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HR 1075 100th Congress House Health Civil Rights and Liberties Community health services Health facilities Mental care facilities Mental health Mental health services Mentally ill Patients' rights Rights of institutionalized persons Standards

A bill to amend the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 to clarify which actions constitute the neglect of mentally ill individuals.

Introduced: February 10, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 24, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 10, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 10, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 to modify the definition of "neglect" to include: (1) failure to provide an optimum therapeutic setting for mental health facility inpatients; (2) failure to discharge and provide support services to inappropriately placed individuals; and (3) failure to inform individuals of and provide access to adequate community mental health support services.

What's happening now February 24, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 3, 1987
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 10, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1075: A bill to amend the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 to clarify which actions constitute the neglect of mentally ill individuals.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1075/
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"H.R. 1075: A bill to amend the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986 to clarify which actions constitute the neglect of mentally ill individuals.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1075/.
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H.R. 1075, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1075/.
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