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Applications.

F iling.

Approval, criteria.

Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 91-616-DEC. 31, 1970

[84 STAT.

for the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoliolism and for the rehabilitation of alcohol abusers and alcoholics. "(b) Projects for which grants or contracts are made under this section shall, whenever possible, be community based, provide a comprehensive range of services, and be integrated with, and involve the active participation of, a wide range of public and nongovernmental agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals. "(c)(1) In administering the provisions of this section, the Secretary shall require coordination of all applications for programs in a State. "(2) Each applicant from within a State, upon tiling its application with the Secretary for a grant or contract under this section, shall submit a copy of its application for review by the State agency designated under section 803 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970, if such agency exists. Such State agency shall be given not more than thirty days from the date of receipt of the application to submit to the Secretary, in writing, an evaluation of the project set forth in the application. Such evaluation shall include comments on the relationship of the project to other projects pending and approved and to the State comprehensive plan for treatment and prevention of alcohol abuse and alcoholism under such section 303. The State shall furnish the applicant a copy of any such evaluation. "(3) Approval of any application for a grant or contract by the Secretary, including the earmarking of financial assistance for a program or project, may be pranted only if the application substantially meets a set of criteria established by the Secretary that.— " (A) provide that the activities and services for which assistance under this section is sought will be substantially administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; " (B) provide for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such programs or projects; " (C) provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant; and " (D) provide reasonable assurance that Federal funds made available under this section for any period will be so used as to supplement and increase, to the extent feasible and practical, the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would in the absence of such Federal funds be made available for the programs described in this section, and will in no event supplant such State, local, and other non-Federal funds. " (d) To carry out the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973." PART C—ADMISSIOX TO HOSPITALS ADMISSION

Noncompliance, Federal assistance, termination.

o r ALCOHOL ABUSERS A N D ALCOHOLICS PRIVATE A N D P U B L I C H O S P I T A L S

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SEC. 321. (a) Alcohol abusers and alcoholics shall be admitted to and treated in private and public general hospitals, which receive Federal funds for alcoholic treatment programs, on the basis of medical need and shall not be discriminated against solely because of their alcoholism. No hospital that violates this section shall receive Federal financial assistance under the provisions of this Act; except that the Secretary shall not terminate any such Federal assistance until the

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