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 104 STAT. 4560 PUBLIC LAW 101-630—NOV. 28, 1990 "(B) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 to carry out this subsection, of which $1,200,000 shall be allocated for community education under paragraph (5). "(f) STAFFING. —- (1) Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall develop a plan under which the Service will increase the health care ststff providing mental health services by at least 500 positions within five years after the date of enactment of this section, with at least 200 of such positions devoted to child, adolescent, and family services. Such additional staff shall be primarily assigned to the service unit level for services which shall include outpatient, emergency, aftercare and follow-up, and prevention and education services. "(2) The plan developed under paragraph (1) shall be implemented under the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) popularly known as the "Snyder Act". "(g) STAFF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. —(1) The Secretary shall provide for the recruitment of the additional personnel required by subsection (f) and the retention of all Service personnel providing mental health services. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to practitioners providing mental health services to children and adolescents with mental health problems. "(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop a program providing for— "(A) the payment of bonuses (which shall not be more favorable than those provided for under sections 116 and 117) for service in hardship posts; "(B) the repayment of loans (for which the provisions of repa5mient contracts shall not be more favorable than the repayment contracts under section 108) for health professions education as a recruitment incentive; and "(C) a system of postgraduate rotations as a retention incentive. "(3) This subsection shall be carried out in coordination with the recruitment and retention programs under title I. Appropriation "(4) There are authorized to be appropriated $1,200,000 for the authorization. f^g^ year 1992 to Carrying out this subsection. "(h) MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN PROGRAM.— (1) Under the authority of the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Secretary shall establish and maintain a Mental Health Technician program within the Service which— "(A) provides for the training of Indians as mental health technicians; and "(B) employs such technicians in the provision of community- based mental health care that includes identification, prevention, education, referral, and treatment services. "(2) In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall provide high standard paraprofessional training in mental health care necessary to provide quality care to the Indian communities to be served. Such training shall be based upon a curriculum developed or approved by the Secretary which combines education in the theory of mental health care with supervised practical experience in the provision of such care. "(3) The Secretary shall supervise and evaluate the mental health technicians in the training program. "(4) The Secretary shall ensure that the program established pursuant to this subsection involves the utilization and promotion of

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