---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 U.S.C. § 796b"
title: "29"
title_heading: "Labor"
number: "796b"
heading: "Eligibility for receipt of services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/29/796b"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services"
  - "Subchapter VII — Independent Living Services and Centers for Independent Living"
  - "Part A — Individuals With Significant Disabilities"
  - "Subpart 1 — general provisions"
---

# §796b. Eligibility for receipt of services


Services may be provided under this part to any [individual with a significant disability](/usc/29/705.md?p=21-A), as defined in [section 705(21)(B) of this title](/usc/29/705.md?p=21-B).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 410, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1218.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 796b, Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 102–569, title VII, § 701(2), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4444, related to eligibility for receipt of services, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–220.

Another prior section 796b, Pub. L. 93–112, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 95–602, title III, § 301, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2996; amended Pub. L. 99–506, title X, § 1001(g)(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1843; Pub. L. 100–630, title II, § 208(b), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3314, related to State allotments for comprehensive services for independent living, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–569, § 701(1).