aid to the permanently and totally disabled

aid to the permanently and totally disabled Sec. 314. (a) The first sentence of section 1401 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 needy individuals eighteen years of age and older 70 Stat. 850 who are permanently and totally disabled and of encouraging each State, as far as practicable under such conditions, to help such individuals attain self-support or 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 1402 of such Act is amended by striking out “and” before clause (11) 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 (12) provide a description of the services (if any) which the State agency makes available to applicants for and recipients of aid to the permanently and totally disabled to help them attain self-support or self-care, including a description of the steps taken to assure, in the provision of such services, maximum utilization of other agencies providing similar or related services.” (c) (1) Clauses (1) and (2) of section 1403 (a) of such Act are each amended by striking out “, which shall be used exclusively as aid to the permanently and totally disabled,”. (2) Clause (3) of such section 1403 (a) is amended by striking out “which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to the permanently and totally disabled, 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 the local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision) to applicants for and recipients of such aid to help them attain self-support or self-care”.