area plan requirements

area plan requirements Sec. 105. (a) Section 304(c) (4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3024(c) (4)) is amended by stinking out subparagraph (C) and by redesignating subparagraph (D) through subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (C) through subparagraph (E), respectively. (b) Section 304 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: “(d) (1) Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, an area agency on aging designated under subsection (a) or, in areas of a State where no such agency has been designated, the State agency, is authorized to enter into agreements with agencies administering programs under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and titles VI, XIX, and XX of the Social Security Act for the purpose of developing and implementing plans for meeting the common need for transportation services of persons receiving benefits under such Acts and older persons participating in programs authorized by titles III and VII of this Act. “(2) Pursuant to an agreement entered into under paragraph (I), funds appropriated under titles III and VII of this Act may be used to purchase transportation services for older persons and may be pooled with funds made available for the provision of transportation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and titles VI, XIX, and XX of the Social Security Act.”.