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 PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4205

"(b) The Director of the National Institute of Mental Health may, to the extent practicable, establish research centers to carry out the evaluations required in subsection (a)(D- Such research centers shall establish and maintain liaisons with community mental health systems that provide services to the mentally ill. "(c)(l) The Administrator shall develop and make available, from time to time, a model plan for a community-based system of care for chronically mentally ill individuals. Such plan shall be developed in consultation with State mental health directors, providers of mental health services, chronically mentally ill individuals, advocates for such individuals, and other interested parties. "(2) The Administrator, in cooperation with members of the insur- insurance. ance industry, other members of the business community, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall develop a model insurance plan for consideration for adoption by such Director and the Congress. In developing such a plan, the Secretary shall consider the costs and benefits of alternative designs.". SEC. 2041. STATE COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PLAN.

(a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Section 1925(d) of the Public Health Service Act, as redesignated by section 2038, is amended to 42 USC 300x-ii. read as follows: "(d) The amount referred to in subsections (a), (b), and (c) with respect to a State is the total amount that the State is permitted to expend for administrative expenses under section 1915(d) for fiscal year 1986 from amounts paid to the State under subpart 1 for such fiscal year. If in the judgment of the Secretary the State is making a good faith effort to comply with this subpart, the Secretary may assess the State a penalty that is less than the maximum penalty, but in no event shall the penalty be less than 2 percent of the amount the State is permitted to expend for administrative expenses.". (b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 1990, the Comptroller 42 USC 300x-ii General of the United States shall prepare and submit to the "°*®Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report that— (1) evaluates the status of the implementation of section 1925 of the Public Health Service Act (as redesignated by section 2038) requiring State Mental Health Services Plans; and (2) includes an assessment of— (A) the number of States that have submitted such plans; (B) the number of States that have implemented the plans submitted by such States; (C) the efficacy of the plans that have been implemented in achieving effective, organized community-based systems of care for seriously mentally ill individuals; and (D) recommendations on additional legislation that is necessary to facilitate the achievement of the goals of this title.

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