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S 3100

Massachusetts Senate•Introduced

Summary

S 3100, “Site Information & Links”, was introduced in the Senate on May 21, 2026. It last saw action on May 21, 2026: See H5501.

Record

Text

S 3100 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

s3100/introduced.txt
SENATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3100
       Senate, May 21, 2026 – Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for
       the fiscal year 2027 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. 5501) (being the text of Senate, No. 4, 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, 2027.
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, 2027 are necessary and sufficient to provide the means to defray the appropriations and expenditures
from such funds for fiscal year 2027 as set forth and authorized in this act. The comptroller shall keep a distinct
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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 2027 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  $96.5  $96.5  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Banks  $19.0  $19.0  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Cigarettes  $225.2  $225.2  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Corporations  $3,383.1       $3,383.1  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Deeds  $411.6  $411.6  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Fair Share Income Surtax  $2,700.0       $2,150.0  $550.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Income  $25,621.0      $25,621.0  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Inheritance and Estate  $718.9  $718.9  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Insurance  $783.9  $756.9  $0.0      $0.0      $27.0
 Marijuana Excise  $193.9  $0.0  $0.0    $193.9       $0.0
 Motor Fuel  $697.8  $0.0  $696.9      $0.0       $0.9
 Public Utilities  $0.0  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Room Occupancy  $259.3  $259.3  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Sales - Regular  $6,827.9       $4,506.9  $0.0      $0.0   $2,321.0
 Sales - Meals  $1,750.9       $1,750.9  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Sales - Motor Vehicles  $1,198.7  $0.0  $791.2      $0.0    $407.5
 Miscellaneous  $12.9        $12.9  $0.0      $0.0      $0.0
  Fiscal Year 2027 Base Tax Revenue Estimate      $44,900.5      $39,912.1  $2,038.2    $193.9   $2,756.4
  Statutory Tax Transfers
 Annual Contribution to the State Pension System  -$5,130.5      -$5,130.5  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
  -
  -$1,444.3  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0
 Sales Tax Transfer to the MBTA  $1,444.3
  -
  -$1,284.3  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0
 Sales Tax Transfer to the MSBA  $1,284.3
 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 Fund       -$2,150.0      -$2,150.0  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Excess Capital Gains to the Disaster Relief Fund  -$20.0  -$20.0  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Excess Capital Gains to the Stabilization Fund  -$51.2  -$51.2  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Excess Capital Gains to State Pension System  -$34.8  -$34.8  $0.0      $0.0       $0.0
 Excess Capital Gains to the State Retiree Benefits Trust
  -$150.0     -$150.0  $0.0      $0.0      $0.0
 Fund
  -
  Total Statutory Tax Transfers   -$10,292.0      -$7,536.5  $0.0      $0.0
  $2,755.5
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  Total Fiscal Year 2027 Consensus Tax Revenue
  $34,608.5        $32,375.5  $2,038.2        $193.9        $0.9
  Available for Budget
  Tax Initiatives and Other Tax Revenue
    Tax-Related Settlements & Judgments  $50.0  $50.0  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0
    Federal Conformity Phase In  $108.0        $108.0  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0
    Pass-through Entity Excise Tax Expansion  $296.0        $296.0  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0
    Food Donation Tax Credit  -$5.5  -$5.5  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0
    Housing Production Sales Tax Credit  -$17.5  -$17.5  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0
  Total Tax Initiatives and Other Tax Revenue  $431.0        $431.0  $0.0  $0.0      $0.0
  Total Taxes for Budget   $35,039.5        $32,806.5  $2,038.2        $193.9        $0.9
  Non-Tax Revenue
    Federal Reimbursements  $15,794.6        $15,786.1  $0.0  $0.0      $8.4
    Departmental Revenues  $6,550.5  $5,765.6  $719.0  $53.6       $12.2
    Consolidated Transfers  $5,100.1  $2,502.7  $90.7  $301.8     $2,204.9
  Total Non-Tax Revenue     $27,445.2        $24,054.5  $809.7  $355.4     $2,225.5
  Fiscal Year 2027 Grand Total   $62,484.6        $56,861.1  $2,847.9        $549.3     $2,226.4
  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       $2,237,901  $0       $2,237,901  $0
Committee for Public Counsel  $0       $3,038,139  $0       $3,038,139  $0
Appeals Court  $0  $284,765  $0  $284,765  $0
Trial Court  $0      $65,745,420  $0      $65,745,420  $0
  Total  $0      $71,306,225  $0      $71,306,225  $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
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Plymouth District Attorney's Office  $0  $100,000  $0  $100,000  $0
  Total  $0  $105,000  $0  $105,000  $0
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth  $0     $311,026,204  $0     $310,511,204      $515,000
  Total  $0     $311,026,204  $0     $310,511,204      $515,000
Treasurer and Receiver General
Office of the Treasurer  $0     $495,521,218      $473,116,352     $938,287,570    $30,350,000
Massachusetts Cultural Council  $0  $21,597  $0  $21,597  $0
State Lottery Commission  $0  $30,887     $1,321,596,996   $1,321,627,883  $0
  Total  $0     $495,573,702     $1,794,713,348   $2,259,937,050   $30,350,000
Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General  $5,979,752     $59,857,051  $0      $58,347,250     $7,489,553
  Total   $5,979,752     $59,857,051  $0      $58,347,250     $7,489,553
State Ethics Commission
State Ethics Commission  $0  $150,000  $0  $150,000  $0
  Total  $0  $150,000  $0  $150,000  $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  $79,500  $0  $79,500  $0
  Total  $0  $79,500  $0  $79,500  $0
Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination
Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination  $0  $360,327  $0  $35,007      $325,320
  Total  $0  $360,327  $0  $35,007      $325,320
Office of the State Comptroller
Office of the State Comptroller  $0      $98,592,914     $2,294,995,802   $2,393,588,716  $0
  Total  $0      $98,592,914     $2,294,995,802   $2,393,588,716  $0
Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Massachusetts Gaming Commission  $0  $0     $389,889,579     $389,889,579  $0
  Total  $0  $0     $389,889,579     $389,889,579  $0
Cannabis Control Commission
Cannabis Control Commission  $0      $23,569,523  $0      $23,569,523  $0
  Total  $0      $23,569,523  $0      $23,569,523  $0
Executive Office for Administration
and Finance
Secretary of Administration and
Finance  $0     $151,108,130      $175,000,000     $326,108,130  $0
Division of Capital Asset Management
& Maintenance  $0        $4,644,339       $9,695,826        $4,638,339    $9,701,826
Civil Service Commission  $0  $12,500  $0  $12,500  $0
Group Insurance Commission  $0    $1,328,690,159     $409,862,157    $1,736,205,695    $2,346,621
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Division of Administrative Law
Appeals  $0  $70,000  $0  $0        $70,000
Department of Revenue  $56,017,558     $217,431,963  $0     $266,682,270      $6,767,251
Appellate Tax Board  $0        $2,985,306  $0        $2,585,306       $400,000
Human Resources Division  $0        $1,235,830  $0        $1,235,830  $0
Operational Services Division  $0       $30,161,252  $0       $12,919,301    $17,241,951
  Total      $56,017,558    $1,736,339,479    $594,557,983    $2,350,387,371    $36,527,649
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       $5,051,342  $0        $4,386,342       $690,000
Department of Public Utilities  $0      $47,575,779  $0       $47,575,779  $0
Department of Environmental
Protection  $0     $36,332,145  $0      $30,440,593      $5,891,552
Department of Fish and Game  $8,420,000     $14,033,313       $1,945,000      $23,930,324       $467,989
Department of Agricultural Resources  $0      $6,828,571  $0       $6,828,571  $0
Department of Conservation and
Recreation  $0     $32,099,974  $0      $32,099,974  $0
Department of Energy Resources  $0      $9,939,456  $0       $9,939,456  $0
  Total  $8,445,000    $151,860,580       $1,945,000     $155,201,039      $7,049,541
Executive Office of Health and
Human Services
Department of Veterans' Services  $0  $765,484  $0  $5,484       $760,000
Secretary of Health and Human
Services  $12,599,847,415   $2,099,364,010     $16,000,000   $14,400,211,425   $315,000,000
Mass Commission for the Blind  $5,289,456        $191,736  $0        $5,481,192  $0
Massachusetts Rehabilitation
Commission  $8,289,128  $77,310  $0       $8,366,438  $0
Mass Commission for the Deaf  $261,584  $3,500  $0  $265,084  $0
Chelsea Soldiers' Home  $16,480,848       $2,654,195  $0      $18,635,043       $500,000
Holyoke Soldiers' Home  $8,687,722       $2,321,163  $0       $8,008,885      $3,000,000
Department of Youth Services  $4,301,146  $288,293  $0       $4,589,439  $0
Department of Transitional Assistance      $469,176,421       $1,121,427      $19,075,578     $489,373,426  $0
Department of Public Health  $234,718,961     $118,651,416       $1,000,000     $150,622,109    $203,748,268
Department of Children and Families        $381,226,989       $3,143,392  $700,000     $377,927,850      $7,142,531
Department of Mental Health  $169,871,904      $22,522,218  $0     $192,269,122       $125,000
Department of Developmental
Services  $1,245,579,965       $4,394,397  $0    $1,249,974,362  $0
Department of Elder Affairs  $235,246,726        $1,434,850  $0     $236,681,576  $0
  Total    $15,378,978,265   $2,256,933,391     $36,775,578   $17,142,411,435   $530,275,799
Health Policy Commission
Health Policy Commission  $0      $11,148,300  $0       $11,148,300  $0
  Total  $0      $11,148,300  $0       $11,148,300  $0
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Center for Health Information and
Analysis
Center for Health Information and
Analysis  $0     $37,277,886  $0     $37,277,886  $0
  Total  $0     $37,277,886  $0     $37,277,886  $0
Board of Library Commissioners
Board of Library Commissioners  $0  $15,039  $0        $15,039  $0
  Total  $0  $15,039  $0        $15,039  $0
Executive Office of Economic
Development
Office of Consumer Affairs and
Business Regulation  $0      $1,957,300  $0        $859,553    $1,097,747
Division of Banks  $0     $50,563,608  $0     $49,063,608    $1,500,000
Division of Insurance  $0    $160,432,868  $0    $160,432,868  $0
Division of Professional Licensure  $0     $38,798,307  $0     $18,648,766   $20,149,541
Division of Standards  $0      $5,622,089  $0      $4,718,528      $903,561
Department of Telecommunications
and Cable  $0        $5,317,167  $0      $5,317,167  $0
Massachusetts Office of Business
Development  $0        $1,194,528  $0      $1,194,528  $0
Massachusetts Office of Travel and
Tourism  $0  $0      $5,343,355     $5,343,355  $0
  Total  $0    $263,885,867      $5,343,355   $245,578,373   $23,650,849
Executive Office of Housing and
Livable Communities
Housing and Livable Communities  $0        $7,063,599  $0      $3,412,477    $3,651,122
  Total  $0        $7,063,599  $0      $3,412,477    $3,651,122
Executive Office of Labor and
Workforce Development
Labor and Workforce Development  $0        $3,083,693   $23,786,462    $26,415,727     $454,428
  Total  $0        $3,083,693   $23,786,462    $26,415,727     $454,428
Executive Office of Education
Department of Early Education and
Care  $301,527,830       $4,517,760  $0    $305,525,590     $520,000
Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education  $0      $7,508,998  $0      $4,888,116    $2,620,882
Department of Higher Education  $0     $10,500,000  $0     $10,500,000  $0
University of Massachusetts  $0    $110,000,000  $0    $110,000,000  $0
Bridgewater State College  $0        $250,000  $0        $250,000  $0
Fitchburg State College  $0        $425,000  $0        $425,000  $0
Framingham State College  $0        $115,000  $0        $115,000  $0
Massachusetts College of Art and
Design  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts  $0  $150,000  $0       $150,000  $0
Salem State College  $0  $803,000  $0       $803,000  $0
Westfield State College  $0  $625,000  $0       $625,000  $0
Worcester State College  $0  $425,000  $0       $425,000  $0
Berkshire Community College  $0  $291,150  $0       $291,150  $0
Bristol Community College  $0  $298,275  $0       $298,275  $0
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Cape Cod Community College  $0        $288,750  $0       $288,750  $0
Greenfield Community College  $0        $118,750  $0       $118,750  $0
Holyoke Community College  $0        $451,608  $0       $451,608  $0
Mass Bay Community College  $0        $520,000  $0       $520,000  $0
Massasoit Community College  $0        $393,165  $0       $393,165  $0
Middlesex Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Mount Wachusett Community College  $0        $259,320  $0       $259,320  $0
Northern Essex Community College  $0        $379,648  $0       $379,648  $0
North Shore Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
Quinsigamond Community College  $0        $101,423  $0       $101,423  $0
Springfield Technical Community
College  $0      $780,000  $0       $780,000  $0
Roxbury Community College  $0     $2,500,000  $0  $0     $2,500,000
Bunker Hill Community College  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0
  Total   $301,527,830   $141,701,847  $0    $437,588,795     $5,640,882
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    $10,149,000  $0     $1,297,881     $8,851,119
Criminal History Systems Board  $0    $30,746,070  $0    $24,929,150     $5,816,920
Department of State Police  $1,935,922   $111,533,000  $0     $2,763,000   $110,705,922
Municipal Police Training Council  $0     $2,800,000  $0  $0     $2,800,000
Department of Fire Services  $0    $59,771,317  $0    $57,352,448     $2,418,869
Military Division  $0     $1,900,000  $0  $0     $1,900,000
Emergency Management Agency  $2,000,000  $0  $0     $2,000,000  $0
Department of Corrections  $3,500,000     $6,013,000    $4,687,000  $0    $14,200,000
  Total     $7,435,922   $225,012,387    $4,687,000    $90,442,479   $146,692,830
Sheriffs
Hampden Sheriff's Office  $1,035,000     $3,713,855  $0      $1,117,604     $3,631,251
Worcester Sheriff's Office  $34,000        $20,000  $0  $54,000  $0
Middlesex Sheriff's Office  $14,600       $210,338  $0  $49,938       $175,000
Hampshire Sheriff's Office  $7,600  $8,223  $0  $15,823  $0
Berkshire Sheriff's Office  $8,500     $1,800,214  $0        $208,714     $1,600,000
Franklin Sheriff's Office  $206,863  $7,152  $0        $214,015  $0
Essex Sheriff's Office  $29,200     $1,858,697  $0  $37,897     $1,850,000
Barnstable Sheriff's Office  $0     $1,506,036  $0  $6,036     $1,500,000
Bristol Sheriff's Office  $148,764       $257,215  $0        $405,979  $0
Dukes Sheriff's Office  $0       $448,764  $0        $148,764       $300,000
Norfolk Sheriff's Office  $357,229       $215,430  $0        $357,229       $215,430
Plymouth Sheriff's Office  $34,341,845       $300,000  $0     $34,341,845       $300,000
Suffolk Sheriff's Office  $0     $2,250,000  $0        $450,000     $1,800,000
  Total    $36,183,601    $12,595,924  $0     $37,407,844    $11,371,681
Massachusetts Department of
Transportation
Massachusetts Department of
Transportation  $0    $638,502,672   $53,433,545   $691,936,217  $0
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  Total  $0     $638,502,672      $53,433,545      $691,936,217  $0
Total Non-Tax Revenue   $15,794,567,928   $6,550,455,041   $5,200,127,652   $26,736,742,036   $808,408,585
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  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 .........................................................$12,684,430
0320-0010    For the operation of the clerk’s office of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk
  county.......................................................................................................$2,500,938
0321-0001    For the operation of the commission on judicial conduct ........................$1,223,014
0321-0100    For the services of the board of bar examiners ........................................$2,711,846
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, 2026, 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 2027; provided
  further, that not later than March 3, 2027, 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
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  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............................................................$109,000,000
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 $3,000,000 from this item
  shall be expended for services rendered prior to fiscal year 2027 .......$245,827,979
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 $2,000,000 from this item shall be
  expended for services rendered prior to fiscal year 2027 ......................$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, 2027, 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 ....................$3,415,072
Prisoners’ Legal Services.
0321-2100     For the expenses of Prisoners’ Legal Services ........................................$3,420,268
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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 ......$3,049,096
Appeals Court.
0322-0100      For the appeals court, including the salaries, traveling allowances and expenses of
  the chief justice, recall justices and associate justices ...........................$16,268,212
Trial Court.
0330-0101      For the salaries of the justices of the 7 departments of the trial court ...$90,824,360
0330-0300      For the central administration of the trial court, including costs associated with trial
  court non-employee 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 and 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 2026; 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;
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  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$387,099,302
0330-0344   For the administration and transportation costs associated with a veterans court
  program .......................................................................................................$274,745
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; provided,
  that permanency mediation services shall be made available in Bristol county$600,000
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 2027 as selected in fiscal year 2026 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, 2027,
  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 ...........................................................$1,383,811
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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, 2027, 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$8,947,480
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, 2027, 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 ..............................................................$283,605
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, 2027, 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, 2027, 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
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  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, 2027, 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, 2027, 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 2026 compared to prior fiscal years; and
  (iii) average length of delays in fiscal year 2026 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
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  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 ...................................................................$39,925,793
District Court Department.
0332-0100    For the operation of the district court department, including a civil conciliation
  program ..................................................................................................$92,986,131
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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$48,720,381
Land Court Department.
0334-0001    For the operation of the land court department ........................................$6,534,669
Boston Municipal Court Department.
0335-0001    For the operation of the Boston municipal court department; provided, that not less
  than $100,000 shall be expended for the new courthouse for the South Boston
  division of the Boston municipal court ..................................................$16,814,451
Housing Court Department.
0336-0002    For the operation of the housing court department; provided, that funds shall be
  expended on court interpreter services; provided further, that the trial court shall
  conduct a study on eviction sealings which shall include, but not be limited to: (i)
  the number of eviction cases dismissed, the number of petitions for sealing filed in
  those cases on or after January 1, 2025, and the length of time for such petitions to
  be resolved; (ii) the number of eviction cases decided in favor of the defendant, the
  number of petitions for sealing filed in those cases on or after January 1, 2025, and
  the length of time for such petitions to be resolved; and (iii) any logistical,
  technological and financial resources necessary to automatically seal cases, both
  prospectively and retroactively since January 1, 2020, that have been dismissed or
  decided in favor of the defendant, including the implementation of standardized
  sealing deadlines for all sealing applications, and to implement any recommended
  technological improvements to the eviction record sealing process; provided
  further, that not later than December 31, 2026, the trial court shall submit a report
  to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on
  housing, the joint committee on the judiciary and the senate and house committees
  on ways and means detailing the results of the study. ...........................$15,780,738
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. to providing assistance and
  resources for families in juvenile courts in the commonwealth ............$24,169,196
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
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  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, 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 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 ........$206,356,677
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,
  2027, 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 ................................................................................................$33,678,828
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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, 2027, 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
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  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, 2027, 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 ..........................................................................$16,110,703
Office of the Jury Commissioner.
0339-2100     For the office of jury commissioner under chapter 234A of the General Laws$3,886,393
  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 ....................................................................................$29,951,325
0340-0198     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Suffolk district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$532,839
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 .....$25,490,650
0340-0298     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Middlesex district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$789,542
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 .....$15,452,607
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0340-0398     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Eastern district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$758,496
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 .....$16,733,669
0340-0498     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Worcester district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$641,139
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 .....$17,398,942
0340-0598     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Hampden district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$649,406
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; and 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$10,615,496
0340-0698     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Northwestern district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$456,230
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)
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  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 .....$15,083,161
0340-0798     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Norfolk district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$628,869
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 .....$13,322,877
0340-0898     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Plymouth district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$656,788
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 .................$15,457,795
0340-0998     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Bristol district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$785,005
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 .......$6,850,371
0340-1098     For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Cape and Islands
  district attorney’s office ..............................................................................$434,367
Berkshire District Attorney.
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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 .......$6,321,513
0340-1198   For the overtime costs of state police officers assigned to the Berkshire district
  attorney’s office ..........................................................................................$354,094
  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..................................$514,949
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, 2027, 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 29, 2027, the
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  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 .............................................................$2,872,595
0340-2117   For the retention of assistant district attorneys and non-attorney 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 ..............................................................................$1,030,000
0340-8908   For the costs associated with maintaining the Massachusetts District Attorneys
  Association’s wide area network .............................................................$3,465,645
  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
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  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 ...................................................................................$8,945,370
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, 2027, 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 2026
  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...........................................................$914,130
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.......................................$368,538
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
  ..................................................................................................................$1,280,663
0511-0273   For a grant program to be administered by the secretary of the commonwealth for
  municipalities or regional planning agencies to prepare for the 2030 decennial
  census; provided, that grants shall be used to cover costs related to the preparation
  of the list of addresses used to enumerate local populations; provided further, that
  the secretary may prioritize grants to low income communities or gateway
  municipalities as defined in section 3A of chapter 23A of the General Laws; and
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  provided further, that the secretary may use not more than 5 per cent of the total
  appropriation for necessary administrative costs reasonably related to grant
  administration ..........................................................................................$1,000,000
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 ...........................$349,337
0517-0000   For the printing of public documents ..........................................................$577,145
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 notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary,
  the secretary of state may incur costs and make expenditures in excess of funds
  available by not more than $15,000,000 to provide for necessary election costs
  related to items 0521-0000, 0521-0001, 0521-0002 and 0524-0000; provided
  further, that the secretary shall submit supporting documents on incurred costs
  necessary to administer elections to the executive office for administration and
  finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 60
  days after the completion of elections; provided further, 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; and provided
  further, that not later than December 31, 2026, the secretary of the commonwealth
  shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the
  joint committee on election laws, the joint committee on state administration and
  regulatory oversight and the clerks of the house and senate detailing the total costs
  incurred during calendar years 2022, 2024 and 2026 to issue mail voting postcards,
  send mail ballots to local election officials for distribution and use a second
  envelope for mail ballots, prior appropriation continued.......................$30,595,925
0521-0001   For the operation of the central voter registration computer system; provided, that
  not later than January 29, 2027, 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; provided, that not later than December 31,
  2026, the secretary of the commonwealth shall submit a report to the house and
  senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on election laws, the
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  joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight and the clerks of
  the senate and house of representatives detailing the early voting rates for calendar
  years 2022, 2024 and 2026, prior appropriation continued .....................$6,884,180
0524-0000    For providing information to voters.........................................................$2,155,894
0526-0100    For the operation of the Massachusetts historical commission ...............$1,228,623
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 ........................$1,474,004
0540-1000    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Salem..............................$3,343,591
0540-1100    For the registry of deeds located in the county of Franklin ........................$732,774
0540-1200    For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampden ...................$2,297,688
0540-1300    For the registry of deeds located in the county of Hampshire ....................$917,228
0540-1400    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Lowell ............................$1,398,799
0540-1500    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Cambridge ......................$4,724,745
0540-1600    For the registry of deeds located in the town of Adams .............................$489,356
0540-1700    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Pittsfield ............................$661,809
0540-1800    For the registry of deeds located in the town of Great Barrington .............$392,706
0540-1900    For the registry of deeds located in the county of Suffolk.......................$2,766,382
0540-2000    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Fitchburg ...........................$851,435
0540-2100    For the registry of deeds located in the city of Worcester .......................$2,738,149
  TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL.
Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General.
0610-0000    For the office of the treasurer and receiver general ...............................$13,707,567
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; and provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to The
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  MIDAS Collaborative, Inc. as a fiscal intermediary for matched-savings programs,
  and the development of the Midas economic mobility incubator to 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 .......$1,726,699
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, 2026, 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$2,203,626
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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 ........................................................................$122,614,695
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, 2027, 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 2027 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.
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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 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 30, 2026, the council shall submit its board-approved fiscal year 2027
  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 no. 640; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
  expended to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts for the design of an accessible
  theatre; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the
  Common Wealth Mural Collaborative, Inc. to support the Fresh Paint Springfield
  public art festival in the city of Springfield; provided further, that not less than
  $28,000 shall be expended for the historic First Church of Christ in the town of
  Longmeadow for the replacement of a control system for the historical clock tower
  for the continued use of a bell forged by Paul Revere and to preserve access to the
  historical premises for students and the community; provided further, that not less
  than $15,000 shall be expended for Woods Hole Film Festival, Inc. to support its
  showcase of independent films for the public; provided further, that not less than
  $20,000 shall be expended for Plimoth Patuxet Museums, Inc. for history
  programming for schools, teachers and historians; provided further, that not less
  than $60,000 shall be expended for the Pilgrim Hall Museum in the town of
  Plymouth to support the public museum and promote local tourism; provided
  further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for Heritage Museums and
  Gardens, Inc. in the town of Sandwich to support the public museum and promote
  local tourism; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the
  Cape Cod Center For the Arts, Inc. for programming and initiatives to
  commemorate the centennial season of the Cape Playhouse; and provided further,
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  that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts
  Center, Inc. in the town of Foxborough for facility upgrades and programming$27,736,072
Debt Service.
0699-0005       For the state treasurer, who may retain and expend not more than $30,000,000 in
  fiscal year 2027 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
  ..............................................................................................................$289,765,086
  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, 2027 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, 2027; 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 2027 and prior fiscal years on bonds held pursuant to
  section 4 of the Morrill Act, 7 U.S.C. 304 ........................................$2,240,456,319
  General Fund ................................................. 45.00%
  Commonwealth Transportation Fund ........... 55.00%
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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..$81,421,109
  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, 2027 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 .......................................................................................................$20,724,096
0710-0100   For the operation of the division of local mandates....................................$515,371
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 ................................................................................................$2,657,193
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, 2027, 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
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  survey, including the status of recoupment efforts; and provided further, that the
  report shall include the unit’s recommendations to enhance recoupment efforts .......$1,525,387
0710-0300   For costs related to the use of data analytic techniques to identify fraud by the
  bureau of special investigations ..................................................................$569,734
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.................................................................................$905,621
  POLICE REFORM COMMISSION.
0800-0000   For the operation of the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training
  Commission; provided, that not later than March 16, 2027, 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
  2027; (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 ............................................................$9,009,866
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 .......................................................................................$52,088,563
0810-0013   For the office of the attorney general, which may expend for a false claims program
  not more than $4,578,648 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
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  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 ...................................................$4,578,648
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 ....................$3,330,206
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...............................................................................$618,200
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 .....................................$5,897,957
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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 26, 2027, 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 ..............................$7,514,554
0810-0061   For the funding of existing and future litigation committed to obtaining significant
  recoveries for the commonwealth ............................................................$3,995,600
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 .................$867,874
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 ....................................................................................................$2,093,995
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 ................................$598,970
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,
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  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 ........$420,582
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 combat 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, 2027, 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 .......................................................................$2,861,598
0810-1206    For the office of the attorney general, which may expend for a civil penalties
  revolving fund an amount not to exceed $2,292,705 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............................................................................$2,292,705
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 advance the goals of the Massachusetts office for victim
  assistance..................................................................................................$2,375,578
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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, 2027, 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 2026......................................$2,453,510
  STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.
0900-0100   For the operation of the state ethics commission .....................................$3,917,515
  OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
0910-0200   For the operation of the office of the inspector general ...........................$6,476,307
0910-0210   For the office of the inspector general, which may expend not more than $1,680,000
  from revenues collected from 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 .................................................................$844,780
0910-0230   For the operation of the data analytics unit within the office of the inspector general
  .....................................................................................................................$649,094
0910-0300   For the operation of the internal special audit unit established in section 9 of chapter
  6C of the General Laws ...........................................................................$1,312,345
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0910-0330   For the operation of the division of state police oversight established pursuant to
  section 72 of chapter 22C of the General Laws ..........................................$486,890
  OFFICE OF CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE.
0920-0300   For the operation of the office of campaign and political finance ...........$2,228,865
  OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE.
0930-0100   For the operation of the office of the child advocate; provided, that not less than
  $3,750,000 shall be expended for the operation of the state center on child
  wellbeing and trauma; provided further, 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 program in the commonwealth$9,216,712
  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, 2027, 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 2026; (iv) number of cases
  closed by the commission in fiscal year 2026; and (v) average duration of cases
  closed by the commission in fiscal year 2026, delineated by cases that reached the
  conciliation, pre-public hearing and post-public hearing stages; and provided
  further, that all nonclerical positions shall be exempt from chapter 31 of the General
  Laws .......................................................................................................$10,422,738
0940-0102   For the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, which may expend not
  more than $325,320 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
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  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...............................................................................$325,320
  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 ....................................................................................$991,743
     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 ..........................................$290,485
  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 ...........$586,189
  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
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  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 .........................................................................................$12,287,820
  CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION.
1070-0840     For the operation of the cannabis control commission ..........................$16,585,330
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ............................. 100%
1070-0842     For the cannabis control commission’s oversight of the medical marijuana industry
  ..................................................................................................................$3,526,466
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ............................. 100%
1070-0843     For the operation of a statewide laboratory for the independent review of cannabis
  products .......................................................................................................$750,000
  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, 2027 and the second of which shall be submitted not later
  than May 28, 2027, 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)
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  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, 2026, 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.....................................$4,837,840
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 .$582,639
1100-1700    For the provision of information technology services within the executive office for
  administration and finance .....................................................................$39,262,566
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 30, 2026, the office shall report its fiscal year 2026
  actuals, fiscal year 2027 year-to-date actuals and forecasts and fiscal year 2028
  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 12, 2027, the office shall submit updated forecasts to the executive office
  and to the house and senate committees on ways and means .....................$245,616
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 ......................................$31,606,483
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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 $9,701,826 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............................................................................$9,701,826
1102-3233     For the division of capital asset management and maintenance for the certification
  of contractors and subcontractors ...............................................................$986,564
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 ....................................................$162,257
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......................$4,575,171
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 ..........................................$742,500
Massachusetts Office on Disability.
1107-2400     For the Massachusetts office on disability .............................................. $1,465,805
  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
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  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...................................$13,000,000
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 ........................................................... $1,305,302
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; provided further, that the
  commission shallsubmit 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; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be
  expended to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to conduct a study and
  issue a report on the impact on health status and health care utilization as a result
  discontinuing commercial and public health insurance coverage for glucagon-like
  peptide-1 medications for patients with obesity; provided further, that such funds
  shall be made available until June 30, 2029; provided further, that the report shall
  be submitted 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 and shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of: (a) the impacts
  of discontinued coverage for glucagon-like peptide-1 medications on the utilization
  of health care services, total medical spending and enrollee out-of-pocket spending;
  (b) how individuals and providers respond to discontinued coverage of glucagon-
  like peptide-1 medications including, but not limited to, whether individuals are
  paying for the medication out of pocket or the prescriber is recoding patient
  diagnoses; (c) how the impacts vary across groups of individuals; and (d) the
  comparison of health outcomes and total medical spending between enrollees that
  have lost coverage of glucagon-like peptide-1 medications and enrollees who have
  maintained coverage for glucagon-like peptide-1 medications for obesity
  management; and provided further, that not later than February 7, 2027, the
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  commission 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 detailing the preliminary findings of the study..$6,124,752
1108-5200   For the commonwealth’s share of the group insurance premium and plan costs
  incurred in fiscal year 2027; 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 active and 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 2027 and any unexpended balance in this item shall revert to the
  General Fund on June 30, 2027; and provided further, that not later than March 5,
  2027, 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 2027; (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
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  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; ........$2,765,209,719
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
  $2,346,621 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............................................................................$2,346,621
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 .........................$2,201,006
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.............................$1,663,212
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
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  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 funds 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 ................................................................... $105,999,193
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, 2027, 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, 2027, 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
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  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, 2027, 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 .....................................................................$47,063,828
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
  -24incur 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 ...................................... $1,072,879
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 $173,250 or the amount certified by the secretary of administration
  and finance under section 156 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 ..............$173,250
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 .............................$5,842,714
  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
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  3, 2027, 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 ...............................................................................................$1,892,435
  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 ..........................................................$43,119,996
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; provided, that not less than $53,000,000 shall be distributed based on each
  municipality’s proportional share of the statewide population; provided further, that
  the portion of such distribution to any individual municipality shall not exceed 4
  per cent of the total distribution; and provided further, that notwithstanding the prior
  provisos, the total apportionments from this item shall be prescribed in section 3…
  ...........................................................................................................$1,376,109,515
  General Fund ................................................. 84.47%
  Gaming Local Aid Fund ............................... 15.53%
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 2027 that is less than the amount said city or town received in fiscal year
  2026........................................................................................................$55,371,000
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1233-2401    For reimbursements to qualifying cities and towns for additional educational costs
  under chapter 40S of the General Laws ...................................................$2,300,000
Appellate Tax Board.
1310-1000    For the operation of the appellate tax board ........................................... $2,671,770
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 ............................................................$13,935,377
Reserves.
1599-0026    For a reserve to support municipal improvements; provided, that not less than
  $3,000,000 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
  $7,000,000shall 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 2026; 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 2026; 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, 2027, 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
  $50,000 shall be expended for facade improvements to the Old Town Hall in the
  town of Andover; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for
  the acquisition of a digital community sign in the town of Amesbury; provided
  further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to the town of Rehoboth for
  the preservation and binding of historical municipal records, including the use of
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  outside archival services; provided further, that not less than $7,000 shall be
  expended to the town of Brimfield for the purchase of solar-powered pedestrian
  crossing signs and related equipment; provided further, that not less than $30,000
  shall be expended to the town of Hopedale for fire department costs associated with
  fire safety projects, including for the removal of out-of-date fire alarm wiring and
  equipment from utility poles; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be
  expended to the town of West Newbury for roadway safety improvements;
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of
  Groveland for water treatment facility improvements; provided further, that not less
  than $40,000 shall be expended to the metropolitan area planning council for the
  costs associated with the planning and coordination of a regional approach to
  municipal emergency services in Essex county; and provided further, that not less
  than $70,000 shall be expended to the town of Raynham for the development of a
  townwide stormwater and drainage master plan to identify deficiencies and
  prioritize infrastructure improvements ..................................................$11,307,000
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
1599-1970   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 2027 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 29, 2027, 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, 2026, in fiscal years 2027 and
  2028 and an estimate of anticipated contract assistance and other payments arising
  out of potential agreements reasonably expected to be entered into after July 1,
  2026, in fiscal years 2028 and 2029.......................................................$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
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  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 2027 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
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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 2027, 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, 2027, 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, 2026, delineated by regulation,
department and program; (ii) state costs for rates promulgated as of January 1, 2027,
delineated by regulation, department and program; (iii) per cent of increase in state
funding for rates to be reviewed between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027, 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, 2026 and June 30, 2027, delineated by regulation, department and program;
provided further, that not later than April 1, 2027, 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
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  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 ...................................$175,000,000
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$17,546,607
1750-0103    For the operation of the Training and Career Ladder Program ..................$829,164
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 $5,846,319
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 ..............................................................................$53,548
1750-0300    For the commonwealth’s contributions in fiscal year 2027 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 ........................................................................ $37,979,800
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 .....................................................................................................$752,345
Operational Services Division.
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1775-0115   For the operational services division, which may expend not more than $15,691,630
  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 .................................................$15,691,630
1775-0124   For the operational services division, which may expend not more than $131,101
  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 .........................................................................$131,101
1775-0600   For the operational services division, which may expend not more than $397,220
  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..........................$397,220
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
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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 supplier diversity office qualified applicants, within or outside of the
  commonwealth, as applicable ..................................................................$4,649,617
  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 items 1410-0010 and
  1410-1700; providedfurther, 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; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the
  town of Ludlow for the department of veterans’ services for services including, but
  not limited to, monthly veterans’ lunches, food pantry supports and outreach
  programming ..........................................................................................$12,519,749
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 2026; provided further,
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  that not later than April 2, 2027, 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; and 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 $45,000 shall be
  expended to the town of Carver for a wheelchair-accessible shuttle bus for veterans;
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Bilingual
  Veterans Outreach Center of Massachusetts, Inc. in the city of Springfield for the
  administration of veteran services; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall
  be expended for the Massachusetts chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America 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; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to
  Operation Troop Support, Inc. in the town of Danvers to support the production and
  distribution of care packages to deployed United States military personnel;
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Fishing for the
  Mission ’22, Inc. to assist veterans in crisis through healing, community, resources,
  advocacy and support; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
  expended for the Frank M. Noyes V.F.W. Post 8892, Inc. in the town of Avon for
  necessary infrastructure repairs to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act
  accessibility requirements for veterans and the general public .............$10,302,339
1410-0013   For veterans' education, employment and training services and programs to expand
  employment, education and training support for veterans returning to the
  commonwealth including, but not limited to, the Veterans Coordinated Approach
  to Recovery and Employment program that supports unemployed or
  underemployed veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to attain competitive
  employment..............................................................................................$1,650,000
1410-0015   For the women veterans’ outreach program ...............................................$721,444
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; provided, that the
  funds appropriated in this item shall not revert to the General Fund but shall be
  made available for these purposes through June 30, 2028..........................$760,000
1410-0024   For the training and certification of veterans' benefits and services officers$385,068
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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 2026; provided
  further, that not later than April 2, 2027, 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 .......................................................................$3,942,952
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 shall continue a training program for veterans’
  agents and directors of veterans’ services in cities and towns; provided further, that
  the executive office 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
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  education regarding the benefits available under said chapter 115 and all other
  benefits to which a veteran or a veteran’s dependents may be entitled; provided
  further, that any person applying for veterans’ benefits to pay for services available
  under chapter 118E of the General Laws shall also apply for medical assistance
  under said chapter 118E to minimize costs to the commonwealth and its
  municipalities; provided further, that veterans’ agents shall complete applications
  authorized by the executive office under said chapter 118E for a veteran, surviving
  spouse or dependent applying for medical assistance under said chapter 115;
  provided further, that the veterans’ agent shall file the application for the veteran,
  surviving spouse or dependent for assistance under said chapter 118E; provided
  further, that the executive office of health and human services shall act on all
  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 ....................................................................................................$85,049,082
1410-0630   For the administration of the veterans’ cemeteries in the town of Winchendon and
  in the city known as the town of Agawam ...............................................$1,567,538
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 $20,000 shall be
  expended to the town of Rockland for purposes including, but not limited to,
  lighting replacement and updates to ground level lighting at Rockland Veterans
  Memorial; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the
  Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. for veterans’ housing and
  homelessness prevention, food security and transportation services, including a
  contract for services with the Cape Cod and Islands regional group of the Blinded
  Veterans Association; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
  expended for the William E. Carter American Legion Post 16 in the Mattapan
  section of the city of Boston to preserve its historical building and support local
  veteran and community events....................................................................$325,000
1410-1700   For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of
  veterans' services......................................................................................$4,749,739
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Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts.
4180-0100    For the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts Veterans Home in the city
  of Chelsea, including a specialized unit for the treatment of patients with
  Alzheimer’s disease ...............................................................................$45,464,230
4180-1100    For the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts Veterans Home in the city
  of Chelsea in an amount not to exceed $500,000; provided, that 50 per cent of all
  revenues generated under section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the
  purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of
  the commonwealth, after compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the costs
  associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of
  this account; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law
  to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between
  the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur
  expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the
  lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the
  state accounting system, prior appropriation continued .............................$500,000
Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.
4190-0100    For the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts Veterans Home in
  Holyoke; provided, that funds shall be expended for the operation of an
  ombudsman’s office at the Massachusetts Veterans Home in Holyoke to act as an
  independent, impartial and confidential resource for the community ...$36,885,297
4190-0103    For the Massachusetts Veterans 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 Massachusetts Veterans Home in Holyoke, which may expend not more
  than $2,400,001 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
  Massachusetts Veterans Home in Holyoke 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 ...........................................................................$2,400,001
4190-1100    For the maintenance and operation of the Massachusetts Veterans Home in Holyoke
  in an amount not to exceed $500,000; provided, that 50 per cent of all revenues
  generated under section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws through the purchase
  of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the
  commonwealth, after compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the costs
  associated with the license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of
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  this account; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law
  to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between
  the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur
  expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the
  lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate, as reported in the
  state accounting system, prior appropriation continued .............................$500,000
  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 fund s for the project or purchase; provided further, that not later than
  June 23, 2027, 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, 2027, 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 .. $3,647,090
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,
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  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 .........................................$53,892,963
  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; and
  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 Buzzards Bay Coalition, Inc. ............................$19,929,035
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$4,250,000
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, 2027, 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 ...........................................................................................................$4,000,000
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2000-0120     For obligations of the commonwealth to neighboring states incurred pursuant to
  interstate compacts for flood control ..........................................................$506,140
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.......................................................... $21,855,267
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.................................................................................$17,446,355
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 2027 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 .......................................................... $18,973,830
2100-0013     For the operation of the transportation oversight division ......................... $970,861
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 2027 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 .................................................................... $462,420
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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 ................................................................. $4,343,775
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 ...................................$3,604,000
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, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Merrimack River
  Watershed Council, Inc. for a regional approach to reducing combined sewer
  overflows and non-point source pollution in the Merrimack river; provided further,
  that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the metropolitan area planning
  council for initiatives to support the North Shore Water Resilience Task Force in
  its regional plans and actions to help sustain the rivers and waters of the north shore
  region; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for Cape
  Ann Climate Coalition Inc for preemptive strategic planning for post-disaster
  recovery..................................................................................................$51,701,172
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, 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
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  to employment through the provision of mattress recycling work opportunities;
  provided further, that eligible applicants 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 to exceed 5 years with options for
  renewal; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the
  department of environmental protection to administer a grant program for small
  businesses 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, 2027,
  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 which shall include, 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 ............................................................................................……$1,138,747
2200-0109   For the department of environmental protection to ensure sufficient staff for timely
  permit decisions and compliance assurance ............................................$2,471,257
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 2027 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 $2,741,404 in revenues collected from fees, penalties, grants and tuition under
  said chapter 21I; provided, that not later than February 3, 2027, 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
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  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.................................$2,741,404
2220-2220   For the administration and implementation of the Clean Air Act under 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................................................................................$766,721
2220-2221   For the administration and implementation of the operating permit and compliance
  program required under the Clean Air Act under 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ..................$1,384,924
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................................................................$2,491,225
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 .............................................................................................$15,081,628
2260-8872   For the brownfields site audit program ....................................................$1,022,328
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$386,897
Department of Fish and Game.
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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, office or program shall be determined by the commissioner; provided
  further, that the amount and contribution from each division, office 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 ..................................................................................$2,547,475
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; and provided further, that not
  less than $60,000 shall be expended as a grant to Long Pond Association, Inc. in
  the town of Lakeville for the management and eradication of invasive weeds in
  Long Pond ................................................................................................$5,086,042
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
  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 .....................................................$18,490,988
  George L. Darey Inland Fisheries and Game Fund……..100%
2310-0300   For the operation of the natural heritage and endangered species program$1,471,735
2310-0306   For the hunter safety training program .......................................................$581,485
  George L. Darey Inland Fisheries and Game Fund……..100%
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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
  George L. Darey 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
  George L. Darey 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 .......................................................................................... $1,004,529
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, 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; and provided further, that not less than $575,000 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
  $175,000 shall be expended to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for its
  Gloucester Marine Station in the city of Gloucester to support marsh restoration
  and revitalization activities including, but not limited to: (i) a green crab trapping
  program for applied research and product development; (ii) high‑resolution drone
  mapping to assess deterioration of the Great Marsh; (iii) microplastic and
  macroplastic sampling; and (iv) an academic study and processing of samples from
  the water column, beach environment, marsh peat and eelgrass; provided further,
  that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to Center for Coastal Studies, Inc. for
  field operations and staffing to respond to entanglements of marine mammals and
  terrapins in the coastal waters; and provided further, that not less than $195,000
  shall be expended for water testing capacity improvements at the division
  including, but not limited to, personnel and supplies, in support of the shellfish and
  aquaculture industries in the south coast region of the commonwealth $10,034,242
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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$987,684
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 that 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 ........... $2,306,416
  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; provided further, that not less than
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  $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 $750,000 shall be expended to enhance the Buy Local
  effort in western, central, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts; provided
  further, that any buy local effort included in this item shall include locally-harvested
  seafood including, but not limited to, fish and shellfish; and provided further, that
  not less than $100,000 shall be transferred to the Homeless Animal Prevention and
  Care Fund established in section 35WW of chapter 10 of the General Laws…$10,970,309
2511-0103   For the costs associated with agricultural oversight of hemp and cannabis$1,007,137
  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; provided
  further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Project Just Because, Inc.;
  and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the MetroWest
  Food Collaborative to support food security initiatives.........................$55,150,000
2511-0107   For the advancement of community food security and the protection of public
  access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food; provided, that not less than $50,000
  shall be expended for Maverick Landing Community Services, Inc. for recovered
  food distribution across the city of Boston, the city known as the town of Winthrop
  and the city of Revere; provided further, that not less than $190,000 shall be
  expended for Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry, Inc. to purchase a mobile
  food pantry vehicle; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended
  to New Life Furniture Bank of MA, Inc. to purchase a vehicle to support its
  operations and its mission to provide free furniture to families in need; provided
  further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Heart & Soil Collective
  Inc. in the town of Lanesborough for the purpose of providing free, fresh produce
  and soup to seniors and families in need; provided further, that not less than $65,000
  shall be expended to Ginny’s Helping Hand, Inc. in the city of Leominster for the
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purposes of supporting their food pantry; provided further, that not less than
$51,500 shall be expended to Metrowest Worker Center Inc. / Casa do Trabalhador/
Casa Del Trabajador to support culturally appropriate food distribution efforts
serving immigrant families facing food insecurity, including expanded support in
the city of Marlborough; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
expended for the town of Ayer for the design, construction and installation of a
senior center and other related expenses; provided further, that not less than
$100,000 shall be expended to Growing Places Garden Project, Inc. in the city of
Leominster to connect fresh food from local farms to local residents in need;
provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for 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 to develop and deploy a transportation system for
decentralized food distribution to the north shore communities it serves; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Our Neighbors' Table,
Inc. for expenses related to opening and operating the seacoast regional food hub,
located in the town of Salisbury, serving the lower merrimack valley food coalition;
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 $50,000 shall be expended
to Healthy Waltham, Inc. to support its food pantry operations; provided further,
that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city of Somerville for its mobile
market revolving fund to help maintain its low-cost farmers market on wheels;
provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Charles
River Regional Chamber, Inc. to provide grants 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 among individuals in
those communities; provided however, that of said $150,000 not less than $65,000
of such funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the city of
Newton; provided however, that of said $150,000 not less than $50,000 of such
funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the town of
Brookline; provided however, that of said $150,000 not less than $35,000 of those
funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the town of
Wellesley; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Newton
Food Pantry, Inc. to support its operations; provided, that not less than $70,000
shall be expended for Food Link, 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 $25,000 shall be expended for Harvest on Vine Food
Pantry in the Charlestown neighborhood of the city of Boston to provide food
resources and services; provided further, that not less than $25,000 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 the Allston-
Brighton Food Pantry in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than
$10,000 shall be expended for the veterans food bank in the city known as the town
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  of Winthrop for public food pantry services; provided further, that not less than
  $10,000 shall be expended for Grace Church Federated in the East Boston section
  of the city of Boston for public food pantry services; provided further, that not less
  than $10,000 shall be expended for Friday Night Supper Program, Inc. in the Back
  Bay section of the city of Boston for public food pantry services; provided further,
  that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the First Congregational Church of
  Revere in the city of Revere for its public food pantry; provided further, that not
  less than $10,000 shall be expended for the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen,
  Inc. to provide food aid and additional services; provided further, that not less than
  $25,000 shall be expended to Lorraine's Soup Kitchen & Pantry, Inc. in the city of
  Chicopee to support food aid and additional services; provided further, that not less
  than $25,000 shall be expended to Third Sector New England, Inc. for Gardening
  the Community, Inc. to address food insecurity in the city of Springfield; provided
  further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Joshua Kaye
  Foundation Inc to combat food insecurity in the commonwealth; provided further,
  that not less than $10,000 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 Family Table
  Collaborative, Inc. for infrastructure improvements, equipment upgrades,
  technology enhancements, expanded delivery capacity and facility and operational
  efficiencies to support regional food security on Cape Cod; provided further, that
  not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Stone Soup Cafe in the city of
  Greenfield to support its community programming; and provided further, that not
  less than $70,000 shall be expended to Franklin County Community Meals
  Program, Inc. for its programming and meal services .............................$1,596,500
2511-3002    For the integrated pest management program ...............................................$87,130
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 .............................................................$7,235,707
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 ...............................................................................................$1,707,905
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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
  ................................................................................................................. $1,619,905
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,
  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 2026, shall continue to receive
  such benefits in fiscal year 2027 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 ......................................................... $28,463,716
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
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  coordinated permitting and regulatory approach to dam removal for stream
  restoration and public safety ...................................................................... $780,817
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 2026 shall be open in fiscal year
  2027; 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, 2027, 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 2027; 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; and
  provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for a study, in
  consultation with the city of Boston and the town of Brookline, to evaluate and
  develop solutions to mitigate low water levels in the Muddy river ... $105,730,957
2810-0122   For special projects relating to the commonwealth’s state parks and recreational
  areas; provided, than not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city of Salem,
  in consultation with Friends of the Salem Common, Inc., for the purchase and
  planting of trees to infill areas where trees have died and a signage program to
  publicly name and recognize donors of trees; provided further, that not less than
  $53,500 shall be expended to Nashua River Watershed Association, Inc. to support
  environmental education and volunteer river stewardship programs serving
  communities across the Nashua river watershed including, but not limited to, the
  purchase a truck and canoe trailer; provided further, that not less than $100,000
  shall be expended to the city of Boston for the planting of trees and the removal of
  invasive species at Jamaica pond; provided further that not less than $40,000 shall
  be expended to the town of Salisbury for the planning design and construction of
  beach and infrastructure resilience projects; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended for the Blue Hill Weather Observatory & Science
  Center, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended to
  the town of Plymouth for coastal infrastructure improvements to support the
  promotion of business development and tourism; provided further, that not less than
  $10,000 shall be extended to the town of Rockland for purposes including, but not
  limited to, an engineering study for widening the entrance at Hartsuff park;
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  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of
  Danvers for improvements to John George park, including, but not limited to, the
  purchase and installation of new outdoor fitness equipment and benches; provided
  further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Danvers for
  improvements to John George park, including, but not limited to, the purchase and
  installation of new outdoor fitness equipment and benches; provided further, that
  not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city of Peabody for capital
  improvements to the park at the Leather City Common; provided further, that not
  less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Danvers for field and park
  improvements to Phinney field at Tapley park; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 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 $25,000 shall be expended
  for Community Boating, Inc. to provide affordable and accessible sailing; provided
  further, that not less than $700,000 shall be expended to the department of
  conservation and recreation for improvements to Christian A. Herter Park in the
  city; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended to the city of
  Malden for public park improvements of Boston; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended to the city of Malden for the Malden river works park
  project; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Friends
  of Belle Isle Marsh, Inc. for the implementation of environmental preservation
  programs; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for the
  Blue Hills Trailside Museum in the town of Milton; 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 Central Plymouth County Water District; provided further, that
  not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Fishermen’s Memorial Foundation Corp.
  for the planning, design and construction of the fishermen’s memorial in the town
  of Provincetown honoring the region’s fishing heritage and those lost at sea;
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Community
  Connections, Inc. for its explorers program to support an inclusive bicycle safety
  and learn-to-ride program, including for the purchase of equipment and
  development of training programming; provided further, that not less than $50,000
  shall be expended for the city known as the town of West Springfield for capital
  improvements at local parks; and provided further, that not less than $390,000 shall
  be expended to the department of conservation and recreation for improvements to
  Charlesgate park in the city of Boston .....................................................$3,518,500
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 ............................................................................................... $3,132,611
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2820-2000    For the operation of street lighting and the expenses of maintaining the parkways
  of the department of conservation and recreation ................................... $4,578,423
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 2027 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 $272,563
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 ....................................... $7,066,535
  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
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  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 said 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;
  provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for People,
  Incorporated to support student transportation at its early education center in the
  city of Fall River; 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 .................$9,670,519
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................................................$48,165,758
3000-1045   For operational grants to child care providers; provided, that for fiscal year 2027,
  funds shall be distributed in accordance with the formula established in section 20
  of chapter 15D of the General Laws; provided, that the department shall collect data
  from participating programs including, but not limited to: (i) the number of enrolled
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  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........$475,000,000
  Education and Transportation Fund .............. 78.95%
  Early Education and Care
  Operational Grant Fund ................................ 21.05%
3000-2000   For the regional administration and coordination of services provided by child care
  resource and referral agencies ................................................................$20,500,000
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 ............................................................................................$1,993,205
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 ...........................................$2,315,019
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
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further, that the department of early education and care shall, in collaboration with
the department of children and families, 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 not less than 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, 2027, 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, 2027, 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 2027; and
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  provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive
  such services ........................................................................................$597,233,977
  General Fund ................................................. 64.62%
  Education & Transportation Fund ................ 20.00%
  High-Quality Early Education & Care
  Affordability Fund ........................................ 15.38%
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, that
  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 2027 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, 2027, 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, 2027, 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 2027; 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 ..........................................................$623,593,845
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  General Fund ................................................. 65.27%
  Education & Transportation Fund ................ 20.00%
  High-Quality Early Education & Care
  Affordability Fund ........................................ 14.73%
3000-5000   For grants to head start programs; provided, that funds from this item may be
  expended on early head start programs ..................................................$21,500,000
3000-6025   For grants in fiscal year 2027 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 2028; 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, 2027, 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,
  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; provided further, that funds may be expended for
  programs or activities during the summer months; and provided further, that funds
  may be expended for the Summer Step Up program to support children entering
  kindergarten and elementary school with academic and enrichment activities during
  the summer .............................................................................................$28,450,000
  Education and Transportation Fund ........... 100.00%
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
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  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
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 funds
  may be granted for performance-based workforce incentives and retention of home
  visiting personnel and for direct family support services; 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 ............$18,116,603
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, 2026 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)
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  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$4,750,000
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
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Office of the Secretary.
4000-0000     For the cost of transportation services for health and human services clients;
  provided, that the executive office of health and human services may transfer from
  the sum appropriated in this item to departments under the purview of the executive
  office for the sole purpose of providing transportation services to clients; provided
  further, that the executive office shall when practicable encourage the use of
  reduced fare programs provided by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
  Authority and fare-free services provided by regional transit authorities organized
  under chapter 161B of the General Laws; provided further, that the executive office
  shall conduct a study of the quality of nonemergency transportation services
  coordinated by the human service transportation office; provided further, that not
  later than February 5, 2027, the executive office shall submit a report to the joint
  committee on transportation, the joint committee on children, families and persons
  with disabilities and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing:
  (i) the results of the study which shall include an evaluation of the safety, reliability
  and accessibility of the human service transportation system; (ii) recommendations
  for the improvement of the human service transportation system; (iii) a cost analysis
  of the recommendations; and (iv) strategies for enhancing feedback from
  consumers of services coordinated by the office; and provided further, that the
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  executive office shall develop the report in consultation with a representative of:
  (a) The Arc of Massachusetts; (b) Massachusetts Statewide Independent Living
  Council; (c) Dignity Alliance Massachusetts; (d) Disability Policy Consortium Inc.;
  (e) Massachusetts Association for Mental Health, Inc.; and (f) the Children’s
  Hospital Corporation............................................................................$449,596,838
  General Fund ................................................ 77.76%
  Commonwealth Transportation Fund ........... 22.24%
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 5, 2027, 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 2026; provided further, that
  not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the 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 for BAGLY, Inc. to provide innovative job
  training and wraparound support to LGBTQ+ homeless youth ............$13,024,000
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 12, 2027,
  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 receiving
  either prevention or rehousing services under this item, 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
  receiving prevention support; (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 ....................................................................................................$10,439,590
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
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  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 of said funds shall be expended to the College of Nursing and Health
  Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth to partner with
  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 5, 2027, 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; and provided further, that not less
  than $125,000 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 nursing education programs .........................$1,250,000
4000-0050   For the operation of the PCA quality home care workforce council established in
  section 71 of chapter 118E of the General Laws .....................................$3,875,766
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 2026
  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 2, 2027, 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
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  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
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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 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 18,
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 detailing
utilization in fiscal year 2026 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 5, 2027, 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 2026; (2) estimated spending related to
pharmaceutical utilization for fiscal year 2027; (3) the actual and estimated revenue
amounts, both in the form of supplemental rebates and federal financial
participation, received in fiscal year 2026 and in fiscal year 2027 as a result of total
pharmaceutical spending; (4) total or projected savings amounts delivered from
supplemental rebate negotiations in fiscal year 2027; and (5) the relative impact of
price and utilization of pharmaceutical drugs added to the MassHealth drug list
within fiscal year 2026 and fiscal year 2027; provided further, that not later than
March 5, 2027, 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
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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 2022
to 2026, 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 2022 to 2026, 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 $200,000 shall be expended for
the turning 22 commission established in section 81; 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 2027 accounts payable period to pay for services delivered
during fiscal year 2027; 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, 2027; 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, 2027; provided further,
that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to The Arc of Massachusetts and
Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts, a division of The Arc, for a 6-month
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  expansion of a successful pilot series to provide additional workforce training funds
  for department of developmental services and MassHealth day programs to train
  staff serving adults with autism and complex behavioral needs; provided further,
  that the training shall include, but not be limited to, applied behavior analysis and
  augmentative and alternative communication devices; provided further, that not
  later than May 1, 2027, The Arc of Massachusetts 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 detailing: (aa) the number of staff who
  received training under the pilot program and the number of hours trained; (bb) any
  certifications given; and (cc) the aggregated benefits to individuals served by staff
  who participated in the pilot program; provided further, that funds shall be
  expended for the Nantucket Cottage Hospital and Martha’s Vineyard Hospital for
  off-island medical transportation, including the transportation of patients with
  behavioral health conditions; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
  expended for plumbing and other infrastructure and facility upgrades at Heywood
  Healthcare, Inc.’s Heywood Hospital in the city of Gardner to meet regulatory
  requirements and support the expansion of the hospital’s bariatric program to help
  improve the treatment of chronic conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular
  disease, and sleep-related disorders; provided further, that not less than $25,000
  shall be expended to Beantown Baby Diaper Bank Corp. to support the free diaper
  program for low-income families in the city of Boston and surrounding
  communities; provided further, that not less than $17,000 shall be expended for
  Baystate Wing Hospital Corporation in the town of Palmer to create open access
  hours for emergency department mental health patient follow-up services and to
  establish an open walk-in clinic for patients with mental health issues; 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 $250,000 shall be expended for Community Servings, Inc. to
  support the creation of a fully synchronized statewide logistics hub with precise
  route optimization to further the efficient and equitable distribution of meals across
  the commonwealth; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
  expended for Sturdy Health Inc. in the city of Attleboro to provide additional staff
  for major and regional events in the surrounding area ........................$156,156,918
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
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  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 $42,000,000 for state fiscal year 2027 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 18,
  2026, 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;
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  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 ..............................................................$327,948,284
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 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;
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  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 5, 2027, 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 5, 2027, 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 .............................................................................$6,051,261,716
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, 2026 under
  section 13D of said chapter 118E shall be developed using the costs of calendar
  year 2023; 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 2026 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
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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 15, 2027, MassHealth
shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means
detailing, for fiscal year 2026, 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 the executive office shall convene and consult with the
personal care attendant program working group established in item 4000-0601 of
section 2 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2024 to identify savings in addition to those
identified in the November 28, 2025 report to effectuate a gross amount of spending
for the personal care attendant program consistent with the appropriation for this
item; provided further, that not later than 30 days after the effective date of this act,
after convening said group, the executive office shall submit a report to the
secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on
ways and means detailing an implementation plan to ensure program spending is
consistent with the appropriation for this item; provided further, that the executive
office shall convene working groups to review the scope of services, eligibility
thresholds and long term sustainability of the adult day health and adult foster care
programs; provided further, that the executive office, in consultation with said
working groups, shall identify a gross amount of savings consistent with the
appropriation for this item; provided further, that not less than 30 days after the
effective date of this act, after convening said groups, the executive office shall
submit a report to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and
senate committees on ways and means detailing implementation plans to ensure
program spending is consistent with the appropriation for this item; 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 5, 2027, the executive office shall submit a report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means on the implementation of the Medicare Savings
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  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............................................................................$5,197,654,427
4000-0641   For nursing facility Medicaid rates; provided, that in fiscal year 2027, 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 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…..$650,073,456
4000-0700   For health care services provided to medical assistance recipients under the
  executive office of health and human services’s 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 in fiscal year 2027, 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 in
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  fiscal year 2027, 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 less than $250,000 shall be expended to Baystate Franklin Medical
  Center in the city known as the town of Greenfield to support its family medicine
  residency program; provided further, that not later than December 4, 2026,
  $750,000 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; 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 .................................$4,207,067,619
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 ...........................................................$633,207,250
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
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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 2027, MassHealth
  shall maintain the same level of vision services that were in effect in fiscal year
  2026 for members enrolled in the CarePlus program .......................$3,363,484,382
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, 2027 ..................................................................................$337,639,537
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
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  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…………
  ..............................................................................................................$721,675,586
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 ..............$560,464,089
4000-1700    For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of
  health and human services ...................................................................$183,495,208
Office for Refugees and Immigrants.
4003-0111    For the operation of the office for refugees and immigrants .....................$993,777
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; provided
  further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to Immigrants Assistance
  Center, Inc. in the city of New Bedford to provide citizenship and workforce
  readiness programming; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be
  expended to Project Citizenship, Inc. for services for immigrants in the cities of
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  Boston, Cambridge and Watertown and the town of Belmont; and provided further,
  that not less than $140,000 shall be expended to Friendly House, Inc. for the
  operation of the Office of New Americans in the city of Worcester ......$1,816,246
4003-0124    For the implementation of an immigration legal services program; provided, that
  funds may be expended for costs associated with implementing the program; and
  provided further, that, subject to appropriation, funds shall be distributed by the
  office for refugees and immigrants to designated non-profit organizations to
  increase access to legal representation for immigrants and refugees in the
  commonwealth including, but not limited to, legal assistance in a single
  consultation or ongoing legal representation and all legal advice, advocacy and
  related assistance......................................................................................$5,000,000
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 .........................................................................................................$32,920,522
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 funds shall be expended
  for a pilot program of automated adverse event monitoring in hospitals in the
  commonwealth .........................................................................................$5,642,287
  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 ..............................$2,143,271
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 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
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  settings; and 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 not less than
  $300,000 of said $1,100,000 shall be made available for the MAB Community
  Services, Inc. ............................................................................................$8,572,782
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
  forTalking 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.......................................................................................$18,320,678
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$2,522,010
MassAbility.
4120-0200      For independent living centers; provided, that not later than April 1, 2027,
  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 ........$481,163
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
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  service providers, shall take into account a client’s place of residence and the
  proximity of the nearest provider to the client’s residence ....................$29,194,031
4120-3000    For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and
  employment services shall be provided for severely disabled adults ......$2,487,654
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 2026 under item 4120-4010 of section 2 of chapter 9 of the acts of 2025;
  provided, that not less than $1,920,000 shall be expended for assistive technology
  services; 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 ..............................................................................................$14,730,910
4120-4001    For the accessible housing registry for persons with disabilities ................$150,000
4120-4010    For the turning 22 program of MassAbility ................................................$311,166
4120-5000    For homemaking services ........................................................................$4,862,718
4120-6000    For services for individuals with head injuries ......................................$33,106,310
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...................................................................$11,270,808
  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 2027 ............................................$4,543,530
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4200-0100    For supervision, counseling and other community-based services provided to
  committed youths in nonresidential care programs of the department of youth
  services...................................................................................................$23,839,410
4200-0200    For pretrial detention programs, including purchase-of-service and state-operated
  programs; provided, that not less than $600,000 shall be expended for Robert F.
  Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, Inc. for the detention diversion advocacy
  program to prevent high-risk juveniles presenting before the court from becoming
  further involved in the juvenile justice system ......................................$27,679,432
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 .......................................$120,184,480
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 ..........................................................$2,606,923
4200-0700    For evidence-based delinquency prevention through diversion programming that
  serves as an alternative to arresting or prosecuting youth through the juvenile court
  ..................................................................................................................$1,660,615
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
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  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, 2027, 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 $250,000 shall be expended to Springfield
  WORKS for its Bridge to Prosperity pilot program to mitigate cliff effects for low-
  income families ....................................................................................$108,760,521
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, 2027, the department shall report to the house and senate committees
  on ways and means on the status of these programs ................................$5,762,115
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, 2027,
  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
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  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......$29,700,000
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, 2027, 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 ......................................................$4,950,000
4400-1025   For domestic violence specialists at local area offices ............................$2,411,075
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…$147,699,832
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….
  .....................................................................................................................$980,171
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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 2026 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 2026
  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, 2027, 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..................................................................$20,375,367
4403-2000   For a program of transitional aid to families with dependent children; provided, that
  the payment standard and need standard in fiscal year 2027 shall be not less than
  the standards in effect in fiscal year 2026; 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 2028 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 2026; provided further, that
  the children’s clothing allowance shall be included in the standard of need for the
  month of September 2026; provided further, that benefits under this program shall
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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
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
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  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 ..................................................$437,259,755
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...................................................................................................$11,000,000
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$352,972
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 ....................................................................................$15,080,238
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 program 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, 2026, established in section 13D of
  chapter 118E of the General Laws, shall cumulatively total not less than rates
  effective January 1, 2026; 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 ...........$186,937,185
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4408-1000   For a program of cash assistance to certain residents of commonwealth, entitled
  emergency aid to the elderly, disabled and children to 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 2027, 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 2026;
  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, 2026,
  established in section 13D of chapter 118E of the General Laws, shall cumulatively
  total not less than rates effective January 1, 2026; provided further, that the
  department may provide benefits to: (i) persons 65 years of age or older who have
  applied for benefits under chapter 118A of the General Law; (ii) 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; (iii) to certain
  persons caring for a disabled person; (iv) to otherwise eligible participants in the
  vocational rehabilitation program of MassAbility; (v)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 (vi) 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
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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 2028 shall be not less than the standards set forth
in this item............................................................................................$204,024,252
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  OFFICE OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Department of Public Health.
4510-0020    For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $967,597 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...............................................................................$967,597
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 .......................................................................................................$35,376,194
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
  330A(f)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. section
  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 2026 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
  $200,000 shall be expended to the Lynn Community Health Center for capital and
  technology improvements to support enrollment and patient support services;
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Baystate
  Brightwood Health Center in the city of Springfield to assist in neighborhood
  outreach; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Lowell
  Community Health Center, Inc. for its primary care residency program for housing
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  stipends for primary care residents; and provided further, that not less than $50,000
  shall be expended for Manet Community Health Center Incorporated for the nurse
  care management program .......................................................................$6,618,222
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 polyfluoralkyl 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 may be expended for the Argeo Paul Cellucci Amyotrophic
  Lateral Sclerosis Registry established in section 25A of chapter 111 of the General
  Laws; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Silent
  Spring Institute, Inc. for the Massachusetts PFAS and Your Health study to study
  health effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure from drinking water
  contamination in the village of Hyannis in the town of Barnstable.........$9,140,974
4510-0615   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,300,888
  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 the 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
  ..................................................................................................................$2,300,888
4510-0616   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,525,556
  for a drug registration and monitoring program from retained revenues collected
  from fees charged to registered practitioners, including physicians, dentists,
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  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 ......................................................................................................$1,525,556
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 ...................................................................................$17,515,596
4510-0712   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $6,071,402
  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$6,071,402
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 ...................$4,140,620
4510-0723   For the operation and administration of the board of registration in medicine and
  the committee on acupuncture ....................................................................$190,234
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
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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 2026
  shall be expended in fiscal year 2027; 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, 2027, 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
  2027........................................................................................................$31,652,943
4512-0106   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $65,194,869
  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;
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  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 ........$65,194,869
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 not less than $10,000,000 shall be
  expended for low-threshold housing, employing a “Housing First” model, for
  homeless individuals with substance use and mental health disorders at risk of HIV;
  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 to support the operations of recovery centers
  funded by the department, including centers that serve gateway municipalities as
  defined under section 3A of chapter 23A of the General Laws; provided further,
  that funds shall be expended 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 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
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  (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 workforce; provided further, that not
  less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the purchase and distribution of
  naloxone; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for a pilot
  program of public health-informed substance use disorder treatment services for
  individuals under supervision of the parole board, to be administered in
  consultation with the executive office of public safety and security; provided
  further, that the bureau shall contract with a community-based behavioral health
  provider to oversee and operationalize the pilot program provided further, that not
  less than $50,000 shall be expended for The Serenity House, Inc.; provided further,
  that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to Boston Health Care for the
  Homeless Program, Inc. in the South End and Roxbury sections of the city of
  Boston for direct care workers providing health care treatment services for
  individuals and families experiencing homelessness and mental health and
  substance use disorders in and around the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and
  Melnea Cass boulevard and the surrounding impact areas; provided further, that not
  less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Boston Medical Center Corporation in
  the South End section of the city of Boston for direct care workers providing health
  care treatment services for those experiencing mental health and substance use
  disorders in and around the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and Melnea Cass
  boulevard and the surrounding impact areas; and provided further, that funds may
  be expended to implement the recommendations of the South
  End/Roxbury/Newmarket Working Group on Addiction and Recovery to address
  the public health and safety crisis at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and
  Melnea Cass boulevard and the surrounding impact areas in collaboration with the
  city of Boston .......................................................................................$192,531,129
  Marijuana Regulation Fund .......................... 74.83%
  General Fund................................................. 25.17%
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, 2026, the department of
  public health shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and
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  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; providedr, that not less than
  $25,000 shall be expended for UHAI for Health Inc. to support its opioid overdose
  work in the community; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be
  expended to the city of Lynn for mental health and substance use disorder services;
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Latin American
  Health Alliance of Central Massachusetts, Inc. for capital expenses to support
  substance use recovery programming for communities disproportionately affected
  by health disparities in central Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than
  $250,000 shall be expended to Walker, Inc. for behavioral health and wellness
  services for incarcerated and post-release individuals with children in the counties
  of Suffolk and Norfolk to promote successful child development, community
  reintegration and reduced recidivism and for the expansion of similar services for
  at-risk and court-involved youth in the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk to promote
  mental health, academic success and reduced involvement in the criminal justice
  system; provided further, that not less than $475,000 shall be expended for the
  RecoveryWorks program at Massachusetts General Hospital to: (i) provide
  participant mentorship, career coaching, recovery- and career-oriented skills
  training groups and assistance with removing barriers to enter the workforce
  throughout the 5-year duration of the program; and (ii) partner with employers and
  organizations on education and anti-stigma efforts; 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; and provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be
  expended in equal amounts to the following substance abuse coalitions and
  community partnerships: (i) Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse; (ii) Sharon
  Substance Prevention and Resource Coalition; and (iii) Norton Opioid Prevention
  and Education Collaborative N.O.P.E. .......................................................$970,000
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 program to provide access to fentanyl testing
  strips or other drug checking equipment; provided further, that funds shall be
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  expended to promote 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, 2027, 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 $500,000 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 ..$500,000
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; and provided
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  further, that not later than March 2, 2027, 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........................................................$1,000,000
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, 2027, 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 ................................................................................................................….$15,000,000
4513-0999   For a public information campaign to educate and promote awareness to
  pharmacies and the public about an 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,
  2027, 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 grant applicants, including
  the amounts awarded and the projects being supported by the awarded grants .........$1,960,200
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 .............................$15,500,388
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
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  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 funds shall be expended for enhancing
  comprehensive family planning services currently funded or previously funded by
  Title X Family Planning funding; and provided further, that funds shall be expended
  for teenage pregnancy prevention services; provided further, that not less than
  $250,000 shall be expended for a reproductive health care training grant program
  to be administered by the department of public health for hospitals in the
  commonwealth to provide out-of-state medical residents with reproductive health
  care training consistent with residency programs in the commonwealth, including,
  but not limited to, abortion care training if they cannot receive such training in the
  state where they are employed as a medical resident due to abortion restriction laws
  in place in such state; provided further, that grants shall be issued to hospitals in the
  commonwealth that provide abortion care training to medical residents; provided
  further, that each hospital grant recipient shall create and implement an application
  process for medical residents from states with abortion restriction laws, which
  prevent the out-of-state medical resident from receiving reproductive health care
  training, including abortion care training, in the state where they are employed as a
  medical resident; provided further, that notwithstanding section 9A of chapter 112
  of the General Laws, a medical student who has creditably completed not less than
  2 years of study in a legally-chartered medical school may practice medicine in a
  licensed health care facility in the commonwealth where reproductive health care
  may be lawfully provided under the supervision of a health care provider licensed
  in the commonwealth who, acting within the scope of that license, may provide
  such reproductive health care; and provided further, that not later than April 1,
  2027, the department of public health shall collect data and submit a report to the
  joint committee on public health, the joint committee on health care financing, the
  house and senate committees on ways and means and the clerks of the house and
  senate that shall include, but not be limited to, (i) the number of applicants to each
  grant recipient program; (ii) the number of applicants accepted into each program;
  and (iii) at least 1 program description for a hospital providing training funded by
  the grant; and provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for
  the menstrual equity program in the Massachusetts Chapter of the National
  Organization for Women to sustain and expand its ...............................$25,436,673
4513-1012   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $29,200,000
  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...............................$29,200,000
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4513-1020   For the early intervention program; provided, that not later than February 2, 2027,
  the department of public health shall submit a report to the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing: (i) the number of families served by the
  program; (ii) the amount of funds appropriated in this item granted to qualified
  families; and (iii) 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: (a) home visit; (b) center-based individual; (c)
  child-focused group; (d) parent-focused group; and (e) 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 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, 2027; provided further, that funds in this item may be used
  to pay for current and prior year claims; 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; and provided
  further, that funds from this item shall be expended for interpretation services and
  translation supports to meet the linguistic and cultural needs of children and
  families enrolled in early intervention programs ...................................$38,269,649
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
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  contracted by the department and trained in issues of mental health counseling and
  veterans’ services ...................................................................................$14,393,198
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 funds
  shall be expended for the comprehensive dental program for adults with
  developmental disabilities; provided further, that funds shall be expended for the
  promotion of health and disease prevention; 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 2026, contingent upon receipt of matching
  federal prevention block grant funds; provided further, that not less than $6,752,977
  shall be expended for smoking prevention and cessation programs, including youth
  tobacco use prevention and cessation programs at the Massachusetts Tobacco
  Cessation and Prevention Program; and 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 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  Association, Massachusetts Chapter, Inc. to provide care services for individuals
  suffering with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; provided further, that not less than
  $55,000 shall be expended to Blue Bridge Inc. to expand access to clinical trials
  and advance health equity through community engagement, patient navigation,
  outreach and education initiatives; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall
  be expended to Visiting Dental Hygiene, Inc. in the town of Hingham to provide
  quality dental care in patients’ homes; and provided further, that not less than
  $20,000 shall be expended for the Joe Andruzzi Foundation Inc. in the city known
  as the town of North Attleborough to provide assistance to patients and their
  families experiencing emotional and financial hardships due to cancer diagnosis ....$13,277,134
4513-1121   For a statewide STOP stroke program; provided further, that funds from this item
  shall be expended to provide educational programming as part of the Act F.A.S.T.
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  campaign to recognize the signs and symptoms of stroke and it’s 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 be 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 not be less secure than a nationally-recognized data set platform,
  including the stroke registry data platform; provided further, funds shall be
  expended to require all 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, that funds shall
  be expended to oversee the operation and administration of designated stroke
  service hospital programs pursuant to 105 CMR 130.1401 to 105 CMR 130.1408;
  provided further, that funds shall be used to collect and analyze data from
  designated stroke service hospitals in the commonwealth and for the salary of a
  full-time surveyor who shall be primarily responsible for ensuring compliance with
  the stroke service designation criteria; and provided further, that not later than
  December 31, 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 .............................................................................................................$500,000
4513-1136   For sexual assault and domestic violence services; provided, that not less than
  $8,937,298 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 2027; provided
  further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for a domestic violence and
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  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; and provided further, that not less than
  $75,000 shall be expended to RIA, Inc. for the survivor-directed housing program
  and peer mentorship ...............................................................................$83,982,343
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 $3,782,000 for a program to increase student access to behavioral
  telehealth services in schools; provided further, that not later than June 30, 2027,
  the department of public health shall submit a 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 availability of 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 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 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
  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
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  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 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 .........................................................................................$10,284,773
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; and
  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 ...............................................................................$28,903,456
4516-1005   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,097,107
  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............................................................................$1,097,107
4516-1010   For state matching funds required by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness
  Act, Public Law 109-417 .........................................................................$1,518,847
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
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  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 not more than $500,424 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 ..$500,424
4518-0200   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,411,409
  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.................................$2,411,409
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
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  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; and 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 school absence
  due to hospitalization for physical or mental health care ......................$22,475,010
4590-0912   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $35,164,866
  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 ..................$35,164,866
4590-0913   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $1,578,230
  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 ..................$1,578,230
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 2027 as it maintained in fiscal
  year 2026; and provided further, that the department of public health shall expend
  not less than $600,000 to municipalities hosting a department of public health
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  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 .....$256,517,079
4590-0917   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $5,283,806
  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............................................................................$5,283,806
4590-0918   For the state office of pharmacy services, which may expend not more than
  $43,065,614 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 .................$43,065,614
4590-0924   For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $2,311,959
  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............................................................................$2,311,959
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
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4590-0930   For price reductions for municipalities purchasing naloxone through the municipal
  naloxone bulk purchase program .............................................................$1,501,157
4590-1503   For statewide support services for maternal, child and family health activities for
  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 not less than $386,000 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, 2027,
  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 $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; provided further, that not less
  than $25,000 shall be expended to Hilltown Village, Inc. doing business as 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
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  than $100,000 shall be expended for the Neighborhood Birth Center in the city of
  Boston to provide perinatal health care and prenatal and postpartum support; and
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Pernet Family
  Health Service, Inc. in the city of Worcester for its fourth trimester screening
  program ..................................................................................................$19,193,353
4590-1504   For a neighborhood-based gun and violent crime prevention 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, 2027, 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 program ..............$10,107,331
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
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  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 2028....................................................................$4,001,578
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 $2,550,000 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 $3,000,000to 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 $1,000,000to the
  YWCA, which shall be distributed equally between the Alliance of YWCAS’
  organizations in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $45,000
  shall be expended to Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest, Inc. to purchase
  equipment to improve safety and security at its facilities; provided further, that not
  less than $30,000 shall be expended for Old Colony YMCA Wellness Services,
  Inc., for capital purposes, to support its health and wellness, swimming, childcare,
  community and social services and other programming for the public at the
  Plymouth branch; provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended for
  the Montachusett Community Branch of The Young Men's Christian Association
  Of Central Massachusetts in the city of Fitchburg for upgrades that support its youth
  and community programming; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
  expended for the Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster - A Nonprofit
  Corporation for infrastructure improvements to support its youth and community
  programming; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended to the
  city known as the town of Randolph to support its enhanced social services
  program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Boys
  & Girls Club of Metro North, Inc to establish an innovation center and STEM lab;
  provided further, that not less than $120,000 shall be expended to the Center for
  Teen Empowerment, Inc. for support and community engagement programs for at-
  risk youth; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Parent
  Villages, Inc. for its youth outreach center; provided further, that not less than
  $15,000 shall be expended for the Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod, Inc., for capital
  purposes, to support its after school programs, summer camps, teen programs,
  youth programs and enrichment programs for the public; provided further, that not
  less than $100,000 shall be expended for the YMCA of Greater Westfield, Inc. in
  the city of Westfield for capital improvements and operational costs at Camp
  Shepard to support outdoor education and recreation; provided further, that not less
  than $75,000 shall be expended to Project R.I.G.H.T., Inc. for personnel,
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  programming and administrative costs associated with violence prevention, trauma
  support outreach and neighborhood-based intervention workers serving the Grove
  Hall community; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
  for the Hockomock Area YMCA for its Integration Initiative to provide unique,
  innovative and impactful opportunities for children, teens and young adults with
  special needs and their families ...............................................................$9,745,000
4590-2001    For the department of public health, which may expend not more than $4,489,890
  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 ...................$4,489,890
  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 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
  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
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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 shall maintain a timely, independent and fair administrative hearing
system; provided further, that not later than November 20, 2026, and February 26,
2027, the department 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 2027, 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 or
the hearing officer, specifying which party made the request; and (g) whether the
department’s decision that was the subject of the appeal was affirmed or reversed;
and (ii) the fair hearing requests filed before fiscal year 2027 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 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 shall make redacted copies of fair
hearing decisions available within 30 days of a written request; provided further,
that the department shall not make available any information in violation of federal
privacy regulations; provided further, that not later than February 26, 2027, 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
that shall include, but not be limited to, the: (1) number of medical and psychiatric
personnel currently employed by or under contract with the department, with their
level of training; (2) number of foster care reviews conducted by the department
and the average length of time in which each review was completed; (3) number of
social workers and supervisors who have earned a bachelor’s or master’s degree in
social work; (4) total number of social workers and the total number of social
workers holding licensure, by level; (5) number of the department’s 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; provided further,
that the department shall submit quarterly reports to the joint committee on
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children, families and persons with disabilities and the house and senate committees
on ways and means on the caseload of the department; 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, 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’s 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
child remains in placement beyond that which is medically necessary; (D) the
number of children in the department’s 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, 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 determines who qualifies or does not qualify for 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 whose whereabouts are unknown;
provided further, that not later than January 29, 2027, the department shall submit
a report to the joint committee on children, families and persons with disabilities
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  and the house and senate committees on ways and means that details any changes
  to the rules, regulations or guidelines established by the department 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 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 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 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 2027; 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 2027;
  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, 2027,
  the department 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 as set forth in said subsection (f) of said section 23 of
  said chapter 119, by each area office of the department; and (bb) total cost of such
  services.................................................................................................$156,448,247
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
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  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 ................................................................$5,585,836
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 ...........................................................................$19,174,028
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 prevention 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 $500,000 shall be expended to the Jewish Family and
  Children’s Service, Inc.’s Center for Early Relationship Support, including the
  Fragile Beginnings program, the Project Newborns Exposed to Substances: Support
  and Therapy and related clinical and community services for vulnerable families
  with children from birth to age 5, inclusive .........................................$343,931,153
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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 ....................................................$129,614,767
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 ......................................................................$450,734,746
4800-0058   For the support of a foster care campaign to recruit new foster parents; provided,
  that not later than April 2, 2027, 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 used by the department to recruit
  foster care parents .......................................................................................$965,250
4800-0091   For the department of children and families, which may expend not more than
  $5,142,531 in federal reimbursements received under Title IV-E of the Social
  Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 670 et. seq. during fiscal year 2027 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 $5,142,531 shall be credited to the
  General Fund ............................................................................................$5,142,531
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 for kids 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
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  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 ......................................................................................................$320,870,628
  OFFICE OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Department of Mental Health.
5011-0100   For the operation of the department of mental health; provided, that not less than
  $1,200,000 shall be expended to Mass211, Inc. to support continued staffing
  growth; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the
  Mental Health Collaborative for service expansion; provided further, that the
  department of mental health, in consultation with the department of correction, shall
  conduct a comprehensive investigation into the steps necessary to transfer the
  oversight and management of Bridgewater state hospital from the department of
  correction to the department of mental health; provided further, that not later than
  June 30, 2027, the department of mental health shall submit an implementation plan
  to the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery, joint
  committee on public safety and homeland security and the senate and house
  committees on ways and means detailing the findings and recommendations of the
  comprehensive investigation which shall include, but not be limited to: (i) an
  estimated timeline for the implementation of a secure transition of oversight and
  management of the operations of Bridgewater state hospital by not later than
  December 31, 2028 without requiring the designation or construction of a new
  facility; (ii) the potential impact that department of mental health oversight would
  have on access to clinical mental health services and supports for residents; (iii)
  drafts of legislation necessary to facilitate the transfer of oversight and management
  of the hospital; (iv) proposed enhancements to staff training to ensure compliance
  with the legal requirements regarding the use of restraints and seclusion on patients
  in a residential mental health care facility; (v) an analysis of current staffing ratios;
  (vi) proposed measures to reduce and prevent mold growth and improve air quality;
  (vii) the fiscal impacts associated with the transfer of oversight and management;
  and (viii) any additional measures to provide a safe and improved therapeutic
  environment for providers and residents of the hospital .......................$37,772,029
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
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is appropriate for foster care or, due to severe emotional disturbance, is more
appropriate for group care; provided further, that the department of children and
families shall maintain the same number of intensive residential treatment programs
and clinically intensive residential treatment programs as were maintained in fiscal
year 2026; provided further, that the department shall expend not less than
$4,375,000 for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program, 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 MCPAP 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 15, 2027, 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 2026 and fiscal year 2027; 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, 2027, 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 2027 and fiscal year 2028; provided
further, that not less than $4,700,000 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
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  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, 2027, 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; provided further, that not less than
  $6,500,000 shall be expended for the department's emergency room diversion
  initiative to stabilize youth in crisis; provided further, that not less than $250,000
  shall be expended to Children’s Services of Roxbury, Inc. to expand statewide
  youth mental health and family stabilization services and prevent out-of-home
  placements, mental health hospitalization and department of children and families’
  involvement; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to
  Community Teamwork Inc. in the city of Lowell to operate programs promoting
  children's behavioral health and educational success ..........................$137,968,638
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, 2027, 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 2027; provided further, that in fiscal year 2027, the
  department shall expend on clubhouses not less than the amount expended on
  clubhouses in fiscal year 2026; provided further, that funds 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, 2027
  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
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  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 $50,000 shall be expended to the
  Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. for costs associated with opening a
  licensed outpatient mental health clinic in the city of Quincy; and 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….
  ..............................................................................................................$695,126,424
5046-2000   For homelessness services .....................................................................$27,421,425
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 ............................................$22,035,764
5055-0000   For forensic services provided by the department of mental health ......$17,518,309
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 2027; provided further, that of
  those 671 beds, not less than 45 beds shall be continuing care inpatient beds on the
  campus of Taunton state hospital; and provided further, that within the existing
  appropriation, the department may operate more beds at Taunton state hospital ........$395,160,989
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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 $50,000 shall be expended to Raising Harts
  Corporation located in the town of Hanover for inclusive programming for
  individuals with disabilities; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall
  be expended for Attleboro Enterprises Incorporated for the creation of a program
  center to support adults with a broad range of neurodiverse and intellectual and
  developmental disabilities in the town of Plainville and for the creation of a
  wheelchair garden in the city known as the town of North Attleborough…..$107,612,218
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 2025 under item
  5920-5000 of section 2 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2024; provided further, that
  not later than March 2, 2027, 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 2027….$2,067,501,853
5920-2003    For supportive technology and remote services for individuals served by the
  department of developmental services .....................................................$5,227,910
5920-2010    For state-operated, community-based residential services for adults, including
  community-based health services ........................................................$372,259,320
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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, 2027, 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 2026
  and the number estimated for fiscal year 2027; (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 ...........................................$313,470,092
5920-3000   For respite services and intensive family supports ..............................$131,417,406
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 19, 2027, 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
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  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..................................................................$7,907,222
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 ...............$102,467,129
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, 2027, 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
  2028 and 2029; and (e) recommendations for enhancing the care of individuals with
  developmental disabilities who are aging .....................................................$98,010
5920-5000   For services to clients of the department who turn 22 years of age during fiscal
  years 2026 and 2027 ............................................................................$110,347,273
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
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  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, 2027, 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 ...........................................................$134,334,811
  BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
7000-9101   For the operation of the board of library commissioners.........................$2,093,985
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$19,380,000
7000-9402   For the talking book library at the Worcester public library ......................$726,181
7000-9406   For the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library in the city of Watertown,
  including the operation of the machine lending agency ..........................$4,134,510
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
  2027 for not more than 1 year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general
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  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 ......................$20,400,000
7000-9506     For the technology and automated resource sharing networks ................$6,296,144
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 ......................................................................................$428,400
  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; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to
  the MetroWest Nonprofit Network, Inc. for a nonprofit management certificate
  program ....................................................................................................$5,663,815
7002-0017     For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of
  economic development ............................................................................$2,372,882
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 ...................................................................................................$5,000,000
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
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  ; provided further, that grants recipients shall be notified of grant awards not later
  than October 1, 2026 and provided further, that not later than January 29, 2027, 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 2026; (ii)
  community development corporations that received or are expected to receive
  grants in fiscal year 2027; and (iii) criteria considered in the distribution of these
  grants ........................................................................................................$4,950,000
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
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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; provided, that not less than $200,000 shall be
  expended for the office’s paid fellowship, co-op and internship program to support
  operations and support functions including, but not limited to, the operation of its
  consumer hotline ......................................................................................$2,099,868
7006-0043     For the office of consumer affairs and business regulation, which may expend not
  more than $1,097,747 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 ......................................................................$1,097,747
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 ..............$28,468,367
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.
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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$16,708,706
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 ...............$1,144,857
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 ............................................................................................................$989,339
Division of Occupational Licensure.
7006-0040    For the operation and administration of the division of occupational licensure$12,718,516
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 $20,149,541
  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; 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
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not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as
reported in the state accounting system .................................................$20,149,541
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Division of Standards.
7006-0060    For the operation of the division of standards .........................................$1,860,050
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 $903,561 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 .........................................................................................................$903,561
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 levied for fiscal year 2027 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 .............................$3,551,523
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; and provided further, that not
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  less than $100,000 shall be expended for training or programming at the Center for
  Women & Enterprise; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be
  expended for the Massachusetts center for employee ownership to contract for
  services and other operational costs that further the mission of the center$1,942,715
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 ..................$1,411,960
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
  29, 2027, 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 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 $125,000 shall be expended to the Forest
  Park Zoological Society, Inc. to support workforce and economic development,
  travel, tourism and wildlife conservation.................................................$5,075,000
Massachusetts Marketing Partnership.
7008-1116    For the commonwealth’s local economic development projects; provided, that not
  less than $150,000 shall be expended to the Salvation Army Fitchburg for upgrades
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to support its community and human service programming; provided further, that
not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended to the Fitchburg Redevelopment
Authority for downtown redevelopment efforts in the city of Fitchburg; provided
further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Jamaica Plain
Neighborhood Development Corporation to promote access to safe and affordable
housing; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the West
Roxbury branch of the Boston public library for the purpose of restoring their
courtyard fountain; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended
to Anna's Pals, Inc. for infrastructure and program assistance to provide a safe place
to recover for immunocompromised pediatric cancer patients and their families;
provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for Museum of
African American History, Incorporated to continue its work to showcase the
historical contributions of African Americans; provided further, that not less than
$100,000 shall be expended to the town of Walpole to assist with traffic and
roadway intersection improvements; provided further, that not less than $15,000
shall be expended to the town of Andover for costs related to improvements to the
basketball court and other playground equipment in Memorial circle; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Andover for
costs related to improvements to the Chandler road recreation area; provided
further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended to Presentation School
Foundation, Inc.’s community center in the Brighton section of the city of Boston
to support the community room and food insecurity programs; provided further,
that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to Urban Impact Initiative
Massachusetts Nonprofit Corporation to support programs that reduce the impacts
of poverty; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for
Coalition for an Equitable Economy, Inc. to promote economic diversification and
growth in the small business sector; provided further, that not less than $50,000
shall be expended for bathroom renovations at Livingston street park in the town
of Tewksbury; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for
roadway improvements at the Tewksbury cemetery in the town of Tewksbury;
provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended for exhibit
modernization, artifact and record preservation and public engagement
improvement at the Public Health Museum in Massachusetts, Incorporated in the
town of Tewksbury; provided further, that not less than $55,000 shall be expended
for the revitalization of the downtown and pocket park in the town of North
Andover; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the town
of North Andover for any costs related to robotic lawn mowers to maintain town
playing fields; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended to the
town of Wilmington for any costs related to intersection upgrades necessitated by
construction of schools in the town; provided further, that not less than $30,000
shall be expended for the construction of a playground in the town of Merrimac;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Buttonwood Park
Zoological Society, Inc. to support public access to the zoo for underserved
residents in the city of New Bedford; provided further, that not less than $200,000
shall be expended for We Are ALX Inc. to promote economic diversification and
growth; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended as a grant to
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the United Way of Pioneer Valley, Inc. to support organizations and programs in
the cities of Springfield and Chicopee; provided further, that not less than $300,000
shall be expended to the University of Massachusetts at Lowell for costs related to
its Career Connected Experience Ecosystem programming; provided further, that
not less than $45,000 shall be expended to the town of Chelmsford for a pilot
curbside composting program; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be
expended to Waltham Partnership for Youth, Inc. to support an internship program
for Waltham high school students; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall
be expended to 18 Degrees, Inc. in the city of Pittsfield for improvements to its
facilities to support its early education, youth development, foster care and family
support services; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended
for Madison Park Development Corporation for the Hibernian Hall cultural center
for arts and cultural programming, including original and collaborative arts
programming, immersive multidisciplinary cultural experiences, youth arts and
literacy programming and children’s writing and publishing workshops; provided
further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended to Charles River Museum of
Industry and Innovation, Inc. for the youth leadership and peer mentoring program;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Boston
Housing Authority for recruitment, training, engagement and payroll costs to
support resident employment in the construction industry and green jobs within the
Third Suffolk district; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
to 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 $25,000 shall be expended to
Boston Minstrel Company Charitable Trust, doing business as Music with Heart,
for the purpose of organizational development; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended for the 250th Celebration Committee of Adams for the
purpose of sponsoring events in commemoration of the United States’
sestercentennial anniversary; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended for Assets for Artists Inc. in the city of North Adams for the purpose of
marshaling resources and strategies for creative sector individuals to pursue self-
determined careers; 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 $35,000 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 $50,000 shall be
expended for the West End Museum, Incorporated; provided further, that not less
than $25,000 shall be expended for Dalton American Legion to support the veteran
community; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to
Veronica Robles Cultural Center Corp in the East Boston section of the city of
Boston to support its arts and culture community programming; provided further,
that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the city of Newton for the Spears
park community garden for fence repairs and other improvements; provided
further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to West Newton Cinema
Foundation, Inc. to restore its historic glass and wood lobby and vestibule doors;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Nonprofit Center
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of the Berkshires Inc. to provide resources and technical assistance for local
nonprofit organizations in the county of Berkshire; provided further, that not less
than $25,000 shall be expended for town of Washington to sponsoring events in
commemoration of the town’s sestercentennial anniversary; provided further, that
not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Springfield Museums Corporation to
build an immersive dinosaur dig in Dinosaur Hall at the museum; provided further
that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Suit Up Springfield for operating
costs to support its young professional program in the city of Springfield; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Hope Community
Development Corporation in the city of Springfield for community outreach;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Seeding Ventures
Inc. to support minority and LGBTQ small business owners 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
$90,000 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 $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 $100,000 shall be expended to the Massachusetts Partnerships for
Youth, Inc. to continue delivering remote or on-site training and capacity building
for school and community leaders in the areas of youth violence risk assessment
and harm reduction for at-risk youth; provided further, that not less than $50,000
shall be expended for Friends of Jack Foundation, Inc. to provide direct supports to
pediatric patients and their families in southeastern Massachusetts; provided
further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for 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 $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 $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 $25,000 shall be expended for the Manny 267 Foundation to increase the
capacity to prevent water-related deaths in central Massachusetts and Worcester
county; 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 for 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 for AIDS Project – Worcester, Inc. for
the Pride Worcester festival to be celebrated by the greater Worcester community;
provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended for the Worcester
Youth Orchestras, Inc. for financial aid for students; provided further, that not less
than $25,000 shall be expended to the Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.
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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 to ArtsWorcester, Inc. for the Future Arts Workers internship program
for the Future Arts Workers internship program; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended to African Community Education Program, Inc for
renovations of its facility and for the creation of a new student and community
gathering room; 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 to Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition Inc. for its
services and community programs 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 to the East Cambridge Business Association, Inc. for
services to provide for community activities; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended for Transition House, Inc. in the city of Cambridge to
address domestic violence through intervention and prevention in the city of
Cambridge to address domestic violence through intervention and prevention;
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 $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 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 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 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 Special Townies – Autistic & Exceptional Children Programs, Inc. in
the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; 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 $50,000 shall be expended to Angkor Dance Troupe, Inc. in the
city of Lowell for cultural programming; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended to New England Invents Inc. for the Pinnacle Co-
Working Hub; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the
Lowell Festival Foundation in the city of Lowell for the Lowell Folk Festival;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Lowell Festival
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Foundation in the city of Lowell for the Lowell Summer Music Series; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of Dunstable for
municipal improvements; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be
expended to the town of Phillipston for the purchase of plow truck equipment and
upgrades; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town
of Swampscott for the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of
Tyngsborough for municipal improvements; provided further, that not less than
$200,000 shall be expended to Greater Lowell Community Foundation, Inc. in the
city of Lowell for community programs in the First Middlesex senatorial district;
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
$25,000 shall be expended for the Immigrant City Archives, Inc. for its archival
access, safety and preservation infrastructure project; provided further, that not less
than $280,000 shall be expended to 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 $9,000 shall be expended to the Blackstone Valley
Community Chorus, Inc. in the village of Whitinsville in the town of Northbridge
for upgrades and replacement of musical and sound equipment and transportation
costs; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the town of
Blackstone for costs associated with the town’s 250th anniversary celebration;
provided further, that not less than $63,434 shall be expended for the Downtown
Brockton Association, Inc. for the cleanup and beautification of the downtown area
of the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be
expended to the town of East Bridgewater for electrical upgrades at the East
Bridgewater public library; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended for the Albert & Amelia Ferst Operating Foundation, LLC in the city of
Westfield for capital improvements and operations at the Amelia Park Arena to
support local youth sports programming; provided further, that not less than
$65,000 shall be expended to the city of Taunton for downtown safety and
revitalization improvements, including lighting, cameras, parking and streetscape
enhancements; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to
Waters Farm Preservation, Inc. for infrastructure projects for their 250th
anniversary celebration; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be
expended to the Western Massachusetts Veterans Service Officers Association in
the city of Northampton to support local veterans; provided further, that not less
than $5,000 shall be expended for Veteran Outreach Into Community Engagement
Inc. in the town of Granby for regional programming and veteran outreach
initiatives; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for
Community Roots Neighborhood Services, Inc. in the city of Holyoke to support
local veterans; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for
the Westfield Woman’s Club, Inc. in the city of Westfield for capital improvements
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and programming; 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
$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 building
improvements and operational costs to promote tourism in the western region of
the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended
to the town of Wareham for improvements to Merchant’s way, including waste
enclosures, signage, lighting and murals to support downtown revitalization;
provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for the
Massachusetts Cabo Verdean cultural center commission established in chapter 1
of the resolves of 2024 to support work of the commission including, but not limited
to, the procurement of a consultant to conduct the feasibility study under said
chapter 1, the facilitation of statewide listening sessions and community
engagement activities, administrative support, research, planning and other duties
necessary to carry out the commission’s responsibilities; provided further that not
less than $10,000 shall be expended to the town of Wenham for software to analyze
historic graveyards; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended
to the town of West Newbury to support compliance with newly imposed
Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility requirements for its website; provided
further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the National Center of
Afro-American Artists, Inc. to support arts education, cultural programming,
museum exhibitions, preservation of African diasporic artistic heritage, youth
engagement and community-based visual and performing arts programming in the
Roxbury section of the city of Boston and across the commonwealth; provided
further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the town of Manchester-By-
The-Sea to support the completion of the senior community center project; provided
further that not less than $78,000 shall be expended to the city of Newburyport for
an Airvac sewer system pilot oversight program on Plum Island; provided further,
that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the New England Medical
Association, Inc. to address health disparities and increase the diversity of the
physician workforce in the commonwealth, including the recruitment and retention
of underrepresented physicians and improvement of health outcomes in
underserved communities; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended to the Museum of African American History, Incorporated in the town of
Nantucket for the preservation and programming at the African meeting house;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the J.V. Fletcher
Library in the town of Westford for physical upgrades; provided further, that not
less than $15,000 shall be expended to the town of Ashby for necessary
improvements to the Ashby town gazebo; 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 $50,000 shall be expended for the Kakrona
Center, Inc. for programming in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less
than $10,000 shall be expended to the town of Abington for purposes including, but
not limited to, the office of veterans' services’ operation of a transportation
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program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city
of Quincy for purposes including, but not limited to, communications infrastructure
upgrades and repairs; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended
for Abington public library for purposes including, but not limited to, programming
and services; provided further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended for
senior center improvements in the town of Bellingham; provided further, that not
less than $50,000 shall be expended for the design and permitting of the Dover road
retaining wall in the town of Dover; provided further, that not less than $15,000
shall be expended for a utility trailer for the town clerk’s office in the town of
Medfield; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for
accessibility improvements at the town hall in the town of Milford; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the reconstruction of the
parking lot at the Lansing Millis memorial building in the town of Millis; provided
further, that not less than $70,000 shall be expended for exercise equipment at the
Center at the Heights in the town of Needham; provided further, that not less than
$40,000 shall be expended for senior center parking lot improvements in the town
of Norfolk ; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for radios
for the department of public works in the town of Plainville; provided further, that
not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city of Peabody for rehabilitation
efforts at the George Peabody House Museum including, but not limited to, the
installation of new perimeter fencing to enhance visitor safety, preserve museum
assets and support the site’s ongoing educational programming; provided further,
that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Peabody Cultural Collaborative
Inc. to establish a Peabody activation regrant fund in said city; provided further,
that not less than $70,000 shall be expended to the town of Easton for the
redevelopment, maintenance and management of Swift park; provided further, that
not less than $250,000 shall be expended for Jett Foundation, Inc. in the town of
Norwell for empowering individuals and families impacted by Duchenne muscular
dystrophy through transformative programming; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended to Wellspring, Inc. located in the town of Hull for
program development and community outreach support; provided further, that not
less than $25,000 shall be expended to South Shore SNAP, Inc. to provide athletic
programming to children with intellectual and developmental disabilities; provided
further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the Magical Moon
Foundation, Inc. in the town of Marshfield to support programming for children
with cancer and other life threatening conditions; provided further, that not less than
$20,000 shall be expended to Norwell Grange Corporation in the town of Norwell
to encourage agricultural and environmental sustainability; provided further, that
not less than $10,000 shall be expended to South Humarock Civic Association Inc.
located in the town of Scituate for facility improvements; provided further, that not
less than $20,000 shall be expended to South Shore Irish Heritage Trail, Inc. in the
town of Scituate to promote regional tourism; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 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 $25,000 shall be expended to the LOOK. Foundation, Inc. in the town
of Scituate to raise awareness and support the treatment of PANS and PANDAS;
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provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to Friends of the
Homeless of the Southshore, Inc. in the city known as the town of Weymouth to
support families and children in need throughout the south shore; provided further,
that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Crossroads of Boston, Inc. located
in the city of Boston for youth development at Camp Wing in the town of Duxbury;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to James P.
Harrington Organization, Inc. located in the town of Marshfield to support health
and wellness programming at Ferry hill community center and day camp; provided
further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to Empower Grieving
Children, Inc. located in the town of Cohasset to support services and programming
for children facing parent loss; 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 $30,000
shall be expended to the town of Sutton for costs associated with per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances remediation efforts; provided further, that not less than
$200,000 shall be expended for Massachusetts Women’s History Center, Inc. to
amplify the history of women of all backgrounds in the commonwealth; provided
further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to the Vinton Street Hope
Initiative, Inc. for the operation of its programs; provided further, that not less than
$15,000 shall be expended to Boston Asian: Youth Essential Service, Inc. for the
operation of its programs to empower youth in the Chinatown section of the city of
Boston; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to the the
Codman Square Neighborhood Council, Inc. for the operation of the Codman
square farmers market and the Codman square summer program; provided further,
that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to Bay State Performing Arts, Inc. for
the Boston Gay Men's Chorus; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be
expended to Bowdoin/Geneva Main Streets, Inc. for maintenance and community
programming; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to
Greater Ashmont Main Streets for maintenance and community 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 $20,000 shall be expended for The
People’s Academy, Inc. to support its pre-apprenticeship program training inner-
city residents in the copper trade; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall
be expended to 365Dad Life Inc. for its Youth Announcers program; provided
further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the Berkeley Community
Garden Inc for the purpose of repairing irrigation systems; provided further, that
not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the Puerto Rican Veterans of Boston,
Inc. to erect a Puerto Rican veterans memorial; provided further, that not less than
$20,000 shall be expended to the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway
Conservancy, Inc. for the construction of the American Legion Boston Chinatown
Post 328 Chinese American veterans memorial; provided further, that not less
$20,000 shall be expended to Economic Mobility Pathways, Inc. for supporting
women’s advancement; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be
expended to South Boston Neighborhood House, Inc. for community
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programming; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended to Ella
J. Baker House Inc. for youth programming; that not less than $20,000 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 $70,000 shall be expended to the Harry McDonough Sailing Center,
Inc. for free programming; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be
expended to Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, Inc. for the Cedar Grove project;
provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for Julie's Family
Learning Program, Inc. for family support, wellness and education initiatives;
provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to All Dorchester
Sports & Leadership, Inc. for programming and youth workforce development;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Brazilian
Women’s Group, Inc. in the city of Boston for services for immigrants; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of Dracut for
municipal improvements; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended to the town of Falmouth for the Falmouth urban forest; provided further,
that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of Pepperell for municipal
improvements; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to
the town of Stoughton for public programming at the town community center and
associated event planning; provided further, that not less than $100,000 be
expended to the Springfield Jewish Community Center, Inc. to continue to provide
public and inclusive services and programming for the community; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Stoughton for
the train depot revitalization project and the construction of a new community
center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Western
Mass Wheelers, Inc., to expand adapted outdoor biking programs for elder adults
across Western Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
expended for the Plymouth County Development Council, Inc. to support tourism
in the town and county of Plymouth; provided further, that not less than $20,000
shall be expended for the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, Inc. to strengthen local
economies by promoting, supporting and guiding local businesses, civic leadership
and social agencies; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended
to The Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell, Inc. in the
city of Lowell for transitional services for refugees; provided further, that not less
than $100,000 shall be expended to Meher Foundation, Inc. for transitional services
for refugees in the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall
be expended for Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group, Inc. for a feasibility study for
the John T. Hughes Hatchery and Research Station in the town of Oak Bluffs;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Cape Cod
Blue Economy Foundation, Inc. for CapeTide Economic Development Corporation
programming and operations to support entrepreneurship and small business
development on Cape Cod; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be
expended to the town of Marion for municipal technology upgrades, including
replacement of obsolete desktop and laptop computers; provided further, that not
less than $25,000 shall be expended for Amplify POC Cape Cod Inc. for its
entrepreneurship programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall
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be expended to Beat the Odds Inc. to support the city of Boston's low-income
communities through its Creative Youth Development program; provided further,
that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for Freedom House, Inc. to support the
PUSH-to-Start Gap Year Program, a workforce development and transition
initiative providing youths and young adults in the city of Boston with career
exploration, job readiness training, individualized coaching, workforce exposure
and postsecondary pathway support; provided further, that not less than $30,000
shall be expended to the city of Boston for River street neighborhood improvements
to support community beautification, public infrastructure enhancements,
pedestrian safety, streetscape improvements and other neighborhood stabilization
and quality-of-life initiatives; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be
expended for the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council to support community
engagement, neighborhood improvement initiatives, resident leadership
development, public safety collaboration, youth and family programming and civic
participation efforts in the Mattapan section of the city of Boston; provided further,
that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Massachusetts Voter Education
Network, Inc. to support nonpartisan civic engagement, voter education, youth
leadership development, voter registration and participation efforts and
community-based democracy and electoral justice initiatives; provided further, that
not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Mattapan Square Main Streets, Inc. to
support economic development, small business support, cultural programming,
placemaking initiatives and community engagement efforts in Mattapan square in
the Mattapan section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than
$50,000 shall be expended for The EON Foundation, Inc. to provide programs,
services and technical assistance to support economic opportunities in the cannabis
industry for people from communities harmed by the war on drugs; provided
further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended the town of Ashland for the
renovation and improvement of the Ashland community center; provided further,
that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Holliston for municipal
employee mental health support; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall
be expended to the town of Medway for Americans with Disabilities Act related
improvements to recreational facilities; provided further, that not less than
$105,000 shall be expended to Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
to support efforts to address the primary care crisis; provided further, that not less
than $25,000 shall be expended to Friends of the Wendell Meetinghouse, Inc. for
accessibility improvements, repairs and modifications; provided further, that not
less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Royalston for design,
engineering, repairs and improvements to the King street bridge; provided further,
that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the Swansea redevelopment
authority to create an urban renewal plan along the United States highway route 6
corridor in the town of Swansea; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall
be expended to Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Inc. for expanded programming,
marketing and supplies; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be
expended to the Boyden library in the town of Foxborough for the purchase of new
furniture and equipment for makerspace, children's room and facilities and for
information technology upgrades; and provided further, that not less than $40,000
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  shall be expended to the city of Attleboro for the renovation of the educational
  amphitheater at the Capron Park zoo .....................................................$11,730,434
  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; provided further, that not later than
  December 15, 2026, 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 pursuant to 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; and 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......................................................................$9,048,244
  General Fund................................................. 66.41%
  Gaming Economic Development Fund......... 33.59%
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 Make It Haverhill program to support their workforce training, digital
  literacy and other supportive services ......................................................$2,402,440
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, 2027, the secretary of labor and workforce
  development and the comptroller shall jointly submit the plan to the joint committee
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  on labor and workforce development and the house and senate committees on ways
  and means...............................................................................................$20,446,536
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, 2027, 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 .....................................$2,450,250
  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;
  provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the Massachusetts
  Biotechnology Education Foundation, Inc. to increase career pathways for the life
  sciences sector..........................................................................................$3,583,577
Department of Economic Research.
7003-0105    For the operation of the department of economic research.........................$780,308
Department of Labor Standards.
7003-0152    For the operation of the division of apprenticeship standards ....................$360,324
7003-0200    For the operation of the department of labor standards ...........................$4,747,296
7003-0201    For the department of labor standards, which may expend not more than $454,428
  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 ........................................................................................$454,428
Department of Labor Relations.
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7003-0900    For the operation of the department of labor relations ............................$3,741,076
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, 2027, prior appropriation continued ...................$15,365,000
  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 ................$2,012,922
7003-0803    For the operation of the one-stop career centers ......................................$7,927,586
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  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$1,369,140
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, 2027, 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.........$23,822,988
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES.
7004-0001    For the operation of the commission on Indian affairs ...............................$157,954
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,
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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 15, 2026, 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, 2026 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, 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, 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 and economic 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 not less than $200,000 shall be expended for
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center, Inc. to protect residents from housing
discrimination; and provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended
for technical assistance for municipalities implementing the seasonal community
designation under section 32 of chapter 23B of the General Laws; ......$22,160,301
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7004-0100   For the operations of the homeless shelter and services unit, including for the
  compensation of caseworkers and support personnel ............................$27,275,914
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 2026 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
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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 2027; 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
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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
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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
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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
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  $800,000 shall be expended for the a 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 Home Works program; provided further, that the executive
  office may expend funds for the administration and implementation of the Home
  Works program ....................................................................................$259,435,648
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 ........................$114,036,718
7004-0104   For the Home and Healthy for Good program operated by the Massachusetts
  Housing and Shelter Alliance, Inc. 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 the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance, Inc. 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, Inc. 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; and provided
  further, that not later than February 26, 2027, 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: (i) the number of people served, including available demographic
  information; (ii) the average cost per participant; (iii) whether participants have
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  previously received services from the executive office; and (iv) any projected cost-
  savings to the commonwealth associated with this program ...................$8,890,000
7004-0105   For permanent supportive housing units to house individuals experiencing
  homelessness and mitigate overcrowding in homeless shelters; provided, 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 26, 2027, 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.............................................................................................$10,572,875
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
  $20,000 shall be expended for the New Americans Community Development
  Corporation to support the development of affordable housing; 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 $100,000
  shall be expended for the Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation
  to assist with planning, programming and operations; 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 $75,000 shall be expended
  for Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. for its mobile homeless
  outreach team for service in the cities of Boston, Everett, Malden and Medford;
  provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for Community
  Action Agency of Somerville, Inc. for tenant rights education and advocacy;
  provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the city of
  Somerville to continue a short-term housing bridge pilot program 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 not less than $100,000 shall be expended for
  Housing Families Inc. for regional shared services; provided further, that not less
  than $75,000 shall be expended for Community Day Center of Waltham, Inc. to
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maintain patient safety and security; provided further, that not less than $75,000
shall be expended for W.A.T.C.H., Inc. to support staffing and its programs to
prevent evictions; 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 $150,000 shall be expended for 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 for its first time homebuyer
downpayment assistance program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall
be expended for North Suffolk Community Services, Inc. to coordinate and
implement eviction sealing outreach and coordination; provided further, that not
less than $60,000 shall be expended for Welcome Home, Inc. in the city of Newton
for its home goods pantry; 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 $95,000 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 $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
$100,000 shall be expended for B-HOUSE Inc. to provide support and resources
for homeless youth; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended
for the Boston Affordable Housing Coalition, Inc., doing business as the Mass
Alliance of HUD Tenants, for the establishment of a tenancy preservation fund
for low-income individuals facing eviction in the city of Boston; provided further,
that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Boston Housing Authority to
support planning, design and relocation expenses for housing in the Charlestown
section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended to Centro De Apoyo Familiar (the “Corporation”) to build affordable
housing in the city of Haverhill; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall
be expended to the Brockton Housing Authority for the redevelopment of the
Campello High Rise in the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less than
$75,000 shall be expended for the Big Hope Project Inc in the city of Fitchburg for
the launch and operation of Hope House, a reentry-focused transitional housing,
recidivism prevention and workforce development program serving justice-
impacted individuals across the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended for Belonging to Each Other, Inc. to provide transitional
housing for adults experiencing homelessness during the cold weather months and
housing restoration services year-round in the town of Falmouth; provided further,
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  that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Lower Cape Cod Community
  Development Corporation for the study, analysis and promotion of funding
  affordable and attainable year-round housing, including recommended policy tools,
  to support year-round communities on the lower and outer cape; provided further,
  that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Jewish Family Service of
  Metrowest, Inc.       to develop a collaborative partnership for implementing
  innovative housing solutions, including education related to and the development
  of accessory dwelling units; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be
  expended to Manna Kitchen, Inc. for its work to support unhoused and housing
  insecure individuals at St. John's Episcopal Church in the city of Northampton; and
  provided further, that not less than $50,000 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 ................................................................................$2,670,000
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
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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 the 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: Hearthway, Inc.; 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, 2026, 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
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  residential treatment or sober living programs under items 4512-0200 and 4513-
  1136 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 4513-1136 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…..$82,322,001
7004-0110   For diversion of homeless families from emergency assistance shelters; provided,
  that services shall be targeted to families who are either eligible for the emergency
  housing assistance program under 7004-0101, or likely to become eligible for
  services under 7004-0101, according to guidance developed by the executive office
  of housing and livable communities ........................................................$7,500,000
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, 2027, 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
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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 2027 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 .............................................$117,810,000
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 ...............................................................$1,269,215
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
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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
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  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, 2026, 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, 2026;
  (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 .................................................$278,341,728
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
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  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 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 in 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
  shall not be 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; and
  provided further, that not later than December 15, 2026, 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 ..................$19,263,183
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.
  ................................................................................................................$16,548,125
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 in 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
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  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, 2027, 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 ....................................$3,620,000
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 $3,651,122 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 ......................................................................................................$3,651,122
7004-9316   For a program to provide assistance in addressing obstacles to maintaining or
  securing housing for families with a household income of: (i) not more than 30 per
  cent of the 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 the 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, whom 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
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  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 2026 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 the 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 clauses (a) to (c), inclusive; 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, delineated 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 said 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 ....................................$201,205,991
  EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
Office of the Secretary.
7009-1700     For the operation of information technology services within the executive office of
  education ................................................................................................$28,086,218
7009-6379     For the operation of the office of the secretary of education; provided, that not later
  than December 16, 2026, the executive office of education, in consultation with the
  department of elementary and secondary education and the department of higher
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  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 the 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 ................................................$3,372,215
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$21,000,000
  General Fund ................................................. 71.43%
  Education and Transportation Fund .............. 28.57%
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
1596-2422   For the reimbursement of school districts and participating schools for the costs of
  providing universal free school meals pursuant to section 1C of chapter 69 of the
  General Laws; provided, that districts receiving funds under this item shall not
  implement a meal charge for students; provided further, that participating districts
  that are eligible for reimbursement under the community eligibility provision of the
  National School Lunch Program or an applicable provision of the National Child
  Nutrition Act, Public Law 111-296, shall adopt said provision to maximize access
  to federal funds; and provided further, that not later than January 15, 2027, 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 executive office for administration and finance that shall include: (i) data
  on any change in utilization of school lunch services in districts receiving funding
  under this item, delineated by free, reduced and paid students as defined by the
  National School Lunch Program; (ii) the distribution of funding paid through this
  item delineated by school district; and (iii) options to reform, modify or extend the
  program in a manner that promotes equity, maximizes federal funds and improves
  predictability and sustainability of funding .........................................$180,000,000
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  Education and Transportation Fund ................. 100%
1596-2436   For the development of a statewide birth through higher education framework for
  mental and behavioral health which may include, but shall not be limited to: (i)
  guiding principles and strategies related to providing social emotional supports; (ii)
  mental and behavioral health supports; (iii) suicide prevention; and (iv) relevant
  professional development in educational settings; provided, that the framework
  shall be developed in collaboration with the executive office of health and human
  services and the department of mental health, experts in childhood mental health,
  educators including those from early education and care programs, elementary and
  secondary public schools, and public institutions of higher education, students,
  families, and other stakeholders as appropriate; provided further, that funds may be
  expended to implement the framework and relevant mental and behavioral health
  supports for students; and provided further, that not later than May 28, 2027, the
  department of secondary and elementary education shall submit a report on (i) the
  implementation of the framework; and (ii) the number of districts implementing
  framework findings, prior appropriation continued .................................$2,000,000
  Education and Transportation Fund ................. 100%
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 personal data with each other 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
  not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the foundation budget review
  commission established in section 4 of chapter 70 of the General Laws; 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, 2027, 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
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  ways and means and the joint committee on education; provided further, that not
  less than $2,000,000 shall be expended as grants to school districts to support the
  education of students on safe, responsible and healthy social media use, which may
  include, but shall not be limited to: (i) curriculum frameworks and other
  instructional materials that promote evidence-based practices; and (ii) educator
  training and professional development; and provided further, that not less than
  $375,000 shall be expended for grants to support hands-on cardiopulmonary
  resuscitation training in public schools across the commonwealth .......$16,039,723
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 29, 2027, 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 2027 shall not revert to the General Fund but shall be available
  until December 31, 2027 ........................................................................$29,908,286
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 ......................................................................................................$5,266,750
7010-1192   For grants to cities, towns, school districts and nonprofit entities for educational
  improvement projects; provided that, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended
  to Westborough public schools for the purchase of cell phone pouches; provided
  further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Auburn Youth and Family
  Services, Inc. to support its food pantry and the healthy development of youth and
  families; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to
  Wachusett regional high school for the purchase of security cameras; provided
  further, that not less than $49,000 shall be expended for Amesbury public schools
  for chromebooks for third-grade students; provided further, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended for the New Bedford Youth Court and Fall River Youth
  Court programs in the cities of New Bedford and Fall River to support juvenile
  diversion programs based on the principles of peer-lead restorative justice;
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Friends of the
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Medford Family Network Corp. to provide early childhood, parent education and
family support services in the city of Medford; provided further, that not less than
$500,000 shall be expended for 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 2024, fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026 shall
not revert and shall be made available for the purposes of the program in fiscal year
2027; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the town of
Stoneham for school playground improvements; provided further, that not less than
$200,000 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 $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Belmont for
the replacement of textbooks in Belmont public schools; provided further, that not
less than $10,000 shall be expended for Grad Nite Live, Inc. located 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 $50,000 shall be
expended for Child Care of the Berkshires, Inc. to support the stability of the Magic
Seasons Early Childhood center in the town of Adams and to complete final
essential upgrades to the Monument Square Early Childhood and School-Age
center in the city of North Adams; provided further, that not less than $20,000 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
$50,000 shall be expended for Greenagers, Inc. to provide teen and young adult
environmental programming to provide teen and young adult environmental
programming; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the
town of Cummington for capital improvements and repairs to historical structures
at the J.S. Bryant School; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended to Mary Lyon Foundation, Inc. for services and financial support to
students and families in Franklin county; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended for 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 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 $85,000 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 $100,000 shall
be expended for English at Large, Inc. in the city of Woburn for English language
tutoring and small group instruction in the city of Woburn for the purposes of
English language tutoring and small group instruction; 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 $25,000 shall be expended for LEAP
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for Education, Inc. to support school-day, MyCAP-aligned education and career
planning for students in the city of Salem, including individualized post-secondary
advising, career exploration, work-based learning preparation and connections to
local mentors and employers; 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 $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 $25,000 shall be expended to Girls on the Run
Greater Boston, Inc to provide social-emotional learning and physical activity
curriculum to elementary and middle school-aged girls in the cities of Chelsea,
Everett and Cambridge and the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided
further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to La Vida, Inc. doing business
as La Vida Scholars in the city of Chelsea to support their college preparation
programs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Art
Lab Everett in the city of Everett for youth development projects and its arts
apprenticeship program; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended to Everett Community Growers, Inc. in the city of Everett to provide food
justice education and services; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
expended to First Start Foundation Inc. to support equipment costs of Prophecy
Wrestling Club, help expand its reach and facilitate the participation of youth in the
cities of Lawrence and Methuen; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall
be expended for Lawrence CommunityWorks, Inc. for Movement City to help
engage youth through creative education; provided further, that not less than
$25,000 shall be expended to Haverhill Inner City Boxing Club, Inc. to provide
support for underprivileged youth in the Greater Haverhill area; provided further,
that not less than $125,000 shall be expended to Lawrence high school to create a
career pathway partnership for medical professions in partnership with Merrimack
Health, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Chico
Summer Shootout Foundation Inc for the operation of their spring and summer
programming for youth in and around the cities of Methuen and Lawrence;
provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for the Agawam
Robotics Education Foundation, Inc. in the city known as the town of Agawam for
programming and operational costs; provided further, that not less than $200,000
shall be expended toward academic and financial support services for students of
the Urban College of Boston: A Two-Year College, Inc. to expand access for
students of economically disadvantaged backgrounds; provided further, that not
less than $16,566 shall be expended to the Halifax elementary school for the
replacement of the telephone system; provided further, that not less than $50,000
shall be expended for 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 $1,000,000 shall be expended for programs and resources to
support farm to school and food system literacy programming in public elementary
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and secondary schools and early education programs; provided further, that not less
than $750,000 of such funds shall be used to offer grants through the current
operating farm to school FRESH Grant program; provided further, that $150,000
of such funds shall be used to expand the Massachusetts School Wellness Coaching
Program; provided further, that not less than $100,000 of such finds shall be used
to develop food literacy curricula, tools and resources for use by public schools;
provided further that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of North
Reading for youth programming; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall
be expended for Easter Seals Massachusetts, Inc. to provide college navigator
services; provided further, that not less than $26,000 shall be expended for Raising
Multicultural Kids, Inc. in the town of Easton for educational programming and
teacher recruitment; provided further, that not less that $50,000 shall be expended
to the town of Lynnfield for capital improvements to the middle school; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to The American Exchange
Project, Inc. to launch a pilot-to-scale program in public schools in the city of Lynn;
provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Hanover public
schools for purposes including, but not limited to, implementing a cardiac screening
program; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to the town
of Rockland for purposes including, but not limited to, an engineering study for the
Union street entrance to and the front steps of Rockland Memorial library; provided
further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the town of Franklin public
school district for lighting upgrades to the middle school auditorium; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for water treatment
improvements and PFAS removal at Pine Hill elementary school in the town of
Sherborn; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to the
Behavioral health Integrated Resources for Children (BIRCh) center to continue
the operations of the school-based behavioral health technical assistance center;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Link to
Libraries, Inc. to provide new, culturally-responsive and engaging books for school
libraries while supporting underserved elementary school students in building their
own home libraries; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
for Girls on the Run of Western MA, Inc. to provide social-emotional learning and
physical activity curricula to elementary and middle school-aged girls; provided
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Pembroke public
schools for infrastructure maintenance and improvements and energy affordability
initiatives; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to
Marblehead public schools for the refurbishment of the Glover Elementary School
playground; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for Top
Floor Learning, Inc. in the city known as the town of Palmer to provide low cost or
free tutoring and classes for adults; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall
be expended for the Dennet elementary school in the town of Plympton; provided
further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for Cape Cod Foundation, Inc.
for its Fund for Sandwich permanent endowment fund; provided further, that not
less than $10,000 shall be expended for The Soul Project, Inc. in the town of West
Bridgewater for the Soulful Girls Club program and other programming for young
women as they transition out of teen programs to ensure continued access to
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  community connection and growth; provided further, that not less than $30,000
  shall be expended for Nantucket Community Television, Inc. to support Nantucket
  High School sports broadcasting through Nantucket Sports Connection
  programming and initiatives; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be
  expended for the Afrimerican Culture Initiative Inc. for the Afrimerican Academy
  for programming to provide youth with workforce development, career readiness
  training, financial literacy, public speaking, project-based learning, civic
  engagement and youth-led public programming that connects local history, cultural
  education, and long-term educational and career pathways; provided further, that
  not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Chica Project to support culturally-
  affirming, trauma-informed youth development, mentoring, leadership
  development, civic engagement and college readiness programming for young
  women and girls in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $20,000
  shall be expended for The Modern Mentor Inc. for youth mentorship and personal
  development; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for
  Hoops Collaborative Youth Development Program, Incorporated to support free
  youth basketball programming, mentorship, leadership development, community
  engagement activities and wraparound support services for young people in the
  Greater Boston area; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended
  for Mattapan/Greater Boston Technology Learning Center, Inc. to support
  operations, the expansion of workforce development programming, digital literacy
  training, youth STEM programs and community-based technology initiatives
  serving residents of the Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester and Hyde Park sections of
  the city of Boston and the Greater Boston area; provided further, that not less than
  $25,000 shall be expended to Greatest MINDS to support mentorship, college and
  career readiness, leadership development, workforce training, civic engagement
  and educational programming for middle school, high school and college students
  in the city of Boston; and provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
  expended to Framingham public schools for the purchase of a wheelchair-
  accessible van; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to
  Westport public schools to conduct a traffic study; provided further, that not less
  than $10,000 shall be expended to Confikids Inc. to provide children with access to
  recreational sports, arts and activities; provided further, that not less than $50,000
  shall be expended to Mansfield public schools for expenses related to the creation
  of a multimedia lab space in Mansfield high school to offer production courses for
  students ....................................................................................................$5,276,566
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
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  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 ....................................$6,472,081
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 ............................................................................$7,764,496
  General Fund ................................................. 61.36%
  Education and Transportation Fund .............. 38.64%
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 of 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 in 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...................................$3,712,905
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 ..........................................................................................$8,750,748
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7035-0001   For a program to be operated by the department of elementary and secondary
  education for planning 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 pursuant to chapter 74 of the General
  Laws; provided, that in awarding planning and implementation grants preference
  shall be given to vocational schools with demonstrable waitlists for admission; and
  provided further, that funding from this item may be used for transportation costs
  that are not otherwise reimbursed by the regional school transportation program$3,087,315
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 ......................$58,391,405
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 26, 2027, 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 ..................$114,167,912
  General Fund ................................................. 46.89%
  Education and Transportation Fund .............. 53.11%
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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 .......$1,360,474
  Education and Transportation Fund ................. 100%
7035-0008   For reimbursements to cities, towns and regional school districts for the cost of
  transportation of nonresident pupils as required by the McKinney-Vento Homeless
  Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 119; provided, that not later than February 12, 2027, 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 ........................................................................................................$35,219,466
7035-0035   For a statewide 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 the department of elementary and
  secondary education shall establish an advanced placement test fee program
  which may reimburse fees to assist students with paying the fee for advanced
  placement tests based on financial need to be determined by the department;
  provided further, that funds shall support programs with the following program
  elements: (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
  the programs shall be chosen through a competitive process; provided further, that
  funds shall be disbursed by the beginning of the 2026-2027 school year to cover
  costs expended between August 1, 2026 and July 31, 2027; and provided further,
  that funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer
  months ..............................................................................................……$2,250,320
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  Education and Transportation Fund ................. 100%
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 2027; 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 the grant program; provided
  further, that not later than April 1, 2027, 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, 2026, 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 ..................................................................................................$4,429,965
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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 ............................................................................$7,658,399,506
  General Fund ................................................. 84.60%
  Education and Transportation Fund ................ 7.52%
  Student Opportunity Act Investment Fund ..... 7.42%
  Education Fund ............................................... 0.46%
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 2027 shall be as defined in said section 5A of said chapter 71B 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 2027; 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 2026 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 $11,700,000 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
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  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 2027 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 2026 to costs
  reimbursable under said section 5A of said chapter 71B and incurred during fiscal
  year 2027 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 2026 claims; provided further, that if the fiscal year
  2026 claims are found to be inaccurate, the department shall recalculate the fiscal
  year 2027 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 29, 2027, 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 26, 2027, 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 2028, prior appropriation
  continued ..............................................................................................$653,894,886
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,
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  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; 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,
  2027, each participant in the pilot program shall submit a report to the department
  of elementary and secondary education which shall include, 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, 2027, 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; and 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 ............................................$3,500,000
7061-0029   For the office of school and district accountability established in section 55A of
  chapter 15 of the General Laws ...............................................................$1,599,268
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 2027 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 2027 shall be $1,288; provided further, that in
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  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 2027; and 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 ....................................................$200,402,605
7061-9200   For the department’s education data analysis and support for local districts$1,302,145
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 1D
  and 1I of said chapter 69; 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 2026-2027 school year .......................$40,832,690
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 ....$495,000
7061-9408   For targeted assistance and support to schools and school 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 school districts
  that have been identified as in need of “focused support/targeted support” or
  “broad/comprehensive support” within the commonwealth’s framework for
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  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 department of early education
  and care and the department of 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 unless 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 in all schools within 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,
  2027, 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 .....................................................$16,408,966
7061-9601   For the department of elementary and secondary education, which shall expend not
  more than $2,620,882 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
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  amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue
  estimate as reported in the state accounting system.................................$2,620,882
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, 2027, 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.................................................................$2,775,683
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, 2026, 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, 2027, 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
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  than $50,000 shall be expended for the Boston Athletic Academy, Incorporated
  located in the Hyde Park section of the city of Boston to provide youth
  development through education and athletics ..........................................$7,503,178
  General Fund ................................................. 75.99%
  Youth Development & Achievement Fund .. 24.01%
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, 2026,
  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, 2028 ........................................$648,949
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
7061-9624   For the School of Excellence program at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute;
  provided, that every effort shall be made to recruit and serve equal numbers of male
  and female students; provided further, that sending districts of students attending
  the institute shall not be required to expend any funds for the cost of these students
  while in attendance at the institute; and provided further, that the Massachusetts
  Academy of Math and Science at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute shall provide
  professional development activities at the academy, including salary and benefits
  for teachers and visiting scholars .............................................................$2,000,000
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7061-9626   For grants to the members of the Massachusetts YouthBuild Coalition, Inc. to
  provide 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, 2027, 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........................................................$1,800,000
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,
  2026, 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 2028 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, 2027, 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, 2027, 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 2028 ............................................................$16,000,000
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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 .......................................................$2,940,300
7061-9815   For a grant program to be 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 in 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 ..............................................................................$1,014,500
Department of Higher Education.
1596-2414   For a scholarship program to provide financial assistance to Massachusetts students
  enrolled in and pursuing a program of higher education in any public institutions of
  higher education in the commonwealth; 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 adopt regulations governing the eligibility and the
  awarding of financial assistance under this item; provided further, that funds may
  be expended for an office of higher education success and completion within the
  department of higher education to support: (i) data collection and tracking; and (ii)
  the development of best practices for higher education student success and degree
  completion including, but not limited to, the alignment of community college
  programming with labor market demands; provided further, that the department
  shall distribute funds to the public institutions of higher education for the purpose
  of this item for the academic year beginning in 2026 not later than August 31, 2026;
  provided further, that discrepancies between the initial distribution and actual
  award amounts shall be reconciled and be accounted for in a subsequent distribution
  of funds prior to January 29, 2027; and provided further, that the department shall
  provide notice of preliminary funding estimates to the public institutions of higher
  education for the academic year beginning in 2027 based on said actual award
  amounts and any changes to eligiblity criteria or regulations proposed by the
  department not later than January 1, 2027 .............................................$85,000,000
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  Education and Transportation Fund ................. 100%
1596-2439   For grants to state universities for cohort counseling to ensure student success and
  provide wraparound supports and services to improve outcomes for their most
  vulnerable populations including, but not 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 by the department of higher education; provided further, that
  eligible wraparound support activities shall include, but not be limited to, peer
  mentors, academic skills workshops and targeted academic, career and scholarship
  advising; provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs
  or activities during the summer months; provided further, that all funds distributed
  may be spent solely on personnel costs at the discretion of the universities; and
  provided further, that not later than March 3, 2027, the department shall report to
  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 ................................................................................................$14,000,000
  Education and Transportation Fund ................. 100%
1596-2501   For a Free Community College Program; provided, that funds shall be expended to
  cover any remaining tuition and fees due and an allowance for the cost of books,
  supplies and other expenses for any eligible student after all other sources of federal
  and state grant aid have been exhausted; provided further, that students whose
  household income is at or below 125 per cent of the state median income shall be
  granted an allowance of up to $1,200 per academic year for books, supplies and
  other expenses for attending a community college program; provided further, that
  the department of higher education shall provide written notice to the house and
  senate committees on ways and means not less than 120 days prior to the
  implementation of any reduction in the allowance; provided further, that the
  allowance shall not preclude students from receiving assistance through MassGrant
  or MassGrant Plus, subject to the regulations of said programs; provided further,
  that the commissioner of higher education, in consultation with the executive office
  of education and the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges, and in
  coordination with the Massachusetts state scholarship office, shall adopt guidelines
  governing eligibility for and the awarding of financial assistance under this item;
  provided further, that funds from this item may be expended on student support
  services, administration and marketing of said scholarship program; provided
  further, that students aged 25 or older may be referred to as MassReconnect
  students; provided further, that funds from this item may be expended to create
  awareness and conduct public outreach related to MassReconnect; provided further,
  that funds may be expended for programs or activities during the summer months;
  provided further, that tuition and fees at public community colleges shall not
  increase more than the lesser of: (1) the ratio of the value of the implicit price
  deflator for state and local government purchases in the third quarter of the prior
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  fiscal year to its value in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2 years prior; or (2)
  1.045; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the
  contrary, students enrolled in courses that meet the initial training requirements for
  emergency medical technician and paramedic certification shall be awarded
  sufficient financial assistance to cover any remaining tuition and fees due and an
  allowance for the cost of books, supplies and other expenses after all other sources
  of federal and state grant aid have been utilized, regardless of the number of credits
  the student is enrolled in or whether the student has previously earned a
  baccalaureate degree or equivalent certification; provided further, that the
  department, after consultation with the Massachusetts Association of Community
  Colleges, shall analyze the faculty and staff capacity to meet the needs of the
  program established in this item, to ensure a sufficient workforce; provided further,
  that not later than February 2, 2027, the department of higher education, in
  consultation with the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges, shall
  submit a report to the joint committee on higher education and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means detailing program uptake, funding distribution, and
  the metrics and benchmarks being used to measure program success including, but
  not limited to: (i) enrollment; (ii) retention; (iii) barriers to student participation;
  and (iv) demographic data related to program participants; and provided further,
  that not later than May 28, 2027, the department of higher education shall submit
  information to the executive office for administration and finance, the board of
  higher education, the joint committee on higher education and the house and senate
  committees on ways and means on the number of students participating in the
  program at each community college ....................................................$137,048,000
  Education and Transportation Fund ................. 100%
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 those 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,
  incurred by the commonwealth for such 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,
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  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 2027; 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 2027 shall be distributed not later
  than September 30, 2026 pursuant to a transfer schedule determined by the
  executive office of administration and finance; and provided further, that not less
  than $450,000 shall be expended for Journey into Education & Teaching, Inc. to
  strengthen the educator workforce pipeline .............................................$4,756,186
7066-0009   For the New England Board of Higher Education ......................................$433,525
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 such aid shall not exceed $6,000 per recipient per year;
  and provided further, that such 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 .......................$12,900,000
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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
7066-9600   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
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  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 the department shall distribute
  grant funds to recipients for fiscal year 2027 not later than July 17, 2026, to allow
  a full year of service for inclusive concurrent enrollment programs initiated through
  the grant program; provided further that the department shall distribute a request
  for fiscal year 2028 grant proposals and shall select fiscal year 2028 grant recipients
  subject to future appropriation not later than May 29, 2027; provided further, that
  not later than January 29, 2027, 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 by 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
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, 2026; 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 2026; provided further, that not less than $480,000
  shall be made available for One Family, Inc. for costs in connection with the One
  Family Scholars program; 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; and 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
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  Education not less than twice in the previous 5 years and whose majority of students
  are eligible for Pell grants ....................................................................$177,188,311
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 school on veterinary
  programs; provided further, that the school may work in consultation with the
  Bristol county agricultural school on veterinary programs; and provided further,
  that funds appropriated in this item shall support bioterrorism prevention research
  conducted in consultation with emergency management authorities in the
  commonwealth relative to diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans
  ..................................................................................................................$7,000,000
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, 2027, 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 ................................................................................................$14,000,000
  Marijuana Regulation Fund ........................ 100.00%
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
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  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 proposals through which colleges may apply and shall 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
  effective date of this act, the department shall issue the request for proposals to
  eligible public institutions under this item; and provided further, that not later than
  90 days after the effective date 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
7520-0424    For a health and welfare reserve for eligible personnel employed at community
  colleges and state universities ..................................................................$7,131,153
University of Massachusetts.
1596-2705    For grants to the University of Massachusetts for cohort counseling to ensure
  student success and provide wraparound supports and services to improve
  outcomes for their most vulnerable populations including, but not limited to, low-
  income, first-generation, minority and disabled students and lesbian, gay, bisexual,
  transgender, queer and questioning students; provided further, that eligible
  wraparound support activities shall include, but not be limited to, peer mentors,
  academic skills workshops and targeted academic, career and scholarship advising;
  provided further, that appropriated funds may be expended for programs or
  activities during the summer months; provided further, that all funds distributed
  may be spent solely on personnel costs at the discretion of the university; and
  provided further, that not later than March 3, 2027, the department shall report to
  the house and senate committees on ways and means on the progress made on
  implementing and funding this program ................................................$10,000,000
  Education and Transportation Fund ................. 100%
7100-0200    For the operation of the University of Massachusetts; provided, that not later than
  January 29, 2027, 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
  in an amount not less than the amount provided 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 those centers or
  institutions, the university shall submit a report detailing: (i) the reasons for such
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  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; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended
  for the University unified procurement services team to offer other public
  institutions of higher education optional access to centralized procurements for
  products and services; 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 ................................................................$874,250,000
  General Fund ................................................. 97.89%
  Education Fund ............................................... 2.11%
7100-0700     For the operation of the statewide 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 ...........................................................................................................$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.
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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 consultative supports to aid in
  the closing of educational achievement gaps in higher education .........$76,758,735
7110-0100   For Fitchburg State University...............................................................$46,942,816
7112-0100   For Framingham State University..........................................................$46,687,984
7113-0100   For the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts ......................................$25,351,763
7113-0101   For Gallery 51 at the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center in the city of North
  Adams to be administered by the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts ...$50,000
7114-0100   For Salem State University ....................................................................$70,013,015
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...............................................................$44,099,532
7116-0100   For Worcester State University ..............................................................$43,642,881
7117-0100   For the Massachusetts College of Art and Design .................................$28,845,407
7118-0100   For the Massachusetts Maritime Academy ............................................$27,278,705
Community Colleges.
7502-0100   For Berkshire Community College ........................................................$16,278,126
7503-0100   For Bristol Community College.............................................................$33,958,964
7504-0100   For Cape Cod Community College........................................................$18,300,828
7505-0100   For Greenfield Community College ......................................................$16,423,542
7506-0100   For Holyoke Community College..........................................................$29,613,654
7507-0100   For Massachusetts Bay Community College; provided, that not less than $85,000
  shall be expended for Massachusetts Bay Community College’s Center for
  Cybersecurity Education ........................................................................$24,463,539
7508-0100   For Massasoit Community College .......................................................$31,590,662
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7509-0100   For Mount Wachusett Community College ...........................................$22,775,619
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...............................................$29,344,939
7511-0100   For North Shore Community College ....................................................$32,481,190
7512-0100   For Quinsigamond Community College ................................................$32,355,003
7514-0100   For Springfield Technical Community College .....................................$36,611,994
7515-0100   For Roxbury Community College .........................................................$16,293,886
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 not more than $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.......................................................$34,823,915
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 ..............................................$40,631,102
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Office of the Secretary.
8000-0038     For the operation of a witness protection program under chapter 263A of the
  General Laws ..............................................................................................$245,025
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 .................................................................................................$139,043
8000-0202     For the purchase and distribution of sexual assault evidence collection kits$91,768
8000-0313     For local public safety projects and grant programs; provided, that not less than
  $55,000 shall be expended to the town of Auburn for the purchase of a 3D laser
  scanner; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the town
  of Millbury for the purchase of a canine police cruiser for the Millbury police
  department; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the
  town of Shrewsbury for the purchase of a police boat for the Shrewsbury police
  department; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the
  city of Worcester for the purchase of a canine police cruiser for the Worcester police
  department; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for
  CASA Project, Inc. for its court appointed special advocate program in the county
  of Worcester; provided further that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for
  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 $33,000
  shall be expended to the town of Oakham to support and make upgrades to the
  police and fire departments; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
  expended to the city of Haverhill for overtime pay for members of its police and
  fire departments who responded to the mill fires in April and May, 2026; provided
  further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the city of Melrose to
  purchase public safety and emergency medical equipment; provided further, that
  not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the police department in the town of
  Carlisle for the purchase of a traffic message board; provided further, 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
  western Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be
  expended for Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club, Inc. for its counter-criminal
  continuum, or C3, police management program in low income and downtown
  neighborhoods to facilitate community involvement; provided further, that not less
  than $70,000 shall be expended to the town of Burlington for the police department
  for unanticipated payroll expenditures; provided further, that not less than $250,000
  shall be expended to the Berkshire regional planning commission to establish a
  mental health emergency alternative response task force in coordination with the
  sheriff of the county of Berkshire and The Brien Center for Mental Health and
  Substance Abuse Services, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall
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be expended to the town of Bourne for the police department to purchase a 3D
scanner; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Hull
police department to support their canine program; provided further, that not less
than $24,000 shall be expended to the town of Oxford for the police department to
purchase of a full matrix sign and related equipment for road safety; provided
further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the town of Middleborough
for police department equipment, technology and operational support to enhance
public safety; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended to the
town of Dighton for police department equipment, technology and operational
support to enhance public safety; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall
be expended for the K9 PTSD Research Center, Inc. in the town of Seekonk for the
care, rehabilitation and research of retired military and law enforcement canines;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of
Seekonk for a police body-worn camera program; provided further, that not less
than $200,000 shall be expended to the department of state police Troop H for
dedicated patrols including, but not limited to, the community action team, mounted
unit and marine unit; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended
to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police department for additional
dedicated patrols at train stations along the orange line, red line and commuter rail
within the First Suffolk district; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall
be expended to the city of Boston to enable the fire department to conduct dedicated
emergency services through its delta units vehicles; provided further, that not less
than $15,000 shall be expended to the Holyoke for its police department to purchase
a drone to support swift and effective search and rescue efforts in emergencies;
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the city known
as the town of Agawam for costs associated with enhancing the town’s
cybersecurity measures; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be
expended to the town of Berkley for the purchase and upfitting of a police cruiser;
provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the town of Marion
for replacement of the uninterruptible power supply system supporting emergency
communications; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to
We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project, Inc. to support its
Caregivers Program, a trauma-informed, cohort-based initiative providing
wraparound support, healing services, peer mentoring and reentry planning
assistance to caregivers and families impacted by incarceration, violence and
community trauma; provided further that not less than $25,000 shall be expended
to the town of Hamilton for the purchase of a generator for the public safety
building; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for a grant
program to be administered by the executive office of public safety and security for
municipalities, public colleges and universities and community-based nonprofit
programs to purchase automated external defibrillators; provided further, that such
grant program shall give priority to municipalities with a population of not more
than of 20,000 persons and to nonprofit organizations; provided further, that not
later than March 1, 2027, the executive office shall submit a report to the clerks of
the house of representatives and senate and the house and senate committees on
ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a list of grant applicants,
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  (ii) a list of the successful grant applications, including the amounts awarded and
  (iii) the criteria used to evaluate grant applications; provided further, that not less
  than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Holbrook for upgrades to the public
  safety building located at 300 South Franklin street including, but not limited to,
  heating, air conditioning and ventilation upgrades, main apparatus floor
  waterproofing, carpeting replacements, electronic lockset replacements and fitness
  center renovations; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended
  to replace heat pumps in the public safety building in the town of Wrentham;
  provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the city of
  Beverly for the acquisition of 2 police vehicles; provided further, that not less than
  $20,000 shall be expended for the Randolph police department for dedicated speed
  prevention patrols on state highway route 28 in the city known as the town of
  Randolph; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for
  AccessMA, Inc. to expand access to health and human services resources for
  formerly incarcerated individuals, their families and impacted communities;
  provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Bike Life New
  England Foundation Inc. for the 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 $100,000 shall be expended to
  the Natick police and fire departments for the purchase of health and safety training
  and equipment; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to
  the Franklin Regional Council of Governments for efforts to improve the delivery
  of emergency medical services in Franklin county; provided further, that not less
  than $140,000 shall be expended for the town of Lakeville to support modernizing
  and transferring public safety communication equipment; provided further, that not
  less than $110,000 shall be expended for the town of Rochester to support public
  safety including, but not limited to, the purchase of body-worn cameras for the
  police department and a new truck for the fire department; provided further, that
  not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the Swansea police department for de-
  escalation training; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended
  to the Westport police department for de-escalation training; provided further, that
  not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
  District Council of Attleboro for the Attleboro Cincentian immersion reentry
  project that serves incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals throughout
  Bristol county; and provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended
  to the city of Attleboro for the purchase of active shooter protective gear and
  response equipment..................................................................................$3,272,000$100,000
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
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  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; provided further, that not less than $100,000
  shall be expended for the executive office of public safety and security, in
  collaboration with department of public health, to conduct an analysis and
  recommend a plan to modernize and improve the efficiency, efficacy, service
  delivery and long term sustainability of emergency medical services in the
  commonwealth; provided further, that the analysis and plan shall include, but not
  be limited to: (i) the feasibility and fiscal impacts of transferring the administration
  and oversight of the state emergency medical services system from the department
  of public health to a new agency within the executive office of public safety and
  security; (ii) best practices among states in the administration of emergency medical
  services; (iii) the current state of the emergency medical services workforce in the
  commonwealth and methods of enhancing recruitment and retention; (iv) the
  integration of emergency medical services with other public safety agencies
  including police and fire; (v) the utilization and effectiveness of the statewide
  communication system among emergency medical services providers and methods
  of improving interoperability, including for central medical emergency direction
  statewide; (vi) a review of the different service delivery requirements for
  emergency and interfacility transports; and (vii) revisions to the EMS system
  advisory board established in section 13 of chapter 111C of the General Laws to
  promote stakeholder engagement and effectiveness of the board; provided further,
  that the executive office shall engage with stakeholders including, but not limited
  to: (a) the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts; (b) the Professional Fire
  Fighters of Massachusetts; (c) the Massachusetts Call/Volunteer Firefighters
  Association; (d) the Massachusetts Hospital Association; (e) the Massachusetts
  Ambulance Association; (f) the International Association of EMTs and
  Paramedics; and (g) the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association; provided
  further, that the executive office shall solicit public input and hold not less than 4
  public hearings in different geographic areas of the commonwealth; and provided
  further, that not later than June 30, 2027, the executive office shall submit its final
  analysis and recommendation, including any legislative and regulatory changes, to
  the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the house and senate
  committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public health and the joint
  committee on public safety and homeland security .................................$6,852,912
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, 2027, 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
  emerging adults who are returning to the community from state prisons and county
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  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 emerging adults
  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 at least 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; and provided further, that not later than March 2, 2027,
  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, 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 to which they are
  returning; and (e) outcomes and recidivism rates of the participants in each of the
  programs ..................................................................................................$7,000,000
  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, 2027, 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, the: (i) number of grant applicants; (ii) successful grant applicants; (iii)
  criteria used to evaluate grant applications; and (iv) amount of funds awarded to
  each grant recipient; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended
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  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 .........................................................................…………$5,450,000
8000-1213   For the school of reentry; provided, that funds may be spent on the credible
  messenger program ..................................................................................$1,320,938
8000-1225   For the operation of the office of grants and research ................................$287,358
8000-1700   For the provision of information technology services within the executive office of
  public safety and security.......................................................................$21,055,192
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 2028 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 14, 2026,
  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, 2026, 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
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  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 ...................................................................................$10,587,424
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 15, 2027, 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 2026; (ii) the number of
  procedures performed in fiscal year 2026; (iii) the current turnaround time and
  backlogs; (iv) the current response time to scenes; (v) the number of cases
  completed in fiscal year 2026; (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..
  ................................................................................................................$19,761,334
8000-0122    For the office of the chief medical examiner, which may expend for its operations
  not more than $8,851,118 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 ......................................................................................................$8,851,118
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..
  ..................................................................................................................$3,539,817
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 $5,816,920 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
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  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, 2028 ......................................$5,816,920
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, 2026, 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 .................$7,558,045
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 2027, the colonel of state
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  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 ...................................................................................$10,434,091
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
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  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; and 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 officer,
  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 officer 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 .......$406,348,479
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 ..............................................................$34,356,002
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 .....................................................................$664,802
Municipal Police Training Committee.
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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 ...................................$19,281,152
  General Fund ................................................. 93.80%
  Public Safety Training Fund ........................... 6.20%
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, 2026; 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 trainee shall begin training unless the municipality or the
  trainee 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
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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, correction 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.........$42,550,301
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8324-0050   For the commonwealth’s local fire departments; provided, that not less than
  $100,000 shall be expended to the county of Barnstable for fire training programs
  and equipment; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to
  the town of Norwood for the fire department to purchase lifesaving rescue,
  emergency, and tactical training apparatus; provided further, that not less than
  $37,000 shall be expended for the purchase and installation of a door access control
  system for the fire department in the town of Spencer; provided further, that not
  less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Holden for improvements and
  renovations at the fire substation; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall
  be expended to the town of West Brookfield for the fire department to purchase
  new fire radios; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to
  the town of Duxbury for the fire department to purchase equipment and other
  resources; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the
  Boylston fire department for necessary information technology upgrades; provided
  further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city of Easthampton for
  the fire department to purchase interoperable communications equipment; provided
  further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a municipal grant program
  administered by the state fire marshal for firefighter cancer screenings, including
  advance blood testing and imaging; provided further, that not less than $90,000
  shall be expended for the Northwestern Youth Fire Intervention Response,
  Education and Safety Partnership (NoFIRES) program to support fire safety
  education and intervention services for families in the region; provided further, that
  not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of Rehoboth for per- and
  polyfluoroalkyl substance-free firefighter turnout gear; provided further, that not
  less than $500,000 shall be expended to the New Bedford fire department for
  personnel costs, including maintaining staffing at Fire Station 9 to keep the facility
  open to sustain sufficient emergency response times across the city; provided
  further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town Topsfield to
  support the completion of a fire compressor and cylinder fill station for the fire
  department; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the
  town of North Andover to replace the fire department’s fire life safety training
  trailer; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to the city of
  Gloucester to purchase an emergency response all-terrain vehicle for the fire
  department; provided further that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the
  town of Newbury for the purchase of a LUCAS chest compression device for the
  fire department; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to
  the town of Nahant fire department for upgrades to its public safety equipment;
  provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to the city of Lynn
  for the purchase of equipment for the fire department; provided further, that not less
  than $100,000 shall be expended for the Fire Chiefs' Association of Plymouth
  County, Inc. for purposes including, but not limited to, program needs and long-
  term planning to enhance mutual aid operations in Plymouth county; provided
  further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for the Kingston fire
  department for equipment related to cardiovascular support and rescue; provided
  further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the American National Red
  Cross, Southeastern Chapter, to provide fire and disaster relief, organize blood
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  drives, provide services to veterans and teach lifesaving skills to the public;
  provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for Magic for
  Maddie, Inc. in the town of Southampton for assistance to local families with a
  child battling cancer; and provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be
  expended for the Framingham fire department to support senior home safety
  assessments; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the
  Somerset fire department to purchase self-contained breathing apparatuses; and
  provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the city known as
  the town of North Attleborough for the purchase of new turnout gear for firefighters
  ..................................................................................................................$1,837,000
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 $2,410,369
  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……..$2,410,369
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......$13,954,218
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
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  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, 2028..
  ..................................................................................................................$5,334,769
8700-1160    For life insurance premiums under section 88B of chapter 33 of the General Laws$1,153,552
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
  appropriate 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 .......................................................................$7,163,274
Department of Correction.
8900-0001    For the operation of the department of correction; provided, that not later than
  January 15, 2027, 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
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  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, 2026 to December 31, 2026,
  inclusive, and 1 of the reports shall cover the period from January 1, 2027 to June
  30, 2027, 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
  of the General Laws 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; provided further, that not later than February 2,
  2027, 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; and provided further, that
  not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for municipalities hosting department
  of correction facilities ..........................................................................$859,650,607
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.................................................................................$4,929,937
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
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  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 .....$7,129,800
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 2026; 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 ..................$1,503,854
Parole Board.
8950-0001       For the operation of the parole board.....................................................$26,048,762
8950-0002       For the victim and witness assistance program under chapter 258B of the General
  Laws ............................................................................................................$275,543
  SHERIFFS.
Hampden Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0102       For the operation of the Hampden sheriff’s office; provided, that not later than
  December 15, 2026, 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
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  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, 2026 and such data shall be due not later than 30 days after the last
  day of each quarter; provided further, that no funds in this item shall be expended
  from the AA or DD object classes; provided further, that not later than November
  2, 2026, the Hampden sheriff’s office 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: (i) a detailed breakdown of all
  programs and services provided by the Hampden sheriff’s office in and outside of
  the sheriff’s office facilities; (ii) a breakdown of the cost of providing each program
  and service; (iii) information on the participants or customers of the program,
  including whether they are incarcerated persons, a public entity, a private business
  or a nonprofit; (iv) comprehensive quantitative analysis of the impact that the
  program has on said participants, including their disciplinary record while in
  custody, their recidivism rate after release and their employment rate after release
  when applicable; and (v) the compensation rates for participants; 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 .........................................................................................................$3,671,223
8910-0103   For the AA, BB, CC and DD object class costs of the Hampden sheriff’s office;
  provided, that staffing costs shall not be projected to exceed the amount
  appropriated in this item; provided further, that not later than November 2, 2026,
  the Hampden sheriff’s office shall submit a report to the executive office for
  administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and
  means on the current fiscal year payroll spending projections including, but not
  limited to: (i) the number of full time equivalent employees; (ii) the current salary
  of each employee; (iii) the bargaining unit of each employee; (iv) the additional
  costs of implementing any collective bargaining agreement for each employee over
  the next 12 months; (v) any plans to hire additional employees and the costs
  associated with those employees; and (vi) the ratio of full time equivalent
  employees to average daily supervisory population ..............................$92,276,918
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 alcohol use diorder or a substance use disorder 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
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  provided further, that additional costs associated with the program shall include
  medication, food, clothing, medical needs and psychiatric services .....$14,000,000
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, 2027, 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, 2027, 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 2027 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
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  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 ......................................................................$667,690
8910-1031     For the operation of the western Massachusetts regional women’s correctional
  center ........................................................................................................$5,041,957
8910-1040     For the delivery of a medication-assisted treatment program in Hampden sheriff’s
  office facilities across Hampden county; provided, that no funds in this item shall
  be expended from the AA or DD object classes; provided further, that not later than
  November 2, 2026, the Hampden sheriff’s office 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: (i) the
  number of participants in the program; (ii) the breakdown of dosage and type of
  medications administered; and (iii) the cost breakdown of the medications…..$2,333,907
8910-1060     For the costs of providing voice communication services, including phone calls and
  other communication services free of charge to the person initiating and the person
  receiving the communication pursuant to section 87A of chapter 127 of the General
  Laws; provided, that no funds in this item shall be expended from the AA or DD
  object classes; provided further, that beginning November 2, 2026, the Hampden
  sheriff’s office shall submit quarterly reports to the executive office for
  administration and finance and to the house and senate committees on ways and
  means on documentation of communication services provided free of charge
  including, but not limited to: (i) amounts expended for communication services,
  delineated by facility; (ii) a breakdown of the cost of each call by minute, delineated
  by facility; (iii) a breakdown of the cost of each other communication service
  offered by minute, delineated by facility; (iv) the number of phone calls, video
  communications, electronic communications and other communications services,
  delineated by facility; and (v) any changes in contracts for voice communication
  services, including any progress in maximizing purchasing power and
  consolidating contracts between the sheriffs and the department of correction; and
  provided further, that the executive office for administration and finance may
  require additional documentation as deemed necessary by the secretary ...$538,188
Worcester Sheriff’s Office.
8910-0105     For the operation of the Worcester sheriff’s office; provided, that not later than
  December 15, 2026, 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
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  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, 2026 and such data shall be due not later than 30 days after the last
  day of each quarter; provided further, that no funds in this item shall be expended
  from the AA or DD object classes; provided further, that not later than November
  2, 2026, the Worcester sheriff’s office 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: (i) a detailed breakdown of all
  programs and services provided by the Worcester sheriff’s office in and outside of
  the sheriff’s office facilities; (ii) a breakdown of the cost of providing each program
  and service; (iii) information on the participants or customers of the program,
  including whether they are incarcerated persons, a public entity, a private business
  or a nonprofit; (iv) comprehensive quantitative analysis of the impact that the
  program has on said participants, including their disciplinary record while in
  custody, their recidivism rate after release and their employment rate after release
  when applicable; and (v) the compensation rates for participants; 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..........................................................................................................$7,407,247
8910-0106   For the AA, BB, CC and DD object class costs of the Worcester sheriff’s office;
  provided, that staffing costs shall not be projected to exceed the amount
  appropriated in this item; provided further, that not later than November 2, 2026,
  the Worcester sheriff’s office shall submit a report to the executive office for
  administra

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May 21, 2026
Senate
Text of S4, reprinted as amended
May 21, 2026
Senate
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