Bill > H4799

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2024, totaling over $340 million, and enacts various legislative changes. * **Elections Division:** $2,834,250 from the General Fund for election-related activities. * **Medical Assistance Trust Fund:** $175,548,050 from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund to supplement existing appropriations. * **Critical Health and Human Services Workforce Reserve:** $61,077,257 from the General Fund for this reserve. * **ARPA HCBS Reserve:** $228,000,000 from the federal COVID-19 response fund for the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) reserve. * **Income-Eligible Child Care:** $29,672,801 from the General Fund for child care subsidies. * **Semiquincentennial Celebrations:** $26,500,000 from the General Fund for costs associated with the United States' 250th anniversary celebrations, including grants to municipalities for public safety, transportation, and logistical costs, with specific allocations for First Night Boston, Inc., capital improvements at UMass Lowell, and celebrations in Sudbury, Concord, Arlington, Lexington, Lincoln, Quincy, and for the Berkshire Historical Society and Sail Boston, Inc. * **Various Agencies and Programs:** Smaller appropriations are made to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission ($232,499), Department of Revenue for tax abatements ($5,570,381), VOCA Bridge ($20,000,000), Operational Services Division ($400,000), Department of Transitional Assistance for the Healthy Incentives Program ($5,100,000), Department of Public Health for Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Services ($2,130,571), and State Police Troop F ($7,000,000). The bill also includes provisions related to the procurement of electric vehicles, changes to the definition of "Capital Facility," and various amendments to existing laws concerning state agencies, taxes, and collective bargaining agreements. Many of these appropriations and provisions are available through fiscal year 2025.