Bill > H4790

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2024, totaling over $400 million, and makes various changes to existing laws. * **Elections Division (Secretary of the Commonwealth):** $2,834,250 from the General Fund for elections. * **Medical Assistance Trust Fund (Office of the Comptroller):** $175,548,050 from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund for medical assistance programs. * **Tax Abatements (Department of Revenue):** $5,570,381 from the General Fund for tax abatements for veterans, widows, blind persons, and the elderly. * **Workforce and Reserve Funds:** * $61,077,257 from the General Fund for the Critical Health and Human Services Workforce Reserve. * $20,000,000 from the General Fund for the VOCA Bridge program. * $228,000,000 from the ARPA HCBS Reserve for Home and Community-Based Services. * **Department of Early Education and Care:** $29,672,801 from the General Fund for Income-Eligible Child Care. * **Department of Transitional Assistance:** $5,100,000 from the General Fund for the Healthy Incentives Program. * **Department of Public Health:** $2,130,571 from the General Fund for Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Services. * **Semiquincentennial Celebrations (Office of Travel and Tourism):** $26,500,000 from the General Fund for costs associated with the United States' semiquincentennial celebrations, including grants to municipalities for public safety, transportation, and logistics, with specific allocations for First Night Boston, capital improvements at UMass Lowell, and Sail Boston. * **Other appropriations** include funds for the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, State Police Troop F, and Reprographic Services. The bill also includes provisions related to the submission of state agency publications to the state library, procurement of electric vehicles, definitions of capital facilities, changes to the excise tax on sports wagering and fantasy contests, adjustments to estate tax calculations, data reporting requirements for transportation network companies, and the establishment of a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation network vehicles. Additionally, it authorizes the leasing of various ice skating rinks and facilities, a lease for a portion of a parking lot in Chelsea, and the conveyance of land at the Monson development center. Several sections also address the availability and transfer of funds for specific items and authorize salary adjustments for various collective bargaining agreements.