House 3400 FY2016 House Budget Amendments
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House 3400 FY2016 House Budget Amendments Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 64 Basic Life Insurance for State Retirees and Employees Amends MGL 32A by increasing the amount of basic life insurance coverage for state retirees and employees from $5K to $10K. Primary Sponsor: Cusack Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 79 Inspector General Public Purchasing Retained Revenue – Appropriation Increase Increases the Inspector General public purchasing retained revenue appropriation by $50K. Primary Sponsor: Hill Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 206 Regulatory Process Reforms Amends MGL 3 and MGL 30A by requiring any agency engaged in the rulemaking process to submit proposed regulations to the Legislature for approval, file small business impact statements for all new regulations, issue a regulatory cost/benefit analysis upon written request for all proposed regulations, review all regulations once every 6 years, and issue a cost/benefit analysis on any state expenditure over $500,000. Primary Sponsor: Jones Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 226 Employee Disclosure Requirement Amends MGL 268A:6B to require that disclosures of a relationship to a state employee be filed at the end of each application for a candidate for state employment. Primary Sponsor: Poirier Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 228 State Agency Advertising Disclosure Inserts a new section requiring any advertising for a state agency, department, program, or commission to include the following disclosure language: “Brought to you by the Massachusetts Taxpayers.” Primary Sponsor: Jones Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 325 Davis v. Rennie – New Line Item Adds new line item for Davis v. Rennie funded at $2.1M. Primary Sponsor: Rogers J. Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 365 Massachusetts Historical Commission – Appropriation Increase and Earmark Increases funding for the Massachusetts Historical Commission by $750K and earmarks same amount for the rehabilitation of the Whitfield School in the town of Wilmington. Primary Sponsor: Miceli Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 377 Financial Literacy Programs – Earmark Earmarks $50K for the budget buddies program in the financial literacy programs line item. Primary Sponsor: Golden Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 391 Payment Requirements Amends MGL 7:3B to provide that no additional surcharge shall be assessed by the Commonwealth for using one approved means of payment over another. Primary Sponsor: Howitt Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 399 Retirement Benefits for Certain Widows and Surviving Spouses Inserts new section to provide that retirement benefits for certain widows and surviving spouses whose pensions were terminated upon remarriage would be reinstated. Primary Sponsor: Howitt Page 1 of 111 House 3400 FY2016 House Budget Amendments Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 403 Group Insurance Commission Premium Contributions Amends MGL 32A:8 to increase from 20% to 25% the amount that employees hired before July 1, 2003, must pay toward their monthly GIC health insurance premiums. Primary Sponsor: Barrows Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 407 Uniform Law Commission – New Line Item Adds new line item for the uniform law commission funded at $70K. Primary Sponsor: Fennell Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 426 Massachusetts Cultural Council – Earmark Earmarks $50K for the stone soul annual community festival in the Massachusetts cultural council line item. Primary Sponsor: Swan Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 451 Chapter 40S Funding Restoration – New Line Item Adds new line item to fund reimbursements to municipalities under Chapter 40S of the MGL funded at $500K. Primary Sponsor: Orrall Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 468 Executive Office Employee Suggestion Program Inserts new language to establish an employee suggestion program to encourage and reward individual employees for sharing practical ideas that benefit the Commonwealth by improving efficiency, enhancing service, or generating savings or revenue. Primary Sponsor: Mannal Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 523 Massachusetts Cultural Council – Earmark Earmarks $60K for the Cogswell school building in the Massachusetts cultural council line item. Primary Sponsor: Campbell Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 574 Inspector General – Appropriation Increase Increases the appropriation for the Inspector General by $200K. Primary Sponsor: Kocot Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 577 State Ethics Commission – Appropriation Increase Increases the State Ethics Commission appropriation by $50K. Primary Sponsor: Kocot Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 585 Social Innovation Financing – New Line Item Adds new line item for social innovation financing funded at $7.5M. Primary Sponsor: Sannicandro Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 589 Office of the Child Advocate – New Line Item Creates a new line item for the Office of the Child Advocate funded at $450K. Primary Sponsor: Dykema Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 609 Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren – New Line Item Adds new line item for the Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren funded at $100K. Primary Sponsor: Donato Page 2 of 111 House 3400 FY2016 House Budget Amendments Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 621 Massachusetts Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth – Appropriation Increase and Language Change Increases Massachusetts commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth appropriation by $200K and adds language that the commission will provide operational support to schools. Primary Sponsor: Heroux Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 635 Cap on Group Insurance Commission Expenses Amends MGL 32A:6 to cap the maximum amount of deductibles and copayments for GIC members for covered services during an enrollment year at $2.5K for individual coverage and $5K for family coverage. Primary Sponsor: Decker Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 647 Require Ways & Means Committee Hearings Amends MGL 3 by inserting a new section that requires the Committee on Ways & Mean of each branch of the General Court to conduct no less than 6 public hearings on bills that would establish, increase or expand any new or existing tax or fee. Primary Sponsor: O'Connell Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 650 Review of Rules and Regulations that Impact Small Businesses Amends MGL 30A:5A by requiring all rules and regulations be reviewed every 6 years to ensure that those rules and regulations minimize economic impact on small businesses. Primary Sponsor: O'Connell Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 652 One-Year Delay in New Regulations Amends MGL 30A:6 by making all new regulations adopted by state agencies effective 1 year after they are published in the Massachusetts Register, and requires agencies to notify businesses or industries impacted by new regulations. Primary Sponsor: O'Connell Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 712 Water Pollution Abatement Trust Contract Assistance – Appropriation Increase Increases water pollution abatement trust contract assistance appropriation by $1.3M. Primary Sponsor: Cabral Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 723 Retired Municipal Employee Mitigation Fund – New Line Item Adds a new line item for mitigation of retired municipal employees in the town of Winchester funded at $100K. Primary Sponsor: Day Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 724 Public Construction Contract Advertisement Amends MGL 30 by inserting a new section that requires all public construction contracts over $10K must be made open to the public through publication with local news outlets. Primary Sponsor: Mirra Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 728 Public Construction Procurement Law Change Amends MGL 30B:1 to remove the requirement that public construction projects be subject to the Uniform Procurement Act. Primary Sponsor: Mirra Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 747 Group Insurance Commission (GIC) Administration – Appropriation Increase Increases GIC administration appropriation by $213K. Primary Sponsor: Hecht Page 3 of 111 House 3400 FY2016 House Budget Amendments Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 774 Massachusetts Cultural Council – Appropriation Increase Increases Massachusetts cultural council appropriation by $5M. Primary Sponsor: Atkins Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 786 Elections Division – Transferability Language Adds transferability language to the elections division line item allowing the ability to transfer funds to a trust account in order to meet federal matching fund requirements. Primary Sponsor: Scaccia Subject Constitutional Officers and State Administration 808 Preferential Procurement for Massachusetts Businesses Amends MGL 30B:23 to allow a governmental body to establish by a majority vote, a preference for the procurement of products or services by businesses with