104 STAT. 1388-282 PUBLIC LAW 101-508 —NOV. 5, 1990 (3) REIMBURSEMENT OF PROVIDERS. — (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), providers of rehabilitation services under each demonstration project under this section shall be reimbursed in accordance with the procedures in effect under the provisions of section 222(d) of the Social Security Act EIS of the date of the enactment of this Act relating to reimbursement for services provided under such section. (B) The Secretary may contract with providers of rehabilitation services under each demonstration project under this section on a fee-for-service basis in order to— (i) conduct vocational evaluations directed at identifying those disabled beneficiaries who have reasonable potential for engaging in substantial gainful activity and thereby terminating their entitlement to benefits under section 202 or 223 of the Social Security Act if provided with vocational rehabilitation services as participants in the project, and (ii) develop jointly with each disabled beneficiary so identified an individualized, written rehabilitation program. (C) Each written rehabilitation program developed pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii) for any participant shall include among its provisions— (i) a statement of the participant's rehabilitation goal, (ii) a statement of the specific rehabilitation services to be provided and of the identity of the provider to furnish such services, (iii) the projected date for the initiation of such services and their anticipated duration, and (iv) objective criteria and an evaluation procedure and schedule for determining whether the stated rehabilitation goal is being achieved. (d) REPORTS.— The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate an interim written report on the progress of the demonstration projects conducted under this section not later than April 1, 1992, together with any related data and materials which the Secretary considers appropriate. The Secretary shall submit a final written report to such Committees addressing the matters to be determined under subsection (b) not later than April 1, 1994. (e) STATE.— For purposes of this section, the term "State" means a State, including the entities included in such term by section 210(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410(h)). (f) CONTINUATION OF DEMONSTRATION AUTHORITY.— Section 505(c) of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1310 note) is amended to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a final report with respect to all experiments and demonstration projects carried out under this section (other than demonstration projects conducted under section 5120 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation of 1990) no later than October 1, 1993.".
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