Bill > H5374

This bill: - Appropriates funds for various state agencies, programs, and initiatives related to economic growth and relief for the Commonwealth, including funding for public health, public safety, education, housing, infrastructure, and environmental projects. - Establishes a Massachusetts Center for Employee Ownership within the Massachusetts Office of Business Development to promote employee ownership initiatives. - Makes changes to the state's smart growth zoning district law, repealing the "starter home zoning district" provisions. - Establishes a new chapter on "Starter Home Zoning Districts" that allows municipalities to adopt starter home zoning districts and provides state funding incentives. - Makes various changes to the state's tax laws, including creating new tax credits for employers who hire members of the Massachusetts National Guard and providing tax incentives for offshore wind companies. - Requires the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to apply for a federal waiver related to the nursing home assessment. - Establishes a special commission to study the potential environmental and economic impacts of discharging spent nuclear fuel pool water into the Commonwealth's waters. - Provides funding and policy changes related to early education and care, nursing home support, substance use disorder treatment, and other health and human services initiatives. The bill aims to support economic recovery, promote affordable housing and home ownership, invest in infrastructure, and enhance the Commonwealth's public health, safety, and environmental protection efforts.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H5374