Bill > H60

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2015, providing additional funds for various state agencies and programs, including the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the Group Insurance Commission, and departments within Health and Human Services, Housing and Economic Development, Transportation, and Corrections, among others. It also establishes a reserve for extraordinary expenses related to severe winter storms in 2015. Additionally, the bill modifies laws concerning tax payments, allowing for extensions when deadlines fall on weekends or holidays due to weather or public safety emergencies, and requires certain healthcare providers, such as physicians, physician assistants, and psychologists, to apply to participate in the medical assistance program administered by the secretary of health and human services, which is a federal program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, for the limited purpose of ordering and referring services. It also makes a technical change to a procurement system name from "COMPASS" to "COMMBUYS" and adjusts language related to the Connector Board, which is a state health insurance marketplace. Finally, the bill allows cities and towns to amortize deficits over two fiscal years and addresses collective bargaining agreements for various University of Massachusetts campuses and the Massachusetts Nurses Association.