Bill > H4116

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016, providing additional funding for various state agencies and programs, including the Committee for Public Counsel Services, District Attorneys' offices, the Department of Fish and Game, and various offices within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, among others. It also addresses unanticipated obligations and alters the purpose of current appropriations, including reserves for collective bargaining agreements and deficiencies for Sheriffs. Furthermore, the bill establishes a permanent commission on older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adults and their caregivers to study and make recommendations on their needs, repeals certain existing laws, amends provisions related to property tax classification, the definition of items for regulatory purposes, and discharge dates for delinquent children. It also modifies rules for hoisting equipment exemptions for utility companies, allows for the sharing of unemployment insurance information with certain government agencies, and adjusts funding for specific programs, including mental health placements and MassHealth projects, while also authorizing a tax amnesty program and a study on pharmacists filling prescriptions for schedule II narcotics.