report and study

report and study Sec. 301. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall, in accordance with section 101(7) of the Act (defining the term “developmental disability”) (as amended by title I of this Act), determine the conditions of persons which should be included as developmental 89 STAT. 506disabilities for purposes of the programs authorized by title I of the Act. Within six months of the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall make such determination and shall make a report thereon to the Congress specifying the conditions which he determined should be so included, the conditions which he determined should not be so included, and the reasons for each such determination. After making such report, the Secretary shall periodically, but not less often than annually, review the conditions not so included as developmental disabilities to determine if they should be so included. The Secretary shall report to the Congress the results of each such review. (b) (1) The Secretary shall contract for the conduct of an independent objective study to determine (A) if the basis of the definition of the developmental disabilities (as amended by title I of this Act) with respect to which assistance is authorized under such title is appropriate and, to the extent that it is not, to determine an appropriate basis for determining which disabilities should be included and which disabilities should be excluded from the definition, and (B) the nature and adequacy of services provided under other Federal programs for persons with disabilities not included in such definition. (2) A final report giving the results of the study required by paragraph (1) and providing specifications for the definition of developmental disabilities for purposes of title I of the Act shall be submitted by the organization conducting the study to the Committee on Inter-State and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate not later than eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act.