DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

SEC. 156. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) Traning.—Section 411(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3031(c)) is amended— (1) by striking “custodial and skilled care for older individuals who suffer from” and inserting “services to individuals with disabilities and to individuals with”, and (2) by striking “other neurological and organic brain disorders of the Alzheimer’s type” and inserting “and related disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction”. (b) Multidisciplinary Centers.—Section 412(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3082(a)) is amended by inserting “disabilities (including severe disabilities),” before “income maintenance”. (c) Demonstration Grants.—Section 422(b)(2) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3035a(b)(2)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C) by striking “and” at the end, (2) in subparagraph (D) by inserting “and” at the end, and 101 STAT. 955 (3) by adding at the end the following: “(E) the identification and provision of services to older individuals with severe disabilities;”. (d) Longterm Care Special Projects.—Section 423(a)(3) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3035b(a)(3)) is amended by inserting after “geriatric health maintenance organizations;” the following: “services to older individuals with severe disabilities residing in nursing homes;”. (e) Additional Special Projects.—(1) Part B of title IV of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3034 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: “ombudsman and advocacy demonstration projects “SEC. 427. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to not less than three nor more than ten States to demonstrate and evaluate cooperative projects between the State long-term care ombudsman program and the State protection and advocacy systems for developmental disabilities and mental illness, established under part A of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6001 et seq.) and under the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–319). “(b) The Commissioner on Aging shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report of the study and evaluation required by subsection (a). Such report shall contain such recommendations as the Commissioner on Aging deems appropriate.”. (2) Section 431(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3037(a)) is amended— (A) by inserting “(other than section 427)” after “title”, (B) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”, and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Subject to subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1989 to carry out the provisions of section 427. The funds appropriated pursuant to this aragraph shall remain available for expenditure for fiscal year 1990.”.