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§9412 Definitions

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 102— - MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 9412

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Summary

Defines three terms used in the chapter. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. "State" means the fifty States and also 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. "Nonprofit" means an organization owned and run by one or more corporations or associations whose net earnings do not go to private shareholders or persons.

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Title 42, §9412

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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, known as the Mental Health Systems Act, which enacted this chapter, amended section 210, 225a, 229b, 242a, 246, 289k–1, 300l–2, 300m–2, 1396b, 2689a to 2689c, 2689e, 2689g, and 2689h of this title, repealed section 2689q of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 242a, 246, 289k–1, and 2689b of this title.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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1981 AmendmentAmendment 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.

Executive Documents

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.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9412

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73