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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-135—NOV. 28, 1975

89 STAT. 717

"(D) Amounts which any State may receive in any fiscal year under this paragraph may not exceed three-fourths of 1 per centum of the sum of the amounts allotted to such State to carry out the State plan 42 USC 3023, under section 303(b) and section 703(a) for such fiscal year. " (E) No application by a State under subparagraph (A) shall be 3045b. approved unless it contains assurances that no amounts received by such State under this paragraph will be used to hire any person to fill a job opening created by the action of such State in laying off or terminating the employment of any regular employee not supported under this Act in anticipation of filling the vacancy so created by hiring an employee to be supported through use of amounts received under this paragraph. "(3) Each State shall be entitled to an allotment under this section for any fiscal year in an amount which is not less than the amount of the allotment to which such State was entitled under paragraph (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.". MODEL PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 108. Section 308(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3028(a)) is amended by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (3), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and "or", and by inserting immediately after paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs: " (5) enable State agencies on aging and other public and private nonprofit organizations to assist in the promotion and development of ombudsman services for residents of nursing homes; " (6) meet the special needs of, and improve the delivery of services to, older persons who are not receiving adequate services under other provisions of this Act, with emphasis on the needs of low-income, minority, Indian, and limited-English speaking individuals, and the rural elderly; or "(7) assist older persons to remain within their communities and out of institutions and to maintain their independent living by (A) providing financial assistance for the establishment and operation of senior ambulatory care day centers (providing a planned schedule of health, therapeutic, educational, nutritional, recreational, and social services at least twenty-four hours per week, transportation arrangements at low or no cost for participants to and from the center, a hot mid-day meal, outreach and public information programs, and opportunities for maximum participation of senior participants and senior volunteers in the planning and operation of such center), and (B) maintaining or initiating arrangements (or providing reasonable assurances that such arrangements will be maintained or initiated) with the agency of the State concerned which administers or supervises the administration of a State plan approved under title X IX of the Social Security Act, and with other appropriate social services 42 USC 1396. agencies receiving, or reimbursed through, Federal financial assistance, for the payment of all or a part of such center's costs in providing services to eligible persons.". ATTRACTING QUALIFIED PERSONS TO THE FIELD OF AGING

SEC. 109. Section 403 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3033) is amended by inserting immediately after "education" the following: "as defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965".

20 USC 1141.