Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 70.djvu/902

 PUBLIC LAW 880-AUG. 1, 1956

Appiicabiuty.

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"(2) with respect to wages paid during the calendar years 1960 to 1964, both inclusive, the rate shall be 2% percent; "(3) with respect to wages paid during the calendar years 1965 to 1969, both inclusive, the rate shall be 3i/4 percent; "(4) with respect to wages paid during the calendar years 1970 to 1974, both inclusive, the rate shall be d>% percent; and "(5) with respect to wages paid after December 31, 1974, the rate shall be 414 percent," ((J) i^j^g amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1956. The amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) shall apply with respect to remuneration paid after December 31, 1956. TITLE III—PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 300. I t is the purpose of this title (a) to promote the health of the Nation by assisting States to extend and broaden their provisions for meeting the costs of medical care for persons eligible for public assistance by providing for separate matching of assistance expenditures for medical care, (b) to promote the well-bein^ of the Nation by encouraging the States to place greater emphasis on helping to strengthen family life and helping needy families and individuals attain the maximum economic and personal independence of which they are capable,, (c) to assist in improving the administration of public assistance programs (1) through making grants and contracts, and entering into jointly financed cooperative arrangements, for research or demonstration projects and (2) through Federal-State programs of grants to institutions and traineeships and fellowships so as to provide training of public welfare personnel, thereby securing more adequately trained personnel, and (d) to improve aid to dependent children. PART I—MATCHING or ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES FOR MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE FOR OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE

Post, p. 852.

RECIPIENTS

SEC. 301. (a) Clauses (1) and (2) of section 3(a) of the Social Security Act are each amended by striking out "during such quarter as old-age assistance under the State plan" and inserting in lieu thereof "during such quarter as old-age assistance in the form of money payments under the State plan". (b) Section 3(a)(1)(A) of such Act is amended by striking out "who received old-age assistance for such month" and inserting in lieu thereof "who received old-age assistance in the form of money payments for such month". (c) Section 3(a) of such Act is further amended by inserting the following new clause immediately before the period at the end thereof: ", and (4) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as old-age assistance under the State plan in the form of medical or any other type of remedial care (including expenditures for insurance premiums for such care or the cost thereof), not counting so much of such expenditure for any month as exceeds the product of $6 multiplied by the total number of individuals who received old-age assistance under the State plan for such month".

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