advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be provided in the agreement. 87 STAT. 35 "(c) For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are author- Appropriation, ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary. "EVALUATION "SEC. 207. (a) The Secretary shall measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act, their effectiveness in achieving stated goals in general, and in relation to their cost, their impact on related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of services, including, where appropriate, comparisons with appropriate control groups composed of persons who have not participated in such programs. Evaluations shall be conducted by persons not immediately involved in the administration of the program or project evaluated. "(b) The Secretary may not make grants or contracts under section 308 or title IV of this Act until he has developed and published general standards to be used by him in evaluating the programs and projects assisted under such section or title. Results of evaluations conducted pursuant to such standards shall be included in the reports required by section 208. "(c) In carrying out evaluations under this section, the Secretary shall, whenever possible, arrange to obtain the opinions of program and project participants about the strengths and weaknesses of the programs and projects. "(d) The Secretary shall annually publish summaries of the results of evaluative research and evaluation of program and project impact and effectiveness, the full contents of which shall be available to Congress and the public. "(e) The Secretary shall take the necessary action to assure that all studies, evaluations, proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal funds shall become the property of the United States. "(f) Such information as the Secretary may deem necessary for purposes of the evaluations conducted under this section shall be inade available to him, upon request, by the departments and agencies of the executive branch. "(g) The Secretary is authorized to use such sums as may be Funds. required, but not to exceed 1 per centum of the funds appropriated under this Act, or $1,000,000 whichever is greater, to conduct program and project evaluations (directly, or by grants or contracts) as required by this title. In the case of allotments from such an appropriation, the amount available for such allotments (and the amount deemed appropriated therefor) shall be reduced accordingly. "REPORTS Report to President, transmittal "SEC. 208. Not later than one hundred and twenty days after the close of each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a full and complete report on the activities carried out under this Act. Such annual reports to Congress. shall include statistical data reflecting services and activities provided individuals during the preceding fiscal year. "JOINT FUNDING OF PROJECTS "SEC. 209. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President, and to the extent consistent with the other provisions of this Act, where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to any agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in 26-151 O 74-36 87 STAT 36 Repeal. 86 Stat. 88. 42 USC 3045. administering the funds provided. In such cases, a single non-Federal "SEC. 210. (a) For the purpose of affording adequate notice of funding available under this Act, appropriations under this Act are authorized to be included in the appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. "(b) In order to effect a transition to the advance funding method of timing appropriation action, the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply notwithstanding that its initial application will result in the enactment in the same year (whether in the same appropriation Act or otherwise) of two separate appropriations, one for the then current fiscal year and one for the succeeding fiscal year." SEC. 202. Title VIII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 is hereby repealed. TITLE III-GRANTS FOR STATE AND AREA PROGRAMS SEC. 301. The Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended by striking 79 Stat. 220; out title III and inserting in lieu thereof the following new title: 83 Stat. 108. 42 USC 3021. "TITLE III-GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY "SEC. 301. It is the purpose of this title to encourage and assist State and local agencies to concentrate resources in order to develop greater capacity and foster the development of comprehensive and coordinated service systems to serve older persons by entering into new cooperative arrangements with each other and with providers of social services for planning for the provision of, and providing, social services and, where necessary, to reorganize or reassign functions, in order to "(1) secure and maintain maximum independence and dignity in a home environment for older persons capable of self-care with appropriate supportive services; and "(2) remove individual and social barriers to economic and personal independence for older persons. "DEFINITIONS "SEC. 302. For purposes of this title "(1) The term 'social services' means any of the following services which meet such standards as the Commissioner may prescribe: "(A) health, continuing education, welfare, informational, recreational, homemaker, counseling, or referral services; "(B) transportation services where necessary to facilitate access to social services; "(C) services designed to encourage and assist older persons to use the facilities and services available to them; "(D) services designed to assist older persons to obtain adequate housing; "(E) services designed to assist older persons in avoiding institutionalization, including preinstitutionalization evaluation and screening, and home health services; or "(F) any other services; if such services are necessary for the general welfare of older persons. "(2) The term 'unit of general purpose local government' means (A) a political subdivision of the State whose authority is broad and general and is not limited to only one function or a combination of related functions, or (B) an Indian tribal organization. "(3) The term 'comprehensive and coordinated system' means a system for providing all necessary social services in a manner designed to "(A) facilitate accessibility to and utilization of all social services provided within the geographic area served by such system by any public or private agency or organization; "(B) develop and make the most efficient use of social services in meeting the needs of older persons; and "(C) use available resources efficiently and with a minimum of duplication. "AREA PLANNING AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS 87 STAT. 37 "SEC. 303. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums Appropriation. as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $103,600,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $130,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, to enable the Commissioner to make grants to each State with a State plan approved under section 305 (except as provided in section 307(a)) for paying part of the cost (pursuant to subsection (e) of this section and section 306) of "(1) the administration of area plans by area agencies on aging designated pursuant to section 304 (a) (2) (A), including the preparation of area plans on aging consistent with section 304 (c) and the evaluation of activities carried out under such plans; "(2) the development of comprehensive and coordinated systems for the delivery of social services; and “(3) activities carried out pursuant to section 306. "(b) (1) From the sums authorized to be appropriated for the Allotment. fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, under subsection (a) of this section, (A) Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall each be allotted an amount equal to one-fourth of 1 per centum of such sum, (B) each other State shall be allotted an amount equal to one-half of 1 per centum of such sum, and (C) from the remainder of the sum so appropriated, each State shall be allotted an additional amount which bears the same ratio to such remainder as the population aged sixty or over in such State bears to the population aged sixty or over in all States. "(2) From the sums appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, each State shall be allotted an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums as the population aged sixty or over in such State bears to the population aged sixty or over in all States, except that (A) no State shall be allotted less than one-half of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made; (B) Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall each be allotted no less than one-fourth of 1 per centum of the sum appropriated for the fiscal year for which the determination is made; and (C) no State shall be allotted an amount 87 STAT 38 "State." less than that State received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. For the purpose of the exception contained in clause (A) of this paragraph only, the term 'State' does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. "(3) The number of persons aged sixty or over in any State and in all States shall be determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the most recent and satisfactory data available to him. "(c) Whenever the Commissioner determines that any amount allotted to a State for a fiscal year under this section will not be used by such State for carrying out the purpose for which the allotment was made, he shall make such amount available for carrying out such purpose to one or more other States to the extent he determines such other States will be able to use such additional amount for carrying out such purpose. Any amount made available to a State from an appropriation for a fiscal year pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, for purposes of this title, be regarded as part of such State's allotment (as determined under the preceding provisions of this section) for such year. "(d) The allotment of a State under this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, shall remain available until the close of the following fiscal year. "(e) From a State's allotment under this section for a fiscal year— "(1) such amount as the State agency determines, but not more than 15 per centum thereof, shall be available for paying such percentage as such agency determines, but not more than 75 per centum, of the cost of administration of area plans; and "(2) such amount as the State agency determines, but (beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975) not more than 20 per centum thereof, shall be available for paying such percentage as such agency determines, but not more than 75 per centum, of the cost of social services which are not provided as a part of a comprehensive and coordinated system in planning and service. areas for which there is an area plan approved by the State agency. The remainder of such allotment shall be available to such State only for paying such percentage as the State agency determines, but not more than 90 per centum of the cost of social services provided in the State as a part of comprehensive and coordinated systems in planning and service areas for which there is an area plan approved by the State agency. "ORGANIZATION "State Organization "SEC. 304. (a) In order for a State to be eligible to participate in the programs of grants to States from allotments under section 303 and section 306 "(1) the State shall, in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner, designate a State agency as the sole State agency (hereinafter in this title referred to as 'the State agency') to: (A) develop the State plan to be submitted to the Commissioner for approval under section 305, (B) administer the State plan within such State, (C) be primarily responsible for the coordination of all State activities related to the purposes of this Act, (D) review and comment on, at the request of any Federal department or agency, any application from any agency or organization within such State to such Federal department or agency for assistance related to meeting the needs of older persons; and (E) divide the entire State into distinct areas (hereinafter in this title referred to as 'planning and service areas'), in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner, after considering the geographical distribution of individuals aged sixty and older in the State, the incidence of the need for social services (including the numbers of older persons with low incomes residing in such areas), the distribution of resources available to provide such services, the boundaries of existing areas within the State which were drawn for the planning or administration of social services programs, the location of units of general purpose local government within the State, and any other relevant factors: Provided, That any unit of general purpose local government which has a population aged sixty or over of fifty thousand or more or which contains 15 per centum or more of the State's population aged sixty or over shall be designated as a planning and service area; except that the State may designate as a planning and service area, any region within the State recognized for purposes of area wide planning which includes one or more such units of general purpose local government when the State determines that the designation of such a regional planning and service area is necessary for, and will enhance, the effective administration of the programs authorized by this title, the State may include in any planning and service area designated pursuant to this provision such additional areas adjacent to the unit of general purpose local government or region so designated as the State determines to be necessary for, and will enhance. the effective administration of the programs authorized by this title, and "(2) the State agency designated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall "(A) determine for which planning and service areas an area plan will be developed, in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, and for each such area designate, after consideration of the views offered by the unit or units of general purpose local government in such area, a public or nonprofit private agency or organization as the area agency on aging for such area; and "(B) provide assurances, satisfactory to the Commissioner that the State agency will take into account, in connection with matters of general policy arising in the development and administration of the State plan for any fiscal year, the views of recipients of social services provided under such plan. "Area Organization "(b) An area agency on aging designated under subsection (a) must be "(1) an established office of aging which is operating within a planning and service area designated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or "(2) any office or agency of a unit of general purpose local government, which is designated for this purpose by the chief elected official or officials of such unit, or "(3) any office or agency designated by the chief elected official or officials of a combination of units of general purpose local government to act on behalf of such combination for this purpose, or "(4) any public or nonprofit private agency in a planning and service area which is under the supervision or direction for this purpose of the designated State agency and which can engage 87 STAT, 39 |