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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 1606

Report to congressional committees. Contents.

Ante, p. 1583.

PUBLIC LAW 96-398—OCT. 7, 1980

longer be any such failure, discontinue payments to the State mental health authority under sections 107 and 305. (c) Not later than March 1, 1983, and March 1, 1984, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on actions taken under subsection (a). The report shall include the comments of the Secretary of Labor on such actions and shall include— (1) a statement of the number, by State, of public inpatient mental health facilities which have been closed or partially closed since the date of the enactment of this Act, (2) a statement of the number, by State, of public employees who were adversely affected by such closings, (3) a summary, by State, of the arrangements made under subsection (a) for such employees and the cost of carrying out such arrangements, (4) a description of agency procedures, resources, and personnel used to implement subsections (a) and (b), and (5) a description of the training and retraining projects funded under section 207. REPORT ON SHELTER AND BASIC UVING NEEDS OP CHRONICALLY MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS

Report to congressional committees. 42 USC 9522.

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SEC. 802. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall jointly submit a report to the Committees on Labor and Human Resources and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives, relating to Federal efforts to respond to the shelter and basic living needs of chronically mentally ill individuals. (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include— (1) an analysis of the extent to which chronically mentally ill individuals remain inappropriately housed in institutional facilities or have otherwise inadequate or inappropriate housing arrangements; (2) an analysis of available permanent noninstitutional housing arrangements for the chronically mentally ill; (3) an evaluation of ongoing permanent and demonstration programs, funded in whole or in part by Federal funds, which are designed to provide noninstitutional shelter and basic living services for the chronically mentally ill, including— (A) a description of each program; (B) the total number of individuals estimated to be eligible to participate in each program, the number of individuals served by each program, and an estimate of the total population each program expects to serve; and (C) an assessment of the effectiveness of each program in the provision of shelter and basic living services; (4) recommendations of measures to encourage States to coordinate and link the provisions in State health plans which relate to mental health and, in particular, the shelter and basic living needs of chronically mentally ill individuals, with local and State housing plans; (5) recommendations for Federal legislation relating to the provision of permanent residential noninstitutional housing