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Disabilities and Community Services


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FISCAL YEAR 2006 RESOURCE SUMMARY ($000)
DEPARTMENT
FY 2006
Budgetary
Recommendations

FY 2006
Federal, Trust,
and ISF

FY 2006
Total
Spending

FY 2006
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind 26,754  8,577  35,331  3,280 
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission 38,222  94,440  132,661  4,485 
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 5,548  555  6,103  358 
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts 23,808  23,808  11,096 
Soldiers' Home in Holyoke 18,267  18,267  13,100 
Department of Mental Retardation 1,122,137  12,890  1,135,028  423,271 

TOTAL       1,234,736  116,462    1,351,198  455,590 
 
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind 35,330,858
 
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 26,753,927
Direct Appropriations  
 
 Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Administration  
   4110-0001   For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the blind; provided, that the commissioner may transfer funds between items 4110-0001, 4110-1000, 4110-1010, 4110-1020, 4110-2000, 4110-3010, and 4110-4000; and provided further, that the amount transferred from any of the items stated herein shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total amount appropriated for that item 1,104,714
 
 Community Services for the Blind  
   4110-1000   For the operation of the community services program for the blind 3,653,326
 
 State Supplement to Supplemental Security Income for the Blind  
   4110-1010   For aid to the adult blind; provided, that funds may be expended from this item for burial expenses incurred in the prior fiscal year 8,351,643
 
 Medical Assistance Eligibility Determination for the Blind  
   4110-1020   For determining eligibility for medical assistance 316,884
 
 Turning 22 Services for the Blind  
   4110-2000   For services to deaf-blind, deaf-blind mentally retarded, and other significantly multi-disabled blind individuals, including, but not limited to, turning 22 clients, so called; provided, that nothing stated herein shall give rise to or shall be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to the services funded herein 8,891,043
 
 Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind  
   4110-3010   For vocational rehabilitation services for the blind in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other such fringe benefit or indirect costs of federally reimbursed state employees 2,588,521
 
 Ferguson Industries for the Blind  
   4110-4000   For the operation of Ferguson industries for the blind; provided, that retired workshop employees shall receive grants equal to three-fourths of the salaries of current workshop employees 1,847,796
 
Federal Grant Spending 8,509,931
 
 Vocational Rehabilitation Grant for the Blind  
   4110-3020   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation Grant for the Blind 50,000
 
 Basic Support Grant for the Blind  
   4110-3021   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Basic Support Grant for the Blind 7,474,720
 
 Independent Living for the Blind - Adaptive Housing  
   4110-3023   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living for the Blind - Adaptive Housing 73,165
 
 Independent Living - Services to Older Blind Americans  
   4110-3026   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living - Services to Older Blind Americans 753,522
 
 Rehabilitation Training for the Blind  
   4110-3027   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Rehabilitation Training for the Blind 29,280
 
 Supported Employment for the Blind  
   4110-3028   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment for the Blind 129,244
 
Trust and Other Spending 67,000
 
   4110-6600   Educational Purposes Trust Fund 32,000
 
   4110-6606   Vending Facility Operators Trust Fund 35,000

 

 
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission 132,661,443
 
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 38,221,614
Direct Appropriations  
 
 Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Administration  
   4120-1000   For the operation of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; provided, that the commissioner may transfer funds between items 4120-1000, 4120-2000, 4120-3000, 4120-4000, 4120-4001, 4120-4010, 4120-5000, and 4120-6000; provided further, that the amount transferred from any of the items stated herein shall not exceed 10 per cent of the total amount appropriated for that item; provided further, that upon the written request of the commissioner of revenue, the commission shall provide lists of individual clients to whom or on behalf of whom payments have been made for the purpose of verifying eligibility and detecting and preventing fraud, error, and abuse in the programs administered by the commission; and provided further, that the lists shall include client names and social security numbers and payee names and other identification, if different from a client’s 571,395
 
 Vocational Rehabilitation for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-2000   For vocational rehabilitation services provided in cooperation with the federal government; provided, that no funds shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, or any other such fringe benefit or indirect costs of federally reimbursed state employees 7,476,987
 
 Employment Assistance for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-3000   For employment assistance for severely disabled adults 7,968,942
 
 Independent Living Assistance for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-4000   For independent living assistance for the multi-disabled 7,798,601
 
 Accessible Housing Registry for Disabled Persons  
   4120-4001   For a housing registry for the disabled 83,754
 
 Turning 22 Services for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-4010   For services to clients of the commission who turn 22 years of age; provided, that nothing stated herein shall be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights in any party or an enforceable entitlement to the services funded herein 712,550
 
 Home Care Services for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-5000   For home care services for the multi-disabled 4,391,217
 
 Head Injury Treatment Services  
   4120-6000   For head injured services 7,218,168
 
Retained Revenues 
 
 Home Care, Employment, and Independent Living Medicaid Reimbursement  
   4120-5050   The Massachusetts rehabilitation commission is hereby authorized to expend for the provision of expanded independent living and employment services an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from federal reimbursements received for services provided by the commission; provided, 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, the commission 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 2,000,000
 
Federal Grant Spending 84,641,237
 
 Vocational Rehabilitation for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-0020   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation for the Multi-Disabled 42,500,000
 
 Supported Employment Program for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-0187   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Supported Employment Program for the Multi-Disabled 880,000
 
 Projects Providing Vocational Rehabilitation Services to the Severely Disabled  
   4120-0189   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Projects Providing Vocational Rehabilitation Services to the Severely Disabled 371,237
 
 Informed Members Planning and Assessing Choices Together  
   4120-0191   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Informed Members Planning and Assessing Choices Together 300,000
 
 Vocational Rehabilitation for the Multi-Disabled - Determination of Disability  
   4120-0511   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Vocational Rehabilitation for the Multi-Disabled - Determination of Disability 38,500,000
 
 Recreational Services for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-0606   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Recreational Services for the Multi-Disabled 20,000
 
 Independent Living for the Multi-Disabled  
   4120-0760   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Independent Living for the Multi-Disabled 1,670,000
 
 Assistive Technology Loan Program  
   4120-0766   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Assistive Technology Loan Program 400,000
 
Trust and Other Spending 9,798,592
 
   4120-0029   Vocational Rehabilitation for the Multi-Disabled Trust Fund 3,000,000
 
   4120-0030   Workforce Coordinating Grant for the Multi-Disabled 50,000
 
   4120-6002   Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund 6,748,592

 

 
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 6,102,966
 
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 5,548,170
Direct Appropriations  
 
 Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing  
   4125-0100   For the operation of the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing 5,373,170
 
Retained Revenues 
 
 Interpreter Services Fee Retained Revenue  
   4125-0101   The Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing is hereby authorized to expend for the provision of interpreter services an amount not to exceed $175,000 from payments received for said services and from monies received from private grants, bequests, gifts, or contributions; provided, 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, the commission 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 175,000
 
Intragovernmental Service Spending 160,000
 
 Chargeback for Interpreter Services  
   4125-0122   For the costs of interpreter services provided by staff of the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of hearing 160,000
 
Intragovernmental Service Fund 100%
 
 
Federal Grant Spending 394,796
 
 Massachusetts Assistive Technology Partnership  
   4125-0103   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Assistive Technology Partnership 394,796

 

 
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts 23,807,532
 
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 23,807,532
Direct Appropriations  
 
 Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts  
   4180-0100   For the operation of the soldiers' home in Massachusetts, located in the city of Chelsea, including a specialized unit for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease patients and the licensed practical nurse school of nursing; provided, that graduates from the licensed practical nurse school of nursing shall be required to work in state-operated facilities for a minimum duration of one year 23,600,532
 
Retained Revenues 
 
 License Plate Sales Retained Revenue  
   4180-1100   The soldiers' home in Massachusetts, located in the city of Chelsea, is hereby authorized to expend for facility maintenance and patient care an amount not to exceed $207,000; provided, that 60 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 Massachusetts 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 207,000

 

 
Soldiers' Home in Holyoke 18,267,377
 
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 18,267,377
Direct Appropriations  
 
 Soldiers' Home in Holyoke  
   4190-0100   For the operation of the soldiers' home in Holyoke; 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 17,300,377
 
Retained Revenues 
 
 Pharmacy Co-Payment Fee Retained Revenue  
   4190-0102   The soldiers' home in Holyoke is hereby authorized to expend for the outpatient pharmacy program an amount not to exceed $225,000 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 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 225,000
 
 License Plate Sales 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 $163,000; 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 retained revenue account of said soldiers' home; 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 163,000
 
 Long-Term Care Resident Fee Retained Revenue  
   4190-1101   The soldiers' home in Holyoke is hereby authorized to expend for items directly related to patient care an amount not to exceed $579,000 from resident fees for long-term care beds and domiciliary beds 579,000

 

 
Department of Mental Retardation 1,135,027,755
 
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 1,122,137,256
Direct Appropriations  
 
 Department of Mental Retardation Administration  
   5911-1000   For the administration of the department of mental retardation 12,780,909
 
 Community Transportation Services for the Mentally Retarded  
   5911-2000   For transportation costs associated with the adult services program 13,882,269
 
 Community Support Services for the Mentally Retarded  
   5920-1000   For the operation of regional and area offices of the department 53,853,237
 
 Community Residential Supports for the Mentally Retarded  
   5920-2000   For vendor-operated community-based residential adult services, including intensive individual supports; provided, that $5,000,000 shall be expended for the fiscal year 2006 cost of the settlement agreement Rolland vs. Cellucci, so called; and provided further, that the commissioner of the department of mental retardation may transfer funds from this item to item 5920-2010, as necessary, to provide clients receiving services from the department of mental retardation with appropriate supports in the least restrictive setting possible 499,491,126
 
 State-Operated Residential Supports for the Mentally Retarded  
   5920-2010   For state-operated community-based residential services for adults, including community-based health services for adults 119,978,807
 
 Boulet Lawsuit - Residential and Interim Services for the Mentally Retarded  
   5920-2020   For the provision of services, including residential and interim services, to clients of the department including those on the waiting list on July 14, 2000 85,614,227
 
 Community Day and Work Programs for the Mentally Retarded  
   5920-2025   For community-based day and work programs for adults with mental retardation 113,106,979
 
 Respite Family Supports for the Mentally Retarded  
   5920-3000   For respite services and intensive family supports for the mentally retarded 50,789,967
 
 Turning 22 Services for the Mentally Retarded  
   5920-5000   For services to clients of the department of mental retardation who turn 22 years of age during state fiscal year 2006 6,467,670
 
 State Facilities for the Mentally Retarded  
   5930-1000   For the operation of facilities for individuals with mental retardation; provided, that the department may allocate funds from this item to items 5920-2000, 5920-2010, and 5920-2025, as necessary, for residential and day services for clients formerly receiving inpatient care at inpatient care facilities for the mentally retarded to receive appropriate supports in the least restrictive setting possible 166,072,065
 
Retained Revenues 
 
 Templeton Developmental Center Farm Product Sales Retained Revenue  
   5982-1000   The department of mental retardation is hereby authorized to expend for program costs of the Templeton developmental center, including supplies, equipment, and facility maintenance, an amount not to exceed $100,000 received from the sale of milk and other farm-related products at said center; provided, 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, the department 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 100,000
 
Intragovernmental Service Spending 7,500,000
 
 Chargeback for Special Education Alternatives for Mentally Retarded Children  
   5948-0012   For the operation of a program providing alternatives to residential placements for children with mental retardation including the costs of intensive home-based supports provided for the purposes of item 7061-0012 7,500,000
 
Intragovernmental Service Fund 100%
 
 
Federal Grant Spending 144,594
 
 Community Integrated Personal Assistant Services  
   5947-0008   For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Community Integrated Personal Assistant Services 144,594
 
Trust and Other Spending 5,245,905
 
   5483-9101   Walter E. Fernald State School 23,300
 
   5911-2001   Department of Mental Retardation Commissioner's Trust 5,219,605
 
   5920-0002   Belchertown Carousel Trust 3,000