Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§10824 Reports by Secretary

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 114— - PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS › Part Part B— - Administrative Provisions › § 10824

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must include in every report required under section 15005 a separate statement about programs that protect and speak up for people with mental illness funded under this subchapter. That statement must say how the programs operate, what they did, how much they spent, and how many people they served. It must cover the kinds of activities and facilities involved, how those activities start, the results achieved, how state efforts and residential protections work and coordinate, how many systems were set up and whether each is run by a public agency or a nonprofit, and recommendations and unmet needs to improve protections. The Secretary must use information sent to the Department in the reports required under section 10805(a)(7) and must give a detailed accounting for each system showing how funds were spent, broken down by whether the money came from the Federal Government, State government, local government, or a private entity.

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Title 42, §10824

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(a)The Secretary shall include in each report required under section 15005 of this title a separate statement which contains—
(1)a description of the activities, accomplishments, and expenditures of systems to protect and advocate the rights of individuals with mental illness supported with payments from allotments under this subchapter, including—
(A)a specification of the total number of individuals with mental illness served by such systems;
(B)a description of the types of activities undertaken by such systems;
(C)a description of the types of facilities providing care or treatment with respect to which such activities are undertaken;
(D)a description of the manner in which such activities are initiated; and
(E)a description of the accomplishments resulting from such activities;
(2)a description of—
(A)systems to protect and advocate the rights of individuals with mental illness supported with payments from allotments under this subchapter;
(B)activities conducted by States to protect and advocate such rights;
(C)mechanisms established by residential facilities for individuals with mental illness to protect and advocate such rights; and
(D)the coordination among such systems, activities, and mechanisms;
(3)a specification of the number of systems established with allotments under this subchapter and of whether each such system was established by a public or nonprofit private entity;
(4)recommendations for activities and services to improve the protection and advocacy of the rights of individuals with mental illness and a description of needs for such activities and services which have not been met by systems established under this subchapter; and
(5)using data from the existing required annual program progress reports submitted by each system funded under this subchapter, a detailed accounting for each such system of how funds are spent, disaggregated according to whether the funds were received from the Federal Government, the State government, a local government, or a private entity.
(b)In preparing each statement required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall use and include information submitted to the Secretary in the reports required under section 10805(a)(7) of this title.

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2016—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 114–255 added par. (5). 2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–402 substituted “section 15005 of this title” for “section 6006(c) of this title” in introductory provisions. 1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–173 substituted “individuals with mental illness” for “mentally ill individuals” wherever appearing.

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42 U.S.C. § 10824

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73