1 2 7 ENFORCEMENT OF STATE STANDARDS OF OPERATION SEC. 5. Paragraph (7) of section 134 of the Mental 3 Retardation Facilities Construction Act (42 U.S.C. 2674), 4 is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end 5 thereof "and, effective July 1, 1969, provide for enforcement of such standards with respect to projects approved 7 by the Secretary under this part after June 30, 1967". 8 EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN 9 SEC. 6. (a) Section 302 (a) of the Mental Retardation 10 Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construc11 tion Act of 1963 (20 U.S.C. 618 (a)) is amended by strik12 ing out "and" before "$14,000,000", and by inserting “, 13 and such sums as may be necessary for the next three fiscal 14 years," after "June 30, 1969". 15 (b) Section 7 of the Act of September 6, 1958 (20 16 U.S.C. 617), is amended by striking out "and" before “$37,17 500,000", and by inserting ", and such sums as may be 18 necessary for the next three fiscal years," after "June 30, 19 1969". 90TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 6430 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 21, 1967 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare AN ACT To amend the public health laws relating to mental retardation to extend, expand, and improve them, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Mental Retardation. 4 Amendments of 1967". 5 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED 6 7 MENTAL RETARDATION CLINICAL FACILITIES SEC. 2. (a) The first sentence of section 121 of the 8 Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act (42 U.S.C. 9 2661) is amended by striking out "and $10,000,000 each 10 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and the fiscal year 11 ending June 30, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "$10, II 2 1 000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, the 2 fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the fiscal year ending 3 June 30, 1968, and $20,000,000 each for the fiscal year 4 ending June 30, 1969, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 5 1970". 6 (b) Such sentence is further amended by inserting 7 "(which, for purposes of this part, includes other neurologi8 cal handicapping conditions found by the Secretary to be 9 sufficiently related to mental retardation to warrant inclu10 sion in this part)" after "the mentally retarded" the first 11 time it appears therein, and by inserting "including research 12 incidental or related to any of the foregoing activities," be13 fore "there are authorized to be appropriated". 14 (c) Section 125 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2665) is 15 amended by striking out "four", and by striking out "June 16 30, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1970". 17 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES 18 19 FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED SEC. 3. (a) Section 131 of the Mental Retardation Fa20 cilities Construction Act (42 U.S.C. 2671) is amended by 21 striking out "and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 22 June 30, 1968" and inserting in lieu thereof "$30,000,000 23 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970". 24 25 1 3 (b) Section 137 of such Act is amended by striking 2 out "four", and by striking out "1968" and inserting in lieu 3 thereof "1970". 4 5 6 GRANTS FOR STAFFING OF COMMUNITY MENTAL RETARDATION FACILITIES SEC. 4. The Mental Retardation Facilities Construction 7 Act is further amended (1) by amending the heading thereof 8 to read "TITLE I-FACILITIES FOR THE MEN9 TALLY RETARDED", and (2) by adding at the end 10 thereof the following new part: 11 "PART D-GRANTS FOR THE COST OF PROFESSIONAL AND 12 13 14 15 19 TECHNICAL PERSONNEL OF COMMUNITY MENTAL RETARDATION FACILITIES "AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS "SEC. 141. (a) For the purpose of assisting in the es16 tablishment and initial operation of facilities for the mentally 17 retarded providing all or part of a program of comprehensive 18 services for the mentally retarded principally designed to serve the needs of the particular community or communities 20 in or near which the facility is situated, the Secretary may, 21 in accordance with the provisions of this part, make grants 22 to meet, for the temporary periods specified in this section, a 23 portion of the costs (determined pursuant to regulations 24 under section 144) of compensation of professional and tech25 nical personnel for the initial operation of new facilities for 4 1 the mentally retarded or of new services in facilities for the 2 mentally retarded. 3 "(b) Grants for such costs for any facility for the men4 tally retarded under this part may be made only for the 5 period beginning with the first day of the first month for 6 which such a grant is made and ending with the close of 7 four years and three months after such first day; and such 8 grants with respect to any such facility may not exceed 75 9 per centum of such costs for the period ending with the close 10 of the fifteenth month following such first day, 60 per cen11 tum of such costs for the first year thereafter, 45 per centum 12 of such costs for the second year thereafter, and 30 per 13 centum of such costs for the third year thereafter. 14 "(c) In making such grants, the Secretary shall take 15 into account the relative needs of the several States for serv16 ices for the mentally retarded, their relative financial needs, 17 and their populations. 18 19 "APPLICATIONS AND CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL "SEC. 142. (a) Grants under this part with respect to 20 any facility for the mentally retarded may be made only 21 upon application, and only if 22 22 "(1) the applicant is a public or nonprofit private agency or organization which owns or operates the facility; "(2) (A) a grant was made under part C of this |