Bill > H3332

This bill appropriates additional funds for fiscal year 2015 to various state agencies, including the Judiciary, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and several Executive Offices such as Administration and Finance, Health and Human Services, Housing and Economic Development, Transportation and Public Works, and Public Safety and Security, to supplement existing appropriations and cover unanticipated obligations, including a reserve for winter storm expenses. It also amends laws related to the treatment of inmates with serious mental illness, ensuring they are not housed in segregated units for more than 30 days unless in exigent circumstances or if no secure treatment bed is available, and mandates additional mental health services. Furthermore, the bill modifies regulations concerning horse racing, allowing for the use of funds for administrative and horseracing operations with the approval of horsemen's associations and adjusting the percentage of funds allocated for purses, while also extending the licensing period for a specific running horse meeting licensee in Suffolk County and authorizing simulcast wagering under certain conditions. Finally, it permits the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, to enter into a lease agreement for real property in Haverhill to establish a satellite campus, exempting this lease from certain procurement laws and outlining the lessee's responsibilities for build-out and improvements.