Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 5.djvu/832

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106 STAT. 4470 PUBLIC LAW 102-569—OCT. 29, 1992 "(3) CHARGES.— The Commissioner may make a grant under paragraph (1) only if the applicant involved agrees that, in providing transportation services under this subsection— "(A) a charge for the transportation will be imposed on each employed eligible individual who uses the transportation; and "(B) the amount of the charge for an instance of use of the transportation for the distance involved will be in a fair and reasonable amount that is consistent with fees for comparable services in comparable geographic areas. "(4) REPORT. —The Commissioner may make a grant under this subsection only if the applicant involved agrees to prepare and submit to the Commissioner, not later than December 31 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the grant is made, a report containing— "(A) a description of the goals of the program carried out with the grant; "(B) a description of the activities and services provided under the program; "(C) a description of the niunber of eligible individuals served under the program; "(D) a description of methods used to ensure that the program serves the eli^^ble individuals most in need of the transportation services provided under the program; and "(£) such additional information as the Commissioner may require. "(5) CONSTRUCTION. —Nothing in this subsection may be construed as limiting the rights or responsibilities of any individual under any other provision of this Act, under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or under any other provision of law. "(b) PROJECTS To ACHIEVE HIGH QUAUTY PLACEMENTS. — Grants. «(1) SPECIAL PROJECTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS. —The Commissioner shall make grants to public or nonprofit community rehabilitation programs, designated State units, and other public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay for the cost of developing special projects and demonstrations related to vocational rehabilitation outcomes. Such projects and demonstrations may include activities providing alternatives to case closure practice and identifying and implementing appropriate incentives to vocational rehabilitation counselors to achieve high quality placements for individuals with the most severe disabilities. "(2) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. —Each recipient of such a grant shall— "(A) identify, develop, and test exemplary models that can be replicated; and "(B) identify innovative methods, such as weighted case closures, to evaluate the performance of vocational rehabilitation counselors that in no way impede the accomplishment of the purposes and policy of serving, among others, those individuals with the most severe disabilities, "(c) EARLY INTERVENTION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. — "(1) GRANTS.—The Commissioner shall make grants to public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to carry out demonstration programs designed to demonstrate the utility of early