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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 26 - Department of Banking and Insurance › Section 8d - Certification and Collection of Assessment

Section 8D. On or before October first in any fiscal year, the commissioner of insurance shall certify to the commissioner of corporations and taxation the amount of assessment to be made and the name and address of each company against whom such assessment is to be made. Such assessment shall be collected by the commissioner of corporations and taxation in accordance with applicable provisions of chapter sixty-three; provided, however, that each company shall pay the amount assessed against it within thirty days from the receipt of notice of assessment from the commissioner of corporations and taxation. The amount so collected shall be credited to the funds to which the appropriations for the division of insurance are charged, and in the same proportion as such appropriations are charged.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 26 - Department of Banking and Insurance › Section 8i - Medical Malpractice Analysis Bureau; Duties; Appointments; Assessments

Section 8I. There shall be established within the division a medical malpractice analysis bureau which shall analyze and collect data and advise the commissioner on requests filed by a medical malpractice insurer licensed, admitted, authorized or approved by the commissioner for changes in risk classifications, premiums, rates and such other matters as may be reviewed or approved by the commissioner. Said bureau may employ at least the following persons: an actuary, an attorney, a person with expertise in the area of health care systems and policies, two senior actuarial assistants and such secretarial and clerical assistance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The commissioner shall appoint all employees of said bureau who shall be exempt from the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty and chapter thirty-one and shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.
The commissioner is hereby authorized to make and collect an assessment against medical malpractice insurers licensed, admitted, authorized or approved by the commissioner to pay for the expenses of said bureau. Said assessment shall be made at a rate sufficient to produce five hundred thousand dollars annually. In addition to said amount, the assessment shall also include an amount, to be credited to the General Fund, equal to the total amount of funds estimated by the secretary for administration and finance to be expended from the General Fund for indirect and fringe benefit costs attributable to the personnel costs of said bureau; provided, however, that if the commissioner shall fail to expend for the costs and expenses of said bureau in any fiscal year the total amount of five hundred thousand dollars for the purposes set forth in this section, any amount unexpended in such fiscal year shall be credited against the assessment to be made in the following year, and the assessment in the following year shall be reduced by such unexpended amount. The assessment shall be allocated on a fair and reasonable basis among all medical malpractice insurers licensed, admitted, authorized or approved by the commissioner. The funds produced by said assessments shall be expended by the division, in addition to any other funds which may be appropriated, to assist in defraying the general operating expenses of said bureau, and may be used to compensate consultants retained by said bureau. A medical malpractice insurer licensed, admitted, authorized or approved by the commissioner shall pay the amount so assessed against it within thirty days after the date of the notice of assessment from the commissioner. For the purposes of this section, the term medical malpractice insurer shall mean a medical malpractice insurer as defined in section one hundred and ninety-three U of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 26 - Department of Banking and Insurance › Section 8j - Maintenance Assessment Against Life Insurers

Section 8J. The commissioner of insurance shall make a special division of insurance maintenance assessment in each fiscal year against each life insurer licensed to do business in the commonwealth. This maintenance assessment shall be made proportionately against each such life insurer based on the percentage of so much of the premium as is reported on line twenty-two, columns three, four and five of schedule T of a life insurer's most recent annual statement required to be filed with the commissioner pursuant to section twenty-five of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, as compared to the total premium reported in line twenty-two, columns three, four and five of schedule T of said most recent annual statements required to be filed by all such life insurers. Each individual life insurer's assessment shall be in an amount estimated to be sufficient to produce a total aggregate assessment of one million and fourteen thousand dollars. Estimated assessments shall be paid within thirty days of notice from the commissioner and may be charged to the normal operating costs of the insurer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 26 - Department of Banking and Insurance › Section 8l - Implementation and Enforcement of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 Regarding Licensed Carriers Pursuant to Chapters 175, 176a, 176b, 176e, 176f and 176g

Section 8L. In regard to any carrier licensed pursuant to chapters 175, 176A, 176B, 176E, 176F and 176G, the commissioner of insurance may implement and enforce: (i) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111–148, as well as any rules, regulations or guidance applicable thereto, as amended from time to time; and (ii) the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, Public Law 105–277, as well as any rules, regulations or guidance applicable thereto, as amended from time to time, including, but not limited to, the amendments made by: Title X of said Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111–152; and the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009, as enacted in amended form by section 10221 said federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 27 - Department of Correction › Section 1 - Department of Correction; Commissioner; Salary; Qualifications

Section 1. There shall be a department of correction, under the supervision and control of a commissioner of correction. The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department and all officers and employees of the department and all of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth shall be under his supervision and control. The position of commissioner shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty and he shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of his office. The secretary of public safety shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, the commissioner who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and may be removed by the secretary at any time, subject to the approval of the governor. Any person appointed to said office shall, at the time of his appointment, have had at least five years of adult correctional administrative experience and have an established record of high character and qualities of leadership.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 27 - Department of Correction › Section 2 - Deputy Commissioners; Salary; Qualifications; Employees

Section 2. The commissioner shall, with the approval of the secretary of public safety, appoint and may, with like approval, remove a deputy commissioner for institutional services, a deputy commissioner for personnel and training, and a deputy commissioner for community services. The position of deputy commissioner shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty and he shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of his office. All such deputy commissioners shall possess qualifications of character and ability similar to that required of the commissioner, and shall have had training and experience in work generally similar to those required of the commissioner or otherwise suitably preparing them for the work of their respective offices. They shall not be subject to the provisions of section nine A and nine B of chapter thirty, or chapter thirty-one. The commissioner may designate any deputy commissioner to discharge the duties of the commissioner during his absence or disability.
Subject to appropriation and to all applicable requirements of chapter thirty or thirty-one, the commissioner shall appoint and may remove such other officers and such employees as the work of the department shall require, provided, that said commissioner may require that a physician who is to be so appointed be certified as to his qualifications by one of the physicians' specialty boards approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association; and from time to time he may, subject to appropriations, employ such consultants as he deems necessary. Subsequent to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, no person who smokes any tobacco product shall be eligible for appointment as an employee of the department in a position or office the regular or incidental duties of which require the care, supervision, or custody of prisoners, criminally insane persons or defective delinquents and no person so appointed after said date shall continue in such office or position if such person thereafter smokes any tobacco product; the personnel administrator shall promulgate regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this sentence.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 27 - Department of Correction › Section 2a - Positions in Department of Correction; Educational Requirements

Section 2A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-one of chapter thirty-one, the personnel administrator shall establish the following educational requirements for taking an examination for the following positions in the department of correction:—
An applicant for director of psychological research shall have a doctoral degree in psychology from an accredited college or university.
An applicant for principal psychologist shall have a minimum of a master's degree in psychology from an accredited college or university.
An applicant for chief supervisor of psychiatric social work shall have a minimum of a master's degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work.
An applicant for head psychiatric social worker shall have a minimum of a master's degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 27 - Department of Correction › Section 5 - Parole Board; Powers and Duties

Section 5. The parole board shall (a) within its jurisdiction, as defined in section one hundred and twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, determine which prisoners in the correctional institutions of the commonwealth or in jails or houses of correction may be released on parole, and when and under what conditions, and the power within such jurisdiction to grant a parole permit to any prisoner, and to revoke, revise, alter or amend the same, and the terms and conditions on which it was granted shall remain in the parole board until the expiration of the maximum term of the sentence or sentences for the service of which such prisoner was committed, or until the date which has been determined by deductions from the maximum term of his sentence or sentences for good conduct, or unless otherwise terminated; (b) supervise all prisoners released on parole permits granted by it, make such investigations as may be necessary in connection therewith, determine whether violation of parole terms and conditions exist in specific cases, decide the action to be taken with reference thereto, and aid paroled prisoners to secure employment; (c) be the advisory board of pardons with the power and duties in relation thereto set forth in section one hundred and fifty-four of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven; (d) supervise all prisoners pardoned on parole conditions, and report to the governor violations by any such prisoner of the parole conditions applicable to his pardon; (e) make rules relative to the performance of its duties, the calling and conduct of meetings and for the conduct of its employees in the performance of their duties; (f) print its rules and the statutes relating to its powers and duties, in convenient form, from time to time, and annually during the month of January mail or deliver one copy thereof to each justice of the superior and district courts, each sheriff and to the master, keeper or principal officer of each penal institution in the commonwealth, and two hundred copies thereof to the board of probation; (g) make an annual report to the commissioner; (h) employ subject to appropriation and the requirements of chapter thirty and chapter thirty-one an executive secretary and such hearing officers, clerks, attorneys, and other employees and consultants as the work of the parole board may require.
Any three members of the board may be appointed by the chairman to act as the parole board for the purpose of granting or revocation of paroles; provided, however, that for the purpose of considering hearing officer recommendations to the board under paragraph (b) of section one hundred and thirty-four of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, any single member of the board may be so appointed. The chairman may also designate any member to act in his absence as the executive and administrative head of the board.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2 - General Fund; Deposit of Revenue

Section 2. There shall be a General Fund of the commonwealth, into which all revenue payable to the commonwealth shall be paid, except revenue required by law to be paid into a fund other than the General Fund and revenue for or on account of sinking funds, trust funds or trust deposits, which funds shall be maintained and the revenue applied in accordance with law or the purposes of the fund.
All such revenue shall be deposited in and credited to the General Fund or other state funds during the fiscal year in which it is received. In the event that a question arises as to the correct year to credit the receipt of revenues, the comptroller shall make a determination as to the correct fiscal year and the determination of the comptroller shall be conclusive. Every source of state revenue shall be classified according to a schedule of revenue accounts promulgated by the comptroller. The commonwealth's receipt of such revenue shall be documented under rules and regulations promulgated by the comptroller.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2aaa - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fund

Section 2AAA. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fund. The fund shall provide agencies under the executive office of health and human services with funding to meet the costs of compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, HIPAA. There shall be credited to said fund revenues from federal reimbursements from Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act attributable to funds spent for HIPAA compliance and any other federal reimbursements, grants, premiums, gifts or other contributions received for HIPAA compliance. Amounts credited to the fund shall be held as an expendable trust and shall not be subject to further appropriation. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of any fiscal year.
The secretary of health and human services may allocate amounts in said fund to agencies within said executive office to meet the costs of compliance with HIPAA if the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for such purpose, in accordance with an allocation plan to be filed in advance with the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means. The secretary of health and human services shall also file a quarterly report with the house and senate committees on ways and means containing detailed information on each agency under the executive office of health and human services including, but not limited to, the following: (a) year-to-date expenditures from said fund and estimated year-end expenditures; (b) the status of HIPAA compliance; (c) steps necessary to attain full compliance with HIPAA and the estimated associated costs; and (d) year-to-date revenues credited to said fund and estimated year-end receipts.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2aaaa - State Athletic Commission Fund

Section 2AAAA. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the State Athletic Commission Fund, in this section referred to as the fund, to be administered by the division of occupational licensure. The fund shall consist of any monies from licensing fees or other fees and fines collected under sections 32 to 35, inclusive, sections 40, 40A and 42 of chapter 147 and section 12 of chapter 265. The amounts credited to the fund shall be available for expenditure without further appropriation by the division of occupational licensure up to an amount not to exceed $200,000 each fiscal year for the costs of operating and administering the state athletic commission; provided, however, that if the amount credited to the fund exceeds $200,000, the excess amount shall be deposited into the General Fund. For the purposes of accommodating discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expense 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.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2aaaaaa - Portable Order for Life Sustaining Treatment Trust Fund

Section 2AAAAAA. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Portable Order for Life Sustaining Treatment Trust Fund. The secretary of health and human services shall be the trustee of the fund and shall expend money from the fund to: (i) develop, implement and operate a program governing the statewide use of a portable order for life-sustaining treatment, in this section referred to as POLST, program administered by the department of elder affairs, pursuant to section 44 of chapter 19A; (ii) support the transition from the use of the medical order for life-sustaining treatment, also known as MOLST, program in the department of public health to the POLST program in the department of elder affairs; (iii) develop, implement and operate a statewide electronic POLST, in this section referred to as ePOLST, program administered by the department of elder affairs; and (iv) provide for any other program purpose related to the transition from MOLST to POLST, or the establishment, maintenance or operation of the POLST or ePOLST program.
(b) There shall be credited to the fund an amount equal to: (i) any revenues under section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117–2, designated for the purposes described in subsection (a); (ii) any federal financial participation revenues claimed and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from the fund; (iii) any appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iv) interest earned on any money in the fund; and (v) any other grants, premiums, gifts, reimbursements or other contributions received by the commonwealth from any source for or in support of the purposes described in subsection (a).
(c) Amounts credited to the fund may be expended without further appropriation. 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 secretary of elder affairs, as reported in the state accounting system. Any 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 a subsequent fiscal year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2b - Federal Capital Improvement Fund

Section 2B. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Federal Capital Improvement Fund. Money received from the federal government on account of projects financed in whole or in part by appropriations authorized to be charged to said fund shall be credited to said fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2bbbb - Commonwealth Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund

Section 2BBBB. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Commonwealth Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund. The fund shall be credited with all sales tax revenues collected from the sale of alcoholic beverages under chapter 64H which are not part of the dedicated sales tax revenue amount described in section 35T or section 35BB of chapter 10. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, subject to appropriation, to support substance abuse treatment and prevention services.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2bbbbb - Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund

Section 2BBBBB. There shall be an Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund. There shall be credited to the fund: (i) the fees imposed under subsection (A) of section 2 of chapter 21J in the manner set forth pursuant to clause (i) of subsection (C) of said section 2 of said chapter 21J; (ii) any appropriation, grant, gift or other contribution made to the fund; and (iii) any interest earned on money in the fund.
Amounts credited to the fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for the purposes of chapter 21J. Before the calculation of the consolidated net surplus under section 5C, the comptroller shall transfer any remaining balance in the fund to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund established in section 2ZZZ.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2c - General Federal Grants Fund

Section 2C. All income from federal grants which shall include grants in aid and subventions, received by any department, institution, board, commission, agency, officer or employee of the commonwealth from the federal government, whether directly or through an intermediary, other than grants for capital improvements as provided in section 2B, shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth and credited to a separate special revenue fund to be known as the General Federal Grants Fund. Each such grant shall be kept in a separate account and subject to the law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2cccc - Local Aid Stabilization Fund

Section 2CCCC. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Local Aid Stabilization Fund. The fund shall consist of monies transferred to it from the Gaming Revenue Fund established in section 59 of chapter 23K, all other monies credited or transferred to it from any other fund or source and proceeds from the investment of such funds. Subject to appropriation, the fund shall be distributed to cities and towns as a supplement to other sources of local aid distributions, but shall not be subject to section 5C.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2ccccc - Civics Project Trust Fund

Section 2CCCCC. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Civics Project Trust Fund. The fund shall be administered by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education. The fund shall be credited with: (i) revenue from appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) interest earned on such revenues; and (iii) funds from public and private sources such as gifts, grants and donations to further civics and history education and professional development. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.
(b) Amounts credited to the fund may focus on underserved communities across the commonwealth, including those school districts with high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students, and may be expended, without further appropriation, by the commissioner for the following purposes: (i) to assist with the implementation of section 2 of chapter 71, including professional development training; (ii) for the development of the history and social science curriculum framework, including civics education; (iii) for the collaboration with institutions of higher education and other stakeholder organizations; and (iv) to establish a competitive evaluation of a student-led civics project, available to all eighth grade students.
(c) Amounts received from private sources shall be approved by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education and subject to review before being deposited in the fund to ensure that pledged funds are not accompanied by conditions, explicit or implicit, on the implementation of civics education programming that may be detrimental to the neutral and rigorous teaching of civics or unduly influence the direction of civics education policy. The review shall be made publicly available.
(d) Annually, not later than October 1, the commissioner shall report to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, the joint committee on education and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the fund's activity. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the source and amount of funds received; (ii) the amounts distributed and the purpose of expenditures from the fund, including but not limited to, funds expended to assist school districts in meeting the requirements in section 2 of chapter 71; (iii) any grants provided to institutions of higher education and other stakeholder organizations; and (iv) anticipated revenue and expenditure projections for the next year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2cccccc - Education and Transportation Reserve Fund

[ Text of section added by 2023, 28, Sec. 17 effective January 1, 2023. See 2023, 28, Sec. 105.]
Section 2CCCCCC. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund known as the Education and Transportation Reserve Fund. The fund shall be credited with: (i) funds transferred pursuant to subsection (c) of section 2BBBBBB; (ii) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants and donations; and (iv) any interest earned on the assets of the fund. The balance of the fund shall not exceed 33 per cent of the annual spending threshold set pursuant to subsection (f) of said section 2BBBBBB. Amounts credited to the fund may be expended, subject to appropriation, to offset the unforeseen and dramatic loss of revenues within a fiscal year, after implementing all efficiencies and savings possible, to pay current liabilities of the Education and Transportation Fund established in subsection (b) of said section 2BBBBBB. The account shall not be subject to section 5C.
(b) The comptroller shall certify the balance of the fund at the end of each fiscal year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2ddd - Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fund

Section 2DDD. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth, a separate fund to be known as the Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fund, consisting of any monies appropriated to the fund by the general court, any monies recovered under chapter 21K, any monies received from fines and any income derived from the investment of monies transferred, appropriated or recovered by the fund, not to exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year. Amounts credited to the fund shall be available for expenditure, without prior appropriation, by the state fire marshal, as head of the department of fire services, who shall act as trustee, solely for the mitigation of hazardous materials emergency response incidents throughout the commonwealth and the reimbursement of all other reasonable related costs to hazardous materials mitigation emergency response member departments, cities and towns responding to said incidents or for other reasonable expenditures necessary to implement said chapter 21K. The department of fire services may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify amounts for payment in anticipation of expected receipts. Monies deposited in the trust fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, provided that said monies do not exceed $250,000, shall not revert to the General Fund and any funds in excess of $250,000 shall revert to the General Fund and be made available for appropriation. No expenditures from said fund shall be authorized that would cause said fund to be deficient at the end of any fiscal year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2dddd - Gaming Economic Development Fund

Section 2DDDD. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Gaming Economic Development Fund. The fund shall be credited with revenues transferred to it from the Gaming Revenue Fund established in section 59 of chapter 23K. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, subject to appropriation, to support economic development and job growth including, but not limited to: (1) workforce training, including transfers to the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund established in section 2WWW of chapter 29; (2) tourism promotion, including regional tourism promotion agencies and cultural and recreational attraction promotion; (3) summer jobs; (4) the Massachusetts marketing partnership established in section 13A of chapter 23A; (5) higher education scholarships; (6) regional economic development initiatives; (7) support for small businesses, including small business lending; (8) green jobs promotion; (9) science, technology, engineering and mathematics career pipeline initiatives; and (10) agricultural development programs, including youth agricultural education.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2ddddd - Technical Rescue Services Fund

Section 2DDDDD. There shall be a Technical Rescue Services Fund. The fund shall be administered by the technical rescue coordinating council established under section 6 of chapter 22D. The fund shall consist of: (i) compensation received under a contract including, but not limited to, a contract with a company that designates a member fire department as a stand-by rescue team in order to meet the requirements established by the federal United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration under 29 C.F.R. 1910; (ii) funds collected pursuant to a cost recovery mechanism established in subsection (d) of said section 6 of said chapter 22D; (iii) federal, state or private gifts, grants, donations or appropriations; (iv) funds from any other public or private sources; and (v) interest earned on such funds.
Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation and shall be expended for: (i) the maintenance and operation of technical rescue regions established under said section 6 of said chapter 22D; (ii) the provision of technical rescue services; (iii) the acquisition and maintenance of technical rescue equipment; and (iv) the provision of initial and in-service training to regional technical rescue personnel including, but not limited to, payment of backfill and overtime for personnel participating in such training. Amounts credited to the fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year. An expenditure shall not be made from the fund if the expenditure would cause the fund to become deficient at the end of any fiscal year.
Annually, not later than June 30, the technical rescue coordinating council, established pursuant to said section 6 of said chapter 22D, shall report to the secretary of public safety and security, the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and the house and senate committees on ways and means. The report shall include, but not be limited to, an accounting of all funds received and distributed as authorized by this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2dddddd - Education and Transportation Innovation and Capital Fund; Certification of Fund Balance

[ Text of section added by 2023, 28, Sec. 17 effective January 1, 2023. See 2023, 28, Sec. 105.]
Section 2DDDDDD. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund knows as the Education and Transportation Innovation and Capital Fund. The fund shall be credited with: (i) funds transferred pursuant to subsection (c) of section 2BBBBBB; (ii) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants and donations; and (iv) any interest earned on the assets of the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, subject to appropriation, on 1-time investments, including, but not limited to, pay-go capital or other 1-time projects, related to quality public education and affordable public colleges and universities and for the repair and maintenance of roads, bridges and public transportation. Amounts credited to the fund shall be made available for expenditure upon their certification pursuant to section 5I. The fund shall not be subject to section 5C.
(b) The comptroller shall certify the balance of the fund at the end of each fiscal year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2eeee - Local Capital Projects Fund

Section 2EEEE. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Local Capital Projects Fund. The fund shall be credited with any funds transferred from the Gaming Revenue Fund established in section 59 of chapter 23K and any monies credited to or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2eeeee - Massachusetts Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Program Fund

Section 2EEEEE. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Program Fund. The fund shall be administered by the department of agricultural resources. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be credited to the fund any revenue from appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund and any gifts, grants, private contributions or investment income earned on the fund's assets and all other sources. Money deposited in the fund that is unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year and shall not be subject to section 5C.
(b) The department of agricultural resources, in consultation with the department of veteran services, shall establish, develop and implement the Massachusetts Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Program to enhance the education, training, employment, income, productivity and retention of veterans currently working or aspiring to work in the field of agriculture in the commonwealth. Amounts credited to the fund shall be used, without further appropriation, for the costs associated with administering and implementing the program and may also be used to provide grants or loans on a competitive basis to public, private and charitable entities to finance projects in furtherance of the purpose of the program. Expenditures from the fund for such purpose shall complement and not replace existing local, state, private or federal funding for related training and educational programs.
(c) Annually, not later than March 1, the department shall submit a report to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the joint committee on environment, natural resources and agriculture and the house and senate committees on ways and means that provides an accounting of the money received in the fund, broken down by source, and the expenditures made from the fund, broken down by payer and amount paid.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2fff - Dam Safety Trust

Section 2FFF. There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth an expendable trust to be known as the Dam Safety Trust. There shall be credited to the trust all receipts and revenues generated through agreements executed between the department of conservation and recreation and public or private entities for dam safety purposes, and all fines, costs, expenses, and interest imposed under sections 44 to 48A, inclusive, of chapter 253. The amounts credited to the trust shall be available for expenditure subject to appropriation, by the department of conservation and recreation up to an amount of $250,000 each fiscal year for the costs associated with the operations of the office of dam safety within the department, but such expenditures shall be solely for the purposes stated in this section and no funds shall be transferred from the trust to any other fund. The comptroller may assess the trust for fringe and overhead costs under section 5D and section 6B. If the amount credited to the trust exceeds $250,000, the excess amount shall be deposited into the General Fund. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during the fiscal year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2fffff - Home Care Technology Trust Fund

Section 2FFFFF. (a) There shall be a Home Care Technology Trust Fund. The secretary of elder affairs shall administer the fund and may expend from the fund.
(b) There shall be credited to the fund: (i) available funds from home care cost sliding scale fees collected by the aging service access points network; (ii) funds appropriated or transferred for deposit into the fund; (iii) revenues credited to the fund including, but not limited to, aging service access points network funds, other federal reimbursements, grants, premiums, gifts or other contributions from any source; (iv) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund; and (v) an amount equal to the revenues received from federal financial participation earned on qualifying expenditures sourced from the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be used to provide technological support for the creation of efficiencies in administration and processing within the aging service access points network.
The department may incur expenses, and the comptroller may certify for payment, amounts in anticipation of expected receipts; provided, however that no expenditure shall be made from said fund which shall cause said fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year. Any remaining balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain in the fund and be available for expenditure during the subsequent fiscal years. Expenditures from the fund may be made for services provided in prior fiscal years. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation.
(c) Annually and not later than March 1, the secretary shall file an annual report with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, the joint committee on healthcare financing, the joint committee on elder affairs and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include: (i) an accounting of the funds received, broken down by source; (ii) a description of the amount of federal financial participation earned on any qualifying expenditures; and (iii) a description of the expenditures made out of the fund, including a description of the efficiencies in administration and processing within the by aging service access points network supported through the fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2ggg - Civil Monetary Penalties Fund; Nursing Home Facilities

Section 2GGG. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services and the department of public health shall deposit all monies collected as civil monetary penalties from nursing homes participating in the Medicaid program authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act into a separate expendable trust fund which shall be designated and known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Civil Monetary Penalties Fund. Monies collected as civil monetary penalties from nursing homes shall include both monies collected from Medicaid-only facilities, known as nursing facilities, and the commonwealth portion of funds collected from dually participating facilities, known as skilled nursing facilities or nursing facilities, for noncompliance with sections 1919(b), 1919(c) and 1919(d) of the Social Security Act and monies collected from individuals pursuant to sections 1919(b)(3)(B)(ii)(I), 1919(b)(3)(B)(ii)(II) and 1919(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act. The department may expend monies from this fund without further appropriation in accordance with this section. The department shall administer the fund in accordance with law including, without limitation, section 1919(h)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act. The department shall expend monies in the fund for measures to protect the health and property of nursing home residents in nursing home facilities found by the department or the secretary of health and human services to be deficient including, without limitation, the following: (i) nursing facility staff training and education; (ii) technical assistance for troubled facilities; (iii) dissemination of best practice models for quality of care issues, such as malnutrition and dehydration; (iv) state operation of facilities pending correction of deficiencies or closure; (v) reimbursement of facility residents for lost personal funds or property; and (vi) costs of relocating residents from 1 facility to another. No expenditure shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the end of the fiscal year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers › Chapter 29 - State Finance › Section 2ggggg - Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support Trust Fund

Section 2GGGGG. There shall be a Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support Trust Fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be made to supplement and support efforts to: (i) increase access to qualified and culturally-competent behavioral health professionals by supporting current and new workforce opportunities; (ii) ensure equal access to quality behavioral health services regardless of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, status as a veteran, disability, place of residence or socioeconomic status; (iii) ensure a complete continuum of behavioral health services from wellness screening to inpatient treatment; and (iv) promote awareness and encourage the use of available behavioral health services.
There shall be credited to the fund: (i) appropriations, grants, gifts or other contributions made to the fund; (ii) interest earned on money in the fund; and (iii) an amount equal to the revenues received from federal financial participation earned on any qualifying expenditures sourced from the fund. All money deposited in the fund shall be subject to appropriation. Revenues deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year. Any fiscal year-end balance in the fund that is subject to appropriation shall not be subject to section 5C.