MA Gen L ch 29 § 2yyyy (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 29 - State Finance|Section 2yyyy - Substance Use Disorder Federal Reinvestment Trust Fund

[ Text of section effective until June 30, 2023. Repealed by 2017, 110, Sec. 9. See, 2017, 110, Sec. 58.]  Section 2YYYY. In order to implement MassHealth's substance use disorder section 1115 waiver demonstration project and to enhance and expand substance use disorder services, there shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Substance Use Disorder Federal Reinvestment Trust Fund, in this section called the fund. There shall be credited to the fund revenues equal to the amount of federal financial participation received by the Commonwealth's General Fund for expenditures for residential recovery services, transitional support services, family recovery services, recovery support navigator services, recovery coach services and other new or expanded substance use disorder treatment services and any other federal 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.[ Second paragraph effective until July 1, 2021. For text effective July 1, 2021, see below.]  The secretary may expend, without further appropriation: (i) not more than $27 million per year in fiscal year 2020 and not more than $53 million per year in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 from the fund to expand and support the residential treatment system to treat individuals with a substance use disorder or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder; (ii) not more than $11 million per year in fiscal year 2020 and not more than $32 million per year in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 from the fund to expand and support access to medication assisted treatment; (iii) not more than $8 million per year in fiscal year 2020 and not more than $15 million per year in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 from the fund to expand and support access to recovery treatment support services; and (iv) not more than $4 million per year in fiscal year 2020 and not more than $10 million per year in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 from the fund to implement and support American Society of Addiction Medicine assessment and care planning across substance use treatment providers. For the purpose of accommodating 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 as certified by the MassHealth director, as reported in the state accounting system. Amounts credited to the fund shall not 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.[ Second paragraph as amended by 2021, 24, Sec. 16 effective July 1, 2021. For text effective until July 1, 2021, see above.]  The secretary may expend from the fund, without further appropriation: (i) not more than $27,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, not more than $53,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 and not more than $60,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 to expand and support the residential treatment system to treat individuals with a substance use disorder or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder; (ii) not more than $11,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, not more than $32,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 and not more than $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 to expand and support access to medication assisted treatment; (iii) not more than $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 and not more than $15,000,000 per year in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 to expand and support access to recovery treatment support services; and (iv) not more than $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, not more than $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 and not more than $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 to implement and support the American Society of Addiction Medicine assessment and care planning across substance use treatment providers. For the purpose of accommodating 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 as certified by the MassHealth director, as reported in the state accounting system. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and 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 the subsequent fiscal year.  The secretary shall report annually, on or before August 1, to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery on the revenue and expenditure activity within the trust fund.