§9522 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development must write a joint report for certain Senate and House committees about how Federal programs meet the housing and basic daily needs of people with long-term serious mental illness. The report must say how many of these people are stuck in institutions or live in unsuitable housing; review what long-term housing outside institutions is available; review current long-term and pilot programs funded by the Federal government, describing each program, how many people could join, how many are served now, how many they expect to serve, and how well each works; give ideas to help States tie mental-health plans to local and state housing plans; suggest Federal laws and give cost estimates; and add any other recommendations the Secretaries think will help. The report is due by January 1, 1981.

Title 42, §9522

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

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Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999. 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. Committee on Banking and Financial Services of House of Representatives abolished and replaced by Committee on Financial Services of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred from Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.

§9522 Report on shelter and basic living needs of chronically mentally ill individuals

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Title 42, §9522

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