program under title XIX of the Social Security Act,
or by Federal, State, or local housing agencies, inde-
pendent living centers, and other organizations con-
trolled by consumers or their representatives.
(c) CONSUMER TASK FORCE.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES.—To be eli-
gible to receive a grant under this section, each
State shall establish a Consumer Task Force (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Task Force’’) to
assist the State in the development, implementation,
and evaluation of real choice systems change initia-
tives.
(2) APPOINTMENT.—Members of the Task
Force shall be appointed by the Chief Executive Of-
ficer of the State in accordance with the require-
ments of paragraph (3), after the solicitation of rec-
ommendations from representatives of organizations
representing a broad range of individuals with dis-
abilities, elderly individuals, representatives of such
individuals, and organizations interested in individ-
uals with disabilities and elderly individuals.
(3) COMPOSITION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall
represent a broad range of individuals with dis-
abilities from diverse backgrounds and shall in-
clude representatives from Developmental Dis-
abilities Councils, Mental Health Councils,
State Independent Living Centers and Councils,
Commissions on Aging, organizations that pro-
vide services to individuals with disabilities and
consumers of long-term services and supports.
(B) INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.—A
majority of the members of the Task Force
shall be individuals with disabilities or rep-
resentatives of such individuals.
(C) LIMITATION.—The Task Force shall
not include employees of any State agency pro-
viding services to individuals with disabilities
other than employees of entities described in
the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and
Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15001 et
seq.).
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—
(1) STATES.—A State that receives a grant
under this section shall submit an annual report to
the Secretary on the use of funds provided under the
grant in such form and manner as the Secretary
may require.
(2) SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall submit
to Congress an annual report on the grants made
under this section.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section, $50,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2005.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated to
carry out this section shall remain available without
fiscal year limitation.
SEC. 202. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO ENHANCE CO-
ORDINATION OF CARE UNDER THE MEDI-
CARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS FOR NON-
ELDERLY DUAL ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) NON-ELDERLY
DUALLY
ELIGIBLE
INDI-
VIDUAL.—The term ‘‘non-elderly dually eligible indi-
vidual’’ means an individual who—
(A) has not attained age 65; and
(B) is enrolled in the Medicare and Med-
icaid programs established under titles XVIII
and XIX, respectively, of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq., 1396 et seq.).
(2) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ means the
demonstration project authorized to be conducted
under this section.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(b) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT PROJECT.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct a project under this section for the
purpose of evaluating service coordination and cost-shar-
ing approaches with respect to the provision of commu-
nity-based services and supports to non-elderly dually eli-
gible individuals.
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) NUMBER
OF
PARTICIPANTS.—Not more
than 5 States may participate in the project.
(2) APPLICATION.—A State that desires to par-
ticipate in the project shall submit an application to
the Secretary, at such time and in such form and
manner as the Secretary shall specify.
(3) DURATION.—The project shall be conducted
for at least 5, but not more than 10 years.
(d) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—
(1) EVALUATION.—Not later than 1 year prior
to the termination date of the project, the Secretary,
in consultation with States participating in the
project, representatives of non-elderly dually eligible
individuals, and others, shall evaluate the impact
and effectiveness of the project.
(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a re-
port to Congress that contains the findings of the
evaluation conducted under paragraph (1) along
with recommendations regarding whether the project
should be extended or expanded, and any other legis-
lative or administrative actions that the Secretary
considers appropriate as a result of the project.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.
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