Section 29B. The commissioner shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the procurement and administration of contracts with organizations providing social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services. Such rules and regulations shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A. No department, office, agency, board, commission or institution within any of the executive offices established by chapters six A and seven shall contract for the provision of any such services except in conformance with said regulations and without the prior written approval of the contract by the secretary having charge of such executive office. No payment shall be made to a contracting organization for any services provided prior to the date upon which a form requesting said services has been approved by the secretary having charge of such executive office and a copy of the same has been filed with the comptroller, with the exception that payment may be made for services rendered no earlier than fifteen days prior to said date, upon approval by the commissioner of administration of a written request for start date retroactivity submitted by the contracting agency and approved by the secretariat in charge of said agency. No person employed by an organization providing social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services as defined above shall directly or indirectly supervise a temporary or permanent employee of the commonwealth. Such contracts shall not be written or used by any department, office, agency, board, commission or institution of the commonwealth to procure full or part-time personal services, or equipment to be used by such department, office, agency, board, commission or institution, or any goods or services not required in the direct provision by the contractor of social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services to populations being served by the contracting department, office, agency, board, commission, or institution.
Section 29B. The commissioner shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the procurement and administration of contracts with organizations providing social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services. Such rules and regulations shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A. No department, office, agency, board, commission or institution within any of the executive offices established by chapters six A and seven shall contract for the provision of any such services except in conformance with said regulations and without the prior written approval of the contract by the secretary having charge of such executive office. No payment shall be made to a contracting organization for any services provided prior to the date upon which a form requesting said services has been approved by the secretary having charge of such executive office and a copy of the same has been filed with the comptroller, with the exception that payment may be made for services rendered no earlier than fifteen days prior to said date, upon approval by the commissioner of administration of a written request for start date retroactivity submitted by the contracting agency and approved by the secretariat in charge of said agency. No person employed by an organization providing social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services as defined above shall directly or indirectly supervise a temporary or permanent employee of the commonwealth. Such contracts shall not be written or used by any department, office, agency, board, commission or institution of the commonwealth to procure full or part-time personal services, or equipment to be used by such department, office, agency, board, commission or institution, or any goods or services not required in the direct provision by the contractor of social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services to populations being served by the contracting department, office, agency, board, commission, or institution.
Section 29B. The commissioner shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the procurement and administration of contracts with organizations providing social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services. Such rules and regulations shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A. No department, office, agency, board, commission or institution within any of the executive offices established by chapters six A and seven shall contract for the provision of any such services except in conformance with said regulations and without the prior written approval of the contract by the secretary having charge of such executive office. No payment shall be made to a contracting organization for any services provided prior to the date upon which a form requesting said services has been approved by the secretary having charge of such executive office and a copy of the same has been filed with the comptroller, with the exception that payment may be made for services rendered no earlier than fifteen days prior to said date, upon approval by the commissioner of administration of a written request for start date retroactivity submitted by the contracting agency and approved by the secretariat in charge of said agency. No person employed by an organization providing social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services as defined above shall directly or indirectly supervise a temporary or permanent employee of the commonwealth. Such contracts shall not be written or used by any department, office, agency, board, commission or institution of the commonwealth to procure full or part-time personal services, or equipment to be used by such department, office, agency, board, commission or institution, or any goods or services not required in the direct provision by the contractor of social, rehabilitative, health, or special education services to populations being served by the contracting department, office, agency, board, commission, or institution.
