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[CITE: 42USC6006]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 75--PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6006. Reports


(a) Developmental Disabilities Council reports

    By January 1 of each year, each State Developmental Disabilities 
Council shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary a report of 
activities carried out during the preceding fiscal year with funds paid 
to the State under subchapter II of this chapter for such fiscal year. 
Each report shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary by regulation 
and shall contain--
        (1) a description of activities and accomplishments;
        (2) a comparison of accomplishments with the goals, objectives, 
    and proposed activities specified in the State plan submitted under 
    section 6022 of this title for such fiscal year;
        (3) an accounting of the manner in which funds paid to a State 
    under subchapter II of this chapter for a fiscal year were expended;
        (4) a description of the State Developmental Disabilities 
    Council's response to significant actions taken by the State with 
    respect to any intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded 
    in such State, and with respect to annual survey reports prepared 
    pursuant to section 1396a(a)(31) of this title and correction or 
    reduction plans prepared pursuant to section 1396r-3 of this title;
        (5) a description of--
            (A) the trends and progress made in the State concerning 
        systemic change (including policy reform), capacity building, 
        advocacy, and other actions on behalf of individuals with 
        developmental disabilities, with attention to individuals who 
        are traditionally unserved and underserved, particularly 
        individuals who are members of ethnic and racial minority 
        groups, and individuals from underserved geographic areas;
            (B) systemic change, capacity building, and advocacy 
        activities that affect individuals with disabilities other than 
        developmental disabilities; and
            (C) a summary of actions taken to improve access and 
        services for unserved and underserved groups;

        (6) a description of resources leveraged by activities directly 
    attributable to State Developmental Disabilities Council actions; 
    and
        (7) a description of the method by which the State Developmental 
    Disabilities Council shall widely disseminate the annual report to 
    affected constituencies as well as the general public and to assure 
    that the report is available in accessible formats.

(b) Protection and advocacy system reports

    By January 1 of each year, each protection and advocacy system 
established in a State pursuant to subchapter III of this chapter shall 
prepare and transmit to the Secretary a report which describes the 
activities, accomplishments, and expenditures of the system during the 
preceding fiscal year, including a description of the system's 
priorities for such fiscal year, the process used to obtain public 
input, the nature of such input, and how such input was used.

(c) Secretary reports

                           (1) In general

        By July 1 of each year the Secretary shall prepare and transmit 
    to the President, the Congress, and the National Council on 
    Disability a report which describes--
            (A) the activities and accomplishments of programs supported 
        under subchapters II, III, IV, and V of this chapter;
            (B) the progress made in States in improving the 
        independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion into 
        the community of individuals with developmental disabilities and 
        any activities or services needed to improve such independence, 
        productivity, and integration and inclusion;
            (C)(i) the trends and progress made in the States concerning 
        systemic change (including policy reform), capacity building, 
        advocacy, and other actions on behalf of individuals with 
        developmental disabilities, with attention to individuals who 
        are traditionally unserved and underserved, particularly 
        individuals who are members of ethnic and racial minority 
        groups, and individuals from underserved geographic areas;
            (ii) systemic change, capacity building, and advocacy 
        activities that affect individuals with disabilities other than 
        developmental disabilities; and
            (iii) a summary of actions taken to improve access and 
        services for unserved and underserved groups;
            (D) the significant Federal policies that impact on the 
        ability of States to address the needs of individuals with 
        developmental disabilities attributable to physical impairments, 
        mental impairments, or a combination of mental and physical 
        impairments; and
            (E) the number of meetings held by the interagency committee 
        established under section 6007(b) of this title during the 
        period for which the report is made, which agencies were 
        represented at each such meeting, and the accomplishments of the 
        interagency committee in comparison to the goals and objectives 
        of such committee.

           (2) Inclusion of Council and system information

        In preparing the report required by this subsection, the 
    Secretary shall include and analyze information submitted in the 
    reports required under subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(Pub. L. 88-164, title I, Sec. 107, as added Pub. L. 98-527, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2668; amended Pub. L. 100-146, title I, 
Sec. 103, Oct. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 844; Pub. L. 101-496, Sec. 6, Oct. 
31, 1990, 104 Stat. 1194; Pub. L. 103-230, title I, Sec. 108, Apr. 6, 
1994, 108 Stat. 294.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 6006, Pub. L. 88-164, title I, Sec. 107, as added 
Pub. L. 94-103, title I, Sec. 125, Oct. 4, 1975, 89 Stat. 499, related 
to recovery of expenditures under certain conditions and liens, prior to 
the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 98-527. See section 
6004 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(a), substituted section catchline 
for former section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(1)(A), inserted heading 
and in introductory provisions substituted ``each State Developmental 
Disabilities Council'' for ``the State Planning Council of each State'', 
``a report of activities'' for ``a report concerning activities'', and 
``Each report'' for ``Each such report''.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(1)(B), substituted 
``description of activities and accomplishments'' for ``description of 
such activities and the accomplishments resulting from such 
activities''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(1)(C), substituted 
``comparison of accomplishments'' for ``comparison of such 
accomplishments'' and struck out ``by the State'' after ``activities 
specified''.
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(1)(D), substituted 
``State Developmental Disabilities Council's'' for ``State Planning 
Council's'', ``annual survey reports prepared pursuant to section 
1396a(a)(31) of this title and correction or reduction plans'' for 
``each annual survey report prepared pursuant to section 1396a(a)(31)(C) 
of this title and each correction or reduction plan'', and semicolon for 
``; and''.
    Subsec. (a)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(1)(E), (F), 
added pars. (5) to (7) and struck out former par. (5) which read as 
follows: ``a description of the progress made in the State in, and any 
identifiable trends concerning, the setting of priorities for, policy 
reform concerning, advocacy for, and other actions on behalf of and with 
persons with developmental disabilities which are attributable to 
physical impairment, mental impairment, or a combination of physical and 
mental impairments, particularly unserved and underserved groups, 
including any other subpopulation of persons with developmental 
disabilities (including minorities), and a summary of actions taken to 
improve access to and services for unserved and underserved groups that 
the State Planning Council may have identified.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(2), inserted heading and 
inserted in text before period at end ``, including a description of the 
system's priorities for such fiscal year, the process used to obtain 
public input, the nature of such input, and how such input was used''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(3)(C), inserted heading.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(3)(B), (D), inserted 
heading and realigned margin.
    Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(3)(A), realigned 
margin.
    Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(3)(A), (E)(i), 
substituted ``integration and inclusion'' for ``integration'' in two 
places and ``individuals'' for ``persons'' and realigned margin.
    Subsec. (c)(1)(C). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(3)(E)(ii), added 
subpar. (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: 
``the progress made by States in, and any identifiable trends 
concerning, the setting of priorities for, policy reform concerning, 
advocacy for, and other actions on behalf of, persons with developmental 
disabilities attributable to physical impairment, mental impairment, or 
a combination of physical and mental impairments, particularly unserved 
or underserved groups, including any other subpopulation of persons with 
developmental disabilities (including minorities) that the State 
Planning Council has identified under sections 6022(b)(3) and 6022(f) of 
this title, and a summary of actions taken to improve access to services 
for such groups;''.
    Subsec. (c)(1)(D). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(3)(E)(iii), 
substituted ``individuals'' for ``persons''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 108(b)(3)(B), (F), inserted 
heading and in text substituted ``include and analyze'' for ``use and 
include'', struck out ``to the Secretary'' after ``information 
submitted'', and realigned margins.
    1990--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 101-496, Sec. 6(1)(A), substituted 
``any intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded in such 
State, and with respect to each annual survey report prepared pursuant 
to section 1396a(a)(31)(C) of this title and each correction or 
reduction plan prepared pursuant to section 1396r-3 of this title'' for 
``each annual survey report and plan of corrections for cited 
deficiencies prepared pursuant to section 1396a(a)(31)(B) of this title 
with respect to any intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded 
in such State''.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 101-496, Sec. 6(1)(B), substituted 
``advocacy for, and other actions on behalf of and with'' for ``and 
advocacy for,'', ``impairments, particularly unserved and underserved 
groups,'' for ``impairments,'', and ``, and a summary of actions taken 
to improve access to and services for unserved and underserved groups 
that the State Planning Council may have identified'' for ``that the 
State Planning Council may identify under sections 6022(b)(3) and 
6022(f) of this title''.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 101-496, Sec. 6(2), substituted ``July'' for 
``April'' and ``Disability'' for ``the Handicapped''.
    Subsec. (c)(1)(C). Pub. L. 101-496, Sec. 6(3), substituted 
``advocacy for, and other actions on behalf of'' for ``and advocacy 
for,'', ``impairments, particularly unserved or underserved groups,'' 
for ``impairments,'', and ``has identified'' for ``may identify'' and 
inserted ``, and a summary of actions taken to improve access to 
services for such groups'' after ``of this title''.
    1987--Subsec. (a)(4), (5). Pub. L. 100-146, Sec. 103(a), added pars. 
(4) and (5).
    Subsec. (c)(1)(C) to (E). Pub. L. 100-146, Sec. 103(b), added 
subpars. (C) to (E).


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-146 effective Oct. 1, 1987, see section 601 
of Pub. L. 100-146, set out as a note under section 6000 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 10824 of this title.
