PUBLIC LAW 96-398—OCT. 7, 1980
94 STAT. 1565
Sec. 309. Procedures. PART C—PERFORMANCE
Sec. 315. Performance contracts. Sec. 316. Performance standards. Sec. 317. Evaluation and monitoring. PART D—ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 321. Enforcement. PART E—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.
325. National Institute of Mental Health Prevention Unit. 326. Technical assistance. 327. Indirect provision of services. 328. Cooperative agreements. TITLE IV—ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR MINORITY CONCERNS
Sec. 401. Associate Director for Minority Concerns. TITLE V—MENTAL HEALTH RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY Sec. 501. Bill of rights. Sec. 502. Grants for protection and advocacy programs. TITLE VI—RAPE PREVENTION AND CONTROL Sec. 601. Rape prevention and control. Sec. 602. Grants for services for rape victims. TITLE Vn—EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS ACT Sec. 701. One-year extension of Community Mental Health Centers Act. TITLE Vm—MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 801. Employee protection. Sec. 802. Report on shelter and basic living needs of chronically mentfdly ill individuals. Sec. 803. Obligated service for mental health traineeships. Sec. 804. Conforming amendments. Sec. 805. Special pay for Public Health Service physicians and dentists. Sec. 806. Contract authority. TITLE IX—MECHANIZED CLAIMS PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS Sec. 901. Mechanized claims processing and information retrieval ss^stems. FINDINGS
SEC. 2. The Congress finds— 42 USC 940i. (1) despite the significant progress that has been made in making community mental health services available and in improving residential mental health facilities since the original community mental health centers legislation was enacted in 1963, unserved and underserved populations remain and there are certain groups in the population, such as chronically mentally ill individuals, children and youth, elderly individuals, racial and ethnic minorities, women, poor persons, and persons in rural areas, which often lack access to adequate private and public mental health services and support services; (2) the process of transferring or diverting chronically mentally ill individuals from unwarranted or inappropriate institu-
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