HR 1479
99th Congress
House
Health
Community health services
Federal-state relations
Grants-in-aid
Health facilities
Medical centers
Mental care facilities
Mental health
Mental health services
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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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