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Department of Elder Affairs
| Account | Description | FY07 GAA |
FY08 House 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9110-1455 | Prescription Advantage For the costs of the drug insurance program authorized by section 39 of chapter 19A of the General Laws; provided, that amounts received by the department of elder affairs' vendor as premium or enrollment fee revenue for this program may be retained and expended by the vendor for the purposes of the program; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unless otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, prescription drug coverage or benefits payable by the department of elder affairs, and the entities with which it has contracted for administration of the subsidized catastrophic drug insurance program pursuant to said section 39 of said chapter 19A shall be the payer of last resort for such program for eligible persons with regard to any other third party prescription coverage or benefits available to such eligible persons; provided further, that the program is subject to appropriation; and provided further, that expenditures shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this item in fiscal year 2008 |
63,572,979 | 60,504,455 |
| SPENDING CATEGORY |
FY04 Expended |
FY05 Expended |
FY06 Expended |
FY07 Projected Spending |
FY08 House 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Salaries | 821 | 1,113 | 1,264 | 1,688 | 1,705 |
| Pensions & Benefits | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 18 |
| Operating Expenses | 49 | 18 | 14 | 76 | 76 |
| Public Assistance | 93,045 | 97,856 | 89,911 | 61,653 | 58,555 |
| Aid to Cities & Towns | 149 | 135 | 145 | 150 | 150 |
| TOTAL | 94,072 | 99,132 | 91,348 | 63,585 | 60,504 |
* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.
| Account | Description |
June 2004 |
June 2005 |
June 2006 |
Jan. 2007 |
Projected FY08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9110-1455 | Prescription Advantage | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
* Figures represent full-time equivalents (FTEs) that paid from budgeted funds and are considered standard workforce.
* FY08 FTE figures are approximate and do not represent maximum allowable hires.