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89 STAT. 89:2-5
PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975
89 STAT. 89:2-5

PUBLIC LAW 93-651—NOV. 21, 1974 MISCELLANEOUS

89 STAT. 2-5

AMENDMENTS

SEC. 111. (a) Section 7(6) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "For the purposes of titles IV and V of this Act, such term means any person who (A) has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities,. (B) has a record of such an impairment, or (C) is regarded as having such an impairment.". (b) Section 101(a)(6) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof before the semicolon "(including a requirement that the State agency and facilities in receipt of assistance under this title shall take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified handicapped individuals covered under, and on the same terms and conditions as set forth in, section 503)". (c) Section 101(a)(9)(C) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof before the semicolon "in such detail as required by the Secretary in order for him to analyze and evaluate annually the reasons for and numbers of such ineligibility determinations as part of his responsibilities under section 401, and that the State agency will at least annually categorize and analyze such reasons and numbers and report this information to the Secretary and will, not later than 12 months after each such determination, review each such ineligibility determination in accordance with the criteria set forth in section 102". (d) Section 101(a) (15) of such Act is amended by inserting after "facilities" at the end of the parenthetical "and review of the efficacy of the criteria employed with respect to ineligibility determinations described in subclause (C) of clause (9) of this subsection". (e) Section 102 of such Act is amended by— (1) inserting in subsection (a) after "program" where it first appears in the first sentence a comma and "or the specification of reasons for a determination of ineligibility prior to initiation of such program based on preliminary diagnosis,", and inserting at the end of the second sentence of such subsection before the period a comma and "and, as appropriate, such specification of reasons for such an ineligibility determination shall set forth the rights and remedies, including recourse to the process set forth in subsection (b)(5) of this section, available to the individual in question"; (2) striking out in subsection (c) all of clause (1) from "in" the first time it appears through "primary" and inserting in lieu thereof "in making any determination of ineligibility referred to in subsection (a) of this section, or in developing and carrying out the individualized written rehabilitation program required by section 101 in the case of each handicapped individual,"; (3) striking out in clause (2) of subsection (c) "program, that the evaluation of rehabilitation potential" and inserting in lieu thereof "program, or as a part of the specification of reasons for an ineligibility determination, as appropriate, that the preliminary diagnosis or evaluation of rehabilitation potential, as appropriate,"; and (4) inserting in clause (3) of subsection (c) a comma and "as an amendment to such written program," after "decision". (f) Section 112(a) is amended by— (1) striking out "an amount equal to the amount obligated for expenditure for carrying out such projects and demonstrations for appropriations under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act in

Handicapped individual. 29 USC 706. 29 USC 780, 790. State employment requirement. 29 USC 721.

29 USC 793. Ineligibility determinations, review. 29 USC 721. 29 USC 781.

29 USC 722. continuing studies. 29 USC 721. Individualized written rehabilitation program. 29 USC 722.

29 USC 732.