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 incarcerated persons
  from houses of correction not managed by private health care vendors shall be
  credited to item 4590-0903 of section 2B; provided further, that Tewksbury hospital
  shall maintain the same number of beds in fiscal year 2026 as it maintained in fiscal
  year 2025; provided further, that the department of public health shall expend not
  less than $500,000 to municipalities hosting a department of public health facility
  that also acts as a department of mental health continuing care facility and which
  does not also operate as a department of correction facility; provided further, that
  not later than August 18, 2025 and monthly thereafter, the department shall submit
  a report to the joint committee on public health and the house and senate
  committees on ways and detailing the status of the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital
  for Children; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to:
  (i) a summary of the types of services and programs available through the hospital
  including, but not limited to, medical, recreational and educational services; (ii) a
  summary of any reductions or terminations of services for patients and rationales
  for each change; (iii) the census at the hospital on January 1, 2025; (iv) the number
  of admittances per month since January 1, 2025; (v) the number of discharges per
  month since January 1, 2025; and (vi) the total number of staff employed at the
  facility, delineated by profession including, but not be limited to, teachers, nurses,
  administrative staff and other professionals; and provided further, that not less than
  $31,000,000 shall be expended for the continued operation of Pappas Rehabilitation
  Hospital for Children ...........................................................................$237,675,840
4590-0917   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $5,180,049
  from payments received from the vendor managing health services for state
  correctional facilities for incarcerated persons receiving 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; 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............................................................................$5,180,049
4590-0918   For the state office of pharmacy services, which may expend not more than
  $39,995,927 from retained revenues collected from vendors providing health care
  services to the department of correction; 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 of public health 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 .................$39,995,927
4590-0924   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,226,357
  from reimbursements collected by Tewksbury hospital based on a revenue
  enhancement project to obtain Medicaid coverage for patients whose services are
  not being reimbursed; 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............................................................................$2,226,357
4590-0925   For the costs of a prostate cancer awareness, education and research program
  focusing on men with African-American, Hispanic or Latino heritage, family
  history of the disease and other men at high risk; provided, that the department of
  public health shall oversee and manage the program; and provided further, that the
  department shall grant not less than 85 per cent of the funds from this item to the
  AdMeTech Foundation-led Prostate Cancer Action Council, which shall leverage
  existing partnerships with other state-funded nonprofit research organizations and
  current and past federally-funded, state-funded and privately-funded prostate
  cancer programs aimed at saving lives, improving quality of life and reducing
  health care costs ..........................................................................................$625,000
4590-0930   For price reductions for municipalities purchasing naloxone through the municipal
  naloxone bulk purchase program .............................................................$1,404,000
4590-1503   For statewide support services for maternal, child and family health activities to
  pregnant people, parents, caregivers, infants, children and youth, including those
  with special health needs to maintain the public health infrastructure necessary to
  promote racially equitable, evidence-based, data-informed and family-engaged
  services and programs; provided, that not less than $10,840,965 shall be expended
  for the pediatric palliative care program established in section 24K of chapter 111
  of the General Laws; provided further, that notwithstanding said section 24K of
  said chapter 111, children less than 22 years of age shall be eligible for this
  program; provided further, that funds shall be expended for universal newborn
  hearing screening and perinatal-neonatal quality improvement; provided further,
  that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for a doula certification program;
  provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the operations
  of and hiring additional personnel for the Massachusetts maternal mortality and
  morbidity review committee to enhance the committee’s ability to comprehensively
  review deaths and complications that occur during or within 1 year of pregnancy
  and make related remedial policy and practice recommendations; provided further,
  that the committee shall convene regularly to encourage consistent case review and
  reporting of findings and recommendations; provided further, that the department
  of public health shall submit to the committee, in a timely manner, aggregated and
  patient-level maternal morbidity and mortality data for review and utilization in
  developing recommendations to improve perinatal and maternal health outcomes;
  provided further, that not later than March 2, 2026, the committee shall submit a
  report on its findings and recommendations to the joint committee on public health,
  the house and senate committees on ways and means, the pregnancy and birth
  equity task force of the Massachusetts caucus of women legislators and the
  commission on the status of women; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000
  shall be expended to support the development and operation of freestanding birth
  centers to cover costs including, but not limited to, facility costs, start-up
  expenditures and the cost of providing full prenatal care and extensive postpartum
  care; provided further, that funds shall be issued through a competitive grant
  process; provided further, that freestanding birth centers and maternal health-
  centered community-based nonprofit organizations shall be eligible to apply for the
  funds, which shall include a requirement that a birth center be licensed or be in
  active pursuit of licensure; provided further, that priority for funding shall be given
  to birth centers that serve communities historically impacted most by inequities in
  maternal health including, but not limited to, high rates of maternal and infant
  mortality; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Pernet
  Family Health Services in the city of Worcester for its fourth trimester screening
  program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to It Takes
  A Village in the town of Huntington for postpartum and early parenting support for
  families in the western region of the commonwealth; provided further, that not less
  than $220,000 shall be expended for grants to community-based organizations to
  address mental health conditions and substance use disorders for perinatal
  individuals consistent with section 16GG of chapter 6A of the General Laws; and
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the deployment
  and promotion of a software application accessible by cell phones, computers,
  tablets and other electronic devices to enable the public to identify, evaluate and
  access resources for maternal and infant health including, but not limited to, mental
  and physical healthcare, transportation, nutrition and housing..............$14,698,103
4590-1504   For a neighborhood-based gun and violent crime prevention pilot program for
  targeted work with out-of-school youth and young adults aged 17 to 24, inclusive,
  to prevent gun violence and other violent crimes in neighborhoods and
  municipalities with the highest rates of violent crime; provided, that funds shall be
  awarded in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security and
  the department of elementary and secondary education; provided further, that funds
  shall be awarded to nonprofit, community-based organizations located in and
  serving high risk youth in eligible communities; provided further, that preference
  shall be given to organizations that have: (i) demonstrated street outreach capacity;
  (ii) effective partnerships with neighborhood health and human services agencies,
  including mental health providers, and with schools and other local educational
  institutions; and (iii) clearly outlined a comprehensive plan in support of continued
  or expanded collaboration efforts with such partners, including data related to
  measurable outcomes of successful partner collaboration; provided further, that
  eligible expenses for such grants shall include, but not be limited to, case workers,
  mental health counselors, academic supports and other research-based practices and
  related support services; provided further, that the department shall ensure that
  every grant recipient establishes measurable outcomes in its comprehensive plan
  and provides data related to those outcomes that demonstrate program success;
  provided further, that preference shall be given to proposals that demonstrate
  coordination with programs and services funded through items 4000-0005, 7061-
  0010 and 7061-9612; provided further, that the department shall allocate funding
  to support training and technical assistance for all grantees; provided further, that
  not later than March 2, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the executive
  office for administration and finance, the joint committee on public health, the joint
  committee on public safety and homeland security, the joint committee on
  education and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the
  awarding of grants and details of anticipated contracts by district; provided further,
  that the department shall further report on the effectiveness of the program
  including, but not limited to: (a) any measurable data-driven results; (b) which
  strategies and collaborations have most effectively reduced gun and other violence
  in the grantee neighborhoods; (c) how spending through this item has been aligned
  with spending from items 4000-0005, 7061-0010 and 7061-9612 in ways that
  enhance public safety while avoiding programmatic duplication; and (d) what
  efforts have been taken by the nonprofit community and municipalities to ensure
  the long-term viability of the reforms funded by the pilot program ......$10,257,648
4590-1506   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; provided, that eligibility shall be determined by the criteria set forth in
  item 4590-1506 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008; provided further,
  that no grants shall be awarded to law enforcement agencies; provided further, that
  funds shall be considered one-time; and provided further, that grants shall not
  annualize in fiscal year 2027....................................................................$4,021,326
4590-1507    For matching grants to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc., the
  Alliance of Massachusetts YMCAS, Inc., the YWCA organizations, nonprofit
  community centers and teen empowerment and youth development programs;
  provided, that the department shall award not less than $3,050,000 for
  competitively-procured grants to youth-at-risk programs utilizing an evidence-
  based positive youth development model, including programs that serve lesbian,
  gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth; provided further, that the
  department of public health shall award not less than $2,500,000 to the Alliance of
  Massachusetts YMCAS, Inc., which shall be distributed among the alliance’s
  member organizations; provided further, that the department shall award not less
  than $3,000,000 to the Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc., the first
  $2,000,000 of which shall be distributed equally among its member organizations;
  provided further, that the department shall provide not less than $1,000,000 to the
  YWCA, which shall be distributed equally between the Alliance of YWCAS’
  organizations in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $25,000
  shall be expended to the North Shore Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
  Transgender Youth, Inc. for the continuum of social, emotional and mental health
  support for LGBTQ+ youth in the North Shore region; provided further, that not
  less than $350,000 shall be expended to the Team Hoyt Community YMCA;
  provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the city known as
  the town of Randolph to support its enhanced social services program; and provided
  further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended for the Greater Holyoke
  YMCA in the city of Holyoke for improvements to its facilities, including, but not
  limited to, its locker rooms, to support its youth physical fitness
  programming ..............................................................................………$10,035,000
4590-2001    For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $4,334,319
  of payments received for services provided by Tewksbury hospital to clients of the
  department of developmental services, including for the provision of behavioral
  health services and the continuation of short-term medical rehabilitation for clients
  of the department of developmental services; 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 of public health 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 ...................$4,334,319
  OFFICE OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.
Department of Children and Families.
4800-0015    For central and area office administration and service coordination of the
  department of children and families; 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 no funds shall be expended from this
item for the compensation of unit 8 employees; provided further, that the
department of children and families shall not place a child or adolescent referred
by, or discharged from, the care of the department of mental health until the
department of mental health forwards an assessment and recommendation as to
whether the child or adolescent may be appropriately placed in foster care or if, due
to severe emotional disturbance, such child or adolescent is more appropriate for
congregate care placement; provided further, that the department of children and
families shall assist the department of mental health in making such assessments
and recommendations; provided further, that if placement of a child with someone
other than a parent becomes necessary, the department of children and families shall
place the highest priority on identifying a family resource within the child’s kinship
or family circle and shall provide services and support to partner with the family
resource in meeting the child’s needs; provided further, that unless otherwise
authorized, all funds including federal reimbursements received by the department
of children and families shall be credited to the General Fund, except for federal
reimbursement used to support revenue maximization projects; provided further,
that the department of children and families and the department of early education
and care shall provide standards for early education and care placements made
through the supportive child care program; provided further, that the department of
children and families, in collaboration with the department of early education and
care, shall maintain a centralized list detailing the number of children eligible for
supportive child care services, the number of supportive slots filled and the number
of supportive slots available; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or
special law to the contrary, the department of children and families shall not reduce
recoupment amounts recommended by the state auditor; provided further, that there
shall not be a waiting list for the services; provided further, that all children eligible
for services under item 3000-3060 shall receive those services; provided further,
that the department of children and families shall maintain a timely, independent
and fair administrative hearing system; provided further, that not later than
November 28, 2025, and February 27, 2026, the department of children and
families shall submit reports to the joint committee on children, families and
persons with disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means
which shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the fair hearing requests filed in fiscal
year 2026, using non-identifying information, which shall state, for each hearing
request: (a) the subject matter of the appeal; (b) the number of days between the
hearing request and the first day of the hearing; (c) the number of days between the
first day of the hearing and the hearing officer’s decision; (d) the number of days
between the hearing officer’s decision and the agency’s final decision; (e) the
number of days of continuance granted at the appellant’s request; (f) the number of
days of continuance granted at the request of the department of children and
families or the hearing officer’s request, specifying which party made the request;
and (g) whether the department of children and families’ decision that was the
subject of the appeal was affirmed or reversed; and (ii) the fair hearing requests
filed before fiscal year 2026 which have been pending for more than 180 days,
stating the number of those cases, how many of those cases have been heard but
not decided and how many have been decided by the hearing officer but not yet
issued as a final decision of the agency; provided further, that the department of
children and families shall maintain and make available to the public, during regular
business hours, a record of its fair hearings, with personal identifying information
removed, including for each hearing request: the date of the request, the date of the
hearing decision, the decision rendered by the hearing officer and the final decision
rendered by the commissioner of children and families after review; provided
further, that the department of children and families shall make redacted copies of
fair hearing decisions available within 30 days of a written request; provided
further, that the department of children and families shall not make available any
information in violation of federal privacy regulations; provided further, that not
later than February 27, 2026, the department of children and families shall submit
a report to the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities
and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not
be limited to, the: (1) number of medical and psychiatric personnel and their level
of training currently employed by or under contract with the department of children
and families; (2) number of foster care reviews conducted by the department of
children and families and the average length of time in which each review was
completed; (3) the number of social workers and supervisors who have earned a
bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work; (4) the total number of social workers
and the total number of social workers holding licensure, by level; (5) number of
the department of children and families’ contracts reviewed by the state auditor and
number of corrective action plans issued; and (6) number of corrective action plans
entered into by the department of children and families; provided further, that the
department of children and families shall submit quarterly reports to the joint
committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and the house and
senate committees on ways and means on the caseload of the department of children
and families; provided further, that the report shall include, but not be limited to:
(A) the caseloads of residential placements, congregate care, foster care, therapeutic
foster care, adoption, guardianship, 51A reports, substantiated 51A reports, the
number of children who die in the care and custody of the department of children
and families, the number of children currently eligible for supportive child care, the
number of children presently receiving supportive child care and the number of
medical and psychiatric consultation requests made by the department of children
and families’ social workers; (B) the number of approved foster care placements;
(C) the number of children in psychiatric hospitals and community-based acute
treatment programs who remain hospitalized beyond their medically-necessary stay
while awaiting placement and the number of days each case remains in placement
beyond that which is medically necessary; (D) the number of children in the
department of children and families’ care and custody who are receiving medical
or psychiatric care through other publicly-funded sources; (E) the number of
children served by supervised visitation centers and the number of those children
who are reunified with their families; (F) the total number of children served, their
ages, the number of children served in each service plan, the number of children in
out-of-home placements and the number of placements each child has had before
receiving an out-of-home placement; (G) for each area office, the number of kinship
guardianship subsidies provided in the quarters covered by the report and the
number of kinship guardianship subsidies provided in that quarter for which federal
reimbursement was received; (H) for each area office, the total spending amount
on services other than case management services provided to families to keep a
child with the child’s parents or reunifying the child with the child’s parents,
detailing spending by the type of service provided including, but not limited to, the
number of children and a breakdown of spending for respite care, intensive in-home
services, client financial assistance and flexible funding, community-based after-
school social and recreation program services, family navigation services and
parent aide services and the unduplicated number of families that receive the
services; (I) for each area office, the total number of families residing in shelters
paid for by the department of children and families, a list of where the families are
sheltered, the total cost and average cost per family at those shelters and a
description of how the department of children and families determines who
qualifies or does not qualify for a shelter; (J) for each area office, the number of
requests for voluntary services, delineated by type of service requested, whether the
request was approved or denied, the number of families that were denied voluntary
services and received a 51A report, the reasons for denying such services and what,
if any, referrals were made for services by other agencies or entities; (K) the number
of families receiving multiple 51A reports within a 10-month period, the number
of cases reopened within 6 months of being closed and the number of children who
return home and then reenter an out-of-home placement within 6 months; (L) the
number of children and families served by the family resource centers, delineated
by area; and (M) the number of children in the care and custody of the department
of children and families whose whereabouts are unknown; provided further, that
not later than January 29, 2026, the department of children and families shall submit
a report to the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities
and the house and senate committees on ways and means that details any changes
to the rules, regulations or guidelines established by the department of children and
families in the previous fiscal year to carry out its duties under chapter 119 of the
General Laws including, but not limited to: (I) criteria used to determine whether a
child has been abused or neglected; (II) guidelines for removal of a child from the
home; and (III) standards to determine what reasonable efforts are being made to
keep a child in the home; provided further, that on a monthly basis, the department
of children and families shall provide the caseload forecasting office with data on
children receiving services, young adults receiving services as defined in section
21 of said chapter 119 who continue to receive services as authorized in subsection
(f) of section 23 of said chapter 119 and other pertinent data related to items 4800-
0038 and 4800-0041 that is requested by the office; provided further, that the report
shall also contain the number of children and families served by the family resource
centers, by area, and an evaluation of the services provided and their effectiveness;
provided further, that to the extent feasible within existing appropriations, the
department of children and families shall maintain existing services for the aging-
out population; provided further, that the commissioner of children and families
may transfer funds from item 4800-1100 to this item to maintain appropriate
staffing ratios under the memorandum of agreement between the commonwealth
and the Alliance/Local 509, SEIU executed on March 25, 2013; provided further,
that not less than 15 days before any such transfer, the commissioner shall notify
the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided further, that not
more than 2 per cent of the funds from said item 4800-1100 shall be transferred in
fiscal year 2026; provided further, that the commissioner may transfer funds
between items 4800-0030, 4800-0038, 4800-0040 and 4800-0041 for services only
  and, as necessary, under an allocation plan, which shall detail, by object class, the
  distribution of the funds to be transferred; provided further, that transfers shall not
  be made for administrative costs; provided further, that not less than 15 days before
  any such transfer, the commissioner shall notify the house and senate committees
  on ways and means; provided further, that not more than 5 per cent of any item
  shall be transferred in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that funds shall be
  expended for a unit to help identify at-risk youth and provide preventative services
  and to implement a missing or absent youth recovery response policy; and provided
  further, that not later than January 15, 2026, the department of children and families
  shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and
  the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities that shall
  include, but not be limited to, the: (aa) number of young adults as defined in said
  section 21 of said chapter 119 who are continuing to receive services from the
  department of children and families as set forth in said subsection (f) of said section
  23 of said chapter 119, by each area office of the department of children and
  families; and (bb) total cost of such services .......................................$157,866,916
4800-0016   For the department of children and families, which may expend for the operation
  of the transitional employment program not more than $2,000,000 from revenues
  collected from various state, county and municipal government entities and state
  authorities for the costs related to the provision of services by the participants and
  the overhead costs and expenses incurred by the not-for-profit managing agent
  selected by the commissioner of children and families for administering the
  program; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
  the commissioner 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 and other
  community residents considered to have employment needs ..................$2,000,000
4800-0025   For foster care review services ................................................................$5,533,263
4800-0030   For the continuation of local and regional administration and coordination of
  services provided by lead agencies through purchase-of-service contracts,
  including flex services ...........................................................................$11,089,960
4800-0036   For a sexual abuse intervention network program to be administered in conjunction
  with the district attorneys ............................................................................$991,584
4800-0038   For guardianship, foster care, adoption, family preservation and kinship services
  provided by the department of children and families; provided, that services funded
  through this item shall include shelter services, substance use treatment, young
  parent programs, parent aides, education and counseling services, foster care,
  adoption and guardianship subsidies, tiered reimbursements used to promote the
  foster care placement of children with special medical and social needs, assessment
  of the appropriateness of adoption for children in the care of the department for
  more than 12 months, protective services provided by partnership agencies,
  targeted recruitment and retention of foster families, respite care services, post-
  adoption services and support services for foster, kinship and adoptive families and
  juvenile fire setter programs and services for people at risk of domestic violence,
  including payroll costs; provided further, that funds may be expended to support
  reforms at the department to improve foster care and placement stability and to
  ensure positive permanency outcomes for children; provided further, that not less
  than 30 days before making each such reform, the department shall provide an
  assessment of the racial impact of such reform, including whether it is likely to have
  a disproportionate or unique impact on racial and ethnic minorities in the
  commonwealth; provided further, that such assessment shall be submitted to the
  joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, the house and
  senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the senate and house of
  representatives; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for
  the Tempo program at the Wayside Youth and Family Support Network, Inc;
  provided further, that the department may contract with provider agencies for the
  coordination and management of services, including flex services; and provided
  further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Jewish Family and
  Children's Service, Inc. for the Bet Tzedek legal services program to the local
  community...... .....................................................................................$347,727,804
4800-0040   For family preservation, reunification and service coordination; provided, that
  services shall include family support and stabilization services provided by the
  department of children and families ....................................................$125,486,736
4800-0041   For congregate care services; provided, that funds may be expended from this item
  to provide community-based services, including in-home support and stabilization
  services, to children who would otherwise be placed in congregate settings; and
  provided further, that the department of children and families shall oversee area
  review teams that shall evaluate the feasibility of maintaining the child in the
  community in this manner whenever possible before recommending placement in
  a congregate care setting ......................................................................$463,750,089
4800-0058   For the support of a foster care campaign to recruit new foster parents; provided,
  that not later than April 1, 2026, the department of children and families shall
  submit a report to the joint committee on children, families and persons with
  disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall
  include, but not be limited to, the: (i) number of new foster care parents as a result
  of the foster care campaign; and (ii) methods in which the department is recruiting
  foster care parents .......................................................................................$975,000
4800-0091   For the department of children and families, which may expend not more than
  $5,035,427 in federal reimbursements received under Title IV-E of the Social
  Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 670 et. seq. during fiscal year 2026 to develop a training
  institute for professional development at the department; 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; and
  provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
  federal reimbursements received in excess of $5,035,427 shall be credited to the
  General Fund............................................................................................$5,035,427
4800-0200   For the support and maintenance of family resource centers throughout the
  commonwealth; provided, that funds may be expended to expand services at
  existing centers or to establish new centers in areas with identified coverage gaps;
  provided further, that centers supported through this item shall be subject to the
  selection and reporting requirements of item 4000-0051; and provided further, that
  not less than $3,300,000 shall be expended for the Juvenile Court Mental Health
  Advocacy Project administered by Health Law Advocates, Inc. to increase access
  to mental health treatment for at-risk children and adolescents involved in or
  diverted from juvenile courts .................................................................$35,000,000
4800-1100   For the AA and DD object class costs of the department of children and families’
  social workers; provided, that funds shall mitigate social worker caseloads in those
  area offices furthest above the statewide weighted caseload standard and towards
  achieving a social worker caseload ratio of 15 to 1 statewide; and provided further,
  that only employees of bargaining unit 8, as identified in the Massachusetts
  personnel administrative reporting and information system, shall be paid from this
  item ......................................................................................................$327,075,076
  OFFICE OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Department of Mental Health.
5011-0100   For the operation of the department of mental health; provided, that not less than
  $1,100,000 shall be expended for United Way of Tri-County, Inc.’s Mass 211 and
  Call 2 Talk programs; provided further, that not later than the fifteenth day of each
  month, the department of mental health shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means, the joint committee on mental health, substance
  use and recovery and the joint committee on health care financing that shall include,
  but not be limited to, the following information from the previous month on
  department of mental health case management positions and caseloads for child and
  adult client cases: (i) the definitions of active and inactive client cases for
  department case management services; (ii) the number of active and inactive client
  cases for department case management services; (iii) the active and inactive
  caseload for each filled case manager position; (iv) the active and inactive caseload
  for each filled case manager supervisor position; (v) the number of full-time
  equivalent case manager positions; (vi) the number of case manager positions filled,
  vacant or on extended leave status; (vii) the number of full-time equivalent case
  manager supervisor positions; (viii) the number of case manager supervisor
  positions filled, vacant or on extended leave status; (ix) the definitions of
  encounters and collateral activities for department case management services; (x)
  the number of in-person encounters, telephonic encounters and virtual encounters
  with each client or legally authorized representative for each filled case manager
  position and each filled case manager supervisor position; (xi) the number of
  collateral activities for each filled case manager position and each case manager
  supervisor position; (xii) the target caseloads and encounters as defined by the
  department to meet the needs of its clients for department case management
  services; (xiii) the number of clients on a waitlist for department case management
  services; and (xiv) the number of applications accepted and denied for department
  case management services; and provided further, that not less than 90 days prior to
  a change in the case management delivery service model, the department of mental
  health shall submit a report and a catalogue of best practices for publicly-operated
  case management services to the house and senate committees on ways and means,
  the joint committee on health care financing and the joint committee on mental
  health, substance use and recovery ........................................................$37,476,384
5042-5000   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 to fund those services, the commissioner of
  mental health may allocate funds from this item to other departments within the
  executive office of health and human services; provided further, that the department
  of mental health shall not refer or discharge a child or adolescent to the custody or
  care of the department of children and families until the department of mental health
  forwards its assessment and recommendation as to whether the child or adolescent
  is appropriate for foster care or, due to severe emotional disturbance, is more
  appropriate for group care; provided further, that the department shall maintain the
  same number of intensive residential treatment programs and clinically intensive
  residential treatment programs as were maintained in fiscal year 2025; provided
  further, the department shall expend not less than the amount expended in fiscal
  year 2025 for flexible support services; provided further, that the department shall
  expend not less than $4,375,000 for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access
  Project, or MCPAP; provided further, that not less than $675,000 of that amount
  shall be expended for MCPAP for Moms statewide to address mental health
  concerns in pregnant and postpartum people and to expand support for pregnant
  and postpartum people by adding substance use disorder-specific education,
  training, consultation and care coordination to the project’s existing capacity;
  provided further, that not less than $500,000 of that amount shall be expended to
  the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program to develop and implement
  behavioral health consultation services that are accessible to school personnel and
  students in kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive; provided further, that amounts
  expended from this item for MCPAP that are related to services provided on behalf
  of commercially-insured clients shall be assessed by the commissioner on
  surcharge payors as defined in section 64 of chapter 118E of the General Laws and
  shall be collected in a manner consistent with the department’s regulations;
  provided further, that not later than March 13, 2026, the department shall report to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) an overview of MCPAP
  care coordination efforts; (ii) the number of psychiatric consultations, face-to-face
  consultations and referrals made to specialists on behalf of children with behavioral
  health needs in fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026; and (iii) recommendations to:
  (a) increase the number of specialists receiving referrals through MCPAP; (b)
  increase access to MCPAP in regions currently underutilizing the project; and (c)
  improve care coordination efforts to identify specialists available and accepting
  new child and adolescent patients, with priority to those children and adolescents
  who exhibit complex conditions and experience long wait lists for specialty
  psychiatry; provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the department shall
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (1) the
  distribution of funds, delineated by initiative; (2) the number of individuals served;
  (3) the outcomes measured; and (4) recommendations for expanding cost-effective
  and evidence-based early mental health identification and prevention programming
  for children and adolescents in fiscal year 2026 and fiscal year 2027; provided
  further, that not less than $4,500,000 shall be expended for a program to provide
  assertive community treatment for individuals under the age of 22 who exhibit
  symptoms of serious emotional disturbance, demonstrate an inability to
  consistently use less intensive levels of care in the community and have functional
  impairment and a history of difficulty in functioning safely and successfully in
  community, school, home or workplace settings; provided further, that the program
  shall: (A) include a team-based approach to service delivery that tailors services to
  the specific needs and acuity of each individual; (B) provide mental health services
  and social service assistance through a person-centered approach which may
  include, but shall not be limited to, clinical assessment and outreach, medication
  treatment and outreach, care coordination, including primary care, symptom
  management, harm reduction, family services, housing support and needs that arise
  in carrying out activities of daily living; (C) be consistent, to the maximum extent
  possible, with the evidence-based practice standards for assertive community
  treatment as found in the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
  Administration’s assertive community treatment evidence-based practices kit; and
  (D) not limit program services to a specific physical location; provided further, that
  the department shall prioritize geographic equity in administering the program;
  provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the department shall submit a
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the: (I)
  funds distributed through the program, delineated by recipient; (II) number of new
  programs created with those funds, delineated by recipient, location, number of
  individuals served and ages of individuals served; and (III) projected need for the
  creation of new programs in the next fiscal year; and provided further, that not less
  than $6,000,000 may be expended for the department's emergency room diversion
  initiative to stabilize youth in crisis .....................................................$132,063,724
5046-0000   For adult mental health and support services; provided, that the department of
  mental health may allocate not more than $5,000,000 from item 5095-0015 to this
  item, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before any such transfer, for
  residential and day services for clients formerly receiving care at department
  facilities; provided further, that not later than February 3, 2026, the department shall
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the distribution
  of funds per adult and child planning population and the types of services received
  in each region in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that in fiscal year 2026, the
  department shall expend on clubhouses not less than the amount expended on
  clubhouses in fiscal year 2025; provided further, that not less than $16,800,000
  shall be expended for rental subsidies for the department’s clients; provided further,
  that not less than $19,000,000 shall be expended for the jail diversion program;
  provided further, that funds shall be expended at not less than the same level as the
  prior fiscal year for jail diversion programs in municipalities that provide equal
  matching funds from other public or private sources; provided further, that not later
  than March 2, 2026 the department shall report to the house and senate committees
  on ways and means regarding the: (i) number of crisis intervention team and jail
  diversion efforts; (ii) amount of funding per grant, delineated by city, town or
  provider; (iii) potential savings achieved; (iv) recommendations for expansion; and
  (v) outcomes measured; provided further, that the department shall expend not less
  than $250,000 for the assisted outpatient treatment program at Eliot Community
  Human Services, Inc. to treat residents who suffer from serious and persistent
  mental illness and experience repeated interaction with law enforcement or have a
  high rate of recurring hospitalization due to mental illness, either through a
  voluntary agreement with the resident or by a court order mandating that the
  resident receive the treatment described in this program; provided further, that
  $19,000,000 may be expended for the department's emergency room diversion
  initiative to stabilize adults in crisis; provided further, that not less than $300,000
  shall be expended for the International Institute of New England, Inc. for culturally
  and linguistically appropriate mental health services; provided further, that not less
  than $75,000 shall be expended for the training of mobile crisis intervention teams
  to better prepare them to respond to the needs of people with intellectual and
  developmental disabilities; and provided further, that the department shall issue
  updated regulations to improve protocols for the discharge of patients being served
  by programs and facilities overseen by the department .......................$693,855,438
  General Fund .................................................98.55%
  Behavioral Health Outreach, Access
  and Support Trust Fund ...................................1.45%
5046-2000   For homelessness services; provided, that funds shall be expended for safe haven
  housing in a manner that ensures geographically equitable access .......$29,709,879
5046-4000   For the department of mental health, which may expend not more than $125,000 in
  retained revenues collected from occupancy fees charged to the tenants in the
  creative housing option in community environments, or CHOICE, program under
  chapter 167 of the acts of 1987; provided, that all fees collected under the CHOICE
  program shall be expended for the routine maintenance and repair of its
  facilities ...........................................................................................………$125,000
5047-0001   For emergency service programs and acute inpatient mental health care services;
  provided, that the department of mental health shall require a performance
  specification to be developed for safe aftercare options for adults upon release from
  acute inpatient mental health care services ............................................$22,231,296
5055-0000   For forensic services provided by the department of mental health ......$17,462,959
5095-0015   For the operation of hospital facilities and community-based mental health services;
  provided, that in order to comply with the decision in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S.
  581 and to enhance care for clients, the department of mental health shall discharge
  clients residing in inpatient facilities to residential services in the community if the
  following criteria has been met: (i) the client has been deemed clinically suited for
  a more integrated setting; (ii) the community residential service capacity and
  resources available are sufficient to provide each client with an equal or improved
  level of service; and (iii) the cost to the commonwealth of serving the client in the
  community is less than or equal to the cost of serving the client in inpatient care;
  provided further, that any client transferred to another inpatient facility as the result
  of a facility closure shall receive a level of care that is equal to or greater than the
  care that had been provided at the closed facility; provided further, that the
  department may allocate funds of not more than $5,000,000 from this item to item
  5046-0000, as necessary, under allocation plans submitted to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means not less than 30 days before any transfer for
  residential and day services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at the
  centers and facilities; provided further, that the department shall maintain not less
  than 671 inpatient beds in its system in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that of
  those 671 beds, not less than 65 beds shall be continuing care inpatient beds on the
  campus of Taunton state hospital; and provided further, that not less than
  $4,800,000 shall be expended to Cape Cod and Islands Community Mental Health
  Center, also known as Pocasset Mental Health Center, for mental health services
  and operations ......................................................................................$386,445,036
Department of Developmental Services.
5911-1003    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 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 $30,000 shall be expended to Raising Harts
  Corporation in the town of Cohasset to support children with autism and families
  through inclusive programs and mentorship; and provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended to Supported Access to Independent Living (S.A.I.L.
  Home) Inc. in the city known as the town of Weymouth to support inclusive
  programming for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities…$106,075,417
5911-2000    For transportation costs associated with community-based day and work programs;
  provided, that the department of developmental services shall provide
  transportation which shall be prioritized by need ..................................$47,172,062
5920-2000    For vendor-operated, community-based residential adult services, including
  intensive individual supports; provided, that annualized funding shall be expended
  for turning 22 clients who began receiving services in fiscal year 2024 under item
  5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 38 of the acts of 2013; provided further, that not
  later than March 2, 2026, the department of developmental services shall submit a
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the use of
  shared-living services which shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i) number of
  clients living in shared-living placements, broken down by age and location; (ii)
  average cost of shared-living services; (iii) number of clients living in a shared-
  living placement with individuals they knew prior to the arrangement; (iv)
  department’s oversight of the application and placement process; (v) safeguards in
  place for clients receiving these services; and (vi) potential for growth of the
  program; provided further, that the commissioner of developmental services may
  transfer funds from this item to item 5920-2010, as necessary, under an allocation
  plan which shall detail, by object class, the distribution of the funds to be transferred
  and which shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means not less than 30 days before any such transfer; and provided further, that not
  more than $5,000,000 shall be transferred from this item in fiscal year
  2026……...........................................................................................$2,018,989,676
5920-2003   For supportive technology and remote services for individuals served by the
  department of developmental services .....................................................$5,280,717
5920-2010   For state-operated, community-based residential services for adults, including
  community-based health services ........................................................$362,028,812
5920-2025   For community-based day and work programs and associated transportation costs
  for adults; provided, that the department of developmental services shall provide
  transportation which shall be prioritized by need; provided further, that the
  department shall support individuals with disabilities who transitioned from
  employment services offered at sheltered workshops to community-based
  employment as part of the commonwealth’s employment first initiative; provided
  further, that any public-private partnerships with employers and nonprofits shall
  encourage the highest level of independence among individuals with disabilities
  and shall provide options to maximize community involvement and participation;
  provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the department shall submit a
  report to the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and
  the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the number of
  eligible individuals employed in community-based employment in fiscal year 2025
  and the number estimated for fiscal year 2026; (ii) the number and types of
  community-based employment partners; (iii) the outcomes measured; and (iv)
  recommendations for expansion; provided further, that the commissioner of
  developmental services may transfer such funds from this item to items 5920-2000,
  5911-2000, 5920-3000, 5920-5000 and 5930-1000; and 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 ...........................................$287,388,656
5920-3000   For respite services and intensive family supports ..............................$123,925,257
5920-3010   For contracted support services for families of children with autism through the
  autism division at the department of developmental services; provided, that the
  department shall expend not less than $5,500,000 to provide services under the
  children’s autism spectrum disorder waiver under section 1915 of the Social
  Security Act; provided further, that the waiver shall include children with autism
  spectrum disorder ages 0 to 8, inclusive, including children with autism spectrum
  disorder ages 0 to 3, inclusive, who are receiving services through the department
  of public health’s early intervention program; provided further, that the department
  of developmental services shall take all steps necessary to ensure that the waiver
  program is fully enrolled and that eligible children with autism immediately begin
  to receive services under the waiver; provided further, that the department shall
  immediately file any waiver amendment that may be necessary with the Centers for
  Medicare and Medicaid Services to comply with the requirements of this item;
  provided further, that not later than January 16, 2026, the department shall submit
  a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee
  on education and the joint committee on children, families and persons with
  disabilities on: (i) the number of contracted support services provided for families
  with children with autism under this item; (ii) the costs associated with such
  services; (iii) the services provided by the children’s autism spectrum disorder
  waiver, with information regarding the number of children enrolled in the waiver
  and receiving services; (iv) the linguistic and cultural diversity, age, gender and
  geographic representation of the applicants and the children enrolled in the
  program; (v) the department’s plans to continue to assess the demand for waiver
  services; (vi) any plans by the executive office of health and human services to
  expand the waiver for children on the autism spectrum of all ages in the future; and
  (vii) other information determined to be relevant by the department; and provided
  further, that the department shall submit copies of amended waivers to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on education and
  the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities upon
  submission of the amendment..................................................................$7,928,034
5920-3020   For the implementation of chapter 226 of the acts of 2014, including services and
  supports for individuals with a developmental disability attributable to autism
  spectrum disorder, Smith-Magenis syndrome or Prader-Willi syndrome; provided,
  that the department shall submit quarterly reports to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing the: (i) number of individuals eligible for
  services; (ii) number of eligible individuals served; (iii) type of services provided;
  (iv) cost per service; and (v) cost of services per individual; and provided further,
  that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the commission on autism
  established in section 217 of chapter 6 of the General Laws .................$77,926,360
5920-3025   For funding to support initiatives to address the needs of individuals with
  developmental disabilities who are aging including, but not limited to, individuals
  with Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease, through the identification of best
  practices for services for affected individuals, including: (i) medical care
  coordination models that address conditions common to individuals with
  developmental disabilities who are aging; (ii) training for direct care and other staff
  in the identification of dementia or other age-related conditions; and (iii) the
  collection of data regarding the effectiveness of the initiatives included in this item;
  provided, that not later than April 1, 2026, the department of developmental
  services shall submit a report to the executive office for administration and finance
  and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the status of these
  initiatives, which shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the number of participants
  served by each initiative; (b) the participant outcomes, including impacts on the
  physical and cognitive health of participants; (c) the cost of each initiative and the
  cost per participant; (d) the implementation plans for these initiatives in fiscal years
  2027 and 2028; and (e) recommendations for enhancing the care of individuals with
  developmental disabilities who are aging .....................................................$99,000
5920-5000   For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during fiscal
  years 2025 and 2026 ............................................................................$110,653,565
5930-1000   For the operation of facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities; provided,
  that in order to comply with the decision in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527
  U.S. 581 (1999) and to enhance care for clients, the department of developmental
  services shall discharge clients residing in intermediate care facilities for
  individuals with intellectual disabilities or ICF/IID, to residential services in the
  community if: (i) the client is deemed clinically suited for a more integrated setting;
  (ii) community residential service capacity and resources available are sufficient to
  provide each client with an equal or improved level of service; and (iii) the cost to
  the commonwealth of serving the client in the community is less than or equal to
  the cost of serving the client in an ICF/IID; provided further, that any client
  transferred to another ICF/IID as the result of a facility closure shall receive a level
  of care that is equal to or greater than the level of care that had been provided at the
  closed ICF/IID; provided further, that the department may allocate funds from this
  item to items 5920-2000, 5920-2010 and 5920-2025, as necessary, under allocation
  plans which shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means not less than 30 days before any transfer for residential and day services for
  clients formerly receiving inpatient care at an ICF/IID; and provided further, that
  not later than March 2, 2026, the department shall report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means, on: (a) all efforts to comply with the decision in
  Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 581; (b) the enhancement of care within
  available resources to clients served by the department; and (c) the steps taken to
  consolidate or close an ICF/IID ...........................................................$132,086,287
  BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
7000-9101   For the operation of the board of library commissioners .........................$2,074,268
7000-9401   For state aid to regional public libraries; provided, that the board of library
  commissioners may provide quarterly advances of funds as it deems appropriate
  under clauses (1) and (3) of section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws to
  regional public library systems throughout each fiscal year, in compliance with the
  office of the comptroller’s regulations on state grants pursuant to 815 CMR 2.00;
  provided further, that the board shall provide funds for the continued operation of
  a single regional library system to serve the different geographic regions of the
  commonwealth; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law
  to the contrary, the library for the commonwealth shall receive not less than 47.5
  cents for each resident of the commonwealth; and provided further, that said
  amount shall not exceed 25 per cent of the amount appropriated under this item…..
  ................................................................................................................$19,500,000
7000-9402     For the talking book library at the Worcester public library ......................$711,942
7000-9406     For the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library in the city of Watertown,
  including the operation of the machine lending agency ..........................$4,053,441
7000-9501     For state aid to public libraries; provided, that notwithstanding any general or
  special law to the contrary, no city or town shall receive funds from this item in any
  year in which the appropriation of the city or town for free public library service is
  below an amount equal to 102.5 per cent of the average of the appropriations for
  free public library services for the 3 years immediately preceding; provided further,
  that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of library
  commissioners may grant waivers in excess of the waiver limit set forth in the
  second paragraph of section 19A of chapter 78 of the General Laws for fiscal year
  2026 for not more than 1 year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general
  or special law to the contrary, of the amount by which this item exceeds the amount
  appropriated in item 7000-9501 of section 2 of chapter 194 of the acts of 1998,
  funds shall be distributed under the guidelines of the municipal equalization grant
  program, the library incentive grant program and the nonresident circulation offset
  program; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to
  the contrary, any payment made under this item shall be deposited with the treasurer
  of the city or town and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the
  public library of that city or town without appropriation ......................$20,000,000
7000-9506     For the technology and automated resource sharing networks ................$6,172,690
7000-9508     For the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Inc., chartered as the commonwealth
  affiliate of the National Center for the Book in the Library of Congress; provided,
  that the Massachusetts Center for the Book, Inc. shall continue its work as a public-
  private partnership ......................................................................................$420,000
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Office of the Secretary.
7002-0010     For the operation of the office of the secretary of economic development, including
  the operation of the Massachusetts permit regulatory office; provided, that not less
  than $250,000 shall be expended as a grant to the SouthCoast Community
  Foundation, Inc. to provide supports to local or regional community-based
  organizations; provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended to
  the Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority for downtown housing and economic
  development; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for
  FORGE to operate a statewide program that promotes manufacturing and
  innovation by supporting manufacturing readiness for startups and connecting them
  to commonwealth-based manufacturers to promote local supply chains and future
  resiliency; and provided further, that not less than $170,000 shall be expended to
  the city of Taunton for the demolition of outdated structures at a remediated site in
  the city to support new housing and commercial redevelopment opportunities…$7,453,084
7002-0017   For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of
  economic development ............................................................................$2,093,580
7002-0032   For the operation of the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation established
  in section 3 of chapter 40J of the General Laws and doing business as the
  Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, including the John Adams Innovation
  Institute and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute ...............................$2,500,000
7002-0040   For a transfer to the growth capital division at the Massachusetts Development
  Finance Agency established in section 2 of chapter 23G of the General Laws for
  the small business technical assistance grant program; provided, that grants shall
  be disbursed to community development corporations certified under chapter 40H
  of the General Laws, nonprofit community development financial institutions
  certified by the United States Department of the Treasury or nonprofit community-
  based organizations to provide technical assistance or training programs to
  businesses with not more than 20 employees; provided further, that priority shall
  be given to those organizations that focus on reaching underserved markets and to
  worker cooperatives and businesses governed by employee stock ownership plans;
  provided further, that not later than January 30, 2026, the growth capital division at
  the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency shall submit a report to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on community
  development and small businesses detailing the: (i) community development
  corporations that received grants in fiscal year 2025; (ii) community development
  corporations that received or are expected to receive grants in fiscal year 2026; and
  (iii) criteria considered in the distribution of these grants; and provided further, that
  not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Southwest Boston Community
  Development Corporation to assist with planning, programming and operations….
  ..................................................................................................................$5,050,000
7002-1503   For the Massachusetts Cybersecurity Innovation Fund established in section 4H of
  chapter 40J of the General Laws; provided, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be
  expended, in collaboration with community colleges and state universities, to
  provide regional security operations center services for the monitoring and
  detection of cyber threat activity to municipalities, nonprofits and small businesses
  and cyber range services, which shall include opportunities for cybersecurity
  workforce training ....................................................................................$2,450,000
7002-1508   For the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation established in section 3 of
  chapter 40J of the General Laws and doing business as the Massachusetts
  Technology Collaborative to establish programs that provide advice and training
  from successful, experienced entrepreneurs for startup enterprises and that create a
  talent pipeline to technology startups and innovation companies; provided, that
  funds shall be expended, in consultation with the Massachusetts Technology
  Development Corporation established in section 2 of chapter 40G and doing
  business as MassVentures, for an entrepreneur and startup mentoring program to
  provide assistance, mentoring and advice to startups and innovation companies by
  connecting early-stage entrepreneurs, technology startups and small businesses
  with successful, experienced business enterprises and capital financing; provided
  further, that the program shall make every reasonable effort to encourage diversity
  among participants; provided further, that all funds shall be expended for paid
  internships for students seeking careers in technology and innovation industries to
  work with companies competing actively in those fields; provided further, that the
  Massachusetts Technology Collaborative shall seek private funds necessary to
  match contributions equal to $1 for every $1 contributed by the Massachusetts
  Technology Collaborative through the internship program; provided further, that as
  a condition of such grants being awarded, the Massachusetts Technology
  Collaborative shall reach an agreement with the grant recipient on performance
  measures and indicators that shall be used to evaluate the performance of the grant
  recipient in carrying out the activities described in the recipient’s application;
  provided further, that not later than June 15, 2026, the Massachusetts Technology
  Collaborative shall submit an annual report summarizing each program to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means and the joint committee on economic
  development and emerging technologies; provided further, that the paid internship
  program report shall include the number of placements of students in paid
  internships during the academic year and an analysis of the impact of the program
  on the ability of its participants to enter the full-time job market in the technology
  and innovation industries after graduation; provided further, that the
  entrepreneurship program report shall include an overview of the activities of the
  programs, the number of participants in the programs and an analysis of the impact
  of the programs on the success of the participants’ startup business ventures; and
  provided further, that the funds appropriated in this item shall not revert but shall
  be made available for these purposes through June 30, 2027 ..................$1,350,000
7002-1510   For the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation established in section 3 of
  chapter 40J of the General Laws and doing business as the Massachusetts
  Technology Collaborative to support the operations and programming of the Center
  for Advanced Manufacturing ...................................................................$1,200,000
7002-1517   For technical assistance to municipalities to promote compact, walkable
  downtowns that have a vibrant mix of commercial and residential uses, cultural and
  recreational amenities and access to public transportation .........................$600,000
7002-1518   For the Innovation Commercialization Seed Fund established in section 45B of
  chapter 75 of the General Laws ..................................................................$400,000
7002-2021   For a community empowerment and reinvestment grant program to be administered
  by the executive office of economic development to develop, strengthen and invest
  in communities: (i) that are disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice
  system; (ii) where a high percentage of individuals’ incomes fall below 250 per
  cent of the federal poverty level; and (iii) with a large population of socially and
  economically disadvantaged and historically underrepresented groups; provided,
  that the board established in item 7002-2021 of section 2 of chapter 227 of the acts
  of 2020 shall make recommendations to the executive office on the criteria for
  making grants available to communities and organizations; provided further, that
  the board shall consist of individuals from and with experience advocating on
  behalf of such communities; provided further, that the board shall be comprised
  entirely of individuals who belong to a demographic of socially and economically
  disadvantaged and historically underrepresented groups; provided further, that
  eligible uses of grant funding shall include, but not be limited to, for socially and
  economically disadvantaged and historically underrepresented groups: (a) job
  training, job creation and job placement for those who face high barriers to
  employment in said communities; (b) transitional employment programs, social
  enterprise, pre-apprenticeship or other training programs; (c) school-based or
  community-based high school dropout prevention and re-engagement programs;
  (d) cooperative and small business development programs and community-based
  workforce development programs; and (e) programs focused on housing
  stabilization services, addiction treatment and trauma-informed mental health care;
  and provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the executive office shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing:
  (1) criteria established for creating grants; (2) grants approved under this item,
  delineated by municipality and organization; (3) grants expected to be approved
  under this item, delineated by municipality and organization; and (4) the status of
  funds distributed for approved grants ......................................................$7,500,000
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ..............................100%
Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.
7006-0000    For the office of consumer affairs and business regulation, including expenses of
  an administrative services unit .................................................................$1,770,468
7006-0043    For the office of consumer affairs and business regulation, which may expend not
  more than $995,452 from fees collected from the registration and renewal of home
  improvement contractor registrations under section 11 of chapter 142A of the
  General Laws for the administration and enforcement of the home improvement
  contractor registration 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 office 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 .........................................................................$995,452
Division of Banks.
7006-0010    For the operation of the division of banks; provided, that notwithstanding any
  general or special law to the contrary, the division shall assess 100 per cent of the
  amount appropriated in this item and the associated fringe benefit costs for
  personnel paid from this item upon financial institutions that the division currently
  regulates under section 2 of chapter 167 of the General Laws ..............$26,543,261
7006-0011     For the costs incurred by the division of banks associated with licensure of loan
  originators under chapter 255F of the General Laws; provided, that the division
  may expend revenues of not more than $1,500,000 from the revenue received from
  administrative fees associated with the licensure fees and from civil administrative
  penalties collected under said chapter 255F; provided further, that the division may
  expend from the revenue received under said chapter 255F an amount to be
  determined by the commissioner of banks as grants for the operation of a program
  for best lending practices, first-time homeowner counseling for nontraditional loans
  and not less than 10 foreclosure education centers under section 16 of chapter 206
  of the acts of 2007 and that the grants shall be awarded through a competitive
  application process using criteria established by the division; 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 division 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…$1,500,000
Division of Insurance.
7006-0020     For the operation of the division of insurance, including the expenses of the board
  of appeal on motor vehicle policies and bonds, the associated fringe benefit costs
  for personnel paid from this item, certain other costs of supervising motor vehicle
  liability insurance and the expenses of the fraudulent claims board; provided, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the
  amount appropriated in this item and the associated fringe benefit costs for
  personnel paid from this item shall be assessed upon the institutions which the
  division currently regulates under general or special laws or regulations, except for
  licensed business entity producers; and provided further, that the assessment shall
  be in addition to any assessments currently assessed upon those institutions……$16,990,405
7006-0029     For the operation of the health care access bureau under the division of insurance;
  provided, that the full amount appropriated in this item and the associated fringe
  benefit costs for personnel paid from this item shall be assessed upon the carriers
  licensed under chapters 175, 176A, 176B and 176G of the General Laws, as
  provided under section 7A of chapter 26 of the General Laws ...............$1,085,781
7006-0030     For the operation of pharmacy benefit manager regulation, oversight and licensure
  under the division of insurance pursuant to section 2 of chapter 176Y of the General
  Laws .........................................................................................................$1,250,000
Division of Occupational Licensure.
7006-0040     For the operation and administration of the division of occupational licensure….$12,286,344
7006-0142     For the administration of the office of public safety and inspections under the
  division of occupational licensure, which may expend not more than $19,916,561
  in revenues collected from fees or fines for annual elevator inspections, building
  inspections, amusement park ride inspections, state building code trainings and
  courses of instruction, licensing of pipefitters and hoisting equipment operators, all
  licensing programs administered by the office of public safety and inspections,
  revenues from fines collected under section 65 of chapter 143 of the General Laws
  and fees for appeals of civil fines issued under section 22 of chapter 22 of the
  General Laws and said section 65 of said chapter 143; provided, that funds shall be
  expended for the administration of the office of public safety and inspections
  including, but not limited to: (i) inspectional services; (ii) licensing services; (iii)
  the architectural access board; (iv) elevator inspections; (v) building inspections;
  and (vi) amusement device inspections; provided further, that the division shall
  employ not fewer than 70 full-time equivalent elevator inspectors, including an
  additional engineer, and that funds shall be expended to address the existing
  elevator inspection backlog and to defray the costs associated with performing
  overtime elevator inspections; 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
  office 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; and provided further, that not less than
  $330,000 shall be expended to modernize and increase state building inspection
  capacity at the board of building regulations and standards ..................$20,246,561
Division of Standards.
7006-0060    For the operation of the division of standards .........................................$1,804,487
7006-0064    For the division of standards' oversight of motor vehicle repair shops ......$320,000
7006-0065    For the division of standards, which may retain not more than $875,432 from
  registration fees and fines collected under sections 184B to 184E, inclusive, of
  chapter 94 of the General Laws and section 56D of chapter 98 of the General Laws
  to support its enforcement activities as provided under subsection (h) of section
  184D of said chapter 94 and from revenues received from item-pricing violations
  collected through municipal inspection efforts and from weights and measures fees
  and fines collected from cities and towns for enforcement of weights and measures
  laws; provided, that notwithstanding said subsection (h) of said section 184D of
  said chapter 94, the division shall not fund the municipal grant program as provided
  under said subsection (h) of said section 184D of said chapter 94; 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 division 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 .........................................................................................................$875,432
7006-0066    For the support of municipal inspection efforts at the division of standards;
  provided, that not more than 15 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item
  shall be expended for administrative costs of the division .........................$160,372
Department of Telecommunications and Cable.
7006-0071    For the operation of the department of telecommunications and cable; provided,
  that notwithstanding the second sentence of section 7 of chapter 25C of the General
  Laws, the assessments leied for fiscal year 2026 shall be made at a rate sufficient
  to produce 100 per cent of the amount appropriated in this item and the associated
  fringe benefit costs for personnel paid from this item .............................$3,477,895
Massachusetts Office of Business Development.
7007-0150    For the Massachusetts office of business development for contracts with regional
  economic development organizations under the program established in sections 3J
  and 3K of chapter 23A of the General Laws ...........................................$1,000,000
7007-0300    For the operation of the Massachusetts office of business development and for
  marketing and promoting the commonwealth in order to attract and retain targeted
  businesses and industries; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended
  for South Eastern Economic Development Corporation to support its lending and
  technical assistance programs for small businesses; provided further, that not less
  than $50,000 shall be expended for training or programming at the Center for
  Women & Enterprise; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be
  expended for the Massachusetts Center for Employee Ownership for the purpose
  of contracting for services and other operational costs that further the mission of
  the center ..................................................................................................$1,950,071
7007-0800    For a state matching grant for the small business development center; provided, that
  no funds shall be expended from this item until the United States Small Business
  Administration has made a payment or has executed a contract to pay the University
  of Massachusetts at Amherst for the operation of the center; provided further, that
  the funds expended from this item shall not exceed 25 per cent of the gross
  operating cost of the center; provided further, that not more than $300,000 from
  this item shall be expended for federal procurement technical assistance services
  within the center; provided further, that such services shall include, but not be
  limited to, assisting businesses in securing federal contracts, obtaining contract
  financing, generating responses to requests for proposals, interpreting bid
  documents, providing educational workshops and seminars and for the electronic
  identification and tracking of federal bid opportunities; and provided further, that
  funds expended for federal procurement technical assistance services within the
  center shall be subject to the receipt of matching funds from federal or private
  sources, including the United States Department of Defense ..................$1,426,222
7007-0952    For the operation of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation established in
  chapter 92B of the General Laws; provided, that funds appropriated in this item
  shall be expended to promote private fundraising, achieve self-sufficiency and
  serve as a catalyst for urban economic development and job opportunities for local
  residents; provided further, that the corporation shall take all steps necessary to
  increase the amount of private funding available for the operation of the zoos;
  provided further, that funding in this item shall not be transferred through
  interdepartmental service agreements; provided further, that not later than January
  30, 2026, the corporation shall submit a report to the house and senate committees
  on ways and means on the status of, and amounts collected from, the private
  fundraising and enhanced revenue efforts identified in the draft Massachusetts Zoos
  Business and Operations Plan dated December 1996; provided further, that funds
  may be expended on a matching program to encourage private and corporate
  donations to support the Franklin Park Zoo and the Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo;
  provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Worcester
  Natural History Society, doing business as the EcoTarium Museum of Science and
  Nature in the city of Worcester, for its zoological park to support the daily care of
  animals, community education programming and capital improvements to animal
  habitats; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the
  Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center to support workforce and economic
  development, travel and tourism and wildlife conservation ....................$5,025,000
Massachusetts Marketing Partnership.
7008-0900    For the operation and administration of the office of travel and tourism; provided,
  that the office shall be the commonwealth’s official and lead agency to facilitate
  and attract: (i) major sports events and championships; and (ii) motion picture
  production and development; provided further, that not later than March 3, 2026,
  the office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means that shall include, but not be limited to: (a) an overview of the tourism
  industry in the commonwealth; (b) the economic impact of domestic and
  international travelers to the commonwealth; (c) a breakdown of the regional
  tourism council grant allocations; and (d) initiatives undertaken to promote travel
  and tourism in the commonwealth including, but not limited to, the feasibility of
  initiatives to promote the commonwealth as a destination to residents of countries
  showing declines in travel to the commonwealth since January 1, 2025; provided
  further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended to Historic Newton, Inc. to
  upgrade and develop exhibits that educate the public on local history; provided
  further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Museum of Science for
  improvements to the Theater of Electricity and the development of more interactive
  exhibit demonstrations; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
  expended to Springfield Museums Corporation for planned and ongoing
  improvements in Dinosaur Hall and for expanded interactive and bilingual learning
  opportunities;; and provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended
  to the town of Easton for its tricentennial celebration ................................$613,203
7008-1116    For the commonwealth’s local economic development projects; provided, that not
  less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Massachusetts Women’s History
  Center, Inc. to amplify the history of women of all backgrounds in the
  commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to
  Hudson Cultural Alliance, Inc. for the planning, construction, renovation, property
  management and maintenance work at the Hudson Armory located at the
  intersection of Park and Washington streets in the town of Hudson; provided
  further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for Brookline Chamber of
Commerce, Inc. to promote local business districts and attractions through its
Discover Brookline campaign; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be
expended for the purpose of a design and engineering study for the revitalization of
Eagle Lake recreation area in the town of Holden; provided further, that not less
than $50,000 shall be expended to the Quaboag Historical Society, Inc. in the town
of West Brookfield for a new roof at the Quaboag Historical Society Museum;
provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for Equitable
Opportunities Now to provide programs, services and technical assistance to
support equitable economic opportunities in the cannabis industry for people from
communities harmed by the war on drugs; provided further, that not less than
$15,000 shall be expended for The Salvation Army of Massachusetts, Incorporated
for supporting people in need in the towns of Plymouth and Kingston; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Plymouth Area Chamber
of Commerce, Inc. to support the promotion of tourism; provided further, that not
less than $25,000 shall be expended for the town of Plympton for infrastructure
improvements at the town center complex; provided further, that not less than
$75,000 shall be expended to OpenCape Corporation to support the availability of
high-speed internet access in the towns of Plymouth and Falmouth; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Plymouth downtown
waterfront district to support the promotion of tourism; provided further, that not
less than $30,000 shall be expended for See Plymouth to support radio promotion
of tourism; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the
Sandwich Glass Museum to support renovations; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended for the Sagamore Visitor Center to promote tourism;
provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Local Seen in
the town of Plymouth for equipment and to expand community outreach; provided
further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the town of Pembroke to
support water treatment; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended for the town of Plymouth to complete the restoration of historic Spooner's
alley; provided further, that not less than $57,000 shall be expended to the town of
Millbury for repairs and improvements to the Millbury senior center; provided
further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to Essex County Community
Foundation Incorporated for the provision of financial support to community
development and improvement projects in Essex county; provided further, that not
less than $250,000 shall be expended for a grant program to support youth sports
nonprofit programs that primarily serve low-income or marginalized students and
that seek to foster improved outcomes in physical health, mental well-being, school
participation and sense of community; provided further, that not less than $15,000
shall be expended for Young Craftsman Foundation, Inc. for equipment
procurement to support emerging workers in the trades in the commonwealth;
provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to Cape Cod Blue
Economy Foundation, Inc. to develop regionally agreed-upon blue economy
curriculum, course options and implementation and evaluation standards for K-12
students; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the
Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition, Inc. to support its continued operation
and expand program delivery ; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended to the Latin American Business Organization Inc. to provide technical
assistance to historically disadvantaged businesses in Worcester county focused on
financial management, access to capital, legal compliance, startup fundamentals
and supplier diversity certification; provided further, that not less than $250,000
shall be expended to the town of Concord for planning the reuse and redevelopment
of the former Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Concord; provided further,
that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the city of Malden for the installation
of public art in the city; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be
expended to the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce, Inc. in the village of
Whitinsville in the town of Northbridge for workforce training, small business
expansion and regional economic development initiatives; provided further, that
not less than $125,000 shall be expended to Greater Lowell Community
Foundation, Inc. in the city of Lowell for community programs; provided further,
that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to Waters Farm Preservation, Inc. in
the town of Sutton for infrastructure improvements to its historic site and costs
associated with the town of Sutton’s 250th anniversary celebration; provided
further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Worcester Caribbean
American Carnival Association, Incorporated for cultural events in the city of
Worcester; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the
Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival in the city of Worcester; provided further, that
not less than $10,000 shall be expended to Casita Cultura Latina, Inc. for the Día
de los Muertos event and other cultural events in the city of Worcester; provided
further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to AIDS Project - Worcester
Inc. for the Pride Worcester festival to be celebrated by the Greater Worcester
community; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to The
Modern Mentor Inc. for youth mentorship and personal development; provided
further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to AccessMA, Inc. to expand
access to health and human resources to those who have been incarcerated, their
families and impacted communities; provided further, that not less than $40,000
shall be expended to St. Stephen's Youth Program at the Mattahunt elementary
school in the city of Boston for the continued operation of its Parent Mentoring
program; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Daddy
& Me, Incorporated for its literacy program to promote a love of reading in young
people; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town
of Stoneham for transportation infrastructure and pedestrian accessibility
improvements; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the
Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. for the implementation of equity
strategies in the Greater Worcester Community Health Improvement Plan;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for East End House,
Inc. in the city of Cambridge to provide comprehensive support services for
families; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee, Inc. in the city of Cambridge for
economic stability and mobility services; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended for the Margaret Fuller House, Incorporated in the city
of Cambridge for community advancement programming; provided further, that not
less than $25,000 shall be expended for Global Arts Live in the city of Cambridge
to support their youth engagement programs; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended to Sponsor Inc., doing business as Mission. Earth, for
the services and community programs of Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition in the city
of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for
Just-A-Start Corporation's biomedical careers program in the city of Cambridge;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the John F.
Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc. in the Charlestown section of the city of
Boston to provide community services; provided further, that not less than $25,000
shall be expended for Chelsea Black Community, Inc. in the city of Chelsea for
community-based services and resources; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended for Community Action Programs Inter-City, Inc. in the
city of Chelsea for economic stability and mobility services; provided further, that
not less than $25,000 shall be expended for La Comunidad, Inc. in the city of
Everett to support community programming and services; provided further, that not
less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Everett Haitian Community Center in
the city of Everett for community programming, resources and services; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Latinos Unidos en
Massachusetts in the city of Everett to provide community resources, programming
and support; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Eliot
Family Resource Center in the city of Everett for comprehensive community-based
services and resources; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended to the town of Stoneham to support the operation of the Stoneham public
library; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Worcester
Refugee and Immigrant Support and Empowerment (RISE) for Health, Inc to
support community healthcare workers; provided further, that not less than $50,000
shall be expended to the Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition for the purpose of
promoting health, wellness, and an active lifestyle for the Mattapan community;
provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended to the town of
Northborough for downtown public sidewalk improvements; provided further, that
not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the South Worcester Neighborhood
Improvement Corporation to provide housing, employment, health services, food
security and education programming; provided further, that not less than $250,000
shall be expended as a grant to Urban Impact Initiative Massachusetts Nonprofit
Corporation to support organizations and programs in the cities of Springfield and
Chicopee; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for Saheli,
Inc. in the city of Woburn for legal and housing assistance work for immigrant
survivors of domestic abuse; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
expended for Social Capital Inc. in the city of Woburn for youth leadership and
civic engaging programming, migrant support and health equity work; provided
further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the Norman Rockwell
Museum, Inc. to showcase illustration art to reflect and shape society and advance
the enduring Rockwell values of kindness, respect and social equity; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Blackshires Community
Empowerment Foundation Corp in the city of Pittsfield to empower and uplift the
community through comprehensive initiatives in education, leadership
development, housing, economic growth and health; provided further, that not less
than $50,000 shall be expended to the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc. to
provide resources and technical assistance for local nonprofit organizations in
Berkshire county; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for
the Berkshire Theatre Group for repairs and the replacement of the roof at the
historical playhouse in the town of Stockbridge; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended to the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission to
support the work of the Berkshire Funding Focus program; provided further, that
not less than $45,000 shall be expended to the Friends of the Public Garden, Inc. to
expand infrastructure to increase accessibility of public bathrooms at the Boston
Common and Public Garden in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less
than $50,000 shall be expended to F.A.M.I.L.Y. Movement, Inc. to assist families
transition out of homeless shelters and into stable and permanent living
arrangements and by teaching and mentoring homeless youth and families on how
to become financially independent with a goal of ending generational poverty and
homelessness; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to
the Boston chapter of Youth Guidance for programming for at-risk youth; provided
further, that not less than $120,000 shall be expended to the Center for Teen
Empowerment, Inc. for programming and support for at-risk youth; provided
further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to Mattapan/ Greater Boston
Technology Learning Center, Inc. to empower individuals and foster self-
sufficiency through job training, career development and leadership initiatives;
provided further, that $40,000 shall be expended to Blue Bridge LLC to serve
historically underserved groups by making healthcare research more inclusive and
putting diverse populations within reach of care; provided further that $20,000 shall
be expended to The Boston Showstoppers for the purpose of developing elite
female student-athletes through competitive basketball and academic excellence
and a culture rooted in sisterhood, service and personal growth; provided further,
that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Boston Lions Track Team to
empower youth though track and field; provided further, that not less than $25,000
shall be expended to One Love Sports Academy Inc. for violence prevention
programming, extracurricular activities and leadership development for at-risk and
proven-risk youth in the sections of the city of Boston with the highest rates of
community violence and gun violence; provided further, that not less than $40,000
shall be expended for the American Legion Auxiliary Fairview Unit 438, Inc. in
the city of Chicopee for kitchen renovations and other building improvements;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Irish Cultural
Center, Inc. of Western New England in the city known as the town of West
Springfield for improvements to promote cultural events and tourism in the western
region of the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be
expended for the Saint Patrick’s Parade Committee of Holyoke, Inc. in the city of
Holyoke for an economic development study and continued operations to advance
tourism, cultural events and economic development initiatives in the city of
Holyoke; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for
Operation Veteran Vacation Inc. in the town of Ludlow for programming; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Amelia Park Children’s
Museum, Inc. in the city of Westfield for capital improvements and community
programming for local children; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be
expended to Friends of the Public Garden, Inc. for the lighting of the Boston
Women's Memorial on Commonwealth avenue in the city of Boston; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Veronica Robles Cultural
Center Corp to provide cultural education and programming to youth and the
community; provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended to
ZUMIX, Inc. in the East Boston section of the city of Boston for the organization
of the East Boston Latino Festival in the summer of 2025; provided further, that not
less than $40,000 shall be expended to BAMS Fest, Inc. for cultural programming
centered on equity, creative freedom and economic empowerment for creative
entrepreneurs; provided further, that $45,000 shall be expended for Philanthropy
Massachusetts, Inc. to partner with local programs that establish economic engine
initiatives to increase access to economic opportunities and support community
programming in the greater Boston area; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended to the Downtown Brockton Association, Inc. for the
cleanup and beautification of the downtown area in the city of Brockton; provided
further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the town of Pepperell for
equipment necessary for the regional food hub located at 20 Mill street in the town;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Team Haverhill
Inc to support climate resilience programs and for overall community improvement
in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
expended to Methuen Arlington Neighborhood, Inc. to increase and enhance
entrepreneurial opportunities, neighborhood investment, revitalization activities
and the self-sufficiency of low-income and moderate-income residents of the
Methuen Arlington section of the city of Methuen; provided further, that not less
than $100,000 shall be expended to the Animal Rescue League of New Bedford to
establish, in collaboration with Lighthouse Animal Shelter, Inc., CARE Southcoast,
Inc. and Hearts 4 Paws, Inc., the Eleanor Mackler-Kruczek Compassionate Care
Fund for discounted and no-cost veterinary services for low-income residents in the
greater New Bedford area; provided further, that no funds for said program shall be
used for salary or administrative costs; provided further, that not less than $20,000
shall be expended to the city of Amesbury for a study of current city-wide parking
space availability and for planning costs related to the development of a new
parking garage; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to
the town of Wilmington for traffic signals and pedestrian safety improvements;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Bridgewater state
university, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,
for a reduced fare pilot program for student semester commuter rail passes along
the South Coast rail corridor, also known as the Fall River/New Bedford line;
provided further, that the pilot program shall be implemented for the 2025-2026
academic year and provide a reduced fare equal to 50 per cent of the standard fare
for students enrolled at the university who reside within a municipality that abuts
the South Coast rail corridor, including, but not limited to, the cities of New
Bedford, Fall River and Taunton and the towns of Acushnet, Berkley, Dartmouth,
Fairhaven, Freetown, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Rochester,
Somerset and Westport; provided further, that the university shall prioritize student
financial need in its distribution of reduced fare passes; provided further, that not
later than June 30, 2026, the university shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means detailing the total number of reduced fare student
passes distributed for the program, delineated by city or town of residence and the
total costs incurred to implement the program; provided further, that not less than
$5,000 shall be expended to the Winthrop Congregational Church in the town of
Holbrook for purposes, including, but not limited to, recreational equipment and
programming at the youth community center publicly available to the youth of the
local community; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to
the town of Hanover for a summer internship program; provided further, that not
less than $8,000 shall be expended to the Abington public library for purposes
including, but not limited to, equipment, materials and programming; provided
further, that not less than $8,000 shall be expended to the Thayer public library in
the city known as the town of Braintree for purposes including, but not limited to,
equipment, materials and programming; provided further, that not less than $8,000
shall be expended to the John Curtis free library in the town of Hanover for
purposes including, but not limited to, equipment, materials and programming;
provided further, that not less than $8,000 shall be expended to the Holbrook public
library for purposes including, but not limited to, equipment, materials and
programming; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the
Thomas Crane public library in the city of Quincy for purposes including, but not
limited to, equipment, materials and programming; provided further, that not less
than $8,000 shall be expended to the Rockland memorial library for purposes
including, but not limited to, equipment, materials and programming; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the 250th anniversary
celebration in the city known as the town of Franklin; provided further, that not less
than $50,000 shall be expended to the Bellforge Arts Center in the town of Medfield
for a summer sounds concert series; provided further, that not less than $25,000
shall be expended for renovations and improvements to the town park in the town
of Milford; provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended for an
electric vehicle for the assessing department in the town of Needham; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for furniture, layout and
technology upgrades at the Fiske public library in the town of Wrentham; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for repairs and renovations to
the roof of Tewksbury public library; provided further, that not less than $100,000
shall be expended to Friends of Sholan Farms, Inc. in the city of Leominster for on-
farm infrastructure, land management and maintenance costs; provided further, that
not less than $35,000 shall be expended to Groundwork Somerville, Inc. to support
continued programming to promote environmental, economic and social wellbeing;
provided further, that not less than $170,000 shall be expended for the Visiting
Nurse Association of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc. to provide quality care and
services to low-income and housing unstable individuals at its VNA Senior Living
at Highland location; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended
towards municipal improvements in the town of Dunstable; provided further, that
not less than $75,000 shall be expended towards municipal improvements in the
town of Pepperell; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended
towards municipal improvements in the town of Dracut; provided further, that not
less than $75,000 shall be expended towards the municipal improvements in the
town of Tyngsborough; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended to the Joseph Nee South Boston Collaborative Center for substance use
disorder programming; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended to South Boston Neighborhood House, Inc. for community
programming; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Ella
J. Baker House Inc. for youth programming; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended for Caribbean American Carnival Association of
Boston, Inc. for cultural events in the community; provided further, that not less
than $25,000 shall be expended for Julie's Family Learning Program, Inc. for family
support, wellness and education initiatives; provided further, not less than $25,000
shall be expended to Redefining Our Community Inc. for their Morton Street
community room programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall
be expended to Boston Firefighter and Family Cancer Foundation Co. to support
members who are diagnosed with occupational cancer; provided further, that not
less than $10,000 shall be expended to the Handel and Haydn Society to support
their youth choirs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to
the Joyce and James Reed Charitable Trust for technological training and education
programs administered by the South End Technology Center, Inc.; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the South Boston
Neighborhood Development Corporation for the South Boston Street Festival to be
enjoyed by local residents; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended to Save the Harbor, Save the Bay, Inc. to support staffing at Carson beach
within Old Harbor reservation and provide assistance at special permitted events;
provided further that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to Boston City Lights
Foundation, Inc. for its performing arts and cultural programming; provided
further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to South Boston Special Kids
& Young Adults Corp for their group activities and programming; provided further,
that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Boston Women’s Heritage Trail for
the Cedar Grove project, honoring 133 women from the Home for Aged Colored
Women buried in two unmarked graves, supporting historical preservation and
public engagement in Dorchester; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall
be expended to the Boston Irish Heritage Trail to expand the trail as a historical and
cultural attraction for residents, visitors and educators; provided further, that not
less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Dorchester Food Co-op for food security
programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for
The People’s Academy to support its pre-apprenticeship program training inner-
city residents in the copper trade; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall
be expended to the Coalition for an Equitable Economy, Inc. to promote an
equitable and inclusive small business ecosystem; provided further, that not less
than $200,000 shall be expended for We Are ALX Inc. to promote equity and
economic mobility; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended
to the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill to serve the public through
exhibitions and educational programs; provided further, that not less than $100,000
shall be expended for Civic Action Project, Inc. to provide programming and
training to civic leaders for new strategic, public-private partnerships for innovative
policies; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the
Brazilian Worker Center, Inc. in the city of Boston for the implementation and
operation of its community education programs; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended to the city of Peabody for fully accessible play
equipment at the Adventures for Angels playground at Lt. Ross park; provided
further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the city of Salem for Salem
400+ to support quadricentennial planning and programming for the 400th
anniversary of the city of Salem; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall
be expended to the city of Peabody for a new surface at the Corbeil park pickleball
courts; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the city
of Beverly to support improvements to vehicular, pedestrian and bike safety
navigation through the high-traffic corridor at the intersection of Essex street,
Spring street and Corning street in the city; provided further, that not less than
$100,000 shall be expended to the town of Danvers for streetscape enhancements,
green spaces and pocket parks in Danvers square; provided further, that not less
than $250,000 shall be expended to Camp Harbor View Foundation, Inc. to provide
programming and family services at Camp Harbor View and its leadership
academy; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the
South Boston Allied War Veterans Council for the planning and operational costs
associated with the 250th anniversary celebration of Evacuation Day in the city of
Boston and the Evacuation Day and St. Patrick's Day Parade; provided further, that
not less $10,000 shall be expended for economic development in the town of
Wenham; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for
building demolition and site remediation by the town of Groveland at the property
formerly occupied by the Valley Screw Company; provided further, that not less
than $15,000 shall be expended for capital costs associated with preserving,
operating and maintaining the Salisbury beach carousel operated by the Salisbury
Beach Carousel Charitable Holding Trust; provided further, that not less than
$250,000 shall be expended to the James P. Harrington Organization, Inc. in the
town of Marshfield to support health and wellness programming at Ferry Hill;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Camp Fire North
Shore, Inc. for youth programming; provided further, that not less than $30,000
shall be expended to the town of Nahant for capital improvements to parks;
provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to Type One, Inc. in
the town of Hingham to combat type 1 diabetes; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended to Tiny Transplant Titans Inc in the city known as the
town of Weymouth to provide support to children who have received life-saving
transplants; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the
Magical Moon Foundation, Inc. in the town of Marshfield to nurture and empower
children with cancer and other life threatening conditions by teaching healthy ways
to deal with challenges and stress; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall
be expended to Norwell Grange Corporation based in the town of Norwell to
encourage agricultural and environmental sustainability; provided further, that not
less than $10,000 shall be expended to The Cook Family Charitable Fund, Inc. in
the town of Marshfield to enhance the well-being of individuals facing challenges
associated with addiction, cancer and intellectual disabilities; provided further, that
not less than $40,000 shall be expended to Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc. in the town
of Hull to promote tourism in the south shore region; provided further, that not less
than $30,000 shall be expended to Norwell Visiting Nurse Association, Inc. in the
town of Norwell to deliver quality in-home care to those in need; provided further,
that not less than $10,000 shall be provided to The Friends of the Marshfield Dog
Park, Inc. in the town of Marshfield to maintain the dog park and foster community
growth; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to Hull Pride
Incorporated in the town of Hull to strengthen local community connections;
provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended to St. John the
Evangelist Church in the town of Hingham to support the program known as
Laundry Love to provide laundry assistance to low-income individuals throughout
the South Shore; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to
RAW Art Works, Inc. in the city of Lynn to support youth programing; provided
further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended to the Cape Cod Chamber of
Commerce to support regional businesses and nonprofits relating to the Cape Cod
bridges replacement project and the implementation of a transportation
management agency; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
to the Museum of African American History, Incorporated in the town of Nantucket
for operational support and upgrades to the historic African Meeting House,
including, but not limited to, preparations for the celebration of the 250th
anniversary of the American Revolution; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended to the town of Belchertown for the Mass central rail
trail; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Cultural
Center of Cape Cod, Inc., for facility upgrades and improvements that promote
Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended for accessibility and seating improvements at the Lillian
Gregerman Bandshell in the town of Wareham; provided further, that not less than
$60,000 shall be expended for Springfield Performing Arts Ventures Inc. to
promote increased access to the arts in the community and support continued
programming at 52Sumner; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be
expended to the town of Bridgewater for building a pavilion and other
improvements associated with a pavilion at the Town river landing; provided
further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Cape Verdean
Association of Boston Inc. for community programming including English as a
second language, citizenship training, and workforce development and job pathway
programs; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the town
of Rochester for updates and improvements to the town website; provided further,
that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the town of Swansea for recreational
upgrades at Medeiros farm; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended to the Resilience Center Of Franklin County, Inc. for the Rural Network
to End Domestic Violence’s 3-member task forces that serve Franklin county;
provided further, that not less than $95,000 shall be expended to the town of Orange
for economic and community development; provided further, that not less than
$40,000 shall be expended to the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. to
support local businesses and non-profit organizations; provided further, that not
less than $40,000 shall be expended to the Greater Northampton Chamber Of
Commerce Inc. to support local businesses and non-profit organizations; provided
further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the Amherst Area Chamber
of Commerce to support local businesses and non-profit organizations; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Marilyn Rodman
Performing Arts Center, Inc. in the town of Foxborough for audio and visual
upgrades and Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility renovations to support
it arts programming; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
to the Mass Arts Center in the town of Mansfield to support its performing arts
programming; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the
Newell-Blais VFW Post 443 in the city known as the town of North Attleborough
for capital improvements to the building and parking lot to support programs and
activities open to the public; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended to the town of Mansfield for planning and implementation of Mansfield’s
250th anniversary celebration; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall
be expended to Illuminate Creative and Theatrical Arts Company, Inc. for capital
improvements and operations relative to the revitalization of the Union Theatre in
the city of Attleboro; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
  to the Hockomock area YMCA for the construction of an inclusive Americans with
  Disabilities Act compliant splash park and additional recreation opportunities at the
  YMCA in the city known as the town of North Attleborough; provided further, that
  not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the town of Foxborough for establishing
  a storefront facade and signage improvement grant program; provided further, that
  not less than $60,000 shall be expended to the town of Hopkinton for safety and
  accessibility improvements at the public library; provided further, that not less than
  $30,000 shall be expended to the MetroWest Nonprofit Network, Inc. for a
  nonprofit management certificate program; provided further, that not less than
  $10,000 shall be expended for the South Attleboro Lions Club, Inc. for wheelchair
  ramp parts to assist veterans and others in need ....................................$10,472,000
7008-1300     For the operation of the Massachusetts international trade office ............. $152,565
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Office of the Secretary.
7002-1091     For the development and operation . of career technical institutes in vocational-technical schools
  in partnership with industry and community stakeholders; provided, that career
  technical institutes shall build out industry recognized credentialing pathways for
  adult learners in the technical and trade fields to retrain and expand the workforce;
  provided further, that at the direction of the secretary of labor and workforce
  development, development funds may be transferred to the Workforce
  Competitiveness Trust Fund established in section 2WWW of chapter 29 of the
  General Laws to issue competitive grants to support the start-up and educational
  costs of career technical institutes; and provided further, that not later than
  December 15, 2025, the executive office of labor and workforce development shall
  submit a report to the joint committee on labor and workforce development and the
  house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be
  limited to: (i) a list of vocational-technical schools that are operating career
  technical institutes; (ii) the amount of funding each vocational-technical school will
  receive under this item; (iii) the number of students served by career technical
  institutes, including technical institutes established in chapter 74 of the General
  Laws and the number of adult learners participating in industry recognized
  credentialing pathways at each vocational-technical school, delineated by training
  program; and (iv) the employment outcomes of the graduates of the training
  programs; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the
  Massachusetts Marine Trades Association for workforce development training
  opportunities and technical education in secondary and post-secondary schools for
  careers in the marine trades; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
  expended to Massachusetts Fallen Heroes, Inc. for their Veteran Computer Lab and
  Tech Training Program ............................................................................$9,235,600
  Gaming Economic Development Fund .........65.95%
  General Fund .................................................34.05%
7003-0100   For the operation of the executive office of labor and workforce development;
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Community
  Action Inc.’s MakeIT Haverhill program ................................................$2,384,936
7003-0101   For the costs of core administrative functions performed within the executive office
  of labor and workforce development; provided, that common functions that may be
  designated core administrative functions include, without limitation, human
  resources, financial management, information technology, legal, procurement and
  asset management; provided further, that the executive office shall, in consultation
  with the comptroller, develop a detailed plan for the expenditure of said funds, and
  for increasing efficiency and reducing costs through shared services; and provided
  further, that not later than January 29, 2026, the secretary of labor and workforce
  development and the comptroller shall jointly submit the plan to the joint committee
  on labor and workforce development and the house and senate committees on ways
  and means...............................................................................................$20,871,771
7003-0150   For the operation of a re-entry workforce development and supportive services
  program for formerly incarcerated persons, targeted at individuals transitioning
  from a house of correction or the department of correction; provided, that funds
  shall be used for: (i) job training for formerly incarcerated persons in order to
  facilitate job placement; (ii) wage subsidies to facilitate private sector employment
  and professional development; and (iii) support services and programs for court-
  involved youths; provided further, that the executive office of labor and workforce
  development shall take all necessary steps to secure private sector funding for this
  program; provided further, that the executive office shall coordinate with a local
  public or private nonprofit university to examine and develop a longitudinal
  evaluation framework to assess the efficacy and efficiency of the program; and
  provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the executive office of labor and
  workforce development shall submit a report to the executive office for
  administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means describing the administrative functions of the program, client outcomes and
  plans for the longitudinal evaluation framework .....................................$2,475,000
  Gaming Economic Development Fund ............100%
7003-0151   For the purposes of expanding registered apprenticeships including, but not limited
  to, in the priority manufacturing, health care and information technology industries
  ..................................................................................................................$3,315,140
Department of Economic Research.
7003-0105   For the operation of the department of economic research.........................$891,496
Department of Labor Standards.
7003-0152   For the operation of the division of apprenticeship standards ....................$350,000
7003-0200   For the operation of the department of labor standards ...........................$4,737,806
7003-0201    For the department of labor standards, which may expend not more than $451,076
  received from fees collected under section 3A of chapter 23 of the General Laws
  and civil fines issued under section 197B of chapter 111 of the General Laws,
  section 46R of chapter 140 of the General Laws and section 6F½ of chapter 149 of
  the General Laws ........................................................................................$451,076
Department of Labor Relations.
7003-0900    For the operation of the department of labor relations ............................$3,699,131
7003-0902    For the operation of the joint labor management committee for municipal police
  and fire ........................................................................................................$350,000
Department of Career Services.
7002-0012    For a youth-at-risk program targeting high-risk areas; provided, that these funds
  may be expended for the development and implementation of a year-round
  employment program for youth-at-risk and existing year-round employment
  programs, including programs that serve youth who are not more than 25 years of
  age, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth,
  youth of color, youth of all abilities, national origins and religions and low-income
  youth, including single income households, youth who are experiencing housing
  insecurity and other youth determined to be eligible by the Commonwealth
  Corporation; provided further, that $500,000 of these funds shall be matched by
  private organizations; provided further, that the Commonwealth Corporation shall
  partner with the school-to-career connecting activities program at the department
  of elementary and secondary education to develop appropriate connections between
  the 2 programs; and provided further, that funds shall be available for expenditure
  through September 1, 2026, prior appropriation continued ...................$15,240,000
  Gaming Economic Development Fund ............100%
7003-0607    For the Commonwealth Corporation for an employment training program for
  unemployed young adults with disabilities; provided, that funds shall be awarded
  competitively by the Commonwealth Corporation to community-based
  organizations with recognized success in creating strong collaborations with
  employers to consider young adults with disabilities; and provided further, that a
  community-based organization that receives funding under this item shall provide
  extensive training and internship programming and ongoing post-placement
  support for participants and employers ....................................................$1,000,000
  Gaming Economic Development Fund ............100%
7003-0608    For the 1199SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund to deliver innovative worker
  training for eligible health care workers to improve the lives of health care workers,
  reduce costs and improve the quality of health care provided by MassHealth
  personal care attendants and provided at nursing homes, community health centers,
  hospitals and health systems ....................................................................$1,000,000
7003-0800    For the operation of the MassHire department of career services; provided, that
  funds may be expended for the MassHire Workforce System ................$2,135,327
7003-0803    For the operation of the one-stop career centers ......................................$8,253,620
  Gaming Economic Development Fund ............100%
7003-1206    For the Massachusetts Service Alliance, Inc., to administer state service corps
  grants and provide training and support to volunteer and service organizations$2,000,000
7003-1207    For the operation of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Workforce Development
  Programs, Inc. to provide dislocated worker assistance, layoff aversion and job
  training with a focus on pathways to quality careers through traditional and
  nontraditional apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship training ...................$150,000
Department of Industrial Accidents.
7003-0500    For the operation and administrative expenses of the department of industrial
  accidents; provided, that not later than January 29, 2026, the department shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing
  the scope, objective and results of grant recipients’ safety training program; and
  provided further, that the General Fund shall be reimbursed the amount
  appropriated in this item and for associated indirect and direct fringe benefit costs
  from assessments levied under section 65 of chapter 152 of the General Laws…….
  ................................................................................................................$23,555,618
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES.
7004-0001    For the operation of the commission on Indian affairs ...............................$157,339
7004-0099    For the operation of the executive office of housing and livable communities;
  provided, that the executive office may make expenditures against federal grants
  for certain direct and indirect costs under a cost overhead allocation plan approved
  by the comptroller; provided further, that the comptroller shall maintain an account
  on the state accounting and reporting system to make these expenditures; provided
  further, that expenditures made against the account shall not be subject to
  appropriation and may include the cost of personnel; provided further, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office may
  conduct annual verifications of household income levels based upon state tax
  returns to administer the state and federal housing subsidy programs funded by
  items 7004-0108, 7004-9005, 7004-9024, 7004-9030, 7004-9033 and 7004-9316
  of this section and items 7004-9009, 7004-9014, 7004-9019 and 7004-9020 of
  section 2D; provided further, that as a condition of eligibility or continued
  occupancy by an applicant or tenant, the executive office may require disclosure of
  the social security numbers of the applicant or tenant and members of the
applicant’s or tenant’s household solely for use in verification of income eligibility;
provided further, that the executive office may deny or terminate participation in
subsidy programs if an applicant or tenant fails to provide a social security number
for use in verification of income eligibility; provided further, that the executive
office may consult with the department of revenue, the department of transitional
assistance or any other state or federal agency to conduct income verification;
provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
these state agencies shall consult and cooperate with the executive office and
furnish any information in the possession of the agencies including, but not limited
to, tax returns and applications for public assistance or financial aid; provided
further, that in conducting income verifications, the executive office may enter into
an interdepartmental service agreement with the department of revenue to utilize
the department’s wage reporting and bank match system to verify the income and
eligibility of participants in federally-assisted housing programs and that of
members of the participants’ households; provided further, that not later than
September 12, 2025, the executive office shall promulgate and uniformly enforce
regulations clarifying that a household that otherwise qualifies for any preference
or priority for state-subsidized housing based on homelessness or at-risk status shall
retain that preference or priority notwithstanding receipt of assistance that is
intended to be temporary including, but not limited to, any temporary or bridge
subsidies provided with state or federal funds, which shall include households
receiving assistance under item 7004-0108 after July 1, 2013; provided further, that
the executive office shall operate local offices in the 10 cities and towns in which
the executive office has maintained office locations as of January 1, 2025 in order
to continue to accept in-person applications and provide other services related to
the emergency assistance housing program funded by item 7004-0101; provided
further, that the local offices shall have sufficient staffing to determine eligibility
promptly and provide other program services to families; provided further, that the
executive office may operate additional local offices in other municipalities that are
geographically convenient to those families who are experiencing homelessness or
are at risk of homelessness; provided further, that not later than September 1, 2025,
the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on
ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to, for each local office: (i)
the municipality in which each office is located; (ii) the ways in which applicants
may submit applications and connect with staff, including, if available, in-person,
by telephone and online; (iii) the daily business hours of in-person and telephonic
operation of each office; (iv) the number of full-time equivalent staff assigned to
each office; (v) the average wait time for direct communication with a staff member
whether in-person or by telephone; and (vi) any steps the executive office plans to
take to increase accessibility to intake services related to emergency assistance
housing programs across the commonwealth; provided further, that at least
annually, the executive office shall conduct staff trainings which shall include, but
not be limited to, notice of changes in laws related to items of appropriation under
the administration of the executive office; provided further, that the executive office
shall provide the caseload forecasting office with enrollment data and any other
information pertinent to caseload forecasting that is requested by the office on a
monthly basis; and provided further, that the information shall be provided in a
manner that meets all applicable federal and state privacy and security
  requirements; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for
  Massachusetts Fair Housing Center, Inc. to protect residents of the commonwealth
  from housing discrimination; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall
  be expended for the operation of the stakeholder working group established in
  section 121 .............................................................................................$15,873,388
  Local Capital Projects Fund ..........................99.21%
  General Fund ...................................................0.79%
7004-0100   For the operations of the homeless shelter and services unit, including the
  compensation of caseworkers and support personnel ............................$27,657,884
7004-0101   For certain expenses of the emergency housing assistance program under section
  30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws; provided, that eligibility shall be limited to
  families with incomes at or below 115 per cent of the 2025 or a later-issued higher
  federal poverty level; provided further, that any family whose income exceeds 200
  per cent of the federal poverty level for a sustained and consecutive period of 120
  days while the family is receiving assistance funded by this item shall become
  ineligible for assistance; provided further, that families who are eligible for
  assistance through a temporary emergency family shelter shall include families
  who: (i) are at risk of domestic abuse in their current housing situation or are
  homeless because they fled domestic violence and have not had access to safe,
  permanent housing since leaving the housing situation that they fled; (ii) through
  no fault of their own, are homeless due to fire, flood or natural disaster; (iii) through
  no fault of their own, have been subject to eviction from their most recent housing
  due to: (a) foreclosure; (b) condemnation; (c) conduct by a guest or former
  household member who is not part of the household seeking emergency shelter and
  over whose conduct the remaining household members had no control; or (d)
  nonpayment of rent caused by a documented medical condition or diagnosed
  disability or by a documented loss of income within the last 12 months directly as
  a result of a change in household composition or a loss of income source through
  no fault of the family; or (iv) are in a housing situation where they are not the
  primary leaseholder or are in a housing situation not meant for human habitation
  and where there is a substantial health and safety risk to the family that is likely to
  result in significant harm should the family remain in that housing situation;
  provided further, that benefits under this item shall only be provided to families
  consisting entirely of residents of the commonwealth who are citizens of the United
  States or persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise
  permanently residing under the color of law in the United States, except in cases
  where a child in the family is a citizen of the United States, a person lawfully
  admitted for permanent residence or a person permanently residing under color of
  law in the United States; provided further, that temporary emergency assistance
  shall be provided to families who, on the date of application for emergency
  assistance, have no other feasible alternative housing as defined in 760 CMR
  67.06(1)(b), whether in the commonwealth or elsewhere, and who, but for not
  having spent 1 night in a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used
  as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings including, but not limited
  to, a car, park, abandoned building, medical facility, bus or train station, airport or
campground, would be eligible for emergency assistance in clauses (i) to (iv),
inclusive; provided further, that the executive office of housing and livable
communities shall submit quarterly reports, broken down by month, to the house
and senate committees on ways and means detailing expenditures under the
preceding proviso, including: (1) the number of families who received emergency
assistance under the preceding proviso; (2) the number of families entering the
emergency assistance system after having already stayed in a place not meant for
human habitation; and (3) the number of families entering the emergency assistance
system having stayed in a place not meant for human habitation after having
requested services provided for in this item within the preceding 6 months and
within the preceding week; (4) the number of families described under clause (3)
who received a written denial of their request for services prior to staying in a place
not meant for human habitation and the number who neither entered the emergency
shelter system nor received a written denial on the day of their request; and (5)
available data on the race and ethnicity of the families described in clauses (1) to
(4) inclusive; provided further, that nothing contained in this item shall require that
emergency assistance be provided to a family that, on the date of application for
emergency assistance, has other feasible housing as defined under said 760 CMR
67.06(1)(b), whether in the commonwealth or elsewhere, and that such alternative
feasible housing adequately accommodates the size and disabilities of the family;
provided further, that not less than annually, the executive office shall provide
training to relevant staff to ensure compliance with the legal requirements related
to eligibility for the emergency housing assistance program, including eligibility
based on a family having no other feasible alternative housing as defined under said
760 CMR 67.06(1)(b); provided further, that the executive office shall collaborate
with the executive office of health and human services, the Massachusetts
interagency council on housing and homelessness and family homelessness service
providers on strategies and best practices for the prevention of family
homelessness; provided further, that the health and safety risk shall be determined
by the department of children and families or a department-approved entity through
risk assessments; provided further, that a family who receives emergency housing
assistance due to domestic abuse shall be connected to the appropriate social service
agency; provided further, that temporary assistance under this item shall be
terminated upon the offer of available housing or other assistance sufficient to
maintain or stabilize housing; provided further, that a family may not decline an
offer for available housing if the offer adequately accommodates the size and
disabilities of the family and the new housing placement would not result in a job
loss for the client; provided further, that any family who declines an adequate offer
of available housing or other assistance sufficient to maintain or stabilize housing
shall become ineligible for assistance from this item; provided further, that families
receiving benefits under this item shall have 30 per cent of their income set aside
in a savings account, subject to reasonable exceptions as may be set forth in
executive office regulations in effect in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that the
amount saved shall be exempt from otherwise applicable asset limits; provided
further, that the family may withdraw the amount placed in savings upon transition
to permanent housing or losing eligibility for shelter services; provided further, that
families receiving emergency assistance shall receive housing search assistance
that attempts to facilitate a sustainable housing placement within 4 weeks of entry
into the emergency assistance shelter, motel or hotel; provided further, that families
receiving assistance for longer than 32 weeks shall have an executable shelter exit
plan that facilitates a housing placement in a new sustainable tenancy or a safe
residence including, but not limited to, a placement for which the family is not the
primary leaseholder, as soon as possible; provided further, that funds may be
advanced to contracted service providers to cover 1-time upfront costs needed to
operate shelters; provided further, that as part of executive office efforts to prevent
abuse of the emergency assistance program, the executive office shall enter into a
wage match agreement with the department of revenue; provided further, that
eligibility for shelter by an otherwise eligible family shall not be impaired by prior
receipt of any nonshelter benefit; provided further, that an eligible household that
is approved for shelter placement shall be placed in a shelter as close as possible to
the household’s home community, unless a household requests otherwise; provided
further, that if the closest available placement is not within 20 miles of the
household’s home community, the executive office shall, to the extent practicable,
make best efforts to transfer the household to an appropriate shelter within 20 miles
of its home community at the earliest possible date, unless the household requests
otherwise; provided further, that the executive office shall notify local school
departments of the placement of a family in its district within 5 days of placement;
provided further, that the executive office shall make every effort to ensure that
children receiving services from this item shall continue attending school in the
community in which they lived before receiving services funded from this item;
provided further, that the executive office shall use its best efforts to ensure that a
family placed by the emergency housing assistance program shall be provided with
access to refrigeration and basic cooking facilities; provided further, that if a family
with a child under 3 years of age is placed in a hotel or motel, the executive office
shall ensure that the hotel or motel provides a crib that meets all state and federal
safety codes for each child under 3 years of age; provided further, that the executive
office may require identity and custody verifications needed to ensure the safety of
children prior to placement into shelter; provided further, that the executive office
shall verify, through third-party verification or otherwise, prior to placement in an
emergency shelter, for each emergency housing assistance applicant, the
applicant’s: (A) identity; (B) Massachusetts residency; (C) relationship status; (D)
pregnancy status; and (E) other eligibility requirements in this item and pursuant to
760 CMR 67.00 or any successor regulations; provided further, that the executive
office shall not be required to provide shelter to families who are unable to provide
required verifications pursuant to the previous proviso prior to placement; provided
further, that the executive office may offer a case-specific waiver for exigent
circumstances and at the discretion of the executive office pursuant to regulations
promulgated by the executive office including case-specific waivers for: (I) an
imminent threat of domestic violence; (II) families with a family member who has
a documented disability; (III) a qualified veteran under clause Forty-third of section
7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws who is not enrolled in services specifically
tailored to veterans including, but not limited to, those administered by the
executive office of veterans services; and (IV) families with a family member who
has a high-risk pregnancy or who has recently given birth; provided further, that
the executive office shall require each applicant for emergency housing assistance
program benefits to establish residency in the commonwealth; provided further,
that an applicant shall be required to show an intent to remain in in the
commonwealth, which may be shown through sources of verification accepted by
the executive office pursuant to regulations, including documentation showing a
person receives MassHealth, documentation showing a person receives public
benefits in the commonwealth, a bill or other insurance documentation with an
address, email, letter or statement from a licensed health care worker on office
letterhead or office email stating that the person lives in the commonwealth or a
photo identification issued by the commonwealth; provided further, that families
receiving shelter benefits who are found ineligible for continuing shelter benefits
shall be eligible for aid pending a timely appeal under said chapter 23B; provided
further, that this item shall be subject to appropriation and in the event of a
deficiency, nothing in this item shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise
to any enforceable right or entitlement to services in excess of the amounts
appropriated in this item; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or
special law to the contrary, not less than 90 days before promulgating or amending
any regulations, administrative practices or policies that would alter eligibility for
or the level of benefits under this program, other than that which would benefit the
clients, the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means, the joint committee on children, families and
persons with disabilities and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives
setting forth justification for such changes including, but not limited to, any
determination by the secretary of housing and livable communities that available
appropriations will be insufficient to meet projected expenses and the projected
savings from any proposed changes; provided further, that no funds from this item
shall be expended for personnel or administrative costs; provided further, that the
executive office shall submit quarterly reports, broken down by month, to the house
and senate committees on ways and means with the most recently available monthly
data, including data on the race and ethnicity of all families where available and
applicable and expressed as a percentage of the total, on: (A) applications for
services provided for in this item and in item 7004-0108 and requests for services
under this item and item 7008-0108, with a request for services defined as any point
at which the household seeking services provides information to the executive
office as part of any enrollment, triage or eligibility determination notwithstanding
whether a formal application has been completed or whether the contact was by
telephone, by office visit or by other means; (B) front-door entries into the
emergency assistance system; (C) applications and requests for services provided
for in this item and in item 7004-0108 that are denied and the bases of all such
denials expressed as a percentage of the total; (D) applications and requests for
services provided for in this item and in item 7004-0108 that do not result in a
formal denial, a front-door entry into the emergency assistance system or verified
diversion as a result of HomeBASE household assistance expressed as a percentage
of the total; (E) the number of households submitting multiple applications or
making multiple requests for services within the previous 1-month period and the
previous 6-month period; (F) diversions as a result of HomeBASE household
assistance; (G) exits from the emergency assistance system, delineated by reason
for exit, including at-fault terminations, exits because the household is no longer
income eligible, exits through HomeBASE household assistance with no other
subsidy and exits to affordable, subsidized or otherwise assisted housing; (H) the
number of applications and requests that do not result in the household entering
emergency assistance shelter within 48 hours and for which such nonentry is
attributable to each of the following: written denial, pending documentation or
verifications, no imminent homelessness or household withdrawal of the
application; (I) the average, minimum and maximum cost per family of emergency
assistance under this item; (J) the number of families served under this item who
required further assistance under this item or under item 7004-0108 at a later date;
(K) the type of assistance later required and provided; (L) the total number of
families receiving assistance under item 7004-0101 that have received assistance
under this item or said item 7004-0108 during each of the preceding 1, 2 and 3
years; (M) the number of children served under this item delineated by age; (N) the
number of applications and requests from households that became homeless within
12 months of depleting their HomeBASE assistance under said item 7004-0108;
(O) the reasons for homelessness in the applications and requests received under
clause (N) and the number of applications and requests received under said clause
(N) that are denied; and (P) the average and maximum length of stay for families
currently staying in an emergency assistance shelter placement; provided further,
that the quarterly reports shall also include the following information from the
department of children and families: (I) the number of families assessed for a health
and safety risk in the previous quarter; (II) the number of families determined to be
at a substantial health and safety risk; (III) the number of families receiving multiple
health and safety assessments within the preceding 6-month period; and (IV) the
standards used to determine a substantial health and safety risk; provided further,
that the quarterly reports shall also include: (i) the number of families that applied
for a transfer from their current shelter placement to a unit that can accommodate
their disability-related needs, delineated by reason for the application; (ii) the
number of families whose applications for reasonable accommodation have been
approved but that are waiting for transfer due to lack of available units able to
accommodate their disability-related needs, delineated by category of
accommodation including, but not limited to, access to cooking facilities, first-floor
or elevator access, noncarpeted unit, physical modification to unit, scattered site
unit, geographic proximity to service providers and wheelchair accessibility; (iii)
the number of families currently in shelter units located more than 20 miles away
from their home community; (iv) the number of families with a child who attends
a school other than the child’s school of origin as a result of placement in a shelter
unit outside of their home community; (v) both the average and maximum number
of days that families spend in placements under the circumstances described in
clauses (ii) to (iv), inclusive, prior to being transferred to a shelter unit for which
none of the circumstances in said clauses (ii) to (iv), inclusive, apply; (vi) the
percentage of applications for a transfer that were approved; and (vii) the average
number of days and the maximum number of days between the application
submission and the approval; provided further, that funds shall be expended on
shelter units suitable to meet the needs of households with disabilities requiring
reasonable accommodation; provided further, that funds shall be expended for
expenses incurred as a result of families being housed in hotels due to the
unavailability of contracted shelter beds; provided further, that not less than
$800,000 shall be expended for the Home Works program to provide opportunities
for children in the emergency housing assistance program to attend out-of-school
  time and summer programming run by youth serving organizations; provided
  further, that a youth serving organization shall apply to contract with the executive
  office of housing and livable communities to receive contract slots to serve children
  in the program; provided further, that the executive office may expend funds for
  the administration and implementation of the Home Works program; provided
  further, that not later than September 15, 2025, the secretary of housing and livable
  communities shall submit a report to the joint committee on housing, the joint
  committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, the house and senate
  committees on ways and means and the clerks of the senate and house of
  representatives on the status of the applicability of paragraph (G) of said section 30
  of said chapter 23B and the justification for such status including, but not limited
  to, the number of families in emergency assistance shelter, the current and projected
  caseload of eligible families applying for or residing in emergency assistance
  shelter for the fiscal year, the current and estimated capacity of the shelter system
  for the fiscal year, the average shelter exits in the past 7 and 14 days and the average
  shelter intakes in the past 7 and 14 days; and provided further, that the secretary of
  housing and livable communities shall provide notice to the joint committee on
  housing, the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities and
  the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 15 days prior to
  any change to the applicability of said paragraph (G) of said section 30 of said
  chapter 23B ..........................................................................................$276,071,903
7004-0102   For the homelessness program to assist individuals who are homeless or in danger
  of becoming homeless, including assistance to organizations which provide shelter,
  transitional housing and services that help individuals avoid entry into shelters or
  successfully exit shelters; provided, that no organization providing services to the
  homeless shall receive less than an average per bed, per night rate of $25; provided
  further, that the executive office of housing and livable communities may allocate
  funds to other agencies for the program; provided further, that no funds shall be
  expended for costs associated with the Homelessness Management Information
  System; provided further, that the executive office shall submit quarterly reports to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means on the contracts awarded to
  service providers; provided further, that the reports shall include, but not be limited
  to: (i) each contracted service provider; (ii) the amount of the contracts; (iii) a
  description of the services to be provided; and (iv) the date upon which each
  contract was executed; provided further, that the full amount appropriated in this
  item shall be allocated to contracted service providers; and provided further, that
  programs currently providing shelter may, with the approval of the executive office
  and the host municipality, renegotiate how to use the program’s shelter fund to
  provide alternative services proven to be effective, including housing first models,
  transitional housing and diversion away from shelters ........................$110,752,398
7004-0104   For the Home and Healthy for Good program operated by Massachusetts Housing
  and Shelter Alliance to reduce chronic and long-term homelessness in the
  commonwealth; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to continue
  a supportive housing initiative for unaccompanied homeless young adults who
  identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning; provided
  further, that Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance shall be solely responsible
  for the administration of this program; provided further, that not less than $500,000
  shall be expended to the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance for
  promotion, resource development and technical assistance related to the creation of
  permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities who are experiencing
  homelessness and other solutions to homelessness; provided further, that not later
  than February 27, 2026, the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance shall
  submit a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the
  executive office of housing and livable communities, the joint committee on
  housing and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the
  number of people served, including available demographic information; (ii) the
  average cost per participant; (iii) whether participants have previously received
  services from the executive office; and (iv) any projected cost-savings to the
  commonwealth associated with this program; provided further, that not less than
  $500,000 shall be expended for a statewide permanent supportive housing program
  to serve people experiencing long-term homelessness and who have complex
  medical and behavioral health needs for the purpose of ending homelessness,
  promoting housing stability and reducing costly utilization of emergency and acute
  care; provided further, that the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance shall
  be solely responsible for the administration of this program; and provided further,
  that not later than February 27, 2026, the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter
  Alliance, Inc. shall submit a report to the clerks of the senate and house of
  representatives, the executive office of housing and livable communities, the joint
  committee on housing and the house and senate committees on ways and means
  detailing: (a) the number of people served, including available demographic
  information; (b) the average cost per participant; (c) whether participants have
  previously received services from the executive office; and (d) any projected cost-
  savings associated with this program for the executive office or in the utilization of
  emergency and acute care ........................................................................$8,890,000
7004-0105   For permanent supportive housing units to house individuals experiencing
  homelessness and mitigate overcrowding in homeless shelters; provided, that funds
  shall be expended to sustain low-threshold sponsor-based leasing that had been
  previously linked to the pay-for-success projects funded through the Social
  Innovation Financing Trust Fund established in section 35VV of chapter 10 of the
  General Laws; provided further, that the executive office of housing and livable
  communities shall prioritize geographic equity when expending funds from this
  item; provided further, that the executive office may contract directly with the
  organizations that received Social Innovation Financing vouchers funded under
  item 7004-9024 of section 2 of chapter 24 of the acts of 2021; and provided further,
  that not later than February 27, 2026, the executive office shall submit a report to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the distribution
  methodology and locations of units supported by this item ..................$10,072,875
7004-0106   For the continued implementation and evaluation of the homeless family preference
  in private multi-family housing program established by New Lease for Homeless
  Families, Inc................................................................................................$250,000
7004-0107   For the administration of local housing programs; provided, that not less than
  $90,000 shall be expended to Pathway to Possible, Inc. in the city of Newton to
  provide housing, support and advocacy for people with cognitive and
  developmental disabilities; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be
  expended for Newton At Home, Inc. to provide financial assistance to qualifying
  seniors in the city of Newton; provided further, that not less than $55,000 shall be
  expended for Welcome Home, Inc. in the city of Newton for its home goods pantry;
  provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Jewish
  Alliance for Law and Social Action, Inc. for outreach related to and the operation
  of its confronting the history of housing discrimination curriculum and for the
  development of additional curriculum units; provided further, that not less than
  $150,000 shall be expended to Compass Working Capital, Inc. to support the
  expansion of the Family Self-Sufficiency program to eligible households in the
  greater Boston area; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended
  to the Volunteers of America of Massachusetts, Inc. for its Plymouth Area Veterans
  Center to support a planning study on veteran housing; provided further, that not
  less than $25,000 shall be expended to Belonging to Each Other, Inc. in the town
  of Falmouth to support those experiencing homelessness in their transition to stable
  housing by providing temporary cold-weather housing and year-round
  compassionate, supportive services; provided further, that not less than $75,000
  shall be expended to maintain patient safety and security at the Community Day
  Center of Waltham, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be
  expended to W.A.T.C.H., Inc. to support staffing and its programs to prevent
  evictions; provided further, that not less than $450,000 shall be expended to Father
  Bill’s & MainSpring, Inc., the Western Massachusetts Network to End
  Homelessness and Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, Inc. for ongoing
  coordination and collaboration to prevent and end homelessness and a pilot
  program to identify and create regional solutions to reduce the number of families
  needing shelter; provided further, that said entities shall meet quarterly with the
  secretary of housing and livable communities, the chair of the senate committee on
  ways and means, the chair of the house committee on ways and means and the
  house and senate chairs of the joint committee on housing to report on ongoing
  efforts, including, but not limited to: (i) identifying root causes of homelessness;
  (ii) identifying gaps in services and barriers to housing stability; (iii) identifying
  early intervention opportunities; and (iv) collating and analyzing data that informs
  proposed recommendations for reform; provided further, that not less than $75,000
  shall be expended to Community Teamwork Inc. to administer a program for
  emergency needs for families in crisis; provided further, that not less than $40,000
  shall be expended to the Boston Housing Authority for improvements to exterior
  space at the Gallivan Boulevard apartment community and to support community
  gardening and resident-driven food sustainability initiatives; provided further, that
  not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Boston Housing Authority to
  support housing and relocation services associated with the Bunker Hill housing
  redevelopment in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further,
  that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Crossroads Family Shelter in the
  East Boston section of the city of Boston to provide mental health, substance use
  and clinical recovery services for those impacted by family homelessness; provided
  further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to North End Housing
Initiative, Inc. to promote equitable access to safe, affordable housing; provided
further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended as a grant to the Lynn
Housing Authority to provide housing stabilization services and information and
referral services to households who face significant barriers to sustaining housing,
including, but not limited to, those who are currently or previously have been served
with: (i) residential assistance payments under item 7004-9316; or (ii) emergency
rental assistance and other services under the state 2019 novel coronavirus eviction
diversion initiative; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended
to the Brockton Housing Authority for the redevelopment of the Campello High
Rise located in the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less than $75,000
shall be expended for SouthCoast Fair Housing, Inc. to promote equitable access to
safe, affordable housing for all residents throughout Bristol and Plymouth counties;
provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the city of
Somerville to continue the short-term housing bridge pilot program established
under item 7004-0107 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2024 to facilitate interim
housing stability for individuals applying for more affordable permanent housing
situations; provided further, that eligibility for the pilot program shall include
households with individuals: (i) age 60 or older residing in the city of Somerville,
who are otherwise eligible for housing under item 7004-9005 or item 7004-9024;
(ii) with incomes not more than 80 per cent of the area median income; and (iii) at
risk of eviction due to their inability to consistently pay rent; provided further, that
households participating in the pilot program shall not, while receiving such
assistance, be required to pay more than 30 per cent of their monthly adjusted
income for rent; provided further, that the executive office of housing and livable
communities shall conduct a study to examine the feasibility and benefits of
expanding the short-term housing bridge pilot program statewide; provided further,
that not later than June 30, 2026, the executive office of housing and livable
communities, in consultation with the executive office of aging and independence,
the city of Somerville, Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Inc., and the
Aging Services Access Points, shall submit a report on the outcomes of the study
to the joint committee on aging and independence, the joint committee on housing
and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not
be limited to: (a) the number of people served by the program, including available
demographic information; (b) the average cost per participant; (c) whether
participants have previously received services from the executive office; (d) the
length of time participants utilize services before being able to access permanent
housing solutions; (e) any projected cost-savings to the commonwealth associated
with this program; (f) any policy or legislative recommendations to implement the
program statewide or support housing stability for those eligible for the program;
(g) the projected costs of implementing the program statewide; (h) any projected
cost-savings of implementing the program statewide; and (i) testimony and
recommendations from at least 3 older adults who have experienced housing
instability or homelessness who shall be chosen by Massachusetts Coalition for the
Homeless, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. for its mobile homeless outreach
team for service in the cities of Everett, Malden and Medford; provided further, that
not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Community Action Agency of
Somerville, Inc. for tenant rights education and advocacy; provided further, that not
less than $500,000 shall be expended for the Saving Towards Affordable and
Sustainable Homeownership program administered by Massachusetts Affordable
Housing Alliance, Inc. to provide a matched-savings program, financial literacy
and homebuyer education for long-term home ownership stability and to assist first-
generation homebuyers in a regionally equitable manner to benefit communities
throughout the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall
be expended to The Builder Coalition, Inc. to advance efforts to meet the
commonwealth’s housing production and affordable housing goals by providing
support and training to enable emerging local developers to meet construction and
community standards and needs; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall
be expended to the city of Revere to create a pilot program for grants of not less
than $5,000 directed to eligible first-time homebuyers who have lived in a
jurisdiction selected by the city for not less than 18 months; provided further, that
not less than $304,000 shall be expended to the city of Fitchburg for downtown
housing development; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
provided to We Reach, Inc. to expand its workforce development and
apprenticeship training programs; provided further, that not later than 90 days
following the effective date of this act, the executive office of housing and livable
communities, in consultation with family homelessness service providers,
advocates, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on children, families
and persons with disabilities and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee
on housing, shall create a plan to divert families from emergency assistance shelter
including, but not limited to, reducing barriers to the residential assistance for
families in transition program and the HomeBASE household assistance and other
shelter diversion programs; provided further, that the plan shall include, but not be
limited to: (i) programmatic and fiscal information on the most effective and cost-
effective state programs and investments for the prevention of family
homelessness; (ii) various benefit levels and eligibility criteria for the
commonwealth’s shelter diversion and prevention programs and how said criteria
impact housing stability; (iii) an evaluation of changes to the benefit levels and
eligibility criteria for the commonwealth’s shelter diversion and prevention
programs including, but not limited to: (a) establishing alternative criteria for the
residential assistance for families in transition program that shall be in lieu of
requiring the notice to quit or summary process summons and complaint; and (b)
removing the requirement of emergency assistance eligibility established in section
30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws for the HomeBASE household assistance
program; (iv) a detailed cost analysis of the changes evaluated in clause (iii),
including the projected savings to the emergency assistance shelter program from
providing increased access to homelessness prevention and diversion programs,
which shall include data on the rate at which families are denied residential
assistance for families in transition and within 6 months enter the emergency shelter
system and shall consider regional differences in the costs of housing; and (v)
proposed legislative or regulatory recommendations on new or existing programs
to prevent or divert homelessness and the projected cost or savings of such
recommendations; provided further, that the plan shall be submitted to the clerks of
the house of representatives and senate, the house and senate committees on ways
and means, the joint committee on housing and the joint committee on children,
families and persons with disabilities; provided further, that not less than $50,000
  shall be expended to the Martha’s Vineyard commission to conduct a feasibility
  study to determine a permanent location for Martha’s Vineyard shelter services;
  and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Center for
  Human Development, Incorporated for a grant to the Western Massachusetts
  Network to End Homelessness to support housing stability and homelessness
  prevention programs ................................................................................$3,464,000
7004-0108   For a program of short-term housing assistance to help families eligible for
  temporary emergency shelter under item 7004-0101 in addressing obstacles to
  maintaining or securing housing; provided, that the assistance shall include not less
  than 12 months of housing stabilization and economic self-sufficiency case
  management services for each family receiving benefits under this item; provided
  further, that a family shall not receive more than $30,000 in a 24-month period from
  this item; provided further, the executive office of housing and livable communities
  shall provide household assistance in an amount up to $15,000, or a higher cap that
  may be established pursuant to this item, for a subsequent 12-month period to
  eligible families; provided further, that not less than $2,500,000 shall be made
  available to administering agencies for circumstances in which the administering
  agency believes an award greater than $30,000 in a 24-month period is essential to
  resolve a housing crisis, in accordance with guidance from the executive office of
  housing and livable communities; provided further, that as long as a family meets
  the requirements of its housing stabilization plan, a family that received household
  assistance under this item whose income increases shall not become ineligible for
  assistance due to exceeding the income limit; provided further, that a family shall
  not be deemed ineligible as a result of any single violation of a self-sufficiency
  plan; provided further, that the executive office of housing and livable communities
  shall take all steps necessary to enforce regulations to prevent abuse in the short-
  term housing transition program, including a wage match agreement with the
  department of revenue; provided further, that a family that was terminated from the
  program or did not make a good faith effort to follow its housing stabilization plan
  during the term of its assistance shall be ineligible for benefits under said item
  7004-0101 and this item for 12 months from the last date the family received
  financial assistance under said item 7004-0101 and this item; provided further, that
  a family’s housing stabilization plan shall adequately accommodate the ages and
  disabilities of the family members; provided further, that families receiving benefits
  under this program who are found ineligible for continuing benefits shall be eligible
  for aid pending a timely appeal under chapter 23B of the General Laws; provided
  further, that families who are denied assistance under this item may appeal that
  denial under said chapter 23B, including subsection (F) of section 30 of said chapter
  23B and regulations adopted to implement said chapter 23B; provided further, that
  the executive office may require disclosure of social security numbers by all
  members of a family receiving assistance under this item for use in verification of
  income with other agencies, departments and executive offices as a condition of
  continued eligibility for assistance under this program; provided further, that if a
  family member fails to provide a social security number for use in verifying the
  family's income and eligibility, then the family shall no longer be eligible to receive
  benefits from this program; provided further, that the executive office shall
  administer this program through the following agencies unless administering
agencies are otherwise procured by the executive office: the Berkshire Housing
Development Corporation; Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, Inc.;
Community Teamwork Inc.; the Housing Assistance Corporation; the Franklin
county regional housing and redevelopment authority; Way Finders, Inc.;
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, Inc., d/b/a Metro Housing Boston; the
Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development; the South Middlesex
Opportunity Council, Inc.; NeighborWorks Housing Solutions; and RCAP
Solutions, Inc.; provided further, that the executive office shall reallocate funding
based on performance-based statistics from underperforming service providers to
above average service providers in order to move as many families from hotels,
motels or shelters into more sustainable housing; provided further, that the
executive office shall use funds provided under this program for stabilization
workers to focus efforts on housing retention and to link households to supports,
including job training, education, job search and child care opportunities available,
and may enter into agreements with other public and private agencies for the
provision of these services; provided further, that a stabilization worker shall be
assigned to each household; provided further, that funds shall be used to more
rapidly transition families served by the program into temporary or permanent
sustainable housing; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special
law to the contrary, not less than 90 days before promulgating or amending any
regulation, administrative practice or policy that would alter eligibility for or the
level of benefits under this program to less than the benefit level available on June
30, 2025, the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means and the clerks of the senate and house of
representatives setting forth the justification for such changes including, but not
limited to, any determination by the secretary of housing and livable communities
that available appropriations will be insufficient to meet projected expenses;
provided further, that the executive office shall submit quarterly reports to the house
and senate committees on ways and means, which shall include, but not be limited
to, the: (i) number of families served, including available demographic information,
as well as the number of children served under this item broken down by age; (ii)
type of assistance given; (iii) average, minimum and maximum cost per family of
said assistance; and (iv) total number of families receiving benefits under item
7004-0101 that have received assistance under item 7004-0108 during the previous
1, 2 and 3 years, including available demographic information; provided further,
that the executive office shall expend funds under item 7004-0108 on families
residing in temporary emergency shelters and family residential treatment or sober
living programs under items 4512-0200 and 4513-1130 if said families otherwise
meet all eligibility requirements applicable to emergency shelter under item 7004-
0101, except that, solely for the purposes of this item, the fact that a family is
residing in a temporary emergency domestic violence shelter under item 4513-1130
or in a family residential treatment or sober living program under item 4512-0200
shall not preclude said family from receiving assistance; provided further, that this
item shall be subject to appropriation and, in the event of a deficiency, nothing in
this item shall give rise to, or shall be construed as giving rise to, any enforceable
right or entitlement to services in excess of the amounts appropriated in this item;
and provided further, that household assistance funds shall be advanced to the
administering agencies at the end of each month and before the next month's
  disbursement, the amount of which shall be estimated based on the prior month’s
  expenditure with a reconciliation not less than annually .......................$57,322,001
7004-0202   For the rapid transition of homeless individuals into sustainable permanent housing;
  provided, that programs under this item shall be administered by direct service
  providers contracted under item 7004-0102; provided further, that these programs
  may include, but shall not be limited to, vocational training, temporary assistance
  and permanent supportive housing; and provided further, that not later than January
  29, 2026, the executive office of housing and livable communities shall submit a
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the: (i) total
  number of people served; (ii) total number of people transitioned into permanent
  housing; and (iii) types of programs implemented ..................................$5,000,000
7004-3036   For housing services and counseling; provided, that funds shall be expended as
  grants to 9 regional housing consumer education centers operated by the regional
  nonprofit housing authorities; provided further, that the grants shall be awarded
  through a competitive application process under criteria established by the
  executive office of housing and livable communities; and provided further, that not
  less than $200,000 shall be expended for the Regional Housing Network of
  Massachusetts, Inc. for coordination and information technology ..........$5,700,000
7004-4314   For the expenses of a service coordinators program established by the executive
  office of housing and livable communities to assist tenants residing in state-aided
  public housing; provided, that the executive office shall distribute funding for
  resident service coordinators in a geographically equitable manner; and provided
  further, that funding shall be made available for resident service coordinators that
  serve multiple smaller housing authorities ..............................................$6,500,000
7004-9005   For subsidies to housing authorities and nonprofit organizations, including funds
  for deficiencies caused by certain reduced rentals in housing for the elderly,
  handicapped, veterans, families and relocated persons under sections 32 and 40 of
  chapter 121B of the General Laws; provided, that the executive office of housing
  an livable communities may expend funds appropriated under this item for
  deficiencies caused by certain reduced rentals which may be anticipated in the
  operation of housing authorities for the first quarter of the subsequent fiscal year;
  provided further, that no funds shall be expended from this item to reimburse the
  debt service reserve included in the budgets of housing authorities; provided
  further, that the amount appropriated in this item shall be considered to meet all
  obligations under said sections 32 and 40 of said chapter 121B; provided further,
  that new reduced rental units developed in fiscal year 2026 and eligible for
  subsidies under this item shall not cause any annualization that results in an amount
  exceeding the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that all funds in
  excess of normal utilities, operations and maintenance costs may be expended for
  capital repairs; provided further, that no employee of a housing authority shall
  simultaneously be an elected executive officer within the same municipality in
  which the authority is located; and provided further, that the administration shall
  make every attempt to direct efforts toward rehabilitating housing authority family
  units requiring $10,000 or less in repairs .............................................$116,000,000
7004-9007   For costs associated with the implementation of the duties of the executive office
  of housing and livable communities under chapter 235 of the acts of 2014;
  provided, that in conjunction with said duties, funds may be expended on the
  creation and implementation of an information technology platform for state-aided
  public housing to be administered by the executive office; and provided further,
  that the executive office, in making changes to such information technology
  platform, shall collaborate and coordinate with housing authorities to ensure
  equitable and effective systems ...............................................................$1,250,000
7004-9024   For the Massachusetts rental voucher program to provide rental assistance for low-
  income families and elderly persons through mobile and project-based vouchers;
  provided, that the income of eligible households shall not exceed 80 per cent of the
  area median income; provided further, that the executive office of housing and
  livable communities may require that not less than 75 per cent of newly issued
  vouchers be targeted to households whose income at initial occupancy does not
  exceed 30 per cent of the area median income; provided further, that the executive
  office may award mobile vouchers to eligible households currently occupying
  project-based units that shall expire due to the nonrenewal of project-based rental
  assistance contracts; provided further, that the executive office may require
  disclosure of social security numbers by participants and members of a participant’s
  household in the Massachusetts rental voucher program for use in verification of
  income with other agencies, departments and executive offices as a condition of
  continued eligibility for vouchers and voucher payments; provided further, that if a
  participant or member of a participant’s household fails to provide a social security
  number for use in verifying the household’s income and eligibility, then that
  household shall no longer be eligible for a voucher or to receive benefits from the
  voucher program; provided further, that a household receiving assistance with a
  project-based voucher shall pay 30 per cent of its monthly net income towards gross
  rent, with gross rent defined as the contract rent plus an amount allowed by the
  executive office for tenant-paid utilities, except that the household payment in any
  project-based unit that is subsidized under another federal or state subsidy or public
  housing program shall be subject to applicable limits on tenant paid rent under such
  federal or state program; provided further, that any household that is proven to have
  caused intentional damage to its rental unit in an amount exceeding 2 months of
  rent during any 1-year period shall be terminated from the program; provided
  further, that if the use of a mobile voucher is or has been discontinued, then the
  mobile voucher shall be reassigned; provided further, that the executive office shall
  pay regional administering agencies not less than $50 per voucher per month for
  the costs of administering the program; provided further, that subsidies shall not be
  reduced due to the cost of inspections; provided further, that the executive office
  shall provide assistance using a payment standard so that the required household
  payment for a household choosing a unit with gross rent less than or equal to the
  payment standard shall be not more than 30 per cent of the household’s monthly
  adjusted income; provided further, that the payment standard shall be set, at the
  discretion of the executive office, at either 110 per cent of the current area-wide fair
  market rent or 110 per cent of the current small area fair market rent, both as
  established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
for the same size of dwelling unit in the same region, except as necessary as a
reasonable accommodation for a household member with a disability or as
otherwise directed by the executive office, except that a reduction by the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development in such fair market rental
shall not reduce the payment standard applied to a household continuing to reside
in a unit without a change in voucher size for which the household was receiving
assistance at the time the fair market rent or small area fair market rent was reduced;
provided further, that if the gross rent for the unit does not exceed the applicable
payment standard, the monthly assistance payment for the household for a mobile
voucher shall be equal to the gross rent less the required household payment;
provided further, that for a household receiving a mobile voucher under this item,
if the household chooses a unit with a gross rent that exceeds the applicable
payment standard, the monthly assistance payment for the household shall be
limited to the amount by which the applicable payment standard exceeds 30 per
cent of the monthly adjusted income of the household; provided further, that even
if a household with a mobile voucher chooses a unit with gross rent exceeding the
payment standard, at the time the household initially leases that unit with a mobile
voucher, the total amount that the household may be required to pay toward gross
rent, including the amount by which the gross rent exceeds the payment standard,
shall not exceed 40 per cent of the monthly adjusted income of the household at the
time the household initially leases a unit with their mobile voucher; provided
further, that households receiving mobile vouchers under this section may pay more
than 40 per cent of the monthly adjusted income of the household, at their option;
provided further, that the executive office shall establish the amounts of the mobile
and project-based vouchers so that the appropriation in this item shall not be
exceeded by payments for rental assistance and administration; provided further,
that the executive office shall not enter into commitments that shall cause it to
exceed the appropriation in this item; provided further, that participating local
housing authorities may take all steps necessary to enable them to transfer mobile
voucher program participants from the Massachusetts rental voucher program into
another housing subsidy program; provided further, that the requested rent level for
mobile vouchers shall be determined reasonable by the administering agency;
provided further, that for mobile vouchers currently leased, the new rent limit shall
not begin until the anniversary date of the lease; provided further, that the executive
office may assist any housing authority, at the authority’s written request, in the
immediate implementation of a homeless prevention program utilizing alternative
housing resources available to them for low-income families and the elderly by
designating participants in the Massachusetts rental voucher program at risk of
displacement by public action through no fault of their own; provided further, that
not later than December 1, 2025, the executive office of housing and livable
communities shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
means and the joint committee on housing on the utilization of rental vouchers
during the last 3 fiscal years under this item and item 7004-9030; provided further,
that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i) number and average value
of rental vouchers currently distributed in the commonwealth in each county and in
each municipality; (ii) average number of days that it takes for a household to utilize
a voucher after receiving it from the administering agency; (iii) number of
households that reach the date by which they are required to lease up their voucher
  without having found an available unit; (iv) number of households that apply for an
  extension by the deadline to lease up their voucher and the number of extensions
  granted; (v) actions taken by the executive office to reduce the wait time for
  households to lease up their voucher; (vi) number of distributed vouchers available
  to be utilized; (vii) number and type of new vouchers issued after July 1, 2025;
  (viii) number of families on a waitlist for an available rental voucher; (ix) average
  number of days that it takes for project-based vouchers awarded by the executive
  office to be utilized after the award is made; and (x) obstacles faced by the executive
  office in its efforts to provide the information detailed in the preceding provisos, if
  applicable; provided further, that the report shall comply with state and federal
  privacy standards; and provided further, that the executive office may expend funds
  from this item for costs related to the completion of the voucher management
  system, prior appropriation continued .................................................$253,311,840
7004-9030   For the rental assistance program established in section 16 of chapter 179 of the
  acts of 1995; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the
  contrary, assistance may be provided in the form of either mobile vouchers or
  project-based vouchers; provided further, that the vouchers shall be in varying
  dollar amounts set by the executive office of housing and livable communities
  based on considerations including, but not limited to, household size, composition,
  household income and geographic location; provided further, that the executive
  office’s approved monthly rent limits for vouchers shall be set, at the discretion of
  the executive office, at either up to 110 per cent of the current area-wide fair market
  rent or up to 110 per cent of the current small area fair market rent, except as
  necessary as a reasonable accommodation for a household member with a disability
  or as otherwise directed by the executive office, both based on unit size as
  established annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
  Development for the same size of dwelling unit in the same region; provided
  further, that the requested rent level for vouchers shall be determined reasonable by
  the administering agency; provided further, that for vouchers currently leased, the
  new rent limit shall not begin until the anniversary date of the lease; provided
  further, that any household that is proven to have caused intentional damage to its
  rental unit in an amount exceeding 2 months of rent during any 1-year period shall
  be terminated from the program; provided further, that notwithstanding any general
  or special law to the contrary, there shall be no maximum percentage applicable to
  the amount of income paid for rent by each household holding a mobile voucher;
  provided further, that unless the executive office implements a payment standard
  or utility allowance for the program, each household may be required to pay not
  less than 25 per cent of its net income as defined under regulations promulgated by
  the executive office for units if payment of utilities is not provided by the unit owner
  or not less than 30 per cent of its income for units if payment of utilities is provided
  by the unit owner; provided further, that payments for the rental assistance program
  may be provided in advance; provided further, that the executive office shall
  establish the amounts of the mobile vouchers so that the appropriation in this item
  is not exceeded by payments for rental assistance and administration; provided
  further, that the executive office shall not enter into commitments which shall cause
  it to exceed the appropriation set forth in this item; provided further, that the amount
  of a rental assistance voucher payment for an eligible household shall not exceed
  the rent less the household’s minimum rent obligation; provided further, that not
  later than December 15, 2025, the executive office shall submit a report to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (i) expenditures from this
  item; (ii) the number of outstanding rental vouchers; and (iii) the number and types
  of units leased, prior appropriation continued .......................................$19,461,214
7004-9033   For rental subsidies to eligible clients of the department of mental health; provided,
  that the executive office of housing and livable communities shall establish the
  amounts of such subsidies so that payment of the rental subsidies and of any other
  commitments from this item shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this
  item ........................................................................................................................….$17,048,125
7004-9034   For a housing assistance for re-entry transition pilot program; provided, that the
  program shall be administered by the executive office of housing and livable
  communities in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security;
  provided further, that funds shall be expended for rental subsidies to participants in
  re-entry programs funded under items 8000-0655 and 8900-1100 and nonprofit
  reentry programs serving participants returning to the community from a county
  correctional facility or state prison; provided further, that the executive office of
  housing and livable communities shall establish the amount of such subsidies so
  that executive office spending does not exceed the amount appropriated; provided
  further, that not less than $120,000 shall be expended for a kinship reentry pilot
  program to be administered in coordination with the department of correction; and
  provided further, that not later than June 30, 2026, the executive office of housing
  and livable communities, in consultation with the department of correction, shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, which shall
  include but not be limited to: (i) the number of participants in the pilot program;
  (ii) the counties of participants served; and (iii) the purposes for which funds have
  been distributed to support family members in welcoming and assisting individuals
  reentering society, prior appropriation continued ....................................$3,120,000
7004-9315   For the executive office of housing and livable communities, which may expend
  for the administration and monitoring of the low-income housing tax credit and
  local administration programs not more than $3,571,512 from fees collected under
  these programs; provided, that funds may be expended for the costs of
  administering and monitoring the programs, including the costs of personnel,
  subject to the approval of the secretary of housing and livable communities; 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 ......................................................................................................$3,571,512
7004-9316   For a program to provide assistance in addressing obstacles to maintaining or
  securing housing for families with a household income: (i) not more than 30 per
  cent of area median income who are homeless and moving into subsidized or
  private housing or are at risk of becoming homeless; or (ii) more than 30 per cent
but not more than 50 per cent of area median income who are homeless and moving
into subsidized or private housing or are at risk of becoming homeless due to a
significant reduction of income or increased expenses; provided, that assistance
shall be administered by the executive office of housing and livable communities
through contracts with the regional HomeBASE agencies; provided further, that not
less than 50 per cent of the funds shall be provided to households with an income
not more than 30 per cent of area median income, subject to the executive office’s
discretion based on data reflecting program demand and usage; provided further,
that in distributing 50 per cent of the funds, the executive office shall prioritize
those families most likely to otherwise require shelter services under item 7004-
0101; provided further, that the amount of financial assistance shall not exceed
$7,000 in any 12-month period; provided further, that residential assistance
payments may be made through direct vendor payments according to standards to
be established by the executive office; provided further, that the agencies shall
establish a system for referring families approved for residential assistance
payments, who the agencies determine would benefit from these services, to
existing community-based programs that provide additional housing stabilization
supports, including assistance in obtaining housing subsidies and locating
alternative housing that is safe and affordable for any such families; provided
further, that the program shall be administered under guidelines established by the
executive office; provided further, that income verification shall be conducted by
using: (a) documentation provided by the household, requiring the same
documentation and process used to conduct income verification under this item in
fiscal year 2025 or fewer documents as directed by the executive office; (b) third-
party income verification; or (c) validated receipt of certain MassHealth or
department of transitional assistance benefits demonstrating that the household
earns less than 50 per cent of area median income; provided further, that the manner
in which income verification is conducted shall be at the discretion of the executive
office but that the executive office shall not discontinue the use of such options for
income verification listed in the preceding proviso; provided further, that the
executive office shall allow a short, simple application requiring minimal
processing time; provided further, that the executive office shall submit quarterly
reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the: (1)
number of families who applied for assistance; (2) number of families approved for
assistance; (3) minimum, median and average amount of financial assistance
awarded; (4) total amount of assistance awarded to date, including a breakdown by
income category; and (5) number of families falling into each income category;
provided further, that the executive office shall track a family’s reason for
assistance by the same categories used in item 7004-0101; provided further, that
not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended to provide assistance to households of
all sizes and configurations including, but not limited to, elders, persons with
disabilities and unaccompanied youths; provided further, that household assistance
funds shall be advanced to the administering agencies at the end of each month and
prior to the next month’s disbursement, the amount of which shall be estimated
based on the prior month’s expenditure with a reconciliation not less than annually;
provided further, that notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii), funds shall be expended
to families and individuals who are at risk of injury or harm due to domestic
violence in their current housing situation and whose household income is not more
  than 60 per cent of the area median income; and provided further, that families and
  individuals that are at risk of injury or harm from domestic violence who meet the
  qualifications of enrollment in the address confidentiality program shall be afforded
  the opportunity to register with and become enrolled in the address confidentiality
  program as offered by the secretary of the commonwealth .................$225,000,000
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
Office of the Secretary.
7009-1700     For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of
  education ................................................................................................$25,916,703
7009-6379     For the operation of the office of the secretary of education; provided, that not later
  than December 16, 2025, the executive office of education, in consultation with the
  department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher
  education, shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means and the joint committee on education on the implementation and expansion
  of the high quality college and career pathways initiative, including but not limited
  to, early college, innovation pathways and dual enrollment programs; provided
  further, that said report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the public schools
  and districts participating in early college, innovation pathways, dual enrollment or
  career and vocational technical education programs; (ii) the institutions of higher
  education partnering with public schools and districts to offer early college,
  innovation pathways, dual enrollment or career and vocational technical education
  programs; (iii) the employers and employer partners participating in the innovation
  pathways program; (iv) the number of students participating in high quality college
  and career pathways; and (v) recommendations to enhance student participation in
  high quality college and career pathways ................................................$3,206,848
7009-6600     For the development and initial implementation of high-quality early college
  programs, including the growth of current programs and the strategic expansion of
  new programs; provided, that such programs shall incorporate the guiding
  principles of designated early college pathways, as developed jointly by the
  department of higher education and the department of elementary and secondary
  education; provided further, that priority shall be given to programs that serve
  students who are currently underrepresented in college; and provided further, that
  funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months$14,205,894
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
7010-0005     For the operation of the department of elementary and secondary education;
  provided, that notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws, the department of
  elementary and secondary education, the department of early education and care,
  the department of children and families and the disabled persons protection
  commission may share with each other personal data regarding students who
  receive services in special education programs approved, licensed, monitored or
regulated by the department of elementary and secondary education and the
department of early education and care to carry out their respective responsibilities
under state and federal law; provided further, that the department of elementary and
secondary education may fund direct support to teachers and administrators who
are providing services to assist in state education initiatives; provided further, that
the department of elementary and secondary education shall conduct an assessment
on the education workforce in school districts across the commonwealth; provided
further, that such assessment shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of
teachers who have completed a certification program in high-need subject areas,
which may include, but shall not be limited to science, technology, mathematics,
computer science, special education, and English as a second language; (ii) the
number of teacher vacancies in high-need subject areas by school district; (iii) the
number of vacancies in high-need subject areas as compared to total number of
teacher vacancies; and (iv) the ratio of teachers to students in each school district;
provided further, that not later than February 2, 2026, the department of elementary
and secondary education, in consultation with the executive office of education,
shall submit a report on their findings to the clerks of the house of representatives
and the senate, the house and senate committees on ways and means and the joint
committee on education; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
expended for the department to conduct a study on school transportation for school
districts across the commonwealth and propose changes to improve efficiency and
contain costs; provided further, that the study shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) an evaluation of the school transportation procurement process and national best
practices; (b) opportunities for regional procurement of school transportation
services; (c) the long term costs and benefits of school districts operating their own
transportation services; (d) methods to reduce the cost of special education out-of-
district transportation; (e) methods to create efficiencies for homeless student
transportation costs; and (f) other methods to improve efficiencies and reduce the
cost of student transportation; provided further, that not later than February 15,
2026, the department shall submit recommendations to the executive office of
education, the executive office for administration and finance, the joint committee
on education and house and senate committees on ways and means; provided
further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall collect
data on guiding principles and standards of the most current comprehensive health
and physical education framework; provided further, that each city, town, regional
school district, vocational school district and charter school, in consultation with
the department of elementary and secondary education, shall file a biennial report
regarding sexual health education, which shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the
name and a description of any sexual health education curriculum offered; (ii) the
approximate number of hours spent on sexual health education; (iii) the number of
students enrolled in sexual health education; (iv) the number of students who
withdrew from sexual health education pursuant to section 32A of chapter 71 of the
General Laws; and (v) other information as requested by the department of
elementary and secondary education pertaining to the guiding principles and
standards of the most current comprehensive health and physical education
framework; provided further, that said report shall be filed with the board of
elementary and secondary education, starting in calendar year 2026 by a date
determined by the board; provided further, that data collected under this section be
made available to the public on the department’s website; provided further, that
data shall be shared with the department of public health within 30 days of the date
established by the board for the filing of biennial reports under chapter 69 of the
General Laws; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to
expand advanced placement course offerings through innovative delivery models
for high school students in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than
$200,000 shall be expended for the department to study and make
recommendations to improve the adequacy and equitability of the formula to
determine a municipality’s target local contribution and required local contribution,
as those terms are defined in section 2 of chapter 70 of the General Laws; provided
further, that said study and recommendations shall include, but not be limited to:
(i) the adequacy and equity of the methodology used to determine a municipality’s
target local contribution and required local contribution as a measure of a
municipality’s ability to contribute to its foundation budget; (ii) the impact of local
contributions to pre-kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, education on
municipalities’ ability to maintain and fund adequate levels of municipal services,
including aggregate trends in municipal spending on education and non-educational
services and the primary drivers of such trends; (iii) the impact of the fixed 59 per
cent local share of the statewide foundation budget on the calculation of combined
effort yield for each municipality; (iv) the extent to which the wealth and income
measures in the formula accurately and fairly determine a municipality's ability to
contribute to its foundation budget costs; (v) the impact of the growing number of
municipalities that are subject to the 82.5 per cent maximum local required
contribution cap; (vi) the number of municipalities receiving minimum per pupil
aid and the impact of such aid on those municipalities; (vii) the impact of section
21C of chapter 59 of the General Laws on municipalities and their ability to make
their required local contributions; and (viii) potential additional methods of
measuring a municipality’s ability to contribute to its share of education funding;
provided further, that the department shall identify the implications of changes to
the existing mechanisms that determine municipal contributions and the total state
target local contribution including, but not limited to: (a) changes to maximum local
required contribution caps, including the establishment of different maximum local
required contribution tiers based on a municipality’s fiscal capacity relative to their
foundation budget; (b) changes to the total statewide target local contribution; (c)
impacts of declining enrollments on state and municipal contribution targets since
the adoption of the aggregate wealth model; (d) changes that would address
challenges that are unique to rural and regional districts; and (e) to the extent
feasible, what the potential impacts of such changes would be if phased in over
multiple years; provided further, that the department shall work in collaboration
with the division of local services to inform its analysis of existing and potential
modifications to local contribution requirements; provided further, that the
department shall solicit public input and hold not less than 4 public hearings in
different geographic areas of the commonwealth; provided further, that the
department shall post a draft report and hold a public hearing and solicit public
comment on said draft report; and provided further, that not later than June 30,
2026, the department shall submit its final report to the joint committee on
education and the house and senate committees on ways and means, which shall
include any recommendations for regulatory and legislative changes ....13,721,738
7010-0012   For grants to cities, towns and regional school districts for payments of certain costs
  and related expenses for the program to eliminate racial imbalance established in
  section 12A of chapter 76 of the General Laws; provided, that funds shall be made
  available for payment for services rendered by the Metropolitan Council for
  Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc. and Springfield public schools; provided
  further, that all grant applications submitted to and approved by the department of
  elementary and secondary education shall include a detailed line item budget
  specifying how such funds shall be allocated and expended; provided further, that
  not later than January 30, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the joint
  committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means
  on the impact of the grant program on student outcomes, the expenditure of funds
  by districts and the extent to which the services rendered by METCO support the
  goals of the grant program; and provided further, that funds appropriated in this
  item for fiscal year 2026 shall not revert to the General Fund but shall be available
  until December 31, 2026 ........................................................................$29,908,285
7010-0033   For a literacy and early literacy grant programs; provided, that literacy and early
  literacy programs receiving funding through this item shall submit ongoing
  evaluation and documentation of outcomes to the department of elementary and
  secondary education; provided further, that such evaluations shall be compared to
  measurable goals and benchmarks developed by the department; and provided
  further, that funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer
  months ......................................................................................................$5,276,684
7010-1192   For grants to cities, towns, school districts and nonprofit entities for educational
  improvement projects; provided, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to
  Mosaic Public Media, Inc. to assist immigrants, refugees and asylees in their
  resettlement by providing social assistance, immigrant services and promoting civic
  engagement and community integration in the city of Brockton; provided further,
  that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the Henricus Training Center LLC
  for free and income-based training to increase access to the workforce for
  individuals who face barriers to employment, including English language skills,
  cultural gaps and life skills in the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less
  than $25,000 shall be expended to the Choices4Teens Mentoring Group Inc. for a
  mentoring program to improve outcomes for at-risk youth, to address social and
  behavioral issues and to support violence prevention in the city of Brockton;
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Zamir Chorale of
  Boston, Inc. to support its musical and educational programming for the public;
  provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for programs and
  resources to support farm to school and food system literacy programming in public
  elementary and secondary schools and early education programs; provided further,
  that the department of elementary and secondary education may expend these funds
  to: (i) offer grants through the current operating farm to school FRESH grant
  program in an amount of not less than $750,000; and (ii) expand the school wellness
  coaching program in an amount of $250,000; provided further, that not less than
  $75,000 shall be expended to the Dedham Youth Commission for the purchase of
  a van; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended to the
Worcester Natural History Society, doing business as the EcoTarium Museum of
Science and Nature, for science, technology, engineering and math education
programs, including transportation to and from such programs as necessary, to be
delivered in community centers, libraries, schools and youth-serving organizations
during out-of-school hours; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be
expended to the town of Reading school district to provide accessible school
transportation for students with special needs; provided further, that not less
$25,000 shall be expended for the Together for Kids Coalition in the city of
Worcester to promote the health, wellbeing and success of young children and their
families; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the
Worcester Education Collaborative and the United Way of Central Massachusetts,
Inc. for the Worcester Literacy Partnership to increase literacy achievement among
children; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Melrose
public schools for capital improvements; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended for the music program at the high school in the city of
Everett; provided further, that not less than $25,000 be expended to La Vida, Inc.
in the city of Chelsea to support its college preparation program; provided further,
that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the music program at the high
school in the city of Chelsea; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended for the theater program at public schools in the city of Cambridge;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to The Loop Lab,
Inc. to empower youth to access careers in media arts through job training and paid
internships; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to
Courageous Sailing Center for Youth, Inc. in the Charlestown section of the city of
Boston for youth programming and enrichment opportunities; provided further, that
not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Girls on the Run Greater Boston, Inc to
provide social and emotional learning and a physical activity curriculum to
elementary and middle school-aged girls in the cities of Chelsea, Everett and
Cambridge and in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further,
that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the city of Worcester for drop-in
English for speakers of other languages, or ESOL, classes at the Worcester public
library; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Essex
National Heritage Commission, Inc. for the Teaching Hidden Histories program;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Springfield
Day Nursery Corporation in the city of Springfield to support at-risk children,
address learning gaps and prepare students for school achievement; provided
further, that not less than $115,000 shall be expended for English at Large, Inc. in
the city of Woburn for English language tutoring and small group instruction;
provided, that not less than $115,000 shall be expended for Arlington Youth
Counseling Center, Inc. in the town of Arlington for youth mental health support;
provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for LEAP for
Education, Inc. to provide middle and high school students with academic
enrichment opportunities and post-secondary and career readiness; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Greenagers, Inc. to provide
teen and young adult environmental programming; provided further, that not less
than $25,000 shall be expended to the Mary Lyon Foundation for services and
financial support to students and families in Franklin county; provided further, that
not less than $150,000 shall be expended to Berkshire Educational Resources K-12
to perform regionalization and efficiency work with public school districts in
Berkshire county and with the Mohawk Trail regional school district in Franklin
county; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the
Railroad Street Youth Project, Inc. in the town of Great Barrington to support
youth-inspired projects; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended for the Hillcrest Educational Centers, Inc. to provide programs for
students with complex psychiatric, behavioral or developmental disorders,
including autism and a variety of high risk behaviors; provided further, that not less
than $15,000 shall be expended for LightHouse Personalized Education for Teens
Inc. in the city of Holyoke for culturally responsive, workforce development
programming for youth in the community between 14 and 24 years of age; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Starfires Baseball, LLC in
the city of Westfield to establish an educational and workforce development
program with Westfield public schools and youth organizations throughout
Hampden county; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for
LEAP for Education, Inc. to provide middle and high school students in the city of
Lynn with academic enrichment opportunities and post-secondary and career
readiness; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the city
known as the town of Weymouth to support a cardiopulmonary resuscitation
certification program in the Weymouth public schools; provided further, that not
less than $10,000 shall be expended to the city known as the town of Weymouth to
support the Weymouth high school rugby program; provided further, that not less
than $10,000 shall be expended to Grad Nite Live, Inc. in the town of Marshfield
to support student safety and drug and alcohol free entertainment to local high
school seniors; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for
the New Bedford Youth Court program in the city of New Bedford and the Fall
River Youth Court program in the city of Fall River to support juvenile diversion
programs based on the principles of peer-lead restorative justice; provided further,
that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to the SouthCoast Community
Foundation, Inc. to administer a 1-time grant program to provide access to
resources for underserved residents in the Greater New Bedford area; provided
further, that funds appropriated for the grant program in fiscal year 2023, fiscal year
2024 and fiscal year 2025 shall not revert and shall be made available for the
purposes of the program in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that not less than
$75,000 shall be expended to Si, Se Puede, Inc. for operational and programming
costs, to improve youth outcomes in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that
not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Dover-Sherborn public school
district to create a collaborative makerspace lab for students and provide related
professional development for educators; provided further, that not less than $35,000
shall be expended to Medford public schools for the purchase and installation of a
theater sound system at Medford high school ; provided further, that not less than
$60,000 shall be expended to Medford public schools for the purchase of a school
van for the Curtis-Tufts high school; provided further, that not less than $80,000
shall be provided to the Worcester Regional Strategic Opportunities Foundation,
Inc., doing business as the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, to host and
provide necessary travel to and from events and workshops for students on high-
priority industries and career paths; provided further, that not less than $500,000
shall be expended to the Behavioral Health Integrated Resources for Children
  (BIRCh) project to continue the operations of the school-based behavioral health
  technical assistance center; provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be
  expended for The United States of Readers program, administered by Scholastic
  Book Clubs, to bridge the literacy gap through increased book access in Title 1
  elementary schools; provided further, that not less than $75,000 be expended for
  The Bottom Line, Inc. to provide college transition and college retention services
  for low-income or aspiring first-generation college students; provided further, that
  not less than $90,000 shall be expended for a feasibility study for a new elementary
  school on the site of the current Doyon elementary school in the town of Ipswich;
  provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for vaping detection
  equipment and vaping prevention at the North Andover public schools; provided
  further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Girls on the Run Greater
  Boston, Inc to provide social andemotional learning and a physical activity
  curriculum to elementary and middle school-aged girls in the city of Lynn and the
  towns of Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus and Swampscott; provided
  further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended to the Barnstable public school
  district for costs associated with transporting students, including the purchase of an
  accessible van for the transportation of students with disabilities; provided further,
  that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Girls on the Run of Western MA,
  Inc. to provide social and emotional learning and a physical activity curriculum to
  elementary and middle school-aged girls; provided further, that not less than
  $500,000 shall be expended for behavioral health and mental health supports for
  nonpublic schools including, but not limited to, mental health counselors; provided
  further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to Medway public schools
  for mental health programs; and provided further, that not less than $700,000 shall
  be expended to communities in the Metrowest region, including the city of
  Framingham and the towns of Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Medway and Natick
  to address mental health needs in schools................................................$7,255,000
7027-0019   For school-to-career connecting activities; provided, that notwithstanding any
  general or special law to the contrary, the department of elementary and secondary
  education, in cooperation with the executive office of labor and workforce
  development and the state workforce investment board, may establish and support
  a public-private partnership to link high school students with economic and learning
  opportunities on the job as part of the school-to-career transition program; provided
  further, that this program may include the awarding of matching grants to
  workforce investment boards or other local public-private partnerships involving
  local community job commitments and worksite learning opportunities for
  students; provided further, that the grants shall require at least a 200 per cent match
  in wages for the students from private sector participants; provided further, that the
  program shall include, but not be limited to, a provision that business leaders
  commit resources to pay salaries, to provide mentoring and instruction on the job
  and to work closely with teachers; provided further, that public funds shall pay for
  the costs of connecting schools and businesses to ensure that students serve
  productively on the job; and provided further, that the program shall partner with
  the YouthWorks program at the Commonwealth Corporation to develop
  appropriate connections between the 2 programs ....................................$6,531,266
7027-0020   For the implementation, operation and expansion of innovation pathway programs;
  provided, that such programs shall incorporate the guiding principles of innovation
  pathway programs, as developed jointly by the department of elementary and
  secondary education and the department of higher education; and provided further,
  that preference shall be given to programs that encourage career opportunities in
  high demand industries ............................................................................$4,808,927
7027-1004   For services that improve outcomes for English language learners, including, but
  not limited to, English language acquisition professional development to improve
  the academic performance of English language learners; provided, that funds shall
  be expended to implement the programs under chapter 71A of the General Laws;
  provided further, that funds may be expended for the professional development of
  vocational-technical educators who educate English language learners; provided
  further, that funds may be expended to administer the requirements under chapter
  138 of the acts of 2017; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be
  expended on grants to high-quality, intensive English language learning programs
  in districts serving gateway municipalities as defined under section 3A of chapter
  23A of the General Laws; provided further, that funds shall be expended for
  districts to provide support for middle and high school students deemed to be at risk
  of dropping out of school as a result of language barriers or challenges in English
  language acquisition; and provided further, that funds may be expended for
  programs or activities during the summer months ...................................$3,696,330
7028-0031   For the expenses of school-age children in institutional schools under section 12 of
  chapter 71B of the General Laws; provided, that the department of elementary and
  secondary education may provide special education services to eligible incarcerated
  persons in houses of correction; and provided further, that the department of
  elementary and secondary education shall continue to collaborate with the
  department of youth services to align curriculum at the department of youth
  services with the statewide curriculum frameworks and to support the reintegration
  of youth from facilities at the department of youth services into regular public
  school settings ..........................................................................................$8,760,943
7035-0001   For a program to be operated by the department of elementary and secondary
  education for planning grants and implementation grants for regional and local
  partnerships to develop and expand existing and new career and technical education
  programs, including the establishment and support of career technical institutes,
  including technical institutes established in chapter 74 of the General Laws;
  provided, that preference shall be given in awarding planning and implementation
  grants to vocational schools with demonstrable waitlists for admission; and
  provided further, that funding may be used for transportation costs that are not
  otherwise reimbursed via the regional school transportation program ....$3,118,500
7035-0002   For the provision and improvement of adult basic education services; provided, that
  grants shall be distributed to a diverse network of organizations that have
  demonstrated a commitment and an effectiveness in the provision of such services
  and that are selected competitively by the department of elementary and secondary
  education; provided further, that such grants shall support the successful transition
  of students from other adult basic education programs to community college
  certificate and degree-granting programs; provided further, that the grants shall be
  contingent upon satisfactory levels of performance as defined and determined by
  the department; provided further, that preference in awarding grants shall be given
  to organizations providing services to high percentages of parents of infants,
  toddlers and preschool and school-age children; provided further, that funds shall
  be expended to reduce the waitlist of students for English language learning
  services; provided further, that grants shall not be considered an entitlement to a
  grant recipient; provided further, that the department shall consult with community
  colleges and other service providers in supporting and implementing content,
  performance and professional standards for adult basic education programs and
  services; provided further, that funds may be expended on phase 2 pay-for-
  performance contracts based on outcomes-based contract measuring and funding
  services that result in employment and wage gains and that require bridge funding
  while final performance results are being analyzed; and provided further, that the
  department shall fund a professional development system to provide training and
  support for adult basic education programs and services ......................$58,923,559
7035-0006   For reimbursements to regional school districts for the transportation of pupils;
  provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the
  commonwealth’s obligation shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item;
  provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall
  explore alternative transportation delivery, contracting and reimbursement models
  to identify possible economical and efficient approaches by which districts can
  transport students to public schools and related opportunities; and provided further,
  that not later than February 27, 2026, the department shall submit the results of its
  review to the joint committee on education, the house and senate committees on
  ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance…$53,717,772
7035-0007   For reimbursements to cities, towns, regional vocational or county agricultural
  school districts, independent vocational schools and collaboratives for certain
  expenditures for transportation of nonresident pupils to approved vocational-
  technical programs of any regional or county agricultural school district, city, town,
  independent school or collaborative under section 8A of chapter 74 of the General
  Laws; provided, that if the amount appropriated in this item is insufficient to fully
  fund said section 8A of said chapter 74, initial reimbursements made by the
  department of elementary and secondary education may be prorated by the
  department to all eligible cities, towns, regional vocational or county agricultural
  school districts, independent vocational schools and collaboratives .......$1,000,000
7035-0008   For reimbursements to cities, towns and regional school districts for the cost of
  transportation of nonresident pupils as required by the federal McKinney-Vento
  Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 119; provided, that not later than February 13,
  2026, the department of elementary and secondary education shall submit to the
  house and senate committees on ways and means a preliminary estimate of the costs
  eligible for reimbursement under this item in fiscal year 2027; and provided further,
  that the commonwealth’s obligation shall not exceed the amount appropriated in
  this item..................................................................................................$28,671,815
7035-0035   For a competitively bid, statewide, performance-based integrated program to
  increase participation and performance in advanced placement courses, particularly
  among underserved populations, to prepare students for college and career success
  in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and English; provided, that funds
  shall support all of the following program elements for each school: (i) open access
  to courses; (ii) identifying underserved students and increasing their rates of
  participation in advanced placement courses; (iii) equipment and supplies for new
  and expanded advanced placement courses; (iv) support for the costs of advanced
  placement exams; and (v) support for student study sessions; provided further, that
  these funds may support teacher professional development, including a College
  Board-endorsed advanced placement summer institute for math, science and
  English advanced placement teachers; provided further, that the program shall
  provide a matching amount of not less than $1,000,000 in private funding for direct
  support of educators; provided further, that funds shall be disbursed by the
  beginning of the 2025-2026 school year to cover costs expended between August
  1, 2025 and July 31, 2026; and provided further, that funds may be expended for
  programs or activities during the summer months ...................................$2,000,320
7053-1909   For reimbursements to cities and towns for partial assistance in the furnishing of
  lunches to school children, including partial assistance in the furnishing of lunches
  to school children under section 2 of chapter 548 of the acts of 1948 and for
  supplementing funds allocated for the special milk program; provided, that
  authorized payments in the aggregate for partial assistance in the furnishing of
  lunches to school children shall not exceed the required state revenue match
  contained in the National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq., as amended,
  and implementing regulations ..................................................................$5,314,176
7053-1925   For the school breakfast program for public and nonpublic schools and for grants
  to improve summer food programs during the summer school vacation period;
  provided, that within the summer food program, priority shall be given to extending
  such programs for the full summer vacation period and promoting increased
  participation in such programs; provided further, that the department of elementary
  and secondary education shall solicit proposals from returning sponsors and school
  food authorities in time for implementation of such grant program during the
  summer of 2026; provided further, that such grants shall only be awarded to
  sponsors who can demonstrate their intent to offer full summer programs or
  increase participation; provided further, that the department shall require sufficient
  reporting from each grantee to measure the success of such grant program; provided
  further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the department shall select grantees for the
  program authorized by this item; provided further, that funds shall be expended for
  the universal school breakfast program through which all children in schools
  receiving funds under such program shall be provided free, nutritious breakfast;
  provided further, that subject to regulations by the board of education that specify
  time and learning standards, breakfast shall be served during regular school hours;
  provided further, that participation shall be limited to those elementary schools
  mandated to serve breakfast under section 1C of chapter 69 of the General Laws
  where not less than 60 per cent of the students are eligible for free or reduced price
  meals under the federally-funded school meals program; provided further, that
  kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, public schools that are required to serve
  breakfast under said section 1C of said chapter 69 and where not less than 60 per
  cent of students are eligible for free or reduced price meals shall offer school
  breakfast after the instructional day has begun and the tardy bell rings; provided
  further, that not later than September 1, 2025, the department shall submit a report
  to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the status of school
  district compliance with this requirement including, but not limited to, all data
  regarding breakfast-delivery models utilized and participation rates; provided
  further, that not less than $700,000 shall be expended for a grant with Project
  Bread-The Walk for Hunger, Inc., to enhance and expand the summer food service
  outreach program and the school breakfast outreach program; and provided further,
  that nothing in the universal school breakfast program shall give rise to legal rights
  in any party or provide enforceable entitlement to services, prior appropriation
  continued ..................................................................................................$4,767,639
7061-0008   For school aid to cities, towns, regional school districts, counties maintaining
  agricultural schools, independent vocational schools and independent agricultural
  and technical schools to be distributed under chapters 70 and 76 of the General
  Laws and section 3 ............................................................................$7,096,864,553
  General Fund .................................................96.55%
  Student Opportunity Act Investment Fund......2.82%
  Education Fund ................................................0.63%
7061-0012   For the reimbursement of extraordinary special education costs under section 5A
  of chapter 71B of the General Laws; provided, that the approved costs threshold for
  fiscal year 2026 shall be as defined in said section 5A of said chapter 71B of the
  General Laws and the program shall reimburse municipalities for both the eligible
  instructional costs and for the cost of required out-of-district transportation
  associated with implementing individual education plans of students receiving
  special education services in a manner consistent with said section 5A of said
  chapter 71B; provided further, that in accordance with section 27 of chapter 132 of
  the acts of 2019, the program shall reimburse 75 per cent of all required out-of-
  district transportation costs eligible for reimbursement in fiscal year 2026; provided
  further, that reimbursements shall be prorated so that the expenses of this item shall
  not exceed the amount appropriated in this item; provided further, that upon receipt
  by the department of elementary and secondary education of required special
  education cost reports from school districts, the department shall reimburse districts
  based on fiscal year 2025 claims; provided further, that the department may expend
  funds to continue and expand voluntary residential placement prevention programs
  between the department of elementary and secondary education and other
  departments within the executive office of health and human services that develop
  community-based support services for children and their families; provided further,
  that the department shall provide not less than $10,500,000 to the department of
  developmental services for the voluntary residential placement prevention
  program; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary
  education shall fully cooperate in providing information and assistance necessary
  for the department of developmental services to maximize federal reimbursement
  and to effectively serve students in less restrictive settings; provided further, that
  not less than $250,000 shall be expended for school districts in which special
  education costs exceed 25 per cent of the total district costs and in which tuition
  and other circuit-breaker eligible costs for placements at an approved private school
  located within the district exceed both $1,000,000 and 20 per cent of all tuition and
  other circuit-breaker eligible costs for placements at approved private schools;
  provided further, that the department shall expend funds: (i) to provide books in
  accessible synthetic audio format that are made available through the National
  Instructional Materials Access Center repository; and (ii) for outreach to and
  training of teachers and students on the use of National Instructional Materials
  Accessibility Standard format and the use of human speech audio digital textbooks;
  provided further, that the department shall expend funds for the costs of borrowing
  audio textbooks by special education students; provided further, that funds may be
  expended for the monitoring and follow-up activities of the department’s complaint
  management system, review and approval of local educational authority
  applications and local school districts’ compliance with the requirements of part B
  of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq., in the
  provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities;
  provided further, that funds may be expended to administer the reimbursements
  funded in this item; provided further, that funds may be expended to reimburse
  districts for extraordinary increases in costs incurred during fiscal year 2026 that
  would be reimbursable under said section 5A of said chapter 71B; provided further,
  that reimbursements for current year costs shall be limited to school districts that
  experience increases of greater than 25 per cent from costs reimbursable under said
  section 5A of said chapter 71B and incurred during fiscal year 2025 to costs
  reimbursable under said section 5A of said chapter 71B and incurred during fiscal
  year 2026 or other cases of extraordinary hardship where special education costs
  increase in relationship to total district costs as the department may define through
  regulations or guidelines; provided further, that reimbursements for current year
  costs shall be allocated as 1-time grants; provided further, that the department shall
  conduct audits of fiscal year 2025 claims; provided further, that if the fiscal year
  2025 claims are found to be inaccurate, the department shall recalculate the fiscal
  year 2026 reimbursement amount and adjust the third and fourth quarter payments
  to the districts to reflect the new reimbursement amount; provided further, that not
  later than January 30, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the house and
  senate committees on ways and means on the results of the audit; and provided
  further, that not later than February 27, 2026, the department shall submit to the
  house and senate committees on ways and means a preliminary estimate of the costs
  eligible for reimbursement through this item in fiscal year 2027, prior appropriation
  continued ..............................................................................................$491,991,844
7061-0028   For grants to school districts, charter schools and educational collaboratives to
  adapt, expand or strengthen multi-tiered systems of support to respond to the social
  emotional and behavioral health needs of students, families and educators;
  provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop
  the criteria for the grants; provided further, that grants may be awarded to school
  districts, charter schools and educational collaboratives that: (i) integrate equitable,
  culturally-competent and accessible social emotional learning skills into
  curriculum; (ii) implement targeted and evidenced-based supports for students at
  risk of not reaching social and behavioral expectations; (iii) provide professional
  development for staff members to recognize and respond to mental and behavioral
  health challenges that may arise during in-person or remote learning; and (iv) solicit
  feedback from a culturally and regionally diverse cross-section of students, families
  and caregivers to ensure that social emotional learning efforts reflect the school
  community’s values and priorities; provided further, that preference in awarding
  grants shall be given to applicants that prioritize racial equity and cultural
  responsiveness; provided further, that the department shall, to the extent feasible,
  take affirmative steps to ensure the success of grant recipients in strengthening
  multi-tiered systems of support including, but not limited to, increased outreach and
  administrative support; and provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be
  expended for a pilot program to provide universal mental health screenings for
  students in kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive; provided further, that participants
  in the pilot program shall establish mental health support teams composed of
  existing student support personnel and screenings shall be performed by a member
  of such a team; provided further, that grants awarded through the program may be
  used to support costs related to implementation of screening protocols, professional
  development and technical assistance; provided further, that not later than July 1,
  2026, each participant in the pilot program shall submit a report to the department
  of elementary and secondary education including, but not limited to, the: (a)
  number of students who received mental health screenings, delineated by
  demographic group and grade level; (b) number of students requiring additional
  support or follow-up screenings, including students who indicated suicidal ideation
  or intent to self-harm; (c) length of time between the initial screening and
  subsequent support services provided; (d) number of students referred for
  additional support services outside of the school district; and (e) types of screening
  tools used; provided further, that not later than September 1, 2026, the department
  shall submit a report to the joint committee on education, the joint committee on
  mental health, substance use and recovery and the house and senate committees on
  ways and means that shall include: (1) a description of the participants in the pilot
  program; (2) a summary of the data collected from program participants; and (3)
  any recommendations to further expand the availability of mental health screenings
  for students ...............................................................................................$5,962,647
  Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support
  Trust Fund....................................................100.00%
7061-0029   For the office of school and district accountability established in section 55A of
  chapter 15 of the General Laws ...............................................................$1,590,112
7061-0033   For a reserve to assist towns negatively impacted by shortfalls in federal impact aid
  for the education of children in families employed by the federal government
  on military reservations located within a town’s limits; provided, that any grants
  provided under this item shall be expended by a school committee without further
  appropriation; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be made
  available to the town of Lincoln to mitigate the costs of educating the children of
  retired-military families ...........................................................................$1,455,500
7061-9010   For fiscal year 2026 reimbursements to certain cities, towns and regional school
  districts of charter school tuition and the per-pupil capital facilities component
  included in the charter school tuition amount for commonwealth charter schools, as
  calculated under subsections (ff) and (gg) of section 89 of chapter 71 of the General
  Laws; provided, that notwithstanding said subsection (ff) of said section 89 of said
  chapter 71, the per-pupil capital facilities component of the commonwealth charter
  school tuition rate for fiscal year 2026 shall be $1,288; provided further, that in
  accordance with section 25 of chapter 132 of the acts of 2019, the department shall
  provide under this appropriation not less than 100 per cent of the total eligible state
  obligation in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that if the amount appropriated is
  insufficient to fully fund all reimbursements required by said section 89 of said
  chapter 71, the department shall fund the reimbursements in accordance with the
  following priorities: (i) the payment of the first year tuition for students previously
  enrolled in a private or parochial school or students who are homeschooled; (ii) the
  payment of tuition for siblings where required by subsection (i) of said section 89
  of said chapter 71; (iii) the per-pupil capital facilities component; (iv) the 100 per
  cent increase reimbursement; and (v) the remaining increase reimbursements,
  beginning with the most recent year ....................................................$183,828,858
7061-9200   For the department’s education data analysis and support for local districts$1,254,297
7061-9400   For student and school assessment, including the administration of the
  Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam established by the board
  of elementary and secondary education under sections 1D and 1I of chapter 69 of
  the General Laws and for grants to school districts to develop portfolio assessments
  for use in individual classrooms as an enhancement to student assessment;
  provided, that the portfolio assessments shall not replace the statewide standardized
  assessment based on the curriculum frameworks; provided further, that funds may
  be expended for any further exams approved by the board under said sections;
  provided further, that funds may also be expended on the development and
  implementation of related curriculum standards and instructional support; and
  provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall
  expend funds for school and student assessment in accordance with the
  determination made by the board of elementary and secondary education as to the
  method of assessment in the 2025-2026 school year .............................$41,141,279
7061-9401   For the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to manage an alternative
  assessment pilot program; provided, that the program shall be administered under
  a contract with the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education
  Assessment to directly support the member districts of the consortium in
  developing and piloting tools and practices to assess student and school
  performance; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the university to
  disseminate tools and practices developed within the consortium, making such tools
  and practices freely available to all schools and districts; and provided further, that
  the consortium shall submit an annual report that includes recommendations to the
  commissioner of elementary and secondary education, the senate and house
  committees on ways and means, and the joint committee on education ....$550,000
7061-9408   For targeted assistance and support to schools and districts at risk of or determined
  to be underperforming or chronically underperforming under sections 1J and 1K of
  chapter 69 of the General Laws, including schools and districts that have been
  identified as in need of “focused support/targeted support” or
  “broad/comprehensive support” within the state’s framework for accountability and
  assistance under departmental regulations and guidelines; provided, that no funds
  shall be expended in any school or district that fails to file a comprehensive school
  or district plan under section 1I of said chapter 69; provided further, that the
  department of elementary and secondary education shall only approve reform plans
  with proven, replicable results in improving student performance; provided further,
  that in carrying out this item, the department may contract with school support
  specialists, turnaround partners and such other external assistance as necessary in
  the expert opinion of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to
  successfully turn around failing school and district performance; provided further,
  that no funds shall be expended on targeted assistance unless the department has
  approved, as part of the comprehensive district improvement plan, a professional
  development plan that addresses the needs of the district as determined by the
  department; provided further, that grants made under this item shall be awarded in
  coordination with the departments of early education and care and higher education;
  provided further, that funds shall be available for the establishment of a new school
  leadership initiative through cohort-based training and coaching; provided further,
  that funds may be expended for the purchase of instructional materials under
  section 57 of chapter 15 of the General Laws; provided further, that no funds shall
  be expended on instructional materials except where the purchase of such materials
  is part of a comprehensive plan to align the school or district curriculum with the
  Massachusetts curriculum frameworks; provided further, that preference in
  distributing funds shall be given to proposals that coordinate reform efforts within
  all schools in a district in order to prevent conflicts between multiple reforms and
  interventions among the schools, and which demonstrate innovative approaches
  that have improved student performance including, but not limited to, partnerships
  between community-based organizations and school districts; provided further, that
  not later than January 15, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the
  executive office for administration and finance, the house and senate committees
  on ways and means and the joint committee on education describing and analyzing
  all targeted assistance efforts funded by this item; provided further, that no funds
  shall be expended on recurring school or school district expenditures unless the
  department and school district have developed a long-term plan to fund such
  expenditures from the district’s operational budget; provided further, that funds
  may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months; and
  provided further, that any funds distributed from this item to a city, town or regional
  school district shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city, town or regional
  school district and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the school
  committee of such city, town or regional school district without further
  appropriation ..........................................................................................$16,454,430
7061-9601   For the department of elementary and secondary education, which shall expend not
  more than $2,724,542 for teacher preparation and certification services from fees
  related to such services; 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 lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue
  estimate as reported in the state accounting system.................................$2,724,542
7061-9607   For the administrative and programmatic costs of recovery high schools; provided,
  that the department of elementary and secondary education shall work
  collaboratively with the bureau of substance addiction services for the successful
  transition and continued operation of the recovery high schools model; and
  provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the department shall submit a
  report to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include,
  but not be limited to, the: (i) number of youths served per high school; and (ii)
  outcomes measured for youths.................................................................$2,900,289
7061-9611   For grants or subsidies for after-school and out-of-school programs; provided, that
  preference shall be given to after-school proposals developed collaboratively and
  that support quality enhancements and increased access to after-school and summer
  learning programs by public and nonpublic schools and private community-based
  programs; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary
  education shall fund only those applications which contain accountability systems
  and measurable outcomes, under guidelines to be determined by the department in
  consultation with the department of early education and care; provided further, that
  applicants shall detail funds received from all public sources for existing after-
  school and out-of-school programs and the types of programs and students served
  by the funds; provided further, that funds shall be expended for services that
  actively include children with disabilities in after-school programs that also serve
  nondisabled children, and services that include children for whom English is a
  second language and children identified as low-income; provided further, that the
  department of elementary and secondary education shall consult with the executive
  office of health and human services and the department of early education and care
  to maximize the provision of wrap-around services and to coordinate programs and
  services for children and youths during after-school and out-of-school programs;
  provided further, that not later than September 30, 2025, the department of
  elementary and secondary education shall select the grant recipients; provided
  further, that funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer
  months; provided further, that funds shall be expended to convene regional
  networks to work with the department of elementary and secondary education and
  the department of early education and care to support the implementation of school
  and community partnerships; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the
  continued operation of a pilot data-sharing program designed to provide school
  districts with funds to partner with local community-based organizations and share
  identifiable student data to the extent allowed by law; provided further, that not
  later than June 28, 2026, the grantee shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means on the effects of the pilot program on students
  participating in the programs partnered with school districts; provided further, that
  not less than $250,000 shall be expended as a grant to the Crystal Springs school in
  the town of Freetown to support programs and services for children, adolescents
  and young adults with developmental disabilities; and provided further, that not less
  than $35,000 shall be expended for Boston Athletic Academy, Incorporated located
  in the Hyde Park section of the city of Boston for after school programming and
  youth supports ..........................................................................................$7,557,449
  General Fund .................................................69.36%
  Youth Development & Achievement Fund ...30.64%
7061-9612   For the implementation of subsection (f) of section 1P of chapter 69 of the General
  Laws to create safe and supportive school environments; provided, that funds shall
  be expended for the safe and supportive schools grant program and for a full-time
  staff member devoted to carrying out the responsibilities under said subsection (f)
  of said section 1P of said chapter 69; provided further, that funds shall be expended
  for: (i) statewide and regional conferences that shall, in part, highlight best practices
  in the use of the online self-assessment tool; (ii) expert technological assistance in
  upgrading the usability of the online self-assessment tool; and (iii) an evaluation of
  the grant program; provided further, that funds shall be expended for leadership
  summits to assist superintendents and principals with developing safe and
  supportive school and district cultures including, but not limited to, the
  implementation of the online self-assessment tool; provided further, that grants
  shall be awarded to school and school district teams that create school-wide action
  plans based on all the elements of the safe and supportive schools framework and
  self-assessment tool; provided further, that grant awards shall be prioritized to
  applications that include a process for developmentally appropriate input from
  students who are reflective of the school population; provided further, that schools
  receiving continuation grants to implement school-wide action plans shall
  incorporate such action plans into their school improvement plans developed under
  section 1I of said chapter 69; provided further, that not later than November 3, 2025,
  grant awards shall be allocated by the department of elementary and secondary
  education to schools and school districts; provided further, that districts shall create
  district plans that support recipient schools; and provided further, that any
  unexpended funds in this item shall not revert to the General Fund but shall be made
  available for these purposes until June 30, 2027 ........................................$670,087
7061-9619   For the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology; provided, that the
  institute shall have access to the Massachusetts education computer system; and
  provided further, that the institute may join the state buying consortium .............$1
7061-9626   For grants to the members of the Massachusetts YouthBuild Coalition, Inc., for the
  purpose of providing comprehensive education, workforce training and skills
  development to youth...............................................................................$3,000,000
7061-9634   For The Mass Mentoring Partnership, Inc., which shall be responsible for
  administering a competitive statewide grant program for public and private
  agencies to start or expand youth mentoring programs according to current best
  practices and for purposes including, but not limited to, advancing academic
  performance, self-esteem, social competence and workforce development;
  provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall transfer
  the amount appropriated in this item to The Mass Mentoring Partnership, Inc., for
  these grants; provided further, that in order to be eligible to receive funds from this
  item, each public or private agency shall provide a matching amount equal to $1
  for every $1 disbursed from this item; and provided further, that not later than
  March 15, 2026, The Mass Mentoring Partnership, Inc. shall submit a report to the
  department detailing the impact of the grants, expenditure of funds and the amount
  and source of matching funds raised ........................................................$1,500,000
7061-9813   For rural school aid to eligible towns and regional school districts, excluding
  vocational schools, independent agricultural, technical schools and charter schools;
  provided, that a school district shall be eligible for rural school aid if a school
  district has a student density of not more than 35 students per square mile and an
  average annual per capita income of not more than the average annual per capita
  income for the commonwealth for the same period; provided further, that rural
  school aid shall be allocated equitably in the following priority order: (i) school
  districts serving less than 11 students per square mile; (ii) school districts serving
  not more than 21 students per square mile; and (iii) school districts serving not more
  than 35 students per square mile; provided further, that not later than December 1,
  2025, the department of elementary and secondary education shall submit a report
  to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing: (a)
  recommendations for additional adjustments to the rural school aid calculation for
  fiscal year 2027 to improve the accuracy and equity of the student density
  component and the per capita income component; and (b) the calculation and
  planned distribution of funds to school districts; provided further, that not later than
  February 2, 2026, any district receiving funds under this item shall submit a plan to
  the department of elementary and secondary education outlining steps the district
  will take to increase regional collaboration, consolidation or other efficiencies over
  the next 3 fiscal years; provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, that the
  department of elementary and secondary education shall submit a report to the joint
  committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means
  detailing steps that participating districts have taken in regionalization and
  consolidation; and provided further, that funds distributed from this item shall not
  be considered chapter 70 aid for the calculation of the minimum required local
  contribution for fiscal year 2027 ............................................................$16,000,000
7061-9814   For a competitive grant program to support the development and expansion of high-
  quality, comprehensive summer learning opportunities for students in districts with
  high concentrations of low-income students; provided, that the department of
  elementary and secondary education shall develop the criteria for grants; provided
  further, that grants shall be awarded to programs that: (i) include not less than 150
  hours of programming with a focus on academic and college and career readiness
  skills, including critical thinking, collaboration and perseverance; (ii) are research-
  based summer programs; and (iii) engage with a variety of organizations and
  leverage cost-sharing partnerships with local districts, private funders and nonprofit
  institutions; and provided further, that funds may be expended for programs or
  activities during the summer months .......................................................$2,970,000
7061-9815   For a grant program administered by the department of elementary and secondary
  education in coordination with the executive office of public safety and security for
  the prevention of hate crimes, as defined under section 32 of chapter 22C of the
  General Laws, and incidences of bias in public schools; provided, that grants shall
  be used for education, professional development, prevention or community
  outreach; and provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary
  education shall develop guidelines for grant distribution including, but not limited
  to, prioritizing schools that have experienced hate crimes or incidences of bias
  within the last 2 years ..............................................................................$1,025,000
Department of Higher Education.
7066-0000   For the operation of the department of higher education; provided, that the
  department shall recommend savings proposals that permit public institutions of
  higher education to achieve administrative and program cost reductions, resource
  reallocation and program reassessment and to utilize resources otherwise available
  to such institutions; provided further, that in order to meet the estimated costs of
  employee fringe benefits provided by the commonwealth on account of employees
  of the Massachusetts State College Building Authority and the University of
  Massachusetts Building Authority and in order to meet the estimated cost of heat,
  light, power and other services, if any, to be furnished by the commonwealth to
  projects of these authorities, the boards of trustees of the community colleges, state
  universities and the University of Massachusetts shall transfer to the General Fund,
  from the funds received from the operations of the projects, the costs, if any, as
  shall be incurred by the commonwealth for these purposes in the current fiscal year
  as determined by the appropriate building authority, verified by the commissioner
  of higher education and approved by the secretary of administration and finance;
  provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a campus
  violence prevention administrator and such other activities as are needed to fund
  the full implementation of chapter 337 of the acts of 2020 to advance statewide
  campus safety initiatives, including sexual violence prevention; provided further,
  that funds shall be expended to meet existing statutory requirements and provide
  orientation, professional development and support for the boards of trustees in areas
  including, but not limited to, recruitment, training and accountability; provided
  further, that funds shall be expended for the training resources and internship
  networks, or TRAIN, grant program established in section 179 of chapter 46 of the
  acts of 2015; provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for
  monthly stipends and other support services for participants in order to facilitate
  participation in the program; provided further, that not more than $100,000 shall be
  expended for administrative costs for the program; provided further, that the
  department shall seek additional proposals to expand the TRAIN grant program to
  additional community colleges in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any grant administered
  by the department, including but not limited to those established in this item, item
  7100-4002 and item 1596-2439 for fiscal year 2026 shall be distributed no later
  than September 30, 2025 pursuant to a transfer schedule determined by the
  executive office of administration and finance; provided further, that not more than
  $200,000 shall be expended for the department of higher education, in consultation
  with the office of employee relations and the Massachusetts Association of
  Community Colleges, to execute a classification study of all positions within the
  collective bargaining unit for full-time faculty and professional staff positions
  whose exclusive bargaining representative is the Massachusetts Community
  College Council at the 15 community colleges, as defined in section 5 of chapter
  15A of the General Laws; provided further, that the study shall examine the duties
  and responsibilities of each such position within the Massachusetts Community
  College Council collective bargaining unit and the salaries associated with each
  such position as compared to salary ranges at peer institutions and within the
  education market as whole; provided further, that not later than July 1, 2026, the
  department shall submit a report to the joint committee on higher education and the
  house and senate committees on ways and means outlining the findings and
  recommendations for updated job descriptions and salaries across the
  Massachusetts Community College Council collective bargaining unit; and
  provided further, that not less than $450,000 shall be expended for Journey into
  Education & Teaching, Inc. to strengthen the educator workforce pipeline………..
  ..................................................................................................................$5,300,964
7066-0009   For the New England Board of Higher Education ......................................$374,740
7066-0015   For the community college workforce training incentive grant program established
  in section 15F of chapter 15A of the General Laws; provided, that eligible incentive
  revenues under this program may also include workforce training contracts
  administered or paid through public agencies, municipalities, public grants,
  nonprofit organizations or private gifts....................................................$1,344,842
7066-0016   For a program of financial aid to support the matriculation at public and private
  institutions of higher education of persons in the custody of the department of
  children and families under a care and protection petition upon reaching 18 years
  of age or persons in the custody of the department matriculating at such an
  institution at an earlier age; provided, that no such person shall be required to
  remain in the custody of the department beyond 18 years of age to qualify for such
  aid; provided further, that said aid shall not exceed $6,000 per recipient per year;
  and provided further, that said aid shall only be granted after exhausting all other
  sources of financial support .....................................................................$1,470,150
7066-0019   For the department of higher education to support the dual enrollment program
  allowing qualified high school students to take college courses; provided, that
  public and private institutions of higher education may offer courses in high schools
  in addition to courses offered at the institutions or online if the number of students
  is sufficient; provided further, that preference in awarding grants for early college
  programs shall be given to public institutions of higher education; and provided
  further, that funds may be expended in summer months .......................$13,100,000
7066-0021   For reimbursements to public institutions of higher education for foster and adopted
  child fee waivers under section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws; provided,
  that no funds shall be distributed from this item before certification by the state
  universities, community colleges and the University of Massachusetts of the actual
  amount of tuition and fees waived for foster and adopted children attending public
  institutions of higher education under said section 19 of said chapter 15A that would
  otherwise have been retained by the campuses according to procedures and
  regulations promulgated by the board of higher education; and provided further,
  that reimbursements to public institutions of higher education for fee waivers
  granted in prior fiscal years may be expended from this item .................$7,221,962
7066-1123   For student behavioral health services at state universities, community colleges and
  municipally-owned colleges including, but not limited to, crisis services, therapy,
  the assessment of learning disorders, responses to sexual assault, substance use
  disorder services and assistance to students struggling with stress, anxiety or other
  mental health needs; provided, that funds from this item shall be administered by
  the department of higher education; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000
  shall be distributed amongst the community colleges; and provided further, that not
  less than $2,000,000 shall be distributed amongst the state universities, prior
  appropriation continued ...........................................................................$4,185,720
  Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support
  Trust Fund....................................................100.00%
7066-9600   For a discretionary grant program to provide funds to school districts and public
  institutions of higher education partnering together to offer inclusive concurrent
  enrollment programs for school age children with disabilities, as defined in section
  1 of chapter 71B of the General Laws, who are between the ages 18 and 22,
  inclusive; provided, that the grant program shall be limited to students who are
  considered to have severe disabilities and, in the case of students age 18 or 19, shall
  be limited to students with severe disabilities who have been unable to achieve the
  competency determination necessary to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive
  Assessment System exam; provided further, that on a discretionary basis, public
  institutions of higher education may choose to additionally include students with
  severe developmental disabilities over 21 years of age through the grant program;
  provided further, that such students with disabilities shall be offered enrollment in
  credit and noncredit courses that include students without disabilities, including
  enrollment in credit and noncredit courses in audit status for students who may not
  meet course prerequisites and requirements; provided further, that the partnering
  school districts shall provide supports, services and accommodations necessary to
  facilitate a student’s enrollment; provided further, that the department of higher
  education shall develop guidelines to ensure that the grant program promotes civic
  engagement and mentoring of faculty in public institutions of higher education and
  supports college success, work success, participation in student life of the college
  community and provision of a free appropriate public education in the least
  restrictive environment; provided further, that the department shall develop
  strategies and procedures to help sustain and replicate the existing inclusive
  concurrent enrollment programs initiated through the grant program including, but
  not limited to: (i) providing funds to retain employment specialists; (ii) assisting
  students in meeting integrated competitive employment and other transition-related
  goals; (iii) adopting procedures and funding mechanisms to ensure that new
  partnerships of public institutions of higher education and school districts providing
  inclusive concurrent enrollment programs fully utilize the models and expertise
  developed in existing partnerships; and (iv) conducting evaluations and research to
  further identify student outcomes and best practices; provided further, that the
  department shall develop a mechanism to encourage existing and new partnerships
  to expand the capacity to respond to individual parents and schools in underserved
  areas that request an opportunity for their children to participate in the inclusive
  concurrent enrollment initiative; provided further, that tuition for courses shall be
  waived by the state institutions of higher education for students enrolled through
  this grant program; provided further, that the department shall maintain the position
  of inclusive concurrent enrollment coordinator who shall be responsible for
  administering the grant program, coordinating the advisory committee, developing
  new partnerships, assisting existing partnerships in creating self-sustaining models
  and overseeing the development of videos and informational materials as well as
  evaluation and research through the institute for community inclusion to assist new
  colleges and school districts; provided further, that not later than July 17, 2025, the
  department shall select grant recipients and shall distribute a request for grant
  proposals subject to future appropriation not later than May 29, 2026; provided
  further, that not later than January 30, 2026, the department of higher education, in
  consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education, shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint
  committee on education and the joint committee on higher education on student
  outcomes in programs funded under this item; provided further, that funds may be
  expended for programs or activities during the summer months; and provided
  further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Massachusetts
  Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative Trust Fund established in section
  2VVVVV of chapter 29 of the General Laws .........................................$5,000,000
7100-4003   For the department of higher education to support a hunger-free campus initiative
  to address food insecurity at 2- and 4-year public institutions of higher learning and
  higher education institutions that have been shown to primarily enroll historically
  underrepresented groups as determined by the department of higher education;
  provided, that the department shall award grants to campuses that: (i) maximize
  student enrollment in federal nutrition benefit programs; (ii) promote on-campus
  grocers that accept nutrition program benefits; (iii) increase access to available meal
  cards and meal swipe options, where feasible; (iv) maximize student access to on-
  campus or area food pantries in collaboration with regional food banks; and (v)
  support other campus-designed projects to address college student food insecurity;
  provided further, that prior to awarding grants under this item, the department shall
  issue a request for proposal through which colleges may apply and make grant
  awards based on the demonstrated need and a proposed implementation plan
  submitted by each applicant; provided further, that not later than 45 days after the
  passage of this item, the department shall issue a request for proposals to eligible
  public institutions; and provided further, that not later than 90 days after the
  passage of this act, the department shall submit to the house and senate committees
  on ways and means, the joint committee on higher education and the clerks of the
  house of representatives and the senate a report detailing a list of grantees and the
  grant amount distributed to each grantee ................................................... $500,000
7070-0065   For a scholarship program to provide financial assistance to Massachusetts students
  enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education in any approved public or
  independent college, university, school of nursing or any other approved institution
  furnishing a program of higher education; provided, that funds from this item may
  be expended on the administration of the scholarship program; provided further,
  that the commissioner of higher education, in coordination with the Massachusetts
  state scholarship office, shall follow adopted guidelines governing the eligibility
  for and the awarding of financial assistance; provided further, that the priority
  application deadline for the MASSGrant program shall be June 30, 2025; provided
  further, that that not less than $22,000,000 shall be made available for the Gilbert
  Grants; provided further, that not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for
  early educator scholarships; provided further, that funds from this item shall be
  made available for paraprofessional grants in amounts not less than the amounts
  made available in fiscal year 2025; provided further, that not less than $480,000
  shall be made available for One Family, Inc.; provided further, that not less than
  $150,000 shall be made available for the Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants Scholarship
  program, administered by the Massachusetts Bar Foundation to provide stipends
  for judicial internships to current law students with demonstrated financial need,
  prior appropriation continued; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be
  expended for financial assistance to students enrolled in independent, nonprofit
  vocational technical institutions of higher education in the commonwealth that are
  minority-serving institutions as defined by the United States Department of
  Education at least twice in the previous 4 years and whose majority of students are
  eligible for Pell grants; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
  expended toward academic and financial support services for students of the Urban
  College of Boston: A Two-Year College, Inc .....................................$175,788,311
7077-0023   For the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University; provided,
  that funds shall be expended under a resident veterinary tuition remission plan as
  approved by the commissioner of higher education for supportive veterinary
  services provided to the commonwealth; provided further, that funds from this item
  may support collaborative arrangements that may include teaching partnerships,
  articulation agreements or both with community colleges and vocational-technical
  schools that offer veterinary technician programs, veterinary health care programs
  or both approved by the board of higher education; provided further, that the school
  may work in consultation with the Norfolk county agricultural high school on
  veterinary programs; provided further, that the school may work in consultation
  with the Bristol county agricultural high school on veterinary programs; and
  provided further, that funds appropriated in this item shall support bioterrorism
  prevention research conducted in consultation with emergency authorities in the
  commonwealth relative to diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans
  ..................................................................................................................$6,500,000
7100-4002   For Supporting Urgent Community College Equity through Student Services, or
  SUCCESS, grants to community colleges to provide wraparound supports and
  services to improve outcomes for their most vulnerable populations, which may
  include, but shall not be limited to, low-income, first-generation, minority and
  disabled students and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning
  students; provided, that funds shall be disbursed based on a formula and criteria
  developed in consultation with the Massachusetts Association of Community
  Colleges; provided further, that eligible wraparound support activities shall include,
  but not be limited to, peer mentors, academic skills workshops, field trips to 4-year
  schools and targeted academic, career, transfer and scholarship advising; provided
  further, that funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer
  months; and provided further, that not later than April 1, 2026, the department shall
  report to the joint committee on higher education and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means on the progress made on implementing and funding
  this program, including any regulations, guidelines or criteria used to distribute the
  funds, and on the final distribution of funds to campuses, prior appropriation
  continued ................................................................................................$16,000,000
  Marijuana Regulation Fund .........................100.00%
7520-0424    For a health and welfare reserve for eligible personnel employed at community
  colleges and state universities ..................................................................$7,131,153
University of Massachusetts.
7100-0200    For the operation of the University of Massachusetts; provided, that not later than
  January 31, 2025, the university shall meet with the chairs of the house and senate
  committees on ways and means and the chairs of the joint committee on higher
  education to review the university’s multi-year financial forecast including, but not
  limited to, trends in student enrollment, anticipated cost savings initiatives and
  efforts to reduce student tuition and fees; provided further, that funding for each
  center and institute at the University of Massachusetts at Boston shall be provided
  at an amount not less than in fiscal year 2018; provided further, that if, as a result
  of extraordinary or unforeseen circumstances, the university deems it necessary to
  reduce funding to any of such centers or institutions, the university shall submit a
  report detailing: (i) the reasons for such reductions; (ii) all steps taken to avoid such
  reductions including, but not limited to, the identification of other sources of
  existing funds, raising of new revenues and the pursuit of savings initiatives and
  efficiencies; and (iii) a mitigation plan to ameliorate the effects of such reductions
  on students and university staff, for which input from students and university staff
  shall be solicited; provided further, that the report shall be submitted to the joint
  committee on higher education and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means not less than 120 days prior to any such funding reduction or institutional
  closure; provided further, that the university shall expend funds for the University
  of Massachusetts at Amherst Cranberry Station; provided further, that the
  university shall expend funds for the operation of the Massachusetts Office of
  Public Collaboration at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and for annual
  operations of the advanced technology and manufacturing center in the city of Fall
  River; provided further, that funds may be expended for the operation of the Future
  of Work Research Initiative at the University of Massachusetts labor centers at the
  university’s Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses; and provided
  further, that funds shall be expended by the university on student behavioral health
  services including, but not limited to, crisis services, therapy, the assessment of
  learning disorders, responses to sexual assault, substance abuse services and
  assistance to students struggling with stress, anxiety or other mental health
  needs ......................................................................................................................….$844,702,186
  General Fund .................................................99.57%
  Education Fund ................................................0.43%
7100-0700     For the operation of the community mediation center grant program administered
  by the Office of Public Collaboration at the University of Massachusetts at Boston
  pursuant to section 47 of chapter 75 of the General Laws; provided, that funding
  from this item shall be made available for pre-court mediation services to promote
  housing stabilization; and provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be
  expended for the Massachusetts prisoner re-entry mediation program ...$2,813,465
7100-0701     For the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of
  Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided, that funds shall be allocated directly to the
  center, prior appropriation continued ..........................................................$250,000
7100-0702     For the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at
  Boston to study the history and experiences of anti-Asian racism in the United
  States and in the commonwealth.................................................................$300,000
State Universities.
7109-0100     For Bridgewater State University; provided, that not less than $100,000 shall be
  expended for the Racial Equity and Justice Institute at Bridgewater State University
  for the expansion of professional development and consultive supports to aid in the
  closing of educational achievement gaps in higher education ..............$75,109,161
7110-0100     For Fitchburg State University...............................................................$45,907,530
7112-0100     For Framingham State University..........................................................$44,986,239
7113-0100     For the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts ......................................$24,894,530
7113-0101     For Gallery 51 at the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center in the city of North
  Adams to be administer by the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts .......$50,000
7114-0100     For Salem State University ....................................................................$68,496,794
7114-0110     For the Frederick E. Berry Institute for Politics and Civic Engagement at Salem
  State University; provided, that the institute shall promote public service and civic
  engagement through programs, educational opportunities and related events that
  offer inclusive and firsthand civic learning experiences for students .........$200,000
7115-0100     For Westfield State University...............................................................$43,146,704
7116-0100   For Worcester State University; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be
  expended for the Latino Education Institute and pre-collegiate programs at
  Worcester State University ....................................................................$42,715,420
7117-0100   For the Massachusetts College of Art and Design .................................$28,214,979
7118-0100   For the Massachusetts Maritime Academy ............................................$26,482,888
Community Colleges.
7502-0100   For Berkshire Community College ........................................................$15,919,983
7503-0100   For Bristol Community College; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be
  expended for the Joseph A. Marshall Veterans Center at Bristol community college
  ................................................................................................................$33,244,786
7504-0100   For Cape Cod Community College........................................................$17,996,269
7505-0100   For Greenfield Community College ......................................................$15,540,125
7506-0100   For Holyoke Community College..........................................................$29,214,087
7507-0100   For Massachusetts Bay Community College; provided, that not less than $85,000
  shall be expended for the MassBay Center for Cybersecurity Education
  $23,474,560
7508-0100   For Massasoit Community College .......................................................$31,032,267
7509-0100   For Mount Wachusett Community College ...........................................$21,911,706
7509-0101   For the Senator Stephen M. Brewer Center for Civic Learning and Community
  Engagement at Mount Wachusett Community College to increase service learning
  and volunteerism in the north central Massachusetts region of the commonwealth,
  to support the development of a food pantry and other emergency services for
  students at risk of dropping out due to financial circumstances, for deliberative
  dialogues within the community addressing issues of concern within society and
  for programmatic development, updates and technologies within the center$150,000
7510-0100   For Northern Essex Community College...............................................$28,627,124
7511-0100   For North Shore Community College ....................................................$31,572,008
7512-0100   For Quinsigamond Community College ................................................$32,136,026
7514-0100   For Springfield Technical Community College .....................................$35,495,876
7515-0100   For Roxbury Community College .........................................................$15,434,691
7515-0120     For the operation of the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury
  Community College .................................................................................$1,128,694
7515-0121     For the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College;
  provided, that the college may expend an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 received
  from fees, rentals and facility expenses associated with the operation of national
  track meets, high school track meets, high school dual meets, Roxbury Community
  College athletic events, other special athletic events, conferences, meetings and
  programs; provided further, that only expenses for contracted services associated
  with such events, event staff, utilities and capital needs of the facility shall be
  funded from this item; 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 college 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 ......................................................................$2,500,000
7516-0100     For Middlesex Community College.......................................................$34,184,034
7518-0100     For Bunker Hill Community College; provided further, that not less than $190,000
  shall be expended for the Boston Welcome Back Center at Bunker Hill Community
  College to assist internationally-educated nurses in their efforts to become licensed
  to practice nursing in the commonwealth ..............................................$40,247,434
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY.
Office of the Secretary.
8000-0038     For the operation of a witness protection program under chapter 263A of the
  General Laws ..............................................................................................$247,500
8000-0070     For the research and analysis of the committee on criminal justice; provided, that
  funds may be expended to support the work of the Massachusetts sentencing
  commission .................................................................................................$140,447
8000-0202     For the purchase and distribution of sexual assault evidence collection kits…$92,695
8000-0313     For local public safety projects and grant programs; provided, that not less than
  $50,000 shall be expended for the Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance
  Squad, Inc. to provide out-of-hospital advanced life support care to communities in
  the western Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
  expended to North Suffolk Community Services, Inc. to coordinate and implement
  eviction sealing outreach and coordination; provided further, that not less than
  $25,000 shall be expended for the Ware River Valley Domestic Violence Task
  Force in the town of Ware; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be
  expended for the purpose of project management, site planning and design work
  for a new police and fire station as part of a municipal complex in the town of
  Westminster; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for
upgrades to the police station in the town of West Brookfield; provided further, that
not less than $100,000 shall be expended to make repairs to the fire hydrant system
in the town of Hardwick; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
expended to BlueForce Strategies Inc. to provide law enforcement organizations
with no-cost training in areas such as de-escalation and stress mitigation and
management through its Community First Project; provided further, that not less
than $35,000 shall be expended to the town of Shrewsbury for the purchase of a
search and rescue vehicle; provided further, that not less than $12,000 shall be
expended to the town of Shrewsbury for electronic voting equipment; provided
further, that not less than $21,000 shall be expended for the operations of the
Worcester court-appointed special advocates program; provided further, that not
less than $100,000 shall be expended for the purchase of, or reimbursement for the
purchase of, soft shell helmet covers or other related safety equipment for youth
football teams, including high schools in the cities of Amesbury and Haverhill and
the towns of Andover, Merrimac, North Andover, Tewksbury and Wilmington;
provided further, that not less than $16,000 shall be expended for the police
department in the town of Shirley for the purchase of a drone and supportive
equipment; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the
police department in the town of Sutton for costs associated with the unmanned
aircraft system program; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be
expended to the town of Wales for the purchase of a rubber track excavator;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Compete with
Purpose, Inc. for Score4More, Inc.’s annual Save R Streets event, a 2-day
basketball tournament and peace weekend aimed at reducing violence in the city of
Boston; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the police
department of the city of Holyoke for the purchase of gym equipment; provided
further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Holyoke auxiliary
traffic division of the Holyoke police department to purchase safety and police
equipment; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended to the
town of Marblehead for upgrades to the Marblehead police department’s duty
firearms, including replacement sidearms and red-dot sighting systems; provided
further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended to the Southeastern
Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, Incorporated to provide law
enforcement officers with access to critical incident stress management and peer
support programs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to
the town of East Bridgewater for it police drone program; provided further, that not
less than $15,000 shall be expended for the police department of the town of
Seekonk for the purchase of body-worn cameras; provided further, that not less than
$100,000 shall be expended for the creation of a community action response team
in the town of Wareham to support proactive crime prevention and community
engagement; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for a
critical incident response and community outreach truck for the police department
in the town of Millis; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended
for radios in the police department in the town of Plainville; provided further, that
not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the cities of Springfield and Chicopee
for C3 police management in low-income and downtown neighborhoods to
facilitate community involvement; provided further, that not less than $20,000 the
town of Abington for its police department for such purposes including, but not
  limited to, training, embedded clinicians and an enclosed transport trailer for critical
  incident response; provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be expended to
  the city of Worcester for software improvements and equipment at the Worcester
  police department; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended
  for the acquisition of an ambulance for the town of Hamilton; provided further, that
  not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the purchase of an all-terrain vehicle
  for the police department in the town of Boxford; provided further, that not less
  than $130,000 shall be expended for the purchase body-worn cameras for the police
  department in the town of Freetown; provided further, that not less than $100,000
  shall be expended to conduct a feasibility study for a public safety building in the
  town of Somerset; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to
  the Attleboro Vincentian Immersion Reentry Project administered by the Society
  of St. Vincent de Paul District Council of Attleboro in the city of Attleboro to serve
  incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals throughout Bristol county; and
  provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to Sisters@Heart,
  Inc. for the purchase, installation and maintenance of publicly accessible automatic
  external defibrillators in the towns of Mansfield and Foxborough and for the
  purchase of training materials to support the education of the proper use of
  automatic external defibrillators ..............................................................$1,714,000
8000-0600   For the office of the secretary of public safety and security, including the highway
  safety bureau, to provide matching funds for a planning and administration grant
  under 23 U.S.C. 402 and the costs associated with the implementation of chapter
  122 of the acts of 2019; provided, that executive office of public safety and security
  staff may provide administrative processing for departments under the executive
  office’s purview; provided further, that local police departments, sheriffs’ offices,
  the department of state police, the department of correction and other state agencies,
  authorities and educational institutions with law enforcement functions as
  determined by the secretary that receive funds for the cost of the replacement of
  bulletproof vests through the office of the secretary may expend without further
  appropriation these funds to purchase additional vests in the fiscal year in which
  they receive such reimbursements; and provided further, that not later than
  December 31, 2025, the executive office, in consultation with the Massachusetts
  Department of Transportation and executive office for administration and finance,
  shall submit a report to the house and senate committee on ways and means which
  shall include, but not be limited to: (i) public safety mitigation plans associated with
  the 2026 World Cup matches hosted in Massachusetts; (ii) transportation and traffic
  mitigation planning associated with the impacts of the 2026 World Cup matches
  hosted in Massachusetts; (iii) the estimated cost of implementation of the plans in
  clauses (i) and (ii); and (iv) estimated federal or private funds available to fund the
  mitigation plans in clauses (i) and (ii)......................................................$7,091,405
8000-0601   For the operation of the Project Safe Neighborhood grant program; provided, that
  not later than March 2, 2026, the executive office of public safety and security shall
  submit a report to the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and
  the house and senate committees on ways and means which shall include, but not
  be limited to: (i) established grant criteria for the program; (ii) a list of grant
  applicants; (iii) a list of successful grant applicants, including grant amounts; and
  (iv) summaries of the successful grant proposals ....................................$1,000,000
8000-0605   For efforts to combat human trafficking, including a competitive grant program to
  be administered by the executive office of public safety and security; provided, that
  not later than March 2, 2026, the executive office shall submit a report to the house
  and senate committees on ways and means detailing expenditures from this item,
  including a list of grant recipients ...............................................................$100,000
8000-0655   For a grant program to be administered by the executive office of public safety and
  security for emerging adults re-entry programs to reduce recidivism among
  individuals between 18 and 25 years of age, inclusive, who are returning to the
  community from state prisons and county correctional facilities; provided, that the
  secretary of public safety and security shall distribute funds through a competitive
  grant program; provided further, that grants shall be awarded to applicants that: (i)
  are community-based nonprofit programs; (ii) have a demonstrated commitment
  from the department of correction or a sheriff’s office to work collaboratively to
  deliver services in their respective facilities; (iii) provide both pre-release and post-
  release services to individuals between 18 and 25 years of age, inclusive, who are
  returning to the community from state prisons and county correctional facilities
  including, but not limited to, probationers and parolees; (iv) provide a continuum
  of programming from state prisons or county correctional facilities into the
  community; (v) provide pre-release services for all participating individuals that
  include transition plans, education programs, workforce readiness and life skills
  programs and counseling; (vi) provide post-release services that include case
  management for not less than 12 months after participating individuals have been
  released; and (vii) provide a plan for ensuring that proposed programs shall be
  implemented with adherence to a research-based, evidence-based or evidence-
  informed program design; provided further, that not more than 6 grants shall be
  awarded; provided further, that not more than 7.5 per cent of the total appropriation
  in this item shall be used to provide administrative support and training to grantees,
  including program design, technical assistance and program evaluation, and to
  provide training and technical assistance to any other organization or institution
  working on emerging adult justice initiatives; provided further, that contracts for
  grantees may be awarded for periods of not more than 5 years with options for
  additional renewal periods; provided further, that not later than March 2, 2026, the
  executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways
  and means that shall include, but not be limited to, the: (a) successful grant
  applications and the services they provide; (b) amount of funds awarded to each
  grant recipient; (c) criteria used to evaluate grant applications; (d) number of
  participants served by each program and the communities they are returning to; and
  (e) outcomes and recidivism rates of the participants in each of the programs; and
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the development
  of an emerging adult community supervision framework in coordination with the
  executive office of public safety and security and justice system partners… $7,025,000
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ..............................100%
8000-1127   For a nonprofit security grant program to provide support for target hardening and
  other security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of
  terrorist attacks or hate crimes, as defined under section 32 of chapter 22C of the
  General Laws; provided, that prioritization shall be given to nonprofit organizations
  that have experienced instances of terrorist attacks or hate crimes, as defined under
  said section 32 of said chapter 22C; provided further, that the grants shall be
  distributed in a geographically equitable manner across the eastern, central and
  western regions of the commonwealth; provided further, that not later than March
  2, 2026, the executive office of public safety and security shall submit a report to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be
  limited to: (i) the number of grant applicants; (ii) successful grant applicants; (iii)
  the criteria used to evaluate grant applications; and (iv) the amount of funds
  awarded to each grant recipient; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall
  be expended by the executive office for a security personnel program to be piloted
  at nonprofits that have demonstrated to be at high risk for terrorist attacks or hate
  crimes; and provided further, that participating nonprofits shall contribute matching
  funds to the pilot program equal to $1 for every $1 contributed by the
  commonwealth .........................................................................................$5,200,000
8000-1213   For the school of reentry; provided, that funds may be spent on the credible
  messenger program ..................................................................................$1,385,656
8000-1225   For the operation of the office of grants and research ................................$290,261
8000-1700   For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of
  public safety and security.......................................................................$22,756,953
8100-0111   For a grant program to be known as the Senator Charles E. Shannon, Jr. community
  safety initiative, to be administered by the executive office of public safety and
  security to support regional, multidisciplinary approaches to combat gang violence
  through coordinated programs for prevention and intervention, coordinated law
  enforcement, including regional gang task forces and regional crime mapping
  strategies, focused prosecutions and reintegration strategies for ex-convicts;
  provided, that the secretary of public safety and security shall distribute grant funds
  through a competitive grant program that gives preference to applications that: (i)
  demonstrate high levels of youth violence, gang problems and substance use in a
  region; (ii) demonstrate a commitment to regional, multijurisdictional strategies to
  deal with such community safety issues, including written commitments for
  municipalities, law enforcement agencies, community-based organizations and
  government agencies to work together; (iii) clearly outline a comprehensive plan
  that establishes measurable outcomes for municipalities to work with law
  enforcement, community-based organizations and government agencies to address
  gang activity; (iv) outline measurable outcomes that demonstrate program success,
  detail a plan for collecting data related to achieving those measurable outcomes and
  commit to sharing the data with the executive office; (v) make a written
  commitment to match grant funds with a 25 per cent match provided by either
  municipal or private contributions; and (vi) identify a local governmental unit to
  serve as the fiscal agent; provided further, that clusters of municipalities, in
  partnership with nonprofit organizations and other agencies, including district
  attorneys’ offices, may apply for such grant funds; provided further, that such grant
  funds shall be considered 1-time grants awarded to public agencies and shall not
  annualize into fiscal year 2027 or subsequent years; provided further, that
  administrative costs for successful grant applications shall not exceed 10 per cent
  of the value of the grant; provided further, that no grant funds shall be awarded to
  the department of state police; provided further, that not later than August 15, 2025,
  the executive office shall publish guidelines and an application for the competitive
  portion of the grant fund program; provided further, that not later than December
  15, 2025, grant funds shall be made available to applicants; and provided further,
  that not later than 60 days after the distribution of the grant funds, the executive
  office shall submit a report to the executive office for administration and finance
  and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing the distribution
  of the grant funds ...................................................................................$13,400,000
Chief Medical Examiner.
8000-0105    For the operation of the office of the chief medical examiner established in chapter
  38 of the General Laws; provided, that not later than January 16, 2026, the office
  shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means that
  shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the current caseload of the office and each
  of its medical examiners and the caseload for fiscal year 2025; (ii) the number of
  procedures performed in fiscal year 2025; (iii) the current turnaround time and
  backlogs; (iv) the current response time to scenes; (v) the number of cases
  completed in fiscal year 2025; (vi) the current status of accreditation with the
  National Association of Medical Examiners; (vii) progress in identification and
  completion of reports; and (viii) progress in improving delays in decedent
  release ....................................................................................................................…..$20,064,719
8000-0122    For the office of the chief medical examiner, which may expend for its operations
  not more than $8,646,884 in revenues collected from fees for services provided by
  the office; 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 office 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 ......................................................................................................$8,646,884
Department of Criminal Justice Information Services.
8000-0110    For the operation of the department of criminal justice information services,
  including criminal justice information services, criminal offender record
  information services, firearms support services and victim services; provided, that
  funds may be expended to enable housing authorities to have access to criminal
  offender record information when qualifying applicants for state-assisted housing..
  ..................................................................................................................$3,431,849
8000-0111    For the operation of the public safety information system and the criminal records
  review board within the department of criminal justice information services, which
  may expend for the operation of the board not more than $6,323,674 in revenues
  collected from fees for services provided by the board; provided, that funding from
  this item may be retained and expended from fees charged and collected under
  section 172A of chapter 6 of the General Laws; provided further, that funds may be
  expended to assist ex-offenders in obtaining and maintaining employment and to
  provide education and assistance regarding criminal records under said section
  172A of said chapter 6; provided further, that the commissioner of criminal justice
  information services may make funds from this item available for a competitive
  grant process to provide such training and education; 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 board 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; and provided further,
  that any unexpended funds in this item shall not revert but shall be made available
  for the purpose of this item until June 30, 2027 ......................................$6,323,674
Sex Offender Registry.
8000-0125    For the operation of the sex offender registry including, but not limited to, the costs
  of maintaining a computerized registry system and the classification of persons
  subject to the registry; provided, that the registration fee paid by convicted sex
  offenders under section 178Q of chapter 6 of the General Laws shall be retained
  and expended by the sex offender registry board; and provided further, that not later
  than December 15, 2025, the sex offender registry board shall submit a report to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means outlining: (i) the utilization of
  data-sharing agreements with state agencies to find addresses of offenders that are
  out of compliance; (ii) plans to establish new data-sharing agreements with other
  executive branch agencies; and (iii) detailed plans to improve overall data
  collection and registry maintenance to enhance public safety .................$7,544,337
Department of State Police.
8100-0006    For the department of state police, which may expend for the costs of private police
  details, including administrative costs, an amount not more than $52,000,000 in
  revenues collected from fees charged for those details; 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…$52,000,000
8100-0012    For the department of state police, which may expend for the costs of security
  services provided by state police officers, including overtime and administrative
  costs, not more than $3,500,000 from fees charged for those services; 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…$3,500,000
8100-0018   For the department of state police, which may expend not more than $3,205,922
  from revenues collected for certain police activities provided under agreements
  authorized in this item; provided, that for fiscal year 2026, the colonel of state
  police may enter into service agreements with the commanding officer or other
  person in charge of a military reservation of the United States under the control of
  the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency and any other service agreements
  as necessary to enhance the protection of persons, assets and infrastructure from
  possible external threat or activity; provided further, that said agreements shall
  establish the responsibilities pertaining to the operation and maintenance of police
  services including, but not limited to: (i) provisions governing payment to the
  department for the cost of regular salaries, overtime, retirement and other employee
  benefits; and (ii) provisions governing payment to the department for the cost of
  furnishings and equipment necessary to provide the police services; provided
  further, that the department may charge any recipients of police services for the cost
  of the services under this item; provided further, that the colonel may expend from
  this item for costs associated with joint federal and state law enforcement activities
  from federal reimbursements received; 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.................................$3,205,922
8100-0102   For the costs associated with state police personnel assigned to the Massachusetts
  Port Authority, which may expend for the costs of police activities provided by
  state police officers, including overtime and administrative costs, not more than
  $52,000,000 from fees collected for those activities; 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 of state police 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 .................$52,000,000
8100-0515   For the costs associated with hiring, equipping and training state police recruits to
  maintain appropriate staffing levels for the state police; provided, that funds shall
  be expended to promote diversity and inclusion in the hiring of police recruits; and
  provided further, that funds shall be expended to implement comprehensive racial
  bias training within the department of state police to address racial inequities in
  policing practices ...................................................................................$10,539,485
8100-1001   For the administration and operation of the department of state police; provided,
  that the department shall expend funds from this item to maximize federal grants
  for the operation of a counter-terrorism unit and the payment of overtime for state
  police officers; provided further, that the department shall maintain the division of
  field services, which shall include, but not be limited to, the bureau of metropolitan
  district operations; provided further, that not less than 40 state police officers shall
  be provided to the department of conservation and recreation to patrol its watershed
  property; provided further, that the department of state police shall enter into an
  interagency agreement with the department of conservation and recreation to
  provide police coverage on department of conservation and recreation properties
  and parkways; provided further, that funds shall be expended from this item for the
  administration and operation of an automated fingerprint identification system and
  for the motor carrier safety assistance program; provided further, that the creation
  of a new or an expansion of the existing statewide communications network shall
  include the office of law enforcement in the executive office of energy and
  environmental affairs at no cost to or compensation from the executive office;
  provided further, that the department of state police may expend funds from this
  item for the administration of budgetary, procurement, fiscal, human resources,
  payroll and other administrative services of the office of the chief medical
  examiner, the municipal police training committee and the department of criminal
  justice information services; provided further, that the department shall submit
  quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall
  include, but not be limited to: (i) the total compensation paid to each trooper,
  delineated by category of payout; (ii) the total compensation paid to each troop in
  the aggregate, delineated by regular and overtime compensation; (iii) the average
  hours of overtime accumulated, delineated by trooper and reason for the use of
  overtime; (iv) the average hours of overtime accumulated, delineated by troop in
  the aggregate; and (v) a detailed plan outlining steps to decrease overtime usage
  and increase accountability and oversight within the department; provided further,
  that not less than $400,000 shall be expended to the department of state police
  Troop H for capital expenditures and to conduct dedicated patrols along the
  Southwest Corridor park in the Back Bay section of the city of Boston and the Old
  Harbor reservation areas in the South Boston and Dorchester sections of the city of
  Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 of the $400,000 shall be
  expended for dedicated patrols by the department of state police marine unit;
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 of said $400,000 shall be expended for
  dedicated patrols by the department of state police mounted unit; and provided
  further, that a seasonal office trailer and satellite barn shall be acquired and
  maintained by the department from Memorial Day to Labor Day, inclusive, at
  Castle island in the South Boston section of the city of Boston ..........$404,096,893
State Police Crime Laboratory.
8100-1004    For the operation and related costs of the state police crime laboratory, including
  the analysis of samples used in the prosecution of controlled substance offenses
  conducted at the former department of public health facilities; provided, that the
  analysis of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines and
  chemicals shall be funded from this item in order to support the law enforcement
  efforts of the district attorneys, the department of state police and municipal police
  departments; provided further, that the practices and procedures of the state police
  crime laboratory shall be informed by the recommendations of the forensic sciences
  oversight board; and provided further, that the department of state police shall
  submit quarterly reports to the house and senate committees on ways and means
  that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the caseload of each lab; (ii) all relevant
  information regarding turnaround time and backlogs by type of case; and (iii) the
  accreditation status of each lab ..............................................................$32,785,951
8100-1005    For the analysis of narcotic drug synthetic substitutes, poisons, drugs, medicines
  and chemicals at the University of Massachusetts medical school to support the law
  enforcement efforts of the district attorneys, the department of state police and
  municipal police departments .....................................................................$686,677
Municipal Police Training Committee.
8200-0200    For the operation of veteran, reserve and in-service training programs conducted by
  the municipal police training committee; provided, that no expenditures authorized
  by this item shall be charged to item 8200-0222 ...................................$21,628,286
  General Fund .................................................96.22%
  Public Safety Training Fund ............................3.78%
8200-0222    For the municipal police training committee, which may collect and expend not
  more than $2,800,000 to provide training to new recruits; provided, that the
  committee shall charge $3,200 per recruit for the training; provided further, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the committee shall
  charge a fee of $3,200 per person for training programs operated by the committee
  for all persons who begin training not later than July 1, 2025; provided further, that
  fee revenues shall be retained and expended by the committee; provided further,
  that the trainee or, if the trainee is a recruit, the municipality in which the recruit
  shall serve, shall provide the fee in full to the committee not later than the first day
  of orientation for the program in which the trainee or recruit has enrolled; provided
  further, that no recruit or person shall begin training unless the municipality or the
  person has provided the fee in full to the committee; provided further, that for
  recruits of municipalities, upon the completion of the program, the municipality
  shall deduct the fee from the recruit’s wages in 23 equal monthly installments
  unless otherwise negotiated between the recruit and the municipality in which the
  recruit shall serve; provided further, that if a recruit withdraws from the training
  program prior to graduation, the committee shall refund the municipality in which
  the recruit was to have served a portion of the fee according to the following
  schedule: (i) if a recruit withdraws from the program prior to the start of week 2,
  75 per cent of the fee shall be refunded; (ii) if a recruit withdraws from the program
  after the start of week 2 but prior to the start of week 3, 50 per cent of the fee shall
  be refunded; (iii) if a recruit withdraws from the program after the start of week 3
  but prior to the start of week 4, 25 per cent of the fee shall be refunded; and (iv) if
  a recruit withdraws after the start of week 4, the fee shall not be refunded; provided
  further, that a recruit who withdraws from the program shall pay the municipality
  in which the recruit was to have served the difference between the fee and the
  amount forfeited by the municipality according to the schedule; provided further,
  that the schedule shall also apply to trainees other than recruits who enroll in the
  program; provided further, that no expenditures shall be charged to this item that
  are not directly related to new recruit training; provided further, that no
  expenditures shall be charged to this item that are related to chief, veteran, in-
  service or reserve training or any training not directly related to new recruits; 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 committee 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 ......................................................................................................$2,800,000
Department of Fire Services.
8324-0000    For the administration of the department of fire services, including the office of the
  state fire marshal, the hazardous materials emergency response program, the board
  of fire prevention regulations established in section 4 of chapter 22D of the General
  Laws, the expenses of the fire safety commission and the Massachusetts firefighting
  academy, including the Massachusetts fire training council certification program,
  municipal and nonmunicipal fire training and expenses of the council; provided,
  that the fire training program shall use the split days option; provided further, that
  notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the
  amount appropriated in this item for the administration of the department of fire
  services, the office of the state fire marshal, the Massachusetts firefighting
  academy, critical incident stress management programs, the On-Site Academy,
  other fire department training academies, the regional dispatch centers, radio and
  dispatch center improvements and associated fringe benefit costs of personnel paid
  from this item for these purposes shall be assessed upon insurance companies
  writing fire, homeowners multiple peril or commercial multiple peril policies on
  property situated in the commonwealth and paid within 30 days after receiving
  notice of this assessment from the commissioner of insurance; provided further,
  that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the
  amount appropriated in item 8100-1001 for all purposes related to fire and arson
  investigation shall be assessed upon insurance companies writing fire, homeowners
  multiple peril or commercial multiple peril policies on property situated in the
  commonwealth, and paid within 30 days after receiving notice of this assessment
  from the commissioner of insurance; provided further, that not more than 10 per
  cent of the amount designated for the arson prevention program shall be expended
  for the administrative cost of the program; provided further, that notwithstanding
  any general or special law to the contrary, 100 per cent of the amount appropriated
  in this item for the operation of the hazardous materials emergency response
  program and the associated fringe benefit costs of personnel paid from this item for
  these purposes shall be assessed upon insurance companies writing commercial
  multiple peril, nonliability portion policies on property situated in the
  commonwealth and commercial auto liability policies as referenced in line 5.1 and
  line 19.4, respectively, in the most recent annual statement on file with the
  commissioner of insurance; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
  expended by the department for critical incident stress management; provided
  further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended by the department for the
  On-Site Academy for critical incident stress management services in support of
  emergency medical services, fire, corrections officers, and law enforcement
  officers; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be allocated by the
  department for the student awareness fire education program; provided further, that
  funds shall be expended for the hazardous materials emergency response program
  under chapter 21K of the General Laws; and provided further, that funds shall be
  expended for costs associated with additional operational capacity and hazardous
  materials emergency response teams coverage for special events.........$44,297,611
8324-0050   For the commonwealth’s local fire departments; provided, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended for the design and feasibility analysis of a new fire
  substation in the town of Walpole; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall
  be expended for the purchase of emergency medical services equipment and
  supplies for the fire department in the town of Westborough; provided further, that
  not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the purchase of digital radio pagers for
  the fire department of the town of East Bridgewater; provided further, that not less
  than $50,000 shall be expended for radio and communications upgrades and
  improvements to the South Hadley fire department district 1; provided further, that
  not less than $15,000 shall be expended to support firefighter equipment upgrades
  in the town of Berkley; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
  expended for the purchase of utility task vehicles for the Seekonk fire department;
  provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to South Shore
  regional vocational technical high school in the town of Hanover for its firefighter
  cadet program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for
  communications infrastructure for the Quincy fire department; provided further,
  that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the Sandwich fire department peer
  support team for its operations and training for its team members; provided further,
  that not less than $130,000 shall be expended to the for the purchase of new cardiac
  monitors for the fire department in the town of Westport; provided further, than not
  less than $30,000 shall be expended for supplies and for the operation of the Canton
  Blood Transfusion program in the fire department in the town of Canton; provided
  further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Barnstable county for fire
  training programs and equipment; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall
  be expended to the towns of Plymouth, Pembroke, Kingston, Plympton, Falmouth,
  Mashpee, Bourne and Sandwich to purchase PFAS-free test gear for their fire
  departments; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a
  municipal grant program to be administered by the state fire marshal for firefighter
  cancer screenings including advanced blood testing and imaging; provided further,
  that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Boston fire department to
  conduct dedicated emergency services through its delta units, consisting of 3 delta
  unit vehicles assigned to Castle island, Pleasure bay and Carson beach respectively,
  within the Old Harbor Reservation in the South Boston section of the city of Boston,
  seasonally from Memorial Day to Labor Day, inclusive; provided further, that not
  less than $20,000 shall be expended to the town of Newbury for a new cardiac
  monitor and defibrillator for the Newbury fire department; provided further, that
  not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Stoughton for equipment
  upgrades and the continuation of essential services at the Stoughton fire
  department; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the
  city known as the town of Randolph for the purchase of a new emergency backup
  generator for the Randolph fire department’s central station; provided further, that
  not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the Milton fire department; provided
  further, that not less than $130,000 shall be expended to the Westport fire
  department for the purchase of new cardiac monitors; provided further, than not
  less than $30,000 shall be expended to the Canton fire department for supplies and
  operation of the Canton Blood Transfusion program; and provided further, that not
  less than $100,000 shall be expended to Barnstable county for fire training
  programs and equipment ......................................................................... $1,150,000
8324-0304     For the department of fire services, which may expend for enforcement and training
  not more than $8,500 from revenue generated pursuant to chapter 148A of the
  General Laws; 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...................................................................................$8,500
8324-0500     For the department of fire services, which may expend not more than $2,325,060
  in revenues collected from fees for annual issuance of boiler and pressure vessel
  certificates and inspections; provided, that funds shall be expended for the
  operation of the department and to address the existing boiler and pressure vessel
  inspection backlog; provided further, that funds shall be expended for hiring
  additional engineering inspectors or engineers; 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…$2,325,060
Military Division.
8700-0001     For the operation of the military division, including the offices of the adjutant
  general and state quartermaster, the operation of the armories, the Camp Curtis
  Guild rifle range and certain national guard aviation facilities; provided, that
  notwithstanding chapter 30 of the General Laws, certain military personnel in the
  military division may be paid salaries according to military pay grades; provided
  further, that the division may expend funds appropriated in this item for the
  administration of budgetary, procurement, fiscal, human resources, payroll and
  other administrative services; and provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall
  be expended for suicide prevention services for military personnel......$14,716,796
8700-1140     For the military division, which may expend for the costs of national guard missions
  and division operations not more than $1,900,000 from fees charged for the
  nonmilitary rental or use of armories and from reimbursements generated by
  national guard missions; 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 division 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............................................................................$1,900,000
8700-1150    For reimbursement of the costs of the national guard tuition and fee waivers under
  section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws; provided, that no funds shall be
  distributed from this item prior to certification by the state universities, community
  colleges and the University of Massachusetts of the actual amount of tuition and
  fees waived for national guard members attending public institutions of higher
  education under said section 19 of said chapter 15A that would otherwise have been
  retained by the campuses according to procedures and regulations promulgated by
  the military division; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended
  for the reimbursement of the tuition and fees waived for classes taken during the
  summer months; and provided further, that the funds appropriated under this item
  shall not revert but shall be made available for these purposes until June 30, 2027..
  ..................................................................................................................$8,028,077
8700-1160    For life insurance premiums under section 88B of chapter 33 of the General
  Laws .................................................................................................……$1,165,204
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
8800-0001    For the operations of the Massachusetts emergency management agency; provided,
  that expenditures from this item shall be contingent upon the prior approval of the
  proper federal authorities; provided further, that the comptroller may certify for
  payment amounts not to exceed $5,000,000 in excess of the current appropriation;
  and provided further, that such expenditures shall be approved by the secretary of
  public safety and security, who shall cite a state of emergency declaration for each
  approved expenditure, in consultation with the secretary of administration and
  finance ......................................................................................................$7,131,092
Department of Correction.
8900-0001    For the operation of the department of correction; provided, that not later than
  January 16, 2026, the commissioner of correction and the secretary of public safety
  and security shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means
  and the joint committee on public safety and homeland security on the point score
  compiled by the department’s objective classification system for all prisoners
  confined in each prison operated by the department; provided further, that to
  maximize bed capacity and re-entry capability, the department shall submit
  quarterly reports, utilizing standardized reporting definitions developed mutually
  with Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. on caseload, admissions,
  classification, releases and recidivism of all pretrial, sentenced and federal
  incarcerated persons; provided further, that the department shall submit the reports
  on a quarterly basis not later than 30 days following the last day of the quarter;
  provided further, that the department shall submit biannual reports to the joint
  committee on the judiciary, the joint committee on public safety and homeland
  security and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the use of
  solitary confinement, also known as segregation, in state prisons; provided further,
  that 1 of the reports shall cover the period from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025,
  inclusive, and 1 of the reports shall cover the period from January 1, 2026 to June
  30, 2026, inclusive; provided further, that such reports shall include, but not be
  limited to, the: (i) number of prisoners subjected to solitary confinement and their
  voluntarily disclosed sexual orientation as defined under section 3 of chapter 151B
  and gender identity as defined in section 7 of chapter 4; (ii) length of time spent in
  solitary confinement; (iii) number of prisoners with mental illness subjected to
  solitary confinement, delineated by diagnosis; (iv) number of prisoners 21 years of
  age or younger subjected to solitary confinement; (v) number of prisoners subjected
  to multiple stays in solitary confinement in a given reporting period; (vi) number
  of prisoners released directly into the community from solitary confinement or
  released into the community not later than 30 days after having been in solitary
  confinement; and (vii) rate of recidivism for individuals that were subject to solitary
  confinement; provided further, that the department shall validate each educational
  program offered to incarcerated persons against an evidence-based model chosen
  by the secretary of public safety and security at least once every 3 years; provided
  further, that the department shall collaborate with the executive office of education
  in order to ensure high-quality educational programming at the department and to
  support the reintegration of formerly incarcerated persons into the community from
  state prisons; and provided further, that not later than February 2, 2026, the
  department shall submit a report to the joint committee on public safety and
  homeland security and the house and senate committees on ways and means
  detailing efforts undertaken to ensure high-quality educational programming for
  incarcerated persons under the department’s supervision ...................$815,508,325
8900-0002   For the operation of the Massachusetts alcohol and substance abuse
  center ..................................................................................……………$24,521,860
8900-0003   For the implementation of mandated reforms to mental and behavioral health and
  residential treatment related to the department of correction under chapter 69 of the
  acts of 2018; provided, that funds from this item may be expended for contracted
  service providers specializing in relevant areas including, but not limited to,
  behavioral health and residential treatment; and provided further, that such funds
  shall only be expended in the AA or DD object classes if such funds are to be
  utilized for counselors, teachers, mental health personnel, medical personnel or
  additional legal staff .................................................................................$5,030,034
8900-0010   For prison industries and farm services; provided, that the commissioner of
  correction or a designee shall determine the cost of manufacturing motor vehicle
  registration plates and certify to the comptroller the amounts to be transferred from
  the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established in section 2ZZZ of chapter 29
  of the General Laws to the department of correction revenue source .....$6,796,500
8900-0011   For the prison industries and farm services program, which may expend for the
  operation of the program not more than $5,600,000 in revenues collected from the
  sale of products, for materials, supplies, equipment, maintenance of facilities and
  compensation of employees; provided, that the commissioner of correction may
  allocate year-end net profits to the cost of drug, substance use and rehabilitative
  programming; 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 of
  correction 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.................................$5,600,000
8900-0050       For the department of correction, which may expend not more than $8,600,000 in
  revenues collected from existing assessments; 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.................................$8,600,000
8900-1100       For re-entry programs at the department of correction that are intended to reduce
  recidivism rates; provided, that said programs shall be in addition to those provided
  in fiscal year 2025; and provided further, that not less than $80,000 shall be
  expended for the department of correction to cover costs associated with
  coordinating and supporting partnerships with higher education institutions that
  provide post-secondary education programs in state prisons ..................$1,533,580
Parole Board.
8950-0001       For the operation of the parole board .....................................................$25,787,435
8950-0002       For the victim and witness assistance program under chapter 258B of the General
  Laws ............................................................................................................$263,037
  SHERIFFS.
Hampden Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0102       For the operation of the Hampden sheriff’s office; provided, that not later than
  December 15, 2025, the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all
  current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive
  office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and
  finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means; provided further, that the office shall provide
  relevant data to the executive office of public safety and security to allow for the
  reporting of recidivism rates for all pretrial, county sentenced and state sentenced
  incarcerated persons on a quarterly basis beginning for the quarter ending
  September 30, 2025 and such data shall be due not later than 30 days after the last
  day of each quarter; and provided further, that the office shall provide relevant data
  to Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. to allow for the reporting of all
  requirements under item 8910-7110 .....................................................$89,761,136
8910-0104   For the operation of a regional section 35 program under section 35 of chapter 123
  of the General Laws, in western Massachusetts for the counties of Hampden,
  Hampshire, Worcester, Franklin and Berkshire that provides involuntary
  commitment to a treatment facility for not more than 90 days of an individual who
  has an addiction to alcohol or drugs; provided, that the program shall be located in
  Hampden county to provide treatment, case management, medical and mental
  health services, withdrawal management and ongoing monitoring, medication
  addiction treatment and safety and security staffing as well as release planning and
  after care services; and provided further, that additional costs associated with the
  program shall include medication, food, clothing, medical needs and psychiatric
  services.....................................................................................................$2,781,294
8910-1000   For the Hampden sheriff’s office, which may expend for the operation of a prison
  industries program not more than $3,631,252 in revenues collected from the sale of
  products for materials, supplies, equipment, maintenance of facilities,
  reimbursement for community service projects and compensation of employees of
  the program; provided, that not later than March 16, 2026, the office shall submit a
  report to the executive office of public safety and security, the joint committee on
  the judiciary, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and the
  house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be
  limited to: (i) a comprehensive quantitative analysis of the impact that the program
  has on participating incarcerated persons as compared to non-participating
  incarcerated persons, including their disciplinary record while in custody, their
  recidivism rates after release and their employment rates after release; (ii)
  information on the demographics of participants; (iii) information on the customers
  of the program, including whether they are a public entity, a private business or a
  nonprofit organization; and (iv) the compensation rates for participants; 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 office 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 ......................................................................................................$3,631,252
8910-1010   For the operation of a regional behavioral evaluation and stabilization unit to
  provide forensic mental health services within existing physical facilities for
  incarcerated persons in the care of correctional facilities; provided, that the unit
  shall be located in Hampden county to serve the needs of incarcerated persons in
  the care of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester counties;
  provided further, that the services of the unit shall be made available to incarcerated
  persons in the care of the department of correction; provided further, that the
  Hampden sheriff’s office shall work in cooperation with the Middlesex sheriff’s
  office to determine a standardized set of definitions and measurements for patients
  at both regional behavioral evaluation and stabilization units; provided further, that
  not later than February 16, 2026, the Hampden sheriff’s office, in cooperation with
  the department of correction and the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc., shall
  submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall
  include, but not be limited to, the: (i) number of incarcerated persons in facilities
  located in counties that were provided services in each unit; (ii) number of
  incarcerated persons in department of correction facilities that were provided
  services in each unit; (iii) alleviation of caseload at Bridgewater state hospital
  associated with fewer incarcerated persons in the care of counties being attended to
  at the hospital; (iv) estimated and projected cost savings in fiscal year 2026 to the
  sheriffs’ offices and the department of correction associated with the regional units;
  and (v) deficiencies in addressing the needs of incarcerated women; and provided
  further, that the department of mental health shall maintain the monitoring and
  quality review functions of the unit .........................................................$1,413,224
8910-1020     For costs related to department of correction incarcerated persons with not more
  than 2 years of their sentence remaining who have been transferred to the care of
  the Hampden sheriff’s office ......................................................................$667,691
8910-1030     For the operation of the western Massachusetts regional women’s correctional
  center ........................................................................................................$5,041,957
Worcester Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0105     For the operation of the Worcester sheriff’s office; provided, that not later than
  December 15, 2025, the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all
  current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive
  office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and
  finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means; provided further, that the office shall provide
  relevant data to the executive office of public safety and security to allow for the
  reporting of recidivism rates for all pretrial, county sentenced and state sentenced
  incarcerated persons on a quarterly basis beginning for the quarter ending
  September 30, 2025 and such data shall be due not later than 30 days after the last
  day of each quarter; and provided further, that the office shall provide relevant data
  to Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. to allow for the reporting of all
  requirements under item 8910-7110 ......................................................$60,011,321
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0107     For the operation of the Middlesex sheriff’s office; provided, that not later than
  December 15, 2025, the office shall provide a comprehensive inventory of all
  current programs and practices, in a manner to be determined by the executive
  office of public safety and security, to the executive office for administration and
  finance, the executive office of public safety and security and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means; provided further, that the office shall provide
  relevant data to the executive office of public safety and security to allow for the
  reporting of recidivism rates for all pretrial, county sentenced and state sentenced
  incarcerated persons on a quarterly basis beginning for the quarter ending
  September 30, 2025 and such data shall be due not later than 30 days after the last
  day of each quarter; and provided further, that the office shall provide relevant data
  to Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Inc. to allow for the reporting of all
  requirements under item 8910-7110 ......................................................$78,200,889
8910-0450   For the Middlesex sheriff's office, which may expend not more than $100,000 in
  revenues collected from public or private entities or persons for community
  programs; 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 office 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 .........................................................................................................$100,000
8910-1100   For the Middlesex sheriff’s office, which may expend for the operation of a prison
  industries program not more than $75,000 in revenues collected from the sale of
  products, for materials, supplies, equipment, recyclable reimbursements, printing
  services, maintenance of facil

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May 22, 2025
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May 22, 2025
Senate
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