Bill > H4946

This bill makes various amendments and appropriations related to the fiscal year 2018 budget in Massachusetts. Specifically, it: 1. Amends the Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase Trust Fund to allow municipal first responder agencies, non-profit organizations, and sheriffs of houses of correction to participate in the program to purchase naloxone (a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses). 2. Adjusts the funding source for the Public Safety Training Fund, with 80% coming from the General Fund and 20% from the Public Safety Training Fund. 3. Allows for up to $70 million in uncompensated care reimbursements for certain hospitals using federally permissible funding mechanisms. 4. Corrects a reference to an item number in a prior act. 5. Changes the legislative appointments to a commission established in a prior act. 6. Extends the reporting deadline for that commission. 7. Authorizes the transfer of surplus funds between various healthcare-related appropriation items. 8. Allows certain unspent balances from fiscal year 2017 to be used for services in fiscal year 2018. 9. Approves the salary adjustments and economic benefits of several collective bargaining agreements.

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4946