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PUBLIC LAW 88-156-001. 24, 1963

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Public Law 88-156 ,AN ACT October 24, 1963 To amend the Social Security Act to assist States and communities in preventing [H. R. 7544] and combating mental r e t a r d a t i o n through expansion and improvement of the m a t e r n a l and child health and crippled children's programs, through provision of prenatal, maternity, and infant care for individuals with conditions associated with childbearing which may lead to mental retardation, and through planning for comprehensive action to combat mental retardation, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted dy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Matemai and be cited as the "Maternal and Child Health and Mental Ketardation SenthRell'^rdT'^ Planning Amendments of 1963". tion Planning INCREASE IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES

Amendments of 1963.

SEC. 2. (a) The first sentence of section 501 of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "there is hereby authorized to be appro- 49 Stat. 629; priated for each fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1960, the sum of ^^ ^'usc^ 01 " $25,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated: $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $40,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and the succeeding fiscal year, $45,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and the succeeding fiscal year, and $50,000,000 each for-the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and succeeding fiscal years". (b) Subsection (a) of section 502 of such Act is amended to read 64 Stat. 551. as follows: ^2 USC 702. " (a) The Secretary shall allot one-half of the sum appropriated pursuant to section 501 for each fiscal year as follows: He shall allot to each State $70,000 and such part of the remainder of such one-half as he finds that the number of live births in such State bore to the total number of live births in the United States in the latest calendar year for which he has statistics." (c)(1) The first sentence of subsection (b) of section 502 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "The Secretary shall also allot to the States (in addition to the allotments made under subsection (a)) the remaining one-half of the sum appropriated for each fiscal year pursuant to section 501." (2) The second sentence of such subsection (b) is amended by striking out "Such sums" and "such sums" and inserting in lieu thereof "Such one-half" and "such one-half", respectively. INCREASE IN CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S SERVICES

SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section 511 of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "there is hereby authorized to h^ 49 Stat. esi; appropriated for each fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1960, the ^^ ^'^usc^^7^i" " sum of $25,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated: $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $40,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and the succeeding fiscal year, $45,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and the succeeding fiscal year, and $50,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and succeeding fiscal years". 93-025 O-64-20

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