Bill > H3862

This bill makes appropriations for fiscal year 2021 to supplement certain existing appropriations and fund other activities and projects. The key provisions include: - Appropriating funds to various state agencies and offices, such as the Attorney General's Office, Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Executive Office of Education, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. - Establishing a reserve to cover the start-up costs and ongoing expenses of the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. - Providing funding to support and stabilize the early education and care workforce and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. - Authorizing fingerprint-based criminal background checks for individuals seeking to work with children in licensed or approved child care programs. - Making various technical and administrative changes to the laws governing tourism destination marketing districts and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. - Addressing certain impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on education, including the state seal of biliteracy and the list of low-performing school districts. - Allowing for flexibility in the transfer of funds between certain MassHealth program items.

House Committee on Ways and Means (H)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3862