A bill to provide for the postponement of regulations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect to intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded under title XIX of the Social Security Act.

Stipulates that no regulation, or modification of a regulation, concerning intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act after January 1, 1974 shall be effective prior to July 1, 1976.