USE OF FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS.

SEC. 202. USE OF FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS. (a) Employment Assistance.—Section 1517(a)(2)(C) is amended— (1) by striking out “and” at the end of subclause (iii); and (2) by inserting before the period at the end “, and (v) any for-profit entity in a case in which the Administrator has deter-102 STAT. 4176mined that services necessary to provide such assistance are available from such entity and that comparably effective services are not available, or cannot be obtained cost-effectively, from the entities described in subclauses (i) through (iv) of this clause.”. (b) Independent Living Programs.—Section 1520(a) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out “public” and all that follows through “organizations” and inserting in lieu thereof “entities described in paragraph (7) of this subsection”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(1) Entities described in this paragraph are (A) public or nonprofit agencies or organizations, and (B) for-profit entities in cases in which the Administrator determines that services comparable in effectiveness to services available from such an entity are not available, or cannot be obtained cost-effectively from, public or nonprofit agencies or through facilities of the Department of Medicine and Surgery.”.