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PUBLIC LAW 91-155-DEC. 24, 1969
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PARKS AND RECREATION
Parks and recreation, including the purchase, acquisition, and transportation of specimens for the National Zoological Park, $17,406,000, of which $32,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. HEALTH AND WELFARE
79 Stat. 343; 42 USC 1396i396g.
59 Stat. 282. 32i'. ' ° ^ 74 Stat. 2 1.
Health and welfare, including reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen'a Hospital; purchase of eleven passenger motor vehicles, of which ten shall be for replacement only; and care and treatment of indigent patients in institutions, including those under sectarian control, under contracts to be made by the Director of Public Health; $136,234,000: Provided, That the inpatient rate and outpatient rate under such contracts, with the exception of Children's Hospital, and for services rendered by Freedmen's Hospital shall not exceed $38 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $6 per visit; the inpatient rate and outpatient rate for Children's Hospital shall not exceed $40 per diem and $6.75 per visit; and the inpatient rate (excluding the proportionate share for repairs and construction) for services rendered by Saint Elizabeths Hospital for patient care shall be $17.94 per diem: Provided further. That the hospital rates specified herein shall not apply, beginning July 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, Galliuger 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 $141,066 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 sixty passenger motor vehicles, of which forty-three shall be for replacement only; $18,450,000, of which $12,446,000 shall be payable from the highway fund (including $674,000 from the motor vehicle parking account): Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the purchase of driver-training vehicles.
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