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 PUBLIC LAW 99-506—OCT. 21, 1986

100 STAT. 1809

"(2) such staff includes individuals who have training and experience in the provision of rehabilitation services and that staff competencies meet professional standards.". SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.

29 USC 706.

(a) EVALUATION OF REHABILITATION POTENTIAL.—Paragraph (5) of

section 7 of the Act is amended— (1) by inserting "recreational," in subparagraph (B) after "cultural, social,"; (2) by inserting "employability" after "individual's" the second time it appears; (3) by striking out "and" at the end of subparagraph (F); (4) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph (G) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and "and"; and (5) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: "(H) where appropriate, the provision of rehabilitation engineering services to any individual with a handicap to assess and develop the individual's capacities to perform adequately in a work environment.". (b) EMPLOYABILITY.—Section 7 of the Act is amended by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: "(6) The term 'employability', with respect to an individual, means a determination that, with the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, the individual is likely to enter or retain, as a primary objective, full-time employment, and when appropriate, part-time employment, consistent with the capacities or abilities of the individual in the competitive labor market or any other vocational outcome the Secretary may determine consistent with this Act.". (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—

(1) Effective October 1, 1988, section 7(7) of the Act (as redesignated by subsection (b)) is amended to read as follows: "(7)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the term 'Federal share' means 80 percent. "(B) For any fiscal year for which payments to a State under section 111(a) exceed such payments for fiscal year 1988, the Federal share for those payments in excess of the fiscal year 1988 amount shall be 79 percent for fiscal year 1989, 78 percent for fiscal year 1990, 77 percent for fiscal year 1991, 76 percent for fiscal year 1992, and 75 percent for fiscal year 1993. "(C) The term 'Federal share' means 90 percent for the purposes of part C of title I of this Act and as specifically set forth in section 301(b)(3), except that with respect to payments pursuant to part B of title I of this Act to any State which are used to meet the costs of construction of those rehabilitation facilities identified in section 103(b)(2) in such State, the Federal share shall be the percentages determined in accordance with the provisions of section 3010t))(3) applicable with respect to the State. "(D) For the purpose of determining the non-Federal share with respect to a State, expenditures by a political subdivision thereof or by a local agency shall be regarded as expenditures by such State, subject to such limitations and conditions as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.".

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Effective date,

29 USC 731.

29 USC 740. 29 USC 771. 29 USC 730. 29 USC 723.

State and local governments.

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