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 PUBLIC LAW 98-221—FEB. 22, 1984

98 STAT. 17

Public Law 98-221 98th Congress An Act To revise and extend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to provide for the operation of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, to extend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, and for other purposes.

Feb. 22, 1984 [S. 1340]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Rehabilitation Amendments of be cited as the "Rehabilitation Amendments of 1984". TITLE I—REHABILITATION PROGRAM

1984. Handicapped persons. 29 USC 701 note.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 101. Section 7(12) of the RehabiHtation Act of 1973 (hereafter in this title referred to as "the Act") is amended by striking out "Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof "Education".

29 USC 706.

REPORTS

SEC. 102. (a) Section 13 of the Act is amended by adding after the 29 USC 712. first sentence the following: "The Commissioner shall annually collect information on each client whose case is closed out in the preceding fiscal year and include the information in the report required by this section. The information shall set forth a complete count of such cases in a manner permitting the greatest possible cross-classification of data. The data elements shall include, but not be limited to, age, sex, race, ethnicity, education, type of disability, severity of disability, key rehabilitation process dates, earnings at time of entry into program and at closure, work status, occupation, cost of case services, types of services provided, types of facilities or agencies which furnished services and whether each such facility or agency is public or private, and reasons for closure. The Commis- Confidentiality. sioner shall take whatever action is necessary to assure that the identity of each client for which information is supplied under this subsection is confidential.". (b) The last sentence of section 13 is amended by inserting "also" after "shall". EVALUATION

SEC. 103. Section 14(a) of the Act is amended by adding after the first sentence the following new sentence: "The Secretary shall establish and use standards for the evaluations required by this subsection. The standards shall, to the extent feasible, for all appropriate programs include standards relating to the increases in employment and earnings taking into account economic factors in the area to be served by the program and the characteristics of the handicapped individuals to be served.".

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29 USC 713.

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