Bill > S2025

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2015, providing additional funding for various state agencies and programs, and also enacts several changes to existing laws. Key provisions include allocating funds for the Judiciary, District Attorneys, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, the Executive Office of Education, and the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, among others. The bill also addresses specific needs such as mental health and substance abuse disorder programs, homelessness prevention, and police body camera pilot programs. Additionally, it reappropriates certain unexpended balances from previous fiscal years and makes amendments to various chapters of the General Laws concerning topics like transitional assistance, human resource services, transportation planning, public art programs, election procedures, and the administration of certain trust funds. Notably, it establishes a "Massachusetts percent for art program" (MPAP) requiring a percentage of capital project costs to be spent on public art and creates a commission to administer it. The bill also revises procedures for selecting design services for building projects and modifies provisions related to charter schools, early intervention programs, and the provision of electric breast pumps. Finally, it includes provisions for debt defeasance and adjusts timelines for various reports and initiatives.