Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 1.djvu/839

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PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 107 STAT. 813 "(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or other recipient of assistance under section 121 shall provide a basic health care policy for each full-time participant in a national service program carried out or supported using the assistance, if the participant is not otherwise covered by a health care policv. ^fot more than 85 percent of the cost of a premium shall be provided by the Corporation, with the remaining cost paid by the entity receiving assistcmce under section 121. The Corporation shall establish minimum standards that all plans must meet in order to qualify for payment under this part, any circimistances in which an alternative health care policy may be substituted for the basic health care policy, ana mechanisms to prohibit participants from dropping existing coverage. "(2) OPTION.—A State or other recipient of assistance under section 121 may elect to provide from its own funds a health care policv for participants that does not meet all of the standards established by the Corporation if the fair market value of such policy is equal to or greater than the fair market value of a plan that meets the minimum standards established by the Corporation, and is consistent with other applicable laws. "(e) CHILD CARE. — "(1) AVAILABILITY.—^A State or other recipient of assistance under section 121 shall— "(A) make child care available for children of each full-time participant who needs child care in order to participate in a national service program carried out or supported by the recipient using the assistance; or "(B) provide a child care allowance to each full-time participant in a national service program who needs such assistance in order to participate in the program. "(2) GUIDELINES. —The Corporation shall establish guidelines regarding the circumstances under which child care shall be made available under this subsection and the value of any allowance to be provided. "(f) INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT SERVICES. — A State or other Disabled. recipient of assistance under section 121 shall provide reasonable accommodation, including auxiliary aids and services (as defined in section 3(1) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102(1))), based on the individualized need of a participant who is a qualified individual with a disability (as defined in section 101(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12111(8))). "(g) WAIVER OF LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The Corporation may waive in whole or in part the limitation on the Federal share specified in this section with respect to a particular national service program in any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available financial resources at the local level. "(h) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERVICE FOR FEDER- ALLY SUBSIDIZED LIVING ALLOWANCE.— NO national service program may use assistance provided under section 121, or any other Federal funds, to provide a living allowance under subsection (a), a health care policy under subsection (d), or child care or a child care allowance under subsection (e), to an individual for a third, or subsequent, term of service described in section 139(b) by the individual in a national service program carried out under this subtitle.