(b) Such portion of the appropriations for grants under section 501 as the Secretary may determine, but not exceeding one-half of 1 percent thereof, shall be available for evaluation by the Secretary (directly or by grants or contracts) of the programs for which such appropriations are made and, in the case of allotments from any such appropriation, the amount available for allotments shall be reduced accordingly. (c) Any agency, institution, or organization shall, if and to the extent prescribed by the Secretary, as a condition to receipt of grants under this title, cooperate with the State agency administering or supervising the administration of the State plan approved under title XIX in the provision of care and services, available under a plan or project under this title, for children eligible there for under such plan approved under title XIX. Definition Sec. 514. For purposes of this title, a crippled child is an individual under the age of 21 who has an organic disease, defect, or condition which may hinder the achievement of normal growth and development. Observance of Religious Beliefs Sec. 515. Nothing in this title shall be construed to require any State which has any plan or program approved under, or receiving financial support under, this title to compel any person to undergo any medical screening, examination, diagnosis, or treatment or to accept any other health care or services provided under such plan or program for any purpose (other than for the purpose of discovering and preventing the spread of infection or contagious disease or for the purpose of protecting environmental health), if such person objects (or, in case such person is a child, his parent or guardian objects) thereto on religious grounds. Supplemental Allotments Sec. 516. (a) (1) For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975), there shall (subject to paragraph (2)) be allotted to each State (from funds appropriated for such fiscal year pursuant to subsection (b)) an amount, which shall be in addition to and available for the same purposes as the allotments of such State (as determined under sections 503 and 504), equal to the excess (if any) of (A) the amount of the allotment of such State (as determined under sections 503 and 504) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, plus the amounts of any grants to such States under sections 508, 509, and 510, over (B) the amount of the allotment of such State (as determined under sections 503 and 504) for such fiscal year which commences after June 30, 1973. (2) No State shall receive an allotment under this section for any fiscal year, unless such State (in the administration of its State plan, approved under section 505) has in effect arrangements which the Secretary finds will provide for the continuation of appropriate services to population groups previously receiving services from funds made available (for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974) to such State pursuant to sections 508, 509, and 510. (b) (1) (A) There are (subject to subparagraph (B)) hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975) such amounts as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to make the allotments authorized under subsection (a). (B) Nothing contained in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to authorize, for any fiscal year, the appropriation under this subsection of any amount which is in excess of the amount by which— (i) the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 501 for such year exceeds (ii) the total amounts appropriated pursuant to section 501 for such year. (2) If, for any fiscal years, the total amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) is less than the total amount allotted to all States under subsection (a), then the amount of the allotment of each State (as determined under subsection (a)) shall be reduced to an amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for such fiscal year as the amount of the allotment of such State (as determined under subsection (a)) bears to the total amount allotted to all States under subsection (a) for such fiscal year. TITLE VI-GRANTS TO STATES FOR SERVICES TO THE AGED, BLIND, OR DISABLED [Title VI was repealed effective October 1, 1975 by Public Law 93-647. See title XX for social services.] TITLE VII-ADMINISTRATION Sec. 701. Office of Commissioner of Social Security Sec. 702. Duties of the Secretery. Sec. 703. Expenses of the Secretary. Sec. 704. Reports Sec. 705. Training Grants for Public Welfare Personnel. Sec. 706. Advisory Council on Social Security Page 1 273 273 273 274 274 276 Sec. 707. Grants for Expansion and Development of Undergraduate and Office of Commissioner of Social Security 277 Section 701. [Superseded by section 4 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953. Section 701 provided for an Office of Commissioner for Social Security. Section 4 of the Plan provides: "There shall be in the Department a Commissioner of Social Security who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall perform such functions concerning social security and public welfare as the Secretary may prescribe, and shall receive compensation at the rate now or hereafter fixed by law for grade GS-18 of the general schedule established by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended." Under subsequent legislation (5 U.S.C. 5315 (97)), the position of Commissioner of Social Security is established at level IV of the Executive Schedule.] Duties of the Secretary Sec. 702. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall perform the duties imposed upon him by this Act, shall also have the duty of studying and making recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy concerning old-age pensions, unemployment compensation, accident compensation, and related subjects. Expenses of the Secretary Sec. 703. The Secretary is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, and to make such expenditures, as may be necessary for carrying out his functions under this Act. Appointments of attorneys and experts may be made without regard to the civil service laws. 1 This table of contents does not appear in the law. Reports Sec. 704. The Secretary shall make a full report to Congress, within one hundred and twenty days after the beginning of each regular session, of the administration of the functions with which he is charged under this Act. In addition to the number of copies of such report authorized by other law to be printed, there is hereby authorized to be printed not more than five thousand copies of such report for use by the Secretary for distribution to Members of Congress and to State and other public or private agencies or organizations participating in or concerned with the social security program.1 Training Grants for Public Welfare Personnel Sec. 705. (a) In order to assist in increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of administration of public assistance programs by increasing the number of adequately trained public welfare personnel available for work in public assistance programs, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, the sum of $3,500,000, and for each fiscal year thereafter the sum of $5,000,000. (b) Such portion of the sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year as the Secretary may determine, but not in excess of $1,000,000 in the case of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, and $2,000,000 in the case of any fiscal year thereafter, shall be available for carrying out subsection (f). From the remainder of the sums so appropriated for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make allotments to the States on the basis of (1) population, (2) relative need for trained public welfare personnel, particularly for personnel to provide self-support and self-care services, and (3) financial need. (c) From each State's allotment under subsection (b), the Secretary shall from time to time pay to such State its costs of carrying out the purposes of this section through (1) grants to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learning for training personnel employed or preparing for employment in public assistance programs, (2) special courses of study or seminars of short duration conducted for such personnel by experts hired on a temporary basis for the purpose, and (3) establishing and maintaining, directly or through grants to such institutions, fellowships or traineeships for such personnel at such institutions, with such stipends and allowances as may be permitted under regulations of the Secretary. (d) Payments pursuant to subsection (c) shall be made in advance on the basis of estimates by the Secretary and adjustments may be made in future payments under this section to take account of overpayments or underpayments in amounts previously paid. 1 Section 704 was amended by section 33 of P.L. 94-273. |