agency or State children's institutions where services are being provided through the use of child-welfare services funds. Through arrangement by the regional consultant, special consultants on the staff of the Children's Bureau such as the consultant on foster care, the consultant on group work, the staff of the Mental Health Unit may provide special service to a State to aid in improving the child welfare program. (e) Audit of expenditures. Annual audits by Children's Bureau field auditors from the State Audits Unit are made on a test or detail basis, depending on auditors findings, of expenditures from Federal funds for the previous year under the State plan for child welfare services. Advice is given State officials on the keeping of accounts relating to the budgets and financial reports under the State plan. Sec. 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: §§ 301.1 to 301.14 issued under R.S. 4839, as amended; 24 U.S.C. 165. SOURCE: §§ 301.1 to 301.14 appear at 2 F.R. 1623, Aug. 3, 1937. § 301.1 Deposit of money in Treasury. All moneys received by the Superintendent under the acts of February 20, 1905 (33 Stat. 731; 24 U.S.C. 195, 165), and February 2, 1909 (35 Stat. 592; 24 U.S.C. 165), shall be scheduled to the Chief Disbursing Officer, Division of Disbursements, Treasury Department, for deposit in the United States Treasury. § 301.3 Purposes for which money shall be disbursed. The pension money shall be disbursed and used for three general purposes, in order as follows: (a) For the benefit of the pensioner. (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 seting 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 Hospial 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 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 that $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 such balance of pension money, it shall be applied to the general uses of the Hospital. § 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, Education, and Welfare, 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, TABLE OF MONTHLY DIVISION OF RATES OF PENSION UNDER THE ACTS OF FEBRUARY 20, 1905, AND FEBRUARY 2, 1909 $1.00.. $4.00. Monthly pension ent rela tives Pen- Rela- Pen- Rela Pen sioner tives sioner tivessioner $0.17 $0.83 $0.58 $0.42 $1.00 .33 1.67 1.17 .83 2.00 50 2.50 1.75 1.25 3.00 67 3.33 2.33 1.67 4.00 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 $3.00. 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' 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 5.83 14.00 6.25 15.00 6. 25 17.50 6.25 20.00 6.25 22.50 2.00 10.00 7.00 5.00 12.00 2.17 10.83 7.58 5.42 13.00 2.33 11.67 8.17 2.50 12.50 8.75 5.00 12.50 11.25 7.50 12.50 13.75 10.00 12.50 16.25 12.50 12.50 18.75 6.25 25.00 15.00 15.00 22.50 7.50 30.00 17.50 17.50 26.25 8.75 35.00 20.00 20.00 30.00 10.00 40.00 22.50 22.50 33.75 11.25 45.00 25.00 25.00 37.50 12.50 50.00 30.00 30.00 45.00 15.00 60.00 37.50 37.50 56.25 18.75 75.00 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. PART 302-HANDLING OF PERSONAL FUNDS OF PATIENTS Sec. 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, Education, and Welfare. 302.6 Disbursing of trust funds to patients. AUTHORITY: §§ 302.1 to 302.6 issued under R. S. 4839, as amended; 24 U.S.C. 165. SOURCE: §§ 302.1 to 302.6 contained in Regulations, May 1, 1909. § 302.1 Accounting for moneys intrusted to the hospital. The Financial Officer 1 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 1 The term "Financial Officer" has been substituted for the term "Disbursing Agent," which appears in the May 1, 1909, regulations, as a result of the issuance of Executive Order 6166, June 10, 1933. The functions of the official remain unchanged so far as the regulations in this chapter are concerned. |