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PUBLIC LAW 90-574-OCT. 15, 1968 STAFFING

Post,

p. 1010.

Dxiration; Federal share of costs.

Application, conditions for approval. 79 Stat. 4 2 8. 42 USC 2688a. Ante, p. 1007.

GRANTS

"SEC. 242. (a) Grants from appropriations under section 261 may be made to any public or nonprofit private agency or organization to assist it in meeting, for the temporary periods specified in this section, a portion of the costs (determined pursuant to regulations of the Secretary) of compensation of professional and technical personnel for the initial operation of new facilities for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism or of new services in existing facilities for the prevention or treatment of alcoholism. " (b) Grants for such costs for any facility under this section may be made only for the period beginning with the first day of the first month for which such a grant is made and ending with the close of four years and three months after such first day; and such grants with respect to any facility may not exceed 75 per centum of such costs for the period ending with the close of the fifteenth month following such first day, 60 per centum of such costs for the first year thereafter, 45 ]>er centum of such costs for the second year thereafter, and 30 per centum of such costs for the third year thereafter. "(c) In making such grants, the Secretary shall take into account the relative needs of the several States for alcoholism programs, the relative financial needs of the applicants, and the relative populaticms of the areas to be served by the applicants. " (d) A grant under this section may be made only upon an application which meets the requirements for approval under section 221(a), other than paragraph (3) thereof, and only if (1) a grant was made under part A or section 241 to assist in financing the construction of the facility, or (2) the type of service to be provided with the aid of a grant under this section was not previously being provided by the facility with respect to which such application is made. "SPECIALIZED

Duration; Federal share of costs.

[82 STAT.

FACILITIES

"SEC. 243. (a) Grants from appropriations under section 261 may also be made to public or nonprofit private agencies or organizations for projects for the construction of specialized facilities (including post-hospitalization treatment facilities) for the treatment of alcoholics requiring care in such facilities, and for the costs, determined pursuant to regulations of the Secretary, of compensation of professional and technical personnel for the initial operation of such facilities constructed with grants made under part A or this section or of new services in existing specialized facilities for the treatment of alcoholics. " (b) Grants may be made under subsection (a) only with respect to (1) facilities which are a part of or affiliated with a community mental health center providing at least those essential elements of comprehensive community mental health services which are prescribed by the Secretary, or (2) where there is no such center serving the community in which such facilities are to be situated, facilities with respect to which satisfactory provision (^as determined by the Secretary) has been made for appropriate utilization of existing community resources needed for an adequate program of prevention and treatment of alcoholism. "(c) Grants made under subsection (a) for the costs of compensation of professional and technical personnel may not exceed the percentages of such costs, and may be made only for the periods, prescribed for grants for such costs under section 242.

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