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AMENDMENT #17

Section 402 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(3) For the purpose of making grants and contracts under section 416 (exclusive of subsection (f)), there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974; and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975."

AMENDMENT #18

Section 405(b) is amended by adding to paragraph (2) after "relating to" and before "safety" the words "occupational health and".

AMENDMENT #19

Section 408(a) is amended by inserting after "comply with" and before "safety" the words "occupational health and".

AMENDMENT #20

Title IV is further amended by adding the following new section:

"REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR OLDER BLIND PERSONS

"Sec. 416. (a) (1) For each fiscal year each State shall be entitled to an allotment of an amount bearing the same ratio to the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 402(j) of this title for meeting the costs described in paragraph (2) of this subsection, as the product of (A) the population of the State, and (B) its allotment percentage (as defined in section 6(d) bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States. The allotment to any State under the preceding sentence for any fiscal year which is less than $50,000 (or such amount as may be specified as a minimum allotment in the Act appropriating sums for such year) shall be increased to that amount, the total of the increases thereby required being derived by proportionately reducing the allotments to each of the remaining States under the preceding sentence, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any of such remaining States from being thereby reduced to less than that amount.

"(2) The Secretary shall pay to each State an amount equal to 90 percentum of the cost of rehabilitation services furnished to other blind persons under a plan of such State approved under subsection (c), including the cost of any rehabilitation services furnished by the designated State vocational rehabilitation agency or agencies, except that the total of such payments to such State for such fiscal year may not exceed its allotment

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under paragraph (1) for such year. The cost of rehabilitation services shall not include any amounts paid by another public or private agency for the provision of rehabilitation services.

"(3) 'Rehabilitation services for older blind persons' include, as appropriate in each case, such services as outreach, referral, assistance in acquiring mobility and other personal management skills, and such other services as are specified in section 106(a) of this Act. As used in this section, the term 'other blind persons' means individuals whose combination of severe visual impairment and age makes gainful employment less readily attainable in the light of current employment practices.

"(b) No payment may be made from an allotment under this section with respect to any cost with respect to which any payment is made under any other section of this Act.

"(c) The Secretary shall approve a State plan for rehabilitation services for older blind persons which

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"(1) designates as the State agency the same agency or agencies designated under section 105(a)(1) of this Act;

"(2) provides for financial participation by the State, which

may include non-Federal funds donated to the State;

"(3) shows the plan, policies, and methods to be followed in providing services under the State plan for rehabilitation of older blind persons and in its administration and supervision, and, in case rehabilitation services cannot be provided all older blind persons who apply for such services, shows the order to be followed in selecting those to whom such services will be provided;

"(4) provides such methods of administration, other than methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards, as are found by the Secretary to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the plan;

"(5) contains provisions relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards and the establishment and maintenance of minimum standards governing facilities and personnel utilized in the provision of rehabilitation services for older blind persons consistent with the provisions of the State plan for vocational rehabilitation services;

"(6) provides that rehabilitation services for older blind persons will be provided without regard to whether or not the older blind person is in financial need, except to the extent provided for under paragraph (3);

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"(7) provides that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may from time to time reasonably require to carry out his functions under this section, and comply with such provisions as he may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and

"(8) provides for cooperation by the State agency with other public and private agencies concerned with blind or older persons and joint undertakings to further the effectiveness of rehabilitation services for older blind persons.

"(a) The Secretary shall discontinue payments under this section in the same manner and on the same basis as he is required by section 105(c) to discontinue payments under sections 103 and 104, and judicial review of such action shall be had in the same manner as is provided in section 105(a) for similar action taken by him under section 105(c).

"(e) Payments under this section 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;

"(f) In order

"(1) to demonstrate methods of (A) providing the specialized intensive services, as well as other services, needed to rehabilitate older blind persons, and (B) training the professional and allied personnel needed adequately to staff facilities and agencies providing such services and training such personnel who have been or will be working with older blind persons;

"(2) to conduct research in the problems of, and ways of meeting

the problems of rehabilitating older blind persons; and

"(3) to aid in the conduct of related activities which will expand or improve the services for or help improve public understanding of the problems of older blind persons;

such sums are authorized to be appropriated as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection. From such sums, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to and contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies for payment by the United States of all or part of the cost of projects to carry out the purposes of this subsection."

AMENDMENT #21

H. R. 8395 is further amended by striking all of Title III.

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AMENDMENT #22

H. R. 8395 is further amended by (a) changing the Table of Contents to read as follows:

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"Sec. 304.

"Sec. 305.

Declaration of purpose.

Authorization of appropriations.

Administration.

Promotion of employment opportunities.

Grants for construction of rehabilitation facilities.

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Mortgage insurance for multipurpose rehabilitation facilities.
Annual interest grants.

Rehabilitation facility improvement.

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"Sec. 306.

"Sec. 307.

"Sec. 308.

"Sec. 309.

Special projects.

"Sec. 310.

"Sec. 311.

"Sec. 312.

"Sec. 313. "Sec. 314. "Sec. 315. "Sec. 316.

National Information and Resource Center for the Handicapped.
National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults.

Comprehensive rehabilitation centers for deaf youths and adults.
National Commission on Transportation and Housing for the Handicapped
National Centers for Spinal Cord Injuries.

Grants for services for end stage renal disease.
Rehabilitation services for older blind persons.

PROGRAM AND PROJECT EVALUATION

Purpose.

Obtaining information from Federal agencies.
Authorization.

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MISCELLANEOUS

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Reports.

"Sec. 502. Effect on existing laws.

"Sec. 503.

Rehabilitation services administration."

(b) changing the title and section numbers to correspond to the changes in the Table of Contents.

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