Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/299

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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-527—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2671

"(b) In order to be approved by the Secretary under this section, a State plan for the provision of services for persons with developmental disabilities must meet the following requirements: "(I)(A) The plan must provide for the establishment of a State Planning Council, in accordance with section 124, for the assign- Post, p. 2675. ment to the Council of personnel in such numbers and with such qualifications as the Secretary determines to be adequate to enable the Council to carry out its duties under this title, and for the identification of the personnel so assigned. "(B) The plan must designate the State agency or agencies which shall administer or supervise the administration of the State plan and, if there is more than one such agency, the portion of such plan which each will administer (or the portion the administration of which each will supervise). "(C) The plan must provide that each State agency designated under subparagraph (B) will keep such records and afford such access thereto as the Secretary or the State Planning Council finds necessary. "(D) The plan must provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursement of and accounting for funds paid to the State under this part. "(2) The plan must— "(A) set out the specific objectives to be achieved under the plan and a listing of the programs and resources to be used to meet such objectives; "(B) set forth the non-Federal share that will be required in carrying out each such objective and program; "(C) describe (and provide for the review annually and revision of the description not less often than once every three years)(i) the extent and scope of services being provided, or to be provided, to persons with developmental disabilities under such other State plans for federally assisted State programs as the State conducts relating to education for the handicapped, vocational rehabilitation, public assistance, medical assistance, social services, maternal and child health, crippled children's services, and comprehensive health and mental health, and under such other plans as the Secretary may specify, and (ii) how funds allotted to the State in accordance with section 125 Post, p. 2676. will be used to complement and augment rather than duplicate or replace services for persons with developmental disabilities who are eligible for Federal assistance under such other State programs; "(D) for each fiscal year, assess and describe the extent and scope of the priority services being or to be provided under the plan in the fiscal year; and "(E) establish a method for the periodic evaluation of the plan's effectiveness in meeting the objectives described in subparagraph (A). "(3) The plan must contain or be supported by assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that— "(A) the funds paid to the State under section 125 will be used to make a significant contribution toward strengthening services for persons with developmental disabilities through agencies in the various political subdivisions of the State; "(B) part of such funds will be made available by the State to public or nonprofit private entities;