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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1320b-21. State grants for work incentives assistance to disabled beneficiaries
(a) In general
Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the Commissioner may
make payments in each State to the protection and advocacy system
established pursuant to part C of title I of the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6041 et
seq.) )1(! for the purpose of providing services to disabled
beneficiaries.
(b) Services provided
Services provided to disabled beneficiaries pursuant to a payment
made under this section may include -
(1) information and advice about obtaining vocational
rehabilitation and employment services; and
(2) advocacy or other services that a disabled beneficiary may
need to secure or regain gainful employment.
(c) Application
In order to receive payments under this section, a protection and
advocacy system shall submit an application to the Commissioner, at
such time, in such form and manner, and accompanied by such
information and assurances as the Commissioner may require.
(d) Amount of payments
(1) In general
Subject to the amount appropriated for a fiscal year for making
payments under this section, a protection and advocacy system
shall not be paid an amount that is less than -
(A) in the case of a protection and advocacy system located
in a State (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico)
other than Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
the greater of -
(i) $100,000; or
(ii) 1/3 of 1 percent of the amount available for
payments under this section; and
(B) in the case of a protection and advocacy system located
in Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, $50,000.
(2) Inflation adjustment
For each fiscal year in which the total amount appropriated to
carry out this section exceeds the total amount appropriated to
carry out this section in the preceding fiscal year, the
Commissioner shall increase each minimum payment under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) by a percentage equal
to the percentage increase in the total amount so appropriated to
carry out this section.
(e) Annual report
Each protection and advocacy system that receives a payment under
this section shall submit an annual report to the Commissioner and
the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel established
under section 101(f) of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
Improvement Act of 1999 on the services provided to individuals by
the system.
(f) Funding
(1) Allocation of payments
Payments under this section shall be made from amounts made
available for the administration of subchapter II of this chapter
and amounts made available for the administration of subchapter
XVI of this chapter, and shall be allocated among those amounts
as appropriate.
(2) Carryover
Any amounts allotted for payment to a protection and advocacy
system under this section for a fiscal year shall remain
available for payment to or on behalf of the protection and
advocacy system until the end of the succeeding fiscal year.
(g) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Commissioner
The term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Social
Security.
(2) Disabled beneficiary
The term "disabled beneficiary" has the meaning given that term
in section 1320b-19(k)(2) of this title.
(3) Protection and advocacy system
The term "protection and advocacy system" means a protection
and advocacy system established pursuant to part C of title I of
the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
(42 U.S.C. 6041 et seq.).)1(!
(h) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004.
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