Bill > H3505

This bill makes appropriations for fiscal year 2019 to supplement certain existing appropriations and fund various other activities and projects. Key provisions include: - Appropriating funds for executive offices and agencies like Administration and Finance, Health and Human Services, Labor and Workforce Development, Housing and Economic Development, Education, and Public Safety and Security. - Establishing the Massachusetts Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Program Fund to provide training, education, and support for veterans in the agriculture field. - Amending the state's short-term rental and community impact fee laws. - Making changes to the state's new paid family and medical leave program, including defining "covered individual" and adjusting contribution and benefit rates. - Allowing the transfer of the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory Campus from the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to the Department of Public Health. - Authorizing temporary increases in compensation rates for private counsel appointed to care and protection cases in certain counties. The bill aims to provide supplemental funding and make policy changes to address a variety of state priorities and requirements.

House Committee on Ways and Means (H)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3505