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 '!%•. -. t^.'»-s#»-r PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1223 101(a)(18)), and from other public and private sources. The resource plan shall, to the maximum extent possible, rely on the use of resources in existence during the period of implementation of the plan. "(2) SUPERVISION AND EVALUATION.— Each Council shall, consistent with State law, supervise and evaluate such staff and other personnel as may be necesseiry to carry out the functions of the Council under this section. "(3) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.— While assisting the Council in carrying out its duties, staff and other personnel shall not be assigned duties by the designated State agency or any other agency or office of the State, that would create a conflict of interest. "(f) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.— The Council may use such resources to reimburse members of the Council for reasonable and necessary expenses of attending Council meetings and performing Council duties (including child care and personal assistance services), and to pay compensation to a member of the Council, if such member is not employed or must forfeit wages from other employment, for each day the member is engaged in performing Council duties. "SEC. 706. RESPONSIBILrnES OF THE COMMISSIONER. 29 USC 796d-l. " (a) APPROVAL OF STATE PLANS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Commissioner shall approve any State plan submitted under section 704 that the Commissioner determines meets the requirements of section 704, and shall disapprove any such plan that does not meet such requirements, as soon as practicable after receiving the plan. Prior to such Notification, disapproval, the Commissioner shall notify the State of the intention to disapprove the plan, and shall afford such State reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. "(2) PROCEDURES. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of section 107 shall apply to any State plan submitted to the Commissioner under section 704. " (B) APPLICATION. — For purposes of the application described in subparagraph (A), all references in such provisions— "(i) to the Secretary shall be deemed to be ref- erences to the Commissioner; and "(ii) to section 101 shall be deemed to be references to section 704. "OJ) INDICATORS. —Not later than October 1, 1993, the Commissioner shall develop and publish in the Federal Register indicators of minimum compliance consistent with the standards set forth in section 725. "(c) ONSITE COMPLIANCE REVIEWS. — "(1) REVIEWS. —The Commissioner shall annually conduct onsite compliance reviews of at least 15 percent of the centers for independent living that receive funds under section 722 and shall periodically conduct such a review of each such center. The Commissioner shall annually conduct onsite compliance reviews of at least one-third of the designated State units that receive funding under section 723, and, to the extent necessary to determine the compliance of such a State unit

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