90 STAT. 2684
PUBLIC LAW 94-566—OCT. 20, 1976
tional rehabilitation services approved under the Vocational Rehabili29 USC 31 note, tation Act, or, in the case of any such individual who has not attained age 16, to the appropriate State agency administering the State plan under subsection (b) of this section, and (except in such cases as he may determine) for a review not less often than quarterly of such individual's blindness or disability and his need for and utilization of the services made available to him under such plan. Criteria by "(b)(1) The Secretary shall by regulation prescribe criteria for regulation. approval of State plans for— "(A) assuring appropriate counseling for disabled children referred pursuant to subsection (a) and their families, "(B) establishment of individual service plans for such disabled children, and prompt referral to appropriate medic^al, educational, and social services, "(C) monitoring to assure adherence to such service plans, and "(D) provision for such disabled children who are 6 years of age and under, or who have never attended public school and require preparation to take advantage of public educational services, of medical, social, developmental, and rehabilitative services, in cases where such services reasonably promise to enhance the child's ability to benefit from subsequent education or training, or otherwise to enhance his opportunities for self-sufficiency or self-support as an adult. "(2) Such criteria shall include— "(A) administration— "(i) by the agency administering the State plan for crippled children'services under title V of this Act, or (li) by another agency which administers programs providing services to disabled children and which the Governor of the State concerned has determined is capablie of administering the State plan described in the first sentence of this subsection in a more efficient and effective manner than the agency described in clause (i) (with the reasons for such determination being set forth in the State plan described in the first sentence of this subsection); "(B) coordination with other agencies serving disabled children; and "(C) establishment of an identifiable unit within such agency which shall be responsible for carrying out the plan. " (c) Every individual age 16 or over with respect to whom the Secretary is required to make provision for referral under subsection (a) shall accept such services as are made available to him under the State plan for vocational and rehabilitation services approved under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act; and no such individual shall be an eligible individual or eligible spouse for purposes of this title if he refuses without good cause to accept services for which he is referred under subsection (a). "(d) The Secretary is authorized to pay to the State agency administering or supervising the administration of a State plan for vocational rehabilitation services approved under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act the costs incurred under such plan in the provision of rehabilitation services to individuals referred for such services pursuant to subsection (a). "(c)(1) The Secretary shall, subject to the limitations imposed by paragraphs (2) and (3), pay to the State agency administering a State plan of a State under subsection (b) of this section, the costs incurred
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