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PUBLIC LAW 91.517-OCT. 30, 1970

(5) adding at the end of the section the following subsections: "(1) The term 'developmental disability' means a disability attributable to mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or another neurological condition of an individual found by the Secretary to be closely related to mental retardation or to require treatment similar to that required for mentally retarded individuals, which disability originates before such individual attains a^e eighteen, which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely, and which constitutes a substantial handicap to such individual. " (m) The term 'services for persons with developmental disabilities' means specialized services or special adaptations of generic services directed toward the alleviation of a developmental disability or toward the social, personal, physical, or economic habilitation or rehabilitation of an individual with such a disability, and such term includes diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, personal care, daycare, domiciliary care, special living arrangements, training, education, sheltered employment, recreation, counseling of the individual with such disability and of his family, protective and other social and socio-legal services, information and referral services, follow-along services, and transportation services necessary to assure delivery of services to persons with developmental disabilities. " (n) The term 'regulations' means (unless the text otherwise indicates) regulations promulgated by the Secretary." (b) Sections 403, 405, and 406 of such Act are amended by inserting the words "or persons with other developmental disabilities" after the words "mentally retarded" wherever they occur. (c) Section 404 of such Act is amended by deleting "134(b)" and inserting "134(c)" in lieu thereof.

"Developmental disability."

"services for veiopmentafdisabilities."

"Regulations." 77 Stat. 297., 26^5,^2696. * 42 USC 2694.

EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 103. The amendments made by sections 101 and 102 of this title shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1970. Funds appropriated before June 30, 1970, under part C of the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act shall remain available for obligation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971.

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TITLE II — AMENDMENTS TO P A R T B O F THE M E N T A L R E T A R D A T I O N F A C I L I T I E S CONSTRUCTION ACT CONSTRUCTION

GRANTS

SEC. 201. (a) The first sentence of section 121(a) of the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act is amended— (1) by striking out "clinical facilities providing, as nearly as practicable, a full range of inpatient and outpatient services for the mentally retarded (which, for purposes of this part, includes other neurological handicapping conditions found by the Secretary to be sufficiently related to mental retardation to warrant inclusion in this part) and"; (2) by striking out "clinical training" and inserting in lieu thereof: "interdisciplinary training"; and (3) by striking out "each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970" and inserting in lieu thereof: "for each of the next five fiscal years through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973". (b) Such section 121(a) is amended by striking out "the mentally

77 Stat. 284; 81 Stat. 5 2 7. 42 USC 2 6 6 1.

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