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nently and totally disabled in the form of money payments for such month". (c) Section 1403(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 aid to the permanently and totally disabled 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 aid to the permanently and totally disabled under the State plan for such month". EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 305. The amendments made by this part shall become effective July 1, 1957. PART II—SERVICES IN PROGRAMS OF OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE, AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN, AID TO THE BLIND, AND AID TO THE PERMANENTLY A D TOTALLY DISABLED N OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE

SEC. 311. (a) The first sentence of section 1 of the Social Security 42 USC 301. Act is amended to read: "For the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial assistance, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to aged needy individuals and of encouraging each State, as far as practic£U)le under such conditions, to help such individuals attain self-care, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sirni sufficient to carry out the purposes of this title." 42 USC 302. (b^ Subsection (a) of section 2 of such Act is amended by striking out "and" before clause (10) thereof, and by striking out the period at the end of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following new clause: "and (11) provide a description of the services (if any) which the State agency makes available to applicants for and recipients of old-age assistance to help them attain self-care." 42 USC 303. (c)(1) Clauses (1) and (2) of section 3(a) of such Act are each Poat. p. 852. amended by striking out ", which shall be used exclusively as old-age assistance,". (2) Clause (3) of such section 3(a) is amended by striking out "which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for old-age assistance, or both, and for no other purpose" and inserting in lieu thereof "including services which are provided by the staff of the State agency (or of me local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision) to applicants for and recipients of old-age assistance to help them attain self-care". AID TO D E P E N D E N T CHILDREN

42 USC 601.

SEC. 312. (a) The first sentence of section 401 of the Social Security Act is amended to read: "For the purpose of encouraging the care of dependent children in their own homes or in the homes of relatives by enabling each State to furnish financial assistance and other services, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to needy dependent children and the parents or relatives with whom they are living to help maintain and strengthen family life and to help such parents or relatives to attain the maximum self-support and personal independence consistent with the maintenance of continuing parental

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