12 2 STA T .435 5 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 41 6—O CT. 14 , 200 8LEGIS L AT I V E H IST ORY— S .2304( H.R. 3 9 92 ): HO U SE RE P ORTS: No . 1 10 –5 14 ac co mp a nyi n g H.R. 3992 ( C omm. on theJud icia r y). CONGRESSIONAL RECOR D, Vo l . 154 (200 8 ): Sept. 2 6 , con s idered and passed Senate. Sept. 2 7 , 29, considered and passed House. (b)REPORT.—Notla t er t h a n36m onth s a f ter the d ate of the ena c tment of th i s A ct , the Attorne yG eneral shall s u bmit to C on -g ress the re p ort described in subsection (a). (c) D E FIN ITION S .— I n this section— ( 1 ) the term ‘ ‘serious mental illness ’ ’ means that an indi- v idual has, or at any time during the 1-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act had, a covered mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder
and ( 2 ) the term ‘‘covered mental, behavioral, or emotional dis- order’’— (A) means a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emo- tional disorder of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria specified w ithin the Diagnostic and S tatistical M anual of Mental Disorders, F ourth E dition, or the Inter- national Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification e q uivalent of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; and ( B ) does not include a disorder that has a V code within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, a substance use disorder, or a developmental disorder, unless that disorder cooccurs with another disorder described in subparagraph (A) and causes functional impairment which substantially inter- feres with or limits 1 or more ma j or life activities. (d) A U T H ORI ZA TION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— T here are authori z ed to be appropriated to carry out this section $ 2, 0 00,000 for 200 9 . Approved O ctober 1 4 , 200 8 .
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