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[CITE: 42USC10803]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER 114--PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS
 
                    Part A--Establishment of Systems
 
Sec. 10803. Allotments

    The Secretary shall make allotments under this subchapter to 
eligible systems to establish and administer systems--
        (1) which meet the requirements of section 10805 of this title; 
    and
        (2) which are designed to--
            (A) protect and advocate the rights of individuals with 
        mental illness; and
            (B) investigate incidents of abuse and neglect of 
        individuals with mental illness if the incidents are reported to 
        the system or if there is probable cause to believe that the 
        incidents occurred.

(Pub. L. 99-319, title I, Sec. 103, May 23, 1986, 100 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 
102-173, Sec. 10(2), Nov. 27, 1991, 105 Stat. 1219.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Par. (2). Pub. L. 102-173 substituted ``individuals with 
mental illness'' for ``mentally ill individuals'' in two places.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 10805, 10822 of this title.
