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 PUBLIC LAW 95-602—NOV. 6, 1978

92 STAT. 2973

"PART B—SPECIAL PROJECTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 310. (a) For the purpose of carrying out this part (other than 29 USC 777. section 313), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as maybe necessary for each fiscal year ending before October 1, 1982. " (b) Of the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under subsection (a), 5 percent of such amount shall be available in such fiscal year only for the purpose of making grants under section 312. There is further authorized to be appropriated for each such fiscal year such additional amount as may be necessary to equal, when added to the amount made available for the purpose of making grants under section 312, an amount of $5,000,000 for each such fiscal year. "SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS

"SEC. 311. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 306, the Commissioner may make grants to States and to public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay part or all of the costs of special projects and demonstrations (including related research and evaluation) for— "(1) establishing programs and, where appropriate, constructing facilities for providing vocational rehabilitation services, which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals (especially those with the most severe handicaps), including individuals with spinal cord injuries and blind or deaf individuals, irrespective of age or vocational potential, who can benefit from comprehensive services; "(2) applying new types or patterns of services or devices for handicapped individuals (including programs for providing handicapped individuals, or other individuals in programs servicing handicapped individuals, with opportunities for new careers); and "(3) operating programs and, where appropriate, renovating and constructing facilities to demonstrate methods of making recreational activities fully accessible to handicapped individuals. " (b) Any project or demonstration assisted by a grant under this section which provides services to individuals with spinal cord injuries

29 USC 777a. 29 USC 776.

shall—

injuries.

"(1) establish, on an appropriate regional basis, a multidisciplinary system of providing vocational and other rehabilitation services, specifically designed to meet the special needs of individuals with spinal cord injuries, including acute care as well as periodic inpatient or outpatient followup and services; "(2) demonstrate and evaluate the benefits to individuals with spinal cord injuries served in, and the degree of cost effectiveness of, such a regional system; "(3) demonstrate and evaluate existing, new, and improved methods and equipment essential to the care, management, and rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries; and "(4) demonstrate and evaluate methods of community outreach for individuals with spinal cord injuries and community education in connection with the problems of such individuals in areas such as housing, transportation, recreation, employment, and community activities.

Individuals with spinal cord

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