Section 6022 · State plan

(A) a description of the services, supports and other assistance being provided to, or to be provided to, individuals with developmental disabilities and their families under other federally assisted State programs, plans, and policies that the State conducts and in which individuals with developmental disabilities are or may be eligible to participate, including programs relating to education, job training, vocational rehabilitation, public assistance, medical assistance, social services, child welfare, maternal and child health, aging, programs for children with special health care needs, children's mental health, housing, transportation, technology, comprehensive health and mental health, and such other programs as the Secretary may specify;

(B) a description of the extent to which agencies operating such other federally assisted State programs pursue interagency initiatives to improve and enhance services, supports, and other assistance for individuals with developmental disabilities; and

(C) an examination of the provision, and the need for the provision, in the State of the four Federal priority areas and an optional State priority area, including—

(A) specify employment, and at the discretion of the State, any or all of the three other Federal priority areas and an optional State priority area that are selected by the State Developmental Disabilities Council for such Council's major systemic change, capacity building, and advocacy activities to be addressed during the plan period and describe the extent and scope of the Federal and State priority areas that will be addressed under the plan in the fiscal year;

(B) describe the specific 1-year and 3-year objectives to be achieved and include a listing of the programs, activities, and resources by which the State Developmental Disabilities Council will implement its systemic change, capacity building, and advocacy activities in selected priority areas, and set forth the non-Federal share required to carry out each objective; and

(C) establish a method for the periodic evaluation of the plan's effectiveness in meeting the objectives described in subparagraph (B).

With respect to the funds paid to the State under section 6025 of this title, the plan shall provide assurances that—

The plan shall provide assurances that there will be reasonable State financial participation in the cost of carrying out the State plan.

The plan shall provide assurances that the State Developmental Disabilities Council has approved conflict of interest policies as of October 1, 1994, to ensure that no member of such Council shall cast a vote on any matter that would provide direct financial benefit to the member or otherwise give the appearance of a conflict of interest.

The plan shall provide assurances that special financial and technical assistance shall be given to organizations that provide services, supports, and other assistance to individuals with developmental disabilities who live in areas designated as urban or rural poverty areas.

The plan shall provide assurances that programs, projects, and activities assisted under the plan, and the buildings in which such programs, projects, and activities are operated, will meet standards prescribed by the Secretary in regulation and all applicable Federal and State accessibility standards.

The plan shall provide assurances that any direct services provided to individuals with developmental disabilities and funded under this plan will be provided in an individualized manner, consistent with unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, and capabilities of an individual.

The plan shall provide assurances that the human rights of all individuals with developmental disabilities (especially those individuals without familial protection) who are receiving services under programs assisted under this subchapter will be protected consistent with section 6009 of this title (relating to rights of individuals with developmental disabilities).

The plan shall provide assurances that the State has taken affirmative steps to assure that participation in programs under this subchapter is geographically representative of the State, and reflects the diversity of the State with respect to race and ethnicity.

The plan shall provide assurances that the State will provide the State Developmental Disabilities Council with a copy of each annual survey report and plan of corrections for cited deficiencies prepared pursuant to section 1396a(a)(31) of this title with respect to any intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded in such State not less than 30 days after the completion of each such report or plan.

The plan shall provide assurances that the maximum utilization of all available community resources including volunteers serving under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 [42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.] and other appropriate voluntary organizations will be provided for, except that such volunteer services shall supplement, and shall not be in lieu of, services of paid employees.

The plan shall provide assurances that fair and equitable arrangements (as determined by the Secretary after consultation with the Secretary of Labor) will be provided to protect the interests of employees affected by actions under the plan to provide community living activities, including arrangements designed to preserve employee rights and benefits and to provide training and retraining of such employees where necessary and arrangements under which maximum efforts will be made to guarantee the employment of such employees.

The plan shall provide assurances that the staff and other personnel of the State Developmental Disabilities Council, while working for the Council, are responsible solely for assisting the Council in carrying out its duties under this subchapter and are not assigned duties by the designated State agency or any other agency or office of the State.

The plan shall provide assurances that the designated State agency or other office of the State will not interfere with systemic change, capacity building, and advocacy activities, budget, personnel, State plan development, or plan implementation of the State Developmental Disabilities Council, except that the designated State agency shall have the authority necessary to carry out the responsibilities described in section 6024(d)(3) of this title.

The plan shall contain such additional information and assurances as the Secretary may find necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this subchapter.