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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

81 STAT.]

" (e) For purposes of this section, the term 'intermediate care facility' means an institution or distinct part thereof which (1) is licensed, under State law, to provide the patients or residents thereof, on a regular basis, the range or level of care and services which is suitable to the needs of individuals described in subsection (b)(2) and (3), but which does not provide the degree of care required to be provided by a skilled nursing home furnishing services under a State plan approved under title X IX, and (2) meets such standards of safety and sanitation as are applicable to nursing homes under State law; except that in no case shall such term include an institution which does not regularly provide a level of care and service beyond room and board. The term 'intermediate care facility' also includes a Christian Science sanatorium operated, or listed and certified, by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts, but only with respect to institutional services deemed appropriate by the State." TITLE III—IMPROVEMENT OF CHILD HEALTH

"Intermediate care f a c i l i t y, "

42 USC 13961396d. Ante, pp. 90 3908.

Child Health Act of 1967.

COXSOLlDATION OF SEPARATE PROGRAMS U N D E R TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

SEC. 301. Effective with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1968, title V of the Social Security Act (as otherwise amended by this Act) is amended to read as follows: " TITLE V — M A T E R N A L A N D C H I L D H E A L T H AND CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S SERVICES ''AUTHORIZATIOlSr OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 501. For the purpose of enabling each State to extend and improve (especially in rural areas and in areas suffering from severe economic distress), as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, " (1) services for reducing infant mortality and otherwise promoting the health of mothers and children; and "(2) services for locating, and for medical, surgical, corrective, and other services and care for and facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization, and aftercare for, children who are crippled or who are suffering from conditions leading to crippling, there are authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $275,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $325,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $350,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and each fiscal year thereafter. li

P U R P O S E S FOR W H I C H F U N D S ARE AVAILABLE

"SEC. 502. Appropriations pursuant to section 501 shall be available for the following purposes in the following proportions: " (1) I n the case of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and each of the next 3 fiscal years, (A) 50 percent of the appropriation for such year shall be for allotments pursuant to sections 503 and .504; (B) 40 percent thereof shall be for grants pursuant to sections 508, 509. and 510; and (C) 10 percent thereof shall be for grants, contracts, or other arrangements pursuant to sections 511 and 512. " (2) I n the case of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and each fiscal year thereafter, (A) 90 percent of the appropriation for such years shall be for allotments pursuant to sections 503 and

49 Stat. 629. 42 USC 701-731. Ante, p. 9 15. Post, p. 929.

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