PUBLIC LAW 96-398—OCT. 7, 1980
94 STAT. 1567
(b)(1) The comprehensive mental health services which shall be Comprehensive provided through a community mental health center are as follows: mental health (A) Beginning on the date the community mental health center ^'^^'^^^ is established for purposes of section 201, the services provided through the center shall include— (i) inpatient services, emergency services, and outpatient services; (ii) assistance to courts and other public agencies in screening residents of the center's mental health service area who are being considered for referral to a State mental health facility for inpatient treatment to determine if they should be so referred and provision, where appropriate, of treatment for such persons through the center as an alternative to inpatient treatment at such a facility; (iii) provision of followup care for residents of its mental health service area who have been discharged from inpatient treatment at a mental health facility; (iv) consultation and education services which— (I) are for a wide range of individuals and entities involved with mental health services, including health professionals, schools, courts, State and local law enforcement and correctional agencies, members of the clergy, public welfare agencies, health services delivery agencies, and other appropriate entities; and (II) include a wide range of activities (other than the provision of direct clinical services) designed to develop effective mental health programs in the center's mental health service area, promote the coordination of the provision of mental health services among various entities serving the center's mental health service area, increase the awareness of the residents of the center's mental health service area of the nature of mental health problems and the tvpes of mental health services available, and promote the prevention and control of rape and the proper treatment of the victims of rape; and (v) the services described in subparagraph (B) or, in lieu of such services, the center shall have a plan approved by the Secretary under which the center will, during the three-year period beginning on such establishment date, assume in increments the provision of the services described in subparagraph (B) and will upon the expiration of such three-year period provide all the services described in subparagraph (B). (B) After the expiration of such three-year period, a com- Additional munity mental health center shall provide, in addition to the services. services required by subparagraph (A), services which include— (i) day care and other partial hospitalization services; (ii) a program of specialized services for the mental health of children, including a full range of diagnostic, treatment, liaison, and followup services (as prescribed by the Secretary); (lii) a program of specialized services for the mental health of the elderly, including a full range of diagnostic, treatment, liaison, and followup services (as prescribed by the Secretary); (iv) a program of transitional half-way house services for mentally ill individuals who are residents of its mental health service area and who have been discharged from
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