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[CITE: 42USC9522]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 102--MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER VI--MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 9522. Report on shelter and basic living needs of 
        chronically mentally ill individuals
        

(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 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.

(b) Contents

    The report required by subsection (a) of this section 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 
    arrangements and basic living services for chronically mentally ill 
    individuals, including an estimate of the cost of such 
    recommendations; and
        (6) 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.

(c) Submission date

    The report required by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
submitted to the committees referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section no later than January 1, 1981.

(Pub. L. 96-398, title VIII, Sec. 802, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1606; H. 
Res. 549, Mar. 25, 1980.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of 
Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce immediately 
prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1981, by House Resolution No. 549, Ninety-sixth 
Congress, Mar. 25, 1980. Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Commerce of House 
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
    Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Banking and 
Financial Services of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. 
L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2.
