(a) Use of funds.--Funds made available under this act shall be used only for the planning, designing, delivering and administering of attendant care services and training of personal care attendants.

(b) Federal and private funds.--Programs for attendant care services, under this act, shall use Federal funds, where possible. The department shall apply for and use, subject to specific appropriation by the General Assembly, all Federal funds which become available to carry out a program of attendant care services under this act. The department shall use any private funds which become available to carry out a program of attendant care services under this act.

(c) Program fee schedule.--The department shall develop, wherever practical, a sliding fee schedule for attendant care services for eligible clients.

(d) Disbursement of funds.--The department shall disburse funds in a manner that ensures, to the extent of available funds, equitable distribution of service among eligible clients with attendant care needs and among various regions of this Commonwealth.

(e) Availability of services.--Attendant care services shall be available only to the extent that they are funded through annual appropriation of State and Federal funds and program fees.