42 U.S.C. § 9522 — Report on shelter and basic living needs of chronically mentally ill individuals
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-398 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 379 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development must jointly report on Federal efforts addressing the shelter and basic living needs of chronically mentally ill individuals. The report must go to four specifically named congressional committees in addition to covering the listed analyses, program evaluations, and recommendations.
(a) Submission to Congressional Committees by Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development. The Secretary* of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development must 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 Energy and Commerce and Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives. The report must concern Federal efforts to respond to the shelter and basic living needs of chronically mentally ill individuals.
(b) Contents. The report required by subsection (a) must include (1) an analysis of the extent to which chronically mentally ill individuals remain inappropriately housed in institutional facilities or otherwise have inadequate or inappropriate housing arrangements; (2) an analysis of available permanent noninstitutional housing arrangements for chronically mentally ill individuals; (3) an evaluation of ongoing permanent and demonstration programs, funded wholly or partly with Federal funds, designed to provide noninstitutional shelter and basic living services for chronically mentally ill individuals, including (A) a description of each program, (B) the total number of individuals estimated to be eligible to participate in each program, the number served by each program, and an estimate of the total population each program expects to serve, and (C) an assessment of each program’s effectiveness in providing shelter and basic living services; (4) recommendations for measures to encourage States to coordinate and link the provisions in State* health plans concerning mental health, especially the shelter and basic living needs of chronically mentally ill individuals, with local and State housing plans; (5) recommendations for Federal legislation concerning permanent residential noninstitutional housing arrangements and basic living services for chronically mentally ill individuals, including an estimate of the cost of those recommendations; and (6) any other recommendations for Federal initiatives that, in the judgment of the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, will improve shelter and basic living services for chronically mentally ill individuals.
(c) Submission Date. The report required by subsection (a) must be submitted to the committees named in subsection (a) no later than January 1, 1981.
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 Energy and 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.
The report required by subsection (a) shall include—
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;
an analysis of available permanent noninstitutional housing arrangements for the chronically mentally ill;
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 description of each program;
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
an assessment of the effectiveness of each program in the provision of shelter and basic living services;
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;
recommendations for Federal legislation relating to the provision of permanent residential noninstitutional housing arrangements and basic living services for chronically mentally ill individuals, including an estimate of the cost of such recommendations; and
any other recommendations for Federal initiatives which, in the judgment of the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, will lead to improved shelter and basic living services for chronically mentally ill individuals.
The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted to the committees referred to in subsection (a) no later than January 1, 1981.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–398, title VIII, § 802, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1606; H. Res. 549, Mar. 25, 1980.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-398 · 94 Stat. 1606
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