HR 5700 · 98th Congress · Health

National Capital Mental Health Services Corporation Act

Introduced 1984-05-22· Sponsored by Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.(1984-06-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Capital Mental Health Services Corporation Act - Establishes in the District of Columbia the National Capital Mental Health Services Corporation (Corporation). Sets forth as the purposes of the Corporation the provision of: (1) mental health and related services to those classes or categories of individuals who were eligible to be served by Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District of Columbia Mental Health Services Administration on December 23, 1975, and to such other persons as the Corporation may decide; (2) efforts to transfer the primary locus of psychiatric treatment from inpatient psychiatric hospital services to a comprehensive community-based mental health services delivery system; (3) facilities and resources to conduct and support high quality research and training in the mental health disciplines; and (4) facilities and resources to promote the development, demonstration, and evaluation of promising treatment and administrative approaches and models for urban community-based mental health systems. Sets forth various powers, duties, restrictions, and preferences for the Corporation. Directs that the Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Governors compose…

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