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86 Stat. 1474. 42 USC 1382e.

PUBLIC LAW c^3-66-JULY 9, 1973

[87 STAT.

Constitution of such State contains limitations which prevent such State from making supplemental payments of the type described in section 1616 of the Social Security Act. P R E F E R E N C E FOR P R E S E N T STATE A N D LOCAL E M P L O Y E E S

42 USC 1381.

42 USC aof,'*" 1201, 1351. '

SEC. 213. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in the recruitment and selection for employment of personnel whose services will be utilized in the administration of the Federal program of supplemental security income for the aged, blind, and disabled (established by title XVI of the Social Security Act), shall give a preference, as among applicants whose qualifications are reasonably equal (subject to any preferences conferred by law or regulation on individuals who have been Federal employees and have been displaced from such employment), to applicants for employment who are or were employed in the administration of any State program approved under titls I, X, X IV, or X VI of such Act and are or were involuntarily displaced from their employment as a result of the displacement of such State program by such Federal program. DETERMINATION OF B L I N D N E S S U N D E R S U P P L E M E N T A L SECURITY I N C O M E PROGRAM

42 USC uss^b

SEC. 214. Section 1633 of the Social Security Act (as enacted by section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972) is amended— (1) by inserting " (a) " immediately after "SEC. 1633.", (2) by striking out "The Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof "Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary", and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) I n determining, for purposes of this title, whether an individual is blind, there shall be an examination of such individual by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select." PART C—SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATIONS POSTPONED

SEC. 220. (a) Subject to subsection (b), no regulation and no modification of any regulation, promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") after January 1, 1973, shall be effective for any period wiich begins prior to November 1, 1973, if (and insofar as) such regulation or modification of a regulation pertains (directly or indirectly) to the provisions of law contained in section 3(a)(4)(A), 402(a) (19)(G), 4 0 3 (a)(3)(A), 6 0 3 (a)(1)(A), 1 0 0 3 (a)(3)(A), 1 4 0 3 (a)(3)(A), or 602^ 6^03^ 803' 1603(a)(4)(A), of the Social Security Act, unless such regulation or 1203, 1353, 1383. modification has been approved, prior to its being proposed, by the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. (b)(1) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not be applicable to any regulation relating to "scope of programs", if such regulation is identical (except as provided in the succeeding sentence) to the provisions of section 221.0 of the regulations (relating to social services) proposed by the Secretary and published in the Federal Register on May 1, 1973. There shall be deleted from the first sentence of subsection (b) of such section 221.0 the phrase "meets all the applicable requirements of this part and". (2) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not be applicable to any regulation relating to "limitations on total amount of Federal funds payable to States for services", if such regulation is identical (except

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