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Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Soldiers` Home in Holyoke

Budgetary Direct Appropriations

SOLDIERS` HOME IN HOLYOKE
4190-0100   For the operation of the Soldiers` Home in Holyoke, including the two dementia units at said Soldiers` Home; provided, that in the operation of the outpatient pharmacy, so called, the Soldiers` Home shall cover the cost of drugs prescribed at said Soldiers` Home, excluding the required co-payment, only when the veteran has no access to other drug insurance coverage, including coverage through the program authorized by section 39 of chapter 19A of the General Laws 16,699,347


Budgetary Retained Revenues

HOLYOKE SOLDIERS` HOME PHARMACY CO-PAYMENT RETAINED REVENUE
4190-0102   The Soldiers` Home in Holyoke is hereby authorized to expend for the outpatient pharmacy program an amount not to exceed $177,000 from co-payments which it is hereby authorized to charge to users of said program; provided, that the rates of said co-payments and the procedures for the administration thereof shall annually be determined by the superintendent of said Soldiers` Home in Holyoke and approved by the secretary of health and human services; provided further, that no funds herein shall be expended until the secretary of health and human services has accepted a plan submitted by the superintendent of said soldiers` home to the secretary of health and human services, the secretary of administration and finance, and the fiscal affairs division detailing projected expenditures for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 for the outpatient pharmacy program from this item and item 4190-0100; provided further, that said report shall detail any and all assumptions used to project outpatient pharmacy spending; provided further, that said report shall include demographic information on said outpatient pharmacy users, including age and insurance status; provided further, that said report shall include utilization information for the outpatient pharmacy including the number of generic prescriptions expected to be filled, the number of brand name prescriptions, so called, expected to be filled, the number of 30-day supplies of generic drugs expected to be dispensed, the number of 30-day supplies of brand name drugs, so called, expected to be dispensed, and a description of said soldiers` home`s drug utilization review program; provided further, that said report shall detail any updates or budgetary revisions made subsequent to the submission of the governor`s budget recommendations for fiscal year 2003; provided further, that said report shall be submitted not later than January 15, 2003; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, said Soldiers` Home in Holyoke may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system 177,000

HOLYOKE SOLDIERS` HOME LICENSE PLATE FEES RETAINED REVENUE
4190-1100   The Soldiers` Home in Holyoke is hereby authorized to expend for facility maintenance and patient care an amount not to exceed $113,000; provided, that 40 per cent of all revenues generated pursuant to section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, through the purchase of license plates with the designation VETERAN by eligible veterans of the commonwealth, upon compensating the registry of motor vehicles for the costs associated with said license plates, shall be deposited into and for the purposes of this account; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, said Soldiers` Home in Holyoke may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system 113,000



 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Fiscal Affairs Division
State House, Room 272
Boston, MA 02133
(617) 727-2081


Last updated on January 19, 2002

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