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[CITE: 42USC290bb-32]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
      SUBCHAPTER III-A--SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
                             ADMINISTRATION
 
                      Part B--Centers and Programs
 
              subpart 3--center for mental health services
 
Sec. 290bb-32. Establishment of grant programs for demonstration 
        projects
        

(a) Seriously mentally ill individuals, and children and adolescents 
        with serious emotional and mental disturbances

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Center for 
    Mental Health Services, may make grants to States, political 
    subdivisions of States, and nonprofit private agencies for--
            (A) mental health services demonstration projects for the 
        planning, coordination and improvement of community services 
        (including outreach and consumer-run self-help services) for 
        seriously mentally ill individuals and their families, seriously 
        emotionally and mentally disturbed children and youth and their 
        families, and seriously mentally ill homeless and elderly 
        individuals;
            (B) demonstration projects for the prevention of youth 
        suicide;
            (C) demonstration projects for the improvement of the 
        recognition, assessment, treatment and clinical management of 
        depressive disorders;
            (D) demonstration projects for programs to prevent the 
        occurrence of sex offenses, and for the provision of treatment 
        and psychological assistance to the victims of sex offenses; and
            (E) demonstration projects for programs to provide mental 
        health services to victims of family violence.

                     (2) Mental health services

        Mental health services provided under paragraph (1)(A) should 
    encompass a range of delivery systems designed to permit individuals 
    to receive treatment in the most therapeutically appropriate, least 
    restrictive setting. Grants shall be awarded under such paragraph 
    for--
            (A) research demonstration programs concerning such 
        services; and
            (B) systems improvements to assist States and local entities 
        to develop appropriate comprehensive mental health systems for 
        adults with serious long-term mental illness and children and 
        adolescents with serious emotional and mental disturbance.

(b) Individuals at risk of mental illness

    (1) The Secretary, acting through the Director, may make grants to 
States, political subdivisions of States, and private nonprofit agencies 
for prevention services demonstration projects for the provision of 
prevention services for individuals who, in the determination of the 
Secretary, are at risk of developing mental illness.
    (2) Demonstration projects under paragraph (1) may include--
        (A) prevention services for populations at risk of developing 
    mental illness, particularly displaced workers, young children, and 
    adolescents;
        (B) the development and dissemination of education materials;
        (C) the sponsoring of local, regional, or national workshops or 
    conferences;
        (D) the conducting of training programs with respect to the 
    provision of mental health services to individuals described in 
    paragraph (1); and
        (E) the provision of technical assistance to providers of such 
    services.

(c) Limitation on duration of grant

    The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this 
section for not more than five consecutive one-year periods.

(d) Limitation on administrative expenses

    The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) or (b) of 
this section to an applicant unless the applicant agrees that not more 
than 10 percent of such a grant will be expended for administrative 
expenses.

(e) Authorizations of appropriations

    (1) For the purposes of carrying out this section, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1994.
    (2) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall make available 15 percent for demonstration projects to 
carry out the purpose of this section in rural areas.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title V, Sec. 520A, as added Pub. L. 100-690, 
title II, Sec. 2057(3), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4212; renumbered 
Sec. 520 and amended Pub. L. 101-93, Sec. 3(e), (g), Aug. 16, 1989, 103 
Stat. 610, 611; Pub. L. 101-639, Sec. 2, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4600; 
renumbered Sec. 520A and amended Pub. L. 102-321, title I, Sec. 116, 
July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 348.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 290cc-13 of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 102-321.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-321, Sec. 116(b)(1), substituted 
``Center for Mental Health Services'' for ``National Institute of Mental 
Health''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-321, Sec. 116(b)(2), substituted ``five'' 
for ``three''.
    Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 102-321, Sec. 116(b)(3), amended par. (1) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: ``For the 
purposes of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be 
appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1992 and 1993.''
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-639, Sec. 2(a), amended subsec. (a) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``The 
Secretary, acting through the Director, may make grants to States, 
political subdivisions of States, and nonprofit private agencies--
        ``(1) for mental health services demonstration projects for the 
    planning, coordination, and improvement of community services 
    (including outreach and self-help services) for seriously mentally 
    ill individuals, seriously emotionally disturbed children and youth, 
    elderly individuals, and homeless seriously mentally ill 
    individuals, and for the conduct of research concerning such 
    services;
        ``(2) for demonstration projects for the prevention of youth 
    suicide;
        ``(3) for demonstration projects for the improvement of the 
    recognition, assessment, treatment, and clinical management of 
    depressive disorders; and
        ``(4) for demonstration projects for treatment and prevention 
    relating to sex offenses.''
    Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 101-639, Sec. 2(b), amended par. (1) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: ``For the 
purposes of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be 
appropriated $60,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1989 and 1990.''
    1989--Pub. L. 101-93 substituted ``programs'' for ``program'' in 
section catchline and in subsec. (a) substituted ``seriously mentally 
ill'' for ``chronically mentally ill'' wherever appearing, redesignated 
par. (5) as (4), and inserted ``for'' before ``demonstration'' in pars. 
(2), (3), and (4).


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-321 effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision 
for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of 
Pub. L. 102-321, set out as a note under section 236 of this title.


  Community Mental Health Services Demonstration Projects for Homeless 
              Individuals Who Are Chronically Mentally Ill

    Pub. L. 100-77, title VI, Sec. 612, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 523, as 
amended by Pub. L. 100-607, title VIII, Sec. 821, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 
Stat. 3171; Pub. L. 100-628, title VI, Sec. 621, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 
3244; Pub. L. 101-93, Sec. 5(t)(1), (2), Aug. 16, 1989, 103 Stat. 615; 
Pub. L. 101-645, title V, Sec. 521, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4734, 
provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--For payments pursuant to section 520 [now 520A] 
of the Public Health Service Act [this section], there are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 1991 through 1993, in addition to any other amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for such payments for each of such fiscal years. Such 
additional amounts shall be available only for the provision of 
community-based mental health services to homeless individuals who are 
chronically mentally ill.
    ``(b) Availability.--Amounts paid to a grantee under section 520 
[now 520A] of the Public Health Service Act pursuant to subsection (a) 
remaining unobligated at the end of the fiscal year in which the amounts 
were received shall remain available to the grantee during the 
succeeding fiscal year for the purposes for which the payments were 
made.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 290bb-31 of this title.
