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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.- CH. 666 -AUG. 10, 1939 TITLE VII-AMENDMENTS TO TITLE X OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT SEC. 701. (a) Clause (5) of section 1002 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: "(5) provide such methods of administration (including after January 1, 1940, methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis, except that the Board shall exercise no authority with respect to the selection, tenure of office, and compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such methods) as are found by the Board to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan." (b) Effective July 1, 1941, section 1002 (a) of such Act is further amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a semicolon and the following new clauses: "(8) provide that the State agency shall, in determining need, take into consideration any other income and resources of an individual claiming aid to the blind; and (9) pro- vide safeguards which restrict the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants and recipients to purposes directly connected with the administration of aid to the blind". SEC. 702. Effective January 1, 1940, section 1003 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "PAYMENT TO STATES "SEC. 1003. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secre- tary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid to the blind, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing January 1, 1940, (1) an amount, which shall be used exclusively as aid to the blind, equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to the blind under the State plan with respect to each needy individual who is blind and is not an inmate of a public institution, not counting so much of such expendi- ture with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $40, and (2) an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Board for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan, which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to the blind, or both, and for no other purpose. "(b) The method of computing and paying such amounts shall be as follows: "(1) The Board shall, prior to the beginning of each quarter, estimate the amount to be paid to the State for such quarter under the provisions of subsection (a), such estimate to be based on (A) a report filed by the State containing its estimate of the total sum to be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions of such subsection, and stating the amount appropriated or made available by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures in such quarter, and if such amount is less than one-half of the total sum of such estimated expenditures, the source or sources from which the difference is expected to be derived, (B) records showing the number of blind individuals in the State, and (C) such other investigation as the Board may find necessary. "(2) The Board shall then certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount so estimated by the Board, (A) reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum by which it finds that its estimate for any prior quarter was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State under subsection (a) for such quarter, and (B) reduced by a sum 1397 Grants to States for aid to the blind. State plans. Required methods of administration. 49 Stat. 645 . 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1202. Consideration of other income in de- termination of need. Disclosure of infor- mation concerning ap- plicants, etc., restric- tion. 49 Stat. 646. 42 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1203. Amount to be paid for each quarter. Method of com- puting and paying amounts. Estimate by Board. Bases of estimate. Certification of amount by Board; reductions or increases.

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