$15 per month.

301.8 Disposition of funds greater than $15, and not exceeding $25, per month. 301.9 Disposition of funds in excess of $25 per month.

301.10 Amount available for disbursement to a nondependent relative.

301.11 Use of fund where there are no relatives of certain classes. 301.12 Disposition of balance of fund in case of discharge or death. 301.13 Question affecting the rights of claimants for share of pension of inmates.

301.14 Table of monthly division of rates of pension made part of regulations. AUTHORITY: R.S. 4839, as amended; 24 U.S.C. 165.

SOURCE: 2 FR 1623, Aug. 3, 1937, unless otherwise noted.

(b) For the benefit of relatives entitled under the law.

(c) To reimburse the Hospital for the pensioner's board and maintenance, where no other provision is made therefor.

§ 301.4 Part of funds reserved for use of pensioner.

Irrespective of the amount received as pension and placed to the pensioner's account, at least one-sixth thereof shall be reserved for the use of the pensioner, before any provision is made for payments to relatives or for board.

§ 301.5 Payment of board to St. Elizabeths Hospital.

Where no provision is otherwise made for the payment of the pensioner's board and maintenance in the Hospital from public or special funds under Federal control, the remainder, after setting aside the amounts for relatives specified in §§ 301.7-301.10, shall be used to pay for the pensioner's board and maintenance in the Hospital up to an amount equal to the current monthly rate for board of patients.

§ 301.6 Use of unobligated balance of funds.

Any excess amounts not required for payments to relatives or for board shall be available for the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit.

§ 301.7 Disposition of funds not exceeding $15 per month.

The basic rate of pension being $15 or less per month, one-sixth thereof shall be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit. The entire remainder will be paid, in the case of a male pensioner, to his dependent wife, minor children, or parents, in the order named; in the

The pension money shall be disbursed and used for three general purposes, in order as follows:

(a) For the benefit of the pensioner.

case of a female pensioner, to her dependent minor children.

§ 301.8 Disposition of funds greater than

$15, and not exceeding $25, per month. The basic rate of pension being greater than $15 but not exceeding $25 per month, the dependent wife, minor children, or parents, in the order named in the case of a male pensioner, or the dependent minor children, in the case of a female pensioner, shall receive not less than $12.50 per month, the balance to be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit, subject to provision for payment of board.

§ 301.9 Disposition of funds in excess of $25 per month.

The basic rate of pension being in excess of $25 per month, the dependent wife, minor children, or parents, in the order named in the case of a male pensioner, or the dependent minor children in the case of a female pensioner, shall receive an amount equal to one-half of the entire pension, the balance to be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit, subject to provision for payment of board.

§ 301.10 Amount available for disbursement to a nondependent relative.

If the wife, minor children, or parents of a male pensioner, or the minor children of a female pensioner, be not in fact dependent upon the pensioner in any degree for support, she or they shall receive no greater than one-half of the amount payable in case of her or their dependence, the balance to be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit, subject to provision for payment of board.

§ 301.11 Use of fund where there are no relatives of certain classes.

If there be no wife, minor children, or parents, in the case of a male pensioner, or minor children in the case of a female pensioner, the entire amount of the pension shall be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit, subject to provision for payment of board.

§ 301.12 Disposition of balance of fund in case of discharge or death.

Any unexpended balance of pension money reserved for the pensioner's benefit shall be paid, in the event of the pensioner's discharge from the Hospital, to the pensioner, or to his or her lawful guardian, or in the event that the pensioner is returned to a branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (now a part of the Veterans Administration), to the treasurer or fiscal officer of such branch for such pensioner, or in the event of the pensioner's discharge from the Hospital and his immediate transfer to the United States Soldiers's Home, to the treasurer of said home. In the event of the pensioner's death while an inmate of the Hospital, the same shall be paid, in the case of a male pensioner, to his widow, or if there be no widow, to his minor children, and in the case of a female pensioner, to her minor children. If there be no widow or minor children entitled to payment of such balance of pension money, it shall be applied to the general uses of the Hospital.

8 301.13 Questions affecting the rights of claimants for share of pension of inmates.

All questions affecting the right of claimants for a share of the pension of inmates of the Hospital shall be determined upon evidence to be submitted to the United States Veterans Administration. The findings of the United States Veterans Administration upon such evidence shall be submitted for the approval of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and upon

their transmission to the Superintendent of the Hospital with such approval, shall be accepted by him to control the disbursement of the pension under the law and the regulations in this part.

§ 301.14 Table of monthly division of rates of pension made part of regulations. The following "Table of monthly division of rates of pension under the acts of February 20, 1905, and February 2, 1909," is hereby made a part of the regulations in this part to serve as a guide in determining in each case the respective amounts to be reserved for the pensioner's benefit and to be paid to relatives entitled. Any unusual rates of pension not included will be divided as nearly as may be in the same proportions as therein observed.

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PART 302-HANDLING OF PERSONAL FUNDS OF PATIENTS

302.1 Accounting for moneys intrusted to the hospital. 302.2 Accounts

open to inspection of

proper officials.

302.3 Financial Officer shall deposit funds in the United States Treasury. 302.4 Financial Officer authorized to draw funds and make cash payments to patients.

302.5 Report of actions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

302.6 Disbursing of trust funds to patients. AUTHORITY: R.S. 4839, as amended; 24 U.S.C. 165.

SOURCE: Regulations, May 1, 1909, unless otherwise noted.

§ 302.1 Accounting for moneys intrusted to the hospital.

The Financial Officer' of the St. Elizabeths Hospital, under the direction of the Superintendent of the Hospital, shall receive and account for all moneys intrusted to the Financial Officer by or for the use of patients.

§ 302.2 Accounts open to inspection of proper officials.

The Financial Officer shall keep, subject at all times to the inspection of the proper officials, a separate account with each patient having personal moneys on deposit, showing the amount received, expended, and the balance of each.

§ 302.3 Financial Officer shall deposit funds in the United States Treasury. The Financial Officer shall deposit in the United States Treasury, as Financial Officer, not later than at the end of each month, all funds now in hand or which may hereafter be intrusted to the Financial Officer by or for the use of such patients, of which an account shall be kept separate and apart from moneys received on ас

count of pensions, and whose bond in that capacity shall include the faithful custody and disbursement of all funds so received.

§ 302.4 Financial Officer authorized to draw funds and make cash payments to patients.

The Financial Officer is authorized to draw therefrom in the usual manner, from time to time, and to make cash payments upon voucher forms approved by the accounting officers of the Treasury for the use of such patients, not to exceed for any one patient the amount intrusted to the Superintendent on account of such patients.

§ 302.5 Report of actions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The Financial Officer shall, on or before the fifteenth of each month following the quarter for which accounts are rendered, forward to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for transmission to the General Accounting Office a duplicate of the patients' accounts.

§ 302.6 Disbursing of trust funds to patients.

The Financial Officer may, subject to the limitations of the law, draw, as Financial Officer, such sums as in the judgment of the Financial Officer may be necessary for the use of individual patients.

PART 303-DISPOSITION OF MONEYS OF DECEASED INMATES

Sec.

303.1 Search for relatives or friends of patients.

303.2 Manner in which efforts will be made to get information.

303.3 Communication with claimants. 303.4 Character of proof required. 303.5 Conditions under which payments will be made if over $100.

303.6 Conditions under which payments will be made if under $100. 303.7 Rights of relative who has incurred expense for deceased.

303.8 Recognition of an administrator. 303.9 Application of the statute of distributions of the District of Columbia.

AUTHORITY: Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 730 as amended; 24 U.S.C. 177.

SOURCE: Regulations, Apr. 25, 1907, unless otherwise noted.

§ 303.1 Search for relatives or friends of patients.

The records of the hospital will be searched, and a circular letter will be sent to the relatives or friends of deceased whose addresses are shown by the records of the institution, requesting information as to the legal heirs of the deceased. These letters will be sent first to the relatives in the order of their relationship to the deceased; and if no answer is received, then to any friends of the deceased whose addresses are shown by the records.

§ 303.2 Manner in which efforts will be made to get information.

(a) If the legal heirs of deceased cannot be ascertained through data of record in the hospital, application for such information will be made in the following manner:

(b) If the deceased was a pensioner, or was an applicant for pension, or if there is any reason to believe that he may have applied for a pension, a circular letter containing all available data will be sent to the Commissioner of Pensions requesting the information. If the deceased was admitted from the Soldiers' Home, the Naval Home, or a branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, or if it is shown that he was at any time an inmate of a State or Territorial home, or other State or Territorial institution, the information will be requested of such home or institution.

(c) If the deceased was admitted from the Army or the Navy, application will be made to the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, and to the Auditors for such Departments, respectively; and if admitted from the Public Health Service, application will be made to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Where the former place of residence of deceased is known, an inquiry will be addressed to the postmaster of the town in which he resided; and in all cases the superintendent will adopt any other means to ascertain the whereabouts of the heirs of deceased which seem appropriate to the particular case.