Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/953

 PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978

92 STAT. 3585

following: "$2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981". H O M E H E A L T H SERVICES

SEC. 207. (a) Part D of title III (as amended by section 113(a) of Grants, this Act) is amended by inserting after subpart II the following: Ante, p. 3562. .;;;,,


 * "Subpart III—Home Health Services

" H O M E H E A L T H SERVICES

"SEC. 339. (a)(1) For the purpose of demonstrating the establishment and initial operation of home health agencies (as defined in section 1861(o) of the Social Security Act) which will provide home health services (as defined in section 1861(m) of the Social Security Act) in areas in which such services are not otherwise available, the Secretary may, in accordance with the provisions of this section, make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to meet the initial costs of establishing and operating such agencies and expanding the services available through existing Oigencies, and to meet the costs of compensating professional and paraprofessional personnel during the initial operation of such agencies or the expansion of services of existing agencies. Demonstration projects and programs are to be conducted, to the extent practicable, in rural and urban areas, in sparsely and densely populated areas, and in areas with inadequate means of transportation. "(2) In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the relative needs of the several States for home health services and preference shall be given to areas within a State in which a high percentage of the population proposed to be served is composed of individuals who are elderly, medically indigent, or both. "(3) Applications for grants under this subsection shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. "(4) Payments under grants under this subsection may be made in advance on the basis of estimates or by the way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of underpayments or overpayments, and in such installments and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary finds necessary to carry out the purposes of such grants. "(5) There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this subsection $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $16,100,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $18,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. "(b)(1) The Secretan?^ may make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities to assist them in demonstrating the training of professional and paraprofessional personnel to provide home health services (as defined in section 1861(m) of the Social Security Act). "(2) Applications for grants under this subsection shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. "(3) Payments under grants under this subsection may be made in advance on the basis of estimates or by the way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of underpayments or overpayments.

42 USC 255. 42 USC 1395x.

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Appropriation authorization.

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