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 PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 106 STAT. 4433 "(A) the objectives and priorities for the activities of the system for each year and the rationale for the establishment of such objectives and priorities; and "(B) the coordination of programs provided through the system under this section with the advocacy programs of the client assistance program under section 112, the State long-term care ombudsman program established under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq.), and the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally 111 Individuals Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 10801 et seq.); "(6) establish a grievance procedure for clients or prospective clients of the system to ensure that individuals with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to access the services of the svstem; and (7) provide assurances to the Commissioner that funds made available under this section will be used to supplement and not supplant the non-Federal funds that would otnerwise be made available for the purpose for which Federal funds are provided. "(g) CARRYOVER AND DIRECT PAYMENT. — " (1) DIRECT PAYMENT. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner shall pav directly to any system that complies with the provisions oi this section, the amount of the allotment of the State involved under this section, unless the State provides otherwise. "(2) CARRYOVER.— Any amount paid to a State for a fiscal year that remains unobligated at the end of such year shall remain available to such State for obligation during the next fiscal year for the purposes for which such amount was paid. "(h) LIMITATION ON DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. —For purposes of any audit, report, or evaluation of the performance of the program established under this section, the Commissioner shall not require such a program to disclose the identity of, or any other personally identifiable information related to, any individual requesting assistance under such program. "(i) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. —AS used in this section, the term 'eligible system' means a protection and advocacy system that is established under part C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Righto Act (42 U.S.C. 6041 et seq.) and that meeto the requirements of subsection (f). "(j) ADMINISTRATIVE COST. —An eligible system may not use more than 5 percent of any allotment under subsection (c) for the cost of administration of the system required by this section, " (k) DELEGATION.—The Commissioner may delegate the administration of this program to the Commissioner of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Health and Human Services. "(1) REPORT. — The Commissioner shall annually prepare and submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate a report describing the types of services and activities being undertaken by programs funded under this section, the total number of indiviauals served under this section, the types of disabilities represented by such individuals, and the types of issues being addressed on behau of such individuals.

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