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This bill appropriates funds for fiscal year 2015 to supplement existing appropriations and for other activities, including significant funding for various executive offices and departments such as the Judiciary, Administration and Finance, Health and Human Services, Housing and Economic Development, Education, Transportation, and Public Safety, as well as a reserve for winter storm expenses. It also makes several changes to existing laws, including provisions related to the licensing of individuals who may have access to firearms, the approval of tuition rates at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), the regulation of surgical facilities and the roles of surgical technologists and operating room circulators, and the participation of healthcare practitioners in the medical assistance program. Additionally, the bill updates the state's procurement system from "COMPASS" to "COMMBUYS" and allows cities and towns to amortize snow and ice removal deficits over future fiscal years.