Bill > H4040

This bill makes appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 for the maintenance of departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements. * **Judiciary:** * Supreme Judicial Court: $14,740,498 * Committee for Public Counsel Services: $330,514,000 * Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation: $49,000,000 * Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee: $3,070,384 * Prisoners’ Legal Services: $2,981,334 * New England Innocence Project: $250,000 * Social Law Library: $2,960,287 * Appeals Court: $15,406,986 * Trial Court: $424,000,000 (This is a consolidated figure for various trial court departments and operations, including central administration, superior court, district court, probate and family court, land court, housing court, juvenile court, office of the commissioner of probation, and office of jury commissioner). * **District Attorneys:** The bill appropriates funds for all district attorney offices across the Commonwealth, totaling over $170 million, for their operations, including victim and witness assistance programs, child abuse and sexual assault prosecution programs, and domestic violence units. * **Executive Office for Administration and Finance:** * Office of the Secretary: $4,390,081 * Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance: $31,027,267 for facilities management and maintenance, and $11,285,016 for building operations. * Office on Disability: $1,096,312 * Disabled Persons Protection Commission: $11,139,781 * Civil Service Commission: $1,059,905 * Group Insurance Commission: $4,760,312 for operations and $2,175,662,389 for the commonwealth's share of group insurance premiums. * Department of Revenue: $90,396,417 for operations, including tax collection, and $27,938,953 for an enhanced audit program. * Appellate Tax Board: $2,432,745 for operations. * **Department of Veterans' Services:** * Operation of the department: $8,268,565 * Services to veterans: $11,064,222 * Women veterans' outreach program: $828,545 * Maintenance and operation of veterans' cemeteries: $760,000 * Training and certification of veterans' benefits and services officers: $372,418 * Train vets to treat vets program: $275,000 * Veterans' homelessness services: $4,969,655 * Reimbursements to cities and towns for veterans' benefits: $68,209,878 * War memorials: $940,000 * **Reserves:** * Reserve to support municipal improvements: $16,300,000 * Contract assistance to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust: $63,383,680 * Reserve for medication-assisted treatment in correctional facilities: $18,500,000 * Reserve for mental illness treatment in correctional facilities: $2,500,000 * Reserve for permanent commissions: $200,000 * Reserve for Massachusetts Department of Transportation costs: $125,000,000 * Contract assistance to Massachusetts Development Finance Agency: $13,000,000 * Uniform Law Commission: $66,780 * South Essex sewerage district debt service assessment: $33,914 * Reserve for court judgments, settlements, and legal fees: $15,000,000 * **Federal Funds:** The bill appropriates significant amounts from various federal grants across numerous agencies for a wide range of programs and services. * **Trust Funds:** The bill establishes and makes appropriations to several trust funds, including the Education and Transportation Fund, the Behavioral Health Trust Fund, the Marijuana Regulation Fund, and the Children and Family Legal Representation Trust Fund. * **Amendments to Existing Laws:** The bill includes numerous amendments to existing laws related to various aspects of state government, including the organization of state agencies, financial management, public safety, education, housing, and healthcare.