Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part B · Chapter 144 — Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights
§ 15021. Purpose
Statutory text
The purpose of this part is to provide for allotments to support State Councils on Developmental Disabilities (referred to individually in this part as a “Council”) in each State to—
engage in advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that are consistent with the purpose described in section 15001(b) of this title and the policy described in section 15001(c) of this title; and
contribute to a coordinated, consumer- and family-centered, consumer- and family-directed, comprehensive system of community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that enable individuals with developmental disabilities to exercise self-determination, be independent, be productive, and be integrated and included in all facets of community life.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106–402 title I § 121 · 114 Stat. 1677
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 15021
(Pub. L. 106–402, title I, § 121, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1693.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–402, title I, § 121, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1693.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 121. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subtitle is to provide for allotments to support State Councils on Developmental Disabilities (referred to individually in this subtitle as a “Council”) in each State to— (1) engage in advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that are consistent with the purpose described in section 101(b) and the policy described in section 101(c); and (2) contribute to a coordinated, consumer- and family-centered, consumer- and family-directed, comprehensive system of community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that enable individuals with developmental disabilities to exercise self-determination, be independent, be productive, and be integrated and included in all facets of community life.
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