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1 the purchase and provision of such services (including coun2 seling) for such individual, because of the severity of his 3 handicap, as determined in accordance with regulations 4 which the Secretary shall prescribe, exceeds an amount equal 5 to 200 per centum of the average cost per individual of 6 the purchase and provision of such services for all handi7 capped individuals rehabilitated in the State in question dur8 ing the preceding fiscal year under the Vocational Reha9 bilitation Act and (B) for subsequent fiscal years, the cost 10 of the purchase and provisions of such services (including 11 counseling) for such individual, because of the severity of his 12 handicap, as determined in accordance with regulations 13 which the Secretary shall prescribe, exceeds an amount equal 14 to 200 per centum of the average cost per individual of the

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purchase and provision of such services for all handicapped 16 individuals rehabilitated in the State in question during the

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preceding fiscal year with funds allotted under section 110 18 and section 120.

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allocated to any State under this section and section 110 shall be expended for the purpose of providing comprehen

sive rehabilitation services.

(e) In the event that the Secretary, based upon esti

mates submitted to him by each State, determines that, for

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, a State will not be able

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to utilize the amount available to it under the provisions of 2 subsection (a) of this section, he shall reallocate such

3 amount as provided under subsection (b) of this section and 4 if, after such reallocation, amounts remain which he deter5 mines cannot be utilized under such subsection (b), such 6 amounts shall be available for carrying out the purposes of 7 subsection (d) of section 110 of part B of this title, and such 8 amount shall be in addition to any other amounts made 9 available for the purposes of subsection (d) of section 110.

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STATE PROGRAMS

SEC. 121. As a condition for receiving grants under 12 this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, a State 13 must submit within 180 days after the date of enactment 14 of this Act an amendment to its plan submitted to the Secre15 tary under section 101 or under section 5 of the Vocational 16 Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 35) which includes a pro17 gram for provision of vocational and comprehensive re18 habilitation services to severely handicapped individuals. A 19 State shall also include such a program in its plan under 20 section 101 submitted for each subsequent fiscal year. Such 21 program shall (1) designate the State agency or agencies 22 administering the State plan for vocational rehabilitation as 23 the agency or agencies to administer funds provided under

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1 this part; (2) describe the quality, scope, and extent of 2 the services being provided; (3) demonstrate that the

State has studied and considered a broad variety of means 4 for providing vocational and comprehensive services to 5 severely handicapped individuals, including but not limited 6 to, regional and community centers, halfway houses, 7 services to homebound and institutionalized individuals, and 8 patient-release programs, where such programs are appro9 priate and beneficial; (4) be approved or disapproved under 10 the criteria and procedures provided with respect to the State 11 plan submitted under section 101; and (5) conform to such 12 other requirements as the Secretary by regulation may pre13 scribe.

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PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 122. From each State's allotment for a fiscal

year under section 120, the State shall be paid the Federal

share of the expenditures incurred during such year under

its State plan approved under section 102. Such payments

may be made (after necessary adjustments on account of

previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such conditions as the Secretary may determine.

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TITLE II-SPECIAL FEDERAL

RESPONSIBILITIES

GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF REHABILITATION

FACILITIES

SEC. 200. (a) For the purpose of making grants and 6 contracts under this section for construction of rehabilitation 7 facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance, there is au8 thorized to be appropriated $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 9 ending June 30, 1973; $40,000,000 for the fiscal year end10 ing June 30, 1974; and $45,000,000 for the fiscal year 11 ending June 30, 1975. Amounts so appropriated shall remain 12 available for expenditure with respect to construction proj13 ects funded or initial staffing grants made under this sec14 tion prior to July 1, 1977.

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(b) (1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to 16 assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or private 17 nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Such grants may be made 18 to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agen19 cies for projects for which applications are approved by the 20 Secretary under this section.

21 (2) To be approved, an application for a grant for a 22 construction project under this section must conform to the 23 provisions of section 212.

24 (3) The amount of a grant under this section with 25 respect to any construction project in any State shall be equal

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to the same percentage of the cost of such project as the Fed2 eral share which is applicable in the case of rehabilitation

3 facilities (as defined in section 645 (g) of the Public Health 4 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2910 (g)), in such State, except 5 that if the Federal share with respect to rehabilitation facili6 ties in such State is determined pursuant to section 645 (b) 7 (2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2910 (b) (2)), the percentage 8 of the cost for purposes of this section shall be determined in 9 accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary de10 signed to achieve as nearly as practicable results comparable 11 to the results obtained under such subparagraph.

12 (c) The Secretary is also authorized to make grants to 13 assist in the initial staffing of any public or nonprofit re14 habilitation facility constructed after the date of enactment 15 of this section (whether or not such construction was fi16 nanced with the aid of a grant under this section) by cover17 ing part of the costs (determined in accordance with regula18 tions of the Secretary) of compensation of professional or 19 technical personnel of such facility during the period be

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ginning with the commencement of the operation of such 21 facility and ending with the close of four years and three 22 months after the month in which such operation commenced. 23 Such grants with respect to any facility may not exceed 75

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per centum of such costs for the period ending with the

close of the fifteenth month following the month in which

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