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§290ii–1 Reporting requirement

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III–A— - SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION › Part Part H— - Requirement Relating to the Rights of Residents of Certain Facilities › § 290ii–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each facility must tell the agency the Secretary picks when a patient dies while restrained or in seclusion, or dies within 24 hours after being taken out of restraints or seclusion, or when it’s reasonable to believe the death was caused by restraint or seclusion. The notice must include the resident’s name and must be sent within 7 days of the death. Facility — the kinds of places listed in section 102(3) of the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §290ii–1

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(a)Each facility to which the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 11 See References in Text note below. [42 U.S.C. 10801 et seq.] applies shall notify the appropriate agency, as determined by the Secretary, of each death that occurs at each such facility while a patient is restrained or in seclusion, of each death occurring within 24 hours after the patient has been removed from restraints and seclusion, or where it is reasonable to assume that a patient’s death is a result of such seclusion or restraint. A notification under this section shall include the name of the resident and shall be provided not later than 7 days after the date of the death of the individual involved.
(b)In this section, the term “facility” has the meaning given the term “facilities” in section 102(3) of the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 1 (42 U.S.C. 10802(3)).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, referred to in text, was Pub. L. 99–319, May 23, 1986, 100 Stat. 478. Pub. L. 99–319 was renamed the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act by Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXII, § 3206(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1193, and is classified generally to chapter 114 (§ 10801 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 10801 of this title and Tables.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 290ii–1

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73