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[CITE: 42USC9412]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 102--MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 9412. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter:
        (1) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and 
    Human Services.
        (2) The term ``State'' includes (in addition to the fifty 
    States) the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
    the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 
    Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
        (3) The term ``nonprofit'', as applied to any entity, means an 
    entity which is owned and operated by one or more corporations or 
    associations no part of the net earnings of which inures or may 
    lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or person.

(Pub. L. 96-398, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1569; Pub. L. 
97-35, title IX, Sec. 902(f)(1)(B), (C), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 560.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'', 
meaning Pub. L. 96-398, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1564, as amended, known 
as the Mental Health Systems Act, which enacted this chapter, amended 
sections 210, 225a, 229b, 242a, 246, 289k-1, 300l-2, 300m-2, 1396b, 
2689a to 2689c, 2689e, 2689g, and 2689h of this title, repealed section 
2689q of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under 
sections 242a, 246, 289k-1, and 2689b of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 9401 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-35 redesignated former par. (5) as (3). Former 
pars. (3), (4), (6), and (7), which defined ``State mental health 
authority'', ``mental health service area'', ``priority population 
group'', and ``Governor'', respectively, were struck out.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 
902(h) of Pub. L. 97-35, set out as a note under section 238l of this 
title.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.
