Establishment
In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall award grants described in subsection (b) to States to support the design, establishment, and operation of State infrastructures that provide items and services to support working individuals with disabilities.
Application
In order to be eligible for an award of a grant under this section, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall require.
Definition of State
In this section, the term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Grants for infrastructure and outreach
In general
Eligibility for grants
In general
section 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of this titleNo State may receive a grant under this subsection unless the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State makes personal assistance services available under the State plan under subchapter XIX of this chapter to the extent necessary to enable individuals with disabilities to remain employed, including individuals described in if the State has elected to provide medical assistance under such plan to such individuals.
Definitions
Employed
Personal assistance services
The term “personal assistance services” means a range of services, provided by 1 or more persons, designed to assist an individual with a disability to perform daily activities on and off the job that the individual would typically perform if the individual did not have a disability. Such services shall be designed to increase the individual’s control in life and ability to perform everyday activities on or off the job.
Determination of awards
In general
Award limits
Minimum awards
In general
Subject to subclause (II), no State with an approved application under this section shall receive a grant for a fiscal year that is less than $500,000.
Pro rata reductions
If the funds appropriated under subsection (e) for a fiscal year are not sufficient to pay each State with an application approved under this section the minimum amount described in subclause (I), the Secretary shall pay each such State an amount equal to the pro rata share of the amount made available.
Maximum awards
States that elected optional medicaid eligibility
section 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of this titleNo State that has an application that has been approved under this section and that has elected to provide medical assistance under subchapter XIX of this chapter to individuals described in shall receive a grant for a fiscal year that exceeds 10 percent of the total expenditures by the State (including the reimbursed Federal share of such expenditures) for medical assistance provided under such subchapter for such individuals, as estimated by the State and approved by the Secretary.
Other States
section 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII) of this titleThe Secretary shall determine, consistent with the limit described in subclause (I), a maximum award limit for a grant for a fiscal year for a State that has an application that has been approved under this section but that has not elected to provide medical assistance under subchapter XIX of this chapter to individuals described in .
Availability of funds
Funds awarded to States
Funds awarded to a State under a grant made under this section for a fiscal year shall remain available until expended.
Funds not awarded to States
Funds not awarded to States in the fiscal year for which they are appropriated shall remain available in succeeding fiscal years for awarding by the Secretary.
Annual report
section 1320b–19(k)(3) of this titlesection 1320b–19(k)(4) of this titleA State that is awarded a grant under this section shall submit an annual report to the Secretary on the use of funds provided under the grant. Each report shall include the percentage increase in the number of title II disability beneficiaries, as defined in (as added by section 101(a) of this Act) in the State, and title XVI disability beneficiaries, as defined in (as so added) in the State who return to work.
Appropriation
In general
Budget authority
This subsection constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for the payment of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1).
Recommendation
Not later than , the Secretary, in consultation with the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel established by section 101(f) of this Act, shall submit a recommendation to the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate regarding whether the grant program established under this section should be continued after fiscal year 2011.
Pub. L. 106–170, title II, § 203113 Stat. 1894(, , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 106–170section 1320b–19 of this titleSection 101(a) of this Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 101(a) of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, , which enacted .
Pub. L. 106–170section 1320b–19 of this titleSection 101(f) of this Act, referred to in subsec. (f), is section 101(f) of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, , which is set out as a note under .
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, and not as part of the Social Security Act which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred to Committee on Financial Services of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, .