PUBLIC LAW 106-170—DEC. 17, 1999 113 STAT. 1897 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.— A State that is awarded a grant under this section shall submit an annual report to the Secretary on the use of funds provided under the grant. Each report shall include the percentage increase in the number of title II disability beneficiaries, as defined in section 1148(k)(3) of the Social Security Act (as added by section 101(a) of this Act) in the State, and title XVI disability beneficiaries, as defined in section 1148(k)(4) of the Social Security Act (as so added) in the State who return to work. (e) APPROPRIATION.— (1) IN GENERAL. —Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to make grants under this section— (A) for fiscal year 2001, $20,000,000; (B) for fiscal year 2002, $25,000,000; (C) for fiscal year 2003, $30,000,000; (D) for fiscal year 2004, $35,000,000; (E) for fiscal year 2005, $40,000,000; and (F) for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011, the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year increased by the percentage increase (if any) in the Consumer Price Index for All Urbein Consumers (United States city average) for the preceding fiscal year. (2) BUDGET AUTHORITY.— Th is subsection constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for the payment of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1). (f) RECOMMENDATION.— Not later than October 1, 2010, the Secretary, in consultation with the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel established by section 101(f) of this Act, shall submit a recommendation to the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate regarding whether the grant program established under this section should be continued after fiscal year 2011. SEC. 204. DEMONSTRATION OF COVERAGE UNI>ER THE MEDICAID PRO- GRAM OF WORKERS WITH POTENTIALLY SEVERE DISABILITIES. (a) STATE APPLICATION.— A State may apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the "Secretary") for approval of a demonstration project (in this section referred to as a "demonstration project") under which up to a specified maximum number of individuals who are workers with a potentially severe disability (as defined in subsection (b)(1)) are provided medical assistance equal to— (1) that provided under section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) to individuals described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII)); or (2) in the case of a State that has not elected to provide medical assistance under that section to such individuals, such medical assistance as the Secretary determines is an appropriate equivalent to the medical assistance described in paragraph (1). (b) WORKER WITH A POTENTIALLY' SEVERE DISABILITY DEFINED.— For purposes of this section— Deadline. 42 USC 1396a note.
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