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 PUBLIC LAW 101-630 —NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4557 family welfare, alcohol and substance abuse, law enforcement, and judicial services; (3) assist Indian tribes to identify services and resources available to address mental illness and dysfunctional and self- destructive behavior; (4) provide authority and opportunities for Indian tribes to develpp and implement, and coordinate with, community-based mental health programs which include identification, prevention, education, referral, and treatment services, including through multidisciplinary resource teams; (5) ensure that Indians, as citizens of the United States and of the States in which they reside, have the same access to mental health services to which all such citizens have access; and (6) modify or supplement existing programs and authorities in the areas identified in paragraph (2). (b) AMENDMENT.— Title II of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 209. MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES. 25 USC 1621h. " (a) NATIONAL PLAN FOR INDIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.—(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, acting through the Service, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register a final national plan for Indian Mental Health Services. The plan shall include— "(A) an assessment of the scope of the problem of mental illness and dysfunctional and self-destructive behavior, including child abuse and family violence, among Indians, including— "(i) the number of Indians served by the Service who are directly or indirectly affected by such illness or behavior, and "(ii) an estimate of the financial and human cost attributable to such illness or behavior; "(B) an assessment of the existing and additional resources necessary for the prevention and treatment of such illness and behavior; and "(C) an estimate of the additional funding needed by the Service to meet its responsibilities under the plan. "(2) The Secretary shall submit a copy of the national plan to the Congress. "(c) MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. —Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and enter into a memorandum of agreement under which the Secretaries shall, among other things— "(1) determine and define the scope and nature of mental illness and dysfunctional and self-destructive behavior, including child abuse and family violence, among Indians; "(2) make an assessment of the existing Federal, tribal, State, local, and private services, resources, and programs available to provide mental health services for Indians; "(3) make an initial determination of the unmet need for additional services, resources, and programs necessary to meet the needs identified pursuant to paragraph (1); "(4)(A) ensure that Indians, as citizens of the United States and of the States in which they reside, have access to mental health services to which all citizens have access; "(B) determine the right of Indians to participate in, and receive the benefit of, such services; and Federal Register, publication.

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