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 PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1330-319

necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the Commission. "(f)(1) The Commission shall appoint an Executive Director of the Commission who shall be compensated at a rate fixed by the Commission, but which shall not exceed the rate established for level V of the Executive Schedule under title 5, United States Code. "(2) In addition to the Executive Director, the Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, in accordance with the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments to the competitive service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. "(g) In carrying out its duties, the Commission, or any duly organized committee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, and take such testimony, with respect to matters for which it has a responsibility under this section, as the Commission or committee may deem advisable. "(h)(1) The Commission may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States such data and information as may be necessary to carry out its responsibilities. "(2) Upon request of the Commission, any such department or agency shall furnish any such data or information. "(i) The General Services Administration shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, such administrative support services as the Commission may request. "(j) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.", SEC. 9137. BOARDER BABIES DEMONSTRATION PROJECT,

Section 426 of the Social Security Act is amended— 42 USC 626. (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting immediately after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990 for grants by the Secretary to public or private nonprofit entities submitting applications under this subsection for the purpose of conducting demonstration projects under this subsection to develop alternative care arrangements for infants who do not have health conditions that require hospitalization and who would otherwise remain in inappropriate hospital settings. "(2) The demonstration projects conducted under this section may include— "(A) multidisciplinary projects designed to prevent the inappropriate hospitalization of infants and to allow infants described in paragraph (1) to remain with or return to a parent in a residential setting, where appropriate care for the infant and suitable treatment for the parent (including treatment for drug or alcohol addiction) may be assured, with the goal (where possible) of rehabilitating the parent and eliminating the need for such care for the infant; "(B) multidisciplinary projects that assure appropriate, individualized care for such infants in a foster home or other non-medical residential setting in cases where such infant does not require hospitalization and would otherwise remain in inappropriate hospital settings, including projects to dem-

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