(a) If the State plan provides for the designated State agency to share funding and administrative responsibility with another State agency or local public agency to carry out a joint program to provide services to individuals with disabilities, the State must submit to the Secretary for approval a plan that describes its shared funding and administrative arrangement.
(b) The plan under paragraph (a) of this section must include--
(1) A description of the nature and scope of the joint program;
(2) The services to be provided under the joint program;
(3) The respective roles of each participating agency in the administration and provision of services; and
(4) The share of the costs to be assumed by each agency.
(c) If a proposed joint program does not comply with the statewideness requirement in Sec. 361.25, the State unit must obtain a waiver of statewideness, in accordance with Sec. 361.26. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1820-0500) (Authority: Section 101(a)(2)(A) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 721(a)(2)(A)) [66 FR 4382, Jan. 17, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 7253, Jan. 22, 2001]