94 STAT. 1582
Limitation. Grant computation. Population determination.
Appropriation authorization.
PUBLIC LAW 96-398—OCT. 7, 1980
chronically mentally ill individuals in prior years (if such service has been provided) and proposes to serve chronically mentally ill individuals during the fiscal year for which the grant is sought. (c)(1) No community mental health center may receive more than five grants under subsection (a). (2) The amount of a grant under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary, except that no grant may exceed the product of $1.25 and the population of the mental health service area of the community mental health center receiving the grant. The population of a mental health service area shall be determined on the basis of the latest figures for the populations of the States available from the Department of Commerce. (d) For grants under subsection (a) there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN HEALTH CARE CENTERS
Service requirements. 42 USC 9436.
Affiliation agreement.
Projects.
SEC. 206. (a)(1) For the purpose of assisting health care centers to participate appropriately in the provision of mental health services to their patients, the Secretary may make grants to— (A) any public or nonprofit private entity which provides mental health services that include at least twenty-four-hour emergency services, outpatient services, and consultation and education services (as described in section 101(b)(l)(A)(iv)) and has in effect an agreement of affiliation, described in paragraph (2), with an entity which is a health care center; or (B) any public or nonprofit private health care center which has in effect an agreement of affiliation, described in paragraph (2), with an entity described in subparagraph (A). (2) An agreement of affiliation referred to in paragraph (1) is an agreement between a mental health services entity described in paragraph (1)(A) and a health care center which agreement— (A) describes the geographical area the residents of which will be served by the mental health services to be provided under the agreement; (B) provides for the employment of at least one mental health professional to serve as a liaison between the parties to the agreement and includes a description of the qualifications to be required of that person and of any other professional mental health personnel to be employed under the agreement; (C) provides satisfactory assurances that the mental health services entity will make mental health services available to patients of the center referred to it by the liaison or other mental health professionals; and (D) includes transportation arrangements and other arrangements for effecting referral from the center to the mental health services entity of patients needing the services of such entity. (b) Any grant under subsection (a) may be made for a project for any one or more of the following: (1) The costs of the liaison or other mental health professionals providing services in the health care center in accordance with an agreement of affiliation. (2) Mental health services provided by other personnel of the center which the mental health services entity determines can be appropriately provided by such personnel.
�
