PUBLIC LAW 99-660—NOV. 14, 1986
100 STAT. 3795
"SUBPART 2—STATE COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PLAN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
"SEC. 1920B. (a) The Secretary shall make grants to States for the development of State comprehensive mental health services plans which comply with section 1920C. In order to receive a grant under this section, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary. Such application shall be in such form, and shall contain such information, as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe. "(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amount of a grant to a State under this section for a fiscal year shall be the amount which bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated to carry out this section for such fiscal year as the population of the State bears to the total of the population of all States which submit applications under this section. "(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the amount of a grant to any State under this section shall not be less than $150,000. "(c) To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989.
Regulations. 42 USC 300X-10.
Appropriation authorization.
STATE C O M P R E H E N S IV E MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PLANS
"SEC. 1920C. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 42 USC 300x-ll. 1988, each State shall submit a State comprehensive mental health services plan (hereafter referred to in this subpart as the 'State plan') to the Secretary. "(b) A State plan shall, for the fiscal year for which the plan is submitted and each of the 2 succeeding fiscal years, meet the following requirements: "(1) The State plan shall provide for the establishment and of implementation of an organized community-based system of care for chronically mentally ill individuals. "(2) The State plan shall contain quantitative targets to be achieved in the implementation of such system, including numbers of chronically mentally ill individual residing in the areas to be served under such system. "(3) The State plan shall describe services to be provided to chronically mentally ill individuals to enable such individuals to gain access to mental health services, including access to treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation services. "(4) The State plan shall describe rehabilitation services, employment services, housing services, medical and dental care, and other support services to be provided to chronically mentally ill individuals in order to enable such individuals to function outside of inpatient institutions to the maximum extent of their capabilities. "(5) The State plan shall provide for activities to reduce the rate of hospitalization of chronically mentally ill individuals. "(6) Except as provided in paragraph (7), the State plan shall require the provision of case management services to each chronically mentally ill individual in the State who receives substantisd amounts of public funds or services. For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'chronically mentally ill individual' means a chronically mentally ill individual as defined under State laws and regulations.
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