Chairman Charles A. MurphyJune 24, 2010
Budget Conference Committee Briefing Fiscal Year 2011
Financial Overview
Consensus Revenue
FY10 GAA $27.20 BillionGovernor’s House 2 $28.20 BillionHouse Final $27.82 BillionSenate Final $27.94 Billion
Bottom Line Comparison
FY10 GAA $27.20 BillionGovernor’s House 2 $28.20 BillionHouse Final $27.82 BillionSenate Final $27.94 Billion
Conference Committee Report $27.94 Billion
Bottom Line Comparison
FY10 GAA $27.20 BillionGovernor’s House 2 $28.20 BillionHouse Final $27.82 BillionSenate Final $27.94 Billion
Conference Committee Report $ 27.94 Billion
Without FMAP - $27.62 Billion
Bottom Line Comparison
Contingency for FMAP Funds
Unknown Fate of FMAP funds resulted in a budget with contingencies:
Contingency Budget
Unknown Fate of FMAP funds resulted in a budget with contingencies:
∙ Section 2 line item amounts contains appropriations with $687m FMAP funds
Contingency Budget
Unknown Fate of FMAP funds resulted in a budget with contingencies:
∙ Section 2 line item amounts contains appropriations with $687m FMAP funds
∙ Pay attention to Fund Splits below line items!
∙ Without FMAP, only a portion will be appropriated
Contingency Budget
History Systems Board8000-0110 For the operation of the criminal history systems board, including
criminal justice information services, criminal offender record information services, firearms support services and victim services; provided, that funds may be expended for the purpose of enabling local housing authorities‘ access to criminal offender record information when qualifying applicants for state-assisted housing…………………….................................. $2,533,686
General Fund ......................................................................... 78.596% FMAP Budget Relief Fund .................................................... 21.404%
Contingency Budget
History Systems Board8000-0110 For the operation of the criminal history systems board, including
criminal justice information services, criminal offender record information services, firearms support services and victim services; provided, that funds may be expended for the purpose of enabling local housing authorities‘ access to criminal offender record information when qualifying applicants for state-assisted housing…………………….................................. $2,533,686
General Fund ......................................................................... 78.596% FMAP Budget Relief Fund .................................................... 21.404%
Primary Care Recruitment4510-0715 For the operation of a center for primary care recruitment and
placement to improve access to primary care services; provided, that funds may be expended for primary care workforce development and loan forgiveness grant program……………........................................ $157,000
FMAP Budget Relief Fund ....................................................... 100.000%
Contingency Budget
Certain Outsides only to take effect if FMAP funds are received - Noted inside section
language
Without the $687m, any programmatic earmarks became “may ” language
Contingency Budget
Low number throughout budget -$161m
Additional revenue -$150m Including $53m TANF Contingency Fund $25m Updated tobacco payment $19m from DOR Auditors $16m Child support enforcement
Stabilization Fund draw -$100m
Budget without $687m FMAP
MassHealth reductions -$99m Including $56m elimination of AWSS coverage $15m overall reductions
$6.8 day rehabilitation hours $6.7m elder home care accounts
Suspend Statutory Carry Forward -$95m
Additional line item reductions -$67m 40% of line items cut
Budget without $687m FMAP
∙Chapter 70 not reduced below 4%
∙ Unrestricted General Government Aid not reduced below 4%
∙ SPED Circuit Breaker level funded from Post 9C
∙ Regional Transportation level funded from FY10 GAA
∙ PILOT reduced by $2m from FY10 GAA
Local Aid Protected
Outside Sections
Capital Gains ReformAll tax receipts from capital gains over $1B deposited into Stabilization Fund
5% over $1B to State Retirees Benefits Trust Fund Tempers volatile revenue source, for more stable budgeting
Transparency + Budget
Budget TransparencyCreates comprehensive, one-stop,
online database to track the use of taxpayer monies
Provides transparent check on all state spending
Transparency + Budget
Adopted House Tax credit transparency proposal
No Public Funds from state agencies or quasi-agencies to registered lobbyists
Transparency + Budget
Creates fund to receive all sales tax revenue from sale of alcohol
Monies to be used to fund prevention and treatment of substance abuse
Appropriated $108m million for FY11Probation’s substance abuse testing servicesSubstance abuse step-down recovery servicesSecure Treatment for Opiate Addition Services
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund
Caps maximum pension allowed
Requires pension boards to make actuarial adjustments according to actual liability
Defines interest rates of non-vested withdrawals at 3%
Increases minimum benefit available to widows of disabled retirees who left service early from $6k to $9k
Requires SJC to pay into pension system prospectively
Pension Reform
10-member Commission to Study of Judicial Branch hiring and budgeting
5-year Term for Commissioner of Probation
5% Budget transferability
Probation Reform
Immigration Verification needed to access state services in the following areas:
MassHealthHealth Safety Net and Commonwealth CareTransitional AssistanceUnemploymentMassGrant scholarship program
Verification of eligibility for public housing
Debarment of public contractors that violate federal immigration laws
Immigration Reform
Held in Conference Committee
Municipal Health Care