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PUBLIC LAW 89-97-JULY 30, 1965

[79 STAT.

" (g) Whenever a reduction in the total of benefits for any monlh based on an individual's wages and self-employment income is made under this section, each benefit, except the disability insurance benefit, shall first be proportionately decreased, and any excess of such reduction over the sum of all such benefits other than the disability insurance benefit shall then be applied to such disability insurance benefit." PAYMENT OF COSTS OF REHABILITATION SERVICES FROM THE TRUST FUNDS

42 USC ^22.'

^ ^ - ^^^- Section 222 of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " C O S T S O F REHABILITATION SERVICES FROM TRUST FUNDS

" (d)(1) For the purpose of making vocational rehabilitation services more readily available to disabled individuals who are— " (A) entitled to disability insurance benefits under section 70 Stat. 815. 223. or 64 Stat. 482. " (B) entitled to child's insurance benefits under section 202 42 USC 402. (d) after having attained age 18 (and are under a disability), to the end that savings will result to the Trust Funds as a result of rehabilitating the maximum number of such individuals into productive activity, there are authorized to be transferred from the Trust Funds such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to pay the costs of vocational rehabilitation services for such individuals (including (i) services during their waiting periods, and (ii) so much of the expenditures for the administration of any State plan as is attributable to carrying out this subsection); except that the total amount so made available pursuant to this subsection in any fiscal year may not exceed 1 percent of the total of the benefits Ante. pp. 370, under section 202(d) for children who have attained age 18 and are under a disability, and the benefits under section 223, which were certified for payment in the preceding year. The selection of individuals (including the order in which they shall be selected) to receive such services shall be made in accordance with criteria formulated by the Secretary which are based upon the effect the provision of such services would have upon the Trust Funds. "(2) In the case of each State which is willing to do so, such vocational rehabilitation services shall be furnished under a State plan for vocational rehabilitation services which— " (A) has been approved under section 5 of the Vocational 68 Stat. 656. Eehabilitation Act, 29 USC 35. " (B) pr^ovides that, to the extent funds provided under this subsection are adequate for the purpose, such services will be furnished, to any individual in the State who meets the criteria prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1), with reasonable promptness and in accordance with the order of selection determmed under such criteria, and " (C) provides that such services will be furnished to any individual without regard to (i) his citizenship or place of residence, (ii) his need for financial assistance except as provided in reg^ulations of the Secretary in the case of maintenance during rehabilitation, or (iii) any order of selection which would otherwise be followed under the State plan pursuant to section 5(a)(4) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. " (3) In the case of any State which does not have a plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (2), the Secretary may provide such services by agreement or contract with other pulilio or private agencies, organizations, institutions, or individuals.

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