106 STAT. 3826 PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28, 1992

Subtitle E—Service Coordinators for El-
derly and Disabled Residents of Feder-
ally Assisted Housing

42 U3C 13631. SEC. 671. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICE COORDINATORS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that amounts are made avail-
able to carry out this subtitle pursuant to the amendments made
by this subtitle, the Secretary shall require owners of covered
federally assisted housing projects (as such term is defined in
subsection (d» receiving such amounts to provide for employing
or otherwise retaining the services of one or more individuals to
coordinate the provision of supportive services for elderly and dis-
abled families residing in the projects (in this section referred
to as a "service coordinator"). No such elderly or disabled family
may be required to accept services.

(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each service coordinator of a covered
federally assisted housing project provided pursuant to this subtitle
or the amendments made by this subtitle—

(1) shall consult with the owner of the housing, tenants,
any tenant organizations, any resident management organiza-
tions, service providers, and any other appropriate persons,
to identify the particular needs and characteristics of elderly
and disabled families who reside in the project and any support-
ive services related to such needs and characteristics;

(2) shall manage and coordinate the provision of such serv-
ices for residents of the project;

(3) may provide training to tenants of the project in the
obligations of tenancy or coordinate such training;

(4) shall meet the minimum qualifications and standards
required under section 802(dX4) of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act; and

(5) may carry out other appropriate activities for residents
of the project.

(c) INCLUDED SERVICES.—Supportive services referred to under
subsection (bXD may include health-related services, mental health
services, services for nonmedical counseling, meals, transportation,
personal care, bathing, toileting, housekeeping, chore assistance,
safety, group and socialization activities, assistance with medica-
tions (in accordance with any applicable State laws), case manage-
ment, personal emergency response, and other appropriate services.
The services may be provided through any agency of the Federal
Government or any other public or private department, agency,
or organization.

(id) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.—For purposes of
this subtitle, the term "covered federally assisted housing*^ means
housing that is federally assisted housing (as such term is defined
in section 683(2), except that such term does not include housing
described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of such section.
SEC. 872. REQUIRED TRAINING OF SERVICE COORDINATORS.

Section 802(dX4) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8011(dX4)) is amended by inserting after
the period at the end of the first sentence beginning after subpara-
graph (E) the following new sentence: "Such qualifications and
standards shall include requiring each service coordinator to be