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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to clarify the meaning of least restrictive setting for the mentally ill and to require as a condition to the receipt of grants for mental health that…

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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to clarify the meaning of least restrictive setting for the mentally ill and to require as a condition to the receipt of grants for mental health that States have in effect plans governing the release of individuals in inpatient mental health facilities.

Introduced: March 7, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 19, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 7, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 7, 1985
Introduced in House
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Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the meaning of least restrictive setting for the mentally ill for purposes of community mental health grants.

Requires States to have plans in effect governing the release of individuals from inpatient mental health facilities in order to receive such grants.

What's happening now March 19, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 5, 1985
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 5, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1479: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to clarify the meaning of least restrictive setting for the mentally ill and to require as a condition to the receipt of grants for mental health that States have in effect plans governing the release of individuals in inpatient mental health facilities.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1479/
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"H.R. 1479: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to clarify the meaning of least restrictive setting for the mentally ill and to require as a condition to the receipt of grants for mental health that States have in effect plans governing the release of individuals in inpatient mental health facilities.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1479/.
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H.R. 1479, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1479/.
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[H.R. 1479: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to clarify the meaning of least restrictive setting for the mentally ill and to require as a condition to the receipt of grants for mental health that States have in effect plans governing the release of individuals in inpatient mental health facilities.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1479/)
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