, 1955-06-01

the Insular Department in accordance with this law.
b) ALLEGATION Of Moneys in the Public Assistance Fund:
The Insular Department shall estimate the money to be Gre
dited to the Public Assistance Fund. from all sources during
each fiscal year and from the funds available shall make
such apportonments among various assistance and other
programs, for assistance andIor the administration thereof,
and for other purposes, as will most effectively carry out
the purposes Of this Act and the purposes of the a~ppropria-
tons and contributions made to the Fund for the fiscal year.
@) Unexpended Balances in the Public Assistance Fund:
Unexpended balances in the Public Assistance Fund at the
end Of each fiscal year will continue available in succeeding
fiscal years for liquidation Of obligations Of the preceding
years and for the continued operation of assistance programs
provided that there shall be included in the budget estimates
submitted by the Insular Department each year an estimate
Of the VI. share Of the accumulated u~nobligated balance of
the Fund to be carried forward into the year for which the
budget estimates are submitted.
Section 81. () There is also hereby authorized the esta-
bishment in the Treasury Of the Virgin Islands Of a special
a prepayment arrangement costs incurred for public assis-
lance recipients for medical supplies, appliances, and ser
vices.
() The Insular Department shall establish, and shall
from time to time amend as it finds it necessary and desir-
able, the rules and administrative procedures governing the
operation of the Fund. These rules and procedures shall in
clude the determination of the medical supplies, appliances
and services, and. any limitations on the cost thereof, to be
furnished public assistance recipients in need thereof, who
are covered by the Fund, and the determination Of the rate
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each public assistance recipient covered thereby. In making
these determinations, the Insular Department shall take
carefully into account the objective of maintaining the sol
vency Of the Fund. The Insular Department shall fix the
date the Fund shall begin operation and the date it shall
cease operation if at any time it finds the latter to be desr-
able or necessary in the public interest.
() Under the rules and procedures established by il, the
Insular Department shall pay into the Fund each month the
monthly payments due in behalf of each assistance recipient
covered by the Fund, which payments shall constitute assis-
lance payments and shall authorize the disbursements to be
made from the Fund for the cost Of medical supplies, appl-
ances and services furnished such assistance recipients. The
Pooled Medical Fund may otherwise be financed from the
Public Assistance Fund by direction of the Insular Depart
nnent, or through private contributions, special appropriations,
or other sources, provided that all contributions from private
sources shall become public funds upon deposit in the Pooled
Medical Fund and shall thenceforth be subject to control Of
the Insular Department. The unexpended or unobligated bal
ances Of the Fund, if any, at the end Of each and every fiscal
period shall remain in the Fund and shall continue available
for the purposes thereof; provided that, in the event the Fund
should terminate, for any reason whatsoever, the Federal Gov
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