[ Text of section effective until November 27, 2007. Repealed by 2007, 192, Sec. 3.]
Section 13. There is hereby created an elder service corps to be composed of men and women sixty years of age and older to assist in meeting the needs of the elderly population of the commonwealth and to offer the elderly opportunities for service.
There shall be the following categories of corpsmen:
(1) full-time corpsmen, consisting of volunteers sixty years of age and older, enrolled for one year's service, who shall devote full-time to their duties and shall, subject to appropriation, receive a stipend not exceeding the maximum allowable under the earnings limitations sections of the Social Security Act;
(2) part-time corpsmen, consisting of volunteers sixty years of age or older enrolled for one year's service, who shall serve not less than twelve hours a week and who shall receive, subject to appropriation, a stipend not exceeding one hundred and ten dollars per month.
The service of any corpsmen may be terminated for cause or renewed by the secretary at the end of a term of service. All corpsmen may, subject to the rules and regulations of the group insurance commission, participate in the group insurance programs provided under chapter thirty-two A and shall receive an allowance equal to the cost of such participation, in addition to any other stipend or reimbursement provided in this section.
The secretary shall prescribe, without regard to chapter thirty A, rules and regulations governing the activities of the corpsmen.
No corpsman shall be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty. No corpsman shall be deemed to be an employee of the commonwealth entitled to the benefit of chapter 152, nor shall he be deemed to be an employee of the commonwealth for any other purpose, except as otherwise provided in this section.