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 89 STAT. 312 Waiver.

PUBLIC LAW 94-63—JULY 29, 1975 section (b)(1)(D). The Secretary may waive the requirements of clause (4) with respect to any center if he determines that because of the size of such center or because of other relevant factors the establishment of the administrative unit described in such clause is not warranted. "GRANTS FOR PLANNING COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER PROGRAMS

42 USC 2689a.

Appropriation authorization.

"SEC. 202. (a) The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to carry out projects to plan community mental health center programs. In connection with a project to plan a community mental health center program for an area the grant recipient shall (1) assess the needs of the area for mental health services, (2) design a community mental health center program for the area based on such assessment, (3) obtain within the area financial and professional assistance and support for the program, and (4) initiate and encourage continuing community involvement in the development and operation of the program. The amount of any grant under this subsection may not exceed $75,000. "(b) A grant under subsection (a) for a project shall be made for its costs for the one-year period beginning on the first day of the month in which the grant is made; and, if a grant is made under such subsection for a project, no other grant may be made for such project under such subsection. "(c) The Secretary shall give special consideration to applications submitted for grants under subsection (a) for projects for community mental health centers programs for areas designated by the Secretary as urban or rural poverty areas. No applications for a grant under subsection (a) may be approved unless the application is recommended for approval by the National Advisory Mental Health Council. "(d) There are authorized to be appropriated for payments under grants under subsection (a) $3,750,000 for the fiscal year 1976, and $3,750,000 for the fiscal year 1977. uGRANTS

42 USC 2689b.

Ante, p. 309.

42 USC 2688.

FOR I N I T I A L OPERATION

"SEC. 203. (a)(1) The Secretary may make grants to— "(A) public and nonprofit private community mental health centers, and "(B) any public or nonprofit private entity which— " (i) is providing mental health services, "(ii) meets the requirements of section 201 except that it is not providing all of the comprehensive mental health services described in subsection (b)(1) of such section, and "(iii) has a plan satisfactory to the Secretary for the provision of all such services within two years after the date of the receipt of the first grant under this subsection, to assist them in meeting their costs of operation (other than costs related to construction). "(2) Grants under subsection (a) may only be made for tt grantee's costs of operation during the first eight years after its establishment. I n the case of a community mental health center or other entity which received a grant under section 220 (as in effect before the date of enactment of the Community Mental Health Centers Amendments of 1975), such center or other entity shall, for purposes of grants under subsection (a), be considered as having been m operation for a number of years equal to the sum of the number of grants in the first series

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