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 102 STAT. 4202

PUBLIC LAW 100-690-NOV. 18, 1988

"(A) to serve as an advocate for chronically mentally ill individuals, severely emotionally disturbed children and youth, and other individuals with mental illnesses or emotional problems; and "(B) to monitor, review, and evaluate, not less than once each year, the allocation and adequacy of mentail health services within the State. "(3) The Council will be composed of residents of the State, including representatives o— f • "(i) the principal State agencies with respect to— "(I) mental health, education, vocational rehabilitation, criminal justice, housing, and social services; and "(II) the development of the plan submitted pursuant to title XIX of the Social Security Act; "(ii) public and private entities concerned with the need, planning, operation, funding, and use of mental health services and related support services; "(iii) chronically mentally ill individuals who are receiving (or have received) mental health services; and "(iv) the families of such individuals. "(4) Not less than 50 percent of the members of the Council will be individuals who are not State employees or providers of mental health services. "(5) The Council may assist the State in the preparation of the description of intended expenditures required in section 1925.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1916 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-4) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (e); and (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as subsections (e) through (g), respectively. SEC. 2036. GROUP HOMES FOR RECOVERING SUBSTANCE ABUSERS.

Subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x) is amended by inserting after section 1916 the following new section: "GROUP HOMES FOR RECOVERING SUBSTANCE ABUSERS

42 USC 300x-4a. Loans.

"SEC. 1916A. (a) For fiscal year 1989, the Secretary may not make payments under section 1914 unless the State involved agrees— "(1) to establish, directly or through the provision of a grant or contract to a nonprofit private entity, a revolving fund to make loans for the costs of establishing programs for the provision of housing in which individuals recovering from alcohol or drug abuse may reside in groups of not less than 4 individuals; "(2) to ensure that the programs are carried out in accordance with guidelines issued under subsection (c); "(3) to ensure that not less than $100,000 will be available for the revolving fund; "(4) to ensure that each loan made from the revolving fund does not exceed $4000 and that each such loan is repaid to the revolving fund not later than 2 years after the date on which the loan is made; "(5) to ensure that each such loan is repaid through monthly installments and that a reasonable penalty is assessed for each failure to pay such periodic installments by the date specified in the loan agreement involved; and

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