An Act to amend the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend and improve the program of assistance under that act for community mental health centers and facilities for the treatment of alcoholics and narcotic addict; to establish programs for mental
PL 91-211 (S.2523), enacted 03/13/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-211-MAR. 13, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Public Law 91-211 
March 13, 1970 
:s. 25 23] 
Community 
Mental Health 
Centers 
Amendments of 
1970. 
AN ACT 
To amend the Coniimniit.v Mental Health Centers A(!t to extend and improve the 
program of assistance under that Aot for oommunity mental health centers 
and facilities for the treatment of alcoholics and narcotic addicts, to establish 
programs for mental liealth of children, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Semite and Hou^e of Repre>ient(it'i.reH of the 
United Statea of America hi (Umgren^ aHaeinbled^ 
SJIORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Community Mental Health 
Centers Amendments of 1970". 
TITLE 1 — E X T P : N S I ( ) N OF GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION 
OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; TRUST 
TERRITORY; STATE PLAN ADMINLSTRATION; FED-
ERAL SHARE 
77 Stat. 290; 
;l Stat. 79. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) Section 201 of the Community Mental Health Cen-
ters Act {^'l U.S.C. 2681) is amended (1) by striking out "and"' imme-
diately before "$70,000,000'", and (2) by inserting immediately before 
the period at the end thereof the following: ", $80,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $90,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1972, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1973'". 
(b) Section 207 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2B87) is amended by striking 
out "1970"" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973"". 
77 Stat. 290. 
Effective 
date. 
ALLOTMENTS TO STATES; INCLUSION 
OF TRUST 
TERRITORY 
SEC. 102. (a)(1) The first sentence of subsecti(m (a) of section 
202 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2682) is amended by striking out "and 
Ouam,"" and inserting in lieu thereof "(juam, and the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands,"'. 
(2) The second sentence of such subsection (a) is amended by 
inserting after "State"" the first time it a])pears ", other than the Virgin 
Islands, American Samoa, (xuam, and the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands,"'. 
(3) Such subsection (a) is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new sentence: "Sums so allotted to the Virgin 
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands for a fiscal year and remaining unobligated at the end of such 
year shall remain available to it for such purpose for the next two 
fiscal years (and for such years only), in addition to the sums allotted 
to it for such purpose for each of such next two fiscal years." 
(b) Section 401(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2691(a)) is amended by 
inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the follow-
ing: "; and, for purposes of this title and title II only, includes the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands". 
(c) The amendments made hy this section shall be effective with 
respect to allotments under section 202 from funds appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1970. 
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TERCENTAGE OF ALLOTMENTS AVAILABLE FOR STATE PLAN ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 103. (a) Effective witli respect to expenditures referred to 
in the first sentence of section 403(c)(1) of the Mental Retardation 
Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act 
of 1963 (42 U.S.C. 2693) made after June 30, 1970, such section is 
§2 stat. 1012. 
amended by striking out "2 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"5 per centum". 
(b)(1) The first sentence of such section 403(c)(1) is further 
amended— 
, 
(A) by inserting "for any fiscal year" immediately after "title 
n"; 
(B) by striking out "during such year"; 
(C) by striking out "for a year" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"for any fiscal year"; and 
(D) by striking out "for such year". 
(2) Section 403(c) (1) of such Act is further amended by inserting 
immediately after the first sentence thereof the following new sen-
tence: "Amounts made available to any State under this paragraph 
from its allotment or allotments under part A of title II for any fiscal 
year shall be available only for such expenditures (referred to in the 
})receding sentence) during such fiscal year or the following fiscal 
year." 
FEDERAL SHARE; 
HIGHER 
SHARE FOR DISADVANTAGED 
AREAS 
SEC. 104. P^fl'ective with respect to projects approved after June 30, 
1970, under part C of title 1 or part A of title II of the Mental Retarda-
tion Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction 
Act of 1963, section 402 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2692) is repealed and 
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section 401 (h) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
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"(h) (1) The term 'Federal share' with respect to any project means share,"^"^^ 
the portion of the cost of construction of such project to be paid by the 
Federal Government under part C of title I or part A of title 11. 
77 stat. 286, 
" (2) The Federal share with respect to any project in the State shall 427! 
be the amount determined by the State agency designated in the State ^fj^^^'- ^^"^^^ 
plan, but except as provided in paragraph (3), the Federal share for 
any project may not exceed 66% per centum of the cost of construction 
of such project or the State's Federal percentage, whichever is the 
lower. Prior to the approval of the first such project in the State during 
any fiscal year, such State agency shall give the Secretary written 
notification of the maximum Federal share established pursuant to this 
paragra})h for such projects in such State to be approved by tlie Secre-
tary during such fiscal year and the method for determining the actual 
Federal share to be paid with respect to such projects; and such maxi-
mum Federal share and such method of determination for such projects 
in such State approved during such fiscal year shall not be changed 
after the approval of the first such project in the State during such 
fiscal year. 
"(3) In the case of any facility or center w^hich provides or will, 
upon completion of the project for which application has been made 
under part C of title I or under part A of title II, provide services for 
persons in an area designated by the Secretary as an urban or rural 
poverty area, the maximum Federal share determined under para-
graph (2) may not exceed 90 per centum of the costs of construction of 
the project." 
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PERIOD FOR PROMULGATING FEDERAL PERCENTAGES 
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^^^' ^^^' ^®^^io^ 401 (j) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out 
"August 31" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30". 
TITLE II—PKOGRAMS OF GRANT ASSISTANCE FOE 
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE 
FEDERAL SHARE OF STAFFING GRANTS 
SEC. 201. (a) Effective with respect to costs of compensation of pro-
fessional and technical personnel of any community mental health 
center for any period after June 30, 1970, for which a grant has been 
or is made under subsection (a) of section 220 of the Community 
79 Stat. 428. 
Mciital Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2688), subsection (b) of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) (1) Grants under this section for such costs for any center may 
be made only for the period beginning with the first day of the first 
month for which such a grant is made and ending with the close of 
eight years after such first day; and, except as provided in paragraph 
(2), such grants with respect to any center may not exceed 75 per 
centrum of such costs for each of the firrt two years after such first day, 
60 per centum of such costs for the third year after such first day, 45 per 
centum of such costs for the fourth year after such first day, and 30 per 
centum of such costs for each of tlie next four years after such first day. 
" (2) In the case of any such center providing services for persons in 
an area designated by the Secretary as an urban or rural poverty area, 
grants under this section for such costs for any such center may not 
exceed 90 per centum of such costs for each of the first two years after 
such first day. 80 per centum of such costs for the third year after such 
first day, 75 per centum of such costs for tlie fourth and fifth years after 
such first day, and 70 per centum of such costs for each of the next three 
years after such first day." 
(b) In the case of any community mental healtli center for which a 
staffing g:rant was made under section 220 of the Community Mental 
Health Centers Act before July 1,1970, the provisions of subsection (b) 
of section 220 of such Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion) shall, with resoect to costs incurred after June 30,1970, apply to 
the same extent as if such subsection (b) had been in effect on the date 
a staffing grant for such center was initially made. 
GRANTS OF INITIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES 
79 Stat. 429; 
SEC. 202. Seotiou 224 of such Act (42 IT.S.C. 2688d) is amended (1) 
8 1 Stat. 79. 
j^y inserting " ( a ) " immediately after "SEC. 224.", and (2) by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection (b) : 
"(b) Not to exceed 5 per centum of the amount appropriated for 
grants pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall be avail-
able to the Secretary to make grants to local public or nonprofit private 
organizations to cover up to 100 per centum of the costs (but in no 
case to exceed $50,000) of projects, in areas designated by the Secretary 
as rural or urban poverty areas, for assessing local needs for mental 
health services, designing mental health service programs, obtaining 
local financial and professional assistance and support for community 
health services, and fostering community involvement in initiating 
and developing community mental health services. In no case shall a 
grant under this subsection be for a period in excess of one year; nor 
shall any grant be made under this subsection with respect to any 
project if, for any preceding year, a grant under this subsection has 
been made with respect to such project." 
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REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
GRANTS 
SEC. 203. (a) Paragraph (4) of such subsection (a) of section 221 
of the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2688a) is 
^9 stat. 428. 
amended to read as follows: 
"(4) the Secretary determines that there is satisfactory assur-
ance that (A) the services to be provided will constitute an addi-
tion to, or a significant imj)rovement in quality (as determined 
in accordance with criteria of the Secretary) in, services that 
would otherwise be provided, and (B) Federal funds made avail-
able under this part for any period will be so used as to supple-
ment and, to the extent practical, increase the level of State, local, 
and other non-Federal funds, including third party health insur-
ance payments, that would in the absence of such Federal funds be 
made available for the program described in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection and will in no event supplant such State, local, and 
other non-Federal funds; and", 
(b) Section 221(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2688a) is further 
amended by adding after and below paragraph (5) the following 
new" sentence: "Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of 
this subsection, the requirement therein with respect to essential ele-
ments of comprehensive mental health services shall not apply, in the 
case of an application for a grant to any center which will provide 
services in an area designated by the Secretary as an urban or rural 
poverty area, for the eighteen-month period commencing on the date 
such application is filed, if the Secretary is satisfied that such center 
will meet such requirement prior to the end of such period; however, 
if such center has not by the end of such eighteen-month period met 
such requirement, payments under any grant (made under such appli-
cation) to such center shall be suspended until the Secretary deter-
mhies that the center has met such requirement." 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Ante, p. 56. 
SEC. 204. (a) The first sentence of section 224(a) of such Act (42 
LLS.C. 2688d), as amended by section 202(a) of this Act, is amended 
(1) by striking out "and" immediately after "1969", and (2) by in-
serting immediately after "1970," the following: "$45,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1972, and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1973,". 
(b) The second sentence of section 224(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
2688d), as amended by section 202(a) of this Act, is amended by 
striking out "seven" and inserting in lieu thereof "thirteen". 
(c) Section 221(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2688a) is amended by 
striking out "1970" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
"1973". 
TITLE III—ALCOHOLISM AND NARCOTIC ADDICT 
REHABILITATION 
EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS FOR FACILITIES FOR ALCOHOLICS AND 
NARCOTIC ADDICTS 
SEC. 301. (a) Section 261(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2688o) is 
82 stat. loio. 
amended by striking out "and $25,000,000 for the next fiscal year" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1970, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $35,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1973,". 
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^^^^ Subsectloii (ii) of sucli section 261 is further amended by 
inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence the follow-
ing : "and section 24:()'-, 
(c) Section 261 of such Act is further amended by adding at the 
endthereof the following new subsection (c) : 
"(c) Not to exceed 5 per centum of the amount appropriated pur-
suant to the preceding provisions of this section for any fiscal year shall 
be available to the Secretary to make grants to local public or non-
profit i)rivate organizations to cover up to 100 per centum of the 
costs (but in no case to exceed $50,000) of projects for assessing local 
needs for programs of services for alcoholics or narcotic addicts, 
designing such programs, obtaining local financial and ])rofessional 
assistance and sui)port for such programs in the community, and 
fostering community involvement in initiating and developing such 
programs in the community. In no case shall a grant under this 
subsection be for a period in excess of one year; nor shall any grant be 
made under this subsection with respect to any project if, for any pre-
ceding year, a grant vmder this subsection lias \ieen made with resi)ect 
to such project." 
(d) Subsection (b) of such section 261 is amended by striking out 
"three"" and inserting in lieu thereof "nine", and by striking out "for 
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1969, or the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1970" and inserting in lieu thereof "for any fiscal vear ending before 
July 1, 1973". 
MAXIMUM FKDERAL SHARE OF COXSTRUCTTON PRO,7E(n'S FOR FACILITIES 
FOR ALCOHOLICS OR NARCOTIC ADDICTS IN DISADVANTA(}ED AREAS 
SEC. 30*2. Elective with respect to projects approved after June 30, 
1970, under part C or pai-t I) of the Community Mental Health Centers 
82 Stat. 1007. 
Act, section 241(b) of such Act (42 I\S.C. 2f)88f), section 243(d) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 2688h), and section 251 (b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
82 Stat. 1009. 
2688k) are eadi amended by inserting immediately after "66% per 
centum" the following: " (or 90 per centum in the case of a facility pro-
viding services for persons in an area designated by the Secretary as 
an urban or rural poverty area)". 
FEDERAL SHARE OF STAFFING (JRANTS 
SEC. 303. (a) Effective with respect to costs of compensation of pro-
fessional and technical personnel of any alcoholism prevention and 
treatment facility, specialized facility for alcoholics, or treatment facil-
ity for narcotic addicts for any period after June 30,1970, for which a 
grant has been or is made under section 242, 243. or 251 of the Commu-
nity Mental Health Centere Act (42 U.S.C. 2688g, 2688h, 2688k), sub-
section (b) of section 242 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) (1) Grants under this part for such costs for any facility may be 
made only for the j>eriod beginning with the first day of the first month 
for which such a grant is made and ending with the close of eight years 
after such first day; and, except as provided in paragraph (2), such 
grants with respect to any facility may not exceed 80 per centum of 
such costs for each of the first two years after such first day, 75 per 
centum of such costs for the third year after such first day, 60 per 
centum of such costs for the fourth year after such first day, 45 per 
centum of such costs for the fifth year after such first day, and 30 per 
centum of such costs for each of the next three years after such first 
day. 
"(2) In the case of any such facility providing services for persons 
in an area designated by the Secretary as an urban or rural poverty 
area, such grants with respect to any such facility may not exceed 90 per 
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centum of sucli costs for each of tlie first two years after such first day, 
80 per centum of such costs for the third year after such first day, 75 per 
centum of such costs for the fourth and fifth years after such first day, 
and 70 per centum of such costs for each of the next three years after 
such first day." 
(b) In the case of any alcoholism prevention and treatment facility, 
specialized facility for alcoholics, or treatment facility for narcotic 
addicts, for which a staffing grant was made under section 242, 243, or 
251 of the Community Mental Health Centers Act before July 1,1970, 
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the provisions of subsection (b) of section 242 of such Act (as amended 2688h',T68'8k 
by subsection (a) of this section) shall, with respect to costs incurred 
after June 30,1970, apply to the same extent as if such subsection (b) 
had been in effect on the date a staffing grant for such center or facility 
was initially made. 
DIRECT GRANTS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS; ALCOHOLISM 
SEC. 304. Part C of the Comnumity Mental Health Centers Act is 
amended by redesignating section 246 as section 247, and by adding 
after section 245 a new section 246 as follows: 
''DIRECT (JRANTS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS 
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"SEC. 246. Tlie Secretary is authorized during the period beginning 
July 1, 1970, and ending June 30, 1973, to make grants to any public 
or nonprofit private agency or organization to cover part or all of the 
cost of (1) developing specialized training programs or materials 
relating to the provision of public health services for the prevention or 
treatment of alcoholism, or developing inservice training or short-term 
or refresher courses with respect to the provision of such services; (2) 
training personnel to operate, supervise, and administer such services; 
(3) conducting surveys and field trials to evaluate the adequacy of the 
programs for the prevention and treatment of alcoholism within the 
several States with a view to determining ways and means of improv-
ing, extending, and expanding such programs; and (4) programs for 
treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics which the Secretary deter-
mines are of special significance because they demonstrate new or rela-
tively effective or efficient methods of delivery of services to such 
alcoholics." 
DIRECT GRANTS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS; NARCOTIC ADDICTS 
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SEC. 305. (a) Section 252 of the Community Mental Health Centers 
Act is amended (1) by striking out "1970" and inserting in lieu thereof 
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"1973", (2) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (B), and (3) by 
adding immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: 
"; and (D) programs for treatment and rehabilitation of narcotic 
addicts which the Secretary determines are of special significance 
because they demonstrate new or relatively effective or efficient methods 
of delivery of services to such narcotic addicts". 
(b) The heading to such section 252 is amended to read as follows: 
"DIRECT GRANTS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS". 
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TITLE IV—MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDEEN 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND STAFFING OF TREATMENT FACILITIES 
AND FOR TRAINING AND PROGRAM EVALUATION 
77 Stat. 290; 
82 stat.^ 1006.' 
^EC. 401. The Community Mental Health Centers Act is amended 
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by adding at the end thereof the following new part: 
"PART F—MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN 
Conditions. 
U GRANTS FOR TREATMENT FACILITIES 
"SEC. 271. (a) Grants from appropriations under section 272(a) may 
be made to public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations (1) 
to assist them in meeting the costs of construction of facilities to 
provide mental health services for children within the States, and (2) 
to assist them in meeting a portion of the costs (determined pursuant 
to regulations of the Secretary) of compensation of professional and 
technical personnel for the operation of a facility for mental health 
of children constructed with a grant made under part A or this part 
or for the operation of new services for mental health of children 
in an existing facility. 
"(b) (1) Grants may be made under this section only with respect to 
(A) facilities which are part of or affiliated with a community mental 
health center providing at least those essential services which are 
prescribed by the Secretary, or (B) where there is no such center 
serving the community in w^hich such facilities are to be situated, 
facilities with respect to which satisfactory provision (as determined 
by the Secretary) has been made for appropriate utilization of exist-
ing community resources needed for an adequate program of prevention 
and treatment of mental health problems of children. 
"(2) No grant shall be made under this section with respect to any 
facility unless the applicant for such grant provides assurances satis-
factory to the Secretary that such facility will make available a full 
range of treatment, liaison, and follow-up, services (as prescribed by 
the Secretary) for all children and their families in the service area 
of such facility who need such services, and will, when so requested, 
provide consultation and education for personnel of all schools and 
other community agencies serving children in such area. 
"(3) The grant program for construction of facilities authorized 
by subsection (a) shall be carried out consistently with the grant pro-
gram under part A., except that the amount of any such grant with 
respect to any project shall be such percentage of the cost thereof, but 
not in excess of 66% per centum (or 90 per centum in the case of a 
facility providing services for peisons in an area designated by the 
Secretary as an urban or rural poverty area), as the Secretary may 
determine. 
"(c) Grants made under this section for costs of compensation 
of professional and technical personnel may not exceed the percentages 
of such costs, and may be made only for the periods, prescribed for 
8 2 Stat, 1008. 
grauts for such costs under section 242. 
lpp"o?riatfon;. 
"(d)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1973, for grants under this part for construction and for initial 
o-rants under this part for compensation of professional and technical 
personnel, and for training and evaluation grants under section 272. 
" (2) There are also authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1972, and each of the next eight fiscal years such sums 
as may be necessary to continue to make grants with respect to any 
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project under this part for Avhich an initial staffing grant was made 
from appropriations under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year ending 
before July 1, 1973. 
"TRAINING AND EVALUATION 
"SEC. 272. The Secretary is authorized, during the period beginning 
July 1, 1971, and ending with the close of June 30, 1973, to make 
grants to public or nonprofit private agencies or organizations to cover 
part or all of the cost of (1) developing specialized training programs 
or materials relating to the provision of services for the mental health 
of children, or developing inservice training or short-term or refresher 
courses with respect to the provisions of such services; (2) training 
personnel to operate, supervise, and administer such services; and (3) 
conducting surveys and field trials to evaluate the adequacy of the 
programs for tlie mental healtli of children within the several States 
with a view to determining ways and means of improving, extending, 
and expanding such programs." 
TITLE 
V — M I S C E L L A N P : O U S 
GRANTS FOR CONSULTATION SERVICES 
SEC. 501. Part E of the Community Mental Health Centers Act is 
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amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
2688q. 
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GRANTS FOR CONSULTATION SERVICES 
"SEC. 264. (a) In the case of any community mental health center, 
alcoholism prevention and treatment facility, specialized facility for 
alcoholics, treatment facility for narcotic addicts, or facility for mental 
health of children, to which a grant under part B, C, I), or F, as the gj^stft^^iooe' 
case may be, is made from appropriations for any fiscal year beginning Ante, p. eo. 
after June 30, 1970, to assist it in meeting a portion of the costs of 
compensation of professional and technical personnel who provide 
consultation services, the Secretary may, with resi:>ect to such center or 
facility, make a grant under this section in addition to such other 
staffing grant for such center or facility. 
"(b) A grant under subsection (a) with respect to a center or facility 
referred to in that subsection— 
"(1) may be made only for the period applicable to the staffing 
grant made under part B, C, D, or F, as the case may be, with 
respect to such center or facility, and 
"(2) may not exceed whichever of the following is the lower: 
(A) 15 per centum of the costs with respect to which such other 
staffing grant is made, or (B) that percentage of such costs which 
when added to the percentage of such costs covered by such other 
staffing grant equals 100 per centum. 
"(c) For purposes of making initial grants under this section, there 
Appropriations,. 
are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
ending June 30, 1971, June 30,1972, and June 30,1973. There are also 
authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, 
and for each of the next eight fiscal years such sums as may be necessary 
to continue to make grants under this section for i)rojects wliich 
received initial grants under this section from appropriations author-
ized for any fiscal year ending before July 1,1973.'-
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DEFINITION OF TECHNICAL PERSONNEL 
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section added by section 501 the following new section: 
"DEFINinON OF TECHNICAL PERSONNEL 
" S E C . 265. F o r purposes of this title, the term 'teclmical personnel' 
includes accountants, financial counselors, medical transcribers, allied 
health professions personnel, dietary and culinary personnel, and any 
other persorniel whose background and education would indicate that 
they are to perform technical functions in the operation of centers or 
facilities for which assistance is provided under this title; but such term 
does not include minor clerical personnel or maintenance or housekeep-
ing personnel." 
APPROVAL BY NATIONAL ADVISORY MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL 
SEC, 503. (a) P a r t E of such Act is further amended by adding after 
the section added by section 502 the following new section : 
"APPROVAL BY NATIONAL ADVISORY MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL 
" S E C . 266. Grants made under this title for the cost of construction 
and for the cost of compensation of professional and teclmical per-
sonnel may be made only upon recommendation of the National Advis-
ory Mental Health Council established by section 217(a) of the Public 
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Health Service Act." 
Applicability. 
(b) T h e amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with i-espect 
to grants initially made under the (^ommunity Mental Health Centers 
Act from appropriations made for fiscal vears l)eginning after June 30, 
1970. 
DETERMINATION OF POVERTY AREA 
S E C 504. Title I V of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Commu-
77 Stat. 296; 
nity Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
82 Stat. 1011 
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2697a. 
""DETERMINA'nON OF POVEliTY AREA 
" S E C 410. F o r purposes of any determination by tlie Secretary 
under this Act as to whether any urban or rural area is a poverty area, 
any such area which would not otherwise be determined to be a poverty 
area shall, nevertheless, be deemed to be a povei-ty area if— 
" (1) such area contains one or more subarcas which are charac-
terized as subai'eas of poverty; 
"(2) the population of such subarea or subareas constitutes a 
significant portion of the jwpulation of such rural or urban area; 
and 
"(3) the project, facility, or activity, in connection with which 
such det<?rmination is made, does, or (when completed or put into 
operation) will, seive the needs of the residents of such subarea or 
subareas." 
Approved March 13, 1970.