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tions as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may prescribe, persons provided assistance through programs assisted under this paragraph who are not members of low-income families may be required to make payment, or have payment made in their behalf, in whole or in part for such assistance; and "(2) programs to provide financial assistance to public or private agencies to projects designed to develop knowledge or enhance skills in the field of health services for the poor. Such projects shall encourage both prospective and practicing health professionals to direct their talents and energies toward providing health services for the poor. Funds for financial assistance under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be allotted according to need, and capacity of applicants to make rapid and effective use of that assistance, and may be used as necessary, to pay the full costs of projects. Before approving any project, the Secretary shall solicit and consider the comments and recommendations of the local medical associations in the area and shall consult with appropriate Federal, State, and local health agencies and take such steps as may be required to assure that the program will be carried on under competent professional supervision and that existing agencies providing related services are furnished all assistance needed to permit them to plan for participation in the program and for the necessary continuation of those related services. I n carrying out the provisions of paragraph 2 of this subsection, the Secretary is authorized to provide or arrange for training and study in the field of health services for the poor. "(c) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by him, the Secretary may arrange for the payment of stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses) for pereons undergoing such training and study and for their dependents. " (d) The Secretary shall achieve effective coordination of programs and projects authorized under this section with other related activities. DRUG R E H A B I L I T A T I O N

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"SEC. 402. In addition to the authority conferred under section 401 of this title the Secretary is authorized, as part of the Comprehensive Health Services program, to carry out the following programs: "(1) An 'Alcoholic Counseling and Recovery' program designed to discover and treat the disease of alcoholism. Such program should be community based, serve the objective of the maintenance of the family structure as well as the recovery of the individual alcoholic, encourage the use of neighborhood facilities and the services of recovered alcoholics as counselors, and emphasize the reentry of the alcoholic into society rather than the institutionalization of the alcoholic. "(2) A 'Drug Rehabilitation' program designed to discover the causes of drug abuse and addiction, to treat narcotic and drug addiction and the dependence associated with drug abuse, and to rehabilitate the drug abuser and drug addict. Such program should deal with the abuse or addiction resulting from the use of narcotic drugs such as heroin, opium, and cocaine, stimulants such as amphetamines, depressants, marihuana, hallucinogens, and tranquilizers. Such program should be community based, serve the objective of the maintenance of the family structure as Avell as the recovery of the individual drug abuser or addict, encourage the use of neighborhood facilities and the services of recovered drug abusers and addicts as counselors, and emphasize the reentry of the drug abuser and addict into society rather

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