Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§285p–1 Associate Director for Prevention

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 16 — national institute of mental health › § 285p–1

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Institute must have an Associate Director for Prevention who works full time to coordinate and promote its programs to prevent mental disorder. The Institute Director must appoint someone with professional training or expertise in mental disorder and its prevention. That Associate Director must include a description of the Institute’s prevention activities, and the staff and resources used, in the every-two-year report made under section 284b.

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Title 42, §285p–1

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(a)In general

There shall be in the Institute an Associate Director for Prevention who shall be responsible for the full-time coordination and promotion of the programs in the Institute concerning the prevention of mental disorder. The Associate Director shall be appointed by the Director of the Institute from individuals who because of their professional training or expertise are experts in mental disorder and the prevention of such.

(b)Report

The Associate Director for Prevention shall prepare for inclusion in the biennial report made under section 284b of this title a description of the prevention activities of the Institute, including a description of the staff and resources allocated to those activities.

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section 284b of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(b)(1)(C), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3693.

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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of Pub. L. 102–321, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1992 Amendment note under section 236 of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 285p–1

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110