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PUBLIC LAW 91-211-MAR. 13, 1970
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TITLE IV—MENTAL H E A L T H O F CHILDEEN GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION A N D S T A F F I N G OF T R E A T M E N T F A C I L I T I E S A N D FOR T R A I N I N G A N D PROGRAM EVALUATION 77 Stat. 290;
82 Stat.^ 1006.' 42 1 42 USC 2681
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SEC. 401. The Community Mental Health Centers Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part: " P A R T F — M E N T A L H E A L T H OF CHILDREN U GRANTS FOR T R E A T M E N T F A C I L I T I E S
Conditions.
8 2 Stat, 1008. lpp"o?riatfon;.
"SEC. 271. (a) Grants from appropriations under section 272(a) may be made to public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations (1) to assist them in meeting the costs of construction of facilities to provide mental health services for children within the States, and (2) to assist them in meeting a portion of the costs (determined pursuant to regulations of the Secretary) of compensation of professional and technical personnel for the operation of a facility for mental health of children constructed with a grant made under part A or this part or for the operation of new services for mental health of children in an existing facility. "(b)(1) Grants may be made under this section only with respect to (A) facilities which are part of or affiliated with a community mental health center providing at least those essential services which are prescribed by the Secretary, or (B) where there is no such center serving the community in which such facilities are to be situated, facilities with respect to which satisfactory provision (as determined by the Secretary) has been made for appropriate utilization of existing community resources needed for an adequate program of prevention and treatment of mental health problems of children. "(2) No grant shall be made under this section with respect to any facility unless the applicant for such grant provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that such facility will make available a full range of treatment, liaison, and follow-up, services (as prescribed by the Secretary) for all children and their families in the service area of such facility who need such services, and will, when so requested, provide consultation and education for personnel of all schools and other community agencies serving children in such area. "(3) The grant program for construction of facilities authorized by subsection (a) shall be carried out consistently with the grant program under part A., except that the amount of any such grant with respect to any project shall be such percentage of the cost thereof, but not in excess of 66% per centum (or 90 per centum in the case of a facility providing services for peisons in an area designated by the Secretary as an urban or rural poverty area), as the Secretary may determine. "(c) Grants made under this section for costs of compensation of professional and technical personnel may not exceed the percentages of such costs, and may be made only for the periods, prescribed for grauts for such costs under section 242. " (d)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for grants under this part for construction and for initial o-rants under this part for compensation of professional and technical personnel, and for training and evaluation grants under section 272. " (2) There are also authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and each of the next eight fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to continue to make grants with respect to any
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