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[84 STAT. 1319]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1319]

84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-517-OCT. 30, 1970

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except that, of the twenty members first appointed, five shall hold office for a term of three years, five shall hold office for a term of two years, and five shall hold office for a term of one year, as designated by the Secretary at the time of appointment. "(c) I t shall be the duty and function of the Council to (1) advise Duties. the Secretary with respect to any regulations promulgated or proposed to be promulgated by him in the implementation of this title, and (2) study and evaluate programs authorized by this title with a view to determining their effectiveness in carrying out the purposes for which they were established. " (d) The Council is authorized to engage such technical assistance idrasslstinc'e^r'" as may be required to carry out its functions, and the Secretary shall, in addition, make available to the Council such secretarial, clerical, and other assistance and such statistical and other pertinent data prepared by or available to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as it may require to carry out such functions. "(e) Members of the Council, while attending meetings or confer- triie7expen*iesl ences thereof or otherwise serving on the business of the Council, shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but at rates not exceeding the daily equivalent of the rate provided for GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day of such service ^"'^' ^' ^^^-i. (including travel time), and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service 83^stat^\*9o^^' employed intermittently. "STATE PLANS

"SEC. 134. (a) Any State desiring to take advantage of this part must have a State plan submitted to and approved by the Secretary under this section. "(b) In order to be approved by the Secretary under this section, a Approval, conState plan for the provision of services and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities must— "(1) designate (A) a State planning and advisory council, to be responsible for submitting revisions of the State plan and transmitting such reports as may be required by the Secretary; (B) except as provided in clause (C), the State agency or agencies which shall administer or supervise the administration of the State plan and, if there is more than one such agency, the portion of such plan which each will administer (or the portion the administration of which each will supervise); and (C) a single State agency as the sole agency for administering or supervising the administration of grants for construction under the State plan, except that during fiscal year 1971, the Secretary may waive, in whole or in part, the requirements of this paragraph; "(2) describe (A) the quality, extent, and scope of services being provided, or to be provided, to persons with developmental disabilities under such other State plans for Federally assisted State programs as may be specified by the Secretary, but in any case including education for the handicapped, vocational rehabilitation, public assistance, medical assistance, social services, maternal and child health, crippled children'services, and comprehensive health and mental health plans, and (B) how funds allotted to the State in accordance with section 132 will be used to complement and augment rather than duplicate or replace services and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities which are eligible for Federal assistance under such other State programs; 47-348 O - 72 - 88 (Pt. 1)