Bill > H4151

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and enacts certain changes in law. * **Executive Office of Veterans' Services:** $5,800,000 from the General Fund for Veterans' Benefits. * **Office of the Comptroller:** $28,917,460 from the General Fund for Settlements and Judgments. * **Executive Office of Education (Department of Early Education and Care):** $95,554,342 from the Education and Transportation Fund for DCF and DTA Related Child Care and $94,015,214 from the Education and Transportation Fund for Income-Eligible Child Care. * **Executive Office of Health and Human Services:** $134,498,420 from the Medical Assistance Trust Fund for Medical Assistance, $7,500,000 from the General Fund for the Healthy Incentives Program, $3,000,000 from the General Fund for the State Supplement to the Social Security Income program, $1,000,000 from the General Fund for Emergency Aid to Elderly, Disabled and Children, $400,000 from the General Fund for Women Infants and Children Program Manufacturer Rebates, and $1,200,000 from the General Fund for Western Massachusetts Hospital Retained Revenue. * **Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities:** $42,910,506 from the General Fund for Residential Assistance for Families in Transition. * **Executive Office of Public Safety and Security:** $7,750,000 from the General Fund for Private Detail Retained Revenue (State Police), $4,193,083 from the General Fund for the State Police Crime Laboratory, and $593,539 from the General Fund for the Military Division. * **Executive Office of Aging and Independence:** $60,000,000 from the General Fund for Home Care Services. * **Executive Office for Administration and Finance:** $15,000,000 from the General Fund for a reserve to support celebrations of the United States’ semiquincentennial anniversary, $6,000,000 from the General Fund for a reserve to support capital improvements to the Edward A. LeLacheur park at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and $2,000,000 from the General Fund for a reserve to support the creation of the Brooke House in Mattapan. * **Department of Transitional Assistance:** $15,500,000 from the General Fund for costs associated with the transition to chipped electronic benefits transfer cards, with funds available through fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. * **Department of Public Health:** $10,000,000 from the General Fund for competitive grants to reimburse municipalities for extraordinary emergency medical service costs. The bill also includes various amendments to existing laws related to veterans' homes, the Medical Peer Support Trust Fund, the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund, civil service appointments, educational services for English learners, vehicle regulations, and MassHealth programs. Some appropriations are available through fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and specific funds have extended availability through fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.