{"bill":{"bill_key":"MA-H4240-2025","title":"Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements","side":"pro","state":"MA","year":2025,"status_cat":"enacted","ls_status":"vetoed","law_status":"Active","summary":"Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest,…","notes":"Establishes $1 M Affirming Health Care Trust Fund to pay for gender affirming care shortfalls due to Federal govt. cessation of coverage, as well as general LGBTQ+ health support.","types_str":"Appropriations|Gender Affirming Care","sponsor_mix":"other","final_margin_pct":100,"url":"https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/H4240/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H. 4240, 194th Gen. Ct. (Mass. 2025) (enacted), https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4240.","short":"Mass. H. 4240.","enacted_as":"Signed (in part) by the Governor, Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2025"}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[],"citations":["CFR:42:438.6","USC:16:1531","USC:20:1400","USC:23:402","USC:26:148","USC:26:529A","USC:33:1251","USC:42:11001","USC:42:12143","USC:42:1315","USC:42:1396a","USC:42:1751","USC:42:254","USC:42:254c","USC:42:256b","USC:42:300f","USC:42:670","USC:42:6901","USC:42:7401","USC:42:9601","USC:7:304"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":1430783,"pdf_href":"/bills/MA-H4240-2025/pdf/0/intro"}]},"litigation":{"law_status":"Active"}}