PUBLIC LAW 104-262—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3201 on improving the delivery of mental health services by the Department); "(2) the education and training of health care personnel of the Department; and "(3) the development of improved models and systems for the furnishing of mental health services by the Department. "(b)(1) The Secretary shall establish and operate centers for mental illness research, education, and clinical activities. Such centers shall be established and operated by collaborating Department facilities as provided in subsection (c)(1). Each such center shall function as a center for— "(A) research on mental health services; "(B) the use by the Department of specific models for furnishing services to treat serious mental illness; "(C) education and training of health-care professionals of the Department; and "(D) the development and implementation of innovative clinical activities and systems of care with respect to the delivery of such services by the Department. "(2) The Secretary shall, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, designate the centers under this section. In making such designations, the Secretary shall ensure that the centers designated are located in various geographic regions of the United States. The Secretary may designate a center under this section only if— "(A) the proposal submitted for the designation of the center meets the requirements of subsection (c); "(B) the Secretary makes the finding described in subsection (d); and "(C) the peer review panel established under subsection (e) makes the determination specified in subsection (e)(3) with respect to that proposal. "(3) Not more than five centers may be designated under this section. "(4) The authority of the Secretary to establish and operate centers under this section is subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose. "(c) A proposal submitted for the designation of a center under this section shall— "(1) provide for close collaboration in the establishment and operation of the center, and for the provision of care and the conduct of research and education at the center, by a Department facility or facilities in the same geographic area which have a mission centered on care of the mentally ill and a Department facility in that area which has a mission of providing tertiary medical care; "(2) provide that no less than 50 percent of the funds appropriated for the center for support of clinical care, research, and education will be provided to the collaborating facility or facilities that have a mission centered on care of the mentally ill; and "(3) provide for a governance arrangement between the collaborating Department facilities which ensures that the center will be established and operated in a manner aimed at improving the quality of mental health care at the collaborating facility or facilities which have a mission centered on care of the mentally ill.
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