MA H4219

Bill

Relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs

Introduced
10/25/2021

In Committee
10/25/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs

AI Summary

This bill provides supplemental funding and policy changes to support the immediate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts. Key provisions include: - $213,000 for the Department of Revenue and $39.4 million, $300,000, and $12 million for various programs within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. - $100 million each for homeownership opportunities, affordable housing production, and permanent supportive housing, as well as $150 million each for public housing improvements and behavioral health/substance use disorder services. - $125 million for cultural organization assistance, $150 million for workforce training, $270 million for hospitals, and $265 million for educational needs. - Establishes a Broadband Innovation Fund to expand broadband access and digital literacy. - Provides tax deductions for various pandemic-related financial assistance and emergency relief programs. - Transfers funds from the Transitional Escrow Fund to the General Fund, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Investment Fund, the Massachusetts Community Preservation Trust Fund, and the Unemployment Compensation Fund. The bill aims to support a range of pandemic recovery efforts, including housing, healthcare, workforce development, and community resilience, through targeted appropriations and policy changes.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

House Committee on Ways and Means (H)

Last Action

Published as amended, see H4234 (on 11/02/2021)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4219

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4219
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4219.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3922	Relative to immediate COVID recovery needs	No further action taken	Similar To
H4218	Order relative to special procedures for consideration of the House Bill relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs	Adopted	Replaced by
H4234	Relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs	Reported by H4269	Replaced by
H4269	Relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs	For actions on the section returned with recommendations of amendments, see H4288 for section 72	Similar To
H4340	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Published as amended, see H4345	Similar To
H4345	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2022 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Passed to be engrossed - 159 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 128 )	Similar To
S1193	Relative to manufacturing and factory worker protection from COVID-19	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S1194	Relative to occupational presumption and COVID-19	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S1450	Relative to notification of front-line health care workers to exposure of Coronavirus	Accompanied a study order, see S2887	Similar To
S1621	Relative to emergency hazard health duty	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1897	Providing financial relief to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic	Accompanied a study order, see H5250	Similar To
S2289	Relative to work and family mobility during and subsequent to the COVID-19 emergency	Accompanied a new draft, see H4459	Similar To
S2401	Providing COVID-19 emergency financial relief for veterans	Accompanied a study order, see S2680	Similar To
S250	To ensure the health and safety of the commonwealth’s students and educators	Accompanied a study order, see H4938	Similar To

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