Volume 81 · 79
Public Law 90–31
To amend the public health laws relating to mental health to extend, expand, and improve them, and for other purposes.
Approved June 24, 1967
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the public health laws relating to mental health to extend, expand, and improve them, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be
Mental Health Amendments of 1967.
cited as the “Mental Health Amendments of 1967”.
Sec. 2 grants for construction of community mental health centers
Section 201 of the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2681) is amended by striking out “and $65,000,000
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967” and inserting in lieu thereof, “$65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $70,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970”.
Section 207 of such Act is amended (1) by striking out “three”,
and (2) by striking out “1967” and inserting in lieu thereof “1970”.
Sec. 3. grants for initial staffing of community mental health centers
Section 221(b) of the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2688a(b)) is amended by striking
out “1968” each
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “1970”.
The first sentence of section 224 of such Act is amended by striking out “and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968” and inserting in lieu thereof “$30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $26,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $32,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970”. The second sentence of such section is amended by striking out “five” and inserting in lieu thereof “seven”.
Sec. 4. miscellaneous amendments relating to construction of community mental health centers
Section 401(e) of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 (42 U.S.C. 2691) is amended by inserting “acquisition,” after “new
buildings,”.
Paragraph (7) of section 204 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2684), is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof “and, effective July 1, 1969, provide for enforcement of such standards with respect to projects approved by the Secretary under this part after June 30, 1967”.
Sec. 5. project grants to federal institutions
Effective July 1, 1968, title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding after section 506 (42 U.S.C. 224) the following
new section:
“Sec. 507. “grants to federal institutions
Appropriations to the Public Health Service available for research, training, or demonstration project grants pursuant to this Act shall also be available, on the same terms and conditions as apply to non-Federal institutions, for grants for the same purpose to hospitals of the Service, of the Veterans’ Administration, or of the Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice, and to Saint Elizabeths Hospital.”
Approved June 24, 1967.