Bill > H3333

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2015, providing additional funding for various state agencies and programs, including the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and executive offices for Administration and Finance, Health and Human Services, Housing and Economic Development, Transportation, and Public Safety. It also allocates funds for unanticipated obligations, such as expenses from severe winter storms and costs associated with collective bargaining agreements. Additionally, the bill amends several laws, including provisions related to criminal offender record information for firearm licensees, tax payment deadlines, the definition of health care practitioners, the operation of surgical facilities, physician assistant registration, and the regulation of horse racing and gaming. It also addresses the transition from the "COMPASS system" to the "COMMBUYS system" for state procurement and establishes new regulations for statewide grand juries, although this chapter is later repealed. The bill also includes provisions for the University of Massachusetts, Lowell to establish a satellite campus, waives certain billable hour caps for private counsel in specific cases, and adjusts deadlines for tax payments and abatement applications. Finally, it mandates a review of reverse mortgage counseling methods and outlines the effective dates for various sections of the act.