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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2363
To provide for the establishment of regional centers to assist State and
local governments, health maintenance organizations, nonprofit organiza-
tions, and other organizations in the development of peer-support activi-
ties and other nonprofessional services to assist persons to cope with
and overcome persistent mental illnesses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LEE, Mr. STARK, Mr.
BONIOR, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BALDACCI, Mrs. JONES of
Ohio, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr.
HINCHEY, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. HART, Mr. SHOWS, Ms. MCCARTHY of Mis-
souri, Mr. FROST, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mrs. ROUKEMA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Engergy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide for the establishment of regional centers to assist
State and local governments, health maintenance organi-
zations, nonprofit organizations, and other organizations
in the development of peer-support activities and other
nonprofessional services to assist persons to cope with
and overcome persistent mental illnesses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mental Illness Con-
sumer-Run Services Support Act’’.
SEC. 2. CENTERS TO PROMOTE CONSUMER-RUN SUPPORT
SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall make awards of grants, contracts, or cooper-
ative agreements to public and nonprofit private entities
to establish 10 regional centers that will assist State and
local governments, health maintenance organizations, non-
profit organizations, and other organizations in the devel-
opment of peer-support activities and other nonprofes-
sional services that serve as a compliment to, rather than
a substitute for, psychiatric treatment to assist persons
to cope with and overcome persistent mental illnesses.
(b) PREFERENCE IN MAKING AWARDS.—In making
awards under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to applicants that—
(1) are consumer-run organizations;
(2) have experience in planning, providing, and
evaluating services that are furnished to persons
with mental illness by nonprofessional peers who
have a history of mental illness; and
(3) follow established evidence-based practice
with respect to consumer-run and peer support pro-
grams.
(c) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary
shall ensure that awards under subsection (a) with respect
to regional centers are distributed equitably among the re-
gions of the country and among urban and rural areas.
(d) APPLICATION.—An award may be made under
subsection (a) only if an application for the award is sub-
mitted to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
with such information as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire.
(e) EVALUATION.—An award may be made under
subsection (a) only if the applicant involved agrees to sub-
mit to the Secretary an evaluation at the end of the pro-
gram period regarding activities carried out under the
award.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2002 through 2005.
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