PUBLIC LAW 95-478—OCT. 18, 1978 "(B) compiling a list in each community of all services available to the elderly, blind, and disabled; and "(C) establishing an information and referral service within the appropriate community agency to— "(i) inform those in need of the availability of such services; and " (ii) coordinate the delivery of such services to the elderly, blind, and disabled. The Commissioner shall establish procedures for administering demonstration projects under subsection (b)(8) no later than 6 months after the effective date of this subsection. The Commissioner shall report to the Congress with respect to the results and findings of the demonstration projects at the end of fiscal year 1979. In such report, the Commissioner shall make such recommendation, based upon the findings, as may be appropriate to improve the delivery of social services to such elderly, blind, and disabled individuals. "(2)(A) There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981, such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of implementing the demonstration projects under subsection (b)(8). "(B) For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1979.
92 STAT. 1541
Report to Congress.
Appropriation authorization.
u SPECIAL PROJECTS I N COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM CARE
"SEC. 422. (a)(1) The Commissioner may make grants to selected State agencies designated under section 305(a)(1), and, in consultation with State agencies, selected area agencies on aging designated under section 305(a)(2)(A), institutions of higher education, and other public agencies and private nonprofit organizations, associations, and groups to support the development of comprehensive, coordinated systems of community long-term care for older individuals, with special emphasis upon—• "(A) services designed to support alternatives to institutional living; and "(B) the assessment of need, the development of a plan of care, and the referral of individuals, in the delivery of long-term care services, including non-institutional and institutional services, where appropriate. "(2) A grant under this section may be made to pay part or all of the estimated cost of a program (including start-up cost) for a period of not more than 3 years, except that no funds may be used to pay for direct services which are eligible for reimbursement under title X \ n: i l, title X IX, or title X X of the Social Security Act. "(3) A grant made under this section shall be used for the development of programs which provide a full continuum of services. Such services may include— " (A) adult day health; "(B) monitoring and evaluation of service effectiveness; "(C) supported living in public and private nonprofit housing; " (D) family respite services; " (E) preventive health services; " (F) home health, homemaker, and other rehabilitative and maintenance in-home services;
- ' (G) geriatric health maintenance organizations; and
Grants. 42 USC 3035c.
42 USC 1395, 1396, 1397.
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