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 94 STAT. 296

Hearing.

Weather-related and supply shortage emergencies.

Outreach activities.

42 USC 4951 note.

Fiscal control and fund accounting.

PUBLIC LAW 96-223—APR. 2, 1980 (ii) in no case may the Federal share of the cost of planning and administering the plan exceed 50 per centum of such cost, and (B) the State will pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of planning and administering the plan and will not use Federal funds for such remaining costs; (12) describe the administrative procedures to be used in carrying out the plan; (13) provide an opportunity for a fair hearing before the State agency designated under clause (2) to any individual whose claim for assistance under the plan is denied or is not acted upon with reasonable promptness; (14) provide that, of the funds the State receives for each fiscal year, the State may reserve 3 per centum of the funds to be available for weather related and supply shortage emergencies, and if the State reserves such funds, the plan shall identify— (A) the procedures for planning for such emergencies, (B) the administrative procedures designating the emergency and implementing an emergency plan, (C) the procedures for determining the assistance to be provided in such emergencies, and (D) the procedures for the use of the funds under this clause for the purposes of this title in the event that there are no emergencies; (15) provide assurance that there will be, to the maximum extent possible, referral of individuals to, and coordination with, existing Federal, State, and local weatherization and energy conservation efforts; (16) provide for outreach activities designed to assure that all eligible households, particularly households with elderly or handicapped individuals, households with individuals who are unable to leave their residences, households with migrants, households with individuals with limited English proficiency, households with working poor individuals, households with children, and households in remote areas, are aware of the assistance available under this title by using community action agencies, area agencies on aging. State and local welfare agencies, volunteer programs carried out under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, and other appropriate agencies and organizations within the State including home energy suppliers together with provisions for the reimbursement of such agencies, from administrative funds, for outreach and certification activities; (17) establish procedures for monitoring the assistance provided under the plan including monitoring and auditing any agreements entered into under clause (7) of this subsection and describe the documentation to be required of energy suppliers concerning energy supplied to eligible households; (18) provide assurances that the State will not reduce regular benefit levels, from the levels of such benefits as of February 26, 1980, in existing federally assisted cash assistance programs, except that in a State which increases such programs solely for the purpose of energy assistance, such increase shall not be considered a part of the regular program for the purposes of this paragraph; (19) provide that fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be established as may be necessary to assure the proper dispersal of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the State under this title;

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