94 STAT. 1580
Criteria.
Governing body.
Advisory committee.
PUBLIC LAW 96-398—OCT. 7, 1980
increase the number of persons which it is able to serve, (HI) to modernize its facilities, (IV) to improve the administration of its service programs, and (V) to establish a financial reserve for the purpose of offsetting the decrease in the percentage of Federal participation in program operations in future years. (4) For purposes of this subsection, if a grant could be made under subsection (a) or section 202 or 203 for a project designed primarily to serve a particular population group, such population g^oup shall not be included in the priority population groups for wmch grants are authorized under this subsection. (c) An application for a grant under subsection (b) may be approved only if— (1) the application contains satisfactory assurances that the project for which the application is made will lead to increased or more appropriate mental health services for a priority population group or to the development of mental health services for such a group; (2) the application contains satisfactory assurances that members of the priority population group or groups to be served by the project will be afforded reasonable opportunity to comment on performance under the project; and (3) the applicant (A) will during the first three years that it receives a grant under subsection (b) provide outpatient mental health services and any two of the following mental health services determined to be of the greatest need for the priority population to be served by the applicant: inpatient, screening, followup, consultation and education, and emergency services, and (B) unless the applicant is a community mental health center or a State mental health authority receiving a grant under subsection (b) as authorized by paragraph (2) of that subsection, has a plan satisfactory to the Secretary for the provision of all the mental health services described in clause (A) upon the expiration of the first three years that it receives a grant under subsection (b). The Secretary may not approve an application of an entity which has received a grant for three years under subsection (b) unless the applicant is providing all the mental health services described in paragraph (3)(A). (d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), no grant may be made to an entity under subsection (b) unless the entity meets the requirements of paragraph (2). (2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an applicant for a grant under subsection (b) to provide the services described in that subsection shall have a governing body which (i) is composed of individuals who reside in the entity's mental health service area and who, as a group, represent the residents of that area taking into consideration their employment, age, sex, and place of residence, and other demographic characteristics of the area, and (ii) is required to meet at least once a month, to establish general policies for the entity (including a schedule of hours during which services will be provided), to approve the entity's annual budget, and to approve the selection of a director for the entity. At least one-half of the members of such body shall be individuals who are not providers of health care. (B) An applicant which is a hospital, a State agency, or other public or nonprofit private entity which does not have as its primary purpose the provision of mental health services under grants under subsection (b) may appoint a committee which advises it with respect
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