Commission on Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Commission on Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly Act - Establishes a temporary commission to be known as the Commission on Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly. Provides that such Commission shall exist for a period not to exceed five years. States that it shall be the duty of the Commission to: (1) develop a national policy for the proper maintenance of mental health for aged and aging persons and the care and treatment of mental illness for such persons; (2) undertake studies to assess future needs for mental health facilities, manpower, research, and training to meet the mental health care needs of aged and aging persons; (3) submit to the President for transmittal to Congress an annual report describing major developments concerning the treatment and care of elderly persons suffering from mental illness, identifying priority issues, and propose recommendations for solving these problems; (4) recognizing that proper physical health and proper mental health are inseparable, evaluate present mental health programs to determine whether such programs are responsive to the needs of aged and aging persons; (5) develop priorities for programs designed to increase knowledge ab…