Section 2AAAAAA. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Portable Order for Life Sustaining Treatment Trust Fund. The secretary of health and human services shall be the trustee of the fund and shall expend money from the fund to: (i) develop, implement and operate a program governing the statewide use of a portable order for life-sustaining treatment, in this section referred to as POLST, program administered by the department of elder affairs, pursuant to section 44 of chapter 19A; (ii) support the transition from the use of the medical order for life-sustaining treatment, also known as MOLST, program in the department of public health to the POLST program in the department of elder affairs; (iii) develop, implement and operate a statewide electronic POLST, in this section referred to as ePOLST, program administered by the department of elder affairs; and (iv) provide for any other program purpose related to the transition from MOLST to POLST, or the establishment, maintenance or operation of the POLST or ePOLST program.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 29 sec. 2AAAAAA

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(b) There shall be credited to the fund an amount equal to: (i) any revenues under section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117–2, designated for the purposes described in subsection (a); (ii) any federal financial participation revenues claimed and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from the fund; (iii) any appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iv) interest earned on any money in the fund; and (v) any other grants, premiums, gifts, reimbursements or other contributions received by the commonwealth from any source for or in support of the purposes described in subsection (a).

(c) Amounts credited to the fund may be expended without further appropriation. For the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the fund may incur expenses, and the comptroller shall certify for payment, amounts not to exceed the most recent revenue estimate as certified by the secretary of elder affairs, as reported in the state accounting system. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in a subsequent fiscal year.

  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 29 Contents