Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2EEEEEE — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2EEEEEE
Information Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund
Status: in_force

[Text of section added by 2024, 139, Sec. 3 effective July 29, 2024. See also, section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 214, Sec. 2 effective September 24, 2024; section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 135, Sec. 5 effective October 2, 2024; and section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 140, Sec. 58, below.]

[Text of section added by 2024, 139, Sec. 3 effective July 29, 2024. See also, section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 214, Sec. 2 effective September 24, 2024; section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 135, Sec. 5 effective October 2, 2024; and section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 140, Sec. 58, below.]

Section 2EEEEEE. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Information Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of technology services and security. The secretary shall expend money in the fund for information technology projects related to the commonwealth's health and human services. There shall be credited to the fund: (i) amounts equal to any federal financial participation revenues claimed and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from this fund or from eligible expenditures made in direct connection with eligible expenditures made from this fund; and (ii) interest earned on any money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended without further appropriation. Annually, not later than November 1, the secretary shall file a report on the fund's activities with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on advanced information technology, the internet and cybersecurity.

(b) To accommodate timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenue and related expenditures, the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the most recent revenue estimates as certified by the secretary to be transferred, credited or deposited under this section. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.

[Text of section added by 2024, 214, Sec. 2 effective September 24, 2024. See also section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 139, Sec. 3 effective July 29, 2024, above. See also, section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 135, Sec. 5 effective October 2, 2024 and section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 140, Sec. 58, below.]

Section 2EEEEEE. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund to be known as the Commonwealth Federal Matching and Debt Reduction Fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of administration and finance. The fund shall be credited with: (i) interest earned in each fiscal year on the investment of money in the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund established in section 2H, subject to subsection (b); (ii) appropriations or other money designated to be credited to the fund; and (iii) interest earned on any amounts in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended without further appropriation. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to be in deficit.

(b) Quarterly, the comptroller shall transfer to the fund any interest credited to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund during the previous quarter; provided, however, that no such transfer shall occur if: (i) the balance of the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund for the most recently ended fiscal year has decreased below the balance of the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund at the close of the immediately preceding fiscal year as certified by the comptroller in the statutory basis financial report required pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A; or (ii) the balance of the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund does not exceed 10 per cent of budgeted revenues for the immediately preceding fiscal year, as stated in the most recent statutory basis financial report; and provided further, that if the report for the immediately preceding fiscal year has not yet been issued, the comptroller shall make an estimate of the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund balance and budgeted revenues and other financing sources for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(c) Annually, not later than 5 business days after the issuance of the statutory basis financial report required pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A, the comptroller shall report to the executive office for administration and finance, the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) the balance of the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund as of June 30 of the preceding fiscal year; and (ii) the interest earned by the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund during the preceding fiscal year.

(d) The secretary of administration and finance may expend money from the fund, without further appropriation, for: (i) repaying, prepaying, defeasing, retiring, tendering, purchasing, reducing the principal or interest payable on or otherwise reducing any portion of the commonwealth's indebtedness; (ii) reducing, repaying or retiring any portion of the commonwealth's long-term liabilities, including, but not limited to, pension obligations, other post-retirement benefits, capital leases, general or special obligation contract liabilities and equivalent liabilities; and (iii) transferring any amounts in the fund to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund. The secretary of administration and finance shall provide notice to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means not less than 30 days prior to expending funds from the Commonwealth Federal Matching and Debt Reduction Fund, including, but not limited to, the purpose and amount of each expenditure.

(e) Twice per year, not later than December 31 and June 30, respectively, the secretary of administration and finance shall provide reports to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the activities of the Commonwealth Federal Matching and Debt Reduction Fund for the prior period.

[Text of section added by 2024, 135, Sec. 5 effective October 2, 2024. See also, section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 139, Sec. 3 effective July 29, 2024 and section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 214, Sec. 2 effective September 24, 2024, above. See also section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 140, Sec. 58, below.]

Section 2EEEEEE. To enhance violence prevention and intervention services, there shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Violence Prevention Federal Reinvestment Trust Fund. There shall be credited to the fund revenues equal to the amount of federal financial participation received by the General Fund for expenditures for violence prevention and intervention services and any other reimbursements, grants, premiums, gifts, interest or other contributions from any source received that are specifically designated to be credited to the fund. The secretary of health and human services shall be the trustee of the fund.

To accommodate timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the fund may incur expenses, and the comptroller shall certify for payment amounts not to exceed the most recent revenue estimate certified by the MassHealth director and reported in the state accounting system. Amounts credited to the fund shall be subject to further appropriation and monies remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year.

The secretary shall report annually on or before August 1 to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and the joint committee on public health on the revenue and expenditure activity within the trust fund.

[Text of section added by 2024, 140, Sec. 58 effective February 1, 2025. See 2024, 140, Sec. 252. See also, section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 135, Sec. 5 effective July 29, 2024; section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 214, Sec. 2 effective September 24, 2024; and section 2EEEEEE added by 2024, 139, Sec. 3 effective October 2, 2024, above.]

Section 2EEEEEE. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project Fund which shall be a separate, nonbudgeted special revenue fund to be administered by the secretary of health and human services. There shall be credited to the fund: (i) any transfers from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of chapter 118E; (ii) an amount equal to any federal financial participation revenues claimed and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from the fund; (iii) any revenue from appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; and (iv) interest earned on any money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended without further appropriation.

(b) The secretary shall annually make available amounts from the fund solely for the expenses of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project operated by the department of mental health, in an amount equal to the amount described in the definition of ''Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project revenue amount'' under section 64 of chapter 118E.

(c) To accommodate timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenue and related expenditures, the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the most recent revenue estimates as certified by the secretary to be transferred, credited or deposited under this section. The secretary shall, to the maximum extent possible, administer the fund to obtain federal financial participation for the expenditures of non-federal money from the fund.

(d) If the amount in the fund exceeds the amount sufficient to make the payments described in subsection (b), at any point in time, as determined by the secretary, the secretary may transfer the commonwealth's share of such amount to the General Fund, the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in said section 66 of said chapter 118E or the Managed Care Organization Services Reinvestment Fund established in section 2FFFFFF of chapter 29; provided, however, that no such transfer shall cause a deficit in this fund.