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(c) Use of funds.

(2) A State may, pursuant to a specific appropriation made by the legislative body of the State, use money withdrawn from its account in the payment of expenses incurred by it for the administration of its unemployment compensation law and public employment offices if and only if—

(D) the appropriation law limits the total amount which may be obligated during a fiscal year to an amount which does not exceed the amount by which (i) the aggregate of the amounts transferred to the account of such State pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section during such fiscal year and the twenty-four preceding fiscal years, exceeds (ii) the aggregate of the amounts used by the State pursuant to this subsection and charged against the amounts transferred to the account of such State during such twenty-five fiscal years.

For the purposes of subparagraph (D), amounts used by a State during any fiscal year shall be charged against equivalent amounts which were first transferred and which have not previously been so charged; except that no amount obligated for administration during any fiscal year may be charged against any amount transferred during a fiscal year earlier than the twenty-fourth preceding fiscal year. (As amended Dec. 29, 1971, Pub. L. 92-224, § 1, title II, § 204 (c), 85 Stat. 810, 814; June 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-329, § 2(d), 86 Stat. 398.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 203 and 204(b) of the Emergency Unemployment Act of 1971, referred to in subsec. (b) (3), are set out in a note under section 3304 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

AMENDMENTS

1972 Subsec. (b) (3). Pub. L. 92-329 added provisions relating to reductions in the amount transferable to the account of any State by reason of emergency compensation paid to any individual for a week of unemployment ending after June 30, 1972.

1971-Subsec. (b) (3). Pub. L. 92-224, § 204 (c), added par. (3).

Subsec. (c) (2). Pub. L. 92-224, substituted "twenty-four preceding fiscal years" and "such twenty-five fiscal years" for "fourteen preceding fiscal years" and "such fifteen fiscal years" in subpar. (D) of first sentence and "twentyfourth preceding fiscal year" for "fourteenth preceding fiscal year" in second sentence.

§ 1105. Extended Unemployment Compensation Account.

(b) Transfers to account.

(1) Except as provided by paragraph (3), the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer (as of the close of July 1970, and each month thereafter), from the employment security administration account to the extended unemployment compensation account established by subsection (a) of this section, an amount determined by him to be equal, in the case of any month before April 1972, to one-fifth, and in the case of any month after March 1972, to onetenth, of the amount by which

(A) transfers to the employment security administration account pursuant to section 1101(b) (2) of this title during such month, exceed

(B) payments during such month from the employment security administration account pursuant to section 1101 (b) (3) and (d) of this title. If for any such month the payments referred to in subparagraph (B) exceed the transfers referred to in subparagraph (A), proper adjustments shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred. In the case of any month after March 1973 and before April 1974, the first sentence of this paragraph shall be applied by substituting "thirteen fifty-eighths" for "one-tenth".

(As amended June 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-329, § 2(c), 86 Stat. 398.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Subsec. (b) (1). Pub. L. 92-329 added provisions for transfers in the case of any month after March 1973 and before April 1974.

SUBCHAPTER X.-GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID TO THE BLIND

REPEAL OF SUBCHAPTER X OF THIS CHAPTER EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1974; INAPPLICABILITY OF REPEAL TO PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AND VIRGIN ISLANDS

Pub. L. 92-603, title III, § 303(a), (b), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1484, provided that this subchapter is repealed effective January 1, 1974, except with respect to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in sections 802, 1306a, 1382, 1382c of this title; title 7 section 201d; title 29 section 981.

§ 1201. Appropriations.

REPEAL OF SECTION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1974

Pub. L. 92-603, title III, § 303(a), (b), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1484, provided that this section is repealed effective January 1, 1974, except with respect to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

§ 1202. State plans for aid to blind.

(a) A State plan for aid to the blind must (1) except to the extent permitted by the Secretary with respect to services, provide that it shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State, and, if administered by them, be mandatory upon them; (2) provide for financial participation by the State; (3) either provide for the establishment or designation of a single State agency to administer the plan, or provide for the establishment or designation of a single State agency to supervise the administration of the plan; (4) provide (A) for granting an opportunity for a fair hearing before the State agency to any individual whose claim for aid to the blind is denied or is not acted upon with reasonable promptness, and (B) that if the State plan is administered in each of the political subdivisions of the State by a local agency and such local agency provides a hearing at which evidence may be presented prior to a hearing before the State agency, such local agency may put into effect immediately upon issuance its decision upon the matter considered at such hearing; (5) provide (A) such methods of administration (including after January 1, 1940, methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel

standards on a merit basis, except that the Secretary shall exercise no authority with respect to the selection, tenure of office, and compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such methods) as are found by the Secretary to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan, and (B) for the training and effective use of paid subprofessional staff, with particular emphasis on the fulltime or part-time employment of recipients and other persons of low-income, as community service aides, in the administration of the plan and for the use of nonpaid or partially paid volunteers in a social service volunteer program in providing services to applicants and recipients and in assisting any advisory committees established by the State agency; (6) provide that the State agency will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may from time to time require, and comply with such provisions as the Secretary may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; (7) provide that no aid will be furnished any individual under the plan with respect to any period with respect to which he is receiving old-age assistance under the State plan approved under section 302 of this title or aid to families with dependent children under the State plan approved under section 602 of this title; (8) provide that the State agency shall, in determining need, take into consideration any other income and resources of the individual claiming aid to the blind, as well as any expenses reasonably attributable to the earning of any such income, except that, in making such determination, the State agency shall disregard (A) the first $85 per month of earned income, plus one-half of earned income in excess of $85 per month, (B) shall, for a period not in excess of twelve months, and may, for a period not in excess of thirty-six months, disregard such additional amounts of other income and resources, in the case of an individual who has a plan for achieving selfsupport approved by the State agency, as may be necessary for the fulfillment of such plan, and (C) may, before disregarding the amounts referred to in clauses (A) and (B), disregard not more than $7.50 of any income; (9) provide safeguards which permit the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants or recipients only (A) to public officials who require such information in connection with their official duties, or (B) to other persons for purposes directly connected with the administration of the State plan; (10) provide that, in determining whether an individual is blind there shall be an examination by a physician skilled in diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select; (11) effective July 1, 1951, provide that all individuals wishing to make application for aid to the blind shall have opportunity to do so, and that aid to the blind shall be furnished with reasonable promptness to all eligible individuals; (12) effective July 1, 1953, provide, if the plan includes payments to individuals in private or public institutions, for the establishment or designation of a State authority or authorities which shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining standards for such institutions; and (13) provide a description of the services (if

any) which the State agency makes available (using whatever internal organizational arrangement it finds appropriate for this purpose) to applicants for and recipients of aid to the blind to help them attain self-support or self-care, including a description of the steps taken to assure, in the provisions of such services, maximum utilization of other agencies providing similar or related services.

(b) The Secretary shall approve any plan which fulfills the conditions specified in subsection (a) of this section, except that he shall not approve any plan which imposes, as a condition of eligibility for aid to the blind under the plan

At the option of the State, the plan may provide that manuals and other policy issuances will be furnished to persons without charge for the reasonable cost of such materials, but such provision shall not be required by the Secretary as a condition for the approval of such plan under this subchapter. In the case of any State (other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) which did not have on January 1, 1949, a State plan for aid to the blind approved under this subchapter, the Secretary shall approve a plan of such State for aid to the blind for purposes of this subchapter, even though it does not meet the requirements of clause (8) of subsection (a) of this section, if it meets all other requirements of this subchapter for an approved plan for aid to the blind; but payments under section 1203 of this title shall be made, in the case of any such plan, only with respect to expenditures thereunder which would be included as expenditures for the purposes of section 1203 of this title under a plan approved under this section without regard to the provisions of this sentence. (As amended Oct. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-603, title IV, §§ 405 (b), 406(b), 407(b), 410(b), 413(b), 86 Stat. 1488, 1489, 1491, 1492.)

REPEAL OF SECTION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1974

Pub. L. 92-603, title III, § 303(a), (b), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1484, provided that this section is repealed effective January 1, 1974, except with respect to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

AMENDMENTS

1972 Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 92-603, § 410 (b), added "except to the extent permitted by the Secretary with respect to services," preceding “provide".

Subsec. (a) (4). Pub. L. 92-603, § 407 (b), designated existing provisions as cl. (A) and added cl. (B).

Subsec. (a) (9). Pub. L. 92-603, § 413(b), substituted provisions permitting the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants or recipients to public officials requiring such information in connection with their offcial duties and to other persons for purposes directly connected with the administration of the State plan, for provisions restricting the use or disclosure of such information to purposes directly connected with the administration of aid to the blind.

Subsec. (a) (13). Pub. L. 92-603, § 405 (b), added provision relating to the use of whatever internal organizational arrangement found appropriate.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-603, § 406(b), added provision relating to the furnishing of manuals and other policy issuances to persons without charge and at the option of the State.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1382a of this title.

§ 1203. Payment to States; computation of amounts.

(a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall (subject to section 1320b of this title) pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid to the blind, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1958

(3) in the case of any State whose State plan approved under section 1202 of this title meets the requirements of subsection (c) (1) of this section, an amount equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan

The services referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall, except to the extent specified by the Secretary, include only—

(E) under conditions which shall be prescribed by the Secretary, services which in the judgment of the State agency cannot be as economically or as effectively provided by the staff of such State or local agency and are not otherwise reasonably available to individuals in need of them, and which are provided, pursuant to agreement with the State agency, by the State health authority or the State agency or agencies administering or supervising the administration of the State plan for vocational rehabilitation services approved under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act or by any other State agency which the Secretary may determine to be appropriate (whether provided by its staff or by contract with public (local) or nonprofit private agencies);

(As amended Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92-512, title III, 301(b), (d), 86 Stat. 946, 947.)

REPEAL OF SECTION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1974

Pub. L. 92-603, title III, § 303(a), (b), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1484, provided that this section is repealed effective January 1, 1974, except with respect to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Vocational Rehabilitation Act, referred to in subsec. (a) (3) (D), (E), which was classified to section 31 et seq. of title 29, was repealed by section 500 (a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. L. 93-112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 357. Such section 500, classified to section 790 of title 29, provides in part that references to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act in any other provision of law shall be deemed to be references to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, section 701 et seq. of title 29.

AMENDMENTS

1972-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-512, § 301 (d), substituted "shall (subject to section 1320b of this title) pay" for "shall pay" in the provisions preceding par. (1).

Subsec. (a) (3) (E). Pub. L. 92-512, § 301 (b), substituted "under conditions which shall be" for "subject to limitations".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Amendment of provisions prec. par. (1) of subsec. (a) and subsec. (a) (3) (E) of this section by Pub. L. 92-512 effective July 1, 1972, and Jan. 1, 1973, respectively, see section 301 (e) of Pub. L. 92-512, set out as a note under section 1320b of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1320b of this title. §§ 1204, 1205.

REPEAL OF SECTIONS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1974

Pub. L. 92-603, title III, § 303 (a), (b), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1484, provided that these sections are repealed effective January 1, 1974, except with respect to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

§ 1206. "Aid to the blind" defined.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term "aid to the blind" means money payments to, or (if provided in or after the third month before the month in which the recipient makes application for aid) medical care in behalf of or any type of remedial care recognized under State law in behalf of, blind individuals who are needy, but does not include any such payments to or care in behalf of any individual who is an inmate of a public institution (except as a patient in a medical institution) or any individual who is a patient in an institution for tuberculosis or mental diseases. Such term also includes payments which are not included within the meaning of such term under the preceding sentence, but which would be so included except that they are made on behalf of such a needy individual to another individual who (as determined in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary) is interested in or concerned with the welfare of such needy individual, but only with respect to a State, whose State plan approved under section 1202 of this title includes provision for

At the option of a State (if its plan approved under this subchapter so provides), such term (i) need not include money payments to an individual who has been absent from such State for a period in excess of 90 consecutive days (regardless of whether he has maintained his residence in such State during such period) until he has been present in such State for 30 consecutive days in the case of such an individual who has maintained his residence in such State during such period or 90 consecutive days in the case of any other such individual, and (ii) may include rent payments made directly to a public housing agency on behalf of a recipient or a group or groups of recipients of aid under such plan. (As amended Oct. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-603, title IV, §§ 408(b), 409 (b), 86 Stat. 1490.)

REPEAL OF SECTION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1974

Pub. L. 92-603, title III, § 303 (a), (b), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1484, provided that this section is repealed effective January 1, 1974, except with respect to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-603 authorized the State, at its option, to include within the term "aid to the blind" provisions

relating to money payments to an individual absent from such State for more than 90 consecutive days, and provisions relating to rent payments made directly to a public housing agency.

SUBCHAPTER XI.-GENERAL PROVISIONS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW

PART A.-GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1301. Definitions.

(a) When used in this chapter

(1) The term "State", except where otherwise provided, includes the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and when used is subchapters IV, V, VII, XI, and XIX of this chapter includes the Virgin Islands and Guam. Such term when used in subchapter V of this chapter also includes American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. In the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, subchapters I, X, and XIV, and subchapter XVI of this chapter (as in effect without regard to the amendment made by section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972) shall continue to apply, and the term "State" when used in such subchapters (but not in subchapter XVI of this chapter as in effect pursuant to such amendment after December 31, 1973) includes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

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(As amended Oct. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-603, title II, § 272 (a), 86 Stat. 1451; Dec. 31, 1973, Pub. L. 93-233, § 18 (z-2) (1) (A), 87 Sta. 973.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Subsec. (a) (1). Pub. L. 93-233 struck out in first sentence references to subchapters I, X, XIV, and XVI of this chapter and added third sentence respecting the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

1972 Subsec. (a) (1). Pub. L. 92-603 extended the benefits of subchapter V of this chapter to American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Section 18(z-2) (2) of Pub. L. 93-233 provided that: "The amendments made by this subsection [to subsec. (a) (1) of this section and sections 1315 prec. (a), (a), (b) and 1316(a) (1), (3), (b) and (d) of this title] shall be effective on and after January 1, 1974."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT

Section 272 (c) of Pub. L. 92-603 provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending subsec. (a) (1) of this section and section 1308 (d) of this title] shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1971."

§ 1306. Disclosure of information in possession of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or Department of Labor; compliance with requests for information and services.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section the Secretary shall make available to each State agency operating a program under subchapter XIX of this chapter and shall, subject to the limitations contained in subsection (e) of this section, make available for public inspection in readily accessible form and fashion, the following official reports (not including, however, references to any internal

tolerance rules and practices that may be contained therein, internal working papers or other informal memoranda) dealing with the operation of the health programs established by subchapters XVIII and XIX of this chapter

(1) individual contractor performance reviews and other formal evaluations of the performance of carriers, intermediaries, and State agencies, including the reports of follow-up reviews;

(2) comparative evaluations of the performance of such contractors, including comparisons of either overall performance or of any particular aspect of contractor operation; and

(3) program validation survey reports and other formal evaluations of the performance of providers of services, including the reports of follow-up reviews, except that such reports shall not identify individual patients, individual health care practitioners, or other individuals.

(e) No report described in subsection (d) of this section shall be made public by the Secretary or the State subchapter XIX agency until the contractor or provider of services whose performance is being evaluated has had a reasonable opportunity (not exceeding 60 days) to review such report and to offer comments pertinent parts of which may be incorporated in the public report; nor shall the Secretary be required to include in any such report information with respect to any deficiency (or improper practice or procedures) which is known by the Secretary to have been fully corrected, within 60 days of the date such deficiency was first brought to the attention of such contractor or provider of services, as the case may be. (As amended Oct. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-603, title II, § 249C (a), 86 Stat. 1428.)

AMENDMENT

1972 Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 92-603 added subsecs. (d) end (e).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Section 249C (b) of Pub. L. 92-603 provided that: "The provisions of subsection (a) [enacting subsecs. (d) and (e) of this section] shall apply with respect to reports which are completed by the Secretary after the third calendar month following the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 1972]."

§ 1306a. Public access to State disbursement records.

No State or any agency or political subdivision thereof shall be deprived of any grant-in-aid or other payment to which it otherwise is or has become entitled pursuant to subchapter I (other than section 303 (a) (3) thereof), IV, X, XIV, or XVI (other than section 1383 (a) (3) thereof) of this chapter, by reason of the enactment or enforcement by such State of any legislation prescribing any conditions under which public access may be had to records of the disbursement of any such funds or payments within such State, if such legislation prohibits the use of any list or names obtained through such access to such records for commercial or political purposes. (Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 521, title VI, § 618, 65 Stat. 569, amended Sept. 13, 1960, Pub. L. 87-667, title VI, § 603 (a), 74 Stat. 992; July 25, 1962, Pub. L. 87-543,

§ 1308. Limitation on payments to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Trust Territory of Pacific Islands.

(c) The total amount certified by the Secretary under subchapter XIX of this chapter with respect to any fiscal year

(1) for payment to Puerto Rico shall not exceed $30,000,000,

(2) for payment to the Virgin Islands shall not exceed $1,000,000, and

(3) for payment to Guam shall not exceed $900,000.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 702(a) and 712 (a) of this title, and the provisions of sections 621, 703(1), and 704(1) of this title as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1967, and until such time as the Congress may by appropriation or other law otherwise provide, the Secretary shall, in lieu of the initial allotment specified in such sections, allot such smaller amounts to Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands as he may deem appropriate. (As amended Oct. 30, 1972, Pub. L. 92-603, title II §§ 271(a), (b), 272(b), 86 Stat. 1451.)

AMENDMENTS

1972 Subsec. (c) (1). Pub. L. 92-603, § 271 (a), substituted "$30,000,000" for "$20,000,000".

Subsec. (c) (2). Pub. L. 92-603, § 271 (b), substituted "$1,000,000" for "$650,000".

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-603, § 272(b), inserted ", American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands" after "allot such smaller amounts to Guam".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT

Section 271 (c) of Pub. L. 92-603 provided that: "The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) [amending subsec. (c) of this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1971."

Amendment of subsec. (d) of this section by section 272(b) of Pub. L. 92-603 applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1971, see section 272(c) of Pub. L. 92-603, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.

§ 1313. Assistance for United States citizens returned from foreign countries.

(d) Termination date.

No temporary assistance may be provided under this section after June 30, 1973. (As amended July 1, 1971, Pub. L. 92-40, 85 Stat. 96.)

AMENDMENTS

1971-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-40 extended termination date from June 30, 1971, to June 30, 1973.

§ 1315. Demonstration projects; waiver of State plan requirements; costs regarded as State plan expenditures; availability of appropriations.

In the case of any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project which, in the judgment of the Secretary, is likely to assist in promoting the objectives of subchapter I, VI, X, XIV, XVI, or XIX of this chapter, or part A of subchapter IV of this chapter, in a State or States

(a) the Secretary may waive compliance with any of the requirements of section 302, 602, 802, 1202, 1352, 1382, or 1396a of this title, as the case may be, to the extent and for the period he finds necessary to enable such State or States to carry out such project, and

(b) costs of such project which would not otherwise be included as expenditures under section 303, 603, 803, 1203, 1353, 1383, or 1396b of this title as the case may be, and which are not included as part of the costs of projects under section 1310 of this title, shall, to the extent and for the period prescribed by the Secretary, be regarded as expenditures under the State plan or plans approved under such subchapter, or for administration of such plan or plans, as may be appropriate.

(As amended Dec. 31, 1973, Pub. L. 93-233, § 18 (z-2) (1) (B), 87 Stat. 973.)

AMENDMENTS

1973-Pub. L. 93-233 inserted references: in text preceding subsec. (a) to subchapter VI of this chapter, in subsec. (a) to section 802 of this title, and in subsec. (b) to section 803 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 93-233 effective on and after Jan. 1, 1974, see section 18(z−2) (2) of Pub. L. 93-233, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title. CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN EXPERIMENTAL, PILOT, OR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS APPROVED BEFORE OCT. 1, 1973, FOR PERIOD ON-AND-AFTER DEC. 31, 1973, WITHOUT DENIAL OR REDUCTION ON ACCOUNT OF SUBCHAPTER XVI PROVISIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED; WAIVER OF SUBCHAPTER XVI RESTRICTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS; FEDERAL PAYMENTS OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE AS SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS

Section 11 of Pub. L. 93-233 provided that:

"(a) If any State (other than the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or Guam) has any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project (referred to in section 1115 of the Social Security Act [this section])—

"(1) which (prior to October 1, 1973) has been approved by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Secretary'), for a period which ends on or after December 31, 1973, as being a project with respect to which the authority conferred upon him by subsection (a) or (b) of such section 1115 [subsec. (a) or (b) of this section] will be exercised, and

"(2) with respect to the costs of which Federal financial participation would (except for the provisions of this section) be denied or reduced on account of the enactment of section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 [enacting subchapter XVI of this chapter],

then, for any period (after December 31, 1973) with respect to which such project is approved by the Secretary, Federal financial participation in the costs of such project shall be continued in like manner as if

"(3) such section 301 [enacting subchapter XVI of this chapter] had not been enacted, and

"(4) such State (for the month of January 1974 and any month thereafter) continued to have in effect the State plan (approved under title [subchapter] XVI [of this chapter]) which was in effect for the month of October 1973, or the State plans (approved under titles [subchapters] I, X, and XIV of the Social Security Act [this chapter]) which were in effect for such month, as the case may be.

"(b) With respect to individuals—

"(1) who are participants in any project to which the provisions of subsection (a) are applicable, and

"(2) with respect to whom supplemental security income benefits are (or would, except for their participation in such project, be) payable under title [subchapter] XVI of the Social Security Act [this chapter], or who meet the requirements for aid or assistance under a State plan approved under title [subchapter] I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act [this chapter] of the State in which such project is conducted (as such State plan was in effect for July 1973),

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