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PUBLIC LAW 91-337-JULY 16, 1970
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rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital for patient care shall be $18.52 per diem: Provided further, That total reimbursements to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including funds from Title X IX of the Social Security Act, shall not exceed the amount for the fiscal year 1970: Provided further, That the hospital rates specified herein shall not apply, beginning Jvly 1, 1969, to services provided to patients who are eligible for such services under the District of Columbia plan for medical assistance under Title X IX of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the furnishing of medical assistance to individuals sixty-five years of age or older who are residing in the District of Columbia without regard to the requirement of one-year residence contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946, under the heading "Operating Expenses, Gallinger Municipal Hospital", and this appropriation shall also be available to render assistance to such individuals who are temporarily absent from the District of Columbia: Provided further. That the authorization included under the heading "Department of Public Health", in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1961, for compensation of convalescent patients as an aid to their rehabilitation is hereby extended to the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the treatment, in any institution, under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner and located either within or without the District of Columbia, of individuals found by a court to be chronic alcoholics. HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC
Highways and traffic, including $153,700 for traffic safety education without reference to any other law; $600 for membership in the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and $1,200 for membership in the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission; rental of three passenger-carrying vehicles for use by the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and Chairman of the City Council; and purchase of thirty-six passenger motor vehicles, of which twenty-four shall be for replacement only; $19,679,000, of which $13,280,800 shall be payable from the highway fund (including $692,500 from the motor vehicle parking account): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles: Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be available for payment of premium pay to any employee assigned as a chauffeur for the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, or the Chairman of the City Council which exceeds in the aggregate 25 percent of the annual rate of basic pay applicable to such employee. SANITARY ENGINEERING
Sanitary engineering, including the purchase of eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $36,069,000, of which $10,078,000 shall be payable from the water fund, $7,455,600 from the sanitary sewage works fund, and $15,500 from the metropolitan area sanitary sewage works fund. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS
For payment of property damage claims iii excess of $500 and of personal injury claims in excess of $1,000, approved by the Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, D.c. code 1-902 1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $3,000. to 1-906.
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