Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Fiscal Year 1999 Budget
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.
4120-1000
For the operation of the commission; provided, that the commissioner shall report quarterly to
the house and senate committees on ways and means and the secretary of administration and
finance on the number of clients served and the amount expended on each type of service;
provided further, that upon the written request of the commissioner of the department of
revenue, said commissioner 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; provided
further, that said lists shall include client names and social security numbers and payee names
and other identification, if different from a client's; and provided further, that amounts
appropriated in items of this department that extend or expand services beyond the level of
services provided in fiscal year 1998 shall not annualize above said amounts in fiscal year 2000
...............................................................$362,662
4120-2000
For vocational rehabilitation services operated in cooperation with the federal government;
provided, that no funds from the federal vocational rehabilitation grant or state appropriation
shall be deducted for pensions, group health and life insurance, and any other such indirect cost
of the federally reimbursed state employees; and provided further, that not less than $155,000
shall be expended on special vocational projects in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston
...............................................................$6,405,313
4120-3000
For employment assistance services; provided, that vocational evaluation and employment
services for severely physically disabled adults may, subject to appropriation, be provided; and
provided further, that not less than $150,000 be expended for the Charlestown navy yard special
project for physically disabled adults
...............................................................$7,656,896
4120-4000
N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced
the appropriation for this item by $15,000 to $5,208,798
For independent living assistance services; provided, that the commission shall extend services
beyond the level of services provided in fiscal year 1998, including, $900,000 for additional
services provided through independent living centers, so-called; provided that not less than
$15,000 shall be expended for Living Independently For Equality Inc. of Brockton; and
provided further, that not less than $200,000 for the Turning 22 program of the commission
...............................................................$5,223,798
4120-4001
For the housing registry for the disabled
...............................................................$100,000
4120-5000
For homemaking services
...............................................................$4,500,368
4120-6000
For head injured services; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Cape
Cod head injury program
...............................................................$6,691,328
4120-6001
For the additional expenses of providing head injured services; provided, that the commission
shall expend not more than $250,000 for the establishment of a pilot 24 hour residential head
injury program to provide recurring residential services to persons with severe head injuries;
provided further, that said pilot program shall be located in western Massachusetts; provided
further, that the remaining funds not obligated to said pilot program shall be expended solely for
the cost of non-recurring services to the head injured; provided further, that said remaining
funds shall not be used to supplant existing services provided under item 4120-6000; provided
further, that all unexpended funds from this item shall revert to the Head Injury Treatment
Services Trust Fund; provided further, that the commission shall perform outreach and provide
information to the courts of the commonwealth regarding services provided through this item
and the various revenue sources which fund the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund; and
provided further, that the commission shall report quarterly to the house and senate committees
on ways and means and the secretary on administration and finance on the balance of the Head
Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund and on the balance of said fund from the corresponding
quarter of the prior fiscal year
...............................................................$750,000
Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund ...............................................................100.0%
4120-6002
N.B. - The Acting Governor has vetoed this item
The commission is hereby authorized to expend an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from fees
collected pursuant to section 20 of chapter 90 of the General Laws for rehabilitation services for
head injured persons; provided, that the commission shall report to the house and senate
committees on ways and means no later than January 31, 1999 detailing the use of any funds
encumbered or expended from this item, including, but not limited to, the number of clients
served, the types of services purchased, and the annualized impact of said expenditures in the
subsequent fiscal years; and provided further, that funds appropriated herein shall not be used to
supplant existing services provided under item 4120-6000
...............................................................$2,000,000
Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund ...............................................................100.0%
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