(3) developing or demonstrating approaches, methods, and techniques for achieving or improving coordination of community services for older persons; (4) evaluating these approaches, techniques, and methods, as well as others which may assist older persons to enjoy wholesome and meaningful lives and to continue to contribute to the strength and welfare of our Nation; (5) collecting and disseminating, through publications and other appropriate means, information concerning research findings, demonstration results, and other materials developed in connection with activities assisted under this part; or 9 (6) conducting conferences and other meetings for the purposes of facilitating exchange of information and stimulating new approaches with respect to activities related to the purposes of this part. SPECIAL STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON THE SEC. 412. (a) The Commissioner shall, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, conduct a comprehensive study and survey of the transportation problems of older Americans with emphasis upon solutions that are practicable and can be implemented in a timely fashion. In conducting the study and survey, the Commissioner shall consider (1) the use of all community transportation facilities, particularly public transportation systems, the possible use of school buses, and excess Department of Defense vehicles; and (2) the need for revised and improved procedures for obtaining motor vehicle insurance by older Americans to be implemented for use in a coordinated transportation system. (b) In connection with the study required by subsection (a), the Commissioner, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall conduct research and demonstration projects, either directly or by grants or contracts with 'The 1969 Amendments, sec. 7(b) added to sec. 401, as it then read, subsections (e) and (f), which were substantially identical to paragraphs (5) and (6) of the present sec. 411. 10 The 1973 Amendments added sec. 412 and Part C to the Act. public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations, in order to (1) demonstrate possible solutions of economic and service aspect of furnishing adequate transportation to older persons in rural and urban areas including transportation services furnished by social service agencies; (2) demonstrate improvement of transportation services available to older persons with emphasis on (A) establishing special transportation subsystems for older persons or similar groups with similar mobility restrictions, (B) providing portal-to-portal service and demand actuated services, (C) making payments directly to older persons to enable them to obtain reasonable and necessary transportation services; (3) demonstrate improved coordination between transportation systems and social service delivery systems; and (4) demonstrate innovative solutions for other special transportation problems confronting older Americans. (c) At least half of the projects authorized under subsection (b) of this section shall be conducted in States that are predominantly rural in character. (d) Not later than January 1, 1975, the Commissioner shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary, to the President, and to the Congress, a report on his findings and recommendations, including a plan for implementation of improved transportation services for older Americans and recommendations for additional legislation, administrative and other measures to provide solutions to the transportation problems of older Americans not later than January 1, 1975, as he deems advisable. (e) In carrying out the study and survey, and the demonstration and research projects under this section, the Commissioner is authorized to— (1) procure temporary or intermittent services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and (2) secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment or instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this section; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office independent establishment or instrumentality is authorized and directed to the extent permitted by law, to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commissioner upon request made by him. PART C-MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS OF GERONTOLOGY 10 SEC. 421. The Commissioner may make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions for the purpose of establishing or supporting multidisciplinary centers of gerontology. A grant may be made under this section only if the application therefor (1) provides satisfactory assurance that the applicant will expend the full amount of the grant to establish or support a multidisciplinary center of gerontology which shall (A) recruit and train personnel at the professioal and subprofessional levels, (B) conduct basic and applied research on work, leisure, and education of older people, living arrangements of older people, social services for older people, the economies of aging, and other related areas, (C) provide consultation to public and voluntary organizations with respect to the needs of older people and in planning and developing services for them, (D) serve as a repository of information and knowledge with respect to the areas for which it conducts basic and applied research, (E) stimulate the incorporation of information on aging into the teaching of biological, behavioral, and social sciences at colleges or unversities, (F) help to develop training programs on aging in schools of social work, public health, health care administration, education, and in other such schools at colleges and universities, and (G) create opportunities for innovative, multidisciplinary efforts in teaching, research, and demonstration projects with respect to aging; (2) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for funds paid to the applicant under this section; and (3) provides for making such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Commissioner may require to carry out his functions under this section, and for keeping such records and for afford 10 See footnote on page 39. ing such access thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. PART D-AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATION 11 SEC. 431. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this title such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and the fiscal years ending September 30, 1977, and 1978.12 12 PAYMENTS OF GRANTS 13 SEC. 432. (a) To the extent he deems it appropriate, the Commissioner shall require the recipient of any grant or contract under this title to contribute money, facilities, or services for carrying out the project for which such grant or contract was made. (b) Payments under this title pursuant to a grant or contract may be made (after necessary adjustment, in the case of grants, 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 Commissioner may determine. (c) The Commissioner shall make no grant or contract under this title in any State which has established or designated State agency for purposes of title III of this Act unless the Commissioner has consulted with such State agency regarding such grant or contract. 11 From the 1965 Act until the 1973 Amendments, authorizations for Title IV (Research and Demonstrations) and Title V (Training) were · provided in a section of the "General" Title. The 1973 Amendments repealed all of that Title (VIII), including its section (803) which contained authorizations for those programs, and substituted the new section 431 therefor. 12 The 1975 Amendments, sec. 112(d) added authorizations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, and for the period July 1-Sept. 30, 1976. 13 The language of this section is substantially the same as that of secs. 402 and 502 of the Act before the 1973 Amendments, which sections related to payment of grants and contracts for research and development projects and training projects, respectively. TITLE V-MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS1 PART A-ACQUISITION, ALTERATION, OR RENOVATION OF MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS GRANTS AUTHORIZED SEC. 501. (a) In order to provide a focal point in communities for the development and delivery of social services and nutritional services designed primarily for older persons, the Commissioner may make grants to units of general purpose local government or other public or nonprofit private agencies or organizations and may make contracts with any agency or organization to pay not to exceed 75 per centum of the cost of acquiring, altering, or renovating existing facilities to serve as multipurpose senior centers (including the initial equipment of such facilities). Facilities assisted by grants or contracts under this part shall be in close proximity to the majority of individuals eligible to use the multipurpose senior center, and within walking distance where possible. (b) The total payments made pursuant to grants or contracts under this section in any State for any fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the total amount appropriated for the year for the purposes of carrying out this part. (c) The term "multipurpose senior center" means a community facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services (including provision of health, social, and educational services and provision of facilities for recreational activities) for older persons. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS SEC. 502. (a) A grant or contract for purchase under this part may be made only if the application therefor is approved by the Commissioner upon his determination that— (1) the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that (A) for not less than ten years after purchase, the facility will be used for the purposes for which it is to be purchased, (B) sufficient funds will be available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of purchase 1 1 The 1973 Amendments added Title V to the Act. From the 1965 Act until the 1973 Amendments, sec. 301 of the Act provided that with respect to establishment of new or expansion of existing programs with Title III funds, "... no costs of construction, other than for minor alterations and repairs, shall be included in such establishment or expansion.” |