old-age assistance

old-age assistance Sec. 311. (a) The first sentence of section 1 of the Social Security Act is amended to read: “For the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial assistance, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to aged needy individuals and of encouraging each State, as far as practicable under such conditions, to help such individuals attain self-care, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this title.” (b) Subsection (a) of section 2 of such Act is amended by striking out “and” before clause (10) thereof, and by striking out the period at the end of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following new clause: “and (11) provide a description of the services (if any) which the State agency makes available to applicants for and recipients of old-age assistance to help them attain self-care.” (c) (1) Clauses (1) and (2) of section 3 (a) of such Act are each amended by striking out “, which shall be used exclusively as old-age assistance,”. (2) Clause (3) of such section 3 (a) is amended by striking out “which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for old-age assistance, or both, and for no other purpose” and inserting in lieu thereof “including services which are provided by the staff of the State agency (or of me local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision) to applicants for and recipients of old-age assistance to help them attain self-care”.