S 524 · 94th Congress · Health

Community Mental Health Centers Amendments

Introduced 1975-02-03· Sponsored by Sen. Schweiker, Richard S. [R-PA]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.(1975-02-03)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Community Mental Health Centers Amendments - Declares it to be the sense of Congress that Federal funds should continue to be made available for the purposes of initiating new and continuing existing community mental health centers initiating new services within existing centers, and for the monitoring of the performance of all federally funded centers to insure their responsiveness to community needs and national goals relating to community mental health care. Sets forth the services which should be provided through community mental health centers, including: (1) inpatient services, outpatient services, day care and other partial hospitalization services, and emergency services; (2) a program of specialized services for the mental health of children and the elderly, including a full range of diagnostic, treatment, liaison, and followup services; and (3) consultation and education services. States that the provision of comprehensive mental health services through a center shall be coordinated with the provision of services by other health and social service agencies in the center's catchment area to insure that persons receiving services through the center have access to all such h…

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