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PUBLIC LAW 93-29-IVlAY 3, 1973

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emphasizing, where possible, free tuition arrangements with colleges and universities; "(3) provide preretirement education, information, and rele- Preretirement vant services (including the training of personnel to carry out such programs and the conducting of research with respect to the development and operation of such programs) to persons planning retirement; or "(4) provide services to assist in meeting the particular needs Physicaiiy or of the physically and mentally impaired olcler persons including per^'ons'! ""^^""^ special transportation and escort services, homemaker, home health and shopping services, reader services, letter writing services, and other services designed to assist such individuals in leading a more independent life. " (b) For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are author- Appropriation. ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975." TITLE IV—TRAINING AND RESEARCH SEC. 401. The Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended by striking out titles IV and V and by inserting immediately after title III the sa^stauVn^.^' following new title: 42 USC 3031, 3041.



" TITLE IV — T R A I N I N G AND R E S E A R C H "PART A—TRAINING "STATEMENT or PURPOSE

"SEC. 401. The purpose of this part is to improve the quality of service and to help meet critical shortages of adequately trained personnel for programs in the field of aging by (1) developing information on the actual needs for personnel to work in the field of aging, both present and long range; (2) providing a broad range of quality training and retraining opportunities, responsive to changing needs of programs in the field of aging; (3) attracting a greater number of qualified persons into the field of aging; and (4) helping to make personnel training programs more responsive to the need for trained personnel in the field of aging. "APPRAISING PERSONNEL NEEDS IN THE FIELD OF AGING

"SEC. 402. (a) The Commissioner shall from time to time appraise the Nation's existing and future personnel needs in the field of aging, at all levels and in all types of programs, and the adequacy of the Nation's efforts to meet these needs. In developing information relat- . ^se^^^y cooperaing to personnel needs in the field of aging, the Commissioner shall consult with, and make maximum utilization of statistical and other related information of the Department of Labor, the Veterans' Administration, the Office of Education, Federal Council on the Aging, the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, State educational agencies, other State and local public agencies and offices dealing with problems of the aging, State employment security agencies, and other appropriate public and private agencies. " (b) The Commissioner shall prepare and publish annually as a Report. part of the annual report provided in section 208 a report on the pro- Ante, p. 35. fessions dealing with the problems of the aging, in which he shall present in detail his view on the state of such professions and the

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